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The AUGUSTINIAN Magazine for the Parish of Springfield St Augustine of Canterbury Church of Our Saviour New Hall Lent 2016 Contents 2. Welcome 3. City Passion 4. Michael Barwick 6. A Call from God? 7. Puzzles and Recipes 8. Cranky Old Man 10. Puzzle 11.Catenians 12. KSC 13. bccs Our vision for our parish is that we are: 14. The Bishops’ a dynamic worshipping community ‐ where people come for the first me and immediately sense the presence of God a community where everyone is growing in their understanding of the Catholic Faith a community where everyone is growing in the life of prayer and their relaonship with God a community where pastoral, spiritual and praccal care is given to those in need a community where more people are acvely involved in the Mission of the Church A Word from A Word from the Altar The Chair Well done to the Communicaons Group. Since we met as a parish in November last year quite a They have idenfied relaunching the Parish Mag‐ lot has been happening and this new Magazine is just azine as a priority. It is good to have it back and I one example. I really hope that you enjoy reading it and hope it will be of great benefit to parishioners. if you would like to contribute anything for a future edi‐ Remember, though, that the magazine will only on I know that the Communicaons Team would be be as good as you want it to be; the more con‐ delighted to hear from you. tributors we have, the more effecve it will be as We have a new Parish Pastoral Council and very shortly a means of communicaon in the parish. you will see photographs of us all on the noce board so If you don’t feel confident to write arcles then that even if you don’t yet know who we all are you will that is fine, but there are lots of ways in which be able to recognise us in the future. This is not being people can contribute: maybe you can contribute done out of vanity but rather to encourage anyone who news from your family, special occasions, an ex‐ has something to contribute to our parish life to know cing experience you would like to share, some‐ who they can approach to have a chat. So if you have thing about your faith journey and experience of any ideas please feel confident that the PPC really wants being a Catholic Chrisan, things like that. to hear from you. I look forward to the first issue and hope all of The PPC has met twice since we were appointed and we you will take a copy and read it through. are working towards the implementaon of our parish vision. You will see the Vision and our Prayer in this Feedback will be welcome and any comments magazine and the PPC is holding to both. Please join us can be directed to Chris Thompson who will pass in the Prayer. It was wrien by the Bishops of England & them on to the team. Wales as part of Proclaim 15 and as it sits really well with our Parish Vision we have adopted it for our Parish. I wish you all the peace and joy of the risen Apart from working on this Magazine the Communica‐ Christ this Easter. ons working group are working on some proposed re‐ Father Nick visions to the newsleer, updates to the Parish noce‐ board and an overhaul of the website. There are also plans to launch a Parish Facebook page soon, so watch all these spaces! A report was also received from the Welcoming working St Augustine’s group and two new acon groups have been set up and are now looking at Faith Development and Social Acvi‐ es. You will hear more about these in the near future. Chrisne Webb Parish Pastoral Council City Passion Chelmsford will have its own Passion Play this Easter! It will be performed in the City Centre, on Good Friday, on the stage used at the end of the Procession of Witness. A company will be performing a play which shows the Passion and Death of Christ. For many Good Friday is a shopping day and we hope that we will show them why it is the greatest day in history. Passion Plays are not new. Through history they communicated to the illiterate Faithful what Scripture meant. A range of original plays from the Middle Ages are sll performed today and their vibrant acon and resonant language make them an inspiraon to many. Recently, the tradion of Passion Plays has been reinter‐ preted for the modern age. In 2006 a major City Passion was staged in Manchester to great acclaim. It was cov‐ ered by BBC3 but in 2012 a Preston Passion was shown live over Good Friday by BBC2. Port Talbot’s Passion in 2011 included Michael Sheen and a group of Welsh ac‐ tors but it is vital that the core of the cast comes from the local Chrisan Community. Chelmsford follows this paern. The play is freshly wrien by Andrea Dalton, who is also the Director. She, and producer Sally Ransom, are veterans of the South Woodham Ferrers Passion and Chelmsford Theatre Workshop as well as being two key cast members. James French and Kenton Church took key roles in the Cathedral Pas‐ sion. The cast come from Churches of all denominaons across Chelmsford. Everyone is taking part to communi‐ cate their Faith (but also to enjoy doing it). The play concentrates on the Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus and finishes with the disciples’ reports of the Resur‐ recon. It is very much a public performance and aempts to draw in the audience to the acon. The closing speech challenges the audience to reflect on what they have seen and heard and think what it means for their own lives. It starts at 1.30 and lasts an hour so that the audience can go on to their 3pm services. It will certainly be worth watching so come along. We hope that 2016 will be the first of a developing tradion. Part of the problem is funding. If you would like to help, Chris Thompson will know where to send donaons! A Word from the Seminary By Michael Barwick It is a wonderful to be able to write a short piece for this edion of the Augusnian and give you a bit of a reflec‐ on of my me at seminary so far. It has been really special to come home at the end of each term or half term and to see you all and receive messages of support and most importantly, knowing that you are praying for me. So the journey so far… As you may know, I am now a seminarian for the Diocese and I am currently studying at St. Mary’s College in Osco in Birmingham. Arriving at seminary for the first day was quite nerve racking as it was like being back at school in year 7 with a huge rucksack on my back (in this case all of my clothes, Arsenal paraphernalia and DVDs) and then that awkward kiss off your mum outside the gates as she leaves in front of everyone. For anyone who knows my mum…well this did happen. Walking into a new environment with new people was something I have always found difficult. The moment when groups arrived at Walsingham House was always the me when most team members (and I include my‐ self) find that the kitchen is suddenly really dirty and we all need to clean it there and then. Any excuse to avoid awkward conversaon was what I was looking for but this me I couldn’t do that. Aer the first few days we were shown all around the seminary, we were geng to know one another, and how things “worked” around the seminary. The liturgies and mes of prayer were something that I was looking forward to because the chapel at Osco is beauful and there is such a peaceful and prayerful at‐ mosphere. It is a place where as soon as I walk into every morning at 7.13am (7.15 is meditaon) I feel the pres‐ ence of God. It is the heart of all we do and throughout the day I oen return to spend me in prayer. I always remember being told by a priest friend “to have an open heart and an open mind to all things” and this was something I repeated a lot to others but this me it was for me to take on board. Having my heart open to God has allowed him to work within me and guide me on my journey. Throughout the week I have a variety of different lectures, prayer mes, meengs and also social events. Aer lunch each day we all gather together (there are nearly 60 of us in the community) and we pray for our semi‐ nary, vocaons and those who have died. We finish our prayer by saying three mes, “Most Sacred Heart of Je- sus, we place all our trust in you”. The image of the Scared Heart is something I have grown up around, as in Ireland there is a picture of it in my Mum’s family home with a lile red electric candle in front of it (I’m sure you can picture this now if you have Irish family). I never really paid much aenon to it but since September this image has really aided me in my prayer.