Castleford Team Parish Parish Magazine - July & August 2016 The churches of: All Saints, Church Street, Castleford, All Saints, Lumley Street, Hightown; St Michael & All Angels, St Michaels Close, Smawthorne and St Paul the Apostle, Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton.
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CLERGY Rector: (until 3rd July 2016) Fr. Michael Wood, 01977 529929 Ext. 1 The Rectory, 15 Barnes Road, Castleford WF10 5AA rector@castlefordteamparish.org.uk Team Vicar: Fr. Mark Watkins, vicar@castlefordteamparish.org.uk
01977 529929 Ext. 2
Asst. Curate: (until 14th August 2016) Fr. Kevin Greaves, 01977 529929 Ext. 3 The Vicarage, Churchfield Lane, Glasshoughton WF10 4BP curate@castlefordteamparish.org.uk Polish Priest: Fr. Gregory Ruszczynski, revgreg@email.com
01977 529929 Ext. 4
Parish Reader: Rebecca Hodel-Jones
01977 529929 Ext. 16
Lay Pastoral Minister: Lynda Maw
01977 529929 Ext. 17
Parish Office: (Enquiries for Baptisms) Saturdays at 10.00-10.30am - All Saints Church, Castleford WF10 1ES.
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THE (OLD) RECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, Forgive my Yorkshireism with the Old Rector’s Letter; it ought to be the “Previous” Rector’s Letter but which ever, this is it. “And so I face the final curtain” When Frank Sinatra first sang those words back in 1969 (yes, it feels as though it should have been much earlier than that) he could have had no conception what so ever of the number of ways in which the song might come to be used. Frank Sinatra came to loath the song according to his daughter because of its selfish overtones but forty seven years later it is still with us. I suggested to the male voice choir that they might like to sing it at the concert in Hightown to mark my valedictory and though I would be the first to say I have done a lot of it “my way” yet at the same time I hope and pray that most of it has been done God’s way rather than my way. At the time of writing this the Referendum has not taken place so who knows, all may have changed or nothing may have changed either way we will have to live with the consequences but I sincerely hope that people show respect to each other after the decision has been made. There certainly has never been such a period of bitterness and acrimony in my life time of that I’m certain and neither side has been done justice because of it. A Rector moving away is a little bit like the result of the referendum; it will seem as though much as changed and at the same time it will seem as though nothing has changed but you and certainly me will live with the consequences. The Final Curtain sounds, well, rather final for want of a better phrase. To some Armley might seem as though it is in a totally different land while to others it is a few miles away and who knows (continued on page 4) 3
July & August 2016 (continued from page 3) we may well meet at a ‘do’ somewhere or bump into each other in Leeds. The final curtain need not be so final. For those who may be interested, my future address is 31 Hill End Crescent, Armley, Leeds, LS12 3PW. I’m sorry there isn’t yet a landline number but I will pass it on when I know what it is. You are more than welcome to keep in touch if you wish to. In the day to day running of the churches, especially in a parish the size Castleford, is that churches need to look outward, not inward and above all else they must be places of worship focused on prayer. If you keep hold of those two simple things then the church will certainly continue to be the church in this place. Do you remember the Northern Soul song and dance movement based around Manchester and Wigan in the 1960’s and 70’s? The catch phrase associated with that movement was one which is very appropriate as my last comment in this my final letter: “Keep the faith” With my love and prayers as ever
DIARY DATES FOR JULY & AUGUST At the time of going to press we were not able to finalise all the dates for the two months covered by this magazine so please keep a close eye on the Weekly Pew Sheets for details of Croquet Evenings/ Film Shows etc. Also for travel arrangements for Fr Kevin’s Induction & Licensing. These will be known after the 21st July trip for Fr Michael’s licensing. The confirmed dates are listed on page 20. 4
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A NEW PARISH PHONE NUMBER
01929 529929 At their June meeting the PCC approved the purchase of a virtual telephone switchboard system. With the impending changes within the parish it makes sense for us not to have to keep changing and remembering different telephone numbers. The system we have got is called RingCentral and we can allocate extensions as required. It means that on the one phone number you can contact the clergy, Churchwardens (and deputies), PCC Secretary, PCC Treasurer, Safeguarding Officer, Children & Family worker and allow for Baptism and Wedding enquiries to be directed to the right person. To help in the first instance there is a list of extensions shown below:Ext.
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David Field
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Lynda Maw
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Ian Fletcher
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Hilary Wilkes
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Pauline Morris
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Susan Fletcher
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Sylvia Wilson
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Mavis Whitehead
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LETTER FROM ST JAMES THE LEAST OF ALL Happily, the Church of England still retains some singular parish clergy. Take the parish of St James-the-Least in the rural county of C- for example. Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently ordained…
ON WAR BETWEEN PARISHES The Rectory St. James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren So, now you have enjoyed your irst Summer Fete, don’t say I didn’t warn you. It may be small consolation, but remember that they only happen once a year ‐ although in your case, you still have another 40 to endure before retirement. I negotiated our own last week. As usual, the band from our neighbouring parish of St. Eusebius played. There has been much bad blood in the past between our two villages. The trouble started on the day that St. James the Least of All never told St. Eusebius that the Vikings were coming up the river. We may have long since buried the hatchet, but both sides remember where they put it. Tension between the two communities down the centuries has moved on from occasional slaughter to something a little more re ined. Just as I began my opening speech to crown the Rose (continued on page 9) 8
July & August 2016 (continued from page 8) Queen, the band struck up with the National Anthem. When the hog roast started, they played “smoke gets in your eyes” and when it came to the necessary music for the maypole dancing, they all disappeared into the beer tent. With great Christian charity, we shall bide our time. In September we have the annual football match between the two churches’ Servers. Last year, in addition to winning the match, the St. James’ boys sent three of their side off with concussion. Naturally, I visited them in hospital. Miss Prendergast, as always, played Gypsy Rose Lee. If the tall, dark, dear lady tells me one more time that I am about to ind romance with a tall dark lady, while she lutters her eyelashes at me, I swear I shall throttle her with a bell rope. Besides, I already have a beautiful dark lady in my life ‐ and my Labrador is devoted to me. The only real hiccough came when I bought 12 packets of fudge from Mrs Masheder to present to our choirboys. Yet again, she had misread salt for sugar in the recipe. After I presented the packets at Mattins the following day, a formal complaint was rapidly made by a parent to the police that the Rector was attempting to poison their son. But as I explained to the of icer, if I had intended to poison anyone, I would have done it far more discreetly ‐ and in initely more ef iciently. I toy with that possibility for Mrs Masheder before next year’s Fete. Your loving uncle, Eustace 9
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Across 1 Relating to the Jewish day of rest (10) 7 Point of view (Matthew 22:17) (7) 8 20th-century Brethren philanthropist whose construction company be came one of the UK’s biggest, Sir John — (5) 10 Girl’s name (4) 11 Peter was accused of being one in the courtyard of the high priest’s house (Luke 22:59) (8) 13 The fifth of the ‘seven churches’ (Revelation 3:1–6) (6) 15 ‘Now the famine was — in Samaria’ (1 Kings 18:2) (6) 17 Banned by the seventh Commandment (Exodus 20:14) (8) 18 Insect most closely associated with itching (1 Samuel 24:14) (4) 21 Bantu tribe which gives its name to tiny landlocked country in southern Africa (5) 22 Familiar material in churches that use an overhead projector (7) 23 Last book of the Bible (10) Down 1 The young David’s favourite weapon (1 Samuel 17:40) (5) 2 ‘Your vats will — over with new wine’ (Proverbs 3:10) (4) 3 Once yearly (Exodus 30:10) (6) 4 Milled it (anag.) (3-5) 5 Region north of Damascus of which Lysanias was tetrarch (Luke 3:1) (7) 6 Comes between Philippians and 1 Thessalonians (10) 9 Lake where the first disciples were called (Luke 5:1–11) (10) 12 Abusive outburst (8) 14 Are loud (anag.) (7) 16 Printing errors (6) 19 ‘Take my yoke upon you and — from me’ (Matthew 11:29) (5) 20 Jacob’s third son (Genesis 29:34) (4)
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10 July brings us Sea Sunday, the day when Chris an churches remember, pray and give thanks for the more than 1.5 million merchant seafarers worldwide. If seafarers seem irrelevant to your daily life, think again: 90 per cent of everything you buy in the shops comes to you by sea. Merchant seafarers quite literally keep our global economy afloat. Yet it is a tough life, far from loved ones. Merchant ships are harsh working environments, never mind the threat of piracy or even shipwreck. To help the seafarers, a worldwide network of port chaplains has sprung up. They offer hospitality and friendship, as well as prac cal, emo onal and spiritual support, providing almost a ‘home from home’ in hundreds of ports, in more than 50 countries. You might wish to support one of these three well-known socie es: The Mission to Seafarers (Anglican), The Apostolate of the Sea (Roman Catholic), and The Sailors’ Society (inter-denomina onal). July, Sea, Sunday, Remember, Pray, Give, Thanks, Merchant, Seafarers, Daily, Shops, Economy, Afloat, Harsh, Working, Environments, Piracy, Shipwreck, Hundreds, Global, Port, Chaplains, Hospitality, Friendship, Prac cal. EASY
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THE STORY BEHIND THE HYMN: NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom His world rejoices; Who, from our mother’s arms, Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today. Oh may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; And keep us in His grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next. All praise and thanks to God The Father now be given, The Son, and Him who reigns With them in highest heaven, The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore; Fur thus is was, is now, And shall be evermore. Martin Rinkart The joy and serenity of this hymn are staggering, when you learn the circumstances in which is was written. Martin Rinkart was a pastor at Eilenberg, Saxony, during the terrible Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648). (continued on page 15) 14
July & August 2016 (continued from page 14) As a walled city, Eilenberg offered some protection to the inhabitants. No wonder that political and military refugees of all sorts poured into the city, making it dangerously overcrowded. Soon the water supply was fouled, the sanitation overwhelmed, and the food ran out – leaving people famished and diseased. In 1637 a terrible pestilence swept through the city, killing some 8,000 people, including Rinkart’s beloved wife. By that time Rinkart was the only minister left in Eilenberg, because the others had either died or fled for their lives. Rinkart alone conducted the burial services for 4480 people, sometimes taking as many as 40 to 50 funerals a day! Eilenberge was besieged and overrun three times – once by the Austrian army and twice by the Swedes. When a Swedish general demanded the town pay him 30,000 thalers. Martin Rinkart pleaded that the impoverished city could never meet such a levy, but the general scorned him. At that, Rinkart turned to his companions and said: ‘Come, my children, we can find no mercy with man; let us take refuge with God.’ On his knees there and then, Rinkart led his friends in a fervent prayer and in the singing of a hymn. The Swedish commander was so moved that he decided that the levy be not 30,000 thalers, but instead 1,350 thalers. Somehow, out of the hell of the Thirty Years War came this lovely hymn of peace and total trust in God. Martin Rinkart had had to dig deep into his faith to survive, and the result was utter, serene dependence on God – despite chaos and destruction all around.
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LETTER FROM ST JAMES THE LEAST OF ALL Happily, the Church of England still retains some singular parish clergy. Take the parish of St James-the-Least in the rural county of C- for example. Here the elderly Anglo-Catholic vicar, Eustace, continues his correspondence to Darren, his nephew, a low-church curate recently ordained…
ON HOW TO BAFFLE THE CHURCH COMMITTEE
The Rectory St. James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren I was delighted to hear that you have been made chairman of the Missionary Sub-committee; it should help you to hone your skills in appearing to encourage committee members to contribute while ensuring that they only say the things you want to hear. It is a skill that needs not a little practice; democracy only works if all the important decisions have been made beforehand. However, do remember that sub-committees are only formed in order either to kill an idea stone dead, or to give the chairman of the main committee some time to decide what he wants, since he isn’t sure how to handle the issue at that particular moment. I formed a sub-committee in 1999 to discuss Miss Fothergill’s suggestion of creating a “water feature” on the Rector’s Glebe land, as a way of celebrating the Millennium. I noted at the time that no one wanted the thing on their own land. It’s significant that whenever people suggest some imposing edifice, (continued on page 17) 16
July & August 2016 (continued from page 16) they always think it will be most appropriate either in the Rector’s garden, or in some public place, well out of sight of their own homes. While this particular group has been working away tirelessly, and endless masons and architects have been approached, a suitable design has yet to be presented. It looks as if a suggestion will eventually be considered by my hundredth successor as we enter the third Millennium. That is the customary rate of progress for St. James the Least, which I find entirely satisfactory. The procedure for decision-making is always the same: after enormous effort, the sub-committee will produce a carefully worded report, which will be circulated round all members of the church council. At the next meeting, they will be thanked profusely for all their hard work and the matter will be discussed at great length. It will then be proposed that the final decision will be taken at the next meeting, after everyone has had time to consider the matter more thoroughly. Come the next meeting, the item will somehow fail to appear on the agenda, and when it is raised in Any Other Business, it will be pointed out that it is now far too late in the evening to tackle such an important issue. From then on, you can be assured, it will sink without trace. Always remember the golden rule: a church committee meeting consists of a body of people waiting to go home. Your loving uncle, Eustace
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READINGS FOR JULY 3rd July
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The Sixth Sunday after Trinity (G) Isaiah: 66: 10-14 Psalm: 66: 1-8 Galatians 6: 1-16 Luke 10: 1-11, 16-20;
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THOMAS THE APOSTLE (R) Habakkuk: 2: 1-4 Psalm: 31: 1-6 Galatians 6: 1-16
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The Eighth Sunday after Trinity (G) Genesis: 18: 1-10a Psalm: 15: Colossians: 1: 15-28 Luke: 10: 38-end; The Ninth Sunday after Trinity (G) Genesis: 18: 20-32 Psalm: 138 Colossians 2: 6-19 Luke: 11: 1-13 The Tenth Sunday after Trinity (G) Ecclesiastes: 1: 2, 12-14, 2: 18-23 Psalm: 49: 1-12 Colossians: 3: 1-11 Luke: 12: 13-21
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READINGS FOR AUGUST 6th August
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THE TRANSFIGURATION (W) Daniel: 7: 9-10, 13-14 Psalm : 97: 2 Peter: 1: 16-19 Luke 9: 28-36; The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity (G) Genesis: Psalm: Hebrews: Luke:
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The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity (G) Jeremiah: 23 23-29 Psalm: 82: Hebrews 11: 29-12.2 Luke: 12: 49-56; THE GLORIOUS ASSUMPTION (W) Revelation 11: 19-12.6, 10 Psalm: 45: 10-end Galatians 4: 4-7 Luke: 1: 46-55;
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The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity (G) Isaiah: 58: 9b-end Psalm: 103: 1-8 Hebrews: 12: 18-end Luke: 13: 10-17
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July & August 2016 CALENDAR FOR JULY & AUGUST Saturday 2nd July
All Saints, Castleford, Summer Fayre 2-4pm
Sunday 3rd July
Morning Services as usual (Mass of the Day) 6.30pm All Saints, Castleford—Fr Michael’s last Mass (St Thomas the Apostle) followed by a “bit of a fuddle”. (You can receive communion twice in a day where the Mass intentions are different)
Thursday 14th July
New Beginnings 7pm St Michael’s Vicarage (see details on pages 22&23.
Saturday 16th July
Castleford Choral Society at St Michael’s 7.30pm (see notice on page 28)
Tuesday 19th July
7.00pm Mass at All Saints, Castleford followed by PCC Meeting with Bishop Tony, he will also celebrate Mass, Archdeacon Ven. Peter Townley and the Area Dean, Fr Bob Cooper joining us for this special meeting. All PCC members please try to attend. 7.30pm St Bartholomew, Armley. Fr Michael’s Licensing. Coaches leave at 6pm
Thursday 21st July Saturday 6th August
12 noon at St Paul’s Mass for the Transfiguration of our Lord followed by a Soup Lunch
Sunday 14th August
6.30pm at St Paul’s - Fr Kevin’s last Mass Mass for the eve of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary with fuddle after.
Saturday 27th August
Hightown Summer Fayre 2-4pm
Wednesday 31st August 7.30pm Fr Kevin’s Induction & Licensing at St James the Great, Chapelthorpe.
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LEARNING TOGETHER NEW BEGINNINGS Growing should be the most natural thing on Earth, especially when we are young. But, as we get older we often forget that we should still be growing and developing, both in a natural way as we mature, and also in our Spiritual lives and walk of Faith. As we all know, to grow well a plant needs to be fed and watered and nurtured and cared for, yet in our own lives we often forget that we need to do same for ourselves and for each other. We can be so busy with all the other important things in our lives that we never get round to doing those things that will feed us and help us to grown into the fullness of what God has for us. Whether we are new to the Faith or have been walking in it for many years, we do all still have the potential to learn and to grow. So - Beginning on Thursday 14th July at 7pm in St. Michaels Vicarage is a Bible Study series based around the account we find in St Luke’s writings about how the Christian Faith began and how it grew and spread to all the known World of that day. As we do so we will also look at our own personal Faith and that of the wider Church, and see what lessons we might find in the book of The Acts of The Apostles to help us. I hope that you will try to come to some, if not all the sessions. At the first one we will decide how often and when we will meet in future weeks and months. If you have your own Bible then bring it with you, but if not then there are plenty of Bibles at the Vicarage to go round! All other notes and materials will be provided! See you there! - Fr. Mark 23
July & August 2016 ‘HE GAVE US EYES TO SEE THEM’ – CHURCH PULPITS It is a steep climb of 199 steps that leads the visitor to Whitby from the streets below to the church of St Mary’s that stands near the ruined abbey. Having negotiated the climb, the visitor enters the church and is greeted by a glorious array of Georgian furnishings: box pews and a triple decker pulpit with candlesticks and cushions. The clerk would sit at the bottom level to give out the notices, the parson would lead the service in the middle, and then he would ascend to the third level to expound the Word of God. George Herbert says that for the country parson the pulpit should be ‘his joy and his throne.’ Sydney Smith had a different slant when he wrote on going into the pulpit of All Saints Church in Foston in 1806: ‘When I began to thump the pulpit cushion on my first coming to Foston, the accumulated dust of 150 years made such a cloud that for some minutes I lost sight of the congregation.’ Not so at Whitby where the church is cared for and well loved. Today preachers often remain at ground level, the better to interact with their congregations, but here at St Mary’s Church the pulpit is a sign of the importance of teaching the Word: not because the preacher stands eight feet above contradiction, but to allow people to see and hear. The word ‘pulpit’ means a platform or raised area to address the gathered family of God. As we look on in the pews, it stands often on our left. But God looks at us from the east end of the church and the pulpit stands at his right hand: a sign that the sermon can be the divinely inspired message of prophet and teacher, and so become living and active in the minds and hearts of its hearers. 24
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A SAINT FOR JULY & AUGUST 22ND JULY - ST. MARY MAGDALENE THE WOMAN WITH A PAST In July, Christians all over the world will commemorate probably the most unlikely saint in the Bible, Mary Magdalene. There was something in her background that has always fascinated people. All we are told about her ‘past’ is that Jesus had cast ‘seven devils’ out of her, but on that slender if intriguing evidence she has become the patron saint of ‘fallen women’. Some see her as the woman ‘who was a sinner’ who washed Christ’s feet with her tears at a respectable dinner party. Of that person Jesus remarked that ‘she had been forgiven much’ and consequently ‘loved much’. Whether she was that woman or not, the description perfectly fits her. No one who has heard or read it could surely fail to be moved by her tearful encounter with the risen Jesus in the garden on Easter morning, the man she had taken to be the gardener revealing Himself in one word, Mary, as her beloved Teacher. The problem with a good story – and hers is as good as it gets – is that people can’t leave it alone. Down the centuries she has been John the Apostle’s fiancée until he left her to follow Christ. She has gone with Jesus’ mother and the same John to live in Ephesus and died there. In art and literature she has become an alluring, sexual figure, disapproved of by the mother of Jesus. There is no historical evidence whatsoever for any of this. In fact, the Gospels suggest the two Marys were close in their shared devotion to Jesus. Her popularity is shown in the fact that 187 ancient churches in Britain are dedicated to her, and a college at both Oxford and Cambridge. Whatever the details of her story, we cherish it because it shows that having a ‘past’ is no reason not to have a future. by David Winter (Parish Pump) 25
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HIGH DAYS & HOLY DAYS IN JULY 1
Henry, John and Henry Venn the Younger, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873.
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Thomas More, Scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535.
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Benedict of Nursia, Abbot of Monte Casino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
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John Keble, Priest, Tractarian, Poet, 1866
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Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862
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Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099
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Elizabeth Ferard, first Deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of ST Andrew, 1883.
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Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, Deaconess, Teachers, c.394 and 379.
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Margaret of Antioch, Martyr, 4th century; Bartolome de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566.
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Bridget OF Sweden, Abbess of Vodstena, 1373.
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Anne & Joachim, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher
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Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord
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William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, Olaudah Equiano & Thomas Clarkson, Anti-Slavery Campaigners
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John-Baptiste Vianney, Cure D’Ars, Spiritual Guide, 1859.
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Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642.
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THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD
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Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers
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Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers’ Union, 1921.
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Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258.
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Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253.
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Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Dopwn and Connor, Teacher, 1667.
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Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher, 1153
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Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
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John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688
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Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651.
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July & August 2016 PARISH OFFICERS PCC Secretary & Gift Day Secretary: Mrs Dawn Heyworth 01977 529929 Ext. 11 PCC Treasurer, Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary: Mr Andrew Goyns 01977 529929 Ext. 13 Safeguarding Officer: Mr Arnold Randall 01977 529929 Ext. 14 Family & Children’s Worker Mrs Karen Richardson 01977 529929 Ext. 12 CHURCHWARDENS David Field, Castleford: 01977 529929 Ext. 6 Mavis Whitehead, St Paul’s 01977 529929 Ext. 10 Pauline Morris, St Michaels 01977 529929 Ext. 8 Ian Fletcher, Hightown 01977 529929 Ext. 7
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SERVICES All Saints’ Castleford SUNDAY Mass (Said)
8.00am
Sung Mass (except last in month)
9.30am
Tuesday Mass (Said)
7.00pm
Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9.30am
All Saints’ Hightown SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass
10.45am
Wednesday Mass (Said)
7.00pm
Saint Michael and All Angels SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass
10.45am
Thursday Mass (Said)
10.00am
Saint Paul’s, Glasshoughton SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass
9.30am
Wednesday Mass (Said)
10.00am
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH: Combined Parish Mass at 10.00am - ( see diary section for venue ) FOR MAJOR SAINTS’ DAYS IN ALL CHURCHES