The Parish Proclaimer

The Parish Proclaimer
Easter 2013
Cathedral Parish of Our Lady & St. Philip Howard,
Arundel, West Sussex
Published in March 2013
All about the Parish
Rev. Canon Tim Madeley - Dean
Rev. Mr. David Clifton - Deacon
Louise Sharp - Parish Secretary*
Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9AY
Tel: 01903 882 297 Fax: 01903 885 335 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.arundelcathedral.org
* The Parish Office is open 9am – 1pm, Monday – Friday
MASS TIMES AT THE CATHEDRAL
Sunday
9.30am Family Mass on the third Sunday of the month;
Children’s Liturgy available other Sundays.
Weekdays
11.15am
Cathedral Choir.
10am
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
Saturday: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament after
Mass.
Saturday
11am
Benediction.
MASS TIMES AT THE CONVENT OF THE POOR CLARES, CROSSBUSH
Saturday
5.30pm Vespers.
6.15pm Vigil Mass (entry at 6pm).
Sunday
Monday/
Thursday
4pm
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
5pm
Vespers and Benediction.
8.30am Mass - for Mass times on other weekdays please call
the Convent the night before on 01903 882 536.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Saturday
Cathedral:
10.30am otherwise by appointment.
Convent :
Before/after the Saturday 6.15pm Mass.
A Reflection
on Easter
By Canon Tim
Unlike the other Eucharistic Prayers which only specifically mention the Blessed
Virgin Mary, in the first Eucharistic Prayer (The Roman Canon) in the consecration
of the bread and wine at Mass, there is listed a number of saints in the prayers both
before and after the consecration. The first half of those listed before are: Joseph,
the husband of Mary, Peter and Paul, Andrew, James, John, Thomas, James, Philip,
Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon and Jude. In the main, these are the first followers of
Christ who journeyed with him from the start of his three-year mission after his
baptism in the river Jordan until his death on Calvary outside Jerusalem and the
resurrection.
Having just got back from a five-day pilgrimage in the Holy Land, I now can begin to
build up an image of what life was like for those first Apostles - not just in Jerusalem
where we followed the way of the cross (Via Dolorosa) and celebrated Mass actually
in the Holy Sepulchre but also in the Jordan area where John was baptising and in
Capernaum where we saw and touched the actual foundations of the synagogue
where Jesus taught. Around the synagogue were the excavated streets where Jesus
walked to the house of Simon Peter’s mother-in-law.
Visiting this place gives a great sense that in the scriptures we are following the life
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story of not just Christ but of his first followers.
For me, my pilgrimage will give me a new vision this Holy Week and Easter of the
personal relationship we have with Jesus and the twelve that are so familiar to us.
May the Holy Apostles pray for us.
Canon Tim Madeley
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Pope Benedict on Mission
By Peter Honiball
Since 1922, Missio has been the Catholic Church's official charity for overseas
mission. We bring the hope of the Gospel where there is turmoil, poverty and
uncertainty in the world, and where the Church is new, young or poor. Missio
empowers local people to form and sustain communities of faith and we train and
nurture future leaders so that the vital work of the Church in the world can take
place.
To provide for the different needs of the overseas Church, Missio focuses on four
main areas of provision:
- Children's projects (faith, health and education)
- The training of local priests and sisters
- The building of Church infrastructure and support of faith communities
- The promotion of world mission through prayer and study
Over the years the Holy Father has provided guidance and inspiration to the whole
Church on World Mission Sunday, a day when the whole Church unites in prayer
and love for the family of God across the world. Here are some extracts of those
messages during the course of his pontificate...
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The secret of missionary action
Being missionaries means loving God with all one's heart, even to the point, if
necessary, of dying for him. How many priests, men and women, religious and lay
people, have borne the supreme witness of love with martyrdom even in our times!
Being missionaries means stooping down to the needs of all, like the Good
Samaritan, especially to those of the poorest and most destitute people. Those who
love with Christ's Heart do not seek their own interests but the glory of the Father
and the good of their neighbour alone.
Here lies the secret of the apostolic fruitfulness of missionary action that crosses
frontiers and cultures, reaches peoples and spreads to the extreme boundaries of the
world. World Mission Sunday Message 2006
Missionary by nature
“The Church is missionary by her very nature”, John Paul II wrote in his Encyclical
Redemptoris Missio, “for Christ's mandate is not something contingent or external,
but reaches the very heart of the Church. It follows that the universal Church and
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each individual Church is sent forth to the nations....” It is highly appropriate that
young Churches “should share as soon as possible in the universal missionary work
of the Church. They should themselves send missionaries to proclaim the Gospel all
over the world”. World Mission Sunday Message 2007
Life-changing hope
Creation is suffering. Creation is suffering and waiting for real freedom; it is waiting
for a different, better world; it is waiting for ‘redemption’. And deep down it knows
that this new world that is awaited supposes a new man; it supposes ‘children of
God’.
... Poverty oppresses millions of inhabitants. Discrimination and sometimes even
persecution for racial, cultural and religious reasons drive many people to flee from
their own countries in order to seek refuge and protection elsewhere. Technological
progress... runs the risk... of increasing already existing imbalances and injustices.
There is, moreover, a constant threat regarding the man-environment relation due to
the indiscriminate use of resources, with repercussions on the physical and mental
health of human beings. Humanity's future is also put at risk by the attempts on his
life, which take on various forms and means.
The answer to these questions comes to those of us who believe from the Gospel.
Christ is our future, and his Gospel is a ‘life-changing’ communication that gives
hope, throws open the dark door of time and illuminates the future of humanity and
the university. World Mission Sunday Message 2008
Illumine all peoples
The goal of the Church's mission is to illumine all peoples with the light of the
Gospel as they journey through history towards God, so that in Him they may reach
their full potential and fulfilment. We should have a longing and a passion to
illumine all peoples with the light of Christ that shines on the face of the Church, so
that all may be gathered into the one human family, under God's loving fatherhood.
World Mission Sunday Message 2009
Make Jesus seen
The people of our time, even perhaps unbeknown to them, ask believers not only to
‘speak’ of Jesus, but to ‘make Jesus seen’, to make the face of the Redeemer shine
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out in every corner of the earth before the generations of the new millennium and
especially before the young people of every continent, the privileged ones to whom
the Gospel proclamation is intended. They must perceive that Christians bring
Christ's word because he is the truth, because they have found in him the meaning
and the truth for their own lives.
Missio - the Pope’s official mission charity - thanks Pope Benedict for all his
encouragement and support of world mission, Please join Missio, and all the faithful
around the world, in prayer for our Holy Father. World Mission Sunday Message 2010
Find out about Missio’s work of proclaiming the Gospel and serving those in need at
www.missio.org.
Bishop Kieran Conway celebrated a special Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Benedict
XVI at the 11.15am service on Sunday 24 February 2012. See lower right photo.
The Mass was well attended and special Prayers were said for Pope Benedict whose
last day of office was on Thursday 28 February. The Choir sung beautifully and
Bishop Kieran gave them special mention at the end of Mass. We were all asked to
remember the Cardinals in our prayers as they gather for the Conclave to elect a
successor in March. Deacons David and Bob handed out Special Prayer Cards at the
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conclusion of his Ministry as Bishop of Rome and Supreme Pontiff.
Please pray for Pope Benedict:
Almighty ever-living God,
who has given your faithful servant Benedict
grace to maintain his faith and hope in you
amid the labours of his apostolic ministry
graciously bestow upon him, we pray,
the consolations of your Holy Spirit
and uphold him in serenity of life.
Through Christ our Lord
Amen.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us
St Peter, pray for us
St Paul, pray for us
St Benedict, pray for us
All holy men and woman, pray for us
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Hand-made by the Lord
By Mary Corbyn
Advertisers know that they have only to describe a product as ‘hand-made’ to be
sure of an eager market. Strange that this should be so when mass-production has
brought so many goods to so many people, but we do like to feel that we own
something special and just a bit different, made by a real person, not a machine. No
matter that there is the occasional rough edge or slight variation in colour, there is
the notion that someone has taken trouble to do the job, has put skill into it.
In a few weeks’ time, we shall celebrate the visit of the Angel Gabriel to Mary (but
on 8 April this year, since 25 March falls in Holy Week). In answer to the angel’s
message, Mary said, “I am the handmaid of the Lord”. But she could have truthfully
said, “I am hand-made by the Lord” for so she was, and is; a special, one-off
person, chosen by God and prepared by Him, to be the human mother of His Son the Word made flesh.
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No less remarkable is the fact that we are each ‘hand-made by the Lord’, known to
Him and like no other. Somewhere in the scriptures there is the image of God the
Potter, making and shaping us out of the clay of the earth.
We are not yet finished products and will sometimes get knocked out of shape, the
better to be re-made.
For it was you who formed my inward parts;
You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
That I know very well.
My frame was being made in secret,
Intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
All the days that were formed for me
When none of them as yet existed.
Ps. 139
The re-making goes on in secret, regardless of our own replacement and repair jobs
that keep us together – courtesy of modern medicine and technology.
In desperate moments, when we might wonder if it is all worthwhile, just remember,
and keep on saying, ‘I am hand-made by the Lord and precious in His sight’.
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A Ministry of Reconciliation
On Thursday, 23 May at 7pm Pastor Dr. Khoury from Bethlehem
will speak at Arundel Town Hall.
All are welcome and there is no charge.
Offerings will be gratefully received on leaving the meeting.
For more information please contact Emilie Bruell: [email protected]
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Memorable Overseas Masses - 1
By Graham Rodmell
One of the advantages of frequent overseas travel as part of one’s work is the
opportunity of experiencing the Catholic Church as it operates in other countries
and to gain new insights and perspectives on the practice of the faith. For this
reason I prefer to seek out churches or Mass centres where I can fulfil the Mass
attendance ‘obligation’, rather than to plead the ‘travelling’ exemption. This is
especially the case in some of the more unusual countries to which my work in
overseas development and anti-corruption campaigning took me. Many of these
Masses have been memorable, not only for the spirituality and charity that transcend
language and cultural differences, but also because of incidents or circumstances
that, from my southern English background, I found frankly amusing.
One that springs to mind was in Casablanca in 2003. I was staying in the Hotel
Farah, which a few weeks later was to be attacked by Islamist suicide bombers from
the Salafia Jihadia group with links to al-Qaeda. The hotel was the venue for an
international conference on anti-corruption campaigning. During a relaxed time in
one of the refreshment bars between conference sessions, I had a friendly chat with
a Canadian delegate (we shall call him Robert) who was seriously disabled and
confined to a wheelchair. Robert was a strong personality with a fine brain and a
lively sense of humour and his presence enlivened any group with whom he
engaged in conversation. He was also highly skilled in manoeuvring his wheelchair
on and off elevators and around any obstruction safely, but at a speed that would
have impressed Paralympics judges and spectators. Although he had the strength in
his arms to raise himself, he had no mobility in his legs.
As is so often the case in conversation, it became obvious (but for no obvious
reason) that we were both practising Catholics. This was a Saturday morning and
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the conference hosts had filled every waking moment of our stay with working
plenary sessions or smaller workshops, the emphasis being on work. This applied
throughout our short stay and having travelled considerable distances to attend, we
wanted to participate and learn as much as possible. The programme for Sunday
showed no recognition that some of the delegates might want to go to Mass. Indeed
had it not been for Morocco’s French colonial history, the thought would have been
unimaginable in such a strongly Islamic country, where to proselytise is a crime. We
promptly resolved that we would seek out a former French church in the city. A few
minutes on Robert’s laptop and a consultation with the concierge identified a
suitable church with a mid-morning Mass.
Although our joint wills were strong, I realised that much would depend on the
physical assistance I could render to Robert and on the capacity of one of the
Casablanca red ‘petits taxis’ which are very ‘petit’ (small). I did some visual research,
imagined the size of the collapsed wheelchair and concluded that it could be carried
in the open luggage basket on the roof of the taxi, so the only obstacle to successful
transporting would be Robert’s getting from the chair to the car seat and I figured,
correctly, that he would be well used to this procedure. Filled with enthusiastic
optimism, we met in the hotel lobby at the agreed time, which allowed only the
minimum time away from the conference business. A red taxi was summoned and
the efficient but dour taxi driver soon had us speeding on our way to the church.
On arrival at what the driver claimed was the right place, we looked around for a
church at normal ground level. Then as we cast our eyes heavenwards, our hearts
sank, because there at the summit of a long and steep flight of about 40 steps was
indeed a church building and some worshippers of European ethnicity climbing
towards the entrance many metres higher. The approach was more akin to a Mayan
temple. I made enquiries and quickly found out that there was no elevator or indeed
a disabled entrance.
Ever cheerful and resigned, Robert urged me to go to the Mass and he would happily
stay at ground floor level and await my return. I could not accept this as a solution
and we fell to arguing, my preferring to return immediately to the conference. Now
the steps were clearly a location where large numbers of Casablancan young males
hang out. Some of them were advancing upon us and seizing the problem in a
moment. No conversation was required. Equally spontaneously, four or five ‘mates’
seized the wheel chair with Robert in it, tilted it backwards and with barely a nod
from either of us, set-off up the steps at a rapid pace to the church entrance.
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There was no prior risk analysis and no signed consent form, but my concern was
eased when I noticed that Robert was finding the whole performance very amusing.
On arrival at church level I mentioned to the ring leader the time that we estimated
we should be leaving. We did not really believe they would still be around, but
Robert was relaxed about the prospect. I noticed that many of the congregation were
elderly and unlikely to be able to offer like assistance. The Mass itself in French was
uneventful and when we emerged into the bright sunshine, there was the same
team! As they undertook the long descent with less sense of urgency and more of
caring, there was time for some friendly exchanges and Robert and I were definitely
more at ease.
I started to take some Moroccan Dirhams (Moroccan currency abbreviated as
‘MAD’) notes from my wallet to show our appreciation, but our special delivery
team made it clear that they did not want payment. That gesture made us both feel
that common humanity displaced inter-faith suspicion and that these young men
had shown that generational preconceptions were also misplaced. ‘Uplifted’, we
returned to the conference hall.
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Cathedral Choir News
By Elizabeth Stratford
Following competitive audition, Amelia Craddock has been awarded a place in the
extremely prestigious Millennium Youth Choir. The choir was formed in the year
2000 to offer opportunities to outstanding young singers aged 16-23. They meet
several times each year to give concerts, sing services, broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
and record. This professional standard choir rejects many applicants each year and
many qualities are sought in any potential singers including strong sight-singing
ability, good social and communication skills, musical understanding and maturity
and of course an excellent voice.
David Ogden, the Director of the choir (which is nicknamed MYC) commented that
Amelia "has an excellent range, even tone across the voice and will fit into the
group extremely well. We are looking forward to seeing her soon". Amelia's first
engagement will be a live broadcast of Choral Evensong on BBC Radio 3 from Bristol
on Wednesday 3 April; in the summer the choir will travel to Prague to sing in
Teplice, Tabor, Veseli nad Luznici, Tachov and Pisek so she will certainly be kept
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Amelia
Bryony
Maisie
busy! At just 15 years old, Amelia's achievement is all the more remarkable given
she is younger than the usual age for admission to the choir which numbers around
30 people. Congratulations Amelia!
Congratulations to Bryony Morison who achieved her RSCM Gold Award just before
Christmas. The Gold Award tests candidates to a high level and features tests in
singing, sight reading, liturgical knowledge and musical understanding and it is
usually older teenagers and adults that sit the exam. Bryony prepared music by
Benjamin Britten, Charles Villiers Stanford, Herbert Howells, Thomas Tallis, John
Gardner, John Rutter and Bob Chilcott amongst others and had to talk about
different composers and their musical contributions to society. At 15, Bryony has
completed her chorister medal progression and will now wear a 'gold' medal (gold
coloured, not solid gold!) on a cranberry coloured ribbon to signify her achievement.
She is one of only 5 people who have been through the choir to achieve the Award,
the others being Clive Hope Ross, Lauren Fowler, Chloe Burrows and Stefanie Moore,
so she joins an elite few! Well done!!
Maisie Cunnett has won the part of Dior in Theatre Akimbo's production of
Tomorrow I'll be happy by playwright Jonathan Harvey. The National Youth Theatre
commissions new works each year focusing on issues facing young people as part of
their Connections project across the country. Maisie has already featured in Youth
Opera at Glyndebourne as well as other independent theatre productions in the area
so is building up quite a CV! The play was performed at Northbrook College at the
end of February and those taking part may have the opportunity to perform on stage
at the National Theatre so watch this space!
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Examination results:
Ella Markell - Grade 1 Singing Pass
Isabella Bradley - Grade 5 Singing Pass
Joseph Jenner - Grade 5 Singing Merit
Tom Perkins - Grade 8 Singing Distinction
2013 is going to be a hectic year for the Cathedral Choir. On Easter Monday, 1 April,
choir members and their dogs are undertaking a sponsored walk in Slindon Woods
to raise funds for the choir. It is not too late to sponsor someone - please do support
us! We will be walking several miles come rain or shine and are hoping our dogs
(you can sponsor them as well) will enjoy socialising with the other parish dogs.
Poppy (chocolate labrador) barked that she was "very excited" about it all and
Winters the West Highland terrier had NOT had a bath especially for the occasion.
Other walkers welcome - please see Elizabeth for details.
In May we begin our organ recital series with Ian Ball who will take the reins of our
fabulous Hill organ on Saturday 18 May at 7.30pm. Those who heard him play in
October will know he is an extremely fresh and exciting young player who performs
with virtuosity and flair at every opportunity. David Briggs (formerly Gloucester
Cathedral, now of Toronto, Canada) will give a masterclass and recital on Sunday 14
July at 7.30pm. Please look out for further details as this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity - David is rarely in the UK now and has an international reputation for
repertoire and improvisation. The masterclass will take place in the afternoon
(spectators are permitted) and the recital is due to start at 7.30pm. Other recitals will
feature Robert Sharpe from York Minister and myself. Please check the Cathedral’s
weekly newsletter and website for more details plus look out for posters, which will
be going up soon.
In July the Cathedral Choir will record their fifth CD featuring music for Advent,
Christmas and Epiphany. They will be in the capable hands of Adrian Lucas, former
Director of Music of Worcester Cathedral, who owns recording label Acclaim
Productions and will be guiding/producing the disc. It should be on sale towards the
end of 2013 and will make the perfect Christmas present - please look out for special
pre-order deals!!
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Two Gems within the Parish Boundaries
By Peter Cullinane
St. Mary the Virgin, North Stoke
The Catholic parish of Arundel is unusual in that it has within its confines two
medieval churches, now in the ownership of the Churches Conservation Trust, but
which are still consecrated buildings and under the jurisdiction of their respective
incumbents as regards religious services.
The Trust has taken under its care some 350 otherwise redundant parish churches,
saving them from decay and revitalising their use. It is not a religious charity itself,
but it maintains the churches for occasional worship and for secular activities, e.g.
concerts, art exhibitions, drama etc., usually organised by the Friends’ Group
attached to it.
If you do not know already the churches described below, I hope that you will be
inspired to visit them.
St. Mary the Virgin, North Stoke
The church lies in a quiet hamlet about a mile down the lane next to Amberley
Station.
The building’s visible fabric is basically early 14th century, but parts are much earlier
and the church was mentioned in Domesday Book. It is on the site of an earlier
wooden Saxon Church and the visitor will recognise the shrewdness of the Saxons,
and later medievals, in building the church on the highest available ground as the
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Arun is likely to have flooded seriously in the winter at that time.
Inside the building, the wide chancel arch should be noted as well the fragments of
rare medieval glass depicting the coronation of Our Lady. Three sedilia, or seats,
were provided for the clergy at High Mass in the sanctuary. The walls in the middle
ages were covered with paintings, but unfortunately obliterated during the
Reformation. Traces are still visible, including an owl to the left of the sanctuary.
Outside, there is a Mass dial and many instances of Roman bricks and tiles in the
walls, as well as Sussex ironstone, especially on the corners. It is thought that the
solidity of the external walls denotes the relative wealth derived from the wool trade
but a projected tower, indicated by the solid walls in the north transept, was not
completed.
The original dedication of the church was lost until the fortuitous discovery in 2007
of a 1275 document referring to St. Mary the Virgin. As a consequence, a fitting
re-dedication service was conducted by the Anglican Bishop of Horsham and Bishop
Kieran later that year.
There is a very active Friends’ Group which organises concerts, religious drama etc.
Further details of membership, currently costing £5/single and £12/family (both
minimum) are obtainable from the Secretary, Mrs J. Aidin, The Old Rectory,
Wiggonholt, Pulborough. RH20 2EL.
Religious services, both Catholic and Anglican are occasionally held in the church details are announced in the parish newsletter.
St. Mary Magdalene, Tortington
This delightful small church lies behind a farmyard, again on the highest available
ground, about 100 yards from Ford Road, the entrance being the first turning past
the drive leading to Tortington Manor, itself the site of a medieval Augustinian
priory.
The church was not mentioned in Domesday Book and it appears to have been
founded about 1140 to serve the Augustinian lay canons. It was substantially
repaired and restored around 1860, but happily without significant alteration to the
basic style. Although the predominant material in the external walls is flint, the
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stonework is from Caen brought over from Normandy after the Conquest.
There is a superb Romanesque arch as you enter the church and the chancel arch
inside features a double band of decorated masonry, which includes a row of
grotesque human faces and bird heads, of which this is the only example in Sussex.
The font (but not the base) is Norman but the stained glass is Victorian.
A Friends’ Group has very recently been constituted and subscriptions are a
minimum of £5 per person, (£10 if at all possible) - details are available from the
Secretary, John Morrison, 10 West View Drive, Yapton, Sussex BN18 0JR.
The inaugural event takes place on Saturday April 27 at 4pm when the Barbershop
Quartet will perform - further details nearer the time in the parish newsletter.
As can be seen above, the two medieval churches constitute a considerable part of
our Catholic heritage and are well worth an in-depth visit.
For some 500 years after the Conquest the faithful went to Mass and received the
sacraments in those churches in exactly the same way as we go the Cathedral today,
and it is hoped that the brief details given will persuade you to visit these churches
that are usually always open.
Donations for the work of the Trust are welcome and these may be left in the
wallboxes provided.
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The Story behind the Easter Egg
From various contributions on Wikipedia, an online info resource
History
It is believed the custom of the Easter egg originated amongst the early Christians of
Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his
crucifixion. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs
as a symbol of the resurrection; in A.D. 1610, Pope Paul V proclaimed the following
prayer:
Bless, O Lord! We beseech thee, this thy creature of eggs, that it may become a
wholesome sustenance to thy faithful servants, eating it in thankfulness to thee on
account of the resurrection of the Lord.
Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to
substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly
beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may
be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or
artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.
Lenten Tradition
The Easter egg tradition may also have merged into the celebration of the end of the
privations of Lent in the West. Historically, it was traditional to use up all of the
household's eggs before Lent began. Eggs were originally forbidden during Lent as
well as on other traditional fast days in Western Christianity (this tradition still
continues among the Eastern Christian Churches). Likewise, in Eastern Christianity,
both meat and dairy are prohibited during the Lenten fast, and eggs are seen as
"dairy" (a foodstuff that could be taken from an animal without shedding its blood).
This established the tradition of Pancake Day being celebrated on Shrove Tuesday.
This day, the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when Lent begins, is also known as
Mardi Gras, a French phrase which translates as “Fat Tuesday” to mark the last
consumption of eggs and dairy before Lent begins.
In the Orthodox Church, Great Lent begins on “Clean Monday”, rather than the
Wednesday, so the household's dairy products would be used up in the preceding
week, called “Cheesefare Week”. During Lent, since chickens would not stop laying
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-eggs during this time, a larger than usual store might be available at the end of the
fast if the eggs had not been allowed to hatch. The surplus, if any, had to be eaten
quickly to prevent spoiling. Then, with the coming of Easter - Pascha - the eating of
eggs resumes.
One would have been forced to hard-boil the eggs that the chickens produced so as
not to waste food, and for this reason the Spanish dish “hornazo” (traditionally
eaten on and around Easter) contains hard-boiled eggs as a primary ingredient. In
Hungary, eggs are used sliced in potato casseroles around the Easter period.
Decoration and symbolism
In the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to
represent the blood of Christ, shed on the Cross, and the hard shell of the egg
symbolized the sealed Tomb of Christ - the cracking of which symbolized His
resurrection from the dead. Easter eggs are blessed by the priest at the end of the
Paschal Vigil (which is equivalent to Holy Saturday), and distributed to the faithful.
Each household also brings an Easter basket to church, filled not only with Easter
eggs but also with other Paschal foods such as paskha, kulich or Easter breads, and
these are blessed by the priest as well. The egg is seen by followers of Christianity as
a symbol of resurrection: while being dormant it contains a new life sealed within it.
Similarly, in the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, the so-called “święconka”, i.e.
blessing of decorative baskets with a sampling of Easter eggs and other symbolic
foods, is one of the most enduring and beloved Polish traditions on Holy Saturday.
During Paschaltide, in some traditions the Pascal greeting with the Easter egg is even
extended to the deceased. On either the second Monday or Tuesday of Pascha, after
a memorial service people bring blessed eggs to the cemetery and bring the joyous
paschal greeting, “Christ has risen”, to their beloved departed.
Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life in Bulgaria, Poland, Romania,
Russia, Ukraine, and other Central European countries’ folk traditions. A batik (wax
resist) process is used to create intricate, brilliantly coloured eggs, the best-known of
which is the Ukrainian pysanka and the Polish pisanka. The celebrated Fabergé
workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial Court.
Most of these creations themselves contained hidden surprises such as clockwork
birds, or miniature ships. A 27 feet (9m) sculpture of a pysanka stands in Vegreville,
Alberta.
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There are many other decorating techniques and numerous traditions of giving them
as a token of friendship, love or good wishes. A tradition exists in some parts of the
United Kingdom (such as Scotland and North East England) of rolling painted eggs
down steep hills on Easter Sunday. In the U.S., such an Easter egg roll (unrelated to
an eggroll) is often done on flat ground, pushed along with a spoon; the Easter Egg
Roll has become a much-loved annual event on the White House lawn. An Easter
egg hunt is a common festive activity, where eggs are hidden outdoors (or indoors if
in bad weather) for children to run around and find. This may also be a contest to
see who can collect the most eggs.
When boiling eggs for Easter, a popular tan colour can be achieved by boiling the
eggs with onion skins. A greater variety of colour was often provided by tying on the
onion skin with different coloured woollen yarn. In the North of England these are
called pace-eggs or paste-eggs, from a dialectal form of Middle English pasche. They
were usually eaten after an egg-jarping (egg-tapping) competition.
Easter egg traditions
An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled ones or
artificial ones filled with, or made of chocolate sweets, of various sizes, are hidden
for children to find, both indoors and outdoors. When the hunt is over, prizes may
be given for the largest number of eggs collected, or for the largest or the smallest
egg.
Real eggs may further be used in egg tapping contests. In the North of England, at
Eastertime, a traditional game is played where hard boiled pace eggs are distributed
and each player hits the other player's egg with their own. This is known as "egg
tapping", "egg dumping" or "egg jarping". The winner is the holder of the last
intact egg. The losers get to eat their eggs. There is an annual egg jarping world
championship held every year over Easter in Peterlee Cricket Club. It is also practised
in Bulgaria, Hungary, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Lebanon, Macedonia, Romania,
Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries - they call it “tucanje”. In parts of Austria,
Bavaria and German-speaking Switzerland it is called either “Ostereiertitschen” or
“Eierpecken”. In parts of Europe it is also called “epper”, presumably from the
German name “Opfer”, meaning “offering” and in Greece it is known as
“tsougrisma”. In South Louisiana this practice is called Pocking Eggs and is slightly
different. The Louisiana Creoles hold that the winner eats the eggs of the losers.
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The central European Slavic nations (Czechs and Slovaks etc.) have a tradition of
gathering eggs by gaining them from the females in return of whipping them with a
pony-tail shaped whip made out of fresh willow branches and splashing them with
water, by the Ruthenians called “polivanja”, which is supposed to give them health
and beauty.
Egg rolling is also a traditional Easter egg game played with eggs at Easter. In the
United Kingdom, Germany, and other countries children traditionally rolled eggs
down hillsides at Easter. This tradition was taken to the New World by European
settlers, and continues to this day. Different nations have different versions of the
game.
Egg dance is a traditional Easter game in which eggs are laid on the ground or floor
and the goal is to dance among them without damaging any eggs, which originated
in Germany. In the UK the dance is called the hop-egg. The Pace Egg plays are
traditional village plays, with a rebirth theme. The drama takes the form of a combat
between the hero and villain, in which the hero is killed and brought to life, The
plays take place in England during Easter. Also in Germany, eggs decorate trees and
bushes as Easter egg trees.
In some Mediterranean countries, especially in Lebanon, chicken eggs are boiled and
decorated by dye and/or painting and used as decoration around the house. Then,
on Easter Day, young children would duel with them saying “Christ is resurrected,
indeed He is”, breaking and eating them. This also happens in Greece (where the
eggs are painted red). On Easter Sunday friends and family hit each other's egg with
their own. The one whose egg does not break is believed to be in for good luck in
the future. In Egypt, it is a tradition to decorate boiled eggs during the “Sham
el-Nessim” holiday, which falls every year after the Eastern Christian Easter.
Cascarones, a North-Eastern Mexican tradition now shared by many in South Texas,
are emptied and dried chicken eggs stuffed with confetti and sealed with pieces of
tissue paper. The eggs are hidden in a similar tradition to the American Easter egg
hunt and when found the children (and adults) break them over each other's heads.
Other Christian traditions
While the origin of Easter eggs can be explained in the symbolic terms described
above, a sacred tradition among followers of Eastern Christianity says that Mary
Magdalene was bringing cooked eggs to share with the other women at the tomb of
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Jesus, and the eggs in her basket miraculously turned brilliant red when she saw the
risen Christ.The egg represents the boulder of the tomb of Jesus.
A different, but not necessarily conflicting legend concerns Mary Magdalene's
efforts to spread the Gospel. According to this tradition, after the Ascension of
Jesus, Mary went to the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with “Christ has risen”,
whereupon he pointed to an egg on his table and stated, “Christ has no more risen
than that egg is red”. After making this statement it is said the egg immediately
turned blood red.
Parallels with other faiths
The egg is widely used as a symbol of the start of new life, just as new life emerges
from an egg when the chick hatches out.
The ancient Zoroastrians painted eggs for Nowruz, their New Year celebration,
which falls on the Spring equinox. The Nowruz tradition has existed for at least
2,500 years. The sculptures on the walls of Persepolis show people carrying eggs for
Nowruz to the king.
There are good grounds for the association between hares (later termed Easter
bunnies) and eggs, through folklore confusion between hares' forms (where they
raise their young) and plovers' nests.
There are also parallels (though no direct connection) between the Easter egg
tradition and the celebration of Passover in Judaism, notable because in Christian
tradition, Christ was celebrating Passover with his disciples on the evening before
Good Friday. An egg is one of the components of a traditional Seder plate, a
traditional centrepiece of the Passover meal. The tradition of hiding Easter eggs for
children to find is also similar to another Passover tradition, whereby the head of the
household hides a piece of matza (the “afikomen”) during the meal. After the meal,
the children search the home for the afikomen, and are rewarded once it is found.
Fabergé eggs
A Fabergé egg is a jewelled egg made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 to 1917.
Most were miniature eggs that were popular gifts at Easter. They were worn on a
neck chain either singly or in groups.
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The most famous eggs produced by the House were the larger ones made for
Alexander III and Nicholas II of Russia; these are often referred to as the “Imperial”
Fabergé eggs. Approximately 50 eggs were made and 42 have survived. Another two
eggs, the Constellation and Karelian Birch eggs, were planned for 1918 but not
delivered, as Nicholas II and his family were executed that year, and Nicholas had
abdicated the crown the year before.
All the above material was written, voluntarily, by a wide variety of people keen
to share their research behind how the Easter egg evolved over time, published
on Wikipedia.
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Comedy with the Clergy
More correspondence from children to the new parish priest:
“Are there any devils on earth? I think there may be one in my class.”
“I liked your sermon on Sunday. Especially when it was finished.”
“How does God know the good people from the bad people? Do you tell Him or
does He read about it in the newspapers?”
“Please say a prayer for our football team. We need God's help
for a new forward and a goal keeper.”
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Funding a Researching Project
Elizabeth Stratford is undertaking research at the University of Surrey which focuses
on the new English texts for the Ordinary of the Mass and compositions for
congregations and choirs in response to ethnographical (community research)
findings. Look out for questionnaires which may come to a pew near you soon!
If you are interested in supporting her work or would like to find out more about
what she is doing, please contact her at [email protected] or 07971
090724. She has received some grants for her work but needs further financial
backing and would appreciate any ideas or suggestions which may be forthcoming.
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Parish People - Liz McCombe
By Colin Swanton
Liz is one of the latest members to join the Cathedral Parish Core Team. She is
delighted to have this opportunity (to join the Core Team) as she likes ‘being
involved’ and ‘having her say’! Liz was born in Lancashire but only lived there for
one week before moving with her family to Yorkshire, where she lived out most of
her formative years.
In 1962 she joined the Royal Navy (then the WRNS) and obtained her first
promotion in 1965 and continued serving until she retired as a Commander in 1994.
Liz said, “I had a super career and enjoyed it immensely.” Having bought a house in
Emsworth, Hants in 1988 she settled there on retirement. Like most ‘busy’ people,
retirement does not mean doing nothing! Having played golf since the age of 13, Liz
now became deeply involved in the administration of women’s golf both at county
and national level.
In her time she has played for Yorkshire, Kent and Hampshire at County level, which
included being a County Captain as well as a Captain for England. From 1995 to
2001, Liz was a selector for both English and British golfing teams - the last three as
chair of the selection committee. She also was a junior and senior England
international.
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Proclaimer Crossword Puzzle 22
By Chris Dinham
CLUES ACROSS
1) Publish, or a photograph (5)
8) Why one being late for work (9)
9) Religious choral piece of music (5)
10) Part of the day (9)
11) Name of the Pacific Arm, between Australia
and New Guinea (5)
12) Notice something of importance; observe (8)
15) The inside (8)
17) One of two needed for boxers (5)
18) ‘Nurse wolf’ (anag) - one of America’s many
plants (9)
20) Perfect; just what was sought (5)
21) A really bad person, a rogue (9)
22) Now now, in a little while (5)
Just in case you are not sure, ‘anag’ is
short for ‘anagram’, meaning that you
only need to rearrange the letters to work
out the answers to the clues; hope you all
enjoy!
CLUES DOWN
1) Type of a stone sometimes used in the
bathroom (6)
2) Curiosity, hobby thoughts, even from
profits (8)
3) All of it, the lot (3)
4) Footballer, though not always in the middle of
the pitch (6,7)
5) Very big Australian bird (7)
6) Nothing (4)
7) Position observed in some sport activities (6)
13) Rude, cheeky or just insubordinate (8)
14) ‘Ran idle’ (anag) - to this little nearby
country (7)
15) Do not give in; be firm (6)
16) Often it’s underground in places for storing
the booze (6)
17) One part of your cooker, cooking from
above (5)
19) Alcove or recess (4)
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In 2002 Liz converted to Catholicism at St. Richard’s in Chichester and for the last
six or seven years has worshipped at the Cathedral particularly loving to attend the
11.15am Mass on a Sunday. Apart from the Mass, Liz says she finds parishioners
there so friendly and, subsequently, has become a welcomer at the 11.15am Mass as
well as being appointed a special minister of the Eucharist and now a member of the
Core Team.
Liz still has some ties at St. Richard’s, Chichester, as she remains a member of their
visiting group taking communion to the housebound on occasions. At Chichester
Cathedral she is a welcomer. Her other interests are many and varied, as she loves
gardening, reading, history, music, theatre and the opera. She also loves nature and
on the day we met at the Cathedral she went on to visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands
Trust site in Arundel.
On 1 December 2012, Liz was invested as a Dame of the Holy Sepulchre at
St. Anne’s Cathedral in Leeds.
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Easter Features & Prayers
Courtesy of ‘A Green Bough’ magazine
The Easter Candle
The lighting of the Easter Candle seems to have originated in the ancient daily ritual
of ‘lucenare’, (‘lighting of the lamps’) as darkness fell. The tradition of lighting
candles held by the people began in Rome in the early centuries. There the dark of
night of the Easter Vigil was filled with candles symbolic of the resurrected Christ.
In the Frankish kingdom further symbolism was added to the Easter Candle and
continues today at the discretion of the pastor. A cross is cut or traced into it with
the proclamation ‘Christ yesterday and today, the beginning and the end’, adding the
first and last letters of the Greek alphabet ‘Alpha and Omega’.
The numbers of the current year was added in the four angles of the crossbars with
the proclamation ‘All time belongs to Him and all the ages, to Him be glory and
power through every age forever, Amen’. Four grains of incense, sealed with red
(wax) nails, are inserted at the ends of the crossbars and one is inserted where the
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Lord... guard us... and keep us, Amen’
On Easter Morning
The theme of Easter morning remembers and celebrates the very foundation of
Christianity: Jesus is raised from the dead and is Lord. Those who believe and are
baptized share in this resurrection to new life. It was natural that the very first
followers of Jesus would hold this moment sacred. It was the anniversary of that
wonderful time when they experienced Him risen and still among them. His death
had occurred on the most important of all Jewish feasts; the Passover. His
resurrection fulfilled all that the Passover had meant to them as Jews. It was an
exodus, a passage from the old times and the oppression of slavery to spiritual
freedom. Jesus was the Paschal Lamb slain to achieve this freedom.
Easter goes on the Fifty Days
Easter does not end abruptly. It begins a season. Like all major feasts in the church
year it is celebrated with an octave, a week-long festival. During the early centuries
those who were baptized at the Easter Vigil would gather daily during Easter week
for further instructions in the Christian faith. Once again this is an important feature
of the newly baptized adults’ journey of new faith continuing for the fifty days of
Eastertime.
The Easter season ends with Pentecost (the Greek ‘pentecoste’ means fiftieth). The
feast of Pentecost must be understood in the context of the Jewish feast by the same
name. The other name in Jewish tradition is Feast of Weeks, a full season of seven
weeks of thanksgiving, beginning with Passover Sabbath (please see Tobit 2:1 and
2 Maccabees 12:32). This prolonged festival celebrated the theme of harvest and
thanksgiving, it evolved before the time of Christ into a memorial of the covenant
and by 300CE, a memorial of the giving of the Law.
By the end of the 2nd Century Christians were observing a similar fifty-day festival
of rejoicing after the annual Pascha. During these weeks, fasting and kneeling were
forbidden because of the joyful experience of resurrection.
From Greg Dues, “Catholic Customs and Tradition”, in “The Visitor”.
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The Passion Flower
The beauty of the Passion Flower lies not only in its display of God’s creation, but
also in its symbolism of God’s salvation.
At the heart of the flower, reminding us of the main column of the cross, we see five
stamens representing the five wounds endured by Christ as he hung upon it.
The blue-fringed corona surrounding the centre symbolizes the crown of thorns,
with its stains signifying the blood of Christ shed through his suffering.
The spiralled tendrils denote the lashes used against Christ, whilst the shape of the
leaves bring to mind the head of the Centurion’s spear, used to verify Christ’s death.
The fragrance of the flower evokes the aroma of the spices prepared by the women
to anoint the body, whilst the round fruit produced by the plant speaks of the world
Christ came to save.
The Pearl of Great Price
The great grace that all of us have been given is to believe in Jesus Christ, to believe
in His presence in our hearts, and to believe that He invites each one of us to enter
into that presence. This is an extraordinary gift to have been given.
We have to learn, because it is a gift of such staggering proportions, to respond to it
gradually, gently. When we begin we cannot fully understand the sheer
magnificence and wonder of it. Each time we return to meditate we enter into that
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reality a little more deeply, a little more faithfully. It takes time to find that this is The
Pearl of Great Price.
Dom John Main OSB
What is Prayer?
It is so sad that the common understanding of prayer is limited to religious and
verbal acts, when in truth it is such a natural and instinctive part of being human.
The natural. human longing for God is frustrated by a limited understanding of
prayer and of how one can or should pray.
Prayer has been described in dozens of ways, such as ‘a familiar conversation with
God’. Our limited ideals about the nature of prayer must be exploited to include all
the familiar definitions without being confined by them.
All ordinary human longings for happiness, every spontaneous response of love and
joy, every stirring towards goodness, every impulse to serve, our sense of guilt and
sorrow - all this and more, is prayer. If only we can learn to recognize as true prayer
the soul’s sincere desire, uttered or unexpressed, the people who say they never can
be brought to religious enterprise, or guilty for not praying, they can be immensely
encouraged by recognizing that they pray much more and probably far better than
they ever imagined.
Bruce Duncan, ‘Pray Your Way’, ‘The Visitor’.
‘A Green Bough’ is sent free to the sick, housebound or elderly and their friends. For
more information write to Mrs Jo Steward or Mrs Adele Carter, 37 Arun Vale,
Coldwaltham, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 1LP
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News from St. Philip’s Catholic Primary School
By Elizabeth Hargeaves, Deputy Headteacher
February 26th was the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and pupils at St. Philip’s Catholic
Primary School planned exciting activities to support this event.
The fortnight began with a whole school assembly led by head teacher Margaret
Fraher, to further raise awareness of the importance of fairly traded goods. One of
the highlights of the many activities initially planned by the Fair Trade Fighters in
Year 6 was a football competition using a newly purchased Fairtrade football. Each
class has chosen ways to learn about and celebrate the importance of choosing
products with the fair-trade logo.
Reception children used Fairtrade products for cooking, while Year 1 went to find out
about Fairtrade products sold in the Co-op in Arundel. The children in Year 2 wrote
letters to persuade others to buy more Fairtrade products and Year 3 researched facts.
Years 4, 5 and 6 had lessons in Maths and English as well as Art with a Fairtrade
theme. In Arundel, a Fairtrade status town, there are many opportunities to source
Fairtrade goods.
Recent information in the media about the use of horsemeat in some of our food is
cause for concern, but what are even more alarming are the terrible wages and living
conditions of the farmers who grow our food. By educating our children about the
huge impact that choosing fairly traded products has on the lives of others, locally
and globally, then St. Philip’s school children will learn to live out as adults the part
of the school Mission Statement that embraces the gospel values to ‘love your
neighbour as yourself’.
Please visit http:learning.st-philips.w-sussex.sch.uk to read more about our
school.
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News from St. Philip Howard Catholic High School
David Carter, Headteacher
After a very long autumn term, our early Easter has made spring term very short, so
it’s felt very packed. Along with our spiritual preparations during Lent, there have
been house tournaments, sports fixtures and the amazing “SPH’s Got Talent”
evening, which raised over £1300 for the Cystic Fibrosis Holiday Fund and
showcased some of the phenomenal talents our pupils have.
We began our celebration of Lent with our Ash Wednesday Service, and it was great
to see the hall filled with pupils choosing to start Lent together in prayer. We have
reminded ourselves of our three key callings: fasting, giving and prayer, and have
produced a special Lenten calendar with challenges each day that focus on these
three aspects of our Lenten efforts.
As I write this, we are also finishing out final preparations for our Lenten Fundraising
Week, and for our Day of Reconciliation. Lots of our local priests have given up time
to be with us and offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation to our staff and pupils. As
Lent is a time for reflection, we hope those who take the opportunity will find
themselves brought closer to God through receiving his love and forgiveness in the
Sacrament.
Alongside raising money for our normal charities, our Year 11 Study Skills group
have arranged for us to collect various items for Stonepillow, our local homeless
charity - if you have spare soaps, shower gels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, warm
clothes, winter coats, socks or pairs of shoes that you are happy to donate to this
worthwhile cause within our own community, please send them our way. (We are
told it is the toiletry items which are the most desperately needed)
With prayers for a blessed Lent, and joyous Easter.
Clare Long
Chaplain
You can read our most current newsletter from the home page of our website:
www.st-philiphoward.w-sussex.sch.uk
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Parish Diary
MARCH
Wednesday 27th
6.00pm Chrism Mass in the Cathedral with
Bishop Kieran Conry
Thursday 28th
HOLY THURSDAY
8.00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the Cathedral
followed by waiting to midnight at the altar of repose.
11.50pm Compline
Friday 29th
GOOD FRIDAY
9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
10.00am Stations of the Cross
3.00pm The Passion – Collection for Holy Places
Saturday 30th
HOLY SATURDAY
9.00am Office of Readings and Morning Prayer
8.00pm The Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection
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Masses at 9.30am and 11.15am in the Cathedral
APRIL
Saturday 6th
Thursday 11th
Saturday 13th
Saturday 20th
Sunday 21st
Saturday 27th
Sunday 28th
2.00pm Wedding
10.00am Mass in the Fitzalan Chapel
7.30pm Chichester University Choir Concert tickets see
www.chi.ac.uk/department-music/whats
2.00pm Wedding
3.00pm St. George’s Day Service (after 2.30pm Parade)
7.30pm Arun Choral Society Concert tickets from
01243 866469 or [email protected]
3.00pm Worthing Deanery Confirmations
MAY
Saturday 4th
Saturday 11th
Sunday 12th
Saturday 18th
Sunday 19th
Wednesday 29th
Thursday 30th
12 noon Union of Catholic Mothers Annual Mass
& Meeting
2.30pm Wedding
1.00pm Baptisms
2.00pm Wedding
9.30am First Holy Communion Mass
9.30am – 8pm Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view
9.30am – 5.30pm Corpus Christi Carpet of Flowers on view
5.30pm Mass with Bishop Kieran
c. 6.30pm Procession to the Castle and back to
the Cathedral
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Corpus Christi ‘Carpet of Flowers” Assistance
Calling on all volunteers to help with the laying of flower-heads and
foliage during 27/28 May as well as act as guides or other support
during the public days of 29/30 May. Please call the Parish Office
on 01903 882 297 or email [email protected]
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During Easter
we pray to the Lord...
Easter Week
Sunday 31st
EASTER SUNDAY
Monday 1st April
Tuesday 2nd
Wednesday 3rd
Thursday 4th
Friday 5th
Saturday 6th
That we may be uplifted by the message of Easter and your
promise of our own resurrection
That we remember to support the new members of
our Church
For our newly elected Pope Francis, that he will be guided
in wisdom to lead and heal the Church
For those working towards important exams in the coming
school term
That we may be a helpful example to those who find it
difficult to believe in you
That we may be slow to criticize, but always ready to show
gratitude or offer a helping hand
That we allow you to bring healing and peace into our lives
2nd Week of Easter
Sunday 7th
LOW SUNDAY
Monday 8th
Tuesday 9th
Wednesday 10th
Thursday 11th
Friday 12th
Saturday 13th
That despite doubts which may trouble us, our belief
in you may be steadfast
For the grace not to become embittered by those who have
wronged us in the past
In thanksgiving for all the catechists in our parish
For guidance in supporting & encouraging our children to
become responsible and caring adults
For help in showing humility
In thanksgiving for those who give children a loving home
through fostering or adoption
That we are not afraid to proclaim our faith
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3rd Week of Easter
Sunday 14th
Monday 15th
Tuesday 16th
Wednesday 17th
Thursday 18th
Friday 19th
Saturday 20th
That we may recognize your real presence in the ‘breaking
of bread’ when we share in the celebration of the Eucharist
In thanksgiving for the blessings you have given us, and
that we use them well, to the full, and unselfishly
For those whose memory has failed, for whom life
is confusing
For all those who help make our community in Arundel a
thriving, prosperous and caring one
For those who are, or who feel, alone
For all those striving to resolve conflict where there is war
and terrorism
For vocations to the priesthood
4th Week of Easter
Sunday 21st
Monday 22nd
Tuesday 23rd
Wednesday 24th
Thursday 25th
Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
That we may respond to your calling for us to serve our
spiritually starved world
For those contemplating the priesthood and those
preparing for ordination
For those who are disillusioned with life and with their faith
For generosity in sharing our possessions with those
in need
For parishioners who are unable to join us for worship; and
for our Ministers of Holy Communion and others who
visit them
For those coping as single parents
For those who have been made redundant or who are
denied work
5th Week of Easter
Sunday 28th
Monday 29th
Tuesday 30th
Wednesday 1st May
Thursday 2nd
Friday 3rd
Saturday 4th
That our faith in you is not simply based on words or mere
talk, but is something alive and active
That we refrain from burdening others with unnecessary
demands or over-ambitious expectations
For those wrestling with moral dilemmas
For those who suffer from serious rifts in their family
relationships
For friends whose company we treasure
That we refrain from gossip
On this Feast of the English Martyrs, for all those who
proclaim and adhere to their faith in the face of hardship
and persecution
6th Week of Easter
Sunday 5th
Monday 6th
Tuesday 7th
Wednesday 8th
Thursday 9th
Friday 10th
Saturday 11th
That we may serve to diffuse distrust and aggression in
our world
That whatever work we do, we do it well, with integrity
and with pride
For those parents who bear the prolonged distress of
children who have gone missing
For those trying to combat their addiction to drugs
or alcohol
For those who give up personal ambitions to care for their
children, or elderly relatives at home
For those who, for whatever reason, feel excluded from
practising their faith
That in loving one another as you loved us, the world
might believe
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7th Week of Easter
Sunday 12th
ASCENSION DAY
Monday 13th
Tuesday 14th
Wednesday 15th
Thursday 16th
Friday 17th
Saturday 18th
For good communications in our parish and that we
may work in love and understanding of one another
For those whose physical or emotional state makes it
difficult for them to communicate with others
For those whose lives have been damaged by physical,
mental or sexual abuse
For perseverance when we have difficulty in praying
In thanksgiving for those who work ‘behind the scenes’
in our parish, that they are not taken for granted
or undervalued
For our First Holy Communion group, as they prepare to
come to your table
That we may be open to the power of the Holy Spirit in our
lives and in our parish
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Parish Notice Board
WELCOME!
If you are a new parishioner, we hope that
you will quickly feel at home with us...
Please make sure that you have completed
one of the special forms kept at the back
of the Cathedral (to the left of where the
newspapers are displayed) so that you can
be registered on our Parish Database.
CATHEDRAL GUIDED TOUR
THE FRIENDS OF ARUNDEL CATHEDRAL in
conjunction with the ARUNDEL MUSEUM SOCIETY
are putting on a Guided Tour of the Cathedral plus
cream tea in the Cathedral Centre. Wednesday 10th
April at 2.15pm. Tickets from Lindsey Stratford 01903
884567 or Michael Heathcote 01903 882227. £7.50
per person or £5.00 for ‘Friends of Arundel Cathedral’.
HOUSEBOUND?
SARDHANA
We are pleased to confirm that a profit of
£1,038.69 was raised at the Quiz Night.
Many thanks to all those who supported
us. We have now sent some more money
in time for Easter.
St. John Vianney Group
This group meets monthly and is for all men aged
18 - 35 who are brave enough to consider a
specific vocation from the Lord. It is particularly
(though not exclusively)suitable for those daring
to consider a vocation to the priesthood.
Meetings are the first Sunday of each month in
Crawley at 5pm for Mass followed by pizza, talk,
discussion and Adoration, finishing with
Benediction at 8.30pm.Venue: Vocations House,
Stagelands, Crawley, W. Sussex RH11 7QD
CATHEDRAL GIFT SHOP
To prepare for our Diocese Jubilee you can now
purchase a Jubilee Prayer Book for £2.75.
An extensive range of religious gifts and cards.
From 1/4/12 - 31/10/12 Mon-Sat 10.30 - 16.30
From 1/11/12 - 31/3/13 Mon-Sat 10.30 - 12noon
plus Mon/Wed/Thu 13.30 - 16.00
If you or a family member is unable
to come to Mass due to illness or
infirmity please call us on 01903 882 297
Race Night 7pm, 19 April
Cathedral Centre
A great Family Event, tickets to include
Ploughman's Supper. Licensed Bar, Raffle.
In aid of "Let The Children Live" - the Colombian
Street Children Charity - founded and run by
Fr. Peter Walters, who spoke at the Cathedral
recently. Tickets from Michael Heathcote 01903
882227 £7.50 for adults and £2.50 for children
under 16.
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES
Application forms are now available
from the Sacristy for this year’s event
running from 25 July - 2 August 2013
Make a bequest to
Arundel Cathedral
A leaflet is available to all parishioners
who would like to include Arundel
Cathedral in their will. The leaflet
gives some guidance as to how
to make a bequest using the right
wording if you wish to make...
1. A bequest to the Cathedral Parish
2. A bequest for Masses
3. A bequest for a Foundation Mass
Leaflets available at the back of the
Cathedral or call 01903 882 927
And finally...
Something to get you thinking:
Win a surprise prize by posting your answer, with your name/address, to
The Editor, Cathedral House, Parsons Hill, Arundel BN18 9AY
DEADLINE: 23 APRIL 2013
Something to get you smiling:
‘Bloopers that appeared in church bulletins or announced in church services!
Ladies! Please don’t forget our jumble sale! It’s a chance of get rid of those
things not worth keeping around your house. Bring your husbands.
The Fasting and Prayer Conference includes meals.
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music to follow.
The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment
and gracious hostility.
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Congratulations & Commemorations
Baptisms
23 February - Louis Edward Christian Donnelly
24 February - Molly Garrity
Marriages
- None -
Deaths
30 January 2013 - Miriam Dixie (84 years old)
21 February 2013 - Jean Clifton (98 years old)
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An Easter Prayer
At Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the
dead. The Easter feast was the most important feast in the early
Church, and it inspired many ancient hymns and prayers. The
resurrection of Christ inspired some of the content of Ephrem the
Syrian's Nisibene Hymns. This prayer to the risen Christ is
adapted from the works of Saint Ephrem.
O Jesus, King, receive my prayer,
and consider my supplication as a pledge to You.
For you, O living King,
have gone forth and gone up out of Hell,
as Conqueror.
Woe to those who have rejected you;
For, to evil spirits and demons, you are sorrow,
to Satan and to Death, you are pain,
To Sin and Hell, you are mourning.
Yet, O how joy has come today,
for those who are born anew.
Therefore, on this great day,
We give great glory to You,
who died and is now alive,
that to all you may give life and resurrection!
Adapted by David Bennett
from Nisibene Hymn 36:17,18, by St. Ephrem
www.churchyear.net