Asylum Link Merseyside feels gains of sponsored walk

This new year began on a bright note for the UCM with our bi-monthly Mass at Saint Gregory the Great, Lydiate.

It was a wonderful Mass which was celebrated by our chaplain, Father David Potter, along with Monsignor John Butchard, Mgr Des Seddon and parish priest Fr Grant Maddock.

During the Mass we enrolled a new member, Mary Campbell, into St Gregory’s foundation and afterwards we presented a cheque to the priests’ training fund which was received by seminarian Hugh Donleavy. There was also a cheque presented to the Whitechapel Centre for the Homeless, which was received by fundraiser Toni-Marie Murphy Roberts.

That donation came from our charity fund which members have contributed to throughout the year. The UCM are always looking for ways to raise money so that we can help others who are less fortunate.

We will stage our first business meeting of 2023 on 18 February at the Metropolitan Cathedral. Please make every effort to attend as there will be important information to discuss, and also remember that your booking forms for the pilgrimage to Knock will need to be handed in.

Our next bi-monthly Mass will be hosted by the Foundation from Our Lady of Compassion, Formby, but will be celebrated at St Jerome’s. I look forward to seeing you all there.

Maria Pimblett Media Officer

Following last month’s report on the fundraising achievements of council 51 in Wirral, this month our focus turns to council 9 in South Liverpool and the fruits of its annual sponsored walk.

This walk has raised money for a good number of charities across the years – the type of activity the Order engages in not just locally but nationwide – and the latest beneficiary is the long-established Asylum Link Merseyside.

Together those taking part in the 2022 walk raised £4,200 which, factoring in Gift Aid, raised the total to approximately £4,500.

Asylum Link Merseyside is based at St Anne’s Centre, Overbury Street, and the presentation of the fundraisers’ cheque was made at a council 9 social evening at Liverpool Cricket Club in Aigburth on 20 January to representatives of Asylum Link.

Our photo shows Brother Kevin Jones, grand knight of council 9, making the presentation to charity representative Jeanette Connor together with her friend Barbara Holloway and Notre Dame Sisters Kathleen Ashurst and Ruth Miller.

We again thank all who contributed to making this donation possible and to those parish priests in South Liverpool who gave permission to distribute sponsorship envelopes in their churches.

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Normandie Wragg Chief Executive Nugent

Jo Henney Interim Chief Executive Nugent