Parish Proclaimer Spring 2014

Parish Proclaimer Spring 2014

Cathedral Parish of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard, Arundel, West Sussex Published in March 2014

All about the Parish Rev. Canon Tim Madeley - Dean Father Stanislaw Mycek - Assistant Priest 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

Weekdays

Saturday

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

11.15am Cathedral Choir.

10am Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Saturday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.

11am Benediction.

MASS TIMES AT THE CONVENT OF THE POOR CLARES, CROSSBUSH Saturday 5.30pm Vespers.

6.15pm Vigil Mass (entry at 6pm).

Sunday 4.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.

5.30pm Vespers and Benediction.

Thursday

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.

FRONT COVER A limestone carving, one of a series of angels flanking the confessionals on the south aisle. Photo taken by Oliver Hawkins, reprinted in mono with his permission.

Mgr. Canon Jeff Scott RIP Reflecting on his life

By Canon Tim Madeley

As I write this article, I have just returned from the Requiem Mass of my predecessor, Monsignor Canon Jeff Scott. It is always a salutary thing to bury the person you succeed, it reminds you of the brevity of life – ‘the way of all flesh’.

Bishop Kieran presided at the funeral in St. Dunstan’s, Woking and Cardinal Cormac did the final commendation remarking that he did not expect to do this for someone he ordained to the priesthood 35 years previously. A funeral often opens up our eyes to the life and works of the deceased and helping us to form a picture of them we often hadn’t realised. So in the interests of history for our parish I include an outline summary of Mgr Jeff’s life...

Born on 17 January 1945, Jeff was educated at Hove Hills School, Leeds. He gained a National Certificate in Business Studies. In 1973 Jeff was received into the Catholic Church at Langley Green Parish, Crawley. He had Seminary formation at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh during 1975-79, then went to Ottawa and studied Canon Law achieving qualifications LCL & MCL in 1981.

Assistant Priest at St. Mary’s, Preston Park, 1981 - 1986 Parish Priest at St. Patrick’s, Woodingdean, 1986 - 1992 Parish Priest at St. Mary’s, Preston Park, 1992 - 1998 Parish Priest at St. Edward;s & St. Luke’s, Keymer with Hurstpierpoint, 1998 - 2001 Continued overleaf ++++++++++++++++++++++++ ARTICLES FOR THE SUMMER ISSUE OF THE PARISH PROCLAIMER: Deadline for receipt - Tuesday, 29 April 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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Dean of Cathedral Church of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard, Arundel, 2001 - 2005 St. Hugh of Lincoln, Knaphill, 2005 - 2012 At the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton Matrimonial Tribunal: - Principal Assistant, 1981 - Associated Judicial Vicar, 1984 - Judicial Vicar, 1986 Lecturer in Canon Law at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh until December 2013 Member of the Canon Law Society Chair of the Diocesan Finance Committee Assistant Administrator for the Secular Clergy New Common Fund (Little M) Appointed as Chaplain to His Holiness (Monsignor), 1992 Chapter Canon, 2003 Canon Penitentiary, 2008 Member of the College of Consultors, 1997 Diocesan Trustee, 2005 Retired to Farncombe, 2012 Died on Monday, 3 February, with a Requiem at St. Dunstan’s, Woking and burial at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh on 17 February 2014. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

From the Magazine Editor

By Alex Clouter Due to technical difficulties with my computer in early January, taking a long time to resolve, it was decided between Canon Tim and myself that we would start 2014 with this, the Spring issue of the Parish Proclaimer. I have transferred articles that would have appeared in the Winter edition to this issue. The result of this is a change in the timing for subsequent issues, which will be as follows: Deadline for articles Distribution Summer issue: 29 April 15 June Autumn issue: 29 July 21 September Winter issue: 28 October 14 December Our parish magazine is as only as good as what’s put into it from a growing list of contributors and, of course, we are looking for more new people from all ages and walks of life to send in interesting articles, Please see page 3 for contact details.

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Parish People - Jane Edney

By Colin Swanton

Jane has been well established in Cathedral life for a number of years now, ever since she was appointed Housekeeper in Canon Whale’s time over twenty years ago. Born in Bolton into a Catholic family, Jane was baptised at St. Edmund’s Church just off the town centre. Her school days started at St. Columba’s Infant and Junior School before moving to St. Anne’s Comprehensive School which she left at the age of sixteen.

A two-year NNEB course (Nursery Nursing) followed. Bolton was a national training centre for this course with students from all over the UK. Jane’s training involved children from babies to school age and during this training she was employed by the Health Department of the Local Authority. This was when playgroups were just getting established in this country, often starting in the house of the leader before moving on to a church hall or something similar as the playgroup grew in size.

Jane’s ambition was to become a Nanny: she placed an advert in The Lady magazine for a position and received a reply from the Earl and Countess of March, at that time living in Rugby whilst renovations and redecoration were being carried out on their own home – Goodwood House. Following an interview in Rugby, Jane received a ‘phone call, in the middle of her twenty-first birthday party, from the Earl, who after asking her a few more questions, offered her the job, starting at Goodwood House, of Nanny to their three younger children!

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Jane describes meeting the Royal Family... Around that time (1970) during the ‘Glorious Goodwood’ race meeting it was the custom for the Royal Family to stay during this meeting alternatively each year at either Goodwood House or Arundel Castle. She remembers practising her curtsey before being introduced to the Queen, Prince Philip, the Queen Mother, Prince Charles and Princess Anne at a ball in Goodwood House. The ball was to celebrate the eighteenth birthday of Lady Eleanor, the eldest daughter of the Earl and Countess of March.

After three happy years at Goodwood House, the youngest daughter, Louisa, started school and Jane decided to move on as her duties had changed and her work was becoming other than that she had trained for. Her next appointment was with an American employee of Shell Petroleum and his family, living at the time in St. George’s Hill, Weybridge. Jane had trips with the family to and from the USA – trips that were also holidays for the family and which involved once going via Paris and another time, via Florence, Venice and Rome. During these trips the family were also house hunting in San Francisco – they moved first to a house near San José to the south of San Francisco Bay and then onto a house on the Stanford University Campus. Even today Jane still remembers, vividly, driving in San Francisco with its steep roads – approaching the top of a hill, seeing no road ahead before the car suddenly dived downwards! She also remembers trying to hold the car on its brakes at traffic lights on these steep hills before being able to move off.

Jane stayed with the family for two years but was very homesick living in America and moved back to England. After some six to eight months working as an air stewardess for Dan Air (a job, she says, that is not as glamorous as people think) she became a dental surgery assistant working for the West Sussex Area Health Authority in Chichester. Her job involved visiting schools etc. under the Community Health scheme, working in Chichester and Worthing before becoming full-time at Littlehampton Health Centre. She qualified in 1976 and got her results as she returned from her honeymoon after her marriage to Tony.

It was only at this point that she mentioned her long courtship with Tony having met him whilst working at Goodwood House – Tony obviously had to conduct this courtship in many parts of the UK and abroad as Jane’s career continued. She carried on working after their marriage and 10 years later they had a baby son, John. He unfortunately died very shortly after his birth and is now buried in St. Philip’s Cemetery. Richard, who arrived a year later after another difficult birth, has also Continued on page 8

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become involved in Cathedral life as a server and now an MC (see page 11 of the Autumn Parish Proclaimer ‘News from the Sacristy’).

In 1983, when Richard was seven, he joined the local Beaver Scouts. Soon afterwards, Jane became an assistant leader under Ruth Johnston and then leader when Ruth later stepped down. She has been with the Beaver Scouts some seventeen years now and although there is a lot of organisational work to do and it is very time consuming she still thoroughly enjoys it.

Her work as Housekeeper at the Cathedral involves keeping the house clean and tidy – it is a big house on three floors and with over 100 stairs around the property! She does the laundry for the priests – including sheets, towels etc. – and for any visitors who may be staying in the house. Jane also helps with the catering on special occasions such as with Deanery and Chapter meetings; and she oversees the cleaning of altar cloths from the Cathedral. On two afternoons a week she helps with similar work in the guesthouse at the Convent in Crossbush.

Over the years in her involvement with the Cathedral, Jane has also become a special minister of the Eucharist, a Welcomer and is responsible for the emptying of the Missio boxes – a task she first did in her parish in Bolton before she moved away.

Jane loves the working environment in the Cathedral and her enthusiasm in talking to me about her time here shows me that, God willing, she will go on for some time yet! ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Why do I sing?

By Lulu Willis My lovely friend Hannah Vernon often quotes the saying, “He (or she) who sings, prays twice”, something attributed to St. Augustine. Apparently he actually said "He who sings well, prays twice", In a longer passage he says, “For he who sings praise, does not only praise, but also praises joyfully”. When singing Mass with the Arundel Cathedral Choir there have been times when the music is so uplifting that the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! So I would agree with St. Augustine (whatever the actual expression was that he used).

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I first started to sing with a natural voice choir that was set up to raise money for Water Aid. We had a fabulous day singing on the South Bank and the atmosphere was amazing. I wanted to carry on with singing in some capacity and had always been interested in the Cathedral Choir but thought that you had to have formal music training to be able to join. Happily, I found out this was not the case and I joined about five years ago.

My confidence with singing has greatly increased. A few years ago I would never have considered standing up in front of a Cathedral full of people and singing a psalm... and it still amazes me that I can do it. The first time I did it, I was so nervous I could barely be heard, even with a microphone, but now I sing solos and recently sang at a concert to raise money for Lourdes. I hit high notes now that a few years ago seemed impossible!

One of the side effects of singing is the positive effect it had had on my asthma. I have not used asthma inhalers for three years, when before I was having to take them every day. I am convinced this is due to the therapeutic effects of singing.

There is a choir in Brighton called 'The Breathe Easy Chorus' which was set up some years ago after realising how singing can help people with asthma and other breathing difficulties. According to Heart Research UK it has physical benefits as “it

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is an aerobic activity that increases oxygenation in the blood stream and exercises major muscle groups in the upper body, even when sitting. Singing has a number of psychological benefits because of its normally positive effect in reducing stress levels through the action of the endocrine system that is linked to our sense of emotional well-being. Psychological benefits are also evident when people sing together as well as alone because of the increased sense of community, belonging and shared endeavour."

As a family we take a keen interest in music and performing. My son Matthew who has autism has always had music as part of his therapy whether at school or in various groups he attends. He has a natural ability to hear a tune and play it on the piano and we often hear him playing something new he has heard. He does not get this ability from myself or his father – although I sing and Jim plays the trombone we are not naturally gifted and have to practise everything to ensure it sounds right.

Matthew is naturally talented and this is a gift we would like to develop if we could find the right teacher. My husband Jim has just achieved grade 8 in the trombone and plays for many bands including a blues band. The result of all this activity is that there is often music being practised in our home and if not being practised there is always music being played in the background, anything from Vaughan Williams or Elgar to Lana Del Rey or Jake Bugg.

I am a children's liturgy leader and we try to encourage the children to sing and have recently bought a CD player plus a music CD to teach the children some songs to sing regularly at the liturgy. We have lots of instruments they can shake and make a noise with and generally this goes down very well with them!

The recent concert to raise money for Lourdes (organised by the extremely talented Bryony Morison) brought together a great group of performers and included not only singing but dancing, playing brass instruments, piano and guitars (to mention a few) and showed what a wealth of talent we have lurking in our parish. It is the sort of event that increases a sense of community, bringing people together either as performers or observers, and is just such good fun. I particularly enjoyed singing a very tongue-in-cheek version of Irving Berlin's 'Sisters' with Betsy Vernon! Facebook was buzzing very soon after the concert with all of the positive comments from those who attended, who took part and who helped with the organisation. The general feeling was that this absolutely must happen again and I am already thinking of what to sing next time.

So why do I sing? Well why wouldn't I? It is good for my psychological well-being 10

and my health; it increases my sense of community and shared endeavour, it has done marvels for my self confidence and, quite frankly, the buzz I get when it goes right is amazing. It is spiritually uplifting. However perhaps I should let the following people say it for me. When thinking about writing this article I looked up quotes about music and found the following, all of which struck a chord (to coin a phrase): Delius: “Music is an outburst of the soul.”

Maya Angelou: “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” (remember being a depressed teenager listening to singers who we felt truly understood us because no-one else did?)

Confucius: “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”

And finally my favourite; Robert Fripp: “Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence.”

But then I always do enjoy a glass of wine! ++++++++++++++++++++++++

A Sharing from the Poor Clares

By Sister Angela Several years ago, when we learned that we would no longer have a Sunday Mass but would host a Vigil Mass for the parish on Saturday night, it seemed a great loss to us – we couldn’t imagine Sunday without Mass. Now, looking back, we can see that this deprivation has been compensated for by the much greater degree of integration into the Cathedral Parish which it has brought us.

We work hard at our liturgy and music, and have been pleased to share this with so many of you and we love to have your participation as readers and eucharistic ministers and marvel at how quickly new Masses and hymns are picked up and sung with enthusiasm.

With the Jubilee Groups this growth in our feeling of being part of the parish and the 11

diocese has deepened further.

Last year we also hosted a Lent group, and then touched by an evident thirst in the group for a deeper relationship with God that was an inspiration to us, we put on our six-week ‘Come and explore prayer with the Poor Clares’ course.

All these contacts have been precious and beneficial for us, and we hope to continue this mutual enrichment as we all continue on our journey of faith, each in our own way of life.

Please visit www.poorclaresarundel.org to read more about us. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Continuing to raise money for Alzheimer’s disease

By Pat & Graham Smithson

Our handcraft gift display

Since Pat ran the Brighton Marathon in 2012 (we were featured in Colin’s “Parish People” series in the Easter 2012 Proclaimer, pages 22-23), we have been putting all our efforts into raising funds for the Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK. We sell our handmade items for the house and garden at local art and craft fairs and outdoor events (weather permitting!).

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You can see some of the gifts from the photos here. You are welcome to visit our home (12 Berriedale Drive, Sompting, Lancing West Sussex BN15 0LE) where we have a display of all our handcrafted gifts.

Pat and I participated in the Brighton Memory Walk on 8 September 2013 in order to raise money for the Alzheimer's Society to support people living with dementia in their own home and community and give assistance to family and carers. The money raised will also fund further research into the condition.

Donations are still very welcome through www.justgiving.com/Pat-Smithson Just before the Memory Walk, I responded to Canon Tim's recent appeal for altar servers and I am currently learning the ropes in the Sanctuary, and loving every 14

minute! I hope to be elected to the Guild of St. Stephen when I gain enough experience and have the approval of Canon Tim. I hope that other members of the parish might consider following my example. If I can do it, anyone can! ++++++++++++++++++++++++

In the footsteps of the Lord

By Michael & Lorraine Cranfield

We met together, a small group of strangers outside Our Lady of Sorrows, Bognor Regis, in the early hours of 26th September 2013 to travel together to the Holy Land.

We returned twelve days later no longer strangers, and all of us changed by what we saw and experienced there.

Our Pilgrimage was organised by Father Paul Maddison of ‘Palestine Pilgrimages’ as an opportunity to bring the Bible alive, to strengthen our faith and help to bring some hope to our Christian brothers and sisters there. In 1990, the Christians in Israel, Palestine and Jordan stood at 17% of the population; now they are less than 1.5%.

Our group of fourteen pilgrims was ably led by Fathers Tony Churchill and Peter Fitch with our two Palestinian guides, Anis and Omar. We were to spend seven days in Israel and Palestine and then cross over the border into Jordan for the final three days.

Our day often began at around 5am. with an awakening by the Muezzin’s Call to 15

Prayer from a local Mosque! Luckily, the weather for the whole duration was so beautiful, blue skies and sunshine, temperatures in the 80’s: a lovely extension to the summer.

We spent the first couple of days in the area of Galilee central to the Lord’s childhood and ministry, then travelling by coach to Nablus, a town in the West Bank famous for its olive soap production – Nablus, which although populated and governed by the Palestinians, was completely sealed off by the Israelis from 2000 to 2010; even today they control the three roads into the town with checkpoints so it is hardly a tourist hotspot! We went there to meet the Catholic community and join them in their evening Mass. We stayed in the town’s only hotel overnight and were alarmed to be woken in the early hours by the sound of heavy gunfire in the surrounding hills which seemed so very close. We were told by the hotel staff that the Israeli army did this most nights!

We left next morning to make our way to Bethlehem and Jerusalem stopping en route for a dip in the Dead Sea: a strange experience for a non-swimmer (Lorraine)!

It was wonderfully moving to visit Jesus’ birthplace and then to trace his footsteps from the Mount of Olives to his burial place in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Our days were punctuated by prayer, song and by Bible readings relevant to the place we were visiting, as well as by a Daily Mass each memorable for its setting; for example, at an altar facing the Sea of Galilee or the Parish Mass on Sunday in Bethlehem, the church full to capacity and said in Arabic with Homily delivered theatrically, lasting thirty minutes!

It was wonderful to meet the people, particularly the students at Bethlehem University anxious to communicate their hopes and dreams for the future, the school children in Amman, Jordan, learning English from the age of five who treated us like ‘Pop Royalty’ and their teachers who entertained us with tea, cake and much conversation; at Petra ‘the Rose Red City half as old as time’ where a little Bedouin boy charmed everyone, selling the ladies his ‘silver bracelets’ and the Catholic priest at Nablus who spoke most movingly of the sufferings of the Palestinian people.

During our final day we visited Jerash close to the Syrian border to see the remains of a remarkably well preserved Roman city. It was a tranquil spot and looking towards Syria it was hard to imagine the mayhem going on only twenty miles away.

Our son Tristan lived in Damascus for a year in 2004 with a Christian family. He

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spoke to them by telephone last year and they seemed unaffected by the civil war but their ‘phone no longer rings so we are very anxious about them. Our anxiety was compounded when we met a young Syrian refugee on our way to Amman who told us of the sufferings experienced by his countrymen. He seemed to think that the part of Damascus where Tristan’s ‘family’ lived had been largely destroyed so we can only pray that they are now safe and remain together.

We returned home much more politically aware of the problems of the people of the Middle East. We had met ordinary people who long for peace and prosperity and for the freedom to travel within their homeland to visit their relatives. We also met people who had been displaced by war and are fearful that the Arab Spring might even come to Jordan. However, King Abdulla has promised reforms so hopefully Jordan will remain a safe haven for the increasing number of refugees. So please pray for peace in this troubled region so that its people may finally live in harmony and enjoy religious freedom.

Bishop Kieran has said recently that there is an ancient idea that there are five gospels, four of them written on paper and the fifth written on the land they call Holy. We have been privileged to experience this fifth gospel. Thank you Lord Jesus. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

The ‘Living Stones’ of Palestine

By Anne Alidina In October I went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land with 15 other people including Lorraine and Michael Cranfield from this parish and Fr. Tony Churchill and Fr. Peter Fitch from Bognor Parish, who were our spiritual leaders. The whole pilgrimage was organised by Palestinian Pilgrimages, an organisation that focuses on the ‘Living Stones’ i.e. the people of Palestine, particularly the minority Christian community and any profits are donated to support the Christian Church in the Holy Land and to benefit the wider community.

My expectations were to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, which indeed we did, from His birth in Bethlehem to His ministry by the Sea of Galilee and in Nazareth, to His Passion in Jerusalem. It was almost too much to take in at times, that this was the land that Jesus had walked upon and gazed upon, that the 2000 year old trees in the Garden of Gethsemene may be the same ones that Jesus saw and maybe touched, 17

that he actually trod upon the steps going up into Jerusalem. The man Jesus came to life for me in Palestine where some aspects remain much the same as they have for 2000 years i.e. the shepherds with their flocks trying to eke out a living in the dry, scrubby, gradually diminishing land and the Bedouins in their traditional goat hair tents. How much longer they will be able to remain there is doubtful. But I met the living Jesus in the Palestinians themselves. This for me was completely unexpected, as having missed the initial meeting with Fr. Paul Maddison who runs the UK side of Palestinian Pilgrimages, I had not fully appreciated this aspect of the Pilgrimage, so to be talking with the people of the West Bank and hearing first hand of the injustices they constantly suffer at the hands of the Israelis was an education.

I have always been aware of the Israeli/Palestinian situation through the media and associate the West Bank and Gaza, the Golan Heights and the Hebron Valley with fighting, ‘terrorism’, tension and unrest but to actually see the beauty of the country and meet ordinary people who just want freedom and justice to live their lives in peace changed my view.

As Jesus lived under occupation so do the Palestinians, most of their land unlawfully confiscated, trapped inside a 26ft high wall, subject to the latest whims of the authorities, in subjugation and poverty.

As Jesus and the Jews were under the Roman authority, the Palestinians are powerless against the tyranny of the occupying Israelis but continue to live in hope for better times as they say this cannot go on for ever. Many, however, have already fled to neighbouring countries leaving their beloved land but unable to put up with the conditions any longer. Their trust and belief in God, both Christian and Muslim, is inspirational, as they endure the deprivations of their daily lives: water shortages, 25% unemployment, limited access to medical care, food shortages, threats of further land confiscation and violence by settlers upon their property and livestock and the constant intimidation of the Israeli soldiers.

Bethlehem University is a ‘Beacon of Hope’ in this troubled land with 3000 students on campus, 30% of whom are Christian and 70% Muslim. The University was started 40 years ago by the De La Salle brothers with backing from the Vatican and continues to flourish. One of the highlights of the trip for me was visiting the University and talking with the students while sharing a delicious lunch prepared by the Hotel Management students. I learned how the students live and study, travelling into the campus each day, as the Israelis will not allow any group of young Continued on page 20 18

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men to live together, through checkpoints where they can be held up for hours. But in other respects they are like young people anywhere, into social networking which enables them to be in touch with the outside world. The University is an oasis for them where they can learn with their peers and feel supported. They work extremely hard and feel the responsibility is on them to be the best they can be in their field so that they will be ready when Palestine is again free.

In Nablus, a small town that like Ramallah has been heavily shelled by the Israelis, the local community showed their generous hospitality to us by making a meal, which we ate in the garden of the church to the sound of gunfire, which at the time we naively supposed to be fireworks. The Priest there told us after Mass that there is no doubt that the Israelis are pursuing a policy of ethnic cleansing as they want only Jews in Palestine and will not allow a separate Palestinian state, so many of his congregation have left, reluctantly, to seek a better future elsewhere. His small parish is fundraising to build some starter homes for young families to ease the housing situation, which also forces young couples to leave as they have no choice but to move in with their in-laws after marriage.

On Sunday morning we attended Mass at a parish church in a village outside Bethlehem and celebrated with the lively, local Catholic community. The Church was packed, the singing joyful and the homily went on for 40 minutes with many theatrical gestures, while the children amused themselves playing with the votive candles. The Mass was all in Arabic, which gave it another dimension but we got the gist of it and Fr. Tony gave a prĂŠcis of the homily afterwards. As we left the Church we were greeted by the very loud playing of drums and bagpipes by a group of young people and given chocolate ĂŠclairs and Arabic coffee. This was another opportunity to talk to local people and it was clear that they appreciated our visit 20

and we certainly enjoyed their hospitality.

In Jordan, where Christians are very much in the minority, we visited a Catholic primary school and were greeted like royalty by the children with cheers and shouts and furious waving and big smiles. We went into classrooms where children of different ages introduced themselves and showed off their English and delighted in having their photographs taken. One of the teachers told us that it was so good for the children to have Western visitors as they consider themselves inferior and they are desperately trying to change this attitude. I was surprised to learn that 70% of Jordanians are Palestinian refugees, mainly from the 6-day war in 1967. Our guide, Omar, named after Omar Sharif as his father had worked with the actor on the film set of Lawrence of Arabia, was himself a Palestinian refugee who had worked hard to get a degree in theology, has a phenomenal knowledge of middle eastern and Biblical history and is a Jordanian citizen. However, he is prohibited from visiting Palestine even for a family funeral as the Israelis still regard him as a Palestinian refugee even after 30 years.

I returned home thinking... what can I do to help these people? I could not turn my back and ignore the injustices and the complete lack of any human rights that I have just witnessed. Having done some Internet research I have found there are many ways in which we can show our support and solidarity and there are thousands of people all over the world who support the Palestinians through fundraising for institutions like Bethlehem University or other projects, through lobbying their MPs on various issues, demonstrating against companies operating out of confiscated Palestinian land, joining Solidarity groups, volunteering to be alongside Palestinian families in Palestine, buying Palestinian goods and boycotting Israeli goods, visiting the Holy Land and contributing to the local economy and by setting up partnerships 21

with Catholic Parishes.

It may seem like a hopeless situation for an individual to have any impact on but by joining together change is possible, as we have seen in the past with South African apartheid and the Berlin Wall and with the release of political prisoners through Amnesty International supporters, so please look at the web sites below and even if you only have five minutes to spare to add your name to a petition online.

As we were leaving Bethlehem one of the hotel workers said to me, “When you get home, tell them we are not all terrorists, we are nice people,” and I am passing his message on.

May God bless you with discomfort At easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, So that you may live deep within your heart.

May God bless you with anger At injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.

May God bless you with tears To shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, Hunger and war, So that you may reach out your hand to comfort them, To turn their pain into joy.

And may God bless you with enough foolishness To believe that you can make a difference in the world, So that you can do what others claim cannot be done, To bring justice and kindness To all God’s wonderful children.

Fr. Paul Maddison.

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What is Children’s Liturgy?

By Hannah Yeates At the 9.30am Mass, the children assemble during the Liturgy of the Word to celebrate a separate Liturgy of the Word that is more appropriate to their level of understanding. We hold this in the Cathedral Sacristy and this is run voluntarily by our fantastic, friendly team of assigned Leaders and Helpers: Hannah, Lulu, Therese, Emer, Una and Esther.

When does it take place? It takes place during 9.30am Mass every Sunday, excluding every third Sunday and special services.

What age groups should attend these sessions and do parents need to accompany their children? Children of all ages are welcome, including toddlers and children that have already made their First Holy Communion. Parents/carers are also welcome if they wish/if their child has any additional needs. The majority of the children that currently attend are between 3-11 years of age.

Where should children gather and how should they proceed to the Sacristy? After the welcome, the priest will invite the children to come to the front of the church and gather by the altar. The children will then file out of the church together with their Liturgy of the Word Book and into the Sacristy.

What is the format for the liturgy sessions? All children will sit at the tables set out in the Sacristy. The theme of the week will be presented, discussed and illustrated and gospel/story read/discussed. Children will then be given an activity to complete.

This varies each week (music/role-play/art/crafts). A closing prayer will be said at the end of the session and children will then be led back quietly into the Church to join the Offertory. The children will meet the priest at the altar and bow together before returning to their families.

Can I become a Leader or a Helper? Of course! We are always looking for people to join our friendly team. Becoming a Helper or Leader for Children’s Liturgy is a great way to give time to our young parishioners and develop your faith through fun and friendship. To be a part of the Children’s Liturgy or join our mailing list for more information on what is planned over the coming months for our little ones, please contact Hannah on 07894 949861 or email hbyeates@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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2nd November 2013 saw the return to the Cathedral of the Salvation Army Band from the Worthing Citadel, along with their choir after an absence of nearly twenty years. The two hour concert was in support of the St. Barnabas Hospice. The opening address was given by Fr. Stan. Bryony Morison, who sings with our own Cathedral Choir, was invited to sing two pieces with the band in support. Although half term was at an end with many away and the weather not too good, the concert had a good attendance.

I had an opportunity to talk with many people after the event, who were clearly taken by surprise at the standard of the performance in both the playing and the singing.

It was not just about raising money for a good cause, but an opportunity for the two churches to start what is hopefully a continued friendship. As Fr. Stan said in his opening address, “there are two flags on the altar, but they serve only one”. It was also about congregations meeting together and having a wonderful and enjoyable evening. The music was varied from opera, Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral, to the Italian Symphony (3rd movement) and New World Symphony (2nd and 4th movements); the lively Las Lluvias Grandes to Ave Verum.

The singing was also wide ranging. The Songsters performed their Everywhere The Lord is my Strength and The Prayer with wonderful harmony. And our Bryony Morison was a credit to herself, the choir and our parish. Bryony sang The Wonder 26

of his Grace and How much More. The band was so impressed with Bryony’s performance, they have asked her to be the soloist at the Salvation Army Proms Night this year!

The band finished the performance with God be with you, followed by a closing thanks and benediction from Major Lilian Wilson (St. Barnabas Chaplaincy Team).

The very final piece of music played was a march Under Two Flags. I very much hope I will hear this played often in our Cathedral by The Salvation Army Band as an opening or closing piece for this concert.

The donations at the end amounted to £770.00. Was the concert a success? Yes! This was not just about a good cause as mentioned at the beginning: for those there will understand what I mean, and I am sure they will be at the next one. It achieved everything that was hoped for.

On walking back down towards the altar I was stopped by a member of the St. Barnabas team: “Isn’t it wonderful that they let you play in their church?” I replied that it is my church. I was wearing my band uniform and the look of confusion was priceless. “But you’re a Salvationist!” was the response. “No, I’m Roman Catholic and always will be!” For me it really was an ‘Under Two Flags’ evening.

I’m grateful to those that made it possible: Canon Tim, for allowing the Cathedral to be used; Father Stan, for the opening welcome: to all those that came, and just as importantly all those of the parish that could not make it. No one charged for anything, yet the lights have to be paid for, as well as the heating and the flush of water from the toilets. When the collection goes round on a Sunday you make an important contribution that allows this to happen. Not far away from us there are people in our community who are unwell and sadly dying but are being cared for by wonderful people who in turn are supported by you.

Hope to see you at our next ‘Under Two Flags’ concert, in aid of St. Barnabas Hospice, on Saturday 19 July 2014 in Arundel Cathedral, with more details in the summer edition of the Proclaimer magazine and via the weekly parish newsletter.

Overleaf you can read more about Bryony Morison and her sterling efforts helping others to visit Lourdes.... (Editor)

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Helping teenagers to be on a Lourdes Pilgrimage

By Bryony Morison

Hello my name is Bryony Morison, some of you will know me because I have sung here in the Cathedral Choir at the 11.15am Mass for eight years.

In the summer holidays I went to Lourdes as a Redshirt where I met some very wonderful and inspirational people. The Redshirts are a group of teenagers who go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes and attend many Masses, ministry sessions and help out with the pilgrims and deepen their faith in God. The week I spent in Lourdes was very emotional and meaningful, which I enjoyed very much as I deepened my faith in God and I now see the Redshirts as my second family. My fare to Lourdes was quite costly at ÂŁ700, so I decided to put on a concert which was held on 21 September last year to help raise the rest of the money for my fare and also to raise money towards another young person to go to Lourdes as a Redshirt. I organised this concert by myself; it was a wonderful enjoyable evening, which consisted of many acts. This turned out to be a great success as I managed to raise the rest of the money for my fare and also raise ÂŁ411 towards another young person to go to Lourdes as Redshirt this year. I would like to thank everybody who helped by donating for this cause, I was overwhelmed by the kindness of people.

I am hoping to organise another concert to raise the cost of the fare for another young person to go to Lourdes as a Redshirt. By doing this I feel like I am giving back to my community. If you wish to donate towards this, in helping me raise the funding, please put whatever you can afford in an envelope, addressed to me, and give it to either Canon Tim, Fr. Stan or Deacon David and they will forward it to me.

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It started with an email

By Mike Webster When I received the email inviting me to a reunion of old boys from the seminary after Easter, I was looking forward to seeing many of them once again. During conversations with some of them to discuss what form it would take, it soon made me realise that all was not well with many of the students with whom I had trained between 1956 and 1964 but also with those who had joined some years after I left.

The training I refer to here and later took place within an Italian missionary order, based in the north of England, whilst undertaking training in a junior seminary i.e. those aged between 11 & 18 years of age.

It soon became even more apparent that so many of these student friends had suffered sexual abuse or the catch-all phrase of “inappropriate behaviour”. It was happening while I was undergoing training at the junior seminary and only came to light many years later in varying degrees. It felt like being showered in freezing cold water. The effect of this abuse on those involved has been life-changing. In some cases it has had dire consequences affecting their abilities to forge close friendships and their ability to marry, their self-confidence, ability to hold down a job and how they view the Church and trust in priests. Legal action is now taking place.

The key question being asked by many is, why have so many Catholic priests molested children? Investigations commissioned by the Church have blamed priests’ abusive tendencies on their training, concluding that seminaries failed to “form” priests adequately for the challenges of celibacy. This rather general conclusion has been studied much further, explaining exactly why the seminary environment predisposed certain priests to commit abuse. Something is clearly wrong as cases of abuse have occurred throughout many countries e.g. Spain, Malta, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands, Italy, Germany, the United States, Ireland, Belgium and the UK. Cases stretch back from the 1950s to early 1990s.

In his book Boys of the Cloth: The Accidental Role of Church Reforms in Causing and Curbing Abuse by Priests, Vincent J. Miles who trained at UpHolland College in the Liverpool diocese quotes reports by English & American priests as well as drawing on his own personal experiences in blaming seminaries for abusive behaviour by priests. The repressive way of life was a key factor for the behaviour of priests towards children that has caused so much pain and scandal in recent years. And among the many factors that in theory have predisposed individuals towards sexual 31

abuse, several were present in the seminary environment experienced by many priests.

The abuse underlying the recent scandals actually occurred decades ago, in an “epidemic” that began in the 1950s and tailed off in the late 1980s. Repressive training was not the only factor invoked by the report to explain the behaviour of the priests involved; others were developments in society and in the Church but they occurred too late to have had the influence ascribed to them. The hope is that changes to the way priests are now trained will make sure that mistakes of the past stay in the past and we can look forward to an era that is free of abuse and “inappropriate behaviour”.

The isolation of seminary life and the treatment of sexuality by the seminary system predisposed certain students to becoming abusers. In our experience, attitudes to sex were strange. When a colleague of mine moved from the seminary to the novitiate, girls from a local school used to attend Mass there and many were very good looking. The novice master said it was okay to look at them as long as you didn’t look at their breasts. He also turned away the 12 year old daughter of a local lawyer from Sunday Mass because she was wearing a mini skirt. He thought my friend was over-sexed and sent him to the local GP who really had a good laugh about it. Those seminarians who progressed through the novitiate did not suffer abuse either as seminarians or during their time in the novitiate.

During my time in the junior seminary between 1956 and 1964, we led, what seemed to many, to be a strange semi-monastic existence as teenage Catholic seminarians. While many of our contemporaries were taking part in the biggest rebellion for a generation, my classmates and I were quietly and obediently conforming to tradition, praying and studying in splendid isolation but still aware of cultural change. At the age of 11+ years, priests really were God-like figures to their students. To many, that prestige has gone, vaporised in a cloud of sexual scandal.

Those who were molested, unfortunately, considered priests to be more predators than demigods.

The drastic changes in society that priests and students were confronted with when leaving their years of isolation in the seminaries contributed to some of those students committing abuses against children after they became priests. When some students left they did not have a clue as to what to do next. Some had no difficulties in forging female relationships but for some reason they did not lead to marriage. In many respects they were quite naive and felt embarrassed and at times confused as 32

how to proceed.

One issue which those to whom I have spoken, or have corresponded by email, is the Church’s deplorable handling of cases of abuse. The Church did not deal with this crisis. Instead of defrocking paedophile priests and assisting the police to put them behind bars, it moved them on to other parishes or simply kept quiet. All too often, victims received too little sympathy and their abusers too much. All too often, mollycoddled molesters were given new access to young children, with predictable and tragic consequences. And all too often, the Church seemed intent on protecting itself and its priests, but not the young innocents who were being harmed.

Many of the students from the 1960s to late 1970s no longer have anything to do with the Church. They felt they found themselves in the same situation as those abused by Savile; if they had mentioned it they would not have been believed, not taken seriously or persuaded not to do anything about it, with disastrous results.

They were left to stew.

There was absolutely no reason to describe sexual abuse by clerics as purely an “American Problem” as Pope John Paul did. We seem to be have been fed with a stock excuse that it would `damage the image of the Church or embarrass the Pope' if any of the hundreds of thousands of cases were to be brought into the light of day. What price the suffering of the victims, many of them children? America has managed to bring many cases to court and has brought many of the diocesan finances to bankruptcy; Ireland has gone some way to try to do the same.

The hope is that with the new era of Pope Francis that those who were abused as children will be compensated together with an unqualified apology. It is necessary to instigate a policy of zero tolerance for any inappropriate behaviour otherwise the mistakes of the past, which prevented these criminals from being prosecuted, will be repeated. The Church needs to make sure there are no more “secret files” being held which could inflict further harm on the reputation of the Church. Transparency and reform are needed.

There is a window of opportunity that must be taken to focus once again on the work that the Church does throughout the world as a leading force for good. The Church needs to regain the trust of people.

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Memorable Masses - 4

By Graham Rodmell When in the mid-eighties I was told that a lawyer was urgently required in Kano to help with the renegotiation of some contracts for housing, roads and non-industrial works for a huge integrated cane sugar project in north-eastern Nigeria, I was more than usually apprehensive. I had to depart in less than 24 hours for Kano. It was in mid-Ramadan in an Islamic region, deadlines were rapidly approaching and to get there meant travelling with Nigeria Airways, regarded by Africa hands in my company as their least favourite airline. Recognising that I should need to prepare the work on the flight, the Chief Executive authorised me (exceptionally) to travel first class. The airline sold a first class ticket, but regrettably had oversold first class seats. I was issued a boarding pass for an economy class seat and mercifully was not one of several passengers with duplicate passes and no seats.

Other challenges were soon to be encountered. That of going to Mass on the first Sunday proved to be among the easier challenges to be resolved. The ‘battle for departure’ was the first of these. Nigerian passengers seemed to know that supreme physical fitness was an essential qualification of travelling by this airline. As soon as the departure gate was announced, they set off at great speed. Not content to win by sprinting prowess alone, they enhanced their chances by swinging benches across the corridors to create hurdles to slow the progress of those who followed.

Airport staff had seen it all before and routed all passengers (except first class) out of the building and on to the tarmac to enter by the rear of the aircraft. It was fortunate that my hand baggage label remained ‘first class’ and I was invited to enter the aircraft by the front door.

The chaos resulting from the unreliable check-in procedures led to excessive delay in departure. Finally the captain announced that unless the seating was organised within five minutes the flight would ‘cancel out’. The cabin staff promptly seized the hapless and seatless passengers and pitched them off the aircraft and the flight took off. In spite of my sympathy for the plight of these passengers, I admit to being relieved. Relief was short-lived. It was announced immediately after departure that, because of the delay on the ground, the aircraft would overfly Kano and proceed direct to Lagos. I should now have to spend several hours in Lagos before rejoining the return flight to London and hope that on the second occasion, it would deign to put down in Kano.

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My unexpected arrival was greeted with the most genuine welcome I had ever received on a business trip. Stuart’s air of resigned despondency evaporated and an agitated briefing started immediately. As this was Friday (the Moslem holy day) it was a non-business day and I persuaded Stuart to concentrate on providing the facilities we should need to work for several days on extensive redrafting of contracts in a place equipped as a guest house for transient professional and contractors’ staff travelling to and from the project site about 500 miles distant. I requested sole occupancy of my room, which otherwise would have accommodated three or four beds, a fold-up table (apart from the main table being used for everyone’s meals), a desk lamp and an electric fan! Sleep was not going to feature much in the programme and working conditions were all-important.

Stuart barked some commands in clipped English at the houseboy, a middle-aged man who rejoiced in the name of Hyacinth and whose first language was Hausa.

Stuart adopted a style of ‘colonial’ address that was common among some older generation British expatriates, but which was embarrassing in a post-colonial period.

I found that good standard and courteous English was understood and produced results. The resourceful Hyacinth had my requests fulfilled in a couple of hours.

This encouraged me to explore whether there was the slightest possibility of my being able to attend Mass on the Sunday, which was a working day in Kano? This looked hopeless. Stuart gave me the nod and tried to be helpful, which was good of him as I suspect that he was a long-lapsed Presbyterian. However, success would depend on finding a suitably timed Mass and on the good will of Hyacinth.

We did not discuss matters religious, but I had a sneaking feeling that Hyacinth might have been one of the small minority of Christians in the area. Was not Hyacinth the anglicised form of Jacinta, the name of one of the visionary peasant girls who had witnessed Our Lady at Fatima? He was very helpful and it was 36

arranged.that I should go to the large Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Fatima for the 6am Mass. A Range Rover and driver were made available. I assumed that attendance at that time of day would have been similar to the UK, resulting in a quick, quiet said celebration. I was astonished to join a huge congregation approaching 900 to 1000 people singing and responding loudly. This thrilling experience in an Islamic city set me up for an intensive week’s work which overran the scheduled time and kept me in Kano longer than expected.

Frustration was the norm. With no telephones and only the distant project having radio connection (‘Do you read me? Over!’), appointments for meetings had to be made by drivers going from office to office. Most of the professionals were fasting and claiming to be fragile. With sunset and breaking of the fast at about 6.45pm, meetings tended to break up prematurely and the western habit of meeting deadlines by working through the night was generally unacceptable. This meant that Stuart and I were free to spend the evenings and nights updating the documentation and engaging Christian secretarial services for word processing the contracts which moved steadily to finalisation.

There was one distinct advantage in missing my return flight by Nigeria Airways – I was able to take a Sabena flight to Brussels and get some much needed sleep on the flight! ++++++++++++++++++++++++

Proclaimer Cryptic Crossword Puzzle 24 - Solution

By Chris Dinham Across: 1. Wristwatch* 7. Bob* 8. Not a thing 9. Evict 10. Norway 13. Natural 14. Too* 15. Ice 17. Goddess 20. Stance* 21. Hatch 24. Alongside* 25. Cod* 26. Adolescent Down: 1. Wingnut 2. Interrogated 3. Titian 4. Akin 5. Cage 6. Abate 7. Brilliantine* 11. Yards* 12, Guess 16. Element 18. Stages 19. Shack 22. Hard 23. Poll *These are the based answers to the questions of the cryptic clues, if you wish to study their meanings.

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Selig Sussex

By Mary Corbyn

St. Wilfrid

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‘Silly Sussex’ is what people said before they knew any better, long before television made history popular and fascinating. SELIG is a Saxon word meaning ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’ although Sussex came late to Christianity in the larger scheme of things owing to its remoteness and inaccessibility.

Not a native of Sussex, ST. WILFRID is honoured as the Apostle of Sussex – more or less by accident although, as we know, nothing is quite that in a God’s Eye view of events.

Wilfrid’s first encounter with the people of this county was decidedly hostile. He was returning from Compiégne where he had been consecrated Bishop, when his ship was driven aground by a storm on the coast of Seals’ Isle (Selsey). The local people, still pagan, rushed to attack and plunder but, led by Wilfrid, the seafarers prayed and according to legend, the tide turned “a full hour before its wont” allowing the ship to float away into deep waters.

Wilfrid’s ministry was in the North of England, but was beset by discord between King and Church – and between the bishops themselves. Eventually Wilfrid was exiled and returned again to Sussex. He was then 47 years old in the year 680 AD. Now, 14 years after his first visit, the local people, still pagan, were experiencing famine following severe drought, many of them hungry and desperate throwing themselves into the sea. Wilfrid, ever practical, taught them to catch fish for food – and then set about the task of evangelisation. He founded a monastery at Selsey, Continued on page 40 38

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freed many slaves and established his Cathedral there before returning to his native land in the north.

St. Wilfrid is honoured as a Secondary Patron of our Diocese and commemorated in stained glass in his own dedicated Chapel in the Cathedral.

Someone who may have been baptised by Wilfrid was CUTHMAN, a young shepherd born, it is said, at Chidham near Chichester. Stories are told of his piety and closeness to God; there is St. Cuthman’s Field where, needing to leave his sheep to look for food, he drew a line with his crook to create an imaginary pen; when he returned he found his flock patiently waiting just has he had left them, within their fold.

When his father died, Cuthman and his frail mother were left destitute, so they decided to seek help further afield. Cuthman made a rough cart on wheels in which his mother could ride while he pulled the cart along by means of a rope over his shoulders. They travelled eastwards until the rope frayed and broke much to the amusement of men working in the fields. Cuthman made a new rope from withies (reeds) and they set off again, Cuthman vowing that where this rope broke they would stay and make it a place of prayer. This happened at Steyning – ‘woody and overgrown with bramble and bushes…enclosed between two streams’. So Cuthman set to work in this unlikely spot and began to build a church, assisted by a stranger who, when asked his name, answered: ‘I am He in whose name you are building this church.’

In time, Cuthman’s wooden church was replaced by a sturdy stone one, dedicated to St. Andrew, but Cuthman’s bones were taken to Fécamp in Normandy, where the Benedictine monks provided burial – they having taken charge of the Steyning church - and ensured his continued remembrance and veneration.

St. Cuthman’s memory is maintained as patron of the Diocesan Retreat Centre – St. Cuthman’s near Coolham, and in a pictorial street sign in Steyning showing him as ‘The Boy with the Cart’ with his mother seated in the cart.

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Moving on a century or two we come to ST. RICHARD, Bishop of Chichester; born about 1197, he was like Wilfrid, not a native of Sussex but also like St. Wilfrid, now honoured as a Secondary Patron of our Diocese.

Richard Wych grew up on the family farm near Droitwich, but left to study at Oxford with the saintly Edmund Rich, later to become Archbishop of Canterbury – Richard graduated in law, in Paris and Bologna, eventually returning to Oxford where he was elected Chancellor of the University. When Edmund Rich became Archbishop of Canterbury he called Richard to become his own chancellor and together they travelled to Rome where Edmund died; this event brought about a complete change of direction in Richard’s life: instead of returning to Oxford, he went to Orleans to study theology, leading to his ordination – and life as a parish priest in rural Kent.

In 1244, the See of Chichester became vacant and the then Archbishop of Canterbury (Boniface) defied King Henry III by nominating Richard, his own Chancellor, to the bishopric. Not surprisingly the King refused to accept Richard, withholding all associated property and land. Richard then appealed to the Pope who upheld his appointment by personally consecrating him Bishop of Chichester at Lyons, in 1245.

All very well, but when Richard came to take possession, he found the gates of Chichester locked against him, by order of the King and was forced to find somewhere to live! This he did with a good friend, Simon of Tarring, and from this parish began his pastoral work, visiting monasteries and the poor of the parishes, until the King capitulated (under threat of excommunication) and Richard entered his See of Chichester.

In 1252, the Pope appointed him to preach the Crusade and he embarked on a sort of coastal tour which took him as far as Dover – where he consecrated a cemetery chapel for the poor. A few days later, he became ill and died and his body was returned to Chichester for burial. Within a decade, Richard was declared a saint and his body re-interred in a new shrine behind the High Altar of the Cathedral – until it was destroyed at the time of the Reformation.

Richard died on 3 April 1253, aged about 56, having been bishop for only 8 years.

He is venerated by annual pilgrimage to the site of the shrine, as Saint and Patron of Sussex.

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St. Richard’s Prayer Thanks be to Thee, my Lord Jesus Christ, For all the benefits which Thou hast given me, For all the pains and insults which Thou hast borne for me, O most merciful Redeemer, Friend and Brother.

May I know Thee more clearly, Love Thee more dearly, And follow Thee more nearly. ++++++++++++++++++++++++

A Day of Joy, Love & Commitment

By Colin Swanton

Sunday, 8 September 2013 was a special day for Rachel Veronica Theodore! On that day in the Cathedral, Rachel was consecrated a virgin by Bishop Kieran. Rachel is a parishioner of St. Richard’s, Chichester, and more lately ‘by adoption’ of Arundel Cathedral. Rachel loves attending the 11.15am Mass at the Cathedral on Sundays – drawn there by the beautiful music.

From an early age, Rachel, being an only child, saw herself falling in love, getting married and raising a large family! That was before the Holy Spirit ‘took hold of her life’ and guided her to read the book: The True Devotion to Mary written by St. Louis de Montfort. As she read the book she said, “Our Lord pulled me like a magnet to his Sacred Heart – an amazing experience of love that made me want to give myself Continued on page 44 42

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more fully to Christ”. She felt inspired to make a promise of celibate chastity, which she did on the Feast of the Archangels (29 September).

Rachel continued to seek further help and was first guided and encouraged by Fr. Hugh Thwaites, a Jesuit priest, who told her about Consecrated Virgins. She went on to join the ‘Day with Mary’ movement who have been a major element in her spiritual development and says that her association with the movement was key to guiding her to a consecrated life. She has also known Fr. Jonathan Martin since he was first ordained as a priest in the diocese: he has supported her throughout her journey and was MC at the ceremony.

Currently, Rachel is a catechist at St. Richard’s, Chichester – work she has done for four years now. She is also studying for a Bachelor of Divinity degree at the Maryvale Institute in Birmingham.

The Consecration Ceremony started at 3pm on the Sunday afternoon attended by a large number of people. The day had been meticulously planned by a team of some 20 people. She was supported by a small team of young bridesmaids and pageboys who were dressed in white and sky blue for Our Lady plus two lay women. During the opening procession Rachel carried an oil lamp given to her as a gift – it was of Hebrew design and came from a monastery in Italy. (See Matthew 25, verses 1 to 13 – The Ten Bridesmaids). The lamp signifies her readiness to meet her Bridegroom (Christ) and the oil is the Holy Spirit. Rachel placed the lamp on the altar for the duration of the ceremony.

After the Introductory Rites and the Liturgy of the Word, at the Rite of Consecration Callum, one of the pageboys presented Rachel with a candle, beautifully painted by Monica Cowell, a local artist, which was lit and placed in a candelabrum. After the Homily, the Bishop examined Rachel as to her resolution to commit herself totally to a celibate life. Whilst the Litany of the Saints was sung by Elizabeth Stratford, Rachel prostrated in front of the altar. She then knelt before the Bishop and placed her hands in his to symbolise the offering of herself to God at his hands. The Prayer of Consecration followed.

After this Rachel received from the Bishop the Insignia of Consecration: a veil, a ring and a book of the liturgy of the hours: the prayer of the Church (a gift from her parish). The ring – a plain gold band – was inscribed on the inside with the words, ‘Sponsa Christi’; a reference to Scripture: Revelation 14.4, and the date of the ceremony. Mass then continued with the Liturgy of the Eucharist, the Eucharistic 44

Prayer and Holy Communion, after which the Bishop gave a special Solemn Blessing.

After Mass, a lavish reception was held in the Cathedral Centre. Food at the reception was representative of food from different parts of the world and was organised by Michael Oliver from Chichester and the Indian food by Raj, a superb cook. Food also arrived from parishioners both of Chichester and Arundel, which included a large trolley full of cakes. The three-tier consecration cake was designed

by Rachel as was the white gown that she wore. Friends gave much of their time to make both items as well as countless other things needed for the afternoon.

A final word from Rachel: “I would like to express a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to the many people who have come together to bring about this joyful occasion. May God bless you all for your prayers, love and support.”

According to Canon 604 the Consecrated Virgin, living in the world is dedicated to a life of prayer and service to the Church, especially for her bishop and her diocese.

Consecration sets her apart as an eschatological sign of the marriage feast of the Lamb to His Bride, the Church at the end of time (Rev 19.7). The consecrated virgin begins this mystical marriage to Christ here on earth.

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The Saints of the Roman Canon

By Canon Tim Madeley Following on from the articles in previous editions of The Proclaimer we now look at the next few saints named in the Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer 1) before the consecration.

St. Sixtus (probably born in Greece) is actually Pope Sixtus II who was elected Pope in 257AD and died 12 months later. It is said that he was seized whilst addressing the faithful in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the Appian Way in Rome. He was interrogated and then martyred by the sword in this same place. Others too, were executed on the same day (possibly with him): Saints Felicissumus, Agapitus and four other deacons. Sixtus’ body was carried over the road for burial to the Cemetery of Callistus. In the early Church, Sixtus II was the most highly venerated of the Popes martyred after St. Peter. His feastday is 7 August.

The next two saints are Cornelius and Cyprian and their lives are fairly well entwined, in fact both share a common feastday of 16 September. Cornelius was elected Pope in 251 and governed the Church for just two years until his martyrdom in 253. His pontificate was marked by doctrinal battles with the heretic, Novatian (actually the first formal anti-pope). The controversy centred upon how public sinners and apostates were to be reconciled if at all. Many of the Christians of this period had through weakness apostacised under persecution. Novatian took a very rigorist view of them unlike Pope Cornelius who with the backing of church teaching took a more forgiving view. Cornelius suffered for his faith by being the first to suffer under the persecution of Gallus; he died either of ill treatment whilst in exile in Centumcellae or possibly by being beheaded.

Before his conversion to the Christian faith at the age of 25, Cyprian was a lawyer and rhetorician. He was elected as bishop of Carthage in 249 and ultimately became the metropolitan bishop of around 150 bishops in the northern part of Africa.

During the persecution of Decius, Cyprian too became involved with the problem of apostate Christians who had returned to the church. However he condemned the validity of baptism conferred by heretics and in doing so challenged the rules of one of Cornelius’ successors in the Papacy, Pope Stephen I. Cyprian became a victim of the Valerian persecution and was first exiled and later sentenced to beheading which took place in Carthage on 14 September 258.

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Parish Diary MARCH Wednesday 19th Friday 21st Saturday 22nd

11.00am 7.00pm

Friday 28th Saturday 29th

10.00am 10.30am 7.00pm 7.30pm

APRIL Friday 4th

7.00pm

Saturday 5th

7.30pm

Tuesday 8th Friday 11th

10.00am 10.00am 7.00pm 12 noon

Saturday 12th

Sunday 13th

Wednesday 16th Thursday 17th

Friday 18th

Chapter Mass Stations of the Cross at St. Nicholas’ Church Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel Cemetery Clearance Day Stations of the Cross at the Cathedral Arun Choral Society Concert; for tickets visit www.arunchoralsociety.co.uk or call ACS Box Office 01243 866469 Stations of the Cross at St. Nicholas’ Church The Angmering Chorale Concert; for tickets: www.theangmeringchorale.org.uk Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel Stations of the Cross at the Cathedral Union of Catholic Mothers’ Annual Mass & AGM Cathedral Choir Recital – Stabat Mater

3.00pm PALM SUNDAY 9.30am Mass in the Cathedral 11.15am Mass beginning with Blessing of Palms in the Cathedral Centre 6.00pm Chrism Mass in the Cathedral with Bishop Kieran Conry HOLY THURSDAY 8.00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Cathedral followed by waiting until midnight at the Altar of Repose.

11.50pm Compline GOOD FRIDAY 9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer 10.00am Stations of the Cross 3.00pm The Passion – Collection for Holy Places

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Saturday 19th

Sunday 20th Sunday 27th MAY Saturday 3rd Friday 9th Sunday 11th Wednesday 14th Sunday 18th Saturday 24th JUNE Sunday 8th Wednesday 18th Thursday 19th

HOLY SATURDAY 9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer 8.30pm The Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection EASTER SUNDAY 9.30/11.15am In the Cathedral 3.00pm St. George’s Day Service (following the 2.30pm Parade) 7.30pm 6.00pm 3.00pm 12 noon 3.00pm 1.00pm 9.30am 9.30am-8pm 9.30am-5.30pm 5.30pm 6.30pm approx

Chichester University Choir Concert; visit www.ticketsource.co.uk/date/89694 Missio Event (see newsletter for details) Cathedral Deanery Confirmations Jubilarians’ Mass Worthing Deanery Confirmation Organ Recital and launch of music CD First Holy Communion Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view Mass with Bishop Kieran Conwy Procession to the Castle and return to the Cathedral

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Corpus Christi 2014 Calling for volunteers to help us please!

We need many volunteers of all ages willing to help in some way preparing this year’s Corpus Christi with the theme of Arundel’s First World War Dead.

Your support would be to assist with the laying of flower-heads and foliage during 16/17 June as well as act as guides or other duties either in the gift shop or helping with refreshments in the Cathedral Centre during the public days of 18/19 June.

Please call the Parish Office on 01903 882 297 or email aruncath@aol.com to help make our 2014 occasion the pride of Arundel and the Diocese! Thanks in advance!

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St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School News

By Elizabeth Hargreaves, Deputy Headteacher As we pray for the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nicholls and the other eighteen new cardinals created by Pope Francis, it is also important to remember that part of our Catholic School’s mission is to grow tomorrow’s leaders.

We need to encourage young people to develop leadership skills based on the gospel values so that Christ’s teaching will permeate our society. Leadership that is based on humility, knowing that others led the way before you and standing up for what is right are some of the skills needed. But what other criteria would be required for the next generation of leaders to develop? To answer such a complex question our deanery schools have organised a School Council Day. Potential leaders, who have been chosen by their peers, from St. Philip’s Primary in Arundel, St. Mary’s Primary in Bognor, St. Richard’s Primary in Chichester and St. Philip Howard Catholic High School in Barnham are meeting at Arundel Town Hall in March. They will spend the morning exploring the question ‘What makes a good leader?’ by interviewing a variety of people who hold leadership positions and discussing a range of leadership skills. In the afternoon the children will prepare a presentation to demonstrate their findings, which they will then share with their respective school communities in their own schools.

St. Philip’s has recently successfully recruited Mrs Lucy Horne as Headteacher with effect from September 2014. With her many skills, enthusiasm and vision to lead the school on the next stage of its mission, Mrs Horne will be preparing for the man challenges the new role will bring, especially with the many changes implemented by the government. The phrase ‘building on the shoulders of giants’ certainly applies as the school prepares to say a fond farewell to Mrs Margaret Fraher, who has led St. Philip’s for thirteen years as Headteacher. She has been committed to developing the thriving, nurturing community it is today with nearly 200 pupils, and has selflessly devoted her time and energy to developing staff and pupils to be the ‘best they can be’. Always leading by example and promoting the gospel values, she has supported people through personal tragedy, celebrated successes and always gone the extra mile with pupils and staff alike. She has been instrumental in developing the next step of leadership and her legacy continues with the staff she has supported and developed over the years. We continue to pray for those people who hold leadership positions throughout the world and for our young people – that they will listen and respond to God’s call in their lives.

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St. Philip Howard Catholic High School News

By Clare Long, School Chaplain This term is quite a busy one in regards to our retreat programme, and January was particularly exciting as we had our first Key Stage 4 retreat at the Sussex Heritage Centre. We took a group of Year 11s out for the day, and reflected on the person of Jesus. We were lucky to have the support of staff from various departments in leading workshops that looked at our faith in different contexts. We ended our day with the opportunity to pray as individuals, and as a group. It was great to take the day away, and everyone who went really enjoyed it. We look forward to running a similar day with Year 10 later in the term.

Spreading light across the Internet With 11 February being UK Internet Safety Day, assemblies were run across years 7 to 11 on the theme of "Creating a Better Internet". Students were encouraged to use the internet positively, especially when chatting on social network sites. We discussed how as Christians the Internet is an opportunity to share light and that creating a better internet starts with everyone of us.

On 30 January with the assistance of the UK Internet Safety Centre we ran Internet Safety workshops for all year 8 and 9 students. Students were encouraged to enjoy the positive aspects of the Internet, while being reminded about safety. In the evening a session for parents and carers took place, to which we invited staff and parents from other local schools. One parent works with young people in her local church and she welcomed the guidance which would enable her to support younger members of her congregation and their parents. The workshops were greatly appreciated by all attending.

BBC School Reporters at SPH filming for South Today Barnham Station celebrates its 150th anniversary on 1 June this year. A team of avid researchers, writers, interviewers and presenters have worked hard to prepare a film about the station along with a film crew from the BBC. The students learnt about local history and geography from residents, including Sandra Lowton who has published a book about how the railway changed the village. The film will be broadcast later in March. Students are also working on posters and poetry for display at the station.

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During Springtime we pray to the Lord...

2nd Week of Lent Sunday 16th Mar Monday 17th Tuesday 18th Wednesday 19th Thursday 20th Friday 21st

Saturday 22nd

That we see you more clearly, love you more dearly and follow you more nearly For the relief effort in Syria and for a lasting solution to the conflict there That stubbornness will not prevent us from saying sorry to those whom we have hurt For those whose homes and livelihoods have been seriously affected by the winter floods That we are willing to befriend and help those who have lost their sense of purpose in life That those who direct our armed services act wisely as they strive for peace, and show responsibility in caring for our servicemen For help in overcoming the distractions which beset us during prayer and worship

3rd Week of Lent Sunday 23rd Monday 24th Tuesday 25th ANNUNCIATION Wednesday 26th Thursday 27th Friday 28th Saturday 29th

That we may have confidence in your promise to wash away all our sins For inner strength when we feel let down, belittled and betrayed For courage when we face difficult situations; and for the wisdom to trust in you For forgiveness when our behaviour has led others to lose their faith That we may be healed of resentment and anger and the compulsion to hold onto grudges For the people of Ukraine That you will enlighten us when we are in darkness and feel only fear and loneliness

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4th Week of Lent Sunday 30th Monday 31st Tuesday 1st April Wednesday 2nd Thursday 3rd Friday 4th Saturday 5th

That mothers experience fulfillment in caring for their children; and that they feel appreciated by their families For help in putting our frustrations and disappointments into perspective For those struggling with any form of addiction For children who have been abused by those who should have been caring for them For those who listen to and counsel the bereaved That we will refrain from spreading rumours or ill-feeling about others That we may be open to your life-giving Spirit and that we are prepared to change our lives to be more in tune with your will for us

5th Week of Lent Sunday 6th Monday 7th Tuesday 8th Wednesday 9th Thursday 10th Friday 11th Saturday 12th

That we hold firm to your promise that whoever believes in you will never die For forgiveness when we have been extravagant in our own lives, yet fail to be generous to those in need That we may be honest with ourselves and face up to our failings For those who are overwhelmed by the pressures of family life For those suffering from a terminal illness and for those caring for them For those who are consumed by guilt or hurt That we may approach Holy Week in a spirit of humility and discipleship

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Holy Week Sunday 13th Monday 14th Tuesday 15th Wednesday 16th Thursday 17th Friday 18th Saturday 19th

That we recall the price you paid for our redemption For forgiveness for the times we have shown bigotry and hardness of heart For those who are anxious about the future For all priests and, especially for Fr Tim, Fr Stan and Deacon David That we may better follow your commandment to love one another For all those who risk their lives in order to secure the freedom of others For those who are to be received fully into our Faith at our Vigil and that we may all experience the joy of the Risen Christ in our lives

Easter Week Sunday 20th EASTER SUNDAY Monday 21st Tuesday 22nd Wednesday 23rd Thursday 24th Friday 25th Saturday 26th

That we bear witness to the Easter message of hope in our daily lives In thankfulness for all the new members of our Church, especially those in our own parish For all the people of the world who are denied freedom For those working towards important exams in the coming term For those helping victims of crime or disaster In thanksgiving for all those who give children a loving home through adoption or fostering That we accept the Gospel’s challenge to change ourselves and our world for the better

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2nd Week of Easter Sunday 27th Monday 28th St GEORGE Tuesday 29th Wednesday 30th Thursday 1st May

Friday 2nd Saturday 3rd

That, like the first Christians, we may be known for our generosity That in our country, we show good stewardship and sensitivity to the needs of others in using the resources available to us For all husbands in our parish; that they may show tenderness and love in caring for their families For the grace not to be embittered by those who have wronged us in the past For those who are seriously mentally disturbed and alienated from society, and those whose responsibility it is to care for them That despite doubts which may trouble us, our belief in you will be steadfast That we are not afraid to proclaim our faith

3rd Week of Easter Sunday 4th Monday 5th Tuesday 6th Wednesday 7th Thursday 8th Friday 9th Saturday 10th

That we recognize your real presence in the ‘breaking of bread’ when we share in the celebration of the Eucharist In thanksgiving for all the blessings you have given us and that we use them well, to the full and unselfishly For those whose memory has failed and for whom life is confusing That we will not be easily led by maliciousness and gossip For those who are, or who feel, alone For those contemplating entering the priesthood and for all those now preparing for ordination For vocations; and that we are generous in our support of those who minister to us

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4th Week of Easter Sunday 11th

Monday 12th Tuesday 13th Wednesday 14th Thursday 15th Friday 16th Saturday 17th

For candidates receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation today; and that, with them, we are open to the power of the Holy Spirit For those on the world’s stage charged with resolving conflict through negotiations for peace That we welcome the involvement of young people in our parish and are open to their ideas and enthusiasm For the Jubilarians of our Diocese For those who have been made redundant or who are denied work For those who are disillusioned with life and with their faith That we remember and support those in our parish who are unable to join us for worship

5th Week of Easter Sunday 18th Monday 19th Tuesday 20th

Wednesday 21st Thursday 22nd Friday 23rd Saturday 24th

That we accept appropriate responsibility for caring for each other as true Christians For those who suffer serious rifts in their family life For our teenagers, that they grow in confidence and integrity, and experience joy in discovering themselves and the world around them For friends whose company we treasure For all those living under a tyrannical regime For those who spread the message of the Gospel despite persecution and hardship That we keep your commandments

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6th Week of Easter Sunday 25th Monday 26th St PHILIP NERI Tuesday 27th Wednesday 28th Thursday 29th Friday 30th Saturday 31st

That we may be courageous in faith, and kind and gentle in all that we do.

For good humour; and that we may refrain from burdening others with unnecessary demands For those who are frail and can no longer live in their own homes For mutual respect and understanding between Muslims and Christians That we work with diligence and pride For parents who bear the torment of children who have gone missing or who are in serious trouble In thanksgiving for your promise that we will live for ever in the Kingdom of our Father

7th Week of Easter Sunday 1st June THE ASCENSION Monday 2nd Tuesday 3rd Wednesday 4th Thursday 5th

Friday 6th Saturday 7th

For those working in the media – that they show integrity; and for good communications in our parish, that we might better understand each other For those who suffer any impairment which inhibits their ability to communicate For the gift of patience For those whose lives have been damaged through physical, mental or sexual abuse For those who take the Blessed Sacrament to those who are sick or housebound, or who visit and help them in practical ways When we feel unimportant or taken for granted For the gifts of Wisdom and Understanding; Counsel and Fortitude; Piety and Fear of the Lord; and that we gain deeper Knowledge of your love for us

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8th Week of the year Sunday 8th PENTECOST Monday 9th Tuesday 10th Wednesday 11th Thursday 12th Friday 13th Saturday 14th

For the children of our parish receiving their First Holy Communion today, that their Faith will always be a cornerstone in their lives For Bishop Keiran: for his well-being and for his leadership of our Diocese That we play our part, both in bringing about justice in the world and in caring for the environment For those who suffer from depression or other form of mental illness That we may act as a catalyst to those who are too afraid to reach out to you For courage when we are apprehensive about using our gifts and talents That we may be filled with joyful trust in you. Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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Congratulations & Commemorations Baptisms 28th September - Isabella Daisy Pennicott 28th September - Oscar Guiseppe Pennicott 27th October - Theo James Williams 3rd November - Maximus Jacob Onal 17th November - Grace Ellen Wallis 15th December - Laila-Suki Laetitia O’Loughlin 20th December - Emrys Harry Liley 21st December - Daniel Drozdov 29th December - Mia Sansone 18th January - Stella Mary Sefi 16th February - Coco Florence Webb 23rd February - Charlotte Sheila Bell

Marriages 6th September - Darren Quinn & Michelle Brenton 20th December - Gareth Edwin Liley & Alice May Bradford

Deaths 13th October - Johanna (Joan) Mary Probert (83 years)

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Parish Notice Board HOUSEBOUND?

WELCOME!

If you or a family member is unable to come to Mass due to illness or infirmity please call us on 01903 882 297

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.

Come with us to Stegaurach this August The parishioners of Stegaurach look forward to welcoming parishioners from the Cathedral to visit to them next summer- their turn to host us!

Everyone is invited and join Father David Farrer in what is always a wonderful visit, staying with families there. You don’t need to speak German!

Please contact Anne Dunkley (882457) or Sherian Morgan (882010) now!

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

ALIVE IN CHRIST! This is a group for women aged 18 - 35 to discover and respond to the call of Christ.

The group offers a space to journey with others seeking to tune-in more deeply to the call of Christ in your life, to discern His will for you, discover deeper meaning and direction, and to grow in the trust and freedom to respond generously to the Gospel. Meetings are the last Tuesday of each month at Vocations House, Stagelands in Crawley RH11 7QD. Starts from 6.15pm for Mass with discussions and Adoration, finishing with Benediction at 9pm.

CEMETERY CLEARANCE Please help us on Saturday 22 March from 10.30am to undertake some tidying and clearing up! Bring your spades, forks, rakes, loppers, secateurs, brooms, wheelbarrows, black sacks and anything else that will be useful. There’ll be a light lunch in the Cathedral Centre followed by afternoon tea at the end of the day, Please call Lindsey Stratford on 01903 884567 or Louise Sharp on 01903 882297 to confirm you can come and join the fun!

CATHEDRAL GIFT SHOP An extensive range of religious gifts and cards for Easter, First Holy Communion, Confirmation, Christenings and other occasions.

From 1/4/14 - 31/10/14 Mon-Sat 10.30 - 16.30 plus Mon/Wed/Thu 13.30 - 16.00

Dates for your diary!!

Diocesan Festival - 29 June 2014 St. Wilfrid’s Catholic School in Crawley with Bishop Kieran leading the celebrations concluding with Holy Mass in the afternoon.

Golden Jubilee Festival - 5 July 2015 Celebrating 50 years of the Diocese next year, there will be a major event at Brighton & Hove’s Amex Stadium in Falmer.

More informatiom from jubilee@dabnet.org

And finally... from Ian Caws Jesus and Mary What was between them was like this Sunlight. It was vibrant and fierce, Beyond what we have come to show As tenderness. I’d guess that she Was always checking her ground, her Humanity careful in the Heat of what in him was divine.

Here, along the sidestreets and in Alleys, there is shade but he left Her not an inch of coolness. Soft Air soothes walkers here but his love For her knew one weather and gave In to no season. I used to Feel he might have relaxed although, Of course, I am not God, but now, Under a sky her colour, I Wonder if what they shared was made Of the stuff which holds up the glad Universe. He never dismissed Her but pushed harder through the closed Places till there was nothing left But oneness, so that now we sift Her for a glimpse of him as she Only could see. From this roadway, As I look out across pagan England, I feel them tremble in Everything that makes me real.

I feel their fire: a love of steel.

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Verses of Prayer for Springtime

Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply in the springing of the year.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night; And make us happy in the happy bees, The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.

And make us happy in the darting bird That suddenly above the bees is heard, The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, And off a blossom in mid air stands still.

For this is love and nothing else is love, The which it is reserved for God above To sanctify to what far ends He will, But which it only needs that we fulfil.

Robert Frost 1874 - 1963