Parish Proclaimer Harvest 2012

The Parish Proclaimer Harvest 2012

Cathedral Parish of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex Published in September 2012

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 Harvest

By Deacon David

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Most people these days tend to think of the source of food as the supermarket, rather than the field or the farmyard, or the orchard. Supplies of food seem to be limitless and unrelated to the seasons, so it is good to pause and give thanks to God for the good things of the earth that he has provided, thanks that we will have enough food for our needs until the harvest next year We should also keep in mind that the bad weather during this last spring/summer means that harvests in the northern hemisphere are significantly down this year. So we might feel inclined to be less thankful because this will mean higher prices for our food. But we should really be more thankful that in spite of the poor harvest we will still have enough to eat even though it will cost more. We should also spare a thought, and a prayer, and some money, for those who live at subsistence level and whose very lives are threatened by food shortages and higher prices.

There was a report in the newspaper the other day that during the coming year, for the first time in human history, the numbers of people in the world dying from obesity related illness will exceed those dying from hunger, or hunger related diseases. This is no cause for celebration, while there are still millions of people in the world going hungry. With food prices set to rise, the number of malnourished Continued on next page... +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTICLES FOR THE ADVENT ISSUE OF THE PARISH PROCLAIMER: Deadline for receipt - Tuesday, 30 October 2012 Email your written piece and photos to clouter@mac.com or post to Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AY

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people is likely to increase.

A well-known supermarket has as its slogan, ‘every little helps’. This could be our slogan too. Individually we may not be able to make much difference, but if enough people try to live more simply (and eat a little less) it may be possible for the world’s food resources to be shared more equally.

Let us enjoy our food (and the other good things of life) but we need also to be mindful of the many who go to bed hungry every night. Both in the Old Testament and in the Gospels, the harshest criticism is reserved for those who are indifferent to the plight of the poor. We should make sure that such criticism does not apply to us. ++++++++++++++++++++

News from the Cathedral Choir

By Elizabeth Stratford The Cathedral Choir has had a busy few months welcoming new recruits Christine McCarthy (adult choir), Leon Bonner, Elliott Kingshott and Maddie Hallam (choristers) as well as working on new repertoire. After working hard over the Easter period, the choristers and some of the adult choir enjoyed a trip to the Planetarium where they were able to see how the sky would have looked on the night that the Titanic sank. They also gave a successful concert at the end of May to raise funds for the Cathedral Hall’s fixtures and furnishings fund with the concert featuring soloists as young as 7 years old performing complex pieces of music. Liturgically, Amelia Craddock made her debut as a chorister soloist by singing the psalm in front of a packed congregation including the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk during Mass for Corpus Christi – no mean feat at the age of just 14!

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee was marked musically by the use of music from the Coronation Service during Mass at 11.15am on 3 June and choristers manned a stall at the Town Hall where they promoted the Cathedral Choir, its work and its aims on the day before.

On the horizon is the Autumn Recital Series, which will take place from September to November, which begun with the Arundel Festival Recital, given by Daniel Moult (London) in September. Further recitals are: Saturday, 27 October at 12.30 pm with 4

Ian Ball (Worcester) and Saturday 17 November at 12.30pm Mark Wardell (formerly from Chichester Cathedral) all performing at Arundel Cathedral.

Tickets for the recitals are £5 each and available from Elizabeth (see contact details below) or on the door at each concert, though early booking is advisable.

The Cathedral Choir has long been established in Arundel and strives to perform liturgical music at the very highest standard to enhance the liturgy at the High Mass each Sunday. To this end they also perform a variety of music from different styles and periods from plainchant to modern day settings by living composers and everything in between. Please read our ‘advertisement’ on page 10 to see how you can join the Cathedral Choir!

And finally, two of the girl choristers have entered the ‘BBC Chorister of the Year 2012’ competition so do please pray that they make it through the initial rounds!

Elizabeth Stratford’s contact details: Mobile tel: 07971 090724 - Email elizabethstratford@msn.com

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Clare of Assisi Reprinted with the kind permission of The Poor Clares

Clare of Assisi

St. Francis cuts Clare’s hair

Clare of Assisi was born towards the end of the 12th century to an aristocratic family of wealth and influence. During her formative years, she heard about Francis (Assisi even now is a very little town) - the spoilt darling of a rich merchant family who had turned his back on the ambition for knighthood and wealth, and to the consternation of his family was going about in ragged clothes, preaching to all who would listen of the amazing love of God for all creation. She used to go secretly to hear him accompanied by an accommodating aunt and when she was 18, having already fended off more than one suitor, she fled her home on the night of Palm Sunday in 1212, She escaped through a small side door, blocked with beams and masonry, and joined Francis and his brothers at the tiny church of Our Lady of the Angels in the woods outside Assisi.

There, Francis cut off her hair and gave her ‘the garment of peace’, which he and his brothers wore. When all this was discovered, the scandal was enormous, the family tried by force and intimidation to bring Clare back, and also her younger sister who had followed her a few days later. After a short stay with two local groups of religious women, Clare and her already growing family came to San Damiano, a tiny ancient ruined church, which Francis had restored for them. There they stayed until Clare’s death in 1253. Their life there was, in essence, the same as Poor Clares still live all over the world... a life lived in enclosure, depending on divine Providence for their needs, all sharing the ordinary work, being sisters to one another and totally 6

turned towards the Lord, in order to live the Gospel.

As far as we know, Clare never left San Damiano but her life was far from uneventful.

She and the other sisters supported Francis and his fast growing band of brothers in all their amazing missionary forays into all the surrounding European countries and beyond, especially into North Africa where five of them were martyred quite early on. As early as 1224 a group of friars came to England and established themselves in Canterbury where their tiny house can still be visited. Clare also, all those years, had to struggle with the ‘powers that be’ within the Church, who wanted her to adopt an already exising Rule, and to get her sisters on a secure financial footing instead of this “precarious dependence on God”!

Twice during this time Assisi was in the path of Frederick II’s mercenaries, Saracens who had already sacked convents in the Spoleto valley. San Damiano was outside the city walls, quite undefended. On the second occasion, the Saracens had actually broken through into the enclosure, when Clare. holding the Blessed Sacrament, begged the Lord to defend the sisters as she could not. The sisters who were there heard a voice saying, “I will always defend you” and the Saracens, bent on rape and pillage, were suddenly overtaken by alarm and fled urgently, fiercely as though in panic, and Clare and her sisters, and also the town were saved.

Clare’s life, gazing every day into the face of Christ crucified, celebrating his amazing closeness to us in the Incarnation, has inspired countless women over the ages, and in every continent, to want to do the same. We share with you her prayer: “May God be with you always, and may you be with Him always and in every place.”

Solemnity of St. Francis: 3 October - Transitus with 1st Vespers - 5.15pm 4 October - Mass of St. Francis - 8.30am Dance Retreat Weekend with Scripture, Prayer and Reflection: 26 - 28 October Contact: Sr. Clare Ruva - clareruval@gmail.com Do come along to The Convent of Poor Clares...

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Introducing Sister Leo

Sister Leo recently became Abbess of the Poor Clares at Crossbush and has written the following piece about herself: For the past 20 years I have been based in our foundation house in Kenya serving the community there, returning here every three years or so for three months to spend time with the community and catch up with family and friends.

In February of this year we had our triennial Elections and the community asked me to serve as Abbess. Having only just returned to Kenya after my last home leave, it wasn’t too strange to return to Arundel as I’d caught up with everybody recently; however, it was tough to say goodbye to Kenya, to our community there and all the people who had befriended us during that time.

Anyone moving from one Poor Clares community to another anywhere in the world would notice both similarities and differences. The spirit and essence of St. Clare is so unique that it is a great uniting factor in spite of cultural differences. I have visited quite a few Poor Clares houses in Africa and it was amazing to see what united us, as well as being an incredible experience in appreciating the differences.

So, even though I’d been here in Arundel for 15 years before going out to Kenya where I lived for 20 years, it actually felt like moving from home to home. Our 8

Arundel spirit is alive in Kenya and our Kenyan sisters are bringing St. Clare alive for the local people in the Franciscan way in which they live their lives.

When I left Kenya in April the rainy season was just beginning, and it felt as if I’d brought the rains with me as, for some weeks after my arrival, it did not stop raining.

The rainy season has stopped now in Kenya and the sun is shining once again, though (at the time of writing) that hasn’t happened yet here in Arundel!

Our life of prayer at the Convent falls into three natural parts: The Prayer of the Church, which is sometimes called the Divine Office and which punctuates our day with hymns, psalms and spiritual canticles, as Saint Paul recommended.

Our personal prayer time alone with God. There are two hours set aside for this each day though our hope is that our whole day can be filled with prayer.

Our specific intercession for the needs of the Church, of our friends and those who contact us asking us to support them with our prayer. This takes place specifically at Morning and Evening Prayer and at many private moments throughout the day.

Our usual timetable: - 5.00am Rise.

- 5.45am Readings - a morning invitation to prayer composed of some psalms and two readings, one from Scripture and one from a Christian teacher or saint. These nourish our spirits for the day ahead. A quick breakfast followed by time for personal prayer, reading, study until 7.30am.

- 7.30am Morning Prayer, the Prayer of Praise to God followed by Spiritual reading.

- 8.30am Holy Mass followed by a short Office and then work until 11.50am.

- 11.50am A short Prayer written by Francis of Assisi and Scripture reading.

- 12.30pm Dinner; some free time until 2.15pm.

- 2.15pm Back to work with a tea break at 3.30pm and a short prayer together in the refectory at 4.00pm to sanctify our work.

- 5.50pm Evening Prayer.

- 6.30pm Supper followed by an hour of personal prayer until 8.15pm.

- 8.15pm Compline or Night Prayer, which closes the day.

On Wednesday evening and Thursday morning there is no Office celebrated in public, the sisters have a ‘hermit’ space, each praying alone.

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Diocesan Golden Jubilee The preparations for and celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the creation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.

In shaping the plans for celebrating the Golden Jubilee, Bishop Kieran has expressed the clear aim that: By 2015, we the people of the diocese will better understand who we are and what we are called to do, and that, in turn, we will bring about real change in the communities in which we live.

In 2015, the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton will celebrate the achievements of 50 years of faithful presence and practice by the clergy and people of the Catholic Church in this place. It will prepare for the future, mindful of the call to holiness, through prayerful reflection, renewal and rededication to its Gospel mission.

This local church will deepen the understanding among its members of their unique, God-given role in the salvation, their place in the universal Church and in society, It will also begin the next 50 years with a recommitment to the Gospel message and the Christian mission to evangelise through word and deed, striving for unity and justice as the effective signs of salvation.

To read more about the Golden Jubilee’s preparations and plans please visit: www.dabnet.org/ab2015 JOIN ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL CHOIR! We sing at the Sunday 11.15am Mass as well as perform a variety of music from different styles and periods from plainchant to modern day settings by living composers and everything in between!

You do not need to be able to read music to join.

You do not need to know which voice part you are.

You do not need to be a practising Roman Catholic to be a member.

You DO need to have a sense of humour.

You DO need to commit to a rehearsal and Mass each week.

You DO need to attend regularly.

If you think you might be interested, please contact Elizabeth Stratford, Director of Music, for an informal discussion on 07971 090 724 or email her at elizabethstratford@msn.com. She is keen to welcome new members and to promote varied repertoire appropriate to the liturgy and her particular skills lie in building confidence in singers and training voices, paying keen attention to blend and accuracy.

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Proclaimer Crossword Puzzle 18 - Solution

By Chris Dinham

Across: 1. Compromised 8. Raw 9. Singleton 10. Lap 11. Iran 12. Serial 14. Granddaughter 18. Tragic 19. Trio 20. Ash 22. Existence 23. Aim 24. Extensively Down 1. Casting 2. Montana 3. Roll 4. Mathematician 5. Santiago 6. Droll 7. Swipe 13. Adjacent 15. Terence 16. Rookery 17. Kayak 18. Theme 21. Etui ++++++++++++++++++++

Not another queue!

By Mike Webster When you have been stood in a queue for the airport check-in desk for a couple of hours, your mind starts to consider alternative types of holidays and other means of travel. This happened when we took our daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter on holiday earlier in the year. So we decided, the next holiday will be by rail……I know, we are brave to do that!! But we did it and here is an idea of what can be seen by rail.

Day 1 - London to Brussels and Cologne. We departed from St. Pancras International

by Eurostar to Brussels with a light meal and drinks served on board. Our journey continued on the German ICE (Inter City Express) high-speed train to Cologne, where we spent our first night.

Day 2 - First Class rail to Vienna. We boarded the ICE high speed train again which took us south through Germany, before entering Austria and arriving in Vienna in time for dinner. We spent three nights in Vienna.

Day 3 - Vienna and the Schönbrunn Palace. The day started with a guided city tour which took in Vienna's grand imperial architecture on the famous Ringstrasse, passing ornate buildings including the Hofburg Palace, the Opera House and the Parliament building. We also visited the spectacular Schönbrunn Palace, the former 12

summer residence of the Imperial family, which is situated on the city's outskirts in a beautiful landscaped park. Here takes place an annual Mozart and Strauss Concert using the historic ambience; the Schonbrunn Palace Orchestra performs the most beautiful works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss attracting an audience of 100,000 people.

Day 4 - A day at leisure in Vienna. This day we were free to explore Vienna and if we wanted, take a ride on the giant Ferris wheel in the Prater Gardens for the superb panoramic views over the city. Or we could have visited one of the city's world class museums, which included the National History Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. In the evening we went to a concert by the Viennese Waltz orchestra featuring music by two well-known local musicians by the names of Mozart and Strauss.

Day 5 - Vienna to Budapest by Railjet train which was a three-hour train journey to Budapest, where we stayed for three nights.

Day 6 - Budapest and the Children’s Railway. In the morning we took a guided coach tour to see Budapest's main sights. We visited the Danube's two contrasting banks hilly, peaceful Buda and bustling, lively Pest. The trip also included a ride through Buda's beautiful woodland on the narrow-gauge Children's Railway, operated by Hungarian school children.

Day 7 – This was a day of leisure in Budapest, so we explored this fascinating city to view some of the city's main sights and museums. We strolled through some of the historic streets, whilst appreciating the magnificent architecture and old world grandeur. In the evening we saw the city from a different perspective, with a dinner cruise on the Danube. We followed this with a coach tour of the illuminated city sights, including Heroes Square, Vajahunyad Castle, the Chain Bridge and the most spectacular views over the city from Gellert Hill.

Day 8 - Budapest to Prague. We left Budapest in the morning by train and travelled through Slovakia into the Czech Republic. We arrived in Prague late afternoon for a three-night stay in the hotel, which had a panoramic view of Prague and was located just a short tram ride from the 'Golden City's' main sights.

Day 9 - Sightseeing in Prague. During our walking tour through the narrow streets of the Old Town, we discovered some of Prague's most famous sights, including Hradcany Castle (the largest medieval complex in Europe), St. Vitus' Cathedral and 13

14th century Charles Bridge with 75 statues along its walls.

Day 10 - A day at leisure in Prague. We strolled through the streets admiring the city's rich architectural heritage and re-visited some of the sights seen the previous day.

Day 11 - Prague to Berlin. We left in the morning from Prague northwards through the Bohemian countryside into Germany, tracing the winding route of the River Elbe through a region known as Saxon Switzerland on our way to Berlin. Here we stayed for two nights. En route to the hotel there was an introductory sightseeing tour of this fascinating city.

Day 12 - A day at leisure in Berlin. Whilst in Berlin we visited the roof terrace of the Reichstag building. The dome on the building was designed by Lord Norman Foster.

To stand there and drink in the history and the architecture brings it home just what a brilliant architect he is. Checkpoint Charlie was also as “must see” together with the Brandenburg Gate and the remains of the Wall.

Day 13 - Berlin to London. Our morning departure to Brussels, via Cologne, . connected with the Eurostar service to St Pancras International and home.

All in all it was a different type of holiday. As there were trains to catch, particular to individual countries, and not knowing where our reserved carriage was going to stop was a challenge at times but we developed a system which reduced the so called “hassle-factor” and this saw us through. It gave us the opportunity to visit cities we wanted to see, all in one holiday.

Shall we go back to queuing for the check-in…………..of course we will!!

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Parish People - Chris & Jean Dinham

By Colin Swanton

Jean and Chris Dinham, who celebrated their Golden Wedding this year, met for the first time at a midwives’ party in a restaurant close to London Bridge Station on Saturday, 3 December 1960. They hit it off right away. Chris remembers at the end of the evening giving Jean a lift on his scooter back to Guy’s Hospital where she worked as a staff midwife. Being a chivalrous type, Chris even donated his helmet to Jean for the journey and went bareheaded himself!

The couple were married on 14 July 1962 by Canon Geoffrey Burke – an uncle of Chris’s – in St. Osmund’s Church in Barnes, near Hammersmith Bridge. They spent their honeymoon in West Looe in Cornwall. After their marriage they lived in the Sutton Coldfield area for some 37 years.

Chris had moved to the Birmingham area in 1961, with Jean following a little later, where he worked for Joseph Lucas Limited until 1975. Chris then went to university at Saltley in Birmingham to study to become a teacher. For a time he was Deputy Head of the lower school at Tividale Secondary School close to Dudley. After their children had grown up, Jean continued to work in nursing and was a Health Visitor and fieldwork teacher in Walsall for 25 years. When Chris retired in 1998, they moved, first to Yapton and then two years later to their current house in Fontwell.

Chris carried on teaching for a while after the move as a supply teacher, as and when needed.

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Chris and Jean have two children – Jane who was born in 1963 and Susan who followed 17 months later, and two grandchildren – Emilie, aged 17, and 14-year-old Henry. Dogs have also played a large part in their lives and they currently have two springer spaniels, Rush and Jessie, whom they love taking for walks, preferably on the Downs or on Climping beach.

Retirement for Jean and Chris has only brought even more activity into their lives!

Music has always been very important to them both – Jean has played the piano from a young age and performed in Eisteddfods in Lancashire and in Wales; she has also played cello and loves singing. They are both members of the Cathedral Choir – Jean a soprano and Chris a bass. Chris plays flute with the fifty-member-strong Littlehampton Concert Band. His passions are classical music and steam engines!

Apart from being members of the choir, Jean and Chris are both Special Ministers of the Eucharist. Chris compiles crosswords for The Parish Proclaimer and The Green Bough as well as The Bell. He also organises and runs charity quizzes for the Catenians and Sardhana. Jean is on the committee of the Friends and is due to complete a three-year term soon, whilst Chris was President of the Arundel Circle of Catenians from April 2011 to April 2012.

Any spare time left over from these activities (and provided the dogs have had their exercise) is spent in the couple’s lovely garden, tending to it or just relaxing there.

Jean and Chris celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary with a holiday in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, a place they have visited a number of times in the past, where the climate suits them perfectly, and which has become very special to them both. This was followed by a Mass in the Cathedral on 22 July, which they shared, at the invitation of John McDermott, with the Catenian President’s Sunday celebration.

Congratultions to Veronika Buckwell At the end of the 9.30am Mass, Sunday 9 September, Canon Tim enrolled Veronika Buckwell to the Guild of St. Stephen. She was given a medal and a ribbon with everyone present warmly welcoming her as one of the servers of Arundel Cathedral.

Our best wishes to her and her family. The Guild was established back in 1905, to oversee the underlying importance of altar serving for people, not just to know what needs to be done during the Church’s most sacred celebrations but also why.

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Gradients

By Ray Weatherley

Gradients are a basis for all life on earth, what follows here will describe their worth...

Financial gradients are seen as a plot, by those that have against those that have not.

History shows a flow from rich to the needy, except in cases where the people are greedy.

Communism was tried to even things out, that this proved a failure, in that there’s no doubt.

Geological gradients, as we all know, cause the impetus for rivers to flow.

Without the rivers we would all be missed, like Dinosaurs we would cease to exist.

Earth without mountains would be a sight to see, where the tallest in nature will be the tree.

Social gradients affect us, lest we beware, it is said they exist almost everywhere.

Gangs, castes, sects and some private schools, could be the cause, yet they do harbour fools.

Social gradients, normally not wealth-based, yet where they exist, they leave a bad taste.

Skin colour gradients are a cause for concern, the implications of which we should always spurn.

This gradient is mostly of the mind, in fact there is no difference of any kind.

Heart, soul and mind form a triplet in us all, why search for differences that may be small?

‘The colour of the skin reflects the size of the brain’, is a statement proven to be completely insane

Pressure gradients are the next in line, could appear to us as ‘work of the divine’.

Hurricane, tempest, typhoon and storm, or anticyclone which may keep us warm.

We need a mixture of all these to sustain, a plentiful supply of sun, wind and rain.

Temperature gradients are caused by the sun, this has been so since the world begun.

The poles are cold and the equator is hot, in-between countries may vary a lot.

Where would we be without this variation, stuck in the same old boring location?

We have to live with gradients of all kind, otherwise life on earth will leave us behind.

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Proclaimer Crossword Puzzle 19

By Chris Dinham

CLUES ACROSS

CLUES DOWN

1) Outdoor bed - suspended at each end (7) 8) Villain at sea (6) 9) Viewpoint & forecast of what might happen (7) 10) Future livelihood, or drive at high speed (6) 12) Adaption or translation of book or play; a portrayal (7) 13) Munch, bite or gnaw (4) 14) Avoid or evade; keep away from (4) 15) Assist; help; encourage (3) 16) Ridge of rock and coral, which can be dangerous close to sea surfaces (4) 17) Placid, windless or barmy (4) 18) Grated or scratched (7) 19) Grasp tightly; cling to (6) 21) Small tablet container; small concrete building for war protection/safety (7) 22) Rectangular shape (6) 23) ‘Nice day’? (anag) not likely it’s a killer! (7)

1) Type of white lily (4) 3) Plant diseases attacked by various fungus (6) 4) The unpleasant, peevish person (10) 5) Sofa or couch that has no back to it (5) 6) ‘Heated gas’ (anag), NE England town (9) 7) Machine to help would-be musicians to learn the importance of time (9) 10) A friendly way of being warm- hearted (10) 11) Object built by farmer to frighten birds (9) 12) A South American Republic (9) 17) Sri Lanka’s original name (6) 18) Doughy type of cake, usually buttered (5) 20) Farmer’s pen for his animals (4)

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The Patriarchal Basilicas of Rome 4

By Ian Fricker So after the three major Basilicas of Rome we now come to the four minor Basilicas.

I’ll start with The Basilica of Saint Clement (Basilica di San Clemente al Laterano) which is dedicated to Pope Clement I and has the oldest origins.

Archaeologically speaking, the structure is a three-tiered complex of buildings: (1) the present Basilica built just before the year 1100 during the height of the Middle Ages; (2) beneath the present Basilica is a 4th century Basilica that had been converted out of the home of a Roman nobleman, part of which had in the 1st century briefly served as an early church, and the basement of which had in the 2nd century briefly served as a mithraeum; (3) the home of the Roman nobleman had been built on the foundations of a Republican Era building that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of 64AD. This ancient church was transformed over the centuries from a private home that was the site of clandestine Christian worship in the 1st century to a grand public Basilica by the 6th century, reflecting the emerging Catholic Church's growing legitimacy and power.

As mentioned above, the lowest levels of the present Basilica are remnants of the foundation of a Republican Era building that was destroyed in the Great Fire of 64AD. An industrial building, possibly the imperial mint of Rome, was built on the site during the Flavian period and shortly thereafter a domus, or multi-level house alongside it, separated from the industrial building by a narrow alleyway. About a hundred years later (c. 200), the central room of the domus was remodelled for use as part of a mithraeum, that is, as part of a sanctuary of the cult of Mithras. The main cult room, the speleum ("cave"), was discovered in 1867 but could not be investigated until 1914 due to lack of drainage. The exedra, the shallow apse at the far end of the low vaulted space, was trimmed with pumice to render it more cave-like.

Central to the main room of the sanctuary was found an altar, in the shape of a sarcophagus, and with the main cult relief of the tauroctony, Mithras slaying a bull, on its front face. The torchbearers Cautes and Cautopates appear on respectively the left and right faces of the same monument. A dedicatory inscription identifies the donor as one pater Cnaeus Arrius Claudianus, perhaps of the same clan as Titus 21

Views of the current Basilica of Saint Clement

Arrius Antoninus' mother.

At some time in the 4th century, the lower level of the industrial building was filled in with dirt and rubble and its second floor remodelled. An apse was built out over part of the domus, whose lowest floor, with the Mithraeum, was also filled in. This "first Basilica" is known to have existed in 392, when St. Jerome wrote of the church dedicated to St. Clement (Pope Clement I).

The early Basilica was the site of councils presided over by Pope Zosimus (417) and Symmachus (499). The last major event that took place in the lower Basilica was the election in 1099 of Cardinal Rainerius of St. Clemente as Pope Paschal II. Apart from those in Santa Maria Antiqua, the largest collection of Early Medieval wall paintings in Rome are to be found in the lower Basilica of San Clemente.

The current Basilica was rebuilt in one campaign by Cardinal Anastasius, during the years 1099-1120 . A now outdated hypothesis held that the original church had burned out during the Norman sack of the city in 1084, but no evidence of fire damage in the lower Basilica has been found to date. One possible explanation is that the lower Basilica was filled in and the new church built on top due to the close association of the lower structure with the imperial opposition pope ("antipope") Clement III. Today, it is one of the most richly adorned churches in Rome. The ceremonial entrance (a side entrance is ordinarily used today) is through an atrium 22

surrounded by arcades, which now serves as a cloister. Fronting the atrium is Fontana's chaste faรงade, supported on antique columns. The Basilica church behind it is in three naves divided by arcades on ancient marble or granite columns, with Cosmatesque inlaid paving. The 12th century schola cantorum incorporates marble elements from the original Basilica. Behind it, in the presbytery is a ciborium raised on four grey-violet columns over the shrine of Clement in the crypt below. The episcopal seat stands in the apse, which is covered with mosaics on the theme of the Triumph of the Cross that are a high point of Roman 12th century mosaics.

Irish Dominicans have been the caretakers of San Clemente since 1667, when England outlawed the Irish Catholic Church and expelled the entire clergy. Pope Urban VIII gave them refuge at San Clemente, where they have remained, running a residence for priests studying and teaching in Rome. The Dominicans themselves conducted the excavations in the 1950s in collaboration with Italian archaeology students. Pope Clement XI undertook restorations to the venerable structure, which he found dilapidated. He selected Carlo Stefano Fontana as architect, who erected a new faรงade, completed in 1719. The carved and gilded coffered ceilings of nave and aisles, fitted with paintings, date from this time, as do the stucco decor, Ionic capitals and frescos. In one lateral chapel there is a shrine with the tomb of Saint Cyril of the Saints Cyril and Methodius who created the Glagolitic alphabet and converted the Slavs to Christianity. Blessed Pope John Paul II used to pray there sometimes for Poland and the Slavic countries.

Footnote on Saint Clement Very little is known about the life of St. Clement (92-101 AD). According to the oldest list of Roman bishops, he was the third successor to St. Peter in Rome. He is the author of an Epistle to the Corinthians which was written c. 96 AD in the name of the Church of Rome to deal with disturbances in the Church at Corinth. The letter is one of the earliest witnesses to the authority of the Church of Rome and was so highly regarded that it was read publicly at Corinth with the Scriptures in the second century. St. Clement is revered as a martyr: fourth-century accounts speak of his forced labour in the mines during exile to the Crimea in the reign of the Emperor Trajan (98-117 AD) and his missionary work there which prompted the Romans to bind him to an anchor and throw him into the Black Sea. Sometime later, the accounts continue, the water receded, revealing a tomb built by angels from which his body was recovered. The relics of St. Clement are reserved beneath the high altar of the Basilica and on 23 November, the Feast of St. Clement, they are exposed for veneration and carried in solemn procession through the neighbouring streets.

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End of Life Issues - Part 1

By Fr. Alexander Lucie-Smith The following represents the substance of a talk on End of Life Issues, given at Chichester, on 12th October 2011.

In this evening’s talk I want to start with actual events, and then I want to draw some conclusions. This will involve, for those who are interested, an existential approach: looking at real life experiences and drawing lessons from them; not enunciating principles and then applying them.

When my godmother was 89 years old she developed gangrene. The doctors proposed to cut off her leg at the hip. She had been in very poor health for some years; if she did not have this operation she would die. I myself, and her two daughters, were adamant that she should not have the operation. So, she did not.

She died about ten days later. Were we right to refuse medical treatment on her behalf? Yes, I think we were. Brian Barron, BBC correspondent in Italy, once said, talking of a right to die case, that “the Catholic Church believes life is to be preserved at all costs.” This is completely false. To make a surgical intervention of the type I have just mentioned to preserve life seems too high a cost to pay. There must surely come a time when further medical intervention is useless, or counterproductive, or simply not worth the attendant distress. It is surely perfectly legitimate, in certain circumstances, for doctors to say: “There is no more that we can do for you.”

Again, a friend of mine once insisted, against my advice, that her 87 year old father should have chemo and radiotherapy for cancer. My view was that the old man should be left in peace. As it was he did die within a few months, and it is questionable if the treatment he received lengthened his life or improved the quality of the life he had.

Whether we like it or not we have to make some sort of calculation when it comes to the treatment of the very old. Is it worthwhile to intervene? Or should we let nature take its course? Should we intervene to alleviate pain which may shorten life, or should we risk pain in an attempt to lengthen life?

In fact the first is often done: we give patients doses of painkiller even when we know that this will hasten death. We do not do it to kill them, but to kill their pain.

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The hastening of death is an unwanted (though completely foreseen) side effect.

This is the principle of double effect in practice. Most of you are familiar with this very important principle…. (The act itself is good or indifferent; you will the good effect, not the bad effect; there is a good or pressing reason for acting i.e. doing nothing is not an option; there is a proportion between the good and bad effects.)

The other side of the coin is that we should intervene, which may cause pain, to lengthen life. There may be occasions where this is the right thing to do…but again, proportionality is key here. You do not inflict dolorous treatment on a patient unless you have a very good reason to do so.

The truth is, with modern medicine, we have to decide. (The question who decides is an important one – but everyone agrees a decision must be made). The Lord God is lord and master of human life in all its stages, but he has placed responsibility for life in our hands. We have a theonomous autonomy: which means in practice an obligation to make responsible and rational decisions about end of life care. So, it is simply not true to say that God is the one who determines when we dies. God has in effect delegated us to make decisions; we in our rational natures participate in God’s rationality – or should. The key thing is that our action should be reasonable and responsible.

Part 2 of this talk, submitted by Brian Parkinson, will continue in the Advent Issue. +++++++++++++++++++

Embracing Change - Part 1

By Annette Barker Reading Canon Tim’s A Reflection on Pentecost in the Pentecost issue of the Parish Proclaimer has crystallized some thoughts about change which have recently gone through my mind; I would like to share some of them with you.

Canon Tim writes, “This concept of change is something very natural to us if not always wanted.” Indeed, change is part of life, from childhood to adulthood, from a place of living to another, from a job to another. Some changes are undoubtedly positive and welcome. Some represent major landmarks through our lives, others recurring or daily events; to the former belong graduating from university, getting married, having a child, getting a promotion at work; to the latter, the change of 25

seasons or simply the passing of night into day every morning. Many of these changes are welcome or simply taken for granted.

But what of the changes which are ‘not always wanted’, those not so advantageous to us? These are the ones which test us. Perhaps they all represent different aspects of loss. There are degrees in loss: we feel that losing touch with an acquaintance is less painful than losing someone close and dear; that leaving our native town, place of work or country out of choice is less hard than being forced out of our job or house – in this last case, the feeling of having some control is the one to mitigate the negative aspects of the change. With some changes, however, we have little choice or control and these appear, at first sight, purely negative, leaving little room for positivity and little willingness to accept them, let alone embrace them.

As I grow older, some of the changes which strike me are those which may happen to our body, not only because of accident or illness but, as the medical corps puts it, ‘just wear and tear’. Such changes always mean, at least when they first occur, a loss of choice, a loss of freedom, a loss of autonomy: whereas before we may have thought nothing of going to Paris, Rome or Florence, whereas we only had to consider our resources in terms of time and money, now some nagging questions keep cropping up: ‘have I got the stamina to do it?, on which floor is the room?, is there a lift?, and how easy will it be to travel from the airport to the hotel?’. Such questions never entered our mind when our body did what we told it to do; now that it dictates what we can do, we have to be more cautious in our strategic planning... or we may have, regretfully, to decide that we just can’t do it. How can we accept such restrictions? How can we ever embrace them?

It is probably unrealistic to aim at these goals too quickly. We have, initially, to face an instinctive revulsion at our limitations. It is a well-known statement that, faced with a bereavement, we need time to grieve; losing some of our physical abilities and resources may be a kind of bereavement, all our energy being used up by ‘digesting’ the impact of new limitations. At such times, we need to have some compassion towards ourselves, to give ourselves time… the problem being that, when we are in pain, the thought of time is unbearable because we want the pain to stop NOW. When we realize that it cannot, then patience and endurance are all we have left, willingly or unwillingly, and the hope that the pain will gradually lessen. It is not always true that ‘time heals everything’ or indeed that we ‘get over‘ all losses and ‘move on’; but the rawness of scars does heal, and we learn to live round them; later they become part of us and, sometimes, we even become richer because of them.

Part 2 continues in the Advent issue.

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Anyone for Olympic Tennis?

By Frances Challen

At 7.30am on Saturday 28th July I arrived at the gates of The All England Lawn Tennis Club for my first shift as a 'Games Maker' for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

It was almost 2 years earlier that I, along with 240,000 other hopefuls completed my application form to be part of the volunteer workforce for the 30th Olympiad and having passed the interview, here I was as one of the successful 70,000!!! As a big fan of tennis, I had chosen Wimbledon as my preferred venue and was very excited when I found out that not only had I been selected as a 'Games Maker', but that I would be located at Wimbledon... although given that this was the Olympic Games, a little sorry I wouldn't see the Olympic Stadium.

After going through Security where my bag was X-rayed and my accreditation checked, I made my way to Centre Court where each of my shifts started with a briefing by the Workforce Operations Manager. Here, the 320 'Games Makers' working each shift were split into teams and allocated our roles for that day. My roles varied from welcoming the spectators to the grounds and scanning their tickets to working on the gangways of the courts, directing people to their seats. My role on the first day was to circulate around the practice courts, directing spectators to wherever they wanted to go and answering any questions they might have. This was a lot of fun as I got to see a number of players practising, including Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova and one of my favourite players, Novak Djokovic. On another day, I was working on Centre Court and as well as being able to see some of the match, I also saw Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge who were 27

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I worked on the gates for two days. I didn't get to see any tennis but using the ticket scanners was great. The scanners were much like bar-code readers in shops. I had to scan each ticket to ensure it was valid before letting the spectator enter the grounds.

Luckily, I didn't have any problems but I did hear that one family had flown over from Switzerland for the day to watch Roger Federer but when their tickets were scanned, realised the tickets were for the following day!

After my shifts ended at about 3pm I would usually go to 'The Hill' and watch the match being shown on the big screen. The atmosphere on 'The Hill' was wonderful, especially when Andy Murray was playing.

It was tiring getting up before 6am every day and being on my feet for several hours at a time but it was such fun and all the volunteers were so nice, I would do it all again.

As though that wasn't enough excitement, I had the opportunity to enter a ballot only open to 'Games Makers' and was lucky enough to be allocated a ticket for the Technical Rehearsal of the Opening Ceremony. So on 23rd July I caught the train to Stratford and spent a lovely evening in the Olympic Park... I got to see the Olympic Stadium after all!

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Byrd in Arundel

By Andrew Carwood On Saturday 3rd November The Cardinall’s Musick will be giving a concert in Arundel Cathedral during their nationwide tour of the music of William Byrd.

Having recorded every note of his Latin Church music in the wonderful acoustics of the Fitzalan Chapel in Arundel, we have spent 2012 singing this remarkable man’s motets in venues from Canterbury to St. David’s, from Brighton to The Orkneys. We are very grateful to have the opportunity to sing in Arundel Cathedral, which feels a little like a ‘coming home’ for us, giving us another reason to return to a town that we love very much having recorded here since 1995.

William Byrd was born around 1539 or 1540. This can be fairly securely established by a Star Chamber document dated 2nd October 1598 when Byrd states his age as 58. Of his early life, however, we know relatively little. His brothers, Symond and John, were both choristers at St. Paul’s Cathedral but there is no mention of William in the records there. His family must have been based in London and Byrd’s contributions to the composition of In exitu Israel, a piece written jointly by John Sheppard (attached to St. Margaret’s, Westminster in the 1550s until his death in 1558) and William Mundy (a one-time head chorister of Westminster Abbey) also point to a London connection. In 1563 at the age of 23 or 24, Byrd took up the post of Organist and Master of the Choristers at Lincoln Cathedral but left in 1572, after a not altogether harmonious decade, to take up the place in the Choir of the Chapel Royal made vacant by the death of another composer, Robert Parsons.

Once back in London, Byrd and Tallis soon made a serious musical and financial statement by producing together a volume of music in 1575 entitled Cantiones with 17 contributions from each composer (Queen Elizabeth I was in the 17th year of her reign). The choice of pieces, the use of Latin throughout and the fine, handsome production, must have been designed to impress both the English and indeed the Continentals. The publication, although containing first-class music, was a financial disaster which led the composers to petition Elizabeth I for help with their debts.

Perhaps the English might have been more interested in vernacular works and conversely perhaps the Continental market might have been more receptive to a volume containing Mass and Magnificat settings (the two staple requirements of the Catholic liturgies). This failure was enough to prevent another such volume until after Tallis’ death, when either feeling that the time was right to try again, or in making a public statement before his move away from London, Byrd and his new 30

printer, Thomas East, produced two collections of sacred music in Latin (The Cantiones Sacrae of 1589 and 1591) and two volumes of music designed for the home (The Psalmes, Sonnets and Songs of 1588 and The Songs of sundrie natures 1589).

Byrd’s motets are impressive in terms of their number, scope and variety. No other composer either at home or abroad could match him for his range of styles and genres, whether it be large-scale motets in Latin, beautifully crafted English anthems, complex madrigals, plangent funeral elegies, suave music for instrumental consorts or intricate keyboard works. Another remarkable feature is his ability to assimilate new styles and new ideas. In many ways Byrd’s most cutting-edge work comes in the late Gradualia collections of 1605 and 1607. Here Byrd shows his complete mastery of the new madrigalian ideas, such as obvious word-painting or in-jokes for performers and listeners, and incorporates them effortlessly into his sacred music.

In Arundel we will be performing his magnificent Mass for Five Voices and, in the month of preparation and remembrance, the remainder of the programme will be given over to music looking for the coming of Christ and the redemption that he brings. It culminates in the powerful Peccavi super numerum, a piece pleading for mercy after the enormity of our sins.

It is impossible to detach Byrd from his historical context. This is partly because some pieces are obviously written in reaction to certain historical events. Yet more than simply contemporary reference, Byrd’s music is coloured by his experiences as a Catholic living in a reformed country where he was not free to express his beliefs or to worship openly. It gives his music in Latin an emotional intensity and a dramatic quality which none of his contemporaries neither English nor European could match.

Comedy with the Clergy Notice Board Bloopers Ushers will eat latecomers.

Evening massage - 8.30pm The third verse to be sung without musical accomplishment.

Lower Self-Esteem Support Group to meet Thursdays, 7pm. Please use back door.

A hymn recital was hell at the parish hall last Wednesday, 9 June.

Today’s sermon is ‘How much can a man drink?’ with hymns from a full choir.

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Corpus Christi 2012

A warm-hearted thank you to everyone involved in the preparation during the lead-up to Corpus Christi as well as during 6-7 June.

A video can now be seen at www.arundelcathedral.org ++++++++++++++++++++

Extracts from the diary of Hospitaleria - Part 3

By Ruth Johnston 21 September 2011 This morning everyone was up early and all left by 7.30am, so I managed to get an early breakfast. Sunrise fantastic! We cracked on with the cleaning, as we had asked Jose Manuel to be here by 12 noon to take us to Friol and he is always early! The kitchen had been left very clean last night, so didn’t take long and I did the men’s and ladies’ showers to give Dave a hand. We were waiting for Jose by 11.15 so I cleaned some of the kitchen windows. He came at 11.45am and there was already a long queue outside. There was a lot of recycling to put in the car. We went to the bank first and put in 648 Euros. Then to the pharmacy for something for David’s ear. Bought some biros, tippex and a notebook at the book store, for use in the refugio, then to the supermarket. A bit of a nightmare shopping with David - he kept going off in different directions! After that we had another superb lunch at our bar. Back by 3pm with eight people waiting, so David dealt 32

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We did our bit and went to bed as usual at 11pm.

22 September 2011 Discovered, when I got up this morning, that two people had slept in the kitchen and were complaining about how noisy it had been, as did the others when they finally got up. One man left at 5.30am, but most were up by 6.30am except the Spanish. However everybody was out by 8am, so we could get started - the queue was forming by 11am. Made chille con carne for lunch and let the pilgrims in by 1.30pm - 14 waiting. 2 English, and good to see the confraternity passport. It was a very pleasant crowd, two lots of fathers and sons. Had a great tea party, everyone so enjoyed each other’s company. The English couple cooked for most of the pilgrims and tables were pushed together and the wine flowed freely.

The final total for the day was 27, but still had one bunk free, as two cyclists slept in their tent - 1 Russian, 12 French, 1 German, 2 Dutch, 9 Spanish and 2 British.

23 September 2011 Very odd day today, bid farewell to our lovely crowd from yesterday - sad to see them go. They were all such good fun. Started cleaning.

Normally by 10.30am there is a queue... not a soul in sight! Cooked dinner and washed up in a leisurely fashion. At 2pm we unlocked the door - not a soul... it was amazing! At 2.30pm two young Germans arrived. Silence again. Made a cup of tea still no one until 3.30pm, another young German girl and at 7pm, 2 Brazilians and finally 2 Spanish; only 7 today.

24 September 2011 Had to put the lights on in the dormitory at 7am as no one was moving!! All managed to be out by 8.30am. Went and bought the bread and Pilar told me by many gestures that Mass would be at 11am tomorrow. Queue started forming by 12 noon and opened at 1pm and booked in 16 straightaway. We had afternoon tea again and another Englishman with a CSJ passport from Fareham. 24 today - 1 Austrian, 2 Belgian, 1 Columbian, 1 French, 1 German, 14 Spanish, 1 Swiss, 1 British and 1 Korean.

25 September 2011 After breakfast, I tried to get the cleaning done quickly so we could go to 11am Mass. Had a long queue of people outside by the time we went!

Church almost empty (the old folk gathered outside chatting - especially the men!) so managed to take some photos of the altar rodeo and others and lit a candle for Kieran and Joyce. When a lady came and said there would be no Mass today, so the 34

candles on the altar were blown out again, but couldn’t get any answer as to why there was no Mass! Went back to refugio and the queue had grown even longer, but I cooked pork loins to a recipe in the confraternity cookbook with potatoes and broccoli. We let the pilgrims in at 1.45pm - 16 in the queue. We ended up with 33 today and 6 mattresses all filled, whilst there was one Spanish lad in his tent with his two dogs! 1 Russian, 8 German, 6 Italian, 2 Polish and 16 Spanish.

26 September 2011 Quite a rush getting 22 people breakfast, The six in the kitchen were rudely awakened at 6.15am when we put the lights on to start breakfast, but in fact all got up quite promptly. Difficult to keep up with coffee and hot milk, but all adequately fed and watered and last one left at 8.15am. The Spanish boy with his lovely dogs - the bigger one had his own panniers on his back and a shell of Saint James as well. The kitchen was pretty dirty after all the eating and drinking last night but got it all cleaned up quite well. It’s the rule that pilgrims have to clean up after themselves and wash up the used crockery etc. Some are better than others at this job! David got the dormitory and toilets cleaned by 11.15am. Already quite a queue and one gentleman very irate that we wouldn’t let him in, even though he could see we were still washing floors. Put washing in machine, had shower and got lunch ready by 12 noon and let pilgrims in at 1.30pm. Quite a few girls today - they were all university students and don’t start until 15 October. A lovely South African lady, lived all over the world, now living in Germany, in her mid-70s but a very plucky soul. Had a group of scouts who were walking onto Sobrado but wanted to stop for a shower. I let them use our shower and gave them a cup of tea and sent them greetings from Arundel Scout Group. They gave us 10 Euros in the Donitivo - it was lovely to see them. We had 23 today: 2 Czech, 3 Austrian, 11 German. 1 Dutch, 2 Polish and 4 Spanish.

27 September 2011 Needed to get busy quickly this morning as Jose Manuel coming at 12 noon (always early) to take us shopping. Managed to get cleaned and helped David with the toilets after finishing the kitchen. Had a shower and hair wash, then listened out for Panadena’s van horn. David in shower and Jose Manuel already here.

He put 3 baskets full of recycling in the boot and 3 bags of milk cartons. I managed somehow to make him understand that the bread lady hadn’t come and we both went over to the bar where he asked Pilar to get the bread for us. David didn’t get time to shave but we got off to Friol. Went to the bank and Jose said he would do the recycling. Then went to the supermarket and did all the shopping and left it there in the trolleys for Jose to pick up, then to the shop where we had bought the 6 biros last week as 4 didn’t work. The lady tested them and 3 of them worked - at least one of them didn’t! We had finished early and went to the supermarket just as 35

Jose drew up with his daughter. He loaded up the car and we got back for 2.30pm.

Put things away quickly and welcomed the pilgrims - only 13 today. Very nice people indeed - 3 Estonian, 6 French, 3 German, 1 Spanish.

28 September 2011 - Had a good clean today. It had rained for the first time. After finishing cleaning and had a shower, 5 people sitting in porch. Still seemed to be raining on and off. Moved all my bedding into David’s room and made up both bunks in the office ready for Pam and Maggie coming some time in the afternoon to take over tomorrow. I made lunch of leftovers - things we had over the last few days - then let the poor people in at 1.15pm out of the rain, although much lighter now.

Then made a spag. bol. ready for the girls coming to eat this evening. Made up the top bunk in David’s room but couldn’t do my packing until early tomorrow. Booked in 10 pilgrims - 2 Dutch, 2 German, 2 Spanish, 2 Canadian, 2 Italian. David rang Parga station for me to book the taxi to take me to there in the morning to catch the 9am train. The girls arrived about 5.30pm; we had a great chat, showed them around then had supper at 7.30pm. A great success. Then the money - David and I had counted all we had - from little 1 cents up to 2 Euros and all the notes, both in the office and in the loft! All our income and expenditure and checked it again. We had 10 Euros 81 cents more than we should have!! Handed over what the official figure should have been and put the 10 Euros 81 cents in the Donitivo box in the hope both Pam and Maggie’s bills came out right when they had finished!!

29 September 2011 Up at 6am, showered and packed. Maggie & Pam had kitchen under control. Wished fond farewell to David. Taxi arrived on time and was at the station by 8.45am for the 9am train. A lady passing by said the train wasn’t until 9.20am. A timetable I saw confirmed this. Then a taxi lady came hurrying saying there was no train, pointing to a sign saying “Hurgeto!” (“Strike!”). Just my luck!

My journeys were certainly jinxed! After much chatting about buses not getting to the airport on time, only option was a taxi costing 60 Euros. Shrugged shoulders needs must - I always remember Kieran saying in some situations, the only way out was to throw money at it! The lovely taxi driver said she would take me. I kissed her and thanked her. After a worrying time in A Coruna (our destination) it was obvious she had not been here before so after both of us looking for airport signs and doing much gesticulating and arm flapping, we were there. Got caught up in the parking... ending up in the main car park rather than drop-off so we had to get the help of an official to extradite us and at last we were there and it was only 11am. God bless her! I hope I can learn enough Spanish to thank her properly one day!!

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plane, I met the lovely English couple who had stayed in Miraz on the night of the 22nd. They had completed their walk and spent a day or two in Compostella and were now on their way home as well - it was lovely to see them.

I arrived home without any further hitch, tired but satisfied with my two weeks.

Even though I had missed Joyce most dreadfully, David was a good companion and we had a very fulfilling two weeks.

I hope this year to spend a week in October in Santiago, doing an intensive week’s course in Spanish tailored for Hospitalerios and then offering my services again in the near future.

Over the fortnight we welcomed 323 pilgrims, 306 on foot and 16 on bicycles.

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Parish Diary OCTOBER Friday 5th

CAFOD Harvest Fast Day

Saturday 6th

2.30pm Ecumenical Animal Blessing Service followed by tea in the Cathedral Centre

Sunday 7th

Afternoon Polish Classical Music Concert

Saturday 20th

7.30pm Arun Choral Society Concert. For tickets visit www.arunchoralsociety.co.uk or call ACS Box Office 01798 831 234

Sunday 21st

3.00pm Mass for the Feast of St. Philip Howard followed by tea and the ‘Friends of Arundel Cathedral’ AGM in the Cathedral Centre

Saturday 27th

12.30pm Organ Recital – Ian Ball. Tickets £5.00 email elizabethstratford@msn.com or call 07971 090 724

NOVEMBER Thursday 1st

ALL SAINTS DAY Masses at 8.30am at the Convent and 10am & 8pm in the Cathedral

Tuesday 2nd

ALL SOULS’ DAY 10.00am Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel

Saturday 3rd

11.30am Diocesan Wedding Anniversaries Mass with Bishop Kieran Conry 7.30pm The Cardinall’s Musick – Byrd Tour Concert For tickets visit www.brightonticketshop.com or call 01273 709 709

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Sunday 4th

3.00pm Blessing of Graves in St. Philip’s Cemetery

Sunday 11th

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY Mass at the Convent of the Poor Clares on Saturday 10th at 6.15pm Masses at 9.30am and 11.30am (not 11.15am) 10.45am Remembrance Service in the Town Square

Saturday 17th

12.30pm Organ Recital – Mark Wardell. Tickets £5.00 email elizabethstratford@msn.com or call 07971 090 724

Sunday 18th

3.00pm Knights of St. Columba – Mass for deceased members

Tuesday 20th

11.00am Chapter Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel

Saturday 24th

7.30pm The Angmering Chorale Concert For tickets visit: www.theangmeringchorale.org.uk

Sunday 25th

SOLEMNITY: CHRIST THE KING Mass at the Convent of the Poor Clares Saturday 24th at 6.15pm Masses at 9.30 & 11.15am in the Cathedral

DECEMBER Sunday 2nd

1ST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Mass at the Convent of the Poor Clares Saturday 1st at 6.15pm Masses at 9.30 & 11.15am in the Cathedral

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Parish Notice Board CONGRATULATIONS

WELCOME!

To all those who were confirmed by Bishop Kieran in May 2011:

If you are a new parishioner, we hope that you will quickly feel at home with us...

Please make sure that you have completed one of the special forms kept at the back of the Cathedral (to the left of where the newspapers are displayed) so that you can be registered on our Parish Database.

DIOCESAN MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY MASS Taking place on 3 November at 11.30am in the Cathedral, you can celebrate your special anniversary at this Mass. For more information/booking form please contact Katherine Bergin on 01293 651 152 or email katherine.bergin@dabnet.org

Joe Jenner, Bryony Morison, Clarice Myles, Luchia Marshall, Florence Chapman & Anne-Marie Wheatley To all those who made their First Holy Communion in May 2011: Grace Batchelor, Dillon Birch, Jacob Bodimede, Enya Bricker, Anna Buckle, Madeleine Hallam, Max Hughes, Jago Lavington, Sinead McBride, Elysia McGinley, Max McGinley, Jasmine Murphy, Alex Murtagh, Johnny Murtagh, Jamie Norris, Saoirse Osborne, Felicity Park & Charlie Tear

FINDING YOUR VOICE IN PRAYER & PRAISE A Day of Reflection & Encouragement for all singers, musicians and those who want to sing with greater confidence. At St. Cuthman’s Retreat Centre, Coolham, nr. Horsham, RH13 8QL Wed. 10 October 10.15am - 4pm Cost: £25 To book please call 01403 741 220 Visit www.stcuthmans.com for more info.

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

PLUS Extensive range of other 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

PLEASE REMEMBER THEM ALL IN YOUR PRAYERS AS THEY GO FORWARD IN THEIR JOURNEY OF FAITH THE GRAIL HAS NOW MOVED The Hermitage Cheriton Road Winchester SO22 5HW

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

During Harvest we pray to the Lord...

27th week of the year Sunday 7th Oct ROSARY SUNDAY Monday 8th Tuesday 9th Wednesday 10th Thursday 11th Friday 12th Saturday 13th

That as members of God’s family, we remember to treat others with love and respect For a good harvest and that we use it wisely That we will be responsible with the world’s resources That we might be generous with our hospitality For forgiveness for the times we have been extravagant and wasteful In celebration of the life of St. Wilfrid and the Christian message he brought to Sussex For our Poor Clare community at Crossbush

28th week of the year Sunday 14th Monday 15th Tuesday 16th Wednesday 17th Thursday 18th Friday 19th Saturday 20th

For the certainty that we possess all things if Christ is in our hearts That those starting university life or taking up new jobs may find fulfillment and friendship That we welcome newcomers to our parish with warmth and generosity For those who are anxious about their families’ wellbeing or future In thanksgiving for the skills, patience and care of those who work in the field of medicine On the Feast of St. Philip Howard, for the Friends who help to maintain our Cathedral That in moments of weakness and suffering, we will find strength in you

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29th week of the year Sunday 21st Monday 22nd Tuesday 23rd may Wednesday 24th Thursday 25th Friday 26th Saturday 27th

For those working in the Missions, especially where there is hostility and violence That we are always mindful of the many blessings you have bestowed on us For those who have withdrawn from parish life, that they be assured of our continuing prayers In thanksgiving for those who care for those with special needs For unemployed people, that they may retain their sense of worth and find new opportunities in work That we may be kind to, and pray for, those who we find it difficult to love, live with or forgive With praise and thanksgiving, that with you, all things are possible

30th week of the year Sunday 28th Monday 29th Tuesday 30th Wednesday 31st Thursday 1st Nov Friday 2nd

Saturday 3rd

That like the martyrs, we have the courage to stand up for what we believe in, and to practise what we preach For those who have lost their homes and livelihoods through natural disaster For those plagued with a sense of guilt That we may work honestly and with good cheer That we may believe more fully that we are all called to be saints That those grieving the loss of someone they love will be comforted by your promise that they will share in your eternal peace That we will always remember that we are children of the living God

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31st week of the year Sunday 4th Monday 5th Tuesday 6th Wednesday 7th Thursday 8th Friday 9th Saturday 10th

That we may strive to love our neighbour as ourselves For those who find it difficult to make, or sustain, meaningful relationships That we support our Justice and Peace team through practical help and prayer.

For all our Catechists, thanking them for the time and dedication they give to our parish community That we have the grace to offer friendship to those who feel lonely and unwanted For those who despair, that they may be given hope That we are not afraid to give of ourselves, remembering that Christ gave himself completely that we might be redeemed

32nd week of the year Sunday 11th Monday 12th Tuesday 13th Wednesday 14th Thursday 15th Friday 16th Saturday 17th

For the victims of war and that their sacrifice will lead to peace and reconciliation between nations.

For members of our armed services in combat and for their families awaiting their safe return For those working in the prison service, that they treat those in their ward with dignity For those who are victims of injustice and prejudice, that they may be inwardly healed For the families of those serving prison sentences For those working to bring about peace and harmony through international negotiations For faithfulness and perseverance when the going gets tough

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33rd week of the year Sunday 18th

Monday 19th Tuesday 20th Wednesday 21st Thursday 22nd Friday 23rd Saturday 24th

For prisoners of conscience, war and oppression throughout the world, that they feel supported by prayer and are given inner strength That we pay heed to your call that we should forgive those who hurt us That we may show courage in the face of adversity That we are prepared to offer our talents for the good of our parish and community For all those who do those jobs which we hate to do ourselves For forgiveness for the times we have made mountains out of molehills That our young people may find goodness and fulfillment in their work and relationships.

34th (last) week of the year Sunday 25th Monday 26th Tuesday 27th Wednesday 28th Thursday 29th Friday 30th

Saturday 1st Dec

That we may create space in our lives to listen to you, and be prepared to follow your will for us For those who we have let down or disappointed In thanksgiving for those who tend to the needs of the elderly and frail In thanksgiving for the joys of friendship That as a society, we will protect vulnerable people from abuse and exploitation For the teachers and students at St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School in Arundel and at St. Philip Howard’s High School in Barnham That we enter the season of Advent in a spirit of prayer and reflection

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And finally...

History repeats itself. It has to. Nobody ever listens.

Nobody notices what we do, until we don’t do it.

I would be unstoppable, if I could just get started.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. +++++++++++++++++++ You don’t say...!

As any devout Catholic will tell you, going to confession allows people to get a lot off their chests. Sometimes too much. I was waiting my turn at the confessional when I heard a priest admonish one penitent, “Please limit your confession to your own sins.”

Beatrice Rodriguez ++++++++++++++++++++ Letter to a friend Just a line to say I’m living, That I’m not among the dead.

Though I’m getting more forgetful And mixed up in the head.

I’ve got used to my arthiritis, To my dentures I’m resigned.

I can cope with my bi-focals But, dear me, I miss my mind.

Sometimes I can’t remember When I’m standing by the stair...

If I should be going up for something Or have just come down from there.

And before the fridge so often, My mind is full of doubt.

Now did I put some food away Or come to take it out?

So remember I do love you, And wish that you lived near.

And now it’s time to post this And say goodbye my dear.

At last I stand beside the post box And my face is very red.

Instead of posting this to you I opened it instead!

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Congratulations & Commemorations Baptisms 2 June - Luca Angelo Leonor 9 June - Milo Charles Horne 10 June - Adele Veronika Onal 24 June - Alexis Rose Amy McCarthy 14 July - Francesca Belle Morris-Warburton 5 August - Sofia Ferrarezi Manning-Smith 5 August - Henry James Payne 12 August - Archie George Bennett 2 September - Lana Una Lily Ní Murchú

Marriages 11 May - Nicholas Bell and Jennifer Rule 18 May - Christopher Newman and Claire Peters 23 June - John Way and Karen Molyneux 7 July - Neil Caws and Rachel Barrett 21 July - Jonathan Morcombe and Gabrielle Allen 28 July - Loyd Steele and Philippa Dunkley 18 August - Martin Yeates & Hannah Vernon 30 August - Juan Salazar Aguila & Aline Tabib 1 September - Richard Lee & Alanna Jones

Deaths 16 June - Hugh John Joseph O’Reilley (aged 96 years) 22 June - Catherine Anna Wood (aged 87 years)

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Harvest Prayer

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Who has made heaven and earth.

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Almighty Lord God, You keep on giving abundance to men in the dew of heaven and food out of the richness of the soil.

We give thanks to Your most gracious majesty for the fruits of the field which we have gathered.

We beg of You, in Your mercy, to bless our harvest, which we have received from Your generosity.

Preserve it, and keep it from all harm.

Grant, too, that all those whose desires You have filled with these good things may be happy in Your protection.

May they praise Your mercies forever, and make use of the good things that do not last in such a way that they may not lose those goods that are everlasting, through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Courtesy of www.catholic.org