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Catholic ISSUE 264 March St Patrick MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF BRINGING THE MORE THAN 20 YEARS OF BRINGING THE 2018 Feast day 17th March NOTTINGHAM DIOCESE TOGETHER 20p WHERE SOLD Published by BeNllcourt Ltd, N2 eBlois Meawdow Business Cens tre, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7BN Telephone: 0207 112 6710 Editor John Clawson. Tel: E-mail [email protected] or [email protected] CAFOD APPEALS FOR LOVE AND his Lent CAFOD is inCviting OsupporMters to ePxpresAs their SSION THIS LENT love and compassion for our global family through pTrayer, fasting and giving. The charity has been awarded matched funding for the Lent Family Fast Day appeal, which means donations made between February 13 and May 12 will be doubled by the UK government up to a total value of £5m. Funds raised during this period must be sent to CAFOD by July 1. The charity is sharing the experiences of Marian in Zim - babwe and her two children Tawanda and Svondo. Thanks to many kind donations, CAFOD provided seeds, fencing and farming training for the family. Over the years, Marian nurtured the seeds into a thriving vegetable garden – full of tomatoes, kale and butternut squash. Marian’s son Tawanda was once so weak that he couldn’t go to school, but now thanks to generous donations is a healthy 21-year-old who can sell produce from his own vegetable plot. CAFOD gave Marian vegetable seeds, nutrition and farming training. She can now grow food to For more information, visit cafod.org.uk/fastday. keep her children strong and healthy. JO E W ALSH T OU RS PILGR IMAGE S DAILY B REAKFAST, LUNCH Bishop offers Mass LOU RDES & D INNER £ 22 M AY | 5 N IGHTS fro m £73 9pp From L iv erpool £ On the 4th of February, 2018, Bishop Patrick offered Mass for married couples of the dio - 25 M AY | 7 N IGHTS fro m£69 9pp for married couples From D urham T ees V alley cese at the Cathedral, and invited them to renew their marriage vows at the same time. He £ was assisted at this Mass by Fr. D. Palmer, Mr. S. Doona, and by the Cathedral Clergy, 6 J ULY | 7 N IGHTS fro m £ pp From Le eds - Br ad ford 73 9 servers and the Cathedral Choir. The following is the homily given by the Bishop for the £ event 16 J ULY | 4 N IGHTS fro m£649 pp From E ast M idlands This afternoon, we gather to thank God for the sacrament of marriage. We usually describe a sacrament as an outward sign of an inner reality. The inner reality in every sacrament is WE O FFER that God comes to us in the sacrament to bless, strengthen and guide us. To help us to ap - » Fu ll r eligious p rogramme l ed b y Sp ir itual D ir ector preciate what God desires to do for us in each of the sacraments, there is an outward sign or » Dir ect F light s to T arbes - L ourdes A irport symbol. So, in the sacrament of baptism, the outward signs or symbols are water, the » R eturn air port t ransf ers i n L ourdes anointing with oil, the white garment; in the Mass it’s bread and wine. 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March 2018 MORE THAN 19 YEARS OF BRINGING THE NOTTINGHAM DIOCESE TOGETHER Ministry with Prisoners The monthly paper for the Diocese of Nottingham The An Ecumenical Service held at St. Ralph an offender. At present, there is no official and hope that ex- prisoners will be less Sherwin Catholic Church in, Chellaston on anprovidsion f ort suphportieng chiildrren inF this asit - mlikely tio rle-ioffeend, sand be re-settled into Catholic News Sunday 28th January 2018, was addressed uation, but PACT has Youth Workers sup - civilian life with greater success. Catholic News by Naomi Farrell, representing PACT porting children referred from schools. Editor: John Clawson (Prison Advice and Care Trust). PACT is an PACT is also campaigning for magistrates A collection amounting to £110 was taken Editorial Office: Bellcourt Ltd, independent Catholic charity, serving pris - and people in the judicial system to con - during the service and donated to PACT. N2 Blois Meadow Business oners, their families and ex-offenders in sider the effects of sentencing on children of Centre, Steeple Bumpstead, England and Wales. Although the charity offenders, and to give shorter sentences Dorothy Robinson Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7BN has operated for 120 years, the need for its where possible. Churches Together In Chellaston Telephone: 0207 112 6710 work is now greater than ever, since prison email: [email protected] or occupancy has doubled in the last 15 years The recent re-organisation and partial pri - The Lead Bishop for Prisons, Bishop [email protected] to 87,000 people in total. The pressure on vatisation of both the prison and probation Richard Moth offers his reflections Website: www.bellcourtltd.co.uk prisons due to under-staffing and funding services seems to have reduced some ser - on the recent outcome of inspections Distribution enquiries: cuts is a concern nationwide, but is particu - vices to prisoners and their families. How - Nick Layton in HMP Liverpool and HMP Notting - larly severe in London prisons. Here, pris - ever, the work of charities like PACT does ham, see page 4 e-mail [email protected], Bellcourt Lim - oners are often confined to their cells for 23 give extra support to prisoners’ families, ited, hours a day, with only one free hour to ac - Publication date: Fourth Sunday of the cess health care or exercise. This results in month for the following month. Opinions high levels of tension, violence, self-harm, expressed by contributors are not necessar - and suicide. ily those of the Editor or the Diocese. News from our Step into the Gap Publishers and Owners : Bellcourt Ltd, PACT tries to mitigate the harm by support - N2 Blois Meadow Business Centre, ing prisoners’ relationships with their fami - Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, Maggiev Maoirulraunteers, Ciara & Kayleigh Suffolk, CB9 7BN Advertising: tel: 0207 lies, which can reduce re-offending. Families are also supported at court hear - Community Par - 112 6710 ticipation Coordi - ings, and have access to a daily Help Line. Parental permission should be sought nator for CAFOD Volunteers are in regular contact with fami - before submitting photographs of in Nottingham lies, liaising with prison authorities to pro - minors. Diocese signpost - Views expressed in The Catholic News vide information for relatives. ing to updates are not necessarily those of the editor Inside prisons, PACT pioneered the provi - from our ‘Gap - sion of Visitor Centres for families waiting pers’!……….. to visit offenders. Peer Support Groups are also held, and also Development Courses Step into the Gap, providing training in parenting, money CAFOD’s gap year Wanted - Parish management and communication skills. programme, is an Kayleigh, Ciara and Maggie at the Briars September 2017 Women prisoners, worried about their chil - opportunity for Correspondents dren are helped by family workers in con - young people to volunteer in the UK, gain The Catholic News is looking for a Find out more and apply for this Septem - tact with social services. experience, develop leadership skills and ber on the CAFOD website. Parish Correspondent in your visit CAFOD partners and the communities parish to send in local news for In the community, the effect on the we work with. So Ciara, following in Bishop Patrick’s re - publication in t his newsp aper . All 200,000 children of offenders is of particu - cent footsteps is visiting our partners in El items to be emailed to lar concern. Police raids on homes when So for us here in Nottingham Diocese that Salvador and Nicaragua, whilst Kayleigh, is [email protected] carrying out an arrest can have a traumatic means we benefit as for the last few years in Sierra Leone. before 10th of the month effect, as well as the absence of a parent, we have had 2 ‘Gappers’ based at the Bri - and the stigma attached to being the child of ars Retreat Centre in Crich. More details on page 7 March 9 Friday - Healing Service led Fr Denis Labartette. Rosary at 7.00 pm followed by Mass, Adoration and prayers for healing. 10 Saturday - Deepening our Faith with Bishop Robert Barron DVD. Mass at 10.00 am followed at 11.00 am by DVD on The Mystery of God. Shared table at 1.00 pm with soup and a roll.