Stonyhurst Association Newsletter 314 Summer 2017
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AMDG STONYHURST association news NEWSLETTER 314 OS IN CHARITIES SUMMER 2017 1 editor’s note STONYHURST ASSOCIATION Welcome to the summer edition of the Association Newsletter. Having ventured into the electronic age of the e-newsletter and having found newsletter that to be successful we would like to develop this form of communication in the future. In order to do this we need to be sure that the Newsletter is getting to you and is being opened. So, if you did not previously receive the e-newsletter but would like to in the future, please do provide us with your NEWSLETTER 314 AMDG SUMMER 2017 current email address. CONTENTS Looking to the future there is a plan to print one edition of the Newsletter per year and to send out two editions by email. We are very conscious that there Diary of Events 4 are those who do not have access to email, and so we will send those of you Stonyhurst Association without email addresses a printed copy of the e-newsletter. News 5 Annual Dinner Communicating by email does save the Association the considerable cost of Congratulations 8 Friday 17th November 2017, printing and postage and any saving we can make is beneficial to the work of the Association. at Mercers’ Hall, In Memoriam 12 Ironmonger Lane, London, EC2V 8HE Thank you for your support and I hope you enjoy this edition. Farm Street Stations President: Robert Brinkley CMG OS 72 So, please do help us by sending your email address to of the Cross 13 [email protected] Guest of Honour: Bishop Borys Gudziak The Stonyhurst Record 14 Monsignor Borys Gudziak is Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great in Paris for Ukrainian Stonyhurst Association The Camino de Santiago 16 Greek-Catholics in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. He was appointed by Pope The Stonyhurst Gardens 19 Benedict XVI in 2012. He is also the President of the IGNATIAN WEEKEND - SILENT RETREAT Ukrainian Catholic University. Ignatian Spirituality Led by Fr Philip Endean SJ College News 21 Friday 27- Sunday 29 October 2017 OS in Charities 22 Mayfield School, Mayfield, East Sussex Reports on Events 26 For the third, and most probably final year (2018 hopefully being at the new residential Christian Heritage Wanderers 30 Centre at Stonyhurst) the annual Ignatian Spirituality Retreat for the Association will again be held at Mayfield School, set in the heart of the Sussex countryside 50 miles south of central London. Books of Interest 33 The retreat is intended both for those trying this kind of experience for the first time and for those who have become regulars. Shop 34 We are delighted that this year’s leader will be Fr Philip Endean SJ OS 73 who, after being Tutor of The Mercers’ Company is the Theology at Campion Hall in Oxford and holding the prestigious Glasson Chair at Boston College, moved in Premier Livery Company of the City of London September 2013 to be Professor of Spirituality at Centre Sèvres in Paris from where he will join our retreat. Tickets are priced at £99 for OS and their guests and at £65 for Located in the village of Mayfield on the site of the pre-Reformation residence of the Archbishop of Published by the OS aged 25 and under. This includes a drinks reception, three Canterbury, the buildings boast some astonishingly beautiful gothic interiors. The school was established Stonyhurst Association course dinner, wine at the table and a glass of port. The booking in 1872 by Mother Cornelia Connelly, foundress of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus (SHCJ) and still helps Stonyhurst College, Clitheroe form is on the website, and is also included in this edition of the students ‘to grow strong in faith and lead fully human lives’. Lancashire BB7 9PZ Newsletter mailing. Tel: 01254 827043 www.mayfieldgirls.org Email: [email protected]. The cost will be £125 per person for two nights’ accommodation and meals. To obtain a booking form, www.stonyhurst.ac.uk please ring the Association on Tel: 01254 827043 or email: [email protected] Editor: Michael Hargreaves ([email protected]) © Stonyhurst Association FRONT COVER: A COLLAGE OF PICTURES FROM CHARITIES THAT OS ARE INVOLVED IN INSET: STONYHURST CREST ABOVE THE MAIN GATES “QUANT JE PUIS” YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEWSLETTER ARE WELCOMED: CONTACT BACK COVER: A SQUIRREL MILITARY TRAINING HELICOPTER HAVING JUST LANDED ON THE AVENUE THE EDITOR FOR INFORMATION diary of events NEWS Details will be published on the website www.stonyhurst.ac.uk email: [email protected] with any queries DATE EVENT NOTES August 18th – 25th Lourdes Pilgrimage It is some years since we arranged a gathering for our OS, parents and families north of the border! A Convivium in We are currently planning this event and will have further details shortly. The Headmaster, John October 4th Browne and the College Curator, Jan Graffius will be attending. It would be lovely to see as many of Edinburgh you there as possible. If you are at university in Scotland and perhaps have not given us your email address do get in touch so that we can send you the details. A reunion for OS 2007 is being arranged at the College. A booking form is available from the Association Office. We are currently gathering as many email addresses as we can and would be October 14th OS 2007 Reunion glad to hear from any of you who suspect that the email address we hold for you is out of date so that we can update our records. We are delighted that this year’s leader will be Fr Philip Endean SJ OS 73 who, after being Tutor of Theology at Campion Hall in Oxford and holding the prestigious Glasson Chair at Boston College, October 27th – Ignatian Retreat at moved in September 2013 to be Professor of Spirituality at Centre Sèvres in Paris from where he 29th 2017 Mayfield School will join our retreat. The cost will be £125 per person for two nights’ accommodation and meals. To obtain a booking form, please ring the Association on 01254 827043 or email: association@ stonyhurst.ac.uk This year the dinner will be presided over by Robert Brinkley CMG, OS 1972, and will be held at Mercers’ Hall, Ironmongers’ Lane, London. The guest speaker will be Monsignor Borys Gudziak Stonyhurst who is Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Volodymyr the Great in Paris for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics November 17th Association in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. He was appointed by Pope Benedict Annual Dinner XVI in 2012. He is also the President of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Tickets are priced at Wing Commander Thorpe, Professor Atkin £99, and at £65 for OS aged 25 and under and include a drinks reception and wine at the table. The and Wing Commander Wright in front of a booking form is available on the website or through the Association Office. Hawk TMk1 aircraft from 100 Squadron. Association December 11th Will take place in St Peter’s Church at 7.00pm, and all are welcome to join us and for refreshments Carol Service afterwards in the Top Refectory. CHRIS ATKIN OS 82 and CHRIS THORPE OS 82 The President of the Royal Aeronautical Society visits RAF LEEMING George Erdozain OS 61 and Martin Hothersall OS 72 will again be hosting an OS lunch and informal Professor Chris Atkin OS 82, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Wing Commander Andy Wright, who gave a fascinating presentation Preston reunion at the Preston Grasshoppers’ match against Kendal on Saturday 20th January 2018. This was hosted on a visit to Royal Air Force Leeming by Wing Commander about the history and present role of the squadron which currently flies January 20th 2018 Grasshoppers event is for OS, families and friends and in the past few years has grown to over 50 attendees with Chris Thorpe OS 82. After lunch with the Station Commander and other the Hawk TMk1 in the ‘Aggressor’ role, acting as targets for other aircraft, Match and Lunch OS coming from France, Scotland and the South as well as the North of England. Anyone interested in attending should contact Martin Hothersall at [email protected] or on 01772 613207. senior officers, Professor Atkin had the opportunity to learn about the and in a training role, providing live training for Forward Air Controllers. flying activities that take place at Leeming. He visited Air Traffic Control Wing Commander Thorpe is currently posted to Royal Air Force Leeming March 29th – and then had the opportunity to see a Tutor aircraft from Northumbria where he leads a team designing and delivering collective training for the Easter Retreat The Easter Retreat takes place at the College from Maundy Thursday until Easter Sunday and all OS 1st April 2018 and their families are welcome. A booking form will be available in the New Year. University Air Squadron. The highlight was a visit to 100 Squadron in its Royal Air Force’s Expeditionary Air Wings. centenary year. Professor Atkin was hosted by the squadron commander, Association Dinner A dinner is being arranged at Leinster House at the invitation of Senator Ronan Mullen. A booking May 10th 2018 at Leinster House, form will be available in the Christmas term. Please contact the Association Office if you are NICK KENYON OS 95 AND RICHARD KENYON OS 98 Nick and his brother Richard Kenyon recently hosted a visit from His Royal Dublin interested in attending. Meet His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales Highness, The Prince of Wales, to Dewlay Cheesemakers in Garstang.