Catholic September 2017 FREE East Anglia Newspaper of the Diocese of East Anglia www.rcdea.org.uk Fatima statue School Young heading for celebrates its pilgrims walk Norwich golden jubilee to Santiago - page 7 - page 8 - page 13 The East Anglian Way to Santiago de Compestela Diocese is set to appoint its first Caritas director I The Diocese of East Anglia is looking to appoint a first-ever Director to lead its social action arm – Caritas East Anglia. Caritas East Anglia aims to encourage, sup - port and co-ordinate works of social outreach in the Diocese of East Anglia and the new volunteer Director will be a key member of the team who will guide, develop and manage its work. The management team of Caritas East Anglia includes rep - resentatives of each deanery and of caring organisations active in the Diocese and it is a member of the Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN), the social action arm of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Caritas East Anglia administers the St Edmund's Fund, which makes crisis grants to needy individuals and families, and Alive in Faith project grants, which are available to parishes and associated Catholic groups to support local social action initiatives, especially to seed fund new projects. Bishop Alan said: “Caritas East Anglia is an initiative to enhance social outreach in the A group from the Diocese of East Anglia completed a ten-day Youth Pilgrimage walking the Camino in Spain to Santiago at the end Diocese. As a new appointment, the Director of July. See page 13 for the full story and pictures. will have the opportunity to develop this important aspect of the diocesan mission, working to the Social Outreach Management Team to provide material support and assis - tance to the poor, deprived and vulnerable members of society in the Diocese.” For full details of the role, call 01508 492540, Mass starts cause e-mail [email protected] or write to Caritas East Anglia, The White House, 21 w Upgate, P o ringl and. Norfolk NR14 7SH. The closing date is September 14. Af Moemorrial R eqhuiem Meass rtryo to col’lecst any evisdence afor inthoo d sainthood from among the faith - to celebrate the life of Suffolk humanitarian and ful. There is a prayer which WS ALSINGHAM philanthropist Leonard invites people to pray to Leonard for a particular reason. If the Cheshire is to be held on SUNDAY prayers are answered then evi - September 7, the centenary dence is collected, examined and 17th SEPTEMBER 2017 of his birth, in his home presented. This does not mean village of Cavendish. It PILGRIMAGE of REPARATION and PRAYER that we already think he is a saint will also mark the start of - that part is a very long way off for the SANCTITY of LIFE and it may be 50 or 100 years a campaign by the Diocese led by Rt Rev. Robert Byrne CO hence - it is a discovery process. of East Anglia to promote Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham his Cause, the first step to “Bishop Alan and the Diocese FR. JEREMY DAVIES, are embarking on the process sainthood. FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF THE RENEWAL because Leonard lived in commencing at the 12 o’clock Pilgrim Mass in the Chapel of Reconciliation Cavendish. But he is a world-wide Leonard is best known for his figure and many people will be M Coach P from Cambridge work creating hundreds of homes praying for the success of the A portrait of Leonard Cheshire by Trumpington P&R at 9.15am. around the world to care for dis - Cause and we shall reach out to June Mendoza. abled people, but he was also an them. However, we shall begin in To book R your seat contact outstanding war-time leader and East Anglia first because there at 7pm on Thursday September 7, Catherine V Bolam - 01582 581917 pilot who was awarded the VC. He are people here who knew him celebrated by Bishop Alan. Tickets: £15 Adults, £7 children & full-time students converted to Catholicism at the and remember him and who may Anyone interested in the includes entrance to Priory grounds age of 31. have something to tell us.” promotion is invited to contact: Fr cheques payable to LGC Luton James Fyfe, 69 Queen’s Road, bring a packed lunch Fr James Fyfe, who will be pro - The Requiem Mass will be held moting the Cause of Leonard, in the Parish Church of St Mary Wisbech, PE13 2PH for more For more details explained: “It means to begin to the Virgin, Cavendish, CO10 8BA, information. call 01858 571242 or visit www.prolifepilgrimage.org Page 2 latest online news at: www.rcdea.org.uk Catholic East Anglia / September 2017 news in brief Ex Norwich City star is ordained Prayer-walk Former Norwich City midfield player Philip Mulyrne was ordained as a priest in the marks feast Dominican Order (Order of I The feast of St Oswald, Northum - Preachers) in Dublin on July 8 brian king and martyr, was observed swapping his football shirt for by members of the parish of Sacred priestly robes. St John’s Cathe - Heart and St Oswald, Peterborough on dral parishioner and personal August 4. The traditional four-mile prayer-walk from the parish church in friend Clare Richards reports. Walton to the former shrine at Peter - borough’s Anglican cathedral. I Philip Mulryne, born in Belfast, had At the shrine parishioners prayed at an outstanding professional football the chapel of St Oswald where, during career for 13 years - eight of those in the Middle Ages, the warrior saint’s Norwich at Carrow Road. right arm was venerated as a holy relic. He first played for Manchester United At the Reformation the relic was lost and earned 27 caps for Northern Ire - but the watchtower at the chapel, land, and quickly became a fans’ where the monks guarded the shrine, favourite. remains. Also in the chapel is a statue At Norwich City, a bad injury early of St Aiden who, with St Oswald’s help, on kept him out for a year. My student converted many of the local people to daughter was an evening waitress in a Christianity. The two saints were based Chinese restaurant at the time and Fr Philip Mulryne during his ordination and with Archbishop Augustine, courtesy of Philip and his mother liked to eat there on the holy island of Lindisfarne in the www.dominicans.ie 7th Century. and occasionally I joined them. Philip recovered from the injury, liv - College and discovered that Philip, Dominicans in Dublin. I was privileged ing his dream but, as he later admitted, studying for the priesthood at the Irish to be invited to his First Profession, to Summer party he stopped going to Mass, and lived a college, was to play in a football match. his Final Profession, and to his ordina - materialistic lifestyle. We met up again. tion as Deacon. Most recently to his I It was a day for celebration at Our Eventually he went home to Ireland. When I said “what a coincidence” he ordination as a Dominican priest. Lady’s in Stowmarket when parish - We heard no more about him for a long replied "there are no coincidences, we Fr Philip is now chaplain at the ioner Sheila Dobey was presented with time. He later wrote that he fell in love are meant to share our love for God Dominican school in County Kildare, a framed Papal Blessing in recognition again with his faith and started to go together". He later realized God calling with two days a week playing and of 25 years of loyal and devoted service back to Mass. him to be in a religious community. teaching football. I guess the girls will as a CAFOD volunteer by Fr David In 2010 I was in Rome at the English I was so happy when he joined the want to join in also! Finegan at Mass on July 2. It was followed by the Parish Sum - mer Party when parishioners gathered at the Cedars Hotel with the Keralan group providing superb traditional food. A barbecue and cakes were also prepared by members of the parish, as were a variety of children’s games. Support offered to Bishop’s mardle I Bishop Alan joined the trustees of the charity Network for a Better World AS statuey of Ourr Laidy oaf Walsning - archbishop for a mardle (a chat) at their quarterly ham has been presented to the meeting at the Cathedral Narthex in Maronite Archbishop of Damas - Norwich. The meeting was hosted by Mary and Andy Clark and Angela cus, Samir Nassar, by Antonia Stone and trustees travelled from as far Moffat, Outreach Co-ordinator at away as Liverpool and Manchester. the National Catholic Shrine at They were able to update Bishop Walsingham, during a pilgrimage Alan about their work in the parish of to Lebanon. Sitima, Diocese of Zomba in Southern Malawi, particularly an irrigation I Antonia was on a pilgrimage with Aid project that is supporting 35 single to the Church in Need on June 14 when female headed households. she finally met Archbishop Samir, with whom she had been in regular email Catholic contact for the past six years, and who had travelled from Damascus in Syria to East Anglia meet them. “For the past six years of the Syria war, Newspaper of the Diocese of East Anglia I have had the joy and privilege of accom - EDITOR: Keith Morris panying this courageous and faith-filled tel: 01508 488318 or Archbishop, his flock and peoples in prayer, friendship, faith, solidarity and Antonia Moffat presents a statue 07712 787762 charity,” said Antonia.