Middlesbrough April 2015 Diocesan Issue 417 Catholic VOICE FREE Monk’s Papal Honour Paul’s Premier What’s Everest Role For Cath Passions Inside Page 11 Page 13 Page 16 Bishop’s Column We Belong To The General Election in May offers us, as Catholics, the opportunity to question those who seek our vote to judge how they will act for those most in need, and how they will act to support and God! strengthen families and individuals in their human dignity with the opportunity to reach their full potential. More than 150 young people The various problems faced in our from our Diocese joined a communities are felt most keenly by those who are most vulnerable; those throng of 8,000 at Wembley Bishop Terry with young people from our Diocese suffering poverty in some form – Arena for the largest gathering financial, social isolation or rejection. of young Catholics the country Two examples show how the very basics of security, a job and a home, can turn has seen outside of Papal visits. from a solution to a problem. It was a day of celebrating and enriching Easter Schedule 2015 Families used to be able to rely on work their faith, with the overriding message Holy Week, St Maryʼs Cathedral to provide enough money to get by. “You are not alone, you belong to God.” Having a job used to mean that families This was delivered in both word and Palm Sunday 29 March sacrament, as well as by being surrounded 4.00 pm Saturday Vigil/Blessing of Palms would be clothed and fed. Unfortunately (The Lady Chapel, Mount Grace) the case now is that many families in with so much joy and energy. 6.30 pm Saturday Vigil/Blessing of Palms work have to turn to food banks and Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines was 8.30 am Mass (Osmotherley) support from parishes and charities in the main speaker. His heartfelt talk had 10.00 am Mass/Blessing of Palms - with Bishop Terence order to get by. Half of all people in everyone enraptured and caused them to 5.00 pm Mass poverty live in a family where at least both laugh aloud and shed a few tears. He Monday 30 March 6.30 pm Mass one member of the household is in focused on The Beatitudes, focusing Tuesday 31 March 12 noon Chrism Mass work1. This is a comment on the especially on conveying the importance of 6.00 pm Childrenʼs Last Supper Service precarious workplace as experienced by Mercy. Wednesday 1 April 9.15 am Mass some, dogged by low wages, inadequate 12.30 pm Mass (Osmotherley) Cardinal Tagle challenged everyone to be 7.00 pm Deanery Reconciliation Service hours, or exploitative zero-hour contracts merciful and assured us that even when we which afford no security or predictability Holy Thursday 7.00 pm Mass of the Last Supper - with Bishop Terence feel alone, we belong to God. Watching until 10 pm ending with Night Prayer of income. Grammy award-winning Christian performer Good Friday 10.00 am Morning Prayer & Office of Readings There are also deep-rooted problems with Matt Redman led the music and most of 10.00 am Stations of the Cross the housing market, which sees many the Bishops of England and Wales joined (Mount Grace - Meet at the bottom of the hill) young families struggle to buy a home or 3.00 pm Solemn Passion - with Bishop Terence both Cardinal Tagle and Cardinal Vincent 7.00 pm “Were You There?” Music/Reflection on the day even to find a genuinely affordable home Nichols in spending a day with the young to rent. This situation is leaving families Easter Saturday 10.00 am Morning Prayer & Office of Readings people of our Church. 8.00 pm Easter Vigil - with Bishop Terence in difficult and often desperate 12.00 am Midnight Easter Vigil (Mount Grace) Easter Sunday 8.30 am Easter Day Mass (Osmotherley) 10.00 am Easter Day Mass - with Bishop Terence Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 5.00 pm Easter Day Mass Blyth, Northumberland See our full range of products at: www.nechurchsupplies.com All church supplies and consumables including a massive range of vestments Conveyancing, Wills and other garments made to & Probate order/measure and bespoke. Also covering Court Hearings, Family Problems, Crime, Housing, Personal Injury, Mental Health, Why not try us today for a Immigration Law fantastic service with low prices? 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Furthermore, difficulties in getting the barges into the correct circumstances; the fact that one in three The church was built in position meant many men landed in the sea; with backpacks working parents say they have had to cut memory of Father Finn, who weighing over 60lbs, they sank under the weight of their back on food in order to afford to pay for was killed on the first day of equipment and drowned. their home2 shows an injustice in the the Gallipoli landings. Here Father Finn was under orders to remain on the collier, but on environment which should be challenged. MARGARET TURNHAM tells us his story… seeing the sight of the men being mown down and needing his One of my roles as a Bishop is to be the care, he managed to scramble ashore in order to minister to the Chair of CSAN, the network of Catholic dead and dying. charities and dioceses which join together William Finn, who volunteered Despite being hit several times by enemy bullets, he continued to in mission, working with many people, to serve as a military chaplain crawl out to wounded men and was finally killed whilst giving children, those with disabilities, the old, during the First World War, is absolution to a dying soldier. An eyewitness who survived the refugees, those affected by prison and believed to be the first carnage later wrote home: those who are homeless. This network, and Catholic chaplain killed in the war, when he fell in action during the many other groups and individuals in the Gallipoli landings of April 1915. Dear Joe, the worst of all was we had a priest who came our parishes, share an ethos of “caritas” – along with us. He was in the boat; he insisted on coming with He came from Hull and before the war had served as curate at the charity, love and justice. Underpinning this us, as he said he would be wanted for the poor boys. They Cathedral, then as chaplain at Houghton Hall and Market is the richness of the principles of Catholic were all calling for him, but the poor priest could do nothing Weighton. After enlistment, he was attached to the first battalion Social Teaching; human dignity, the for them. He got out of the boat afterwards and made a great of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, joining them on their return to common good and solidarity with people run for the beach, but the Turks got him as soon he landed, England from India. in poverty: all defining qualities for our for he was hit four times. He died that evening, but he was work in social action and justice. They sailed from England on St Patrick’s Day 1915 to join the rest still asking for us up to the time he died. of the 29th Division who were to be part of the landing force at Working in the spirit of love and justice Father Finn was awarded the Military Cross, although many felt he Gallipoli in the Dardanelles. Their particular responsibility was V every day can make a difference to so deserved to be given the Victoria Cross. This was refused on the beach at the southern tip of the Dardanelles peninsula, at a place many people’s lives. That is why at the grounds that he had disobeyed orders in going ashore with the called Cape Helles. time of this General Election I invite you to men instead of remaining on the collier until it was safe to draw upon this rich heritage of Catholic Strategically, it was a disastrous choice for a landing place, as disembark. social teaching and action and use it to despite the fact that there was some open beach, most of the From the battalion of 25 officers and 987 men who embarked on inform yourself about the way you want to land rose straight out of the sea, making it ideal for Turkish the SS River Clyde with Father Finn, only one officer and 374 live and the way you think our society defensive gun emplacements. other ranks survived the initial carnage, and by the time they left should be going. At this election, we are The troops were to be landed by means of a “Trojan Horse” the Dardanelles on January 1 1916, only 11 of them were still alive.