Parish Proclaimer Easter 2013

The Parish Proclaimer Easter 2013

Cathedral Parish of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex Published in March 2013

All about the Parish Rev. Canon Tim Madeley - Dean Rev. Mr. David Clifton - Deacon Louise Sharp - Parish Secretary* Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AY Tel: 01903 882 297 Fax: 01903 885 335 Email: aruncath1@aol.com

Web: www.arundelcathedral.org * The Parish Office is open 9am – 1pm, Monday – Friday MASS TIMES AT THE CATHEDRAL Sunday

9.30am Family Mass on the third Sunday of the month; Children’s Liturgy available other Sundays.

Weekdays

11.15am

Cathedral Choir.

10am

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Saturday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.

Saturday

11am

Benediction.

MASS TIMES AT THE CONVENT OF THE POOR CLARES, CROSSBUSH Saturday

5.30pm Vespers.

6.15pm Vigil Mass (entry at 6pm).

Sunday

Monday/ Thursday

4pm

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

5pm

Vespers and Benediction.

8.30am Mass - for Mass times on other weekdays please call

the Convent the night before on 01903 882 536.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Saturday

Cathedral:

10.30am otherwise by appointment.

Convent :

Before/after the Saturday 6.15pm Mass.

A Reflection on Easter

By Canon Tim

Unlike the other Eucharistic Prayers which only specifically mention the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first Eucharistic Prayer (The Roman Canon) in the consecration of the bread and wine at Mass, there is listed a number of saints in the prayers both before and after the consecration. The first half of those listed before are: Joseph, the husband of Mary, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude. In the main, these are the first followers of Christ who journeyed with him from the start of his three-year mission after his baptism in the river Jordan until his death on Calvary outside Jerusalem and the resurrection.

Having just got back from a five-day pilgrimage in the Holy Land, I now can begin to build up an image of what life was like for those first Apostles - not just in Jerusalem where we followed the way of the cross (Via Dolorosa) and celebrated Mass actually in the Holy Sepulchre but also in the Jordan area where John was baptising and in Capernaum where we saw and touched the actual foundations of the synagogue where Jesus taught. Around the synagogue were the excavated streets where Jesus walked to the house of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law.

Visiting this place gives a great sense that in the scriptures we are following the life Continued overleaf +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTICLES FOR THE PENTECOST ISSUE OF THE PARISH PROCLAIMER: Deadline for receipt - Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Please email your written piece and photos to clouter@mac.com or post to Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AY including your name/address to enable us to return the photos.

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story of not just Christ but of his first followers.

For me, my pilgrimage will give me a new vision this Holy Week and Easter of the personal relationship we have with Jesus and the twelve that are so familiar to us.

May the Holy Apostles pray for us.

Canon Tim Madeley ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Pope Benedict on Mission

By Peter Honiball Since 1922, Missio has been the Catholic Church's official charity for overseas mission. We bring the hope of the Gospel where there is turmoil, poverty and uncertainty in the world, and where the Church is new, young or poor. Missio empowers local people to form and sustain communities of faith and we train and nurture future leaders so that the vital work of the Church in the world can take place.

To provide for the different needs of the overseas Church, Missio focuses on four main areas of provision: - Children's projects (faith, health and education) - The training of local priests and sisters - The building of Church infrastructure and support of faith communities - The promotion of world mission through prayer and study Over the years the Holy Father has provided guidance and inspiration to the whole Church on World Mission Sunday, a day when the whole Church unites in prayer and love for the family of God across the world. Here are some extracts of those messages during the course of his pontificate...

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The secret of missionary action Being missionaries means loving God with all one's heart, even to the point, if necessary, of dying for him. How many priests, men and women, religious and lay people, have borne the supreme witness of love with martyrdom even in our times!

Being missionaries means stooping down to the needs of all, like the Good Samaritan, especially to those of the poorest and most destitute people. Those who love with Christ's Heart do not seek their own interests but the glory of the Father and the good of their neighbour alone.

Here lies the secret of the apostolic fruitfulness of missionary action that crosses frontiers and cultures, reaches peoples and spreads to the extreme boundaries of the world. World Mission Sunday Message 2006 Missionary by nature “The Church is missionary by her very nature”, John Paul II wrote in his Encyclical Redemptoris Missio, “for Christ's mandate is not something contingent or external, but reaches the very heart of the Church. It follows that the universal Church and

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each individual Church is sent forth to the nations....” It is highly appropriate that young Churches “should share as soon as possible in the universal missionary work of the Church. They should themselves send missionaries to proclaim the Gospel all over the world”. World Mission Sunday Message 2007 Life-changing hope Creation is suffering. Creation is suffering and waiting for real freedom; it is waiting for a different, better world; it is waiting for ‘redemption’. And deep down it knows that this new world that is awaited supposes a new man; it supposes ‘children of God’. ... Poverty oppresses millions of inhabitants. Discrimination and sometimes even persecution for racial, cultural and religious reasons drive many people to flee from their own countries in order to seek refuge and protection elsewhere. Technological progress... runs the risk... of increasing already existing imbalances and injustices.

There is, moreover, a constant threat regarding the man-environment relation due to the indiscriminate use of resources, with repercussions on the physical and mental health of human beings. Humanity's future is also put at risk by the attempts on his life, which take on various forms and means.

The answer to these questions comes to those of us who believe from the Gospel.

Christ is our future, and his Gospel is a ‘life-changing’ communication that gives hope, throws open the dark door of time and illuminates the future of humanity and the university. World Mission Sunday Message 2008 Illumine all peoples The goal of the Church's mission is to illumine all peoples with the light of the Gospel as they journey through history towards God, so that in Him they may reach their full potential and fulfilment. We should have a longing and a passion to illumine all peoples with the light of Christ that shines on the face of the Church, so that all may be gathered into the one human family, under God's loving fatherhood.

World Mission Sunday Message 2009

Make Jesus seen The people of our time, even perhaps unbeknown to them, ask believers not only to ‘speak’ of Jesus, but to ‘make Jesus seen’, to make the face of the Redeemer shine 6

out in every corner of the earth before the generations of the new millennium and especially before the young people of every continent, the privileged ones to whom the Gospel proclamation is intended. They must perceive that Christians bring Christ's word because he is the truth, because they have found in him the meaning and the truth for their own lives.

Missio - the Pope’s official mission charity - thanks Pope Benedict for all his encouragement and support of world mission, Please join Missio, and all the faithful around the world, in prayer for our Holy Father. World Mission Sunday Message 2010 Find out about Missio’s work of proclaiming the Gospel and serving those in need at www.missio.org.

Bishop Kieran Conway celebrated a special Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Benedict XVI at the 11.15am service on Sunday 24 February 2012. See lower right photo.

The Mass was well attended and special Prayers were said for Pope Benedict whose last day of office was on Thursday 28 February. The Choir sung beautifully and Bishop Kieran gave them special mention at the end of Mass. We were all asked to remember the Cardinals in our prayers as they gather for the Conclave to elect a successor in March. Deacons David and Bob handed out Special Prayer Cards at the 7

conclusion of his Ministry as Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff.

Please pray for Pope Benedict: Almighty ever-living God, who has given your faithful servant Benedict grace to maintain his faith and hope in you amid the labours of his apostolic ministry graciously bestow upon him, we pray, the consolations of your Holy Spirit and uphold him in serenity of life.

Through Christ our Lord Amen.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us St Peter, pray for us St Paul, pray for us St Benedict, pray for us All holy men and woman, pray for us ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Hand-made by the Lord

By Mary Corbyn Advertisers know that they have only to describe a product as ‘hand-made’ to be sure of an eager market. Strange that this should be so when mass-production has brought so many goods to so many people, but we do like to feel that we own something special and just a bit different, made by a real person, not a machine. No matter that there is the occasional rough edge or slight variation in colour, there is the notion that someone has taken trouble to do the job, has put skill into it.

In a few weeks’ time, we shall celebrate the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary (but on 8 April this year, since 25 March falls in Holy Week). In answer to the angel’s message, Mary said, “I am the handmaid of the Lord”. But she could have truthfully said, “I am hand-made by the Lord” for so she was, and is; a special, one-off person, chosen by God and prepared by Him, to be the human mother of His Son the Word made flesh.

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No less remarkable is the fact that we are each ‘hand-made by the Lord’, known to Him and like no other. Somewhere in the scriptures there is the image of God the Potter, making and shaping us out of the clay of the earth.

We are not yet finished products and will sometimes get knocked out of shape, the better to be re-made.

For it was you who formed my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works; That I know very well.

My frame was being made in secret, Intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.

In your book were written All the days that were formed for me When none of them as yet existed.

Ps. 139 The re-making goes on in secret, regardless of our own replacement and repair jobs that keep us together – courtesy of modern medicine and technology.

In desperate moments, when we might wonder if it is all worthwhile, just remember, and keep on saying, ‘I am hand-made by the Lord and precious in His sight’. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

A Ministry of Reconciliation On Thursday, 23 May at 7pm Pastor Dr. Khoury from Bethlehem will speak at Arundel Town Hall.

All are welcome and there is no charge.

Offerings will be gratefully received on leaving the meeting.

For more information please contact Emilie Bruell: p.e.bruell@waitrose.com

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Memorable Overseas Masses - 1

By Graham Rodmell

One of the advantages of frequent overseas travel as part of one’s work is the opportunity of experiencing the Catholic Church as it operates in other countries and to gain new insights and perspectives on the practice of the faith. For this reason I prefer to seek out churches or Mass centres where I can fulfil the Mass attendance ‘obligation’, rather than to plead the ‘travelling’ exemption. This is especially the case in some of the more unusual countries to which my work in overseas development and anti-corruption campaigning took me. Many of these Masses have been memorable, not only for the spirituality and charity that transcend language and cultural differences, but also because of incidents or circumstances that, from my southern English background, I found frankly amusing.

One that springs to mind was in Casablanca in 2003. I was staying in the Hotel Farah, which a few weeks later was to be attacked by Islamist suicide bombers from the Salafia Jihadia group with links to al-Qaeda. The hotel was the venue for an international conference on anti-corruption campaigning. During a relaxed time in one of the refreshment bars between conference sessions, I had a friendly chat with a Canadian delegate (we shall call him Robert) who was seriously disabled and confined to a wheelchair. Robert was a strong personality with a fine brain and a lively sense of humour and his presence enlivened any group with whom he engaged in conversation. He was also highly skilled in manoeuvring his wheelchair on and off elevators and around any obstruction safely, but at a speed that would have impressed Paralympics judges and spectators. Although he had the strength in his arms to raise himself, he had no mobility in his legs.

As is so often the case in conversation, it became obvious (but for no obvious reason) that we were both practising Catholics. This was a Saturday morning and Continued on page 12 10

the conference hosts had filled every waking moment of our stay with working plenary sessions or smaller workshops, the emphasis being on work. This applied throughout our short stay and having travelled considerable distances to attend, we wanted to participate and learn as much as possible. The programme for Sunday showed no recognition that some of the delegates might want to go to Mass. Indeed had it not been for Morocco’s French colonial history, the thought would have been unimaginable in such a strongly Islamic country, where to proselytise is a crime. We promptly resolved that we would seek out a former French church in the city. A few minutes on Robert’s laptop and a consultation with the concierge identified a suitable church with a mid-morning Mass.

Although our joint wills were strong, I realised that much would depend on the physical assistance I could render to Robert and on the capacity of one of the Casablanca red ‘petits taxis’ which are very ‘petit’ (small). I did some visual research, imagined the size of the collapsed wheelchair and concluded that it could be carried in the open luggage basket on the roof of the taxi, so the only obstacle to successful transporting would be Robert’s getting from the chair to the car seat and I figured, correctly, that he would be well used to this procedure. Filled with enthusiastic optimism, we met in the hotel lobby at the agreed time, which allowed only the minimum time away from the conference business. A red taxi was summoned and the efficient but dour taxi driver soon had us speeding on our way to the church.

On arrival at what the driver claimed was the right place, we looked around for a church at normal ground level. Then as we cast our eyes heavenwards, our hearts sank, because there at the summit of a long and steep flight of about 40 steps was indeed a church building and some worshippers of European ethnicity climbing towards the entrance many metres higher. The approach was more akin to a Mayan temple. I made enquiries and quickly found out that there was no elevator or indeed a disabled entrance.

Ever cheerful and resigned, Robert urged me to go to the Mass and he would happily stay at ground floor level and await my return. I could not accept this as a solution and we fell to arguing, my preferring to return immediately to the conference. Now the steps were clearly a location where large numbers of Casablancan young males hang out. Some of them were advancing upon us and seizing the problem in a moment. No conversation was required. Equally spontaneously, four or five ‘mates’ seized the wheel chair with Robert in it, tilted it backwards and with barely a nod from either of us, set-off up the steps at a rapid pace to the church entrance.

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There was no prior risk analysis and no signed consent form, but my concern was eased when I noticed that Robert was finding the whole performance very amusing.

On arrival at church level I mentioned to the ring leader the time that we estimated we should be leaving. We did not really believe they would still be around, but Robert was relaxed about the prospect. I noticed that many of the congregation were elderly and unlikely to be able to offer like assistance. The Mass itself in French was uneventful and when we emerged into the bright sunshine, there was the same team! As they undertook the long descent with less sense of urgency and more of caring, there was time for some friendly exchanges and Robert and I were definitely more at ease.

I started to take some Moroccan Dirhams (Moroccan currency abbreviated as ‘MAD’) notes from my wallet to show our appreciation, but our special delivery team made it clear that they did not want payment. That gesture made us both feel that common humanity displaced inter-faith suspicion and that these young men had shown that generational preconceptions were also misplaced. ‘Uplifted’, we returned to the conference hall. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Cathedral Choir News

By Elizabeth Stratford Following competitive audition, Amelia Craddock has been awarded a place in the extremely prestigious Millennium Youth Choir. The choir was formed in the year 2000 to offer opportunities to outstanding young singers aged 16-23. They meet several times each year to give concerts, sing services, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and record. This professional standard choir rejects many applicants each year and many qualities are sought in any potential singers including strong sight-singing ability, good social and communication skills, musical understanding and maturity and of course an excellent voice.

David Ogden, the Director of the choir (which is nicknamed MYC) commented that Amelia "has an excellent range, even tone across the voice and will fit into the group extremely well. We are looking forward to seeing her soon". Amelia's first engagement will be a live broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 from Bristol on Wednesday 3 April; in the summer the choir will travel to Prague to sing in Teplice, Tabor, Veseli nad Luznici, Tachov and Pisek so she will certainly be kept 13

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busy! At just 15 years old, Amelia's achievement is all the more remarkable given she is younger than the usual age for admission to the choir which numbers around 30 people. Congratulations Amelia!

Congratulations to Bryony Morison who achieved her RSCM Gold Award just before Christmas. The Gold Award tests candidates to a high level and features tests in singing, sight reading, liturgical knowledge and musical understanding and it is usually older teenagers and adults that sit the exam. Bryony prepared music by Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Herbert Howells, Thomas Tallis, John Gardner, John Rutter and Bob Chilcott amongst others and had to talk about different composers and their musical contributions to society. At 15, Bryony has completed her chorister medal progression and will now wear a 'gold' medal (gold coloured, not solid gold!) on a cranberry coloured ribbon to signify her achievement.

She is one of only 5 people who have been through the choir to achieve the Award, the others being Clive Hope Ross, Lauren Fowler, Chloe Burrows and Stefanie Moore, so she joins an elite few! Well done!!

Maisie Cunnett has won the part of Dior in Theatre Akimbo's production of Tomorrow I'll be happy by playwright Jonathan Harvey. The National Youth Theatre commissions new works each year focusing on issues facing young people as part of their Connections project across the country. Maisie has already featured in Youth Opera at Glyndebourne as well as other independent theatre productions in the area so is building up quite a CV! The play was performed at Northbrook College at the end of February and those taking part may have the opportunity to perform on stage at the National Theatre so watch this space!

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Examination results: Ella Markell - Grade 1 Singing Pass Isabella Bradley - Grade 5 Singing Pass Joseph Jenner - Grade 5 Singing Merit Tom Perkins - Grade 8 Singing Distinction 2013 is going to be a hectic year for the Cathedral Choir. On Easter Monday, 1 April, choir members and their dogs are undertaking a sponsored walk in Slindon Woods to raise funds for the choir. It is not too late to sponsor someone - please do support us! We will be walking several miles come rain or shine and are hoping our dogs (you can sponsor them as well) will enjoy socialising with the other parish dogs.

Poppy (chocolate labrador) barked that she was "very excited" about it all and Winters the West Highland terrier had NOT had a bath especially for the occasion.

Other walkers welcome - please see Elizabeth for details.

In May we begin our organ recital series with Ian Ball who will take the reins of our fabulous Hill organ on Saturday 18 May at 7.30pm. Those who heard him play in October will know he is an extremely fresh and exciting young player who performs with virtuosity and flair at every opportunity. David Briggs (formerly Gloucester Cathedral, now of Toronto, Canada) will give a masterclass and recital on Sunday 14 July at 7.30pm. Please look out for further details as this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - David is rarely in the UK now and has an international reputation for repertoire and improvisation. The masterclass will take place in the afternoon (spectators are permitted) and the recital is due to start at 7.30pm. Other recitals will feature Robert Sharpe from York Minister and myself. Please check the Cathedral’s weekly newsletter and website for more details plus look out for posters, which will be going up soon.

In July the Cathedral Choir will record their fifth CD featuring music for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. They will be in the capable hands of Adrian Lucas, former Director of Music of Worcester Cathedral, who owns recording label Acclaim Productions and will be guiding/producing the disc. It should be on sale towards the end of 2013 and will make the perfect Christmas present - please look out for special pre-order deals!!

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Two Gems within the Parish Boundaries

By Peter Cullinane

St. Mary the Virgin, North Stoke

The Catholic parish of Arundel is unusual in that it has within its confines two medieval churches, now in the ownership of the Churches Conservation Trust, but which are still consecrated buildings and under the jurisdiction of their respective incumbents as regards religious services.

The Trust has taken under its care some 350 otherwise redundant parish churches, saving them from decay and revitalising their use. It is not a religious charity itself, but it maintains the churches for occasional worship and for secular activities, e.g. concerts, art exhibitions, drama etc., usually organised by the Friends’ Group attached to it.

If you do not know already the churches described below, I hope that you will be inspired to visit them.

St. Mary the Virgin, North Stoke The church lies in a quiet hamlet about a mile down the lane next to Amberley Station.

The building’s visible fabric is basically early 14th century, but parts are much earlier and the church was mentioned in Domesday Book. It is on the site of an earlier wooden Saxon Church and the visitor will recognise the shrewdness of the Saxons, and later medievals, in building the church on the highest available ground as the 17

Arun is likely to have flooded seriously in the winter at that time.

Inside the building, the wide chancel arch should be noted as well the fragments of rare medieval glass depicting the coronation of Our Lady. Three sedilia, or seats, were provided for the clergy at High Mass in the sanctuary. The walls in the middle ages were covered with paintings, but unfortunately obliterated during the Reformation. Traces are still visible, including an owl to the left of the sanctuary.

Outside, there is a Mass dial and many instances of Roman bricks and tiles in the walls, as well as Sussex ironstone, especially on the corners. It is thought that the solidity of the external walls denotes the relative wealth derived from the wool trade but a projected tower, indicated by the solid walls in the north transept, was not completed.

The original dedication of the church was lost until the fortuitous discovery in 2007 of a 1275 document referring to St. Mary the Virgin. As a consequence, a fitting re-dedication service was conducted by the Anglican Bishop of Horsham and Bishop Kieran later that year.

There is a very active Friends’ Group which organises concerts, religious drama etc.

Further details of membership, currently costing ÂŁ5/single and ÂŁ12/family (both minimum) are obtainable from the Secretary, Mrs J. Aidin, The Old Rectory, Wiggonholt, Pulborough. RH20 2EL. Religious services, both Catholic and Anglican are occasionally held in the church details are announced in the parish newsletter.

St. Mary Magdalene, Tortington This delightful small church lies behind a farmyard, again on the highest available ground, about 100 yards from Ford Road, the entrance being the first turning past the drive leading to Tortington Manor, itself the site of a medieval Augustinian priory.

The church was not mentioned in Domesday Book and it appears to have been founded about 1140 to serve the Augustinian lay canons. It was substantially repaired and restored around 1860, but happily without significant alteration to the basic style. Although the predominant material in the external walls is flint, the Continued on page 20 18

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stonework is from Caen brought over from Normandy after the Conquest.

There is a superb Romanesque arch as you enter the church and the chancel arch inside features a double band of decorated masonry, which includes a row of grotesque human faces and bird heads, of which this is the only example in Sussex.

The font (but not the base) is Norman but the stained glass is Victorian.

A Friends’ Group has very recently been constituted and subscriptions are a minimum of £5 per person, (£10 if at all possible) - details are available from the Secretary, John Morrison, 10 West View Drive, Yapton, Sussex BN18 0JR. The inaugural event takes place on Saturday April 27 at 4pm when the Barbershop Quartet will perform - further details nearer the time in the parish newsletter.

As can be seen above, the two medieval churches constitute a considerable part of our Catholic heritage and are well worth an in-depth visit.

For some 500 years after the Conquest the faithful went to Mass and received the sacraments in those churches in exactly the same way as we go the Cathedral today, and it is hoped that the brief details given will persuade you to visit these churches that are usually always open.

Donations for the work of the Trust are welcome and these may be left in the wallboxes provided.

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The Story behind the Easter Egg From various contributions on Wikipedia, an online info resource History It is believed the custom of the Easter egg originated amongst the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection; in A.D. 1610, Pope Paul V proclaimed the following prayer: Bless, O Lord! We beseech thee, this thy creature of eggs, that it may become a wholesome sustenance to thy faithful servants, eating it in thankfulness to thee on account of the resurrection of the Lord.

Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.

Lenten Tradition The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent as well as on other traditional fast days in Western Christianity (this tradition still continues among the Eastern Christian Churches). Likewise, in Eastern Christianity, both meat and dairy are prohibited during the Lenten fast, and eggs are seen as "dairy" (a foodstuff that could be taken from an animal without shedding its blood).

This established the tradition of Pancake Day being celebrated on Shrove Tuesday.

This day, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when Lent begins, is also known as Mardi Gras, a French phrase which translates as “Fat Tuesday” to mark the last consumption of eggs and dairy before Lent begins.

In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent begins on “Clean Monday”, rather than the Wednesday, so the household's dairy products would be used up in the preceding week, called “Cheesefare Week”. During Lent, since chickens would not stop laying 22

-eggs during this time, a larger than usual store might be available at the end of the fast if the eggs had not been allowed to hatch. The surplus, if any, had to be eaten quickly to prevent spoiling. Then, with the coming of Easter - Pascha - the eating of eggs resumes.

One would have been forced to hard-boil the eggs that the chickens produced so as not to waste food, and for this reason the Spanish dish “hornazo” (traditionally eaten on and around Easter) contains hard-boiled eggs as a primary ingredient. In Hungary, eggs are used sliced in potato casseroles around the Easter period.

Decoration and symbolism In the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ - the cracking of which symbolized His resurrection from the dead. Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the Paschal Vigil (which is equivalent to Holy Saturday), and distributed to the faithful.

Each household also brings an Easter basket to church, filled not only with Easter eggs but also with other Paschal foods such as paskha, kulich or Easter breads, and these are blessed by the priest as well. The egg is seen by followers of Christianity as a symbol of resurrection: while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it.

Similarly, in the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, the so-called “święconka”, i.e. blessing of decorative baskets with a sampling of Easter eggs and other symbolic foods, is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday.

During Paschaltide, in some traditions the Pascal greeting with the Easter egg is even extended to the deceased. On either the second Monday or Tuesday of Pascha, after a memorial service people bring blessed eggs to the cemetery and bring the joyous paschal greeting, “Christ has risen”, to their beloved departed.

Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, and other Central European countries’ folk traditions. A batik (wax resist) process is used to create intricate, brilliantly coloured eggs, the best-known of which is the Ukrainian pysanka and the Polish pisanka. The celebrated Fabergé workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial Court.

Most of these creations themselves contained hidden surprises such as clockwork birds, or miniature ships. A 27 feet (9m) sculpture of a pysanka stands in Vegreville, Alberta.

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There are many other decorating techniques and numerous traditions of giving them as a token of friendship, love or good wishes. A tradition exists in some parts of the United Kingdom (such as Scotland and North East England) of rolling painted eggs down steep hills on Easter Sunday. In the U.S., such an Easter egg roll (unrelated to an eggroll) is often done on flat ground, pushed along with a spoon; the Easter Egg Roll has become a much-loved annual event on the White House lawn. An Easter egg hunt is a common festive activity, where eggs are hidden outdoors (or indoors if in bad weather) for children to run around and find. This may also be a contest to see who can collect the most eggs.

When boiling eggs for Easter, a popular tan colour can be achieved by boiling the eggs with onion skins. A greater variety of colour was often provided by tying on the onion skin with different coloured woollen yarn. In the North of England these are called pace-eggs or paste-eggs, from a dialectal form of Middle English pasche. They were usually eaten after an egg-jarping (egg-tapping) competition.

Easter egg traditions An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled ones or artificial ones filled with, or made of chocolate sweets, of various sizes, are hidden for children to find, both indoors and outdoors. When the hunt is over, prizes may be given for the largest number of eggs collected, or for the largest or the smallest egg.

Real eggs may further be used in egg tapping contests. In the North of England, at Eastertime, a traditional game is played where hard boiled pace eggs are distributed and each player hits the other player's egg with their own. This is known as "egg tapping", "egg dumping" or "egg jarping". The winner is the holder of the last intact egg. The losers get to eat their eggs. There is an annual egg jarping world championship held every year over Easter in Peterlee Cricket Club. It is also practised in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries - they call it “tucanje”. In parts of Austria, Bavaria and German-speaking Switzerland it is called either “Ostereiertitschen” or “Eierpecken”. In parts of Europe it is also called “epper”, presumably from the German name “Opfer”, meaning “offering” and in Greece it is known as “tsougrisma”. In South Louisiana this practice is called Pocking Eggs and is slightly different. The Louisiana Creoles hold that the winner eats the eggs of the losers.

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The central European Slavic nations (Czechs and Slovaks etc.) have a tradition of gathering eggs by gaining them from the females in return of whipping them with a pony-tail shaped whip made out of fresh willow branches and splashing them with water, by the Ruthenians called “polivanja”, which is supposed to give them health and beauty.

Egg rolling is also a traditional Easter egg game played with eggs at Easter. In the United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries children traditionally rolled eggs down hillsides at Easter. This tradition was taken to the New World by European settlers, and continues to this day. Different nations have different versions of the game.

Egg dance is a traditional Easter game in which eggs are laid on the ground or floor and the goal is to dance among them without damaging any eggs, which originated in Germany. In the UK the dance is called the hop-egg. The Pace Egg plays are traditional village plays, with a rebirth theme. The drama takes the form of a combat between the hero and villain, in which the hero is killed and brought to life, The plays take place in England during Easter. Also in Germany, eggs decorate trees and bushes as Easter egg trees.

In some Mediterranean countries, especially in Lebanon, chicken eggs are boiled and decorated by dye and/or painting and used as decoration around the house. Then, on Easter Day, young children would duel with them saying “Christ is resurrected, indeed He is”, breaking and eating them. This also happens in Greece (where the eggs are painted red). On Easter Sunday friends and family hit each other's egg with their own. The one whose egg does not break is believed to be in for good luck in the future. In Egypt, it is a tradition to decorate boiled eggs during the “Sham el-Nessim” holiday, which falls every year after the Eastern Christian Easter.

Cascarones, a North-Eastern Mexican tradition now shared by many in South Texas, are emptied and dried chicken eggs stuffed with confetti and sealed with pieces of tissue paper. The eggs are hidden in a similar tradition to the American Easter egg hunt and when found the children (and adults) break them over each other's heads.

Other Christian traditions While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of 26

Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the risen Christ.The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.

A different, but not necessarily conflicting legend concerns Mary Magdalene's efforts to spread the Gospel. According to this tradition, after the Ascension of Jesus, Mary went to the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with “Christ has risen”, whereupon he pointed to an egg on his table and stated, “Christ has no more risen than that egg is red”. After making this statement it is said the egg immediately turned blood red.

Parallels with other faiths The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges from an egg when the chick hatches out.

The ancient Zoroastrians painted eggs for Nowruz, their New Year celebration, which falls on the Spring equinox. The Nowruz tradition has existed for at least 2,500 years. The sculptures on the walls of Persepolis show people carrying eggs for Nowruz to the king.

There are good grounds for the association between hares (later termed Easter bunnies) and eggs, through folklore confusion between hares' forms (where they raise their young) and plovers' nests.

There are also parallels (though no direct connection) between the Easter egg tradition and the celebration of Passover in Judaism, notable because in Christian tradition, Christ was celebrating Passover with his disciples on the evening before Good Friday. An egg is one of the components of a traditional Seder plate, a traditional centrepiece of the Passover meal. The tradition of hiding Easter eggs for children to find is also similar to another Passover tradition, whereby the head of the household hides a piece of matza (the “afikomen”) during the meal. After the meal, the children search the home for the afikomen, and are rewarded once it is found.

Fabergé eggs A Fabergé egg is a jewelled egg made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 to 1917.

Most were miniature eggs that were popular gifts at Easter. They were worn on a neck chain either singly or in groups.

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The most famous eggs produced by the House were the larger ones made for Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia; these are often referred to as the “Imperial” Fabergé eggs. Approximately 50 eggs were made and 42 have survived. Another two eggs, the Constellation and Karelian Birch eggs, were planned for 1918 but not delivered, as Nicholas II and his family were executed that year, and Nicholas had abdicated the crown the year before.

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Comedy with the Clergy More correspondence from children to the new parish priest: “Are there any devils on earth? I think there may be one in my class.”

“I liked your sermon on Sunday. Especially when it was finished.”

“How does God know the good people from the bad people? Do you tell Him or does He read about it in the newspapers?”

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Parish People - Liz McCombe

By Colin Swanton

Liz is one of the latest members to join the Cathedral Parish Core Team. She is delighted to have this opportunity (to join the Core Team) as she likes ‘being involved’ and ‘having her say’! Liz was born in Lancashire but only lived there for one week before moving with her family to Yorkshire, where she lived out most of her formative years.

In 1962 she joined the Royal Navy (then the WRNS) and obtained her first promotion in 1965 and continued serving until she retired as a Commander in 1994.

Liz said, “I had a super career and enjoyed it immensely.” Having bought a house in Emsworth, Hants in 1988 she settled there on retirement. Like most ‘busy’ people, retirement does not mean doing nothing! Having played golf since the age of 13, Liz now became deeply involved in the administration of women’s golf both at county and national level.

In her time she has played for Yorkshire, Kent and Hampshire at County level, which included being a County Captain as well as a Captain for England. From 1995 to 2001, Liz was a selector for both English and British golfing teams - the last three as chair of the selection committee. She also was a junior and senior England international.

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By Chris Dinham

CLUES ACROSS 1) Publish, or a photograph (5) 8) Why one being late for work (9) 9) Religious choral piece of music (5) 10) Part of the day (9) 11) Name of the Pacific Arm, between Australia and New Guinea (5) 12) Notice something of importance; observe (8) 15) The inside (8) 17) One of two needed for boxers (5) 18) ‘Nurse wolf’ (anag) - one of America’s many plants (9) 20) Perfect; just what was sought (5) 21) A really bad person, a rogue (9) 22) Now now, in a little while (5) Just in case you are not sure, ‘anag’ is short for ‘anagram’, meaning that you only need to rearrange the letters to work out the answers to the clues; hope you all enjoy!

CLUES DOWN 1) Type of a stone sometimes used in the bathroom (6) 2) Curiosity, hobby thoughts, even from profits (8) 3) All of it, the lot (3) 4) Footballer, though not always in the middle of the pitch (6,7) 5) Very big Australian bird (7) 6) Nothing (4) 7) Position observed in some sport activities (6) 13) Rude, cheeky or just insubordinate (8) 14) ‘Ran idle’ (anag) - to this little nearby country (7) 15) Do not give in; be firm (6) 16) Often it’s underground in places for storing the booze (6) 17) One part of your cooker, cooking from above (5) 19) Alcove or recess (4)

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In 2002 Liz converted to Catholicism at St. Richard’s in Chichester and for the last six or seven years has worshipped at the Cathedral particularly loving to attend the 11.15am Mass on a Sunday. Apart from the Mass, Liz says she finds parishioners there so friendly and, subsequently, has become a welcomer at the 11.15am Mass as well as being appointed a special minister of the Eucharist and now a member of the Core Team.

Liz still has some ties at St. Richard’s, Chichester, as she remains a member of their visiting group taking communion to the housebound on occasions. At Chichester Cathedral she is a welcomer. Her other interests are many and varied, as she loves gardening, reading, history, music, theatre and the opera. She also loves nature and on the day we met at the Cathedral she went on to visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust site in Arundel.

On 1 December 2012, Liz was invested as a Dame of the Holy Sepulchre at St. Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Easter Features & Prayers Courtesy of ‘A Green Bough’ magazine The Easter Candle The lighting of the Easter Candle seems to have originated in the ancient daily ritual of ‘lucenare’, (‘lighting of the lamps’) as darkness fell. The tradition of lighting candles held by the people began in Rome in the early centuries. There the dark of night of the Easter Vigil was filled with candles symbolic of the resurrected Christ.

In the Frankish kingdom further symbolism was added to the Easter Candle and continues today at the discretion of the pastor. A cross is cut or traced into it with the proclamation ‘Christ yesterday and today, the beginning and the end’, adding the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet ‘Alpha and Omega’.

The numbers of the current year was added in the four angles of the crossbars with the proclamation ‘All time belongs to Him and all the ages, to Him be glory and power through every age forever, Amen’. Four grains of incense, sealed with red (wax) nails, are inserted at the ends of the crossbars and one is inserted where the Continued on page 34 32

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crossbars meet with the words ‘By His holy and glorious wounds... may Christ our Lord... guard us... and keep us, Amen’ On Easter Morning The theme of Easter morning remembers and celebrates the very foundation of Christianity: Jesus is raised from the dead and is Lord. Those who believe and are baptized share in this resurrection to new life. It was natural that the very first followers of Jesus would hold this moment sacred. It was the anniversary of that wonderful time when they experienced Him risen and still among them. His death had occurred on the most important of all Jewish feasts; the Passover. His resurrection fulfilled all that the Passover had meant to them as Jews. It was an exodus, a passage from the old times and the oppression of slavery to spiritual freedom. Jesus was the Paschal Lamb slain to achieve this freedom.

Easter goes on the Fifty Days Easter does not end abruptly. It begins a season. Like all major feasts in the church year it is celebrated with an octave, a week-long festival. During the early centuries those who were baptized at the Easter Vigil would gather daily during Easter week for further instructions in the Christian faith. Once again this is an important feature of the newly baptized adults’ journey of new faith continuing for the fifty days of Eastertime.

The Easter season ends with Pentecost (the Greek ‘pentecoste’ means fiftieth). The feast of Pentecost must be understood in the context of the Jewish feast by the same name. The other name in Jewish tradition is Feast of Weeks, a full season of seven weeks of thanksgiving, beginning with Passover Sabbath (please see Tobit 2:1 and 2 Maccabees 12:32). This prolonged festival celebrated the theme of harvest and thanksgiving, it evolved before the time of Christ into a memorial of the covenant and by 300CE, a memorial of the giving of the Law. By the end of the 2nd Century Christians were observing a similar fifty-day festival of rejoicing after the annual Pascha. During these weeks, fasting and kneeling were forbidden because of the joyful experience of resurrection.

From Greg Dues, “Catholic Customs and Tradition”, in “The Visitor”.

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The Passion Flower The beauty of the Passion Flower lies not only in its display of God’s creation, but also in its symbolism of God’s salvation.

At the heart of the flower, reminding us of the main column of the cross, we see five stamens representing the five wounds endured by Christ as he hung upon it.

The blue-fringed corona surrounding the centre symbolizes the crown of thorns, with its stains signifying the blood of Christ shed through his suffering.

The spiralled tendrils denote the lashes used against Christ, whilst the shape of the leaves bring to mind the head of the Centurion’s spear, used to verify Christ’s death.

The fragrance of the flower evokes the aroma of the spices prepared by the women to anoint the body, whilst the round fruit produced by the plant speaks of the world Christ came to save.

The Pearl of Great Price The great grace that all of us have been given is to believe in Jesus Christ, to believe in His presence in our hearts, and to believe that He invites each one of us to enter into that presence. This is an extraordinary gift to have been given.

We have to learn, because it is a gift of such staggering proportions, to respond to it gradually, gently. When we begin we cannot fully understand the sheer magnificence and wonder of it. Each time we return to meditate we enter into that 35

reality a little more deeply, a little more faithfully. It takes time to find that this is The Pearl of Great Price.

Dom John Main OSB What is Prayer?

It is so sad that the common understanding of prayer is limited to religious and verbal acts, when in truth it is such a natural and instinctive part of being human.

The natural. human longing for God is frustrated by a limited understanding of prayer and of how one can or should pray.

Prayer has been described in dozens of ways, such as ‘a familiar conversation with God’. Our limited ideals about the nature of prayer must be exploited to include all the familiar definitions without being confined by them.

All ordinary human longings for happiness, every spontaneous response of love and joy, every stirring towards goodness, every impulse to serve, our sense of guilt and sorrow - all this and more, is prayer. If only we can learn to recognize as true prayer the soul’s sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed, the people who say they never can be brought to religious enterprise, or guilty for not praying, they can be immensely encouraged by recognizing that they pray much more and probably far better than they ever imagined.

Bruce Duncan, ‘Pray Your Way’, ‘The Visitor’.

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News from St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School

By Elizabeth Hargeaves, Deputy Headteacher

February 26th was the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and pupils at St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School planned exciting activities to support this event.

The fortnight began with a whole school assembly led by head teacher Margaret Fraher, to further raise awareness of the importance of fairly traded goods. One of the highlights of the many activities initially planned by the Fair Trade Fighters in Year 6 was a football competition using a newly purchased Fairtrade football. Each class has chosen ways to learn about and celebrate the importance of choosing products with the fair-trade logo.

Reception children used Fairtrade products for cooking, while Year 1 went to find out about Fairtrade products sold in the Co-op in Arundel. The children in Year 2 wrote letters to persuade others to buy more Fairtrade products and Year 3 researched facts.

Years 4, 5 and 6 had lessons in Maths and English as well as Art with a Fairtrade theme. In Arundel, a Fairtrade status town, there are many opportunities to source Fairtrade goods.

Recent information in the media about the use of horsemeat in some of our food is cause for concern, but what are even more alarming are the terrible wages and living conditions of the farmers who grow our food. By educating our children about the huge impact that choosing fairly traded products has on the lives of others, locally and globally, then St. Philip’s school children will learn to live out as adults the part of the school Mission Statement that embraces the gospel values to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’.

Please visit http:learning.st-philips.w-sussex.sch.uk to read more about our school.

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News from St. Philip Howard Catholic High School David Carter, Headteacher After a very long autumn term, our early Easter has made spring term very short, so it’s felt very packed. Along with our spiritual preparations during Lent, there have been house tournaments, sports fixtures and the amazing “SPH’s Got Talent” evening, which raised over £1300 for the Cystic Fibrosis Holiday Fund and showcased some of the phenomenal talents our pupils have.

We began our celebration of Lent with our Ash Wednesday Service, and it was great to see the hall filled with pupils choosing to start Lent together in prayer. We have reminded ourselves of our three key callings: fasting, giving and prayer, and have produced a special Lenten calendar with challenges each day that focus on these three aspects of our Lenten efforts.

As I write this, we are also finishing out final preparations for our Lenten Fundraising Week, and for our Day of Reconciliation. Lots of our local priests have given up time to be with us and offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation to our staff and pupils. As Lent is a time for reflection, we hope those who take the opportunity will find themselves brought closer to God through receiving his love and forgiveness in the Sacrament.

Alongside raising money for our normal charities, our Year 11 Study Skills group have arranged for us to collect various items for Stonepillow, our local homeless charity - if you have spare soaps, shower gels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, warm clothes, winter coats, socks or pairs of shoes that you are happy to donate to this worthwhile cause within our own community, please send them our way. (We are told it is the toiletry items which are the most desperately needed) With prayers for a blessed Lent, and joyous Easter.

Clare Long Chaplain

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Parish Diary MARCH Wednesday 27th

6.00pm Chrism Mass in the Cathedral with Bishop Kieran Conry

Thursday 28th

HOLY THURSDAY 8.00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Cathedral followed by waiting to midnight at the altar of repose.

11.50pm Compline

Friday 29th

GOOD FRIDAY 9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer 10.00am Stations of the Cross 3.00pm The Passion – Collection for Holy Places

Saturday 30th

HOLY SATURDAY 9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer 8.00pm The Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection

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APRIL Saturday 6th Thursday 11th Saturday 13th Saturday 20th Sunday 21st Saturday 27th Sunday 28th

2.00pm Wedding 10.00am Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel 7.30pm Chichester University Choir Concert tickets see www.chi.ac.uk/department-music/whats 2.00pm Wedding 3.00pm St. George’s Day Service (after 2.30pm Parade) 7.30pm Arun Choral Society Concert tickets from 01243 866469 or boxoffice@arunchoralsociety.co.uk 3.00pm Worthing Deanery Confirmations

MAY Saturday 4th Saturday 11th Sunday 12th Saturday 18th Sunday 19th Wednesday 29th Thursday 30th

12 noon Union of Catholic Mothers Annual Mass & Meeting 2.30pm Wedding 1.00pm Baptisms 2.00pm Wedding 9.30am First Holy Communion Mass 9.30am – 8pm Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view 9.30am – 5.30pm Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view 5.30pm Mass with Bishop Kieran c. 6.30pm Procession to the Castle and back to the Cathedral ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Corpus Christi ‘Carpet of Flowers” Assistance Calling on all volunteers to help with the laying of flower-heads and foliage during 27/28 May as well as act as guides or other support during the public days of 29/30 May. Please call the Parish Office on 01903 882 297 or email aruncath@aol.com

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During Easter we pray to the Lord...

Easter Week Sunday 31st EASTER SUNDAY Monday 1st April Tuesday 2nd Wednesday 3rd Thursday 4th Friday 5th Saturday 6th

That we may be uplifted by the message of Easter and your promise of our own resurrection That we remember to support the new members of our Church For our newly elected Pope Francis, that he will be guided in wisdom to lead and heal the Church For those working towards important exams in the coming school term That we may be a helpful example to those who find it difficult to believe in you That we may be slow to criticize, but always ready to show gratitude or offer a helping hand That we allow you to bring healing and peace into our lives

2nd Week of Easter Sunday 7th LOW SUNDAY Monday 8th Tuesday 9th Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th Friday 12th Saturday 13th

That despite doubts which may trouble us, our belief in you may be steadfast For the grace not to become embittered by those who have wronged us in the past In thanksgiving for all the catechists in our parish For guidance in supporting & encouraging our children to become responsible and caring adults For help in showing humility In thanksgiving for those who give children a loving home through fostering or adoption That we are not afraid to proclaim our faith

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3rd Week of Easter Sunday 14th Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th Friday 19th Saturday 20th

That we may recognize your real presence in the ‘breaking of bread’ when we share in the celebration of the Eucharist In thanksgiving for the blessings you have given us, and that we use them well, to the full, and unselfishly For those whose memory has failed, for whom life is confusing For all those who help make our community in Arundel a thriving, prosperous and caring one For those who are, or who feel, alone For all those striving to resolve conflict where there is war and terrorism For vocations to the priesthood

4th Week of Easter Sunday 21st Monday 22nd Tuesday 23rd Wednesday 24th Thursday 25th

Friday 26th Saturday 27th

That we may respond to your calling for us to serve our spiritually starved world For those contemplating the priesthood and those preparing for ordination For those who are disillusioned with life and with their faith For generosity in sharing our possessions with those in need For parishioners who are unable to join us for worship; and for our Ministers of Holy Communion and others who visit them For those coping as single parents For those who have been made redundant or who are denied work

5th Week of Easter Sunday 28th Monday 29th Tuesday 30th Wednesday 1st May Thursday 2nd Friday 3rd Saturday 4th

That our faith in you is not simply based on words or mere talk, but is something alive and active That we refrain from burdening others with unnecessary demands or over-ambitious expectations For those wrestling with moral dilemmas For those who suffer from serious rifts in their family relationships For friends whose company we treasure That we refrain from gossip On this Feast of the English Martyrs, for all those who proclaim and adhere to their faith in the face of hardship and persecution

6th Week of Easter Sunday 5th Monday 6th Tuesday 7th Wednesday 8th Thursday 9th Friday 10th Saturday 11th

That we may serve to diffuse distrust and aggression in our world That whatever work we do, we do it well, with integrity and with pride For those parents who bear the prolonged distress of children who have gone missing For those trying to combat their addiction to drugs or alcohol For those who give up personal ambitions to care for their children, or elderly relatives at home For those who, for whatever reason, feel excluded from practising their faith That in loving one another as you loved us, the world might believe

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7th Week of Easter Sunday 12th ASCENSION DAY Monday 13th Tuesday 14th Wednesday 15th Thursday 16th

Friday 17th Saturday 18th

For good communications in our parish and that we may work in love and understanding of one another For those whose physical or emotional state makes it difficult for them to communicate with others For those whose lives have been damaged by physical, mental or sexual abuse For perseverance when we have difficulty in praying In thanksgiving for those who work ‘behind the scenes’ in our parish, that they are not taken for granted or undervalued For our First Holy Communion group, as they prepare to come to your table That we may be open to the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives and in our parish

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CATHEDRAL GUIDED TOUR THE FRIENDS OF ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL in conjunction with the ARUNDEL MUSEUM SOCIETY are putting on a Guided Tour of the Cathedral plus cream tea in the Cathedral Centre. Wednesday 10th April at 2.15pm. Tickets from Lindsey Stratford 01903 884567 or Michael Heathcote 01903 882227. £7.50 per person or £5.00 for ‘Friends of Arundel Cathedral’.

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SARDHANA We are pleased to confirm that a profit of £1,038.69 was raised at the Quiz Night.

Many thanks to all those who supported us. We have now sent some more money in time for Easter.

St. John Vianney Group This group meets monthly and is for all men aged 18 - 35 who are brave enough to consider a specific vocation from the Lord. It is particularly (though not exclusively)suitable for those daring to consider a vocation to the priesthood.

Meetings are the first Sunday of each month in Crawley at 5pm for Mass followed by pizza, talk, discussion and Adoration, finishing with Benediction at 8.30pm.Venue: Vocations House, Stagelands, Crawley, W. Sussex RH11 7QD

CATHEDRAL GIFT SHOP To prepare for our Diocese Jubilee you can now purchase a Jubilee Prayer Book for £2.75.

An extensive range of religious gifts and cards.

From 1/4/12 - 31/10/12 Mon-Sat 10.30 - 16.30 From 1/11/12 - 31/3/13 Mon-Sat 10.30 - 12noon plus Mon/Wed/Thu 13.30 - 16.00

If you or a family member is unable to come to Mass due to illness or infirmity please call us on 01903 882 297 Race Night 7pm, 19 April Cathedral Centre A great Family Event, tickets to include Ploughman's Supper. Licensed Bar, Raffle.

In aid of "Let The Children Live" - the Colombian Street Children Charity - founded and run by Fr. Peter Walters, who spoke at the Cathedral recently. Tickets from Michael Heathcote 01903 882227 £7.50 for adults and £2.50 for children under 16.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES Application forms are now available from the Sacristy for this year’s event running from 25 July - 2 August 2013

Make a bequest to Arundel Cathedral A leaflet is available to all parishioners who would like to include Arundel Cathedral in their will. The leaflet gives some guidance as to how to make a bequest using the right wording if you wish to make...

1. A bequest to the Cathedral Parish 2. A bequest for Masses 3. A bequest for a Foundation Mass Leaflets available at the back of the Cathedral or call 01903 882 927

And finally...

Something to get you thinking:

Win a surprise prize by posting your answer, with your name/address, to The Editor, Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel BN18 9AY DEADLINE: 23 APRIL 2013

Something to get you smiling: ‘Bloopers that appeared in church bulletins or announced in church services!

Ladies! Please don’t forget our jumble sale! It’s a chance of get rid of those things not worth keeping around your house. Bring your husbands.

The Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals.

A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music to follow.

The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.

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Congratulations & Commemorations Baptisms 23 February - Louis Edward Christian Donnelly 24 February - Molly Garrity

Marriages - None -

Deaths 30 January 2013 - Miriam Dixie (84 years old) 21 February 2013 - Jean Clifton (98 years old)

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An Easter Prayer At Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. The Easter feast was the most important feast in the early Church, and it inspired many ancient hymns and prayers. The resurrection of Christ inspired some of the content of Ephrem the Syrian's Nisibene Hymns. This prayer to the risen Christ is adapted from the works of Saint Ephrem.

O Jesus, King, receive my prayer, and consider my supplication as a pledge to You. For you, O living King, have gone forth and gone up out of Hell, as Conqueror.

Woe to those who have rejected you; For, to evil spirits and demons, you are sorrow, to Satan and to Death, you are pain, To Sin and Hell, you are mourning.

Yet, O how joy has come today, for those who are born anew.

Therefore, on this great day, We give great glory to You, who died and is now alive, that to all you may give life and resurrection!

Adapted by David Bennett from Nisibene Hymn 36:17,18, by St. Ephrem www.churchyear.net