with Mike and Heather Reeves who helped them settle very quickly into the parish. It was a great sadness for Pat and Graham when Mike and Heather died – one after the other in a relatively short space of time. Graham entered the 2010 RCIA programme at the Cathedral and became a Catholic at Easter that year. Pat and Graham now help with subsequent RCIA programmes and this year are sponsoring a family with three children who are going through the programme. Other ‘duties’ within the life of the Cathedral include helping in the gift shop after the 11.15am Mass on a Sunday, taking the weekly collection at Mass and helping with the Corpus Christi celebrations each year. When any spare time becomes available, Pat and Graham enjoy visiting local folk music clubs in the area, including the Willows Folk Club in Arundel. In the summer they visit folk festivals in their beloved vintage VW Camper van where they really let their hair down! The marathon at Brighton will be Pat’s first and she hopes to raise £1,500. Graham is now threatening to do the run himself next year! If you would like to support Pat in her fund-raising marathon you can do so either by using a form available in the Cathedral Gift Shop or donating at the following web address: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/PatSmithsonforrunning. ++++++++++++++++++++
Corpus Christi - 6/7 June 2012 This year’s Carpet of Flowers design will be centred on three distinctive themes linked to the country and to Arundel. These are the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Olympic Torch (that is journeying through Arundel on Monday, 16 July) and the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic on which one of our parishioners, Bernard Cuthbert Taylor, died. With so much going on that week, we need volunteers to come forward to assist in the preparation (from Sunday 3 June) before the public viewing plus the ‘greet and meet’ for visitors, gift shop assistants and serving refreshments as well as helping with the Mass and Procession. Please call the Parish Office on 01903 882 297 to confirm you will be able to help us in any way you can! 23