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contents Welcome

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Congratulations to Archbishop Malcolm who last Sunday received the Pallium from Pope Francis during Mass at St Peter’s in Rome. If you don’t know what a Pallium is and why an Archbishop receives it then do read Archbishop Malcolm’s Pastoral Letter, which we reproduce in full, for an explanation. The vagaries of deadlines and printing mean that we can’t carry a full report in this edition of the ‘Catholic Pic’ but there will be coverage next month.

‘Anyone who happened to find themselves on Hope Street would have encountered the Christians of Merseyside in all our vibrant, noisy diversity.’ The words of our Ecumenical Development Officer, Reverend Ian Smith, describing this year’s Two Cathedrals Pentecost Service: ‘Together in One Place’. It is always a tremendous and inspiring sight looking down from the doors of the Metropolitan Cathedral and seeing Hope Street alive with people celebrating the birthday of the Church and Christian Unity. This year was no exception and we have a report from the day.

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Celebration of Life and Hope INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Papal honour for Bootle MP

Deacons ordained

Archbishop Malcolm’s Pastoral Letter

Contents Congratulations to all our priests who are celebrating the anniversary of their ordination at this time and especially to Canon James Commins who marked 70 years of priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving. Our thanks and prayers to each of you for your years of ministry among us in the service of the Lord. Ad multos annos.

From the Archbishop’s Desk It is always wonderful to visit Rome, as there is so much to see and do. One of my favourite places is the French church of St Louis de France because it contains some paintings by Caravaggio and in particular the Call of Matthew. This very evocative and carefully constructed work shows the tax collector being called out of darkness on the left of the composition Into the light of Jesus. He cannot believe it and points to himself as if to say, ‘Me? Do you really mean me?’

As a tax collector both Romans and Jews would have despised him as he collected taxes for the empire from his own people. Yet he is the one Jesus has called. He is not a person who is comfortable in his faith or someone who is doing a job respected by all.

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Main Feature Together in One Place

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Pastoral Letter Letter from Archbishop Malcolm

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News From around the Archdiocese

14 Justice and Peace Reflections on a visit to the Holy Land 16 What’s On Whats happening in the Archdiocese 18 Profile The Jumbulance Man 19 Sunday Reflections Liturgy and Life

The cross as a window frame is in the background of the painting to remind us that even for Matthew that journey into the light of Christ will involve some trials and difficulties.

20 Animate Youth Ministry A busy year reaching an end for Animate team

All that happened to Matthew applies to each of us. When I was in Rome on the feast of St Peter and St Paul to collect the pallium from Pope France I went to St Louis de France and I prayed for individuals and families who yearn for the light but find the crosses they are sent very hard to bear. Most of us fit into that category.

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Most Rev Malcolm McMahon OP Archbishop of Liverpool

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Together in One Place he skies may have been cloudy but the message was clear at the Two Cathedrals Service on Pentecost Sunday: Ecumenism is alive and well in the Merseyside Region.

Two thousand people gathered in Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral for a short service before following their Church Leaders and the Cathedral Choirs along Hope Street for a concluding service in the Metropolitan Cathedral.

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Among the Church Leaders taking part were Archbishop Malcolm McMahon in his first such service; Bishop Richard Blackburn, the Bishop of Warrington; Reverend Howard Sharp, Moderator of the Mersey Synod of the United Reformed Church, the Reverend Phil Jump, Regional Minister of the North west Baptist Association, Auxiliary Bishop, Tom Williams, and former Auxiliary Bishop, Vincent Malone, together with representatives from other denominations across the region.

Bishop Richard Blackburn said ‘coming together to celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit was an important symbol of unity and witness to the wider community.

Pentecost was a vibrant occasion with Hope Street alive to the sound of various voices praising God. It was a pleasure to be alongside other Christians as we brought a weekend of prayer to a fitting conclusion’.

This year the Sunday afternoon walk was the culmination of a weekend of Celebration and Hope that took place in both Cathedrals and across the city. It included continuous prayer, a conference at the Metropolitan Cathedral and contributions from the Chemin Neuf community, a Roman Catholic ecumenical group which began with a prayer group in Lyon, France, in 1973 and now has 2,000 members in over 30 countries.

The Dean of Liverpool, Canon Pete Wilcox, welcomed the congregation to the Anglican Cathedral before Psalms were sung by the Choirs and testimony given by a young person from the Chemin Neuf community.

As the Choirs and Church Leaders led the congregation out, now into the sunlight, to begin the walk along Hope Street the strains of ‘Father, Lord of all

Creation’ gave way to the beat of drums from the Wirral School of Samba.

On the journey along the famous street the crowds were greeted with music at various points on the walk played by the Walton Salvation Army Band, Holy Family School Steel Band, Love and Joy Gospel Choir, Sefton Music Service Brass and the Worship Band from Frontline Church.

Traffic stopped as eventually the crowds filled the street carrying banners from local Churches Together groups making their way towards the Metropolitan Cathedral.

Stationed at the front of the parade was the Ecumenical Officer for Churches Together in the Merseyside Region, Reverend Ian Smith who said, ‘anyone who happened to find themselves on Hope Street would have encountered the Christians of Merseyside in all our vibrant, noisy diversity. Together we were walking to the beat of unity in the name of Christ, celebrating life and hope through the gift of the Holy Spirit.’

As the procession climbed the

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feature ‘I see individuals and communities that are enthused with God’s spirit’ to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation should encourage us said the Archbishop, ‘I see on their faces real joy and expectation. The hope of a life lived in the Spirit lies ahead of them but they know they will be confronted with the inevitable challenges of modern life. However they also show a confidence about the present and the future that is deeply encouraging. This experience reveals to me the real meaning of enthusiasm.’

He then paid tribute to Christians across the region, ‘as I look over the local church, the Archdiocese of Liverpool, which I am getting to know and for which I have been given a particular responsibility, I see individuals and communities that are enthused with God’s spirit.’

steps to the door of the Metropolitan Cathedral the Choirs sang the ancient Office Hymn for Pentecost, ‘Veni Creator Spiritus’ followed by the hymn ‘Come down, O love divine’ as the congregation took their places with the sun shining through the stained glass windows.

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon began his homily by drawing attention to ‘a Pentecost happening of momentous proportions’, the meeting taking place in Rome where Pope Francis was praying with the President of the State

of Israel, the president of the Palestinian Authority, the Ecumenical Patriarch and many other church and religious leaders for peace.

He went on to say, ‘Our walk between the two cathedrals and the days of preparation are also inspired by the Spirit as an act of reconciliation and of peace. This on-going work of the Holy Spirit links us closely to each other and to the meeting in Rome.’

He concluded with a prayer that the Holy spirit may bring peace, ‘Today we pray that the flame of the Spirit within each of us flares into a great fire so that we may have the courage to bring to the world Christ’s words, “Peace be with you”. Then we may be sure that the Spirit is alive in our church and that the face of the earth will be renewed.’

With the words of the hymn ‘The voice of God goes out to all the world’ ringing in their ears the congregation were greeted by the Church Leaders as they left the Cathedral, themselves going out to all the world.

The enthusiasm of young people about

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Pastoral Letter of the Archbishop of Liverpool appointed to be read at all Masses on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Saturday 5 / Sunday 6 July 2014 Dear friends in Christ, Last Sunday morning, in St Peter’s Basilica on the Solemnity of Sts Peter & Paul, the Patron Saints of Rome, I was given the pallium by our Holy Father Pope Francis. Metropolitan Archbishops wear the pallium over their chasuble when they celebrate Mass in their province, and it symbolises their communion with the Church of Rome, which presides in charity over all other Churches.

The pallium’s origins are lost in the mists of time. Ancient graffiti depict its use by Christians, sometimes decorated with symbols such as the fish or the cross, and it later developed from a long piece of wool into the smaller, circle-like garment which is worn today. The circle symbolises the eternal love of God. The wool reminds us that we, the sheep of Christ’s flock, are gathered together by the Good Shepherd, to be carried by him. The crosses speak to us of the Cross of Christ, and the pins inserted into three of the crosses represent the nails which pierced Our Lord’s hands and feet.

In the sixth century, Pope Symmachus sent the pallium to St Caesarius, the Bishop of Arles in France, and one hundred years or so later, St Gregory the Great, the Pope who sent St Augustine of Canterbury to England, sent palliums to Bishops he held in

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great esteem. In the middle of the eighth century, Pope Zacharias ruled that the pallium was to be sent to all Metropolitan Archbishops to symbolise their communion with him.

That is still the practice today, which is why, at last Sunday’s Mass; I was joined by Archbishops from across the world when we all received our palliums from Pope Francis. Our gathering in Rome at the Tomb of St Peter in the presence of his Successor, the Pope, reminded me that, no matter where we came from, we were all Bishops of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church.

Just as the Pope is the symbol of unity of the Universal Church, every Bishop is the symbol of unity and Vicar of Christ in his own Particular Church. As wearers of the pallium, Metropolitan Archbishops have a special bond with the Church of Rome, founded on the faith of the Apostles Peter and Paul; this bond, symbolised by the pallium, unites the Pope with the Dioceses of the Province over which the Metropolitan Archbishop presides as pastor, and is a reminder to him that he is to model his life and ministry on the Good Shepherd, laying down his life for those entrusted to his care.

It was a very humbling moment when I knelt before the Holy Father and he placed the pallium on my shoulders. My thoughts came to today’s Gospel, in

which Our Lord calls his followers to shoulder his yoke. The pallium that I now wear is not a symbol of honour, but rather a reminder to me that I am called every day to shoulder Christ’s yoke and learn from him, who is gentle and humble of heart – and to help you whom I serve to shoulder Christ’s yoke with me. The pallium not only unites me in a special way to the Holy Father, but to you, since it symbolizes in a very real sense that I am your shepherd, called to share your joys and hopes, griefs and anxieties (cf.

GS 1).

St Paul tells us in today’s Second Reading that our interests are ‘in the spiritual, since the Spirit of God has made his home in you’ (Rom 8:9). The Holy Spirit, poured into our hearts in Baptism and Confirmation, gives us the grace to share in Jesus’ mission as Prophet, Priest and King.

That mission was given by Our Lord to the Apostles, and has been handed on by them to all of us. In his recent Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii gaudium, Pope Francis reminds us that we are all ‘missionary disciples’, and that the proclamation of the Good News of Jesus Christ ‘calls for personal involvement on the part of each of the baptized’ (EG 120). When he visited our country in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that we are all called to be saints. But Pope Francis goes even further; by describing Christians as ‘missionary disciples’, he is teaching us that we are also called to be apostles, to hand on the Good News of Jesus Christ. We are not just called to be holy by following Jesus Christ in our

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own lives, but we are called to share that holiness with others, by word, action and example.

One of the most important insights of the Second Vatican Council was that holiness is for everyone – for the multitude for whom Christ shed his Blood and not just for the few. How could it be any other way when Jesus became human so that we may become divine? Holiness is not something which is out of our reach – it is practical. We find holiness in the created world, which is filled with the glory of God; in each other, since we’re all made in God’s image and likeness; in the Church, the Body of Christ; in the Scriptures, in which God speaks to us and challenges us; in the sacraments, ordinary things which become channels of God’s extraordinary grace, in particular the Eucharist, Christ himself dwelling at the heart of his Church.

Since I became your Archbishop on 1 May, I have begun to share your life, by travelling the length and breadth of our Archdiocese, and I would like to thank our Bishops, priests, deacons, religious, catechists, teachers and all who minister in the Church for everything they do to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ. But I would also like to thank each and every one of you for all that you do every day, not just when you gather to celebrate Mass but when you are sent out on mission at the end of Mass to glorify the Lord in your lives, at home, in school and in work.

We have the prayers of the Apostles to help us in this task, since our mission is the same as theirs. St Peter and St Paul, for an example, were ordinary men who were called to an extraordinary mission. They both had character flaws, which we read about in the Scriptures –

Peter denied Christ three times, and Paul persecuted the early Christian community. But once they became utterly convinced of the Lordship of Christ, Crucified and Risen, they were both utterly faithful to the task which was given to them, placing Jesus Christ and the proclamation of his Good News first in all that they said and did.

praying at home, at work and in school, we share in his priestly mission; and in the good things that we do to help and support one another, we share in his kingly mission. I hope and pray that we will continue to carry the Lord and be carried by him, so that we do his will and make his love for us known in all that we say and do.

So our call to be holy is not an optional extra for the Christian; it is radical, since the Church is rooted in Christ himself, and as Christians, we must place Christ at the heart of our daily lives, and never be afraid to share the gifts which we have been given with all whom we meet. In our reading of the Bible, we share in Jesus’ prophetic mission; in our gathering in church and

With my prayers and every good wish for you and your families,

Most Rev Malcolm McMahon OP Archbishop of Liverpool

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News diary If you’ve got any news from your parish that you’d like featured e-mail us with the details at: post@merseymirror.com

Pax Christi meet in Liverpool ‘To be as wise as serpents and gentle as doves’ in our communication and campaigning for peace and nonviolence was the challenge set out

by Symon Hill, guest speaker at Pax Christi's Annual General Meeting held in Liverpool. Symon, an activist and writer said that the use of social media and the internet does not replace traditional forms of campaigning, dissent or witness but can add value to it and reach new people with the peace challenge of the Gospel.

Around eighty people attended the meeting, held in the Catholic Chaplaincy and co-hosted by Pax Christi Liverpool.

Also attending were Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, President of Pax Christi, who celebrated Mass and Jose Henrique, international secretary of Pax Christi from Brussels.

Pax Christi chair Anne Dodd said that the teaching from the Sermon on the Mount from Pope Francis is clear and consistent and Pax Christi’s work is to do all that is possible to build that peace, involving everyone we can, wherever we can. She reminded members that we cannot be complacent.

While we still have a nuclear weapons policy, while we are still engaged in the arms trade we need to work to encourage our church leaders to be clear in speaking out, reflecting Gospel values and church teaching.

Members around the country organised imaginative events to mark the Global Day of Action on Military Spending and took a lead in co-ordinating the ‘No Faith in Trident’ speaking tour with Bruce Kent which culminated in a Lobby of Parliament.

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Most recently Pax Christi played a key role in bringing families of 70 First World War Conscientious Objectors to London

for International Conscientious Objector Day which attracted huge national and regional press interest.

Obituary of Rev Francis Goulbourn Father Francis Goulbourn who served as Parish Priest of St John’s, Burscough for twenty-two years died in Ince Blundell Nursing Home on Friday 20 June at the age of 93 having ministered as a priest for 67 years.

Francis Leslie Goulbourn was born in Liverpool on 25 July 1920, the son of Robert and Alice Goulbourn. He attended St Oswald’s School, Old Swan, and St Edward’s College, before studying for the priesthood at St Joseph’s College, Upholland. He was ordained priest in the college chapel on 21 September 1946 by Bishop Joseph Halsall.

Following ordination he was seconded to the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh until July 1947, when he returned to Liverpool to take up an appointment as curate at St Alphonsus’ parish. In November 1953 he was transferred to All Saints, Anfield, where

he held a long curacy until July 1968.

Then he moved to Our Lady, Star of the Sea, at Seaforth, and it was during his time there that he was appointed a Defender of the Bond in the Metropolitan Tribunal in February 1970.

In March 1971 he was appointed to his final curacy at St Mary’s, Woolton.

His sole appointment as parish priest came in April 1974, when he moved to St John’s, Burscough, in succession to Father Francis Clayton. He ministered faithfully in this parish until his retirement in October 1996, shortly after celebrating the Golden Jubilee of his priestly ordination.

In retirement he lived for several years at Aughton, before moving to Ince Blundell Nursing Home. His Funeral Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon at St John’s, Burscough on Thursday 26 June before burial in the parish cemetery.

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St Michael and All Angels UCM Banner Angela Murphy, a member of the Union of Catholic Mothers in St Michael and All Angels Parish, Kirkby visited the Parish Primary School and spoke to Year 4 children about the UCM and the work it does for the parish. She told them that the UCM needed a new banner since two churches had amalgamated to form St Michael and All Angels a few years ago.

The children asked their teachers if they could make them a new banner and raise money for them as a way of showing appreciation for their work. They raised funds through organising a cafe for parents and children and running a stationery shop and were able to present members of the UCM with a new banner and a cheque for £160; just in time for them to donate the money to the annual Lourdes pilgrimage and display the banner at the UCM Annual Mass in the Metropolitan Cathedral.

Papal knighthood for Bootle MP

There were celebrations at St Monica’s, Bootle, when Archbishop Malcolm McMahon presented parishioner and long serving local MP, Joe Benton, with a Papal Knighthood of the Order of St Gregory the Great, at Saturday evening Mass. The award was presented in recognition of long and valuable service to the Church and local community.

In his words of thanks Mr Benton paid tribute to the parish community saying, ‘I feel very proud and privileged to have received this papal honour. I regard it also as an honour to my family, friends and the wonderful community of St. Monica’s Parish in Bootle, a community which I have had the great honour and duty of serving for many years. I would like to thank all those people past and present who have enriched and influenced me in faith and Christian values throughout my life, may God bless you all.’

Mr Benton was first elected for the constituency of Bootle in 1990, and the award came just days after he announced that he is to retire at the next election after serving for 45 years at both local and national level.

Platinum celebration for Canon Commins Wednesday 11 June saw Canon James Commins celebrate the seventieth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a Mass of Thanksgiving at St George’s, Maghull. Bishop Tom Williams and Bishop Vincent Malone were among the concelebrants at the Mass together with the Parish Priest of St George’s and Episcopal Vicar for Sick and Retired Clergy, Canon Joseph Kelly.

After ordination in 1944 Canon Commins served first as Assistant Priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Liverpool. In 1955 he moved to St James, Bootle and in October 1963 to St Anthony’s, Scotland Road. After two years serving at St Gregory’s in Chorley he was appointed Parish Priest of St Mary’s, Kirkby, moving to Sacred Heart, Wigan in May 1977.

He was appointed as a Canon of the Metropolitan cathedral Chapter in 1973 and as a Prelate of Honour in 1984. He retired from parish ministry in October 1997.

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St John Bosco marks move with Mission Week Tributes paid to tireless church worker Tributes have been paid from around the country after the sudden death of Gerard Murphy. Gerard had been an altar server since the age of eight at St Thomas of Canterbury church Waterloo and at the age of 11 became sacristan and remained in the post for the rest of his life. He was also Cantor and Master of Ceremonies at the church, and had co ordinated all the main services for over 50 years, including the great celebrations for the centenary in 1968.

Gerard was also a member of the Catholic Mens Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 49 years, serving in all offices including National President and travelling around the country to meetings and conferences. He also visited the Shrine at Lourdes over 50 times, singing in the International choir and often spending time working in the volunteer bureau there.

St John Bosco Arts College is celebrating its move to a new building by holding a three-day Mission Week this month. The school is moving to the new building, which is based on the same site as the current school at Storrington Avenue in Croxteth, in September.

The Rainbow of Hope event, which will take place in the coming week, will feature a number of activities including a talk by Barry and Margaret Mizen, the parents of London-school boy Jimmy Mizen who was tragically murdered in 2008. The couple will be discussing the issues of courage and forgiveness. There will also be a Deaf Awareness presentation by Nugent Care including sign language to music sessions and a performance by Christian rap artists Vital Signs. Throughout the week the school will also be joined by the Salesian Youth Ministry and Cafod who will run a variety of activities.

Anne Pontifex, Headteacher, says: ‘We are very excited to be moving to our fantastic new school building this September but the move is tinged with sadness as we have had many wonderful years here and have lots of happy memories. This Mission Week, with its theme of building a bridge from one building to another in the form of a rainbow of hope, is the perfect way to mark the occasion.’

Gerard received the Papal award of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice in 1992, marking not only his tireless work in his own parish, but also his co ordinating work for the National Pastoral Congress that had been held in Liverpool in 1980.

Family friend Father John Ealey a former curate at St Thomas of Canterbury said ‘the debt owed to him by priests of the parish is incalculable. The amount of work he did in the background not seen by most parishioners was huge, he will be very much missed’.

Gerard was an old boy of St Mary's college and lived in Waterloo all his life.

His funeral will took place in the church where he had served and sung at so many other funerals. He leaves behind his sister, Pat.

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Scaling the heights for Nugent Care Students at St Peter and St Paul Catholic College, Widnes recently raised £5,000 for Nugent Care which supports the most vulnerable people across the North West.

This year, the College Chaplain, Kate Loftus, will be abseiling down Liverpool’s

Anglican Cathedral to raise funds for a new project at Nugent Care. She is preparing herself mentally for the 2 August challenge and is hoping that sponsorship money will benefit Nugent Care. The Grow2gether project will encourage mental well-being through working with the environment and horticulture.

Kate said, ‘This year I have spent some

time at Nugent Headquarters and was even more moved by the amount of work they do and the number of people who do so much to help them fulfil their commitments in all these areas and I was really drawn towards doing something more.’

The fundraising page can be found at: http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/KateLoft us

Crowds celebrate Pentecost in Formby People from across Formby and beyond joined together for a birthday party to celebrate Pentecost at Formby Pool Gardens. The event organised by Churches Together in Formby Altcar and Hightown was a picnic style event with a birthday theme. Everyone enjoyed the shared picnic and birthday cake.

The event started with a drama taking the story of Jesus from Easter to Pentecost told in the form of a news report. This was followed with entertainment from the Liverpool Shanty Kings and Viking Skiffle Group. It was a community event enjoyed by all ages.

With fine weather the event attracted several hundred people.

There was a carnival atmosphere as children and adults alike enjoyed the games, crafts and face painting.

Chairman Michael Halford said ‘this event came out of a call for the churches to have more social events for the community and builds on the very successful Nativity and Walk of witness on Good Friday. It is lovely to see so many people here enjoying the day and celebrating the birth of the Christian church at Pentecost. I would like to thank everyone who made today possible and the support of Formby Pool Trust and Cooperative funeralcare.’

150 years of service to the UCM Three long serving members of the Union of Catholic Mothers at St Thomas of Canterbury parish, Waterloo have received certificates marking 50 years membership each. Enid Cain, Margaret Billington and Jean Hulligan are pictured with UCM Archdiocesan President, Margaret Kerbey, and Parish Priest Father John Cullen.

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Reflections on J&P visit to Holy Land Teresa Jaggar and John Usher from the Liverpool Archdiocese’s Justice and Peace Commission visited the Holy Land in May after an anonymous donor provided the funds to send two people on pilgrimage there with the Amos Trust, an organisation that allows pilgrims to experience ordinary life in the country as well as visit the holy sites. John has written this report.

While visiting the Holy Land in May, Pope Francis, witnessed by the world’s media, stopped his car to pray at the Israeli Apartheid Wall that now imprisons the men, women and children of Bethlehem, many of them members of his own Catholic flock. The Pope’s action demonstrated that he has not forgotten or abandoned any of those denied justice or freedom by the actions of the Israeli government.

For me, the three main objectives of our pilgrimage were all achieved. Firstly, we saw and experienced the very places where Jesus was born, lived, taught and died, the very source of our faith, and found the experience moving and uplifting.

Among the inspiring places we visited in the area of Jerusalem, were the Mount of Olives and the little Chapel of the Ascension; the Chapel of Dominus Flevit (the Lord Wept) where Jesus wept on

Palm Sunday over the future fate of Jerusalem; the Garden of Gethsemane; the Western Wall (the Jewish Wailing Wall); the beautiful Golden Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, the world’s third most holy place for Muslims; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, site of Christ’s crucifixion (Calvary), burial and resurrection; the home of Caiaphas the High Priest where Jesus was held before appearing in front of Pontius Pilate and where Peter denied him three times.

In Bethlehem we visited the Church of the Nativity where Jesus was born, and the Shepherds’ Fields where the shepherds heard the good news of Christ’s birth. At the Sea of Galilee we saw the Mount of Beatitudes where Jesus preached his wonderful Sermon on the Mount, we went to the site of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, had a picnic at Capernaum and paddled in the sea upon which Jesus walked. In Nazareth we visited the Basilica of the Annunciation where Mary learned she was to be the mother of Jesus.

Secondly, we had the opportunity to meet with Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim, suffering under the Israeli Occupation. We met two families in their homes, and two families whose homes

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had been demolished by the Israelis without any compensation, one of them more than once, and rebuilt with the help of volunteers. They still lived under the threat of the Israelis returning to demolish yet again, making the families homeless yet again.

We met a farmer who showed us where illegal Israeli settlers had entered his farm and killed his sheep and goats.

When he tried to protect the animals, the Israelis attacked him as well, seriously injuring him. We were taken to see the Palestinian ‘Tent of Nations’ farm, a model of inclusive co-operation. Two days after our visit, the Israeli army arrived at 8am and, using bulldozers, uprooted and destroyed 1,500 fruit trees upon which the livelihood of the Palestinians depended. It is hard to understand how a government can use the army against its own people.

We tried to show friendship and solidarity to those we met and to assure them that good people abroad had not forgotten them. We also met with humanitarian workers and educators, and brave Israelis of conscience who need our encouragement and support because they are isolated and vilified for opposing the wrongdoing of their own government.

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Thirdly, we saw for ourselves the effects of Israeli state power in all its ugliness.

The Palestinian economy is in ruins because of the Wall, the illegal settlements on stolen land, the house demolitions and the hundreds of checkpoints at which Palestinians must queue for hours to reach their jobs or farms. The check points also prevent children from getting to school and the sick from receiving medical care – even women in labour. There have been cases of women blocked at the checkpoints who have given birth at the roadside. Not surprisingly, many of the babies died through the lack of proper care, and

some mothers died as well. Mary would face this if she was trying to reach Bethlehem next Christmas.

We ourselves were delayed at Israeli checkpoints. A young woman who had returned from America to teach Palestinian children told us she was held for hours at an Israeli checkpoint. She was worried about reaching her pupils and was reduced to tears; she asked the soldiers what she had ever done to them, that they should treat her like this, but they would not listen.

Israel controls all the water. Israeli

settlements receive uninterrupted mains water. Palestinians, on the other hand, never know when the Israelis are going to turn off their water supply, which can be for weeks on end. Thus when the water comes on they must save some in a tank on the roof, ready for when the taps are turned off again.

In this awful game of cat and mouse, Israelis have no problem filling their swimming pool or watering their lawn while Palestinians do not have enough water for essentials. The rooftop tanks on Palestinian homes, but not those of Israelis, are blatantly obvious for all to see – including visitors from around the world. Israel does not seem to be aware of this blatant discrimination.

We felt shocked, disgusted and outraged by what we saw and heard. As Christians ourselves, we noted that Israel is forcing Christians to leave their homes in the Holy Land in large numbers. We have returned home with a conviction that good people everywhere must demand that the injustices and wrongs inflicted on the people of Palestine by the illegal Israeli Occupation must be brought urgently to an end, and this must be our message to all our elected politicians.

Even those MPs who consider themselves ‘Friends of Israel’ must find the backbone to tell Israel some home truths, which is what true ‘friends’ would do anyway.

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what’s on Saturday 5 July English Contemporaries Concert.

7.30 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. Tickets and details Tel: 0151 707 3525 or www.cathedralconcerts.org.uk

Sunday 6 July Mass of Thanksgiving on the Episcopal Silver Jubilee of Bishop Vincent Malone.

11.00 am in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool.

‘Celebrate the Child’ Mass.

1.30 pm at St Mary, Lowe House, St Helens, WA10 2BE. Celebrant: Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP. Details from the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department Tel: 0151-5221043.

Service of Thanksgiving for the 40th anniversary of Merseyside Scouts.

3.00 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.

Warrington Choral Society Concert.

7.30 pm at St Mary’s Church, Buttermarket Street, WA1 2NS. Music by Handel: ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’, ‘Dixit Dominus’ and ‘Zadok the Priest’ and

by Mozart: ‘Venite Populi’. Tickets £10 Students and unwaged £8, children under 12 free.

Monday 7 July ‘Days that shook the World: the Christmas Truce.’

7.00 pm at St Benedict’s Church, Rhodes

Street, Warrington WA2 7QE. Liverpool Archdiocese Justice and Peace Commission invite you to this short film followed by discussion. Details Tel: 0151 522 1080, or 01925 630127. Email s.atherton@rcaol.co.uk or stbenedicts.warrington@rcaolp.co.uk Wednesday 9 July UCM Bi-monthly Mass.

7.30 pm at All Saints, Oakfield, Anfield, L4 2QG. Saturday 12 July Choral Symphony Concert.

7.30 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King. Tickets and details Tel: 0151 707 3525 or www.cathedralconcerts.org.uk Sunday 13 July Sea Sunday Open air Mass organised by St Dominic’s, Huyton. 3.00 pm in Yew Tree Cemetery.

Youth Alive Mass and Lourdes Departure Mass.

6.30 m at Animate Youth Ministries, Lowe House, St Helens, WA10 2BE. Wednesday 16 July Cafod Annual Mass with Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP. 7.30 pm at St Oswald, St Oswald Street, Old Swan, L13 5SB. Cafod Speaker: Tom O’Connor, Director of Communities and Supporters. Refreshments available after Mass.

Sunday 20 July Lourdes Departure Mass.

3.00 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.

Choral Evening Prayer.

5.00 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.

Monday 21 July to Friday 25 July Loyola-metro Living Theology 2014 at St Francis Xavier church and Hope University Creative Campus.

Understanding your everyday beliefs. A summer school on Christian Faith. 10.00 am to 4.00 pm each day. Cost : £90.

Details Tel: 0151 298 1911 or email d.reynolds@sfxchurchliverpool.com Friday 25 July to Friday 1 August Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

Sunday 27 July Day for Life: ‘Protect and Cherish Life.

Every one of us, young and old alike can play our part in the promotion of life. Our every thought, word or action can promote or extinguish life: we all have a valuable contribution to make. Let’s all be builders of a better world and protect life.

Thursday 31 July Northern Mass to celebrate the Feast of St Ignatius Loyola.

7.00 pm at the Holy Name Church, 337 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PG followed by refreshments.

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july Looking ahead: August 2014 Saturday 2 August to Saturday 9 August Thinking Faith: ‘Catholic Social Teaching’.

A holiday, study week, prayer and community for Catholics in their 20s-40s. Boarbank Hall, Allithwaite, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7NH. Details Tel: 01539 532288. Email: margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk. Web: www.boarbankhall.org.uk Friday 15 August Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Holyday of Obligation) September 2014 Wednesday 3 September UCM Bi-monthly Mass.

7.30 pm at St Clare, Arundel Avenue, Liverpool, L17 2AU.

Friday 12 September Jospice Starlight Walk.

10.00 pm at the Weld Blundell Pub on the Formby bypass (Registration from 9.00 pm). A 10km walk along a weather friendly route. Details Tel: 0151 932 6044 or www.jospice.org.uk Saturday 13 September to Saturday 20 September Thinking Scripture: ‘The Gospel of Matthew’.

A holiday and study week at Boarbank Hall, Allithwaite, Grange over Sands, Cumbria, LA11 7NH. Details Tel: 01539 532288.

Email: margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk. Web: www.boarbankhall.org.uk Sunday 15 September Racial Justice Day Sunday 21 September Home Mission Day

More details at :www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk or www.catholicpic.co.uk

A trip to Ampleforth

A coachload of parishioners and friends from Brindle St Joseph’s crossed the Pennines to visit Ampleforth Abbey and were met by their parish priest, Father Raphael Jones OSB, who is a monk of Ampleforth.

Julie Telford from the parish said, ‘the day trip to Ampleforth was a great success. We were given a very warm welcome by Father Christopher the sub-prior who greeted us in the absence

of the Abbott. Father Raphael showed us all Ampleforth has to offer and told us all about its history. The Monks certainly made us feel very welcome with Father Kentigern providing the children with a treasure trail around the Visitors’ Centre and Father Alexander giving us a brief look into the choir whilst Father Cedd played the magnificent organ in the chapel. We joined the community for Midday Office and enjoyed the day so much we delayed our departure to pack more in.’

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Tony Murphy A long association with Lourdes, the Jumbulance man by Simon Hart A Jumbulance is a jumbo-ambulance. It is a specially designed coach with seven beds on it, a disabled access toilet and kitchen. In March this year, Tony Murphy travelled by Jumbulance with sick and disabled pilgrims to Rome.

Tony’s association with Across began in 1989 when, as a parishioner at St Werburgh’s, Chester he saw an advert asking for helpers for Lourdes. He takes up the story. ‘My wife Sheila, who was a teacher, didn’t mind me going as it coincided with half-term and her mum could help out with our three children. I knew nothing about the old Across Trust or the Jumbulance. I loved every minute of the pilgrimage with the tasks we had to do, the care we gave, the love and companionship we shared, the spiritual experience and the fun. I vowed to Our Lady that I would go back to Lourdes every year for the rest of my life.’

He became group leader of Chester Across in 1994. This included the responsibility for recruiting 10 sick or

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disabled pilgrims – along with a team of 14 helpers including a priest, nurses and often a doctor too. ‘We’d do fundraising to help those who couldn’t afford the full cost and obviously it is a major task organising the pilgrimage day to day with the often serious health problems pilgrims have,’ he recalls.

‘From 1997 to 2000 we took two Jumbulances from Chester – a double group with 46 people on board! Fellow parishioners Brian Burns and Nurse Sheila Ehlen were fabulous support during these years.’

He moved to St Clare’s parish in Liverpool in May 2000 and the old Across Trust charity closed down at the end of 2001. ‘Many Across groups closed at the time,’ he remembers, ‘but I continued with Chester and in 2005 set up the Liverpool Across Group too.

At various times my wife Sheila and daughters Anna and Kate travelled as helpers.’

The groups work closely together, although Tony recently handed over the

leadership reins for each – to Marian Marsh in Chester and Anne Saltrese in Liverpool. ‘My hope is they will carry on taking folk to Lourdes by Jumbulance for another generation,’ he says.

‘I love the personal, caring side of the pilgrimage and for some pilgrims the tag ‘Hospice on wheels’ is highly appropriate,’ he adds. ‘One very poorly Chester pilgrim, Joe Barrett, died in Lourdes. His family wanted him to be buried in Lourdes and four members flew out for the funeral. It is great to see the fantastic effect Lourdes has on sick and helpers alike. It is a truly spiritual time but it is also a holiday and there is plenty of fun and laughter thrown in, despite the pain and sickness folk may have. It is such a privilege to have the God-given talents to serve the sick in Lourdes.’

• To find out more about Across pilgrimages to Lourdes by Jumbulance, contact Tony on 07881 656974 or email tonymurphyefc2002@yahoo.co.uk or visit www.across.org.uk.

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sunday reflections On a liturgical note I will seek him whom my soul loves.

On 22nd of this month we keep the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, she who stood at the foot of the Cross, who went to anoint the body in the tomb and to whom the Risen Lord appeared on the Easter Morning, sending her to ‘ tell my brothers’ that he would meet them in Galilee. The Scripture which is given to us in the Liturgy of the Feast is a beautiful text from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament which is all about searching and finding and meeting - and surely that lies at the heart of the story of The Magdalene. Her encounter with Jesus transforms her life in such a way that she becomes one who is sent to others, even to the Apostles themselves, to be a herald of the Resurrection.

Our proclamation of the Risen Christ must be rooted in our first having encountered Him in our own lives, through prayer, through the reflection on the Scripture, through the Sacraments. We don’t claim to have

Sunday thoughts A visitor arrives and I offer him my chair, the best chair, the one I always occupy. I have to take a different one.

It is weird to view a familiar room from a different perspective. We read familiar words in the Bible. ‘Yeah, yeah,’ we think. ‘Same old passage.’

Try swapping chairs when listening to the Gospel readings from Matthew in the month of July: Jesus says, ‘I bless you Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for hiding these things from the learned and the clever and revealing them to mere children.

Yes, Father, for that is what it pleased you to do. (Matt 11:25)

Canon Philip Gillespie

full and perfect knowledge (‘now we see in a glass darkly’ 1 Corinthians 13:12) , or indeed all the answers to all the questions, but what we do have is a certainty, founded in our personal experience, that the meeting with the Risen Christ - the Christ who has promised to be with us always, enriches our lives in so many ways and gives a depth and value to our days.

In one of the parishes in which I have served over these past 25 years they sang a hymn at the end of the school term, the chorus of which was ‘Unless you are a seeker, You'll never be a finder’. How very true.

Wherever you are journeying over these next weeks of the Summer break, I hope you travel in safety and find rest and refreshment: in whatever form that is needed.

Mgr John Devine OBE

When the moment is right the penny will drop.

The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

While everyone was asleep his enemy came, sowed darnel all among the wheat… When the new wheat sprouted the darnel appeared as well… ‘Do you want us to go and weed it out?’... ‘No, because when you weed out the darnel you might pull up the wheat with it. Let them both grow together till the harvest.’ (Matt 13:24-30).

This is a prayer of desperation: ‘Father, I hope you know what you’re doing.

These disciples are driving me nuts.’

Imagine a sower going out to sow…

Some seed fell on the edge of the path… some on patches of rock… others among thorns… others on rich soil. (Matt13:4-9).

We all have sins of a lifetime that we struggle to eradicate. Trust in the Lord’s goodness to recognise the good in us when we die.

For most of us, most of the time, maybe for years, the Word of God will pass over our heads. Don’t lose heart.

You are the treasure and God has found you.

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which someone has found (Matt 13:44).

God so loved...

I grew up in a house filled with the music of the 60s. My brother was seven years older than me and was a teenager when the Motown sound, the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel captured the hearts and minds of young people everywhere.

One of the songs which captured the whole of that time for me is by Simon and Garfunkel: The Sound of Silence.

It is a song that speaks of the darkness in the world. It is full of disillusionment about the way things are. There is a hopelessness in it but there is also a cry of ‘if only’. If only we would listen to one another. If only we would really look at the injustice in the world. If only we would build on the goodness in every person. If only we would tear ourselves away from the Gods of materialism and riches then maybe we would begin to appreciate the beauty in the world and in every human being. Maybe we would begin to afford each individual the respect and dignity they deserve. Maybe we would begin to understand what love means and what our destiny is about.

Jesus came to rescue us from the disillusionment that dogs us about the world and ourselves, a disillusionment that makes us maintain the status quo by simply doing nothing to make a difference in the world.

At the heart of John's Gospel in Chapter 3 verse 16 is this wonderful statement: ‘God so loved the world that he sent his only son not to condemn the world but so that through him the world might be saved.’

John wants us to know the reality of God’s love for us and the world and to show how faith in Jesus will lead us into it more deeply. The world is to be liberated because of the presence of Jesus and we are to co-operate to make the world what God’s awesome love intends it to be.

God does not judge in John’s Gospel. We judge ourselves by our failure to respond to Jesus, to respond to his call to really live.

Not to live in life and love is to condemn ourselves to something that is less than life. We all do it. We compromise to make ourselves acceptable. We contribute to the sexism, racism, bigotry, homophobia, power struggles that make our world the false place that it is; or we take refuge in some false religion where we cocoon ourselves from the world and do nothing to make it better. Let us pray each day this month for the power of the spirit to make a difference in us and through us.

Fr Chris Thomas

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A busy year reaching an end for Animate team

By Sarah Beatty It has been a busy year for the 2013/14 Animate team, with six Mission Weeks over the course of the academic year. Our fifth such assignment took place from 16-20 June at St Edmund Arrowsmith in Ashton-in-Makerfield, though readers thinking that this is all we have time for should know that we have been able to keep up with our more day-to-day work of Day Retreats at Lowe House too.

Since the last issue, we have worked with Year 8 pupils from St Peter’s in Orrell, looking at the theme of ‘Growing together in faith’.

We have also welcomed back the Year 10 pupils from St Ambrose Barlow, Netherton to continue where we left off last year by using the scripture quote ‘You are the Salt for the earth’ (Matthew 5:13). As they

are now that little bit older, we thought we would challenge them by letting them spread the Good News in St Helens town centre!

They all successfully managed to chat to a shop assistant and wish them a good day, or offer someone a compliment, but found that their good deeds were often met with odd looks or suspicion. Part of being ‘salt for the earth’ is to continue doing these good deeds no matter what others think or say, which we hope the Year 10s will continue to do!

We have had the opportunity to work with primary school groups as well.

The team travelled to Chorley to work with Year 5 and 6 pupils from

St Oswald’s, looking at the theme ‘Living life to the full’, based on the school’s mission statement of ‘To love, to live and learn in the light of the example set by Jesus Christ’. Our thanks go to pupils and staff for making it such a great day for the team.

We have welcomed to Lowe House, meanwhile, Year 6 pupils from both St Mary’s Primary, Newton-le-Willows and St Jude’s Primary, Wigan. We looked at the respective themes of ‘Let your lights shine like the stars’ and ‘Living life to the full’ – the latter providing an opportunity to see how the teachings of Christ may be lived out in our everyday lives.

More recently, we hosted Year 8 pupils from Cardinal Heenan, Liverpool for retreats on the question of ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself’, as well as groups from St Mary’s, Crosby and Holy Cross, Chorley – the latter as a Mission Week follow-up. With St Mary’s, the Year 8 pupils considered why prayer does not just have to be something you do in church, while for the Year 9s the focus was social justice.

Our year ends with a second Mission Week at St John Fisher in Wigan, where we will focus on the school’s motto ‘Hold fast to what is good’. As with every year, we must soon bid goodbye to team members who are leaving for pastures new – in this case Becca, Dom, Amy and Beth who will be leaving us at the end of July. Good luck and thank you!

Dates for the diary: 13 July – Lourdes Departure Mass, 6.30pm at St Mary’s, Lowe House 7 September – Lourdes Reunion Mass, 6.30pm at St Mary’s, Lowe House www.animateyouth.org Facebook: Ani Mate Twitter: @animateyouth

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Notre Dame Sixth Form Leavers Mass Father Graeme Dunn, Parish Priest at St Anthony’s Scotland Road, celebrated the final mass for sixth form leavers at Notre Dame Catholic College on Friday 20th June 2014. Parents, carers and friends joined the staff and students at midday for what has become a traditional annual service.

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the college, expressed her delight that the mass was arranged at the request of the students. It was a fitting end to their studies at Notre Dame Catholic College.

Further celebrations followed when the Sixth Form Prom was held at the Marriott Hotel in the city centre on the following Saturday evening.

The photo shows (from left to right) Mrs Anne Marie Costello (Assistant Headteacher), Shaunna Doyle (Deputy Head Girl), Mrs Frances Harrison (Headteacher), Father Graeme, Mr Andrew Rannard (Deputy Headteacher), Angela Chiweshi (Head Girl) and Miss Kerry Nicol (Head of Sixth Form).

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Pic extras Mums the Word We were honoured to have our new Archbishop, the Most Reverend Malcolm McMahon OP, as the main celebrant at our Annual Mass in June, together with the Dean of the Cathedral, Canon Anthony O’Brien, and eight of our chaplains.

A year on from our centenary celebrations, the Archbishop welcomed us all and our guests, representatives of Nugent Care, the Mothers’ Union, Salvation Army and the Jewish Community. Also in attendance were UCM members from Salford, Lancaster and Shrewsbury.

The first reading from the Book of Kings read by our treasurer, Margaret Kerbey, spoke of Elijah passing on to Elisha his cloak and power. In the same way we, as mothers, do not only cook, clean and look after our families but also pass on to them our faith, religion and values. This is our role in life. The Archbishop spoke of women in the Jewish faith, who are central to the family. At the traditional Friday family meal they not only prepare and cook the meal but also preside over the lighting of the candles and the evening prayers. Mothers have a very important role in family life and the Archbishop thanked us for this.

Archbishop Malcolm also thanked the UCM for all that we do for the Church during the year. We thank him for celebrating the Mass and for his kind words and look forward to our future association with him.

Our pilgrimage to Walsingham takes place from 30 June-2 July and our president, Angela Moore, and members attending will remember those of us at home in their prayers.

News from the Liverpool Province of the Knights of St Columba

Support needed for Wirral’s Tuesday Club for the Less Able Over a year ago we reported on the activities of the Tuesday Club for the Less Able in Wirral, which takes place every Tuesday from 7pm-9pm at the Lauries Club, Claughton Road, Birkenhead.

It is managed by Council 51 of the Knights of St Columba with the aid of voluntary helpers. Our picture shows the four main members of the council – Jim McElvogue, Bernard McElvogue, Jim Riley and Bert Grunnill – who are delegated to run the project and who must manage such tasks as supervising each session, arranging card and bingo games, running the tuck shop and providing food and drinks for around 50 people. Birthdays are always celebrated and a specially made cake is provided on each occasion.

Obviously the commitment to provide this service has to be funded and financial assistance was provided by Wirral Borough Council until recently, but this has fallen victim to the council’s austerity drive and has been withdrawn.

The Knights are therefore forced to find alternative sources of income to

keep this vital activity going and in addition to their own fund-raising would welcome private donations, which can be sent to Bernard McElvogue, 19 Queens Road, Hoylake, CH 47 2AQ, with cheques payable to ‘The Wirral Tuesday Club’. The Liverpool Province raised £2,000 last year to this worthy cause.

The Knights are grateful to Asda from whom they soon expect to receive £250 through the company’s Green Token Scheme.

Each week it costs £57.50 to provide a minibus to take members to and from the Lauries Centre, while the cost of the hire of the hall is £30. An outlay of around £100 a week is needed, therefore, to keep the project going. Regardless of the difficulties faced, the Knights of Council 51 are determined to continue their good work and are grateful for the good will and endless encouragement shown to them not least by the parents and carers of Tuesday Club members.

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

I look forward to seeing you all at our next Bi-monthly Mass at All Saints, Anfield on Wednesday 9 July at 7.30pm.

Minutes, newsletters and details of the charity nominations will be available for collection.

God Bless, Ann Hogg, Media Officer

Pictured right: Archbishop Malcolm with UCM President Angela Moore, Secretary Kate Moss and Treasurer Margaret Kerbey.

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PILGRIMAGE TO ROME & ASSISI 62 people from across Liverpool Archdiocese flew to Rome and Assisi, led by Fathers Ron Johnson and Dominic Curan, in May of this year. The first two days of the pilgrimage were spent in Assisi, where Mass was celebrated both at the Basilica of St Francis, on the first day, and St Clare, on the second day, before a guided tour of Assisi by guide Marcella.

During their time in Rome the pilgrims enjoyed the celebration of Mass in St Peters Basilica and St John Laturam (Cathedral of Rome) as well as St Pauls within the Walls.

Visits were made to the Coliseum, Spanish Steps, Cistine Chapel and Trevi Fountain and the Vatican Museum to name a few.

The highlight of the visit was of course the Papal audience were the group had good seats to see Pope Francis.

Guides Marcella, Francesa amd Georgio were brilliant explaining to the group in great detail all the treasures they were visiting.

Fr Ron Johnson showing his mother the Italian coastline

Frank Silcock was delighted to enjoy the pilgrimage from Liverpool

The pilgrims after their big shop

Fr Ron Johnson, pilgrimage leader, with Frs Michael McCormick and Bernard Jackson who were pilgrims together with Fr Dominic Curran who also led the pilgrimage.

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Cathedral Record Canon Anthony O’Brien – Cathedral Dean

Not one to miss out on an opportunity, I will be in Rome for the beginning of July, accompanying the Cathedral Choirs.

Archbishop ordains deacons Archbishop Malcolm McMahon ordained four permanent deacons during Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral on Sunday 15 June, the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity.

Geoffrey Adams will serve in St Anne and St Bernard’s Parish, Liverpool; Ronald Burke in St Matthew, Liverpool and James Davies and Thomas Simms will both serve in Our Lady Help of Christians, Portico.

They will be singing in St Peter’s Basilica at the Papal Mass for the Feast of St Peter and St Paul at which Archbishop Malcolm will receive the Pallium from Pope Francis. The choirs will also have an opportunity to sing at a number of other Roman churches and visit the various Basilicas and sights around the city. It will be the first time that we have had so many young people on tour with both the boys and girls choirs taking part so it will be quite an undertaking. I hope it is memorable for all the right reasons.

On Sunday 6 July Bishop Malone will preside at the 11.00 am Solemn Mass at the Cathedral, he will be celebrating his Silver Anniversary of Episcopal Ordination. You are most welcome to come along and join him in giving thanks for 25 years ministry as a Bishop within the Archdiocese.

There are two weeks of Graduation Ceremonies at the Cathedral in the latter part of July. Liverpool University have normally held their ceremonies at the Philharmonic but this Summer it is closed due to refurbishment so they will be holding three ceremonies a day from 14-19 July. The following week Liverpool Hope University have three days of ceremonies from 22 July.

Between 30,000-40,000 people will visit our Cathedral to attend these events which should keep us all on our toes!

The Lourdes Departure Mass will be celebrated at the Cathedral this year at 3.00 pm on Sunday 20 July.

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PIC Life Walking for a better world Bishop Eton parishioner Dave Hart joined the Right To Life annual sponsored walk on 26 May. Here is his account of a rewarding day: It was a glorious sunny day for a riverside stroll and the setting perfect.

The River Ribble meandered its way westwards from beneath the shadow of Pendle Hill, noisy and fast flowing.

Birds and mallards went about the business of early summer, and families picnicked on the banks, children splashing in the water with their pets.

Every bend in the river provided a new landscape, a picture of inspiration crafted by God. My thoughts turned to conversations shared with the late Father Tony Hodgetts CSsR. He suggested that when walking for the handicapped or unborn, the absence of blisters was due to being ‘carried by the angels of the unborn’. Those unique souls have been denied the right of a fully human relationship with God, never able to gaze on the natural wonders of His creation. Such denial of life has been inflicted upon millions of such souls since the introduction of David Steel’s Abortion Act into ‘a world that seeks autonomy from God, a world that is an object of possession in every sense of the word’, as Pope Francis has said.

It was a privilege to take part in this event to raise funds for Right to Life and pleasing to see so many families and young people among the hundred plus who walked the eight miles.

Wearily we reached the parish hall at Our Lady of the Valley, St Michael and St John’s Church in Clitheroe and received the usual wonderful hospitality, home-made cakes, tea and sandwiches. Walking with us were Lord David Alton of Liverpool and Jim Dobbin MP. Pro-life parliamentarians have to be continually alert and they are often ridiculed as they courageously continue the fight for the sanctity of life. They told us about developments in the work

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of Right to Life and warned of Lord Falconer’s attempt to legalise ‘assisted suicide’. If successful it would place Britain closely behind Holland and Belgium (successors to Nazi Germany on the issue!) and we would almost certainly follow Holland where nearly one quarter of those ‘assisted’ to die have not given their authorisation and mobile units travel the country providing a suicide ‘service’.

• The walk began with a written reflection from Archbishop Emeritus Patrick Kelly: ‘I have felt we are stopping short of the fullness of joy when in pondering, interpreting, and coming to judgments and so acting consistently faithful to the Right to Life; we just focus on the soul. Eastertide gives us this assurance: everything that is bodily, beginning with the wounds in hands, feet and pierced side and broken heart of Our Lord shall never be lost. We say that when I meet my good friends from the Tuesday club of the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, at the place named by Blessed John Henry Newman, Maryvale in Birmingham, I will know them immediately; those for whom running was out of the question on this earth, will not have become unrecognisable Olympic athletes in the life of the world to come. All their struggles, their bruises and the tired limbs of those who supported and encouraged and assisted them to live life to the full, and the stains of their tears of frustration and anxiety and helplessness, shall be there in wondrous beauty for all to see. When the parents of the genius paraplegic Christy Nolan meet him again, he will be unmistakably for ever their wonderful son who radiated joy in his mischief and once named Jesus “my servile God”.’

• To make a contribution to Right to Life, contact moira.billinge@btinternet.com.

Our July Prayer Dear God, Watch over and protect us, as we go off on our holidays keep us safe and free from all harm.

Thank you God for looking after us Amen

A favourite prayer from the Parish of Saint Jude, Wigan Please send your favourite prayer to: Barbara, Catholic Pictorial, 36 Henry Street, Liverpool L1 5BS

Worth a visit

July will see pilgrims from our Archdiocese enjoy a trip to Lourdes and another shrine worthy of our attention is found at Jasna Gora in Poland, writes Lucy Oliver. The monastery at Czestochowa is the Polish national shrine and houses the icon of Our Lady of which Saint John Paul the Great was a fervent devotee. Said to be painted

by Luke the Evangelist and discovered by Saint Helen in the Holy Land, the icon has endured many attacks, including the looting of Belz when a mysterious cloud is said to have enveloped the chapel. In 1430, when the monastery was besieged by Hussites (pre-Reformation reformers), Our Lady’s face was struck with a sword and the icon abandoned in mud. When it was rescued by monks, a miraculous spring appeared.

While Nazi occupiers prohibited visits to Jasna Gora, many Poles continued their pilgrimages and, after the liberation, half a million pilgrims journeyed to give thanks.

Today pilgrims flock to the Basilica to pray before the image of the Madonna and visit the monastery. The treasury’s storehouse of offerings includes gold rosaries and rosaries made from dried bread in concentration camps. To reach Jasna Gora, fly from Liverpool to Wroclaw, from where trains depart daily to Czestochowa.

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A driveout on one of these beautiful evenings, and pulling in to one of our listed eating places would be ideal.

Il Viandante Alder Lane, Parbold 01257 464600 Rigbye Arms Whittle Lane, Wrightington 01257 462354 The Ship Wheat Lane, Lathom 01704 893117 New Seasons St Thomas Road, Chorley 01257 240040 Hen & Chickens Prescot Road, Maghull 0151 520 1121 Morris Dancers Southport Road, Scarisbrick 01704 880201

More Mullarkey From Johnny Kennedy Father Mullarkey's Uncle Dan was a music hall comedian and appeared at the Pavilion in Lodge Lane and the auld fella himself is quite a dab hand at making his congregation smile.

‘There were three kids in the school playground,’ he told them last Sunday, ‘and one of them said: “My dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper and says it's a poem and they give him £50.” “That's nothing” said the second lad, “My dad scribbles a few words and says it's a song and they give him £100.”

“What about my dad, the Vicar” says kid number three, “he scribbles a few words, calls it a sermon and it takes eight people to collect the money”.

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Anyone interested in receiving the audio copy should contact Kevin Lonergan Tel: 01772 744148 or 01772 655433 (home).

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