2021.12.08 - Grapevine - Christmas Edition

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Catholic Parish Clergy:

The Very Rev Canon Peter Rollings VF

Parish Priest and Dean

Father Gordon Adam

Assistant Parish Priest
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Rev John Belfield – Deacon
Martin L’Estrange – Deacon
Shaun Morrison – Deacon (OOLW)

Address
The Catholic Rectory, North Everard Street, King’s Lynn, PE30 5HQ

Telephone: 01553 772220
Email: [email protected]
Web Site: www.catholicparish-kingslynn.org.uk

Due to Covid-19 the Church offers
Live Streaming of Sunday Mass.

Details of the Live Streaming of Sunday Mass for you:
From Our Lady’s, London Road, King’s Lynn

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V030I7usRZiKoTlrwBAKg

11.30am Sunday
The YouTube link is
https://youtu.be/UvufRDE76Ho

Mass readings are daily uploaded on the parish website:
http://www.catholicparish-kingslynn.org.uk/

The parish newsletter for the week can also be found on the
website.

For Mass Times please check the parish website:
http://www.catholicparish-kingslynn.org.uk/

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INDEX 5- 6
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Editorial 8- 9
Year of Synodality 9
Baptisms, Confirmations & Deaths 10 - 13
Parish Sick List 14 - 15
Confirmation 27 November 2021 16 - 17
Eucharist-Honouring Sunday - Edith Stein 18
Anne Lindley - Laudatio Si & Psalm 65 19 - 23
Page for the Elders 24 - 25
John Cairns - A Cotswold Mystery-Part 1 26 - 27
Page for and by the Young 28
Page for and by the Young-Silent Night 29
Peace Light of Bethlehem - Peter Martin 30
Peace Light of Bethlehem - History 31
Pauline Mc Sherry - Stella called 32
Red Box Appeal 33 - 34
Red Wednesday 35
Purfleet-Homeless Appeal
Last Page: Dates and Announcements

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EDITORIAL

Dear All,

There are countless Christmas carols in which the word ‘wondrous’
appears: ‘Say, O my Soul, what wondrous light…’, ‘What wondrous love
is this, O my soul, O my soul’ or ‘How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is giv’n!’, to quote just a few of those lines.
Dictionaries list ‘wondrous’ as an archaic word – yet – although not in
everyday use any more, ‘wondrous’ comes closest to describing the
feeling of amazement of those who were called to the scene at
Bethlehem.

Called were the shepherds and guided were the three Magi, the wise
men.

Shepherds in the OT have often been described as poor, low, dirty
and unsocial. But again, we also know that Abraham used to tend his
father’s sheep, Moses tended the sheep of Jethro, his father-in-law,
and David when young was a shepherd. These three shepherds
became pillars of the OT.

In Luke’s Gospel we hear in a most detailed account the story of the
shepherds. Luke says that they were ‘keeping watch over their flocks
at night.’ Then ‘Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host
appeared with the angel praising God…..’ and the shepherds ‘were
terrified.’ Nevertheless, they decided to go to see ‘this thing that has
happened’ and ‘hurried’ to find what the angel had told them. ‘When
they had seen the baby, they spread the word concerning what had
been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at
what the shepherds said to them.’ The encounter with the baby made
the shepherds the first messengers of the good news, and also images
of a good shepherd who does not abandon his flock since ‘The
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things
they had heard and seen.’

The narrative of the Three Magi in the Gospel of St Matthew, also
called the Three Kings in later accounts, is also a story of

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transformation.

Kings in the OT most often were at war with each other, and so I
prefer to look at them as The Wise Men. Travelling from the East,
following a star to find the King of the Jews, whom they assumed to
find in Jerusalem, they asked Herod “Where is He who has been born
King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come
to worship Him.” No wonder that ‘King Herod was troubled.’

The Magi departed Jerusalem ‘… and behold, the star which they had
seen in the East went before them, till it came and stood over where
the young Child was.’ ‘…they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy’ ‘…
and when they …saw the young Child with Mary His mother, they fell
down and worshiped Him. And when they had opened their
treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.’

‘Then, being divinely warned in a dream that they should not return
to Herod, they departed for their own country another way.’

Like pilgrims they had followed the star and, having found the Christ,
they returned by following ‘the divine voice of a dream’ as believers.
There is no further mention of them in the NT – but their relics are
lying in a golden shrine in the Cathedral of Cologne.

The shepherds and the Wise Men left their places and having found
the baby they were changed.

This immense feeling of love, of being lifted out of what was and into
a new life, into the ‘wondrous light’, ‘wondrous love’, receiving
the ‘wondrous gift’, that is Christmas. The eleven confirmands who
waited for 18 months to be confirmed by Bishop Alan S. Hopes, are
also witnesses of this great joy. ‘As we celebrate the sacrament of
God’s motion’ ‘the Holy Spirit will be poured out into your life’ ‘God is
sealing you with His wonderful gift’ were the words of Bishop Hopes.

And so, I wish you a wonderful Christmas.
With much love, Lotte

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The End of the Year of St Joseph

The blessed Virgin Mary reads in bed, as St Joseph nurses the Christ-child.

Pope Francis chooses ‘synodality’
as theme for 2022 synod

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BAPTISMS

Shania Gabrielle Reed
Elizabeth Julia Ghesini

Nihal John Joppy
Ariana Prohorova
Haraldas Gabrielius Beniusis

Chi-Zara Ndika

CONFIRMATIONS

Alexandra Ampomah
Ashmol Davis

Olivia Donaldson
Amelia Donaldson

Liam Galicha
Kaja Janiszewska
Maksymilian Janiszewski

Emily Mollick
Ronan Oakes
Joseph Pink
Callum Quinlan

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DEATHS

Tomas Vilbikaitis
Sandy Cherry Baker

Lavinia Bolton
Michael Joseph Butler
Adrian Leslie Stevart

Gintare Jasiuniene
Adolfina Badanina

PARISH SICK LIST Gustave Doré - ‘Jesus healing the Sick’
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Anne Lindley
Caroline Glazebrook

Susan Young
Maria DeRosa
Renee Thomas
Helen Seaman
Stephanie McAllister
Mark Griffiths
Eileen Griffiths
Beryl Green

John Green
Ann Hemming
Debbie Roper
Owen McDonagh
Sheila Husband

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Concelebrants of the Mass

Reverend Canon Peter Rollings V.F.
Rural Dean of St. Wilfrid’s Deanery

Parish Priest of the Catholic Parish of King’s Lynn

Assistant Parish Priest
Reverend Father Gordon Adam
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Reverend Deacon Shaun Morrison
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham

Reverend Deacon Martin L’Estrange

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“Be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit”

“Today is your Pentecost all over again.
As we celebrate the sacrament of God’s motion,

by laying hands on your head with prayer,
by marking you with the sign off the cross of Jesus Christ,

by sealing you with the sacred oil of chrism,
so the Holy Spirit will be poured out into your life.

God sealing you with His wonderful gift
so you become and be seen as an authentic witness to Jesus Christ.”

Rt. Rev. Alan S. Hopes,
Bishop of East Anglia.

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The confirmations that
should have taken place in
the evening of Thursday
14th May 2020 at long last
happened – more than 18

months late. 13

The confirmations that should have taken
place in the evening of
Thursday 14th May 2020
at long last happened

– more than 18 months late.

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Extract from Bishops’ Statement:
Honouring Sunday

Friday, November 19th, 2021

The Eucharist, source and summit
The Eucharist is the source and summit of our spiritual and pastoral
life. Many people have said to us that they have appreciated the noble
simplicity of the Mass at this time, which has allowed the mystery and
majesty of our Lord’s sacrificial love to shine through.
The central appeal of the Mass, its beauty and its transcendence,
raises our minds and hearts to God in an unambiguous and
compelling manner. Our Lord Jesus invites us to receive anew the gift
of Sunday as the preeminent day, the day of the Resurrection, when
the Church gathers to celebrate the Eucharist. Here we stand together
before our heavenly Father, offering our thanksgiving and prayer,
through our Saviour in the Holy Spirit. Here we receive Christ in his
Word. Here we are nourished by Christ in his precious Body and
Blood. This is our primary joy, for which there is no substitute, and
from which we draw our strength. The Sunday Eucharist is a gift…..

Edith Stein on the Importance of the Holy Eucharist

“For every Catholic there lies ready an immeasurable treasure: the
proximity of the Lord in the holy sacrifice and in the most holy
sacrament of the altar. Whoever is imbued with a lively faith in Christ
present in the tabernacle, whoever knows that a friend waits here

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constantly–always with the time, patience, and sympathy to listen to
complaints, petitions, and problems, with counsel and help in all
things–this person cannot remain desolate and forsaken even under
the greatest difficulties. He always has a refuge where quietude and
peace can again be found.”

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Pope Francis

From the Encyclical Letter LAUDATIO SI

All-powerful God, you are
Present in the whole universe
And in the smallest of your creatures.
You embrace with your tenderness all that exists.
Pour out upon us the power of your love, that we may
protect life and beauty.
Fill us with peace, that we may live as brothers and sisters,
harming no one.
O God of the poor, help us to rescue the abandoned and
forgotten of this earth, so precious in your eyes.
Bring healing to our lives, that we may protect the world
and not prey on it, that we may sow beauty, not pollution
and destruction.
Touch the hearts of those who look only for gain at the
expense of the poor and the earth.
Teach us to discover the worth of each thing, to be filled
with awe and contemplation, to recognize that we are
profoundly united with very creature as we journey
towards your infinite light.
We thank you for being with us every day.
Encourage us, we pray, in our struggle for justice, love and
peace.

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Many thanks to Anne Lindley for sending this beautiful prayer of
Pope Francis as published in The Tablet-13 November 2021.

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You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;

the river of God is full of water;
you provide the people with grain,

for so you have prepared it.
10 You water its furrows abundantly,

settling its ridges,
softening it with showers,

and blessing its growth.
11 You crown the year with your bounty;
your wagon tracks overflow with richness.
12 The pastures of the wilderness overflow,

the hills gird themselves with joy,
13 the meadows clothe themselves with flocks,

the valleys deck themselves with grain,
they shout and sing together for joy.

Psalm 65, 9-13

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PAGE FOR THE ELDERS

“I hear the Elders are having Christmas dinner
at the Stuart Hotel - 14th December.
Jane has arranged it.”
Maria Mcgovern.

PRAYING FOR THE ELDERLY

From Psalm 90
Lord, you have always been our refuge: before you created the hills,
before you brought the world into being, you are God from all time -
and you will be God for ever; a thousand years in your sight are like
yesterday, already gone.
We are like flowers that spring up in the morning, bloom in the
afternoon and die in the evening.
O Lord, Give them as much happiness as they have had sadness; let
them see your strength, and your blessing upon
those they love:
O Lord, bless them and prosper them;
in the name of Jesus our redeemer. Amen.

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A Cotswold Mystery

The events in my story took place in the Cotswolds, at Chipping
Campden, in the early 1660s. It involves happenings regarding which
no satisfactory explanation has ever been found.

On the 16 August 1660, William Harrison, aged about 70, walked
towards the village of Charingworth, about two miles from Chipping
Campden in Gloucestershire, to collect rents for his employer, the
Lady Viscountess Campden. When he did not return home that
evening, Harrison’s wife sent out their servant, John Perry, to find
him, but neither man returned that evening.

The next morning, Harrison’s son, Edward, went looking for his father
and Perry. He found John Perry on the road to Charingworth. Perry
explained that in his searching he had not found the elder Harrison.
The two men went to Ebrington and spoke to the tenants Harrison
was meant to have visited. They discovered that Harrison had
contacted them, but there was still no sign of him. Later they found
William Harrison’s blood-stained collar, and hat, and comb by
the roadside.

Suspicion soon fell on John Perry and rumours of his guilt circulated
among the villagers.

When he was first interrogated, Perry explained why he had not
returned home that night. On going out to search for Harrison, he was
scared because it was dark. So, after a brief walk about, he went and
hid in his master’s barn.

Then, when the moon rose, he had enough light to resume his search.
But as he searched, a mist came down causing him to get lost. He
then slept under a bush for the night resuming his search the next
morning when Edward Harrison found him. He claimed he had no

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knowledge of what had happened to the elder Harrison.

The magistrate did not believe this story. So, Perry was imprisoned
while further investigations took place.
In further questioning, Perry claimed that his mother, Joan, and
brother, Richard, had waited until Harrison had finished collecting
rents and then robbed and killed him, dumping his body in a pond.
He even gave a detailed account of the event, including his own
involvement in it. He also stated after Harrison had been attacked, he
came across his mother, brother, and the unconscious Harrison.
In further questioning, Perry claimed that his mother, Joan, and
brother, Richard, had waited until Harrison had finished collecting

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rents and then robbed and killed him, dumping his body in a pond.
He even gave a detailed account of the event, including his own
involvement in it. He also stated after Harrison had been attacked, he
came across his mother, brother, and the unconscious Harrison.

He then said his mother told him to return to his master’s house to
see if anyone had grown suspicious of Harrison’s absence. Later he
claimed to have taken the bloodied hat, collar, and comb, slashed
them with a knife and then placed them along the road so it would be
presumed Harrison had been robbed and murdered there.

When brought in for questioning, Joan and Richard Perry denied the
whole story. Moreover, when the pond was dredged, no body was
found.

Unfortunately, Joan and Richard Perry did not have an alibi for the
night in question. Also, John Perry had no reason to implicate himself
in murdering a man, so all three Perrys were arrested for the murder
of William Harrison. However, owing to the absence of a body or
clear evidence that a murder had taken place at all, the presiding
judge in the case, Sir Christopher Turner, refused to prosecute the
three for murder.

In the previous year the Harrison family had been robbed of £140.
John Perry claimed that his family had been continually badgering
him to rob the Harrisons and that they themselves wanted to do
it. So, John Perry was questioned about the former robbery. He
stated that his brother had committed the robbery and, although John
himself wasn’t directly involved in stealing the money, he had told his
brother where the money was kept. After stealing the money, it was
supposedly buried in the Perry’s garden with the idea of digging it up
long after most people had forgotten about the robbery.

About a week later, with little progress made having been made in

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the case, Perry was again questioned. Initially, he stuck to his original
story, but later changed it. Subsequent interrogations might well
have been made under force, or he might have been scared that he
would be tried for murder. Whatever happened he tried to shift the
blame onto others. During a later interrogation, Perry suggested a
tinker had killed Harrison and then later that a servant of an
unnamed Gentleman had robbed and murdered Harrison.

When John Perry confessed this piece of information, the garden was
searched. However, no money was found.

Despite the lack of evidence that the Perrys had robbed the Harrisons
the previous year other than John Perry’s assertion, and despite
Perry’s mother and brother denying that they had any part in it, all
three pleaded guilty to the robbery.

John had already implicated himself as an accomplice, so it was
natural that he would then plead guilty. His mother and brother were
a different matter. They initially made a plea of not guilty, but almost
immediately changed that to one of guilty.

It seems that they were advised to do this and to ask for a pardon
under the Indemnity and Oblivion Act of 1660. This Act was a general
pardon for anyone who had committed a crime during the Civil War
and Interregnum so long as the crime was not one of unlicensed
murder, rape, piracy, witchcraft, sodomy, or bestiality.

According to this it seemed, if the three made a guilty plea and
asked for a pardon, they would not receive any punishment
whatsoever and the court would not have to waste time in attempting
to further the case. Thus, they made a guilty plea and were
immediately let go. This act almost certainly cost the three their
lives.

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When Harrison still hadn’t turned up by the spring of 1661, it
was decided that he must have been murdered. The three had
confessed to robbing Harrison previously. On the night when he
disappeared Harrison had been carrying a substantial amount of rent
money. John Perry had known this fact and the route Harrison would
take and Harrison’s bloodied items had been found. So, it was
decided there was enough evidence to try the three for Harrison’s
murder.

Despite the three proclaiming their innocence, the judge, Sir Robert
Hyde, and jury found them guilty. The three were convicted of
murder and hanged together near Chipping Camden on Broadway
Hill.

Since Joan was suspected of being a witch, she was, naturally,
hanged first in the hope that any spell on her sons would be cancelled
by her death. This would allow them to confess to the murder. But
all three Perrys professed their innocence right up to their death.
John even recanted his former story, saying he had made it up and
knew nothing of what had happened to Harrison.

To be continued……..

John Cairns

Broadway Hill

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Page by and for the young

3-year-old Taras built this lovely 1st of Advent train.

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Franz is working on one of his latest paintings, a Nativity Scene.

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PRAYER Silent Night

O Lord, I thank you for Silent night, holy night!
everything. All is calm, all is bright.
I thank you that you love me and Round yon Virgin, Mother and
that you teach me.
You show me how to do things Child.
right. Holy infant so tender and
I thank you that I can come to you
day and night. mild,
Please keep us safe in the palm of Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace
your hand.
Please sing to us and tell us your Silent night, holy night!
stories. Shepherds quake at the sight.
Please look after my Mama and Glories stream from heaven
Papa
and my little sister and my big afar
brother and my auntie. Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia,
Good night.
Amen. Christ the Saviour is born!
Christ the Saviour is born!

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Taras’s first writing

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The Peace Light of Bethlehem

Peter and Helen Martin holding the Peace Light of Bethlehem.
The picture was taken in 2019 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of
Walsingham. Peter and Helen Martin had travelled to Dover to receive
the light, accompanied by members of our King’s Lynn Scout Group.
From Dover they undertook a long journey visiting parishes on the way
to King’s Lynn, handing over and lighting a candle at those parishes.

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A brief History of the Peace Light of Bethlehem.

The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORFO) founded the “Light of
Peace from Bethlehem” as a new Christmas tradition more than 30
years ago in 1986. Meanwhile it is shining each year all over Europe,
in the United States and even in some countries in South America. In
recent years, it has also been handed over to many political and
religious leaders as well as international organisations.

For the last 30 years it has reminded us of the Christmas message of
peace on the Nativity of Christ in Bethlehem and thus of the deeper
meaning of Christmas. Every November an especially chosen child
travels to Bethlehem with several hundred participants of the
“Friedenslichtreise” (Light of Peace journey). This child receives the
light in a lantern from the Birth Grotto in Bethlehem. Austrian
Airlines then brings the Light of Peace in a special oil lamp to Austria.
From here it is passed from person to person but also through
organisations, such as the Scouts, throughout Europe and the world.

Upper Austria's Governor Thomas Stelzer personally leads the
delegation to deliver the Light of Peace from Bethlehem via Linz to
the European Capital City of Brussels. Traditionally it is handed over
in a Christmas Ceremony to the President of the European
Commission as well as to the colleagues from all EU countries. 2018
for the first time the light was also officially brought to the Royal
Family in Belgium.

In 1989 the light was welcomed by 10,000 people on the main square
of the South Bohemian city Ceske Budejovice as a symbol of the new
solidarity. It shone at the opening of the Berlin Wall after the fall of
the Iron Curtain. The Light of Peace was also presented at Ground
Zero in New York and to UN soldiers at the Golan Heights.

During a private audience, Pope Benedict XVI called it a “symbol of
hearts”.

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“Stella called”

She is 50 now and I’m sure all other 50-year-olds from St. Martha’s
remember Stella, Stella Pegg, now married to James Leitch. They
have three children and live in Livingston in Scotland. Stella’s mother
was Scottish and the family moved north of the border when Stella
was 13.

In that all too short but truly joyous and emotional visit this
morning we travelled a long, long way down memory Lane. Her good
husband James sat patiently at my kitchen table, pride in his dear
wife Stella’s success was very evident.
Where are Stella’s classmates now? Anthony Brown, Anthony
Hawkins, Kevin, Paul Hod, Amanda, the Van der Poll girls and many
more. It would be good to hear from all of you.
Sadly no longer with us are Simon and Stephen and some members of
staff. May they rest in peace.

It is very rewarding indeed to meet up with past pupils. Stella is
a pupil who has given great credit to St Martha’s School. Now she is a
qualified accountant with three highly qualified children and a
delightful husband with the patience of Job.

A claim to fame for Stella was her success in the game show “The
Weakest Link”. She won her round and a handsome cheque.

Stella, thank you for calling, it was good to see your lovely smile
again. Your good parents are surely smiling on you from their
heavenly home, most especially when they see you in Our Lady’s on
Sunday at Mass. Again, thank you dear Stella for good memories.

May the Good
Lord take care of Stella,
James and their family
and past pupils of
St Martha’s School.

Pauline Mc Sherry.
25 June 2021.

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RED BOX APPEAL

Father Kevin Hughes of the Mill Hill Missionaries has visited our
parish on the 21st of November, The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, King of the Universe.

Movingly he shared with us the work the Mission is doing on the
continents of Africa, Asia, the Americas. He also included enlightening
details and episodes from his own work in Africa. Distances between
parishes where Fr Kevin commonly has to travel to are an obstacle,
where it easily takes 8 to 14 hours by car to reach a destination.
Poverty is great. Much work and funds are invested in education, in
building schools, building up Interfaith Dialog and, most of all, in
Primary Mission.

Phone Cheque
Please call 020 7821 9755 during Please make payable to Missio
office hours and send to Missio, 23 Eccleston
Square, London SW1V 1NU
Bank transfer
Account Name: Missio
Sort Code: 16-00-16
Account Number: 10824230
Reference: Please include your
postcode as a reference.
All info [email protected]

https://missio.org.uk/blogs/fr-kevin-hughes-what-is-mission/

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RED WEDNESDAY

Father Gordon writes: “For many Christians around the world being
a Christian brings not blessing in terms of this mortal life, but
persecution and suffering. Some facts gleaned from one website
include:
• Over 340 million Christians living in places where they

experience high levels of persecution and discrimination
• 4,761 Christians killed for their faith
• 4,488 churches and other Christian buildings attacked
• 4,277 believers detained without trial, arrested, sentenced or

imprisoned
That is why “Aid to the Church in Need” promotes “Red Wednesday”
to draw attention to this suffering. On “Red Wednesday” people are
asked to wear something red, and buildings including churches are lit
up in red in solidarity with persecuted Christians –

see https://acnuk.org/our-campaigns/redwednesday/
for more information.
Our Parish participated and Our Lady’s church glowed bright red in
the dark of the evening.

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These boots are made for working!

Sponsor a trainee`s work uniform.
At Purfleet Pathways we can help an individual, who has experienced
homelessness, make their house a home with the provision of
furniture and we can help a person gain skills and knowledge for
getting back into work through our training program.
We need your help in providing trainees like James with clothing for
work.

James’ Journey
James was referred to the Purfleet Trust from the
Job Centre after he became homeless due to a
relationship breakdown in March 2021. James has
been housed in one of our training houses ever
since. He says “I realised that I was not alone and
that there are a lot of people who become homeless
like me in the same situation. There is a big support
network at The Purfleet, and I have meet lots of new
friends. The staff have all helped me at some point in
my journey over the last 9 months and I am very grateful”
“I wanted to give something back for all the help they have giving me.
So that’s why I decided to volunteer at Purfleet Pathways warehouse
and with the collecting and delivery of furniture. It has got me back
into the working routine again, as I have worked in warehouses before
and would like to get back into that sort of work again.”
“The uniform and safety boots are a great idea, not just for health and
safety but they make me feel like I belong and that I am part of
something. I am proud to be part of team Purfleet”
Anyone wishing to help sponsor James or any of our trainees with
their uniform can do so by donating just £60 the whole uniform
package or £10 for a t shirt, £10 for a fleece, £10 for a boiler suit or
£30 for a set of safety boots. This really will make a difference to the
clients lives and will help them on their journey of getting back into
work and living an independent life.
Please contact [email protected] or ring 01553 871375.

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Volunteer Coffee Morning

Tuesday, 14th December 2021
11.00am - 12.00 noon
Purfleet Pathways
56/57 Bergen Way
King’s Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 2JG

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The Catholic Parish of King’s Lynn

Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation
and

Holy Family Church

THE GRAPE VINE MAGAZINE

Your next Editions will be on

5th of March 2022
5th June 2022

Please let Mrs Lotte Gaberle have your
Magazine Articles at least 3 weeks before publication.
Christmas Cards:
As in previous years some parishioners, instead of sending Christmas
cards to each other, contribute to a collection which is given to the
East Anglian Children’s Hospice (EACH). A list of those who have
contributed will be published shortly before Christmas and thus the
Christmas greetings of the participants are conveyed to each
other. Pat is happy to be contacted about this on 01553 774560.
Knights of Columba & St Vincent de Paul Society:
The Knights of St Columba, in partnership with the St Vincent de Paul
Society, are running an Advent initiative for which a variety of
contributions are invited. First, donations of money to buy both food
vouchers and Vinnie Bags. Please give your donation to a Knight or
put it in an envelope and write KSC / SVP on it. Then drop it in the
ordinary collection. If more information about this is wanted,
Edd Chomicz is happy to be contacted on 01485 600437 or at
[email protected] .
Knights of Columba - Defibrillator:
There will be a dedication service in January 2022
Bishop Mark O'Toole, Lead Bishop for Evangelisation and
Discipleship, introduces the series 'The Day of the Lord - Dies Domini'
and the YouTube link to the video is:

https://youtu.be/XCuW0sqzRpU
Sr Wendy Beckett:
A recording of Sr Wendy Beckett reading Julian of Norwich’s
Revelations of Divine Love has been released as an audio CD to the
public 28 years after it was first made. (ISBN 9781527281189)

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