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The Link. National Catholic Scout Fellowship Page Summer 2012—Number 206

Officer Details… Page 3 Resources… Page 3 Bishop Richard’s Thoughts… Pages 4 to 6 Chairman’s Thoughts… Pages 7 & 8 Notice Board… Page 9 Diary… Page 10 Book Information… Page 10 NCSF Application form… Pages 11 & 12 Resources Order Form… Pages 13 & 14 2012 National Camp Picture Gallery… Pages 15 & 16 Paryer for the Queen’s Jubilee Page 16 News from Birmingham… Pages 17 & 18 From the National Chaplain… Pages 19 to 21 Mission Impossible… Page 21 ICCS Badge… Page 22 CISG Contacts… Page 23 Centenary Prayer...Page 24

Exec Meetings -

Next executive meeting

English Martyrs Rowley Regis - 14 July 2012 at 11 a.m.

AGM 13th October—see page 10

Next CIGS (Christians in Guiding and Scouting) meeting

TBC

The views and opinions expressed in articles in this publication are solely those of the authors and not . They are intended for the consideration of the readership and in particular the members of the NCSF.

Page 2 Summer 2012 Issue Chairman Secretary Margaret M H McDowall Patsy Warren 4 Copperhouse Road, 12 Cleves Crescent Strood Cheslyn Hay Rochester Staffordshire ME2 2TQ WS6 7LR 01634 307335 01922-413489 [email protected]

Treasurer National RC Chaplain Patrick Warren Fr. John Seddon 12 Cleves Crescent 165 Liverpool Road Cheslyn Hay Crosby Staffordshire Liverpool WS6 7LR L23 0QN 01922-413489 0151 949 1782

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A selection of resource material is available from the NCSF Badge Secretary to ease the work of Catholics in Scouting. They can be obtained from the following address.

These are available from: Ann Ingleby Ki-Ro Items Want to see what you are 14 Rangers Walk going to get? Etching Hill 38mm badges 53p Rugeley 50mm badges 65p A catalogue of all the items Staffs Woggles £1.25 available is viewable online WS15 2NA CSAC Pin Badge £1 and downloadable from the website. This should make it Tel: 01889 585345 easier for you to order items. ICCS Centenary badges See pages 13 and 14 for price £1.50 our new order form!

The Link. National Catholic Scout Fellowship Page 3 From Bishop Richard...

Sermon for National Scout Service St. George’s Chapel, Windsor 29 th April 2012

This is a special day for everyone here in this chapel, it is a wonderful gathering, a real celebration of Scouting and the very significant relationship that exists between the members of the Scout Movement and Her Majesty – celebrated in a special way in this, Her Majesty’s Jubilee Year.

May I take this opportunity to congratulate all those who are St. George’s Day Award recipients – it is to you and to your fellow scouts that I now speak.

We have seen some arrows in this amazing chapel. Arrows speak to us of journey – it might be the arrow speeding through the air on its way to the target, the arrow that we see on the road signs alongside our roads. Some of us may even remember the “Golden Arrow” train, rushing along the track to its destination.

Arrows point the way – and we are all on a journey. We have all travelled to be here today. We spend our lives going from one place to another, seemingly in an ever-increasing rush under the pressures of life. When I travel on trains or walk through the streets of London, I see so many people rushing about and I often wonder “Where are they going?”

When I ask myself that question, I do not think of where they are going at that moment – but where are they going in the long term. Where to do travel on life’s journey? What indications, what arrows, do we follow on that path?

The Bible contains many accounts of people on journeys – Abraham journeying to the promised land, Moses and the people of Israel leaving Egypt, The Jewish people at the time of the exile leaving their beloved homeland – and then returning again many years later. In the

Page 4 Summer 2012 Issue New Testament, we find Mary and Joseph travelling to Bethlehem. We find Jesus walking around the country teaching and healing. Then we find him travelling to Jerusalem where he will die and rise from the dead. Later, in the Bishop Moth preaches at Mass on Pentecost Sunday The shepherd and his flock enjoying to best of weather Acts of the Apostles, everything is about journeys again – this time the journeys taken by the Apostles as they bring the Gospel message to the world. Everyone is on the move.

It is the same for us – and the arrows of today’s service are all about that journey. We reflect on the way that has brought us to today. Not just to this chapel, but to this point in our lives. We think of family and friends, those who have influenced us in life – perhaps teachers and the people we respect, the difficult experiences that have formed us too, and – of course – our lives as Scouts, the special experiences we have enjoyed as members of this very special organisation, the things we have learned, the skills we have acquired. We bring all these things with us on the journey. We begin our journey with a rucksack that has little in it – but as we travel along, all these experiences and encounters with people begin to fill the rucksack. Sometimes we have to find a bigger one to get everything in!

Once in a while, it is good to stop and reflect for a bit. We step off the road and check map and compass. We remember where we have

The Link. National Catholic Scout Fellowship Page 5 been and we look for the path ahead. We take our bearings. We look for new signs and we continue on the journey.

Sometimes, the path we are called to take will be something of a surprise, the arrows giving us direction may point to unexpected places. All this is part of life’s journey and the experience we have, the things we learn, the skills we acquire – more importantly, the people we meet – form us to become the people we are meant to be.

This chapel, in which we have stepped aside from the journey for a few moments, reminds us that our journey of life is also a pilgrimage – a sacred journey. Each one of us is called by God to do something that only we can do. This will be our particular contribution to the world in which we live – and those of you who have given so much of your lives to Scouting are giving something very significant to society. For others in this chapel today, the discovery is at an earlier stage – but that discovery of who we really are and what it is that we are called to do in life is ultimately the discovery of what God wills for us and when we make that discovery – when we follow the arrows along that path – we come to know who we really are and we find real fulfilment in our lives.

For us, as Scouts that fulfilment surely lies in Service – Service as expressed in the , that we shall renew today - duty to God and the Queen and in helping others. This is a wonderful direction to take, a sure arrow on our journey of life. My prayer for each one here today is that together we may continue on that path of service, finding meaning and fulfilment on the journey of life together, a life lived with real direction in the service of others, that we become the people God calls us to be. It is following these arrows that will bring us truly to life.

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What a wonderful few months we have had. Our Jubilee Camp was a wonderful success, with children who had never camped before having a wonderful experience. The Salesians were wonderful in organising morning prayers.

One of the highlights was a Morning Prayer actually taking place in the stream that ran through the grounds. I hasten to add that a full risk assessment had taken place and the activity was well planned and had sufficient leaders to make sure there were no accidents. As the children ‘paddled’ in the stream the look on the faces of some of the leaders was a sight to behold as the young people waded onto the bank with trousers wet up to their calves. The mantra I used when taking my group camping was ‘legs dry faster than trousers’ so we always wore shorts on camp.

To add to the wonderful weekend the sun shone the whole time, which is always a bonus when camping. You will be able to see from our pictures the good weather and time we had. I would like to thank Bishop Richard, Fr John and the members of the NCSF executive who all helped over the weekend, but the biggest thank you must go to the Salesians for giving us the use of their grounds. I bet you are all wondering why we did not have rain like the others at the Jubilee Weekend the answer is that we had it the week before the actual Jubilee.

If you have any photographs of your Jubilee Camp do let us have them with a few words to go with them. You can send them direct to the Editor; his e-mail address is in the LINK.

Fr John, our National Chaplain, and myself attended the centenary celebrations of the 2nd Hinckley (St Peter’s) Scout Group. It was a really wonderful occasion and hopefully there will be pictures and a report in the next edition of the LINK.

Olympic fever is taking over and some of you may have seen the torch going through your town or village. It would be good to hear if any of you played a part in the torch relay or are going to be involved in the actual Olympics in any capacity. You never know perhaps one of your past , Cubs or Scouts might have gained a place in Team GB. If that is the case we would welcome your pictures and stories. Part of the Olympic ethos is ‘to do the best you can’ which is just like scouting – ‘always do your best’!

The Link. National Catholic Scout Fellowship Page 7 No doubt some of you are now preparing for your Summer Camp and hopefully the weather will be kind to you. I always found Summer Camps wonderful as you watch your young people taking on responsibilities and coping at being away from home, some of them for the first time.

I have always found group dynamics fascinating as you watch people learning to live, if only for a short time, with other people whose way of life and habits may be very different from your own. For young people this can be quite daunting and their experiences on camp will help them in later life when they move away from home and all that is familiar to them.

Perhaps your young people might like to let us adults know how they cope on camp and how much they enjoyed their experience. We would welcome their contributions, however small they might be, photos are always welcome!

Our AGM, which this year is a one-day event, is on 13 October at English Martyrs Church in Rowley Regis, Birmingham area. The cost for the day is £10.00 to include a fish and chips lunch. We are organising a guest speaker this year for the first part of the day finishing off with our AGM and Mass. If you are interested in coming the details and booking form will be in the next edition of the LINK or if you are at the Gilwell Reunion you can pick up a form there.

Advance notice of an event that is taking place 9 – 10 March 2013. We are holding a residential weekend at which the Guest Speaker will be Fr Christopher Jamieson OSB. You may remember him from the BBC documentary The Monastery. Details of this and the other events will be printed in the Autumn edition of the LINK and will also be available at the Gilwell Reunion.

It is good news to read from Fr John, our National Chaplain that Fr. Jacques Sevin has been made Venerable. So apart from St George, the patron saint of scouting, we also have another saint in Heaven pleading our cause. I know one group who will be delighted and that is the Scout Group attached to the Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon. They are a very large group and the parish is in the care of the Jesuits, and the venerable Jacques Sevin was a Jesuit Priest.

Finally just a thought although a controversial one when we all want to appear to be the same. Over the past years I have noticed more and more female leaders and girls wearing trousers to all occasions. Whilst I understand that

Page 8 Summer 2012 Issue when doing activities trousers are the sensible thing to wear, however wouldn’t it be nice to show our feminine side at formal events by wearing a skirt! I did say it would be controversial.

Margaret McDowall Chairman

Notice Board...

Founder’s Day Annual Mass...

Please note that arrangements for this are changing next year. If you wish to participate in this or assist in any way and for more information please contact our Chairman, Margaret McDowall, at [email protected] or see our website: www.catholicsinscouting.org.

Sponsorship...

Some editions ago we ran and article on Sponsorship and what can often be the thorny problems that go with it.

It is perhaps prudent to review how many of you took the advice given at that time to check your current agreement and update it particularly if any of the major ‘stakeholders’ had changed; GSL, DC or PP.

How many of you have done it?

If you have would you be prepared to share your experience for the benefit of others? What went well, what didn't go well and what would you do differently next time. I think that I got that correct from my days in Leader Training.

Do you need help with this or could you help others by sharing your agreement as a template? Let me now. Ed

The Link. National Catholic Scout Fellowship Page 9 Dates for your Diary...

7th – 9th September 2012 Gilwell Reunion;

13 th October NCSF AGM 2012

1 Day meeting at Rowley Regis, Birmingham;

2nd March 2013 – 3pm Founders Day Mass, St. George’s Cathedral, Southwark

Please note the change of Day from Sunday to Saturday, when more things will be open and you have the possibility of an overnight somewhere in or near London (!).

9th - 10 th March 2013 Leaders Retreat as part of the ‘Year of Faith’ announced by the Holy Father

Arriving Midday on the Saturday and finishing with Lunch on the Sunday. The theme of the retreat will be, “ Year of Faith – handing on the Good News”. Catholic Education: Universal Principles, Locally Applied

This collection of essays is concerned with the ’s understanding of the nature of human flourishing and the processes of education that flow from it. It contains 3 articles from Fr Twal a member of CICS. We hope to have a full review in a later edition.

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A Scout Prayer for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

Loving God, we rejoice in this 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of our Patron, Queen Elizabeth II. We thank you for the example of ‘Duty’ that our Queen has demonstrated in her sixty years as our Queen. Help us in our turn to do our Duty, to God and to the Queen. Keep Queen Elizabeth II in your loving care, now and forever. ‘ Long live the Queen’. Amen.

Page 16 Summer 2012 Issue News from the Birmingham Guild...

For several years now, it has been a tradition in the Birmingham Diocese to celebrate a Civic Mass in St. Chad’s Cathedral on the Solemnity of Christ the king.

On this occasion invitations are addressed to the Lord Mayor, Warwickshire County Lieutenant, senior figures of the Judiciary, representatives of other Faiths and members of the various Catholic organisations within the Diocese.

Birmingham Scouts are always honoured with an invitation from the Archbishop and seats are usually reserved for us alongside the High Altar.

At the beginning of Mass we were led by Denis Hurley, our Guild Chairman, with the privilege of processing with Group Flag Colours down the centre isle in the splendour of our Cathedral designed and furnished in 1841 by Augustine Pugin.

The Mass this year was celebrated by Bishop David McGough and sung the Liturgy provided by the Cathedral Choir and conducted by Professor David Saint, the Cathedral Director of Music.

What a memorable experience it was for the Scouts, young and old, their Leaders and the Parents who were pleased to join us, all seated with a close view of the High Altar and the Mass proceedings.

A reception was held after Mass in the Grimshaw room, where Scouts served refreshments they had prepared beforehand to the dignitaries and then joined with Bishop McGough and the Lord Mayor for a

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On the way home so many aspects of this prayerful festival were the source of conversation, with everyone expressing appreciation for the unique experience.

It was pleasing to hear many asking whether there would be an opportunity of a further visit to the Cathedral to learn more about its history and architecture of our magnificent Cathedral.

Geraldine Wilson, Paul Titley St Thomas More Scout Group, Great Wyrley

Photographs show Denis Hurley, Chair of the Guild. Bishop McGough. The Lord Mayor. Leaders and members of St Thomas more Scout group. Wanted!

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Venerable Jacques Sevin

Recently I wrote in the link about Father Jacques Sevin. In the ICCS E/M Newsletter we see the following:- “ we received the wonderful news, that the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI had approved the decree of heroic virtue of the Venerable Jacques Sevin s.j.

To re-cap - Pere Jacques was born in Lille in 1882; he joined the Jesuits in 1900 and became an ordained priest in 1914. Impressed by Scouting's educational method, Pere Jacques met Baden-Powell in London in 1913 after which he wrote his seminal work:

'Scouting, a documentary study and applications' .

Having attended B-P's Woodbadge courses at Gilwell Park UK, he adapted what he had learned into French.

Gradually, he formulated his own training methods, which, at the time, were not greeted with enthusiasm in religious circles. In 1920, based on his ideas, Catholic Scouting in France officially began under the name 'Scouts de France.'

The success of this new movement was immediate. The concept of education to responsibility, dedication and the discovery of nature proved to be an enormous attraction for young people.

Pere Jacques also adopted the prayer of St Ignatius as the Scout prayer:

Lord Jesus, Teach us to be generous; Teach us to serve You as You deserve; To give and not to count the cost; To fight and not to heed the wounds; To toil and not to seek for rest; To labour and not to ask for any reward, except that of knowing that we do Your will. Amen.

The Link. National Catholic Scout FellowshipPage 19 This prayer is said by millions of Scouts whenever they start their Scouting activities.

We join Mère Madeleine and the sisters of Holy Cross of Jerusalem in the prayer that someday soon the Venerable Jacques Sevin s.j. will become the Parton Saint of Scouting.

100 year of Catholics in Scouting:

At the meeting of the ICCS World Steering committee it is proposed to organise the celebration of a 100 years of Catholic Scouting, (In 2013) this will extend Worldwide into all 4 Regions.

A special working group has been established to start initiatives at the individual and unit level under the motto: ‘Keep your lamps lit’ [‘tenir une lampe allumée’] . Detailed information on what is planned will be made available soon.

It is proposed by World ICCS to produce a ‘Jacques Sevin’ commemorative badge that will be presented as a special award to people for outstanding services. The NCSF will be giving much thought in the coming months as to what we might do in the England and Wales to participate in this centenary. Given the motto ‘Keep your lamps lit’ we could get the year off to a good start by making a real effort to take part in the Bethlehem Peace light initiative.

Diamond Jubilee camp

The Diamond Jubilee camp held in the grounds of Savio House, Bollington, Macclesfield was a great success, the weather was great, the atmosphere great, the numbers were good approx 100 and even the Royal Family came to join us (or at least some leaders with cardboard masks on, pretending to be The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince William, and Kate, to mention just a few). Many thanks must go to all the team from the NCSF, to our hosts the Salesians, to Bishop Moth, who camped with us for the weekend and to the team who built the camp fire, it was so hot, that leading the camp fire I began to get something of an idea as to what a hog roast felt like.

Scottish camping

The weekend after saw me camping again in Loch Etive with a group for their week long Summer camp. Again the weather was kind to us and

Page 20 Summer 2012 Issue we were able to Canoe, Sail, Pull and Row (for those unfamiliar with the term ‘pull’ it is where a group of sea scouts row together while I sit at the tiller and guide them!). I was not quite St Patrick, but I used a can of 3 in 1 oil to explain the Trinity during Mass at camp on Trinity Sunday. It only remains for me to wish you good scouting this summer and invite you to come and join us at the Gilwell Reunion in September and our AGM on 13 th October.

Father John Seddon MA National Chaplain (RC)

Who invited Captain Birdseye?

Mission Impossible?...

Still heard nothing on the oldest Group front!

Are we giving the title to 2nd Hinckley (St Peter’s) then?

Congratulations on your celebrations the other week. Ed

The Link. National Catholic Scout FellowshipPage 21 ICCS Badge...

It was interesting that at this year’s Founders Day Mass quite a few people asked what this badge was.

It is the badge showing membership of the ICCS - International Catholic Council of Scouting - a world wide catholic organisation which supports Catholics in scouting.

Who is entitled to wear it?

Well all paid up members of the NCSF, whether individual or groups, can wear it and it can be purchased through the NCSF Badge Secretary. Details on this and the Ki- Ro badge , to indicate that your Group is a Catholic Group, can be found on page 3.

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Please remember that it is your responsibility to ensure that you pay sufficient tax to cover the amount of tax reclaimed in gift aid by the NCSF. Page 22 Summer 2012 Issue CIGS Contacts...

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Mrs June Davies Currently please use Colin Raistrick 31 Loseley Road The Chairman of CIGS for contact Farncombe Goldaming METHODIST Surrey GU73RE Mr Colin Raistrick 12 Park Crescent Tel: 01483 428876 Shiremoor [email protected] Newcastle upon Tyne NE27 OLH ROMAN CATHOLIC GUIDES Tel: 0191 253 4755 Ms Geraldine Dorman [email protected] 147 Stanwell Road Penarth SALVATION ARMY Wales CF64 3LL Rob Moye Territorial HQ Tel. 0292 0707402 101 Newington Causeway [email protected] London SE1 6BH URC Tel: 0207 367 4927 Rev David Marshall Jones [email protected] Flint Cottage School Lane London Road South Merstham Redhill RH1 3AZ

Tel: 01737 644556 [email protected] Please don’t be afraid of using the support of our colleagues in the other Christian denominations particularly if you need support in helping members of other denominations within your Group.

The Link. National Catholic Scout FellowshipPage 23 NCSF PRAYER

Loving God, Help us to be true to our Promise and Law. Keep us faithful to the teaching of the Church and the example of Our Lady and the Saints. Guide us in your ways of love, And strengthen us through your Spirit, to live lives of Service. We ask this through Jesus, your Son, who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE CENTENARY OF Centenary Prayer Book SCOUTING for Catholics in Scouting

Loving God, ‘One World, One Promise’ In this Centenary of Scouting we come before you as your children. Complied by We come to thank you; to thank you for Our Rev John Seddon MA founder Baden-Powell, National Scout Chaplain for his vision and for his faith; England & Wales to thank you for the many leaders and volunteers who have given their time, Available from Fr. John Seddon their energy, and their commitment, (see page 3 for contact details) to the great game that is scouting;

To thank you for all the children and young £1.95 each P & P depending on people who have enjoyed and benefited so much from scouting through this past one number ordered. hundred years. And, loving God, Copies of the Prayer Card are We pray that you may be with us still available from Mrs Margaret to help us and to guide us McDowall and of course Fr John through the next century. (see page 3 for contact details)

(Written by Fr John Seddon) They can be collected at NCSF Meetings and activities.

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