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Crosspiece October 2010 The Parish Magazine of St James’s Church, Cambridge October/November 2010 Issue No. 42 60p Contents : 2: Word from the Vicarage; Vaughan Wil- liams’ Village 3: New Bishop of Ely 4: Wasps’ Nest thoughts; Splish! Splash! Splosh! 5: Tony Chapman Con- cert 6: Ceilidh in St James’s 7: Children’s page 8: Vézelay Cathedral 9: CROSSpieceWORD; Ey-Ooop, lad 10: Poems; October Easter Eggs! 11: Contacts 12: Calendar of events Vézelay Cathedral in Burgundy (see p.8) 2 CROSSPIECE Word from the Vicarage I find it can be difficult to have conversations lectuals and journalists faith is frequently thought about faith with people who don’t come to of as a problem which, in turn, prevents people church or those who have no faith. (It can be dif- from seeing and understanding the contribution ficult to have such conversations with people that people of faith are making in their within the church!) Many regard faith as a private neighbourhoods and in society as a whole. In her matter, or they may be afraid of saying the wrong conclusion she calls for a government ‘which un- thing, especially in front of a priest. Faith, at one derstands faith, which is comfortable with faith, level, is deeply personal and we feel vulnerable and which, when necessary, is prepared to speak when talking about it. But it also comes with be- out about issues of faith. lief systems which place a host of expectations on us. Conversations about faith therefore become I would like to see a society in which people un- easily emotionally charged. derstand faith and are comfortable with faith and are able to have constructive conversations This week two public events that addressed the about faith. Only in this way can those with faith question of faith in society caught my attention. and those of no faith genuinely share and work One of them was the visit of Pope Benedict XVI together with a common vision for a better soci- to Britain – an event impossible to miss! The sec- ety. It is with this in view that we at St James be- ond was Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, a Cabinet Min- came a community partner in the proposal by ister, making a speech in front of the Bishops of ‘The Queen Edith Community Federation Group’ the Church of England in Oxford on faith and so- to establish a new primary school on Gunhild ciety. Way. The proposal includes a faith group which is made up of representatives of the different relig- POPE BENEDICT XVI began his four-day visit ions and Christian denominations within this with a plea to the British to remember their area. I hope the Queen Edith Community Federa- Christian heritage and was reported in the press tion Group bid is successful (we will know the as having made a ‘robust attack on “aggressive result on 28 September). Then we will have a secularism”’. For instance, he said: ‘As we reflect model of people from different faiths working on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism together with the aim of fostering a culture of of the twentieth century, let us never forget how informed respect for, and constructive dialogue the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from between, members of different faiths hopefully public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of also with those of no faith. I do hope that we man and of society,’ citing Nazi Germany as an will get the opportunity to develop a model of example. Whilst I would not disagree with the religious co-operation that will enable our chil- Pope’s words as such, I can’t help but think that dren to grow up with the ability, understanding many people of faith and no faith might cite the and language to talk about faith and faith related numerous examples of aggression that are part of matters whether they are members of faith com- the church’s history to this day. munities or not. Baroness Warsi in her speech on faith and soci- The Reverend Jutta Brueck ety was pointing out that among politicians, intel- ‘Is that a village?' Jennifer and I were recently in the charming and She was right, of course – it is the name of a ancient town of Cirencester for a family wedding, hymn tune – one of our favourites, as it happens. so on the way home we decided to go just a little So much so that when we were married, we chose bit out of our way and visit the nearby village of that as the opening hymn of the service (I still Down Ampney. When we mentioned this to a remember the discreet way in which Jennifer’s friend, she looked a bit puzzled. ‘Is that a vil- Dad sang the tenor harmonies from memory lage?’ she queried, ‘I thought it was the name of a throughout as we stood before the altar!) But hymn tune.’ readers may wonder why that lovely tune to R. F. (Continued on page 3) CROSSPIECE 3 Littledale’s moving translation (Come down, O Love divine) of Friar Bianco da Siena’s late me- dieval hymn should bear that name. The answer is very simple. The tune was com- posed by the great Ralph Vaughan Williams spe- cially to fit Littledale’s text, which was to be in- cluded in the English Hymnal. RVW was the mu- sical editor of the hymnal and the hymn had never before been included in an English hymn-book, so a new tune was needed. ‘Come down, O Love divine’ has been one of my favourite hymns since boyhood; and it still is ca- pable of bringing a surreptitious tear to my eyes Ralph hardly knew him, as he died when the boy as the simple but profound message of the words was only two years old. sinks in when we sing it. The signs on the edge of the main road into Down Ampney proudly give One striking feature of the church is the colourful the answer to the riddle. Under the name of the collection of kneelers, one of which is beautifully village stands the legend ‘Birthplace of Ralph embroidered with a lark and an inscription to Vaughan Williams’. RVW, together with the opening bars of one of his most deservedly popular works – ‘The Lark The great composer was born in Down Ampney Ascending’. Perhaps the kneeler is not strictly and christened in the intimate little church: his speaking ornithologically accurate, but it is a gra- father, the Revd Arthur Vaughan Williams, was cious and fitting tribute. I hope that someone will the vicar of the parish; and there is a well- embroider a companion kneeler bearing the open- designed and fascinating display in the belfry ing bars of Down Ampney itself (the tune, not the chronicling the composer’s long life. (It’s village . .I didn't notice how many pubs the vil- probably worth mentioning that that life might lage has!) It would be a gracious reminder of why have been a much shorter one, as the story goes that sign stands at the entrance to the village itself. that someone dropped the baby during the cere- And a further reason to visit the attractive little mony, but he was fortunately caught in his church! mother’s long skirt and skilfully retrieved before he could hit the ground!) The Revd Arthur was James Day much loved and respected in the village, but New Bishop of Ely Nominated The new Bishop of Ely will be the Rt Revd before attending evensong at the cathedral. Stephen Conway, 52, an assistant bishop in (Ely Diocesan Website) Salisbury. The new bishop will become the 69th Bishop of Ely when officially installed early next year. He succeeds Bishop Anthony Russell, who retired in February 2010. The new bishop toured the diocese recently and met parishioners planning to build a new church at Hampton Vale. He also met farmers in Ramsey. Bishop Conway said: "It is a joyful prospect to serve all God's people in the region, to discover together what God is doing and to join in." Later he met members of the University of Cambridge 4 CROSSPIECE Here for a season (some thoughts on finding a wasps' nest in the loft) In God's sight, we are told, “a thousand years are the psalmist looked, marvelled and said “What is as one day, and one day is as a thousand years”. man, that you consider him?” It is generally We can find other similar ideas: “Here we have agreed that the human brain is by far the most no continuing city” or, in St Augustine's approxi- complex known object in the universe. It is capa- mate words: “God made the universe not in time, ble of contemplating the cosmos and of finding but with time”. pattern in it, not to mention explorations in relig- ion and philosophy. However great and different In the case of wasps the queen survives the winter God may be, the claim in Genesis that man is in and sets about the task of building the next sea- God's image makes sense, so the Incarnation is son's population. This grows and takes over look- not blasphemous. ing after the brood cells. Other wasps go foraging for food or paper-making material for the nest. When we think of the age of the universe or of the After a busy season of catching, drinking from earth, we may be sure that one day this our home rotting plums and jam, stinging people, etc, the will no longer be fit for humans to live in.
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