2 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk CONTACT US: The Catholic Voice of Lancaster is published on the last Sunday of the month previous to publication date. The Catholic Voice of Lancaster is published by its owners. The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster, a registered charity, (No. 234331), and is wholly independent of and separate from any previous newspaper published by or on behalf of the diocese. EDITOR: Edwina Gillett 01253 736630 / 07969 967268 edwinagillett@hotmail.co.uk www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk ADVERTISING: Charlotte Rosbrooke / CathCom Ltd. 01440 730399 / 07932 248225 charlotter@cathcom.org www.cathcom.org DESIGN &, LAYOUT: Rob Hotchkiss / Hot Creative 01253 730343 rob@hot-creative.co.uk www.hot-creative.co.uk PUBLISHED BY: CathCom Ltd. N2 Blois Meadow Business Centre, Blois Road, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Su昀,olk CB9 7BN 020 7112 6710 www.cathcom.org Articles to: voicenews@hotmail.co.uk Letters to: voiceletters@hotmail.co.uk POSTAL ADDRESS: FAO Edwina Gillett 99 Commonside, Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes FY8 4DJ Please send articles for publication on CD or by email, supplying any photos separate to the text (i.e. in jpeg format). Otherwise please type double spacing or write very clearly. Last date for copy is the LAST DAY of the month prior to publication. Photographs will be returned if you remember to put your name and address on the back of each and enclose suitable stamped and self- addressed packaging. Introducing Lancaster Diocese Environmental Justice Team: Promoting Pope Francis’, encyclical, ‘,Laudato Si ’, and the Diocese of Lancaster’,s ‘,Charter on the Care of Creation’, From left to right: Sue Grubic, Sr Margaret Atkins, Stephen Garsed (Environmental Lead) , Jane Pendlenton and Fr Hugh Pollock. Advent - Getting ready with gratitude I t was a long wait for the arrival of the promised Hope of Israel. Hundreds of years, dozens of generations. There were huge expectations for the future king. Yet God does not work according to human expectations. No well-connected family, no rich palace, no servants, just a poor, exhausted, couple of migrants, displaced by a census, begging for somebody to show them some compassion. What an unprepossessing setting for the miracle of Christmas, a huge outpouring of love for humanity! How do we respond to this amazing gift today? Under the guise of “,tradition”, we are seduced into going over the top. There are even magazines which tell us how to have “,The Perfect Christmas”, . But we don’,t need other people to tell us how to have the perfect Christmas, we just need to look to the 昀,rst tw o commandments and ask how we can love our God and how we can love our neighbour? In the gospels there are many references to Jesus being full of compassion. Yet the 21st Century Western celebration of Christmas is often a time when the focus is so much on indulgence that compassion often goes out of the window even as we speak of “,the season of goodwill”, . As our tables groan, how often do we express true gratitude to our ever, generous God, for this gift of abundance, and even more for the gift of his Son? How often do we think of the poor who will go hungry in our own country and worldwide? And how often do we think of those who have got into debt in trying to meet the Christmas expectations of 21st century society? Why do we fail to show gratitude? Is it not because we have missed the point of Advent? Have our preparations for this wonderful feast focused on the wrong thing - having rather than being? We say that “,Christmas is for children”,. If we really want to make Christmas for children and a true celebration of the miracle of Bethlehem, we must dare to be di昀,erent. We must do what is properly important rather than trying to meet the expectations of others. We need to focus on love. Advent is a wonderful time to engage children in the preparation for Christmas, spending time and love to talk about Jesus and making things that celebrate his story, rather than just heading o昀, to the retail park. The less we involve children in the preparations for Christmas, the more we patronise them, the more we stilt their imaginations, the more we sti昀,e their sense of wonder and discernment. There is another aspect to Christmas which particularly concerns us in the Environmental Justice Group: Christmas is an environmental disaster. If we truly care about our children - and about leaving a world 昀,t for future generations of all race s, on all continents, we need to use Advent to wake up to the immense impact of Christmas on the environment. For several months now, huge container ships have been unloading vast quantities of “,stu昀,”, (much of it single-use) in preparation for Christmas. In the spring they will be returning with the “,stu昀,”, we no longer want, yet are happy to dump on poorer countries. Millions will “,jet away”, , producing huge quantities of CO2. Vast amounts of food will be wasted, including copious amounts of meat, whilst 800 million people across the globe starve. Some of our Christmas poultry will have been fattened with soybeans from the Amazon region, often on destroyed forest land taken illegally from indigenous peoples. As we approach Advent and think about how to prepare for the feast of the birth of Christ we are bombarded by the advertising industry. Yet the following pithy comments by Pope Francis give us the true perspective: “,An economic system centred on the god of money also needs to plunder nature to sustain the frenetic rhythm of consumption that is inherent to it. …,. Brothers and sisters, creation is not a property, which we can dispose of at will, much less so is it the property of some, of a few, creation is a gift, it is a present, a wonderful gift that God has given us to take care of and to use for the bene昀,t of all, alwa ys with respect and gratitude”, Lancaster Diocese Faith and Justice Commission: Environmental Justice Group f

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 3 WE COMMIT OURSELVES: To safeguard the integrity of the whole of life. To celebrate earth’,s gifts in prayer and worship. To live more simply and sustainably. To make the sacri昀,ces necessary for all our global brothers and sisters to have their fair share of the resources they need to live in dignity. To educate ourselves about Gospel values and Catholic Social Teaching. To take full account of our environmental impact in our mission, pastoral and administrative activity. To promote trade justice, including support and encouragement of FairTrade. To review our commitment constantly, and our achievements annually, to identify what more needs to be done. Charter on the Care of Creation Diocese of Lancaster WE BELIEVE: In Almighty God, creator of heaven and earth, everything seen and unseen. That creation reveals the glory of God. We are called to be stewards of God’,s creation. As stewards we must work with all people of goodwill to make our common home a place of beauty, wonder, worship, love, justice, peace, fellowship and hope. Cherishing and protecting the earth, its peoples and all its life forms is an essential part of our mission. WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES: To 昀,nd Jesus in a simplicity of living. To adopt ways of living, models of production and consumption that are marked by respect for creation and the need for the sustainable development of peoples. To live in solidarity with the poor by not taking unfair amounts of the world’,s resources or creating unnecessary wastes of any form. To use our church and personal resources for better purposes, as each of our joyful choices can be a visible example to others and give them courage to follow. CONCLUSION: We are called to be ‘,doers’, of the Word, and not just ‘,hearers’, . We will show by our lives and our actions that we are putting the Gospel into practice in the decisions we make every day. K&,M Maintenance Heating - Electrical - Drainage Established 25 years Telephone: 01772 704530 Fax 01722 798801 Heating, Electrical and Drainage and Plumbing services across the North West of England Gas •, Emergency Boiler Repairs for all makes •, Boiler Installations &, servicing •, Central Heating System repairs/upgrades/leaks •, New fitted Central Heating Systems •, Landlord Gas Safety Certificates (CP12) Electrical •, New consumer units supplied and fitted •, All emergency breakdowns •, Power tripping •, New lighting •, Additional sockets •, Faulty sockets •, Rewiring •, Outdoor lighting/sockets •, EICR - electrial safey certificates Drainage and Plumbing •, Blocked drains, internal and external •, Leaks •, New taps •, Camera surveys Prices Boiler Service - £,49 + VAT plus £,10 for every additional appliance. Tel No: 01772 704530 Mobile: 07941 554730 Fax No: 01772 798801 Address: K &, M Maintenance Services Ltd, Unit 8A, Electron Mill, Brook Street, Preston PR1 7NH More information: www.kmmaintenance.co.uk Mark F H Rae Funeral Directors Dip FD MBIFD Incorporating Rawcliffe and Rae Independent Family Firm A Caring and Personal Service with over 40 years experience Funerals conducted by Mark and Helen Rae Consultant Funeral Director Paddy Keogh Tel: 01253 789000/01253 735269 Wood Street, St Annes on Sea, Lancashrie FY8 1QS Website: www.markraefunerals.co.uk

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4 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk SERVICE YOUTH Update One of our annual jobs at Castlerigg is refreshing the list of team members. It hangs in the hallway and, (although there are probably a lot of mistakes and omissions) , it hopefully lists all of the priests, religious and lay people who have ministered at Castlerigg Manor since we opened In 1969! Check out our Facebook post from October 20th to see the full list –, there are 222 people on the list from Fr Paddy O’,Dea at the very top, to our latest leader, Katie at the bottom. We pray for all those who have visited Castlerigg over the years and everyone who has ministered here too. In November, we remembered especially those people who are no longer with us. The ten, of those 222, who are currently working at Castlerigg have been very busy lately and that’,s going to continue into the winter. Since the Covid restrictions lifted we are delighted that all of our schools have stuck with us and we have even picked up around a dozen new ones! In other words, life is busy! Forty six separate groups are booked into Castlerigg this term, including 30 separate retreats. We’,re also getting out a bit too…, Preston, Lytham, Carlisle, Lancaster, and a few more places besides. As I say, life is busy! One of our recent highlights was hosting theASCENT, a wonderful organisation who we are partnered with. theASCENT, (they write it like that –, it’,s a branding thing!) , is a discipleship process which runs in three locations: Brentwood, West Sussex and Cumbria. Young people in Years 10-12 sign up and join the process for three years. There are weekly term- time online group sessions, mentoring sessions, and then three residentials a year, and that last part is where Castlerigg comes in. We host the three annual Cumbria residentials, and our team also get involved in the ministry. The aim of the process is to draw people deeper into their faith. It’,s been around for almost a decade now and it gets fantastic results. One more fun thing lately was getting a few photos of some rather old gra

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 5 There’,s a lot coming up in the months ahead, but I’,d like to draw your attention to just two things: Christmas Fayre The Christmas Fayre is happening on Saturday December 17th at Castlerigg Manor. Check castleriggmanor.com for details. It will give us our 昀,rst chance since Covid to welcome the general public (and especially the Diocese) to the Manor, so come along if you’,re able! World Youth Day, Lisbon 2023 The next big World Youth Day event is happening next Summer in Lisbon, Portugal. It’,s July 31st to August 6th and we are taking a group from the Diocese. What’,s more, we’,ve reduced the price to just £,850 for the whole thing and there are still places available. World Youth Day is a huge international festival where literally millions of young people from all around the world gather together with Pope Francis! So many people who go remember it for the rest of their lives and talk about it as a life changing event! For more information, get in touch with us or check out: http://castleriggmanor.com/ World-Youth-Day-2023/ WHAT’,S COMING UP? Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA / https://www.昀,ickr.com/photos/ iaea_imagebank/47304024612 World Youth Day in 2019. Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. To advertise please contact Charlotte on 07932 248225 or email charlotter@cathcom.org Independent Catholic Funeral Director Arranging and conducting funerals in the Catholic Diocese of Lancaster since 1986 Lytham Funeral Service Ltd. 42 Clifton Street, Lytham FY8 5EW Tel. (01253) 733909 www.lythamfuneralservice.co.uk David Pope dip FD MBIFD

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6 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk D uring October, Bishop Swarbrick and parishioners from the church of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux at Knott End celebrated the centenary of the original church, almost exactly one hundred years to the day it was opened. Although the church is now part of the Over Wyre parish, together with Saint William’,s at Pilling, it had its origins from St Mary’,s in Fleetwood. In the early 1900’,s, parishioners from the then small village went to mass by travelling to the ferry and crossing the mouth of the River Wyre. During the winter months this was often not a pleasant experience, especially for young children and older people. However, in the summertime there were plenty of visitors in Knott End, many of whom had come from industrial areas and the mill towns in northwest England. It soon became apparent that a Mass centre was needed for the village. Mass was 昀,rst said in Knott End on Sunday mornings in the large dining room of a local café,, often with the windows open so that those who were not able to get in could at least hear what was happening inside. Eventually, in May 1922, a foundation stone was laid for the new church by Canon Pinnington, the Vicar General of Liverpool –, work commenced quickly, and the church was opened by October of the same year. For thirty years, priests travelled to the church from Fleetwood –, this was not forgotten by parishioners of the day who could remember that they had to make the same journey in years gone by, come rain or shine. It was only in 1955 that the connection with St Mary’,s was lost when the parish got its own priest, who became resident in the village. The present stone altar is not entirely part of the original church and was imported from Italy by the 昀,rst parish priest, Doctor John Cotton, a few years after the opening. Parishioners assembled it themselves. It was later adapted to its present place following the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council. Also, in the 1970’,s, a rather unique hand-carved wooden statue of our Blessed Lady was commissioned from the Tyrol region by Father Bernard Cochrane, the parish priest at the time, who wrote to Bishop Foley in February 1975, stating “,I have asked the artist to show a young mother holding out the Christ-Child in her arms towards the people, and the child turned towards us. I think that all statues should be didactic and the simple theology I want to get across here is Mary ful昀,lling her vocation of giving Christ to us.”, The typed letter ends with two handwritten comments: “,We need a new organ, but there is no money left”, , and “,Very good relations with the non-Catholic ministers who have been most kind.”, Bishop Foley attended the church in March 1975 to formally open an extension, which doubled the size of the premises. Saint Bernard’,s now had a new entrance area, two transepts and a decent sacristy. The bishop was back a few months later for the blessing of three new bells, mounted on an outside wall, one of which is named ‘,Big Barney’, in memory of the parish priest. Regrettably, the mechanism serving these bells succumbed to the salt in the sea air some years ago. During the centenary Mass, which was held on the Sunday when we heard the story of the ten people cured of leprosy, the bishop related his experience in Zambia to our own situation. He told of a man in a small village who had su昀,ered from this disease, and who also had to encounter many additional di

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 7 “,I have asked the artist to show a young mother holding out the Christ-Child in her arms towards the people, and the child turned towards us. I think that all statues should be didactic and the simple theology I want to get across here is Mary ful昀,lling her vocation of giving Christ to us.”, - Fr Bernard Cochrane We would like to thank these schools for always supporting the paper Our Lady’,s Catholic High School St Anthony’,s Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire PR2 3SQ Headteacher: Mr Charnock Tel: 01772 326900 Email: admin@olchs.lancs.sch.uk Web: http://www.olchs.lancs.sch.uk Teacher Training with the Catholic Teaching Alliance The Catholic Teaching Alliance (CTA) is a partnership between 70 Catholic primary and secondary schools, and a post-16 college, led by Our Lady`s Catholic High School with a shared vision and commitment to providing PGCE with QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) courses in partnership with the University of Cumbria. Contact: 01772 326931 Email: CTAschooldirect@olchs.lancs.sch.uk Website: www.catholic-teaching-alliance.org Headteacher Mr S N Corless Etterby Scaur, Carlisle CA3 9PB Headteacher Mr Matthew Harris office@austinfriars.co.uk Tel: 01228 528042 To advertise please contact Charlotte on 07932 248225 or email charlotter@ cathcom.org On Thursday 13th October, The Bishop of Lancaster, Bishop Paul Swarbrick visited to celebrate the four schools who recently joined the Blessed Edward Bamber Trust. Bishop Paul was accompanied by Fr. Docherty, Fr. Millar and Julie Jones from the Diocese as they toured St. Mary’,s Great Eccleston, St. Kentigern’,s, St. Wulstan’,s &, St. Edmunds and St. Teresa’,s, meeting pupils and staff. Bishop Paul delivered assemblies, visited classrooms, ate lunch with the children and even led some singing during the day. He explained what his role as the Bishop was and delighted children with explanations of his vestments and the meaning of the Good Shepherd chain he wore. The children were fascinated by the Bishop’,s stories and spent meaningful time with him and Father Michael and Fr. John.

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8 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk Photographs courtesy of Mike March Pilgrim Photography St Cuthbert’,s Primary School in Windermere had been ranked the second best primary school in Cumbria out of 271 Cumbrian schools last January and is now very proud to have won the Golden Apple Award for being the best Primary School in Cumbria . L ucy Bone (Acting Headteacher) , accompanied by Jacky Kennedy, (the CEO of the Mater Christi Trust) attended the prestigious Golden Apple Awards held at Energus, Workington. Mrs Lucy Bone was very proud to accept the award on behalf of the whole school community. Mrs Bone says: “,Being given the accolade of ‘,Best Primary School in Cumbria’, is simply magni昀,cent and makes me very proud of the hard work and commitment of the team at St. Cuthbert’,s. As a small school, we consider ourselves to be more of a family, where everyone is equally valued. We all know one another &, look out for each other and as our mission statement states we always ‘,help one another, this is what we do with all of our hearts’,. Our mission statement runs through everything we do in our school. I believe that our size is our strength, enabling us to o昀,er a ‘,stage not age’, approach to our learning, meaning we can tailor the curriculum to each and every child.”, She continues: “,Our children always achieve academically. In the last published SATs results, we are very proud that we achieved 100% in all areas - in Maths, Reading, Writing and Science. This is well above the National Average and re昀,ects the hard work of both pupils and sta昀,. “,We were graded good during our last Ofsted inspection and received a 1 in overall e昀,ectiveness in our latest Section 48 inspection in March 2022. This is the highest grade you can receive. We joined the Mater Christi MAT in Sep 2021, which is o昀,ering us even more opportunities for our children as well as extra development opportunities for collaboration amongst sta昀, within the MAT. “,We believe the accolade of being the best primary school in Cumbria will help take us from strength to strength.”, Through our enrichment opportunities, we give our children the chance to develop and explore out of the classroom, giving them the con昀,dence and skills to 昀,ourish academically. Golden Apple for Cumbria Primary School

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 9 We are always busy at St. Cuthbert’,s, taking every opportunity to enrich our curriculum for the bene昀,t of our children. Take a look at our Facebook and Twitter pages to see what we have been getting up to. All the sta昀, and Governors are 100% committed to the children and the ethos of St. Cuthbert’,s. Everything we do is for the bene昀,t of our amazing pupils. We have wonderfully supportive parents and our children are very proud of be part of our school. They’,re very proud to come to the best primary school in Cumbria! We are so honoured that we have been given this accolade of the best Primary school in Cumbria 2022. ( Read more at: 2022 Best Schools in Cumbria (snobe. co.uk) and St Cuthbert’,s Catholic Primary School in Cumbria (snobe.co.uk) We are Team Cuthbert’,s and we work tirelessly for our children. We do have places available at school, in all year groups (N - 6) and we are in the process of changing our age range from taking 3 year olds to taking two year olds, which is something Windermere is in desperate need of. How exciting!! If anyone would be interested in coming for a look around. Please contact the school o

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10 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk Advent - the coming of our God “,Advent is the season for remembering the closeness of God who came down to dwell in our midst.”, - Pope Francis I n 2020 Pope Francis urged us to “,Let us make the traditional Advent prayer our own: ‘,C ome, Lord Jesus. ’, …, We can say it at the beginning of each day and repeat it often, before our meetings, our studies and our work, before making decisions, in every important or di

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 11 W ith great joy, our lively community in the Kent Estuary Catholic Churches of Arnside, Milnthorpe and Grange- over-Sands gathered to welcome Bishop Paul on Sunday 16 October. He celebrated a Mass at Christ the King, Milnthorpe for parishioners of all three of our churches. Then he joined us for a bu昀,et at the Crooklands Hotel. The Kent Estuary Catholic Churches represent the many Catholic communities in the small towns or villages of our diocese. They, together with their ecumenical partners, strive to be a welcoming family of faith which witnesses to Christ in their area. Our communities, realise that, faithful to the Church, they have to plan for a future together with a light oversight from clergy. Our Bishop gave great encouragement to us in this work by his pastoral concern. We thank him for being the chief shepherd of our communities in Lancaster Diocese and give him our support and prayers in his di

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12 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk T he Panel of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recently published its 昀,nal report after seven years of work. The Catholic Council welcomes this report, thanks the Inquiry for its work and will carefully study its contents and recommendations. In the work of safeguarding all who are members of, or come into contact with, the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales, at no point will the Church stop on its journey of dedicated e昀,ort in making the life and work of the Church safe for all. Before the publication of the case study report into the Roman Catholic Church in November 2020, the Church commissioned an independent review into its safeguarding work and structures which is in the process of The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Statement from the Catholic Council on the Final Report of the Inquiry being implemented. The new national safeguarding body, the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) , which began operational work in April 2021, provides a regulatory function to organisations within the Church in England and Wales ensuring that standards are upheld, and all safeguarding processes adhered to. These changes were fully aligned with the Inquiry’,s recommendations in the case study report. Key to this progress is the voice of victims and survivors of abuse which has been an integral element in the development of this new agency. The Church remains committed to listening with humility to those who have been hurt by the actions of Church members so that their experiences will inform our work. It is important for us to again o昀,er an unreserved apology to all those who have been hurt by abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales and to rea

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 13 Re昀,ection by The Archbishop of Liverpool, Most Rev Malcolm McMahon, for Friends of the Holy Land F or many years I was hesitant to travel to the Holy Land on pilgrimage. The main reason for my reluctance centres on a fear that my illusions would be shattered and that many of the places associated with Jesus’, life and actions would turn out to be fabrications of later generations. Some of that may be true but archaeology and biblical research have shown that much of the tradition is historically correct and that in certain places one can be sure to have walked on the same ground as Jesus. In 2009 I made my 昀,rst pilgrimage to Israel, and I came away very moved to have visited the biblical sites and in particular the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre. My fears had been allayed by the expert guide who went to great pains to explain things in the tiniest detail. But this pilgrimage wasn’,t simply an archaeological visit, I was struck by the people I met continuing the work of Jesus in orphanages, specialist schools, the seminary and Catholic University in Bethlehem, and the religious sisters, priests, and seminarians. These are often referred to as the ‘,Living Stones’, . Their faith and their active expression of it was something I was unprepared for, and which had a deep e昀,ect on me, and opened my eyes. If I have to say which places impressed me most apart from the tomb of Jesus in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, I refer to my second pilgrimage to the Holy Land which wasn’,t to Israel but to Jordan. Like Jesus we ‘,passed through the towns of the Decapolis’, or at least some of them. Beginning at Gadara which is associated with Jesus casting out the demons from the demoniac and sending them into a herd of pigs. To stand at the top of the steep hillside over which the pigs ran in to the river below was a wonderful experience. From that vantage point to the right were the Golan heights, to the left in the distance Mount Tabor and below was the sea of Galilee. The view was awe inspiring because it took in so much of Jesus’, life - and it was a long and broad view –, and my eyes were opened. We then went to Jerash, another archaeological site in the Decapolis. In Jesus’, time this was a busy Roman settlement on an important trade route and I realised that Jesus’, ministry was in important cities, and not just villages and small towns. That too was an eye-opener. Lastly, I want to mention a teenager selling olive wood rosaries in Bethlehem. He was Palestinian whose family had been displaced from their home several generations ago. He was also very persistent when I said that I had enough rosaries. He said that I thought that he and people like him were human rubbish. Obviously, I was disturbed by this remark, but I didn’,t want to give in to him. So, I bought two Magnums, sat on a wall with him and listened while we ate our ice creams. I didn’,t buy his rosaries, but our conversation opened the eyes of my mind in an unexpected way. Malcolm McMahon OP To 昀,nd out more about the work of Friends of the Holy Land, please visit www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk ©, Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk

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14 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk T he Sisters at Boarbank were delighted to be able to welcome back so many old friends to celebrate our delayed Centenary on 21st and 29th September. We were especially delighted that our past and present bishops were able to preside at the respective Masses. An earlier celebration (also delayed ) of Sr Margaret Middleton’,s Golden Jubilee was a similarly happy event for us, and a chance to give thanks for so many blessings over the years and even during these di

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www.catholicvoiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk December 2022 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 15 ‘,Let us Dream’, –, Laudato Si in action at St Columba’,s school in Barrow! L ancaster Diocese Faith &, Justice worker, Sue Grubic, was delighted to be invited to St Columba’,s RC Primary school in Barrow to promote the Journey 2030 ‘,Let us Dream’, workshops where pupils use their imagination to create their very own eco friendly fantasy school. Pupils and Governors worked together to create a vision in which schools and communities work together to build a better future for all! Special thanks to Head Teacher, Claire O’,Donnell, Angela Pope and the Laudato Si, Care of Creation Group and Governors for their wonderful welcome. I can’,t wait to see how some of their amazing ideas have developed when I next return! Details relating to ‘,Let us Dream ’, can be found on the Ecological Conversion Group’,s ‘,Journey to 2030’, website. For more information or if you would like your school to partake in a workshop, please contact Sue at ldfjsue@gmail.com

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16 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + December 2022 www.catholic voiceo昀,ancaster.co.uk Church Supplies –, serving Schools, Business and Homes Our advertisers are great supporters of the Lancaster Voice, so please help them by supporting their businesses To advertise please contact Charlotte on 07932 248225 or email charlotter@cathcom.org Preston The Parish of St. John XXIII Christmas Eve at English Martyr’,s Church, Garstang Road: Vigil Mass 5pm. at St. Joseph’,s Church, Skeffington Road: Vigil Mass 6.30pm. Christmas Day at St. Joseph’,s Church Christmas morning Mass at 10am Preston, St Clare’,s Saturday 24th December 6pm: First Mass of Christmas 11:30pm: Carols &, Midnight Mass Sunday 25th December The Nativity of the Lord Mass at 10am Monday 26th December St Stephen Mass at 9.30am (Mass for altar servers) St Bernadette’,s Bispham Christmas Services Friday 24th December 5pm Children`s Mass of Christmas 7:45pm Carols followed by 8pm CandleLit Christmas Mass Saturday 25th December 10am Christmas Morning Mass Sunday 26th December 10am Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family St Annes-on-the-Sea Our Lady Star of the Sea Christmas Eve: 4.00pm Mass (Family Mass) 8.00 p.m. Christmas Day 9.30am Family Morning Mass of Christmas 11.00am Family Morning Mass of Christmas St. Joseph`s Ansdell and St Peter`s, Lytham Christmas Eve Saturday 24th December 6.00pm St Joseph`s - Children`s Mass of Christmas 8.00pm St Peter`s - Candlelit Mass of Christmas with Carols and Readings from 7.30pm Christmas Day Sunday 25th December 9.15am St Joseph`s - Morning Mass of Christmas 10.30am St Peter`s - Morning Mass of Christmas Christmas Mass Times Wishing all the Catholic Voice of Lancaster Readers a very Merry Christmas from all the Parishes, the Diocese and everyone at CathCom

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