Arundel Cathedral Parish Proclaimer Summer 2019

Arundel Cathedral

PARISH PROCLAIMER Summer 2019 Edition

Cathedral Parish of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard Canon Tim Madeley - Dean Rev. Mr. David Clifton - Deacon (Retired) 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

Website: www.arundelcathedral.uk * The Parish Office is open 9am – 1pm, Monday – Friday.

Mass Times at Arundel 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 10.00am Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Saturday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass 11.00am Benediction

Mass Times at the Convent of The Poor Clares, Crossbush, near Arundel Saturday Sunday Monday Friday

5.30pm Vespers 6.15pm Vigil Mass (entry at 6pm) 4.30pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 5.30pm Vespers and Benediction 8.30am Mass

Sacrament of Reconciliation Saturday

Cathedral: Convent :

10.30am otherwise by appointment Before/after the Saturday 6.15pm Mass

FRONT COVER Emblem of the Holy Spirit, the dove of peace at the centre of the wheel stained glass window above St. Philip Neri Altar.

Photograph taken by Bryden Isbister, reprinted with his permission.

The Parish Proclaimer is printed by Prontaprint Brighton & Hove - June 2019.

Welcome to our Summer Edition!

Reflection of summer: a time for spiritual re-creation

By Deacon David (retired)

Summer is on its way and, according to the long-range weather forecast, it will be a warm and sunny one, so our thoughts naturally turn to the great outdoors. People will spend more time in gardens, or out in the countryside. There will be picnics and barbecues. The more energetic will take part in summer sports, or go hiking, boating or camping. The adventurous will try things like surfing, climbing, white water rafting etc. Many people will take summer holidays and explore parts of the world that are new to them. It is a time for leisure and for family fun and relaxation.

Another name for it is recreation (ie. re-creation - renewal, re-charging the batteries).

The Church too, seems to be having a bit of a rest. The sacramental programmes, First Communion, Confirmation and RCIA draw to a close for this year. The great drama of the Paschal Mystery came to its climax at Easter. The great feasts of Ascension, Pentecost, Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi are past. We enter a liturgically quiet period until the yearly cycle begins again with Advent. But it is not a time for ‘switching off’ spiritually. This is a time for spiritual ‘re-creation’.

The gospels on these summer Sundays tell the story of the public ministry of Jesus, as he travelled round Galilee and Judea proclaiming the Good News in every town and village.

We hear all the most familiar parables, and the miracles that came from the people’s faith in him.

We can use this time to deepen our faith in God. We can thank Him for the beautiful world He has given us, and for those with whom we enjoy it. We can become more aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit in all the things and people around us. Our prayer can be, not words, but the action of revelling in the beauty and tranquillity of nature, and the beauty and love of our friends and family.

At this time when our whole environment is under threat from various causes, we might reflect on what we might do to help. The current lifestyle of the developed nations is unsustainable. We could think how we could change our way of life so that it is less 3

dependent on fossil fuels and plastic. We could find ways to minimise waste and re-cycle materials so that the use of natural resources is reduced. The great hymn of St. Francis of Assisi, ‘Laudato si’, might help us in our reflection: Most High, all powerful, good Lord, Yours are the praises, the glory, the honour, and all blessing.

To You alone, Most High, do they belong, and no man is worthy to mention Your name.

Be praised, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially through my lord Brother Sun, who brings the day; and you give light through him.

And he is beautiful and radiant in all his splendour!

Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars, in heaven you formed them clear and precious and beautiful.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Wind, and through the air, cloudy and serene, and every kind of weather through which You give sustenance to Your creatures.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Water, which is very useful and humble and precious and chaste.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom you light the night and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.

Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Mother Earth, who sustains us and governs us and who produces varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.

Praised be You, my Lord, through those who give pardon for Your love, and bear infirmity and tribulation.

Blessed are those who endure in peace for by You, Most High, they shall be crowned.

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death, from whom no living man can escape.

Woe to those who die in mortal sin.

Blessed are those whom death will find in Your most holy will, for the second death shall do them no harm.

Praise and bless my Lord, and give Him thanks and serve Him with great humility.

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All about St. Ambrose Courtesy of www.catholic.org

Saint Ambrose, also known as Aurelius Ambrosius, is one of the four original doctors of the Church. He was the Bishop of Milan and became one of the most important theological figure of the 4th century.

Ambrose was born around 340 AD to a Roman Christian family. He grew up with his siblings, Satyrus and Marcellina, in Trier, Belgic Gaul (present-day Germany). It is believed by many that when Ambrose was just an infant, a swarm of bees landed on his face and left behind a drop of honey. To his father, this was a sign that Ambrose would become someone great with a wonderful sense for speaking.

After Ambrose's father passed away, he was educated in Rome, where he studied law, literature and rhetoric. Ambrose received a place on the council, like his father, and was made Consular Prefect, or the Governor, of Liguria and Emilia around 372. Ambrose’s headquarters were in Milan, the then second capital of Italy.

Ambrose remained Governor until 374 when he became the Bishop of Milan. After the former Bishop of Milan died, Ambrose attended the election to prevent any uproar between the Nicene Church and the Arians. While giving an address, the assembly began calling for him to become the next bishop.

Ambrose was known for his Nicene beliefs, but Arians also favoured him because he had previously shown charity in theological matters. However, being neither baptised nor trained in theology, Ambrose refused to become the next bishop.

Within a week's time,Ambrose ran and attempted to hide, but his colleague gave him up.

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Within another week's time, Ambrose was baptised, ordained and duly consecrated Bishop of Milan on 7 December, 374.

As bishop, he donated all of his land and gave his money to the poor. This made him widely popular and often times more politically powerful than even the emperor.

He studied theology with Simplician, a presbyter of Rome. Using his new education, along with his knowledge of Greek, he took the time to study the Old Testament and Greek authors. He used all of this while preaching; his abilities impressed Augustine of Hippo, who previously thought poorly of Christian preachers.

After meeting Ambrose, Augustine re-evaluated himself and was forever changed. In 387, Ambrose baptised Augustine, who he had a great influence on. St. Monica, Augustine's mother, loved Ambrose ‘as an angel of God who uprooted her son from his former ways and led him to his convictions of Christ.’

According to legend, Ambrose tried to put an end to Arianism in Milan. He had often attempted to theologically dispute their propositions. The Arians appealed to many high position leaders, but Ambrose was able to stay one step ahead. The Arians increasing strength proved troublesome for Ambrose. Around 386, the Emperor Valentinian II and his mother, Justine, along with many other people, including clergy, laypersons, and military, professed Arianism.

They demanded some of the churches in Milan be dedicated to them, one in the city and one in the suburbs. Ambrose refused and was ordered to appear in front of the council, where he then spoke eloquently in defence of the Church. He is quoted with stating: “If you demand my person, I am ready to submit: carry me to prison or to death, I will not resist; but I will never betray the church of Christ. I will not call upon the people to succour me; I will die at the foot of the altar rather than desert it. The tumult of the people I will not encourage: but God alone can appease it.”

The imperial court did not like Ambrose's religious principles, but he was sought out to help and speak to Magnus Maximus to prevent him from descending upon Italy. Ambrose was successful.

During a second attempt, the embassy was not successful and Milan was taken. Justine and Valentinian II fled, but Ambrose stayed. He is credited with doing a great service to the sufferers during this time.

In 385, Ambrose once again refused handing over the Portian basilica to Valentinian II, this time to be used by Arian troops. A year later, Ambrose was again ordered to hand over the church for Arian use. Ambrose and his congregation barricaded themselves within the

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church walls until the imperial order rescinded.

After Theodosius I, Emperor of the East, married Justine, Ambrose had excommunicated him for the massacre of 7,000 people. The emperor did several months’ worth of public penance.

In his later years, Ambrose retired in Bologna and assisted in the transferring of Saints Vitalis and Agricola's relics. Two years after Theodosius died, after he acquired the possession of the Roman Empire, Ambrose passed away on 4 April, 397. He was succeeded as Bishop of Milan by Simplician.

Ambrose's body remains in the church of St. Ambrogio in Milan, along with the bodies of Saints Gervase and Protase.

St. Ambrose was generous to the poor. He considered them not a group of outsiders, but rather those of the united people. To him, giving to the poor was just a repayment of God's resources, which were intended for everyone equally.

He introduced reforms in the order and manner of public worship. He was known for his “liturgical flexibility that kept in mind that liturgy was indeed a tool to serve people in worshipping God, and ought not to become a rigid entity that is invariable from place to place.”

Ambrose is credited with advising Augustine of Hippo to follow local liturgical customs.

“When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday; when I am at Milan, I do not. Follow the custom of the church where you are,” he stated. This advice remains today, and is translated in English as the saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

Some believe Ambrose was a Christian Universalist, based on interpretations of his writing. The Theological treatises of Ambrose had great influences on Popes Damasus, Siricius and Leo XIII. Ambrose studied largely on the virginity of Mary and her role as Mother of God. He viewed celibacy as superior to marriage and saw Mary as virginity's model.

Ambrose authored many of the Church's important writings and hymns. He is credited with composing the repertory Ambrosian chant, also known as the Antiphonal Chant. He is also credited with composing the hymn ‘Te Deum’, which is believed to have been written when he baptised Augustine of Hippo.

Saint Ambrose is the Confessor and Doctor of the Church. He is the patron saint of beekeepers, beggars, learning and Milan, and his Feast Day is celebrated on 7 December.

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Prayer of St. Ambrose Lord Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth, but only on your goodness and mercy.

I am defiled by many sins in body and soul, and by my unguarded thoughts and words.

Gracious God of majesty and awe, I seek your protection, I look for your healing.

Poor troubled sinner that I am, I appeal to you, the fountain of all mercy.

I cannot bear your judgement, but I trust in your salvation.

Lord, I show my wounds to you and uncover my shame before you.

I know my sins are many and great, and they fill me with fear, but I hope in your mercies, for they cannot be numbered.

Lord Jesus Christ, eternal king, divine and human, crucified for humanity, look upon me with mercy and hear my prayer, for I trust in you.

Have mercy on me, full of sorrow and sin, for the depth of your compassion never ends.

Praise to the noble and precious blood, flowing from the wounds of my crucified Lord Jesus Christ and washing away the sins of the whole world.

Remember, Lord, your creature, whom you have redeemed with your blood.

I repent of my sins, and I long to put right what I have done.

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Merciful Father, take away all my offences and sins; purify me in body and soul, and make me worthy to taste the holy of holies.

May your body and blood, which I intend to receive, although I am unworthy, be for me the remission of my sins, the washing away of my guilt, the end of my evil thoughts, and the rebirth of my better instincts.

May it spur me on to works pleasing to you and profitable to my health in body and soul, and a firm defence against the wiles of my enemies.

Amen. ++++++++++++++++++++

The Dowry of Mary Pilgrimage Triduum

By Jo Briscoe

During the course of 2018 - 2020, the statue of Our Lady, from the Slipper Chapel at the Catholic National Shrine in Walsingham will be taken to each Cathedral in England for a three-day Triduum of Prayer, as part of the preparation for a Re-Dedication of England as the Dowry of Mary in 2020 - each visit will take place between Thursday and Saturday.

The PilgrimageTriduum dates allotted to our Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St. Philip Howard are 28 - 30 November 2019.

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In the words of Cardinal Vincent Nichols: “A moment of great promise - for the Church in this Country and for our mission.”

The Shrine’s Communications Officer invites us: “This is not just another event, it is a powerful moment of Grace, a precursor to a powerful wave of evangelisation that will lead this nation back to the Catholic Faith of our ancestors!”

The story of the Walsingham Shrine begins in Saxon times. In 1061 the Lady of the Manor at Walsingham was guided in spirit through a visit to Nazareth, where the Annunciation took place, and asked by Our Lady to build a replica in Norfolk. She was given the promise: ‘Whoever seeks my help there will not go away empty-handed’. She built a simple wooden house which soon became the focus of special devotion to Our Lady. This ‘Holy House’ was later encased in stone to protect it from the elements.

In 1153, at the same site, the Augustinian Canons founded a Priory to care for the spiritual needs of the pilgrims. Their magnificent Priory Church was added in the fifteenth century.

Only the ruin of the Priory arch remains and archaeology has placed the site of the ‘Holy House’ in its shadow. Walsingham became one of the foremost shrines of medieval Christendom.

In 1340, the Slipper Church was built at Houghton St. Giles, a mile outside Walsingham.

This was the final ‘station’ chapel on the way to Walsingham. It was here that pilgrims would remove their shoes to walk barefoot on the final ‘Holy Mile’ to the Shrine.

Sadly, Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries came and in 1538 the Priory was closed, the ‘Holy House’ burned to the ground and the statue of Our Lady taken to London to be destroyed!

In 1896 the Slipper Chapel was bought by Miss Charlotte Boyd (it had seen centuries of secular use). She devoted herself to its restoration. A design of the original statue was found on the medieval seal of Walsingham Priory (an imprint of which is now in the British Museum) and a statue of the Mother and Child was carved. (The Walsingham seal has printed around its edges: ‘Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum’, ‘Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee’).

The first Mass since the Reformation was offered in the Slipper Chapel on 15 August 1934 and a few days later Cardinal Francis Bourne led a pilgrimage of 10,000 people to the Chapel and declared it to be the Catholic National Shrine of Our Lady.

There is a tradition that the title ‘Dowry of Mary’ goes back to Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066). This may well be true, but there is no historical documentation to support it. There is no doubt, however, about the deep devotion to Our Lady that existed in medieval England and the dedication rests on this foundation.

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The first documentary evidence for the title was found in a painting which used to hang in the English College in Rome, which showed Richard II (1377 - 1399) and his consort kneeling before Our Lady and offering England to her. He holds a parchment with a Latin inscription: ‘This is your dowry, O pious Virgin’. Perhaps the painting portrayed the King presenting England to Our Lady as her Dowry in Westminster Abbey in 1381 on the Feast of Corpus Christi, in thanksgiving for his kingdom being saved at the time of the Peasants’ Revolt.

At the same time (1399) Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to his suffragen bishops: “The contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her from whom came the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English, being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions.”

So the title of England as ‘The Dowry of Mary’ was definitely in use by the end of the 14th century, but Archbishop Arundel’s letter seems to indicate that at the time of his writing it was already in common use, indicating an earlier origin.

It was believed that England belonged in some special way to Mary, who was seen as the country’s ‘protectress’ and who, through her power of intercession, acted as the country’s defender or guardian. In the reign of Henry V (1386 -1422), the title was being applied to England in Latin texts; and according to the monastic chronicler, Thomas Elmham, English priests sought the intercession of ‘the Virgin, protectress of her dower’ on the eve of the Battle of Agincourt.

It is a title of England, established by an act of the king and proclaimed by Archbishop Arundel, which has never been rescinded by monarch or Parliament!

This ancient title is a clear expression of the depth of the devotion to the Mother of God that has been part of the expression of faith of the people of England for centuries. The thousands of people who go on pilgrimage to Marian shrines across the country, especially Walsingham, is a clear expression that this devotion is very much alive today.

Let us remember the words of Our Lady in the quote given by Father Stanislaw Mycek in his well-known homily spoken on the ‘Day with Mary’ a few years ago: “Mary said: ‘Treasure the word of God in your heart!’”

We can all take this firmly in our own hearts as guidance of her devotion and care. From this, the promotion of the ‘Dowry’ is there to help us pass on to the next generation this Continued on page 16

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Pope St. John Paul II’s words for the heart and mind: “If victory comes, it will be brought

by Mary. Christ will conquer through her, because He wants the Church’s victories now and in the future to be linked to her!” ++++++++++++++++++++

Cathedral Choir News

By Elizabeth Stratford Exam Success!

We congratulate the following choristers on their examination success: Matilda Allison - Grade 1 singing - merit Claude Young - Grade 1 singing – merit Claude Young – Grade 1 piano - merit Louie Burke - Grade 1 piano - pass Matilda Allison - Grade 2 flute - merit Claude Young – Grade 3 violin - merit Laurence Lee – Grade 3 flute - merit Elliott Holland - Grade 3 singing - merit Georgina Powell - Grade 5 theory - pass Georgina Powell - Grade 7 singing - merit Arundel choristers are the first to sit a newly designed examination set by The Guild of Church Musicians. The Archbishops' (plural, to reflect Anglican and Roman Catholic) Chorister's Medal tests vocal ability, understanding of services, knowledge of repertoire, 16

Photos taken by Chris Gaskell with the permission of the parents.

music theory and choral singing through a series of set pieces, psalmody and a viva voce.

Our choristers are the first to road test the syllabus and 5 candidates sat the examination on 18 May with more following in July and October.

Arundel go (back) to Liverpool Some of you may remember when Maddie Hallam went to St. Paul's Cathedral to represent Arundel Cathedral at a concert to launch the Diamond Fund for Choristers (DFC) 3 years ago. A branch of the Friends of Cathedral Music, the DFC exists solely to safeguard the priceless heritage of choral music in our cathedrals in the UK and looks to support choristers or groups of choristers with funding to maintain both training and choristerships in as many cathedrals in this country as possible.

On 13 June, the DFC held their second concert at Liverpool Cathedral, the largest cathedral/religious building in Britain. Travelling from near and far, many choristers representing cathedrals from all over the country will join forces in an ambitious programme of choral music including I was glad (Parry), Zadok the Priest (Handel) and parts of the Faure Requiem. The event was supported by Classic FM and was open to members of the public.

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Farewells...

Farewell to choral scholars Harry Forster and Libby Marsland. Harry is a Friends’ Scholar who joined us last September and is currently preparing for his finals at the University of Chichester. He has delivered many excellent psalms, a fantastic rendition of Rise heart, thy Lord is risen (Easter) by Vaughan Williams at the Easter Vigil and will be much missed by the choir. He famously suggested a choir version of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘high fives’ all the choristers when they arrive on Sunday mornings. His laugh is infectious and his sense of humour very entertaining.

Libby also joined us in September after singing at All Saints Church in Northampton since she was a child. She has had a busy year of travelling and performing and is looking forward to lots more singing over the summer with a week of performances in Poitiers and a scholarship to attend one of the Rodolfus Foundation Choral Courses. She is transferring to a degree course closer to home and the choristers will miss her theory coaching. One chorister writes, “If she went on ‘Britain's Got Talent’ she'd get the golden buzzer from Simon Cowell for sure.” Some of you will have heard her without realising on Good Friday when she sang those incredibly beautiful top Cs in Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus.

Both will be missed and we hope they will visit us when they can. Thanks are also due to Harry Heaven, Emily Waters and Claire Gale for their continued service (all are returning next academic year) and to Jeremy Fisher who has also sung with us over the past term and has secured a choral scholarship at Portsmouth Cathedral next year.

Do you enjoy singing?

The choir currently has vacancies for basses in particular but would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in joining. There are all sorts of myths about singing in choirs - it is not necessary to be able to read music on joining, though it helps, and you do not need any music qualifications, just a willingness to learn, the capacity to make the necessary commitment and a good sense of humour. Repertoire is varied and in addition to singing services there are regular social events and opportunities to sing beyond the Cathedral.

Please contact Elizabeth for more information - please call 07971 090724 or email me at arundelcathedralmusic@gmail.com.

Twitter The choir now has it's own Twitter handle - please do follow for our news if you are so inclined and spread the word about our work @aruncathchoir.

Forthcoming Organ Recitals Friday 28 June, 7.30pm D'Arcy Trinkwon (international concert organist) Tuesday 2 July, 1pm Alexander Eadon (Arundel Cathedral) Saturday 6 July, 1pm Oliver Hancock (St. Mary's Church, Warwick) Continued on page 20 18

Friday 12 July, 7.30pm D'Arcy Trinkwon (International concert organist) Saturday 20 July, 1pm Dr David Flood (Canterbury Cathedral) Friday 26 July, 7.30pm D'Arcy Trinkwon (International concert organist) Saturday 3 August, 1pm Richard McVeigh (Alresford) Monday 26 August, 1pm Arundel Festival Recital - D'Arcy Trinkwon (International concert organist) All recitals are free entry with retiring collection except for D'Arcy Trinkwon's Friday recital series where entry is ÂŁ10 per person. For further information please email me at arundelcathedralmusic@gmail.com. ++++++++++++++++++++

The Hunter’s Life

By Tony Hicks

The old creek was iron wrapped in the cooling silence of twilight, More silent than a twice shy cat stalking the shadow of the night.

The tide had long since turned and slipping away into the gloom, left mud; black as pitch new burned glinting beneath the silver Moon.

Then half imagined, half foretold with footfalls softer than new snow, came a vixen not two years old treading a path she long had known.

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Red as the devil’s own fire was she, her burning eye lit bright with death, and across the creek she met with me her burning eye for mine to test.

And the hunter’s heart awoke in me meeting that gaze of burning light, and all her life I then could see written in her eye on that dark night.

A life of bitter stalking in the dark and many battles both lost and won, of life and death so cold and stark and such lonely days so swiftly run.

But not in loneliness did she come on silent path by creek and wood, for by her flank there was her young beneath her side a small cub stood.

I smiled to see her new born young kept safe beneath the silver moon, that precious life so new begun her burning hope hid in the gloom.

Then turning they faded in the dark down the path by whence they came, back unto that life so cold and stark their hunters life so full of pain. ++++++++++++++++++++

Celebrating John Bradburne’s 40th Anniversary Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 21 September at 2.30pm There will be a Mass and exhibition to celebrate the life and work of John Bradburne, whose cause for beatification as the first 20th century English saint in this year. John spent years seeking God from the Malayan jungles in World War II to wanderings in Europe and Israel, until he found his true place in the world caring for leprosy patients at Mutemwa Leprosy settlement in Zimbabwe. Here he dedicated his life to God and to those suffering from leprosy until his death on 5 September 1979. More details of the exhibition and the purchase of tickets (£8 Early Bird/£10 on the day) via www.johnbradburne.com.

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Singing on a Sunday

By Matthew Hicks Hello, my name is Matthew. A few weeks ago I sang the psalm in the Cathedral at the 9.30am Mass, and I have been asked to write about how I feel when I sing.

I started to sing in the Choir at St Philip’s Primary School in year 3.

Singing in the Cathedral puts me in a good mood and makes me feel like I’m going to have a good day, and I think that makes other people happy.

I was surprised when Monica asked me to sing a psalm at 9.30 Mass and when she said Canon Tim recommended me, I realised that I had a good talent for singing and I felt happy that I was asked to sing a psalm. I felt really happy. When I sang in the Cathedral in that day it was my first experience singing on my own. ++++++++++++++++++++

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a good surprise!

By Esther Heylen

Spring is here and St. Philip’s Primary School held a ‘spring inspired’ Family Art Workshop to celebrate!

On Sunday 24th March a group of adults and children from our school, church and community gathered together in St. Philip’s Community Room to make artworks in clay, felt and print.

They made pieces for themselves and for our art stall, which raised around £80 to go towards buying play equipment for St Philip’s, an idea chosen by the children.

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This is what some of them said about the event: “I hadn’t done art for years and I’d forgotten how much fun it is! My daughter and I particularly enjoyed making plant pots out of clay, that we could decorate. We tried our hand at lino-printed Mother’s Day cards and needle felting too.

“It felt like quality time together being creative and the art club team were helpful and encouraging. Knowing we were doing our small part to raise funds for the school at the same time was great and we had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon.” Dani “Two hours of creativity and chat between children and parents. It was lovely to have the opportunity to do felting and printing as well as work with clay during the afternoon and be encouraged to be creative. I would definitely return to future workshops, really enjoyable and relaxing, learning new 'skills' and actually producing some items to be pleased with at the end of the session. Thank you.” Caroline “It was a friendly and welcoming group (my first one) - relaxed too. I liked the lack of pressure on what was expected so we could see what happened! The choice of media was fantastic.

“For me with a younger daughter, it was great to be able to go into another room for a break. I loved it! Thank you ever so much for organising it.” Vicki

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How Great Thou Art The story behind the hymn It was thanks to two people who were instrumental in evolving How Great Thou Art as one of the most popular and well loved hymns enjoyed around the world.

Born in 1885, Carl Boberg was a carpenter’s son, worked for a while as a sailor and later served as a lay minister in the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden. Carl was also the editor of a weekly Christian newspaper called Sanningsvittnet (Witness of the Truth).

It was in the summer of 1885 when Carl and some of his friends had gone to a meeting a few miles from home. On their return, the group were suddenly caught in a thunder storm.

The ferocity of the storm was soon replaced by a sudden break in the clouds with the sun coming out and a spectacular rainbow. Then as the rainbow disappeared and the sun began to sink low in the west, from a distance Carl and his friends heard the song of a thrush and a tolling church bell memorialising a recent funeral. The very atmosphere, the beauty of the surroundings and the sound of church bells, all combined together, to draw from the heart and the mind of Carl when he eventually returned home.

“When I came home, I opened my window toward the sea,” Carl said. “There evidently had been a funeral and the bells were playing ‘When eternity’s clock calling my saved soul to its Sabbath rest.’ That evening I wrote the song, O Store Gut.” (transl. O Great God).

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Stuart K. Hine

Carl Boberg first published O Store Gud as a poem in the Mönsterås Tidningen (Mönsterås News) on 13 March 1886. The poem became matched to an old Swedish traditional melody and sung in public for the first-known occasion in a church in the Swedish province of Värmland in 1888. Eight verses appeared with the music.

The words and music were published for the first time in the 16 April 1891 edition of Sanningsvittnet (Witness of the Truth) by which time Carl had become the editor. At this time there were nine verses. These 2 versions were all in 3/4 time. He later sold the rights to the Svenska Missionsförbundet (Mission Covenant Church of Sweden). In 1894 the Svenska Missionsförbundet sångbok published O Store Gud in 4/4 time as it has been sung ever since.

Carl Boberg had published more than 60 poems, hymns and gospel songs throughout his life. In 1912 he decided to serve in the Swedish Parliament which he did for the next 19 years. He died in 1940.

Stuart K Hine was born in 1899 and raised by parents who were in the Salvation Army. He was led to Christ by Madame Annie Ryall, a gospel soloist, in 1914 and then he was baptised shortly afterwards.

At the age of 18 he was called up for military service in France and he returned to London in 1919 securing work as a clerk with the Japanese multinational Mitsubishi.

He soon got married to Mercy Salmon in 1923 and they both decided to be missionaries in Western Ukraine where they evangelised as Christian workers and singers. They returned home in 1931 and conducted gospel campaigns throughout Great Britain.

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In June 1934 Stuart set off on a 300-mile evangelistic mission-by-bicycle to the Carpathian Mountains. In giving his account of events leading to the writing of How Great Thou Art, Stuart recalls his stop at the first village, standing in the street where he sang a gospel song and read aloud John chapter 3 to the local community. A storm gathered so he took shelter in the home of a friendly school master who had been listening in the group.

‘Awe-inspiring was ‘the mighty thunder’ echoing through the mountains’ was the way he described the experience which would be the seed-thought for his first stanza.

Travelling on, he crossed the mountain frontier into Romania and entered Bukovina (the land of the beech tree) where he found believers young and old alike. Together ‘through the woods and glades’ they wandered and ‘heard the birds sing sweetly in the trees.’ To the accompaniment of mandolins and guitars, they burst into song singing the Russian version of How Great Thou Art. Thus inspired by the awesome wonder of the surroundings, ‘the works thy hands have made,’ the beautiful melody and the much earlier mountain experience with its ‘mighty thunder’ there burst forth into life from the heart and mind of the missionary, the first two stanzas...

O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder, consider all the worlds thy hands hast made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, thy power throughout the universe displayed.

When through the woods and forest glades I wander and hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees; when I look down from lofty mountained grandeur, and hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

As he continued his work of preaching and distributing gospels in village after village, and had travelled some 125 miles, he had an experience which would give life to verse 3.

He met a man and his wife who had owned a Bible for almost 20 years (it had been left by a fleeing Russian soldier) but they were unable read it. The very year that Stuart met them, the wife had taken the Bible and had made up her mind she would learn to read it, and in turn, began to read it to the villagers who in wonder listened as she slowly and haltingly read the most wonderful story of the crucifixion. Tears began to flow as men and women fell to their knees crying to God. It was at that precise time that Stuart K. Hine came upon Calvary for the first time. It was then that he conceived stanza three...

And when I think that God, his son not sparing, sent him to die, I scarce can take it in that on the cross, my burden gladly bearing, he bled and died to take away my sin.

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It was some 10 years later (1948) that Hine conceived the fourth stanza. God used the years inbetween to impress upon Hine’s heart the importance of the words ‘home’ and ‘heaven’ as he worked among the many World War II refugees in Britain. The first question they would ask was “When are we going home?” At such a time, what better news could Hine give them but of the One who had gone to prepare a better home and who had promised to come some day to take His children home with Him forever to a place called Heaven.

And so from his heart and these experiences there came the fourth stanza...

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation and take me home, what joy shall fill my heart; when I shall bow in humble adoration, and there proclaim; my God, how great thou art.

The chorus following each stanza, repeated twice...

Then sings my soul, my Saviour God to thee: How great thou art, how great thou art.

Carl Boberg’s poem had travelled long and far from where it began in Sweden. His work inspired Stuart K. Hine, during an evangelistic mission, to translate it from Russian into English. It was this journey that gave birth to How Great Thou Art.

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However there were other people who assisted in translating Carl Boberg’s poem/hymn.

The first translation was from Swedish to German. This was done by by a wealthy Baltic German Baptist nobleman, Manfred von Glehn, who had heard it in Estonia, where there was a Swedish-speaking minority. It was first published in Blankenburger Lieder in 1907.

Eventually, the German version reached Russia where a Russian version entitled Velikiy Bog (Великий Бог - Great God) was produced in 1912 by Ivan S. Prokhanov, the ‘Martin Luther of Russia’, and ‘the most prolific Protestant hymn writer and translator in all of Russia’ at that time. The first literal English translation of O Store Gud was by E. Gustav Johnson then a professor of North Park College, Illinois. His translation of verses 1, 2, and 7-9 was published in the United States in the Covenant Hymnal as "O Mighty God" in 1925.

The first three Covenant hymnals in English used Johnson's translation, with The Covenant Hymnal (1973) including all nine verses of Boberg’s original poem. There was a desire to replace Johnson's version with the more popular version of British missionary Stuart K. Hine's How Great Thou Art, which is how we know it now.

Sources: www.livinghymns.org; www.revolvy.com; www.hopepublishing.com. ++++++++++++++++++++

Diocesan Catholic Parish Churches - Part 8 St. Pancras Catholic Church, Lewes

The first church of St. Pancras It was opened in 1869 (150 years ago this year)

The present church as it was in 1939, (the year of its opening)

St. Pancras Church is in the historic and beautiful town of Lewes in East Sussex.

Honoured in Lewes for centuries, St. Pancras has been one of Rome’s own favourite saints ever since he was martyred there in 304 during the Diocletian persecution. Christian

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Roman soldiers adopted the youthful saint as a patron. Little else is known about him.

He may have been the patron of Pope St. Gregory the Great’s English mission, led by St. Augustine. He dedicated his first English Church to St. Pancras in Canterbury in 597.

Lewes quickly became the third most significant Pancras site in England, after Canterbury and London. In the 1070s, a Saxon Church, St. Pancras, became the nucleus of the important Cluniac Priory of St. Pancras, which was dissolved in 1573.

When the 1829 Catholic Emancipation Act allowed Catholics to worship openly, Mass was said at 10 Priory Crescent, overlooking the priory ruins. When a church was built in 1870, St. Pancras was the obvious choice for patron.

The Priest’s house was built at the same time as the church of 1870. Two cottages on the corner of Irelands Lane, on the site of the present forecourt, were used as a parish school.

These buildings and their furnishings were all paid for by the parents of the first parish priest Fr. Hubert Wood. Mrs Wood also made several fine vestments, some of which are still in use today. The photo of the first church of St. Pancras on page 28 actually shows the beginning of the demolition (in 1938) of the two cottages.

In 1930 St. Pancras Catholic Primary School was built in De Montfort Road, allowing redevelopment in Irelands Lane. At that time the first church was in a poor state of repair and had to be pulled down.

The present church, built in 1939, was designed by Edward Walters and cost £7500. The stained glass windows in the nave and chancel are from the first church and there is also a commemorative tablet to be found in the Lady Chapel. Other stained glass windows have been added more recently, with St. Philip Howard commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the church in 1989, and a modern design marking the new millennium.

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The High Altar

Victorian Stained Glass Window

A number of re-arrangements to the interior of the church have occurred over the years, with the most recent development being the addition of the Cluny Annexe consisting of the Wood Room and Challoner Hall. This build replaces the previous Canon O’Donnell Hall sited a few hundred yards up the road on the island formed by Spital Road and Western Road.

2019 marks the 150th opening of the first church on this site, the 80th anniversary of the present church, and the 10th anniversary of the opening of Cluny (our parish rooms).

Canon Jonathan Martin, VG is the parish priest and he is supported by Mr Thomasz Jaramek, Parish Administrator. There are enthusiastic volunteers from the parish community from Lewes and other villages around the church, who assist in a wide variety of activities. In addition, a Parish Pastoral Council – comprising seven parishioners and Thomasz – meets regularly with Canon Jonathan to review different aspects of operational and logistical issues.

Masses over the weekend are at 6pm on Saturdays and 9am, 10.30am and in Latin 12.30pm on Sundays. During the week, there is a 9am Mass. The Sacrament of Reconciliation timings are at around 10.45am and 5pm on Saturdays and on ‘First Sundays’ at 8.30am and 12 noon.

Just like the town of Arundel, Lewes is popular amongst visitors from across the UK and overseas, so everyone is given a warm welcome with the opportunity of looking at the many features around St. Pancras Church. Please look at the church’s website via this link: www.stpancrascatholicchuchlewes.co.uk .

STOP PRESS To see photos from Bishop Richard's 'Pastoral Visitation' of Lewes, which took place on the weekend of 11/12 May, the Feast Day of St. Pancras, via this link and scroll down: www.stpancrascatholicchurchlewes.co.uk/contact-us.

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New Arundel Cathedral Website

By Bryden Isbister Although there are still a few web pages under construction, our new website is now up and running.

Currently the old website at arundelcathedral.org redirects automatically to the new website address – www.arundelcathedral.uk - which will take you to the welcome page that gives a brief history of the Cathedral. Straightaway, you’ll see a horizontal navigation bar showing links to different sections of the website.

On the welcome page is the latest Cathedral event diary and on either side of this are images, that when clicked, will take you to web pages relating to different aspects of the Cathedral: publicity for forthcoming concerts, the latest newsletter and parish magazine plus other information of interest. News and other new articles can be added easily to the front page with icon links.

With the help of a drone recently purchased, my son James and I have created two videos of Arundel Cathedral. James has been the Drone Pilot and I have edited the captured video. The first was a short video showing how the Cathedral looks from the outside at night. This includes shots from above the Cathedral roof and panoramic shots of the Cathedral. The second video highlights the interior of the Cathedral showing views not normally seen. The videos are available from the front page of the website as well as directly on Youtube and Vimeo. There has been some very complimentary feedback from the clergy and the parishioners on these videos.

There is still more content to include for the new website, with some parishioners helping me alongside Canon Tim. Alex, the Proclaimer editor, is playing a key role in helping to build the content.

The website is a new direction in giving a high profile of Arundel Cathedral to everyone around the world via the Internet.

As an example of how we are publicising the Cathedral using the website and videos, the internal video of Arundel Cathedral was submitted to AirVūz, the world leading drone video and photography sharing platform. It is also the largest global community for both camera drone and FPV (First Person View) pilots and aerial media enthusiasts. The video was accepted and is now part of their Churches and South East England collections. Please use the following link to see first hand our video on AirVūz: https://www.airvuz.com/video/Drone-Video-of-the-Interior-of-Arundel-CathedralArundel-West-Sussex-UK-?id=5cd33891b6de0820f813a069.

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I have developed the new website to work well on other devices like a smart phone, android phones or tablets of all kinds. Pages size correctly to the device viewing the website. Also I have created a QR code (see above) to enable smart phone users to visit the website quickly. ++++++++++++++++++++

Nurses from Nablus

By Anne Alidina This is a project taken on by Arundel for Peace in Palestine (APP). In October 2018 I spent some time at An Najah University Hospital in Nablus, the second largest city in the West Bank (population 389,328). The hospital was built five years ago and is modern, well appointed and staffed by a young, highly skilled medical team.

It is considered one of Palestine’s leading institutions in the field of health care and the only teaching hospital in Palestine that provides clinical education and training to future and current health professionals. It is the main hub for medical services for more than one million people.

At present it has 120 beds but building work was going on when I visited to provide more facilities for 800 beds . It has an ITU, a dialysis unit, radiology department, CT and MRI scanners, and offers services for complex medical conditions which require cardiac care and eye surgery including cornea transplants. It provides advanced liver surgery, complex open heart surgery and bone marrow transplants to treat leukemia for both children and adults.

As well as serving the local community and providing specialist treatments to the whole of the West Bank, many patients travel from Gaza for cancer treatment, unavailable there due

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to restrictions, imposed by Israel, on the import of medicines. These patients include children who travel without their parents because they are denied exit permits so may be accompanied only by a grandparent or other older relative.

I was privileged to meet some of these very sick children and adults who have to travel for over 3 hours in a series of ambulances from Gazza to Nablus to receive the chemotherapy treatment they need to stay alive.

One young doctor showed me a case study he had presented on a 27 year old man with Hodgkins lymphoma. After a course of chemotherapy in 2016 he had a good response but was banned from entering the West Bank for follow-up and received none in Gazza as they have no CT scanner. In 2018 he noticed a recurrence of the mass in the sternum and right axillary region, managed to get to Egypt where his condition deteriorated but was not started on any treatment. By the time he managed to get permission to enter the West Bank he was very ill with a deep, open wound in his sternum and was in septic shock. Despite large doses of antibiotics he developed respiratory distress and died. The man’s father had been allowed to accompany him but the rest of his family were denied permission to enter the West Bank so were unable to attend his funeral. To add to the family’s distress his body had to be buried in Nablus as the permit to return his body to Gazza was denied.

This is an extreme case but there are many more where patients do not return for further treatment or follow-up and it can only be surmised that they were denied permission for medical treatment in the West Bank.

The CEO of the hospital was, until very recently, Professor Saleem Haj-Yahia a remarkable man, who worked with Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub, one of the world’s leading heart surgeons at London’s Imperial College. This was his springboard into his international career, in the course of which he has performed heart operations - both human and artificial organs from Riyadh to Johannesburg.

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VISIT THE CATHEDRAL GIFT SHOP A broad range of high quality religious books, gifts and cards for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, baptisms, weddings, funerals, birthdays, special anniversaries and other occasions.

The Gift Shop is situated in the North Transept by the Shrine of St. Philip Howard.

Monday - Friday: 10.30am - 12.30pm/1.30 - 4.30pm Saturday: 11.15am - 5pm Sunday: after the 9.30/11.15 am Masses PLEASE NOTE We rely on volunteers to help in the Gift Shop so our opening hours may vary slightly.

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Nowadays he also lectures at the University of Bristol and spends a few days every month in Glasgow to be with his wife and children, where he established Scotland’s national programme for artificial heart transplants.

Specialist Cancer Nurses are unknown in Palestinian hospitals but Rasha Zeitoun, Head of Nurse Education, is keen to develop the role, especially in Palliative Care, to include heart failure patients as well as those with incurable cancer.

APP are therefore fundraising to bring two nurses to the UK to learn about the specialist role and take their knowledge back to Palestine. The aim is to improve the care and experience of the patient and their family and enhance the professional pathway of nurses.

Our aim is to bring the nurses early in 2020 by which time I will have returned to Nablus to help select the candidates, visa applications will be completed and APP will have raised enough money to fund the project.

The Vintage and Preloved Sale we held in March raised a good amount and another event is planned for October so watch out for notices so you can buy your tickets before they sell out! ++++++++++++++++++++

Encounter Bognor Regis Roman Catholic Parish of Bognor Regis & Slindon Following Jesus isn't easy, having others who can walk with you is essential. In Bognor & Slindon there are lots of opportunities to meet with others to deepen in faith.

If you’re between 16 - 35 years old you’re invited and welcome to get involved with Encounter Bognor Regis! It’s a series of monthly Catholic evenings of Prayer, Praise, Adoration and Fellowship! Encounter Christ and explore your faith in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. Forthcoming evenings are 12 July, 20 September, 18 October and 13 December.

It's a simple formula - A talk, Praise & Worship, music, adoration, and social time.

It takes place from 7.30pm at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Bognor Regis.

It's free to come along, and there's no need to book. Also, it's not a progressive programme, so if you miss the first one, it's not a problem!

This year’s Big Encounter takes place on 9 November. More details soon!

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Arundel Hymns

By Ian Caws Life may return you thought had gone away, Sometimes a memory or an object.

And these images have been here before, Every one, like the Arundel Hymns That people still sing. Chosen with old care By a duke that had wealth and convictions, A triune God to whom he was subject And prayer in which he asked the how and why.

The Arundel Hymns in people’s pockets Kept the fingerprints of those who wrote them And people who lifted their lives like quotes For present and future conversations.

They thread the generations like a theme, Still raising to God discreet vibrations. ++++++++++++++++++++

Arundel Hymns - from the Cathedral Archives

By Hilary Caws The following has been taken from Mary Corbyn’s dissertation on Arundel Hymns and Other Spiritual Praises, which were chosen and edited by Henry, Duke of Norfolk and Charles T. Gatty, F. S. A. It was published by the editors from 28 Clare Street, Dublin and was printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh.

Duke Henry’s Other Legacy, by Mary Corbyn Duke Henry’s monumental witness to his Catholic Faith is likely to be seen on the Arundel skyline for many generations to come, but his other, less spectacular, gift seems likely to fade from living memory, being constructed not of stone, but of paper. Arundel Hymns was a pioneering work in its day, published with Papal commendation: ‘from the Vatican, 8 June 1898’ and of considerable importance in its efforts to encourage Catholic lay-men and women to sing.

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to light. Charles Gatty has left notebooks in which he records the many journeys he made throughout Europe in search of suitable material to be included in the hymnal and he must have been in frequent contact with Duke Henry, keeping him informed of progress and discussing choices for inclusion.

In the years of upheaval, during and after the Reformation, English Catholics had largely fallen silent; such ‘singing of spiritual praise’, as had existed over the centuries in England, was drawn mostly from the Divine Office - the Liturgy of the Hours - and kept alive in religious houses until they too were torn down or abandoned.

Throughout penal times, many prayers and poems had been composed, copied secretly and passed between trusted friends ‘for their consolation’ both in and out of prison. Few have survived, since it would have been dangerous to be found in possession of such material but some have, and first in the hymnal is ‘from a work written in the Tower of London by the Venerable Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel’: O Christ the glorious crown Of virgins that are pure; Who dost a love and thirst for Thee, Within their minds procure; Thou art the Spouse of those That chaste and humble be, The hope, the life, the only help Of such as trust in Thee.

All charity of those Whose souls Thy love doth warm; All simple plainness of such minds, As think no kind of harm; All sweet delights wherewith The patient hearts abound, Do blaze Thy Name, and with Thy praise, They make the world resound.

The sky, the land, the sea, And all on earth below, The glory of Thy worthy Name, Do with their praises show.

The winter yields Thee praise, And summer doth the same; The sun, the moon, the stars and all, Do magnify Thy Name.

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What creature, O sweet Lord, From praising Thee can stay?

What earthly things, but filled with joy, Thine honour doth bewray?

Let us therefore with praise, Thy mighty works express, With heart and hand, with mind and all, Which we from Thee possess.

It was the re-establishment of a Catholic hierarchy in England that set the ball rolling, but events in the wider world that gave it momentum.

Waves of Irish people arrived in England to escape the poverty brought about by the potato famine in Ireland; they brought with them their customs, songs, and styles of worship - as immigrants do and have always done. At roughly the same time, many educated clergy, laymen and women made the journey from their Anglican roots to ‘come over to Rome’; foremost among them was John Henry Newman whose hymns provided and still do provide - cornerstones of congregational singing. They expressed theological truths that Newman had sought and taught in his writings and sermons: “Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise…..”

Catholics then, as now, loved and venerated familiar Latin hymns, but they welcomed the ‘new’ hymns that seemed to give more personal expression to their feelings of joy, sorrow, repentance and sense of unworthiness by focusing on the humanity of Jesus, of His Mother, and the Saints; perhaps offering a more ‘direct line’ to those beyond human reach than did the more formal prayers and rituals of the Liturgy and the Breviary.

These ‘approaches’ became known generally as Devotions and achieved rapid popularity especially when hymns would be sung: Holy Hours with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction, The Rosary, Stations of the Cross, processions and pilgrimages, Veneration of relics, litanies - and Missions! These were events, sometimes lasting several days, usually preached by members of Religious Orders from Europe where many had been founded.

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No.275 in our hymnal is an ‘Invitation to the Mission’: “Oh come to the merciful Saviour who calls you Oh come to the Lord who forgives and forgets, Tho’ dark be the fortune on earth that befalls you, There’s a bright home above where the sun never sets.”

We are accustomed to hymns that venerate The Cross, The Sacred Heart, and The Precious Blood, but might now shudder at paying homage to The Most Holy Spear and Nails and to the Most Holy Winding Sheet with its spelled-out realism: “Ah me, how naked art Thou laid!

Bloodstain’d, distended, cold and dead!

Joy of my soul - my Saviour sweet, Upon this sacred Winding-sheet.”

More comforting then, to turn to the section headed ‘Various Hymns on the Christian Life’ and discover another hymn by John Henry Newman (No.296) ‘The Pillar of the Cloud’ but known by its first line: “Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom.

Lead Thou me on.

The night is dark and I am far from home.

Lead Thou me on.” and, even better: ‘Meditation upon Heaven’ (No.261) written by the Venerable Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, after his attainder: “No eye hath seen what joys the Saints obtain, No ear hath heard what comforts are possessed; No heart can think in what delight they reign, Nor pen express their happy port of rest.

Where pleasure flows, and grief is never seen, Where good abounds, and ill is banish’d clean.”

With 51 hymns to the Blessed Virgin Mary, there is no doubting Duke Henry’s devotion to Mary, especially to her shrine at Lourdes, already attracting pilgrims from far and wide. It seems that the Lourdes Pilgrims’ Hymn came too late for inclusion in the Hymnal, but a separate page, printed later, can be found after No.308.

There are hymns celebrating the (then) recently declared Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the most popular, surely, being: “O purest of creatures, Sweet Mother, Sweet Maid!

The one spotless womb wherein Jesus was laid Dark night hath come down on us, Mother, and we Look out for thy shining sweet Star of the Sea.”

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This section begins with the Magnificat (in Latin and in English) and concludes with an Evening Prayer, once favourite at the close of Sunday afternoon Benediction: “Darker and darker fall around the shadows from the pine; It is the hour, O Mother-Maid, to gather round thy shrine.”

Two other hymns (Nos.174 and 5) honour Our Lady’s Expectation with some appealing sentiments: “Thou wast happy, blessed Mother! With the very bliss of Heaven, Since the Angel’s salutation in thy raptured ear was given.

Since the Arc of that midnight, when thou wast anointed Queen.

Like a river overflowing hath the grace within thee been.”

Although still appearing in current hymnals, this is rarely sung – which seems regrettable.

One hymn that has stood the test of time is (No.194): “Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Ocean’s Star!

Guide of the wanderer here below!” thought to have been the first ‘new’ Catholic hymn to be written after the Reformation; it is

by John Lingard, scholar (and priest) who lived from 1771 to 1851, so died before seeing his hymn in print. Still a favourite whenever two or three Catholics are gathered together!

But the hymn that most evokes the spirit of those times with its rousing words and exhilarating tune is, of course ‘Faith of Our Fathers’ (No.264) by Father Frederick Faber, probably the most prolific hymn-writer of his day, Oratorian and mentor to young Duke Henry: “Faith of our Fathers! living still in spite of dungeon, fire and sword: Oh how our hearts beat high with joy Whene’er we hear that glorious word.”

And so they did and still do!

Back to Arundel Hymns and Charles Gatty. He must have been tireless in promoting the hymnal, producing several ‘experimental’ sections for distribution among people with influence; he organised recitals of Catholic church music and circulated sheet music among publishers of the day.

Among ‘authors unknown’ (and there were quite a number of these) one hymn achieved instant popularity, prompting Arthur Boosey, a well-known music publisher, to write to Charles Gatty in November 1896: “We are already asked for ‘Come to the Manger’ and have one order for six dozen” By December 1897, Charles Gatty was receiving Royalties at ten shillings for a thousand copies of the carol - “eventually to be included in my Hymn Book”.

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Arundel Hymns has been overtaken by many hymnals since its publication in 1901, but it was a trail-blazer for congregational singing, which still has some way to go within Catholic Worship.

Its hymns are reminders of the enthusiasm with which they were sung, after centuries of hidden piety and forbidden religious practice. Duke Henry and Charles Gatty must be remembered and honoured for their remarkable contribution to Catholic tradition in England.

Snippets from ‘A Green Bough’

By Melinda Heathcote Mary, Mother of the Church (sent in by Aileen) There is no part of the history of Jesus but Mary has her part in it. There are those who profess to be His servants, who think that her work ended when she bore Him, and after that she had nothing to do but disappear and be forgotten. But we, O Lord, Thy children, do not think so. She brought the tender infant into the Temple, she lifted Him up in her arms when the wise man came to adore Him. She fled with Him to Egypt, she took him up to Jerusalem when he was 12 years old. He lived with her at Nazareth for 30 years. She was with Him at the marriage feast. Even when He had left her to preach, she hovered around him.

Sweet Mother, let us ever think of thee when we think of Jesus, and when we pray for him, ever aid us by Thy powerful intercession.

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My Child (sent in by Sr. M Antoinette, Nazaret Carmel) Fr. Raffaele Di Bari, a Columbian priest, a dear frend (of the Carmel) and an exemplary missionary wrote this prayer which is a sort of answer from God to Our Lord’s prayer: My child who is still on this earth, Worried, alone and tempted.

I call you by name Knowing you and loving you.

Be not afraid, you will never be Alone because I am always with you.

Together we shall spread the Kingdom Of life which I give you as a legacy.

All I desire is that you do my will.

What I want is your happiness.

Have no fear because I give you your Daily bread to share with your neighbour in solidarity Know that I forgive sins even before you commit them, I ask you only to forgive all those who offend you.

And so as not to yield to temptation, trustfully take my hand.

Hold it with all your strength.

And I shall deliver you from evil.

My child so dear to me.

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Saints of the Roman Canon - Part 13

By Canon Tim Madeley

Our next saint in the series is a natural follow-on from St. Agatha whom we looked at last.

St. Lucy dwelt in Sicily like Agatha though about fifty years later and further south in Syracuse.

According to the fifth century ‘Acts of Martyrs’ and other traditions, Lucy was born of rich and noble parents about the year 283. Her father was said to be of Roman origin, but he died when she was five years old, leaving his daughter and his wife without a protective guardian. Her mother's name was Eutychia which would suggest that she was of Greek origin.

Like Agatha before her, Lucy had consecrated her virginity to God, and in doing so desired to distribute her dowry to the poor. However, her mother Eutychia, knew nothing of this, and suffering from a possible terminal bleeding disorder, feared for Lucy's future and so arranged her daughter's marriage to a young man of a wealthy pagan family.

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It was whilst there, that Agatha appeared to Lucy in a dream and told her that because of her faith her mother would be cured and that Lucy would be the glory of Syracuse, as she was of Catania. With her mother cured, Lucy took the opportunity to persuade her mother to allow her to distribute a great part of her riches among the poor which she agreed to eventually.

News of this distribution of wealth got back to Lucy’s future betrothed and he reported her to Paschasius, the Governor of Syracuse. Paschasius ordered her to burn a sacrifice to the emperor's image. When she refused Paschasius sentenced her to be defiled in a brothel.

Tradition stated that when the guards came to take her away, they could not move her even when they hitched her to a team of oxen. Bundles of wood were then heaped about her and set on fire, but it would not burn. Finally, she met her death by the sword thrust into her throat. A later tradition narrates that she also had her eyes gouged out.

Lucy's Latin name Lucia shares a root (luc-) with the Latin word for light, lux. Therefore, a number of traditions incorporate symbolic meaning of St. Lucy as the bearer of light in the darkness of winter, her Feast Day being 13 December. In artistic representation she is often portrayed holding a plate upon which are her eyes.

Because of the story about her eyes being removed she is the patron saint of the blind and opthalmists.

St. Lucy’s patronage extends to authors, cutlers, glaziers, labourers, martyrs, peasants, saddlers, salesmen, and stained-glass workers. She is invoked against haemorrhages, dysentery, diseases of the eye, and throat infections.

St. Lucy is also the patroness of Syracuse in Sicily plus Perugia, both in Italy. In addition she is the patron saint of the coastal town of Olón, Ecuador, which celebrates with a weeklong festival culminating on her Feast Day on 13 December as well as the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, one of the Windward Islands in the Lesser Antilles.

St. Philip’s School is selected to be one of the the Co-op Charities of the Year!

From 28 October 2018 until 28 October 2019 any money spent in your local Co-op store will give funding to St. Philip’s School project.

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News from St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School

By Sydney Bridges, Deputy Headteacher As we enter into the Summer Term, we as a school are blessed to have been spiritually nourished over the spring season with by lots of different events, liturgies and services that have helped us reflect on our individual faith and our faith as a school community.

Thursday 14th March was our annual Spirituality Day. A special day in school when all teachers and pupils come away from their usual timetables to explore, experience and deepen our faith. The teachers worked incredibly hard to create amazing workshops for all of the children across the school.

The pupils travelled around the different classrooms and were taught by lots of different adults - not just their usual teachers. We were blessed to be joined again by Veyanke Hodson and her amazing missionary team ‘Soup from Heaven’. They passionately fundraise and travel to South Africa to help the poorest of people in the Cape Town area. The pupils were humbled by the work that is done and it made them reflect on how they can become missionaries in their own communities. During the morning liturgy, we also had a surprise video recording from Mrs Tipping (a teacher of ours who is currently travelling around New Zealand). She spoke to the children about how the psalms inspired her to travel and the work she has been doing abroad.

The following week, our Year 5 RE Ambassadors were lucky enough to take part in our Deanery Enrichment Day. This is a very special day where pupils and staff from across our Deanery Schools (St. Mary’s, St. Richard’s and St. Philip Howard) come together to participate in team building exercises and interact with one and other. After the success of last year, the day was once again held in our school’s ‘Forest Schools Area’. The children made fires, went orienteering and made woodland arts and crafts. The day was organised and led by the Sixth Form pupils from St. Philip Howard School who are undertaking their Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award. The day was a huge success and we look forward to next year’s.

Our Spring Term was finished off by five days of beautiful Holy Week Liturgies. Each class took a section of the Easter story and told it in their own way. Songs were especially written by Mr. Caws and prayers individually written by pupils. The children treated the liturgies with such reverence and respect as well as a pride in the story they were telling. As we returned after Easter, Fr. Charles joined us in school to celebrate the Mass of the Risen Lord where the cross decorated with flowers was stood out the front so that all who passed could witness that we are ‘Easter People’.

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News from St. Philip Howard Catholic High School

By David Carter, Headteacher In my six-and-a-bit years as Headteacher of SPH, I can safely say that this is the most focused, calm and well-prepared I’ve seen our wonderful students before they enter the exam period next term. This is a result of hard work, determination, great teaching and committed parenting. It is important that we keep in our prayers all those sitting exams, give them plenty of encouragement, reassurance and calm advice. There is still plenty of time for students to address areas of improvement. As usual we had a number of targeted revision sessions over the Easter break (16-18 April). We also had supervised study rooms on these days, for any child needing somewhere to revise away from the distractions of home.

We’ve had another action-packed half term as evidenced by the wealth of events going on. It is truly wonderful to see how active, enthusiastic and well-rounded our students are. I do hope you enjoy reading all about their achievements and feel proud of being part of the SPH community.

Christ is at the centre of our school community. During Lent we have prayed, fasted and given alms in our continued bid to grow closer to God. Easter is the time when Jesus is reborn in us, when we become more Christ-like in our dealings with others and do our bit to build God’s Kingdom. One place to start is in our own families, so I do hope that you spent plenty of time with them over Easter and the forthcoming Summer.

News from the SPH Chaplaincy - Theresa McNamara, Chaplain The Big Church Day Out: The biggest Christian event in UK right on our doorstep!

If you have been looking for a new lease of life in your faith or an opportunity to show your family or friends the greatness of the church, then look no further.

The Big Church Day Out is an annual Christian event which is held right here in Arundel and Brighton Diocese at Wiston House in Steyning.

A music festival at its heart, the BCDO brings together tens of thousands from Christians from all over the country to worship God, pray, celebrate life and spend quality time with loved ones. With fantastic live music, children’s entertainment and prayer sessions, fun fair rides and sporting activities, this is a festival like no other as it puts Christ at the centre of all that it does.

This year’s event was held on 25 - 26 May and everyone involved had a truly wonderful time over the two days, meeting like-minded people and praising God with the largest gathering of Christians in the country. Now we can all look forward to The Big Church Day Out in 2020!

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Parish Diary From Louise Sharp, Parish Secretary JUNE Sunday 23rd Monday 24th Tuesday 25th Wednesday 26th Friday 28th

3.00pm 10.00am 7.00pm 9.00am 12 noon 7.30pm

Saturday 29th

5.30pm

Sunday 30th

9.30am

Cathedral Deanery Confirmations Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel Ardingly College Choir Concert Parish Mass Diocesan Secondary Schools Pilgrimage Mass Organ Recital D’Arcy Trinkwon - tickets £10 on the door www.darcytrinkwon.com Sussex Voiceworks Concert - tickets from sussexvoiceworks.weekly.com/events.html First Communion ‘Going Forth’ Mass

JULY Tuesday 2nd Friday 5th

Saturday 6th Sunday 7th

Friday 12th Saturday 13th Sunday 14th Friday 19th Saturday 20th Sunday 21st

Saturday 24th

Friday 26th

1.00pm

Organ Recital - Alex Eadon - Free entry, retiring collection 11.30am Sion School Leavers’ Service 6.30pm Friends of Arundel Cathedral Vespers and Summer Event 1.00pm Organ Recital - Oliver Hancock, free entry, retiring collection 3.30pm onwards Eucharistic Miracles & the Venerable Carlo Acutis Event (3.30pm Rosary, 4pm Tea and talk, 5.15pm Benediction) 7.30pm Organ Recital D’Arcy Trinkwon - tickets £10 on the door www.darcytrinkwon.com All day ‘A Day with Mary’ - for more details visit www.adaywithmary.org 2.30pm Lewes Deanery Confirmations 10.00am St Philip’s School Leavers’ Mass 1.00pm Organ Recital - David Flood, free entry, retiring collection 7.00pm Sussex Festival Choir Concert - Elijah by Mendelssohn - tickets from Tel/Fax: 01372 741100; Email: stephenhope60@gmail.com 7.00pm East Sussex Youth Orchestra Concert in aid of the RNLI - tickets available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/east-sussex-music 7.30pm Organ Recital D’Arcy Trinkwon - tickets £10 on the door www.darcytrinkwon.com 51

Saturday 27th Sunday 28th

12.30pm 11.15am

Wedding Mass with visiting choir from All Saints Church, Fulham

All day

Sussex Scribes Exhibition: Sussex Poets and Poetry about Sussex Organ Recital – Richard McVeigh, free entry, retiring collection Wedding Wedding Solemnity: The Assumption Convent of Poor Clares Arundel Cathedral

AUGUST Friday 2nd Wednesday 14th Saturday 3rd Saturday 10th

1.00pm 12.30pm 3.00pm

Wednesday 15th

Saturday 17th Monday 26th Saturday 17th

8.30am 10.00am & 8.00pm All day 2.00pm

Saturday 24th

7.30pm

Monday 26th

1.00pm

Thursday 29th Saturday 31st

12 noon 12.30pm

Arundel Festival - Art displays in Cathedral & Arundel Art Society in Cathedral Centre Concert – Geoff Robb, Guitarist. Free entry, retiring collection Consort SW1 Concert – tickets from www.consortsw1.com Organ Recital - D’Arcy Trinkwon - tickets £10 on the door www.darcytrinkwon.com Wedding Wedding

SEPTEMBER Saturday 7th Sunday 8th Saturday 21st

12.30pm 12.30pm onward TBC

Wedding Parish Barbecue Organ Recital - Lee Ward free entry, retiring collection - see latest newsletter

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Congratulations & Commemorations From Louise Sharp, Parish Secretary Baptism 15th March - Joanna Mary Savage 17th March - Flora Mary Isabella Fitzalan Howard 24th March - Ava Natalia Downer 21st April - Alannah Mary Jean Lynch 28th April - Amelia Thehani Jayaranthe 11th May - Serafina Patricia Josephine Montagnani 2nd June - Evetta Elizabeth Wren Yeates First Communicants (19th May 2019) Phoebie Albuery Charlie Buchanan Miriam Ruth Felix Victoria Figueira Diez Calum Frappell Harriet Louise Gardiner

Amelie Susan Harrison Francesca Morris-Warburton Isabella Pennicott Harrison Simmons Elora Betty Willams Aedan James Wilson

Marriages 18th May - Michael Monk & Jessica Tucker 1st June - Matthew Maltby & Erica Bone 21st June - Golden Wedding Anniversary of Derek & Mary Bagg

Deaths 17th September (2018) - Peter Henry Millard (aged 81 years) 13th November (2018) - John Charles Page (aged 88 years) 27th December (2018) - Wilhelmina May Page (aged 88 years) 15th March - Oliver Augustus Stanley (aged 43 years) 27th March - Clive Montgomery Wicks (aged 83 years) 10th May - Joanna Mary Savage (aged 56 years) 28th May - Ivan Weatherley (aged 51 years)

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A Summer Prayer

Father, Creator of all, thank You for summer!

Thank You for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight.

Thank You for the beauty I see all around me and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation.

Thank You for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season.

Draw me closer to You this summer.

Teach me how I can pray no matter where I am or what I am doing.

Warm my soul with the awareness of Your presence and light my path with Your Word and Counsel. As I enjoy Your creation, create in me a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You. Amen.

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