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The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + November 2010 FREE www.catholicvoiceoflancaster.co.uk The Official Newspaper to Inside this month: the Diocese of Lancaster p5 St Winefride’s Outdoor Mass p6 Prisons Week 2010 - Be with me Issue 224 + November 2010 p15 Pope Fest - Glastonbury with God! hat a day, what memories. St Joseph’s primary school © Mazur/www.thepapalvisit.org.uk WWesham joined children from Catholic schools from Lancaster and all over the country at St Mary’s College, Twickenham for truly a day to remember! The event theme was “I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full”. The day was certainly a full one and was a celebration of living life to the full in so many ways. We left school at 2.00am and arrived in London at about 7.45am. By 8.00am we were through security and onto the sports field. Everyone received a ‘goody bag’ with such diverse items as a prayer card, order of service and a banana! (Is there a scriptural reference I’ve missed here?). The children were so excited, especially when we found that Lancaster Diocese were right at the front and to the left of the stage. For over an hour and a half the Master of Ceremonies - Andy Akinwolere from Blue Peter - A kept us entertained and informed until the moment arrived. Dayto We saw His Holiness arrive, visit the chapel for prayers and then start his entrance in the famous pope mobile. We sang and shouted and cheered as he went past and the children were certain he had waved just at them! Some of the responses from my four excited children were: Remember! “It was just so full of joy, I hope that one day in the future my own child might have the opportunity to do what I have done today” (Ellie), “Meeting the Pope was a memorable thing, I’m so very “ lucky because not everyone has had that opportunity” (Jack), ““When the Pope looked at me it made me feel really special as if he had really warmed to me” (Tom), Everyone was so happy and I thought about how my mum had met Pope John Paul II when he came to Wales and now it was my turn” (Ffion). It is really worth looking at the message the Pope gave to us that I have“ come day. You can find it onwww.thepapalvisit.org . It speaks of how we all have the chance to become saints and the vital role that our catholic schools have in enabling this to happen. It certainly so that they has made me reflect anew on our mission and vision here at St Joseph’s, Wesham. may have life Seven and a half hours after Pope Benedict left and have the arena we were back in Wesham. Tired, hungry, travel-sick (that was me) but filled it to the full. with a deep satisfaction and a sense of purpose that he really had come ‘so that they may have life and have it to the full’. (Margaret Wright Head Teacher, St Joseph’s Wesham) ” 2 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + November 2010 www.catholicvoiceoflancaster.co.uk EDITORIAL ope Benedict’s state visit to the UK in September has During those four days we saw a pastor who possesses a heart Pbeen judged a resounding success by both the British gov- burning with love, who reminded us of something we all know, ernment and the Holy See. As George Carey, the former Arch- but often forget – that each one of us has a vocation to love. bishop of Canterbury, expressed it, ‘He came, he saw, he conquered’. It’s easy enough to say, but what does it mean in practice if it is to be more than a platitude? What is it that drew hundreds of thousands onto the streets of Edinburgh and London to catch a glimpse of the Holy Father? Vincent Nichols, the Archbishop of Westminster, has provided us In a word, holiness. From the moment Pope Benedict walked with the first sketch of a response to the Holy Father’s example of down the steps of the Alitalia plane, Shepherd One, people saw love. In his Pastoral Letter immediately after the pope’s visit he the evident holiness of the successor of St Peter on their TV wrote: screens and were irresistibly drawn to him. What is holiness? We witness best to the splendour of the truth Simply put, it is the love of God, revealed in Jesus Christ, radiant ‘ of our faith when we follow the example given Contact us in the words and actions of his followers. More than anything, it was the love, the caritas, of Pope Benedict that won over so many by Pope Benedict. In speaking of our faith he The Catholic Voice of Lancaster of our fellow citizens. It is not by chance that the Holy Father’s is published on the last Sunday of the first encyclical, Deus Caritas est, was on love. The first encyclical was always so gentle and courteous, so month previous to publication date. in the history of the Church on the subject of love. sensitive to the achievements and anxieties of his listeners, so clear and reasoned in The Catholic Voice of Lancaster is As the Catechism of the Catholic Church expresses it: published by its owners. The Trustees presenting difficult points, so humble and of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charity [caritas] is the soul of the holiness to which all are called: open-hearted. We must strive for these same Lancaster, a registered charity, it “governs, shapes, and perfects all the means of sanctification”. (No. 234331), and is wholly independent qualities when speaking about our faith, in of and separate from any previous ‘If the Church was a body composed of different members, it witnessing to its truth. newspaper published by or on behalf couldn't lack the noblest of all; it must have a Heart, and a Heart of the diocese. BURNING WITH LOVE. And I realised that this love alone was the true motive force which enabled the other members of the EDITOR: Church to act; if it ceased to function, the Apostles would forget Archbishop Nichols went on to say’ that Pope Benedict has spelt Edwina Gillett to preach the gospel, the Martyrs would refuse to shed their out our mission as Catholics in the UK. We are to be witnesses to 01253 736630 / 07969 967268 blood. 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The They have the same generosity, the same clearly. Last date for copy is the LAST First Infantry Training Battalion in Catterick trains soldiers courage in the face of danger and the DAY of the month prior to publication. for the infantry of the line. They are surprised to find that same heroic nature. In the modern army Photographs will be returned if you there are two five o’clocks in a day and they are on their feet the circumstances are different but the remember to put your name and address for both of them. Their parents see them again after five essence is the same. It is always a great joy on the back of each and enclose suitable weeks and are amazed at the transformation. Busy, busy, to see the “old and bold” come back – stamped and self-addressed packaging. busy...not a minute to spare. So much to do and so little time those who have served and retired – and to get it all done. to see them with the young soldiers of today – they are exactly the same. After six months they have changed from being a civilian to being a soldier. They go off to their battalion like somebody who Please remember our Service Personnel, has passed his driving test – ready now to learn from experience. living and dead, in your prayers. These young soldiers are not different from the people we (Father Tom Butler) www.catholicvoiceoflancaster.co.uk November 2010 + The Catholic Voice of Lancaster + 3 Schools Schools Schools SchoolsScShcoholos ols Playing the ScShSchoocoolhs lsools lackpool Youth Concert Band's first Bmajor European turned out to be a great success.
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