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Ladies I am your new media officer and I would like to tell you a little bit about myself.

My name is Maria and I was married for 29 years and have been widowed for 18 years. I am a mother of four grown children - three boys and one girl - who have blessed me with 11 grandchildren that keep me very busy.

My interests are gardening, listening and dancing to music, jigsaws and spending time with my family, I also love my holidays, exploring new places and seeing all the wonderful sights. I am now retired but worked most of my life within the hospitality industry.

I have been a member of St Margaret Mary’s foundation for 17 years and during that time I did two terms of office as treasurer.

When I was asked to become media officer, I was a bit apprehensive and nervous, but the ladies of the committee were very reassuring and gave me confidence. I will try my best and hope to live up to Madelaine’s expectations.

Enough about me. I hope you are all getting back to the new normal. St Margaret Mary’s returned at the beginning of September and we all enjoyed a cheese and wine buffet. The following week we had a fun quiz. The week after was our bimonthly Mass which was very well attended. Our next bi-monthly Mass will be on Wednesday 10 November at All Saints. I hope to meet you all there and get lots of exciting news from you. The next business meeting is Saturday 27 November and will be held in the Gibberd Room at the Metropolitan Cathedral at 1.00 pm. We are still looking for two Vice Presidents to join the Archdiocesan committee. Please consider joining us.

Thank you and God bless ladies.

Maria Pimblett Archdiocesan Media Officer

A century of service News from the Liverpool Province of the Knights of St Columba Conferences dominate KSC agenda

After a long period of preparation, the order’s annual supreme conference took place in Liverpool over three days from 1-3 October, culminating with Sunday Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral. As readers will have seen, we have been making frequent reference to this important event which is normally held in Glasgow, where the KSC was founded over 100 years ago, but which this year was held here in honour of Liverpool being the home of the first council and province in England. Last month’s Pic featured an interview with Brother Ray Pealing, our provincial grand knight, and this edition profiles Brother Bertie Grogan, our supreme knight, who was recently made a Knight of St Gregory by Pope Francis. A full report on the conference will follow in the November Pic. • The annual provincial memorial Mass for deceased members will be held at the Cathedral on Sunday 7 November at 11am. This will be the normal Sunday Mass but the order has been accorded a number of reserved places along with permission to supply readers for the spiritual readings and participation in the offertory procession. • The COP 26 UN Climate Change Conference will be held in Glasgow from 31 October to 12 November, attended by world leaders including Pope Francis. To mark the occasion the Knights of St Columba, in conjunction with the Knights of St Columbanus, Ireland, and the International Alliance of Catholic Knights, will be holding 40 hours’ Adoration for COP 26 at St Mary’s Church, Calton, Glasgow. This will run from 8pm on 1 November to 12 noon on 3 November and the theme will be the Sanctity of Life from Conception to Death. The event will be led and stewarded by the KSC and will also be live-streamed to enable wider participation.

Websites: www.ksc.org.uk www.kscprov02.weebly.com Email: dpokeane@aol.com

Couple celebrate

On 13 August 2021 Dominic Patrick Witter and Amy Caroline Griffiths celebrated their marriage at Our Lady’s Catholic church, Lydiate. Father Grant Maddock conducted the service assisted by Amy’s uncle the Reverend Christopher Turner. The service was enhanced by the beautiful singing of the Ormskirk Singers choir making it a truly memorable occasion. The first marriage to take place at Our Lady’s was in 1854 of Ellen Haskayne to James Carfoot, Ellen was an ancestor of Dominic’s on his mother’s side of the family, and on his father’s side Dominic was at least the fifth generation to celebrate his marriage there.