Lourdes Admissions to Is This Administrator Catholic A&B’s Marie Schools in Oldest Honoured A&B Parishioner? - Page 5 - Page 7 - Page 10 A&B News FREE The Catholic Newspaper for the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton OCTOBER 2019 - No.345 A&B’s Secret Army of Lourdes Volunteers UR DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE of Oover 700 pilgrims is one of the largest groups in Lourdes each summer and, while many of the pilgrims probably appreciate that a great deal of work and preparation must go into mak - ing the pilgrimage the great success that it is, I doubt that they are aware of the full extent of the ‘behind the scenes’ work involved. This summer I set out to find out more about this work and about the ‘secret army’ of volunteers involved. THE MEDICAL TEAM The medical team – often with a stethoscope around the neck or wearing a nurse’s uniform – are fairly visible and identifiable members of the support team, but the work to ensure that the medical needs of the Assisted Pilgrims (APs) can be met begins long before they arrive in Lourdes. I met with Dr Jane Pateman, Medical Director of the pil - grimage, who leads a team of 8 – 10 doc - tors and around 30 nurses in Lourdes and who took me through the preparatory work involved each year. Her work begins in November with a meeting at the Lourdes Office to finalise/refine the application form which goes live in January. Training is organised for those who are going to undertake home visits that start in February and continue through March and April. Around 30-40% of APs need to be visited by one of the medical volun - teers, usually a nurse but sometimes a doctor, who conducts an in-depth assess - ment of all their needs and whether they can be accommodated in a hotel or need to be in the Accueil (hospital). flight or jumbulance? Clearly Dr Jane higher dependency areas; refresher set off - and once in Lourdes there are In early May the process of allocating and the team in the Lourdes Office are courses on policies and procedures, such daily meetings where all medical/nurs - APs to particular hotels or to the Ac - working closely together throughout as safeguarding; identification of special ing arrangements are reviewed. cueil takes place and then the allocation this process. equipment needed e.g. oxygen, hoists, of helpers to hotels/Accueil can follow. Other preparations Dr Jane is etc. and whether this needs to be Continued on page 8 The most appropriate means of trans - involved in include: training for new brought from the UK or can be hired in Story: Veronica Peppiatt port also needs to be decided – charter helpers; training for those helping in France. All this is before they have even Picture: Copyright Lacaze CLaESrSEdD iJnOHaN lH ENNReY NwEWmMAaN wnil l tbeo de -beun tiCl hias dneatoh. nised in Rome Bclared a Saint on Sunday 13 October by Pope The first miraculous healing at the intercession Francis in St Peter’s Square, Rome, in front of an of Cardinal Newman took place in 2001 and was Ballard & S hor tall assembled throng of many thousands – including of an American who, after suffering a spinal dis - Bishop Richard and representatives of Arundel & order, saw a television programme about the Funeral D irec tors Brighton Diocese; millions more will watch the Cardinal, and subsequently prayed to him. The ceremony on television. Canonisation was then enabled by a second mira - The last canonisation for England & Wales was cle in 2013 when a pregnant women, a long time in 1970 when Pope Paul VI canonised 40 English devotee, was inexplica - and Welsh martyrs executed between 1535 and bly healed of life-threat - 1679, more than 300 years ago. ening internal bleeding. Cardinal Newman (1801-1890) was a man of Together with great intellect, a philosopher, theologian, poet, Cardinal Newman preacher, teacher and priest, noted for his per - Schools in A&B sonal holiness. Ordained a Church of England Diocese, in Brighton and priest in 1825, he subsequently led the Oxford in Hersham, Movement and converted to Catholicism in 1845. Surrey, and with After studying in Rome, he was ordained a priest people everywhere, we and became an Oratorian, a spiritual son of St welcome with joy the im - Bec au se ev ery l ife i s un ique Philip Neri. minent canonisation of Made a Cardinal in 1879, he turned down the cus - Blessed John Henry Crawley 0 1293 5 20 0 11 | E ast G rinstead 0 1342 3 23 0 92 tomary move to Rome and lived in Birmingham Newman. Forest R ow 0 1342 8 22 1 20 | H orley 0 1293 8 20 3 77 Horsham 0 1403 2 57 2 43 | L ingeld 0 1342 8 34 9 25 www.c pjeld.c o.uk To read A&B NEWS on line please visit www.abdiocese.org.uk/publications 2 A&B NEWS October2019 Knights of St Columba Reward Helpfulness, Kindness and Support THE KNIGHTS OF ST COLUMBA (KSC) of Hast - ings and Rother made their annual presenta - tions at the three Catholic Primary Schools in Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill recently. The pupil nominated by the Head Teacher for the Award receives a shield, a certificate, and a £20 voucher, and is made to the child consid - ered to have shown consistently help, kind - ness and support at home or at school. Story: Patrick Coates BELOW: Winner Jessica Kavanagh of Hastings Sacred Heart RC Primary School receiving her award from David Giles, Past Grand Knight, and Joseph Hellett, Head Teacher ABOVE: At St Leonard’s St Mary Star of the Sea RC Primary School, winner Alyssa Alba is pictured with her proud parents and Sean Harkins, District Deputy Past Grand Knight LEFT: Winner Saskia Mitchell-Wright with her proud family and Fidelis Okoliko, Deputy Grand Knight Hastings & Rother, after the Leavers Mass at St Mary Magdalene Church, Bexhill The KSC was founded in Glasgow and Fraternity. There are more than in 1919 and named in honour of 4,300 members of the KSC, in over 240 Saint Columba, a Christian mis - councils across Great Britain. sionary from Ireland who helped to Membership is limited to Catholic introduce Christianity to some of men aged 16 and over and it promotes the people in the north of Britain. the social doctrine of the Catholic The organisation is dedicated to Church. the principles of Charity, Unity WE WOULD LIKE TO SUN DA Y T IM ES TOP 100 P RE P S CH OO LS HEADTEACHERS If you would like to THANK THE A magnificent 25-acre campus support the A&B News SCHOOLS in the heart of Surrey and promote your ON THIS School to Catholic PERS ON AL TOURS Pleas e c all to arr ang e a visit “Parents are confident of the academic standards...” PAGE Good Schools Guide families in the area, Independent Catholic pri ma ry sch ool and nurse ry welco ming boys and girl s aged 2-11. 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In TProvince 18 (www.sussexcatenians) Nine schools were invited and three It is the intention to hold the contest the centre are contestants Ryan Maley and organised a Public Speaking Contest for provided two students each: Cardinal again in 2020 at The Cardinal Newman Missy Macdonald (holding trophy) from Catholic Senior Schools in Sussex on Newman Hove, St. Paul's Burgess Hill School and we will be bringing the date Cardinal Newman School, Hove; Emma Tuesday, 9 July. and St. Wilfrid's Crawley. forward which hopefully will allow Robinson and Tilly Temple from St Paul’s The event was kindly hosted by The The event was won by Missy Macdon - more of our Senior schools to enter. College, Burgess Hill; and Rory Nash and Cardinal Newman School, Hove, and ald from The Cardinal Newman School. Jasper Hawkes from St Wilfrid’s School, was adjudicated by Bishop Richard Missy will represent Province 18 at the Pictured on left are adjudicators Sharon Crawley. 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