Parish Magazine Mar 2019LR

The Parish magazine of March 2019
Volume L No.3

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Contents Page Church Services

Keeping a Holy Lent 3 Sundays
Bishop Martin’s Letter
Bishops of the Society - Philip North 4 8.00 Low Mass
Miracle, Magic or Myth 10.30 Solemn Mass and Sermon
5 followed by refreshments

6 in the Church Hall.

Living Christ - 2019 Lent Course 7 Weekdays
Mon, Wed, Thurs 10.30am
Tech Training Event – a missed opportunity 8 Tues and Fri 12noon
Sat 9.00am
Our Lady of Walsingham Cell 9
100’s Club Winners Major Weekday Festivals
Breakfast Said Mass as above, Sung Mass: 7.30pm
unless otherwise indicated on notice boards.
Fr John Douglas Wright, RIP 10-11
New Car Parking Permits

Churches of the World Quiz – Answers 12 The Clergy are happy to bring the Sacrament to
the housebound or sick at any hour of the day or
The Order of St Richard 13 night. The Holy Oil is available for those who wish
to be anointed.
Keble College Corporate Communion 14
Sung Eucharist The Sacrament of Reconciliation
Confessions by appointment.
Foodbank 15

Blast from the Console 18

Walsingham Pilgrimage 19 Hospital visits
Our Parish Contact for local hospitals,
Kitty 22 Mr Richard Elliott (872168), will visit and give
communion to those in hospital.
Dates for your Diary 23 Other Services provided by the church
For Baptisms, Banns of Marriage, Weddings
Directory 24 and Funerals please contact the Vicar.
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Keeping
a Holy Lent

My dear friends, 1 BY ATTENDING SUNDAY MASS –
When I was a young child I used to think that Every Sunday at 10.30am – We should make
Lent was a particularly cruel time when most
of the things I enjoyed (especially chocolate) it a priority – unless we are ill – to attend Mass
had to be given up. We were told that it every Sunday.
would make us holier and better children;
I would have preferred to be less holy and 2 BY ATTENDING FRIDAY MASS
more satiated with chocolate, myself. followed by
As adults we can all think of pleasurable things
that we don’t really want to give up for Lent STATIONS of the CROSS
(such as red wine or gin), but we are willing to Every Friday in Lent at 12 noon –
do it because ‘it’s the right thing to do’ (and, in A spiritual pilgrimage of prayer through the
any event, we can binge on the Sundays, and
it always seems so much better when we have chief scenes of Christ’s sufferings and death,
denied ourselves for six days !). And yet, if we traditionally taking place on the day of his
simply see Lent as a period for a modicum of crucifixion.
self-inflicted denial, then we are missing the point
of the season. 3 BY ATTENDING OUR LENT COURSE –
‘LIVING CHRIST’
Every Wednesday in Lent from 2pm – 3.30pm

in the Hall.

4 USING THE LENT PRAYER BOOKLET
EACH DAY

To be adult about it, we should also consider 5 MAKING YOUR CONFESSION and/or
taking something on. It might be putting ourselves UNDERTAKING SPIRITUAL COUNSELLING
out to help with church activities, it might be I am available after the Saturday morning
attending (or even helping with) Chatstop, it might
be buying an extra item in the supermarket to Mass, and also at your convenience
help a family relying on the Foodbank, it might be (by appointment) either to offer you the
visiting people we know who would appreciate wonderful sacramental gift of God’s
such a kindness, it might be committing to a forgiveness or to offer spiritual advice
daily time of prayer and reflection using the Lent as a fellow pilgrim.
Prayer booklets. One thing we can all do – without
exception – is to commit to taking on praying Do make the commitment this Lent.
for somebody else regularly and it would be an Use the precious and wonderful gift being offered
excellent Lenten discipline if that person we to us by the Lord in this Holy Season.
prayed for was somebody we really disliked. That gift is space, sacred space : a time of
Whatever we do, Lent requires us to clear a renewal, refreshment and immersion in the
space for God and each other. What a truly mystery of God’s love for us in Christ.
holy Lent requires is a real commitment – not
opting in and opting out when there are “better” Don’t waste it.
things to do with our time. There are a number
of opportunities for us all to make a personal With my love and prayers as ever, Fr. Mark
commitment which I really do hope you will use:

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BISHOPS OF THE SOCIETY

The Right Reverend Philip North

Rt Revd Philip North is Bishop of Burnley 2014, it was announced that North had been
Bishop Philip North selected as the next Bishop of Burnley.
was born on On 31 January 2017, it was announced that
2 December 1966 Bishop Philip North was to be translated to
in London and become Bishop of Sheffield; his installation at
studied history at the Sheffield Cathedral had been scheduled for
University of York June 2017, by which point he must have been
graduating in 1988. elected and confirmed. However, he withdrew his
He spent a year acceptance of the nomination, following several
working as a pastoral public objections on the basis of his rejection
assistant in Redhouse, of the ordination of women and the number of
Sunderland, before women serving as priests in the diocese. In his
preparing for statement of withdrawal, North cited ‘personal
ordination at St Stephen’s House, Oxford and attacks’. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin
then, feeling a strong sense of call to urban Welby, later described the affair as ‘deeply
ministry, served as Curate in the Parish of St Mary saddening for all involved’ and ‘a setback’.
and St Peter on the edge of Sunderland. Bishop Philip has served on General Synod and
In 1996 he became the vicar of Holy Trinity in on the Liturgical Commission and is a member
Hartlepool. In 1997, Philip joined the Company of the Archbishops’ Task Group on Intentional
of Mission Priests, a dispersed community (not a Evangelism.
religious order) of male Anglican priests who do
not marry and follow the Vincentian rule of life.
In 2015, he was elected a member of the general
council of the Society of Mary, an Anglican
devotional society. During his time at Hartlepool
he was also area dean (2000-2002). In 2002 he
moved south to become Priest Administrator
of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in the
Diocese of Norwich, caring for the thousands
of pilgrims who make their way to the Shrine
each year and continuing a major programme of
regeneration of the grounds and buildings.

He later moved to London to become Team
Rector of the Parish of Old St Pancras, overseeing
the work of four Churches in and around
Camden Town.

On 19 October 2012, Philip was announced as Bishop Philip North visiting a local Mosque
Martin Warner’s successor as Bishop of Whitby,
but on 16 December it was announced that 5
he had withdrawn his acceptance of the post
because of conflict between his views on women
as priests and bishops. However, in November

MIRACLE, MAGIC OR MYTH?

All the city was gathered together at the door. trials and tests and temptations. Faith can
And he healed many that were sick of divers never exist in a vacuum. Nor is it selfish. Faith
diseases, and cast out many devils (Mark 1.33). is trust. And if today’s is a faithless generation,
Did he? Did he really? Or are we faced with so it is also a generation without trust. Gone are
a fairy-tale, or a legend like Jason and the the days when deals on the Manchester Stock
Argonauts? Exchange were sealed with a handshake, when
It is undeniable (is it not?) that the contemporaries one’s word was one’s bond. Business is cut-
of Jesus were considerably more gullible, more throat and often unscrupulous. So it is not only
credulous, more superstitious, than we are. Are faith in God which has been eroded; it is faith in
Jesus’ miracles of healing all to be regarded our fellows, faith in everything. Two generations
as conjuring-tricks or illusions? Did those who of satirical entertainment have mercilessly
seemed to have been healed convince themselves mocked and destroyed. This has been no limited
of the efficacy of their cure for a few hours, only and local mockery, happening once in a while,
to wake the next morning, once again lame, deaf and quickly forgotten; it has been unrelenting
or blind. saturation. Religion, politics, royalty, our history,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed education - all have been reduced to rubble. And
(Matthew 17.20)... We, rational and sceptical, the perpetrators have been aided and abetted by
members of a sophisticated urban society, will the very people they have pilloried. The Church
never understand the power of faith. There is no has fallen over itself to accommodate the critics;
doubt in my mind that our Lord healed the sick. royalty shoots itself in the foot; and politicians
Think of the wonderful episode where he was need no one to pillory them, since by their antics
touched by a woman suffering from an issue of they are rapidly losing all claim on our respect.
blood and he felt power leave him (Mark 5.25); or And what is the result of all this subversion? We
the healing of the blind man at Bethsaida (Mark have lost confidence, we have lost faith, we have
8.22-26), when at first there was only a partial become a demoralized society. We have lost faith
cure: ‘I see people; they look like trees, but they in ourselves, and in our votes, to alter the course
are walking about.’ If that hasn’t got the ring of of events, we have lost faith in our politicians,
truth about it, I don’t know what has. and we have lost faith in a God who appears to
smile upon the mess, if he exists. And what is
the answer to this nihilism, this devastating and
depressing loss of faith? We listen too much to
the wisdom of the world. We are bewitched by
the trendsetters. We are too impressed by the
Siren-voices of sophistication. We need to recover
simplicity. We will never find God through logic,
through reason, through intellect. We have to cry,
in tears, like the father of the epileptic boy, Lord, I
believe; help thou mine unbelief (Mark 9.24).

Why do we find it so difficult to have faith? What We tread so easily upon the stage of the world,
is this faith we are exhorted to have, which would that we forget the kindness and generosity around
bring so many blessings, solve so many of the us and the sunset in front of our eyes. We need to
problems from which we suffer? Why do we leave the world of virtual reality and look out of our
not grasp it eagerly? Faith means trust, belief, own windows. We need to take St Paul’s advice
loyalty. It implies the existence of someone or to think on the things that are true and honest
something else. Even if we talk about faith in and just and pure and lovely and of good report
oneself, it is implied that you trust yourself to (Philippians 4.8). And when through them we have
face external challenges, to pit yourself against recovered our faith in our fellows, then we shall
recover our faith in the God who made them and
redeemed them and sanctifies them.

Fr Christopher
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LIVING CHRIST
Our Lent Course for 2019

What does it mean for us to discover ‘life in all its fullness’
(John 10.10) – to hear and respond to the call of God in our
daily lives ?

In the 2019 Year of Vocation Lent Course – Living Christ – we
encounter Christians across Sussex exploring what it means to
live out their (and our) vocation to know, love and follow Jesus,
and invite participants in the course to ponder how we are
living out their own baptism.

With video contributions from a farmer, an artist, a mental-
health campaigner, a carer and many others, the course
consists of five sessions exploring: our life’s work; family,
friendship and community; a good childhood; health and
vulnerability; and how we draw close to Christ at the end of our
lives. We will look at what it might mean for us to be ‘everyday
disciples’ living out our baptismal vocation through scripture,
prayer, discussion, conversation and interaction.

The course will take place in the Hall on every Wednesday in
Lent from 2pm – 3.30pm beginning on Wednesday 13th March.
I will be facilitating it, and free course booklets will be available
for all participants. Who knows, we might even stretch to
coffee and biscuits !

I look forward to seeing you there and exploring these
important issues with you.

Fr. Mark

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Tech Training
Event – a missed
opportunity
Raffle Prize
The few of you that came to this short training
event on the 26th February, will know how really Vodafone N9 Lite Smartphone
good it was – plus it had an amazing raffle prize! techteam

Even those that were a bit sceptical about coming, Learn more about
but ventured past the threshold saying “I’m not with using your tablet
Vodafone” or “Are they going to sell me anything?”, and smartphone
were pleasantly surprised by the warmth, helpfulness
and impartiality of the staff. They were there purely Join your local
to help and educate smartphone and tablet users - techconnect event
whether they were old hands or novices; with EE, 3,
Tesco, O2, or anybody else for that matter.
Pauline and I have been smartphone and tablet
users since they were launched, but there were
many gaps in our knowledge with which these
very proficient assistants were able to help.
Communication technology is evolving very rapidly
and its difficult to ‘keep up’. New devices often
have some of their most helpful tools so discretely
embedded that unless you know where to look, or
what to look for, you will never find them.

I believe that this, or a similar event, will be run again When: 26th February, 10am-12pm The future is exciting.
in the future and I would urge all smartphone and Where: St Saviour’s Church
tablet users to come and learn when it is! Ready?
BN21 4UT
Paul Fella

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A lamp burns for The winners of the January
this church in the 2019 100's Club draw were:
Shrine of Our Lady
of Walsingham 1st 36 - Mike Brennan

If you are interested in 2nd 75 - Alex Lindsey
joining our Walsingham Cell
please contact Mary Delves 3rd 17 - Caroline Hunt
on 735410
2019 is our thirteenth year.
The cost remains at £2 per month
(£24 for the year). Currently
prizes remain at £40, £20 and £10
respectively, however if the level
falls so will the prize money.

All profit goes to the Church and
Church Room.

Please sign up for this year. See
Steve Gilbert or call (01323 469078).

BREAKFAST – 3rd Saturday of every month

The first one took place 16 February, after Mass!

Fr Mark, Fr Tony and about a dozen others went Everyone agreed that they didn’t miss the washing
off to Wetherspoons after the 9.00am Mass on up! Hopefully this will continue to flourish and
16th February. A hearty breakfast was enjoyed by further increase our Church fellowship.
all and it was a great, informal occasion. Hope to see you on 17 March!

Weatherspoons Traditional
breakfast: Fried egg, bacon,
sausage, baked beans, two hash
browns, tomato, slice of toast.

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John Douglas Wright (part one of three)

By the Revd. Canon Beaumont Brandie SSC

‘In my Father’s house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would
I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?’

✠ In the name of the Father... When Brenda asked me to preach today my mind
In William Temple’s wonderful ‘Readings in
St John’s Gospel’ he explains today’s gospel by went back to the story of the curmudgeonly old
taking us back to the days before plane or even priest insisting that there be no eulogy at his funeral,
train travel, when the Hired Guides, their clients as he did not want one old priest lying in the chancel,
on camels and the animals laden with luggage with another old priest lying in the pulpit! It is right
formed Caravans to reach their destinations that there should be humour at a priest’s funeral,
across the Middle East. Earlier in the day the and sadly, some found Father John a figure of fun,
Caravansaries had sent out dragomen – servants but there was always something of a twinkle in his
– to find, sweep out and light fires in the next eye, he smiled a lot, and had a quiet if sometimes
simple overnight stopping off point, in Greek scurrilous sense of humour, as when he suggested to
called monai, so that when they arrived “they Brenda that he should leave church today while they
might find in it comfort as well as shelter” played ‘See you later alligator!’ However the really
important point is that a priest who cannot laugh at
He comments “here the Lord presents himself himself and his weaknesses, is liable to the sins of
as our spiritual dragomen, who treads the way of pride, pomposity and self importance that flow from
faith before us”, or as Hebrews has it ‘the pioneer there, and they can lead to despair and breakdown
and perfector of our faith’, who makes ready to when the dawn of reality breaks. Only a priest who
welcome us”. can laugh and then turn back to the Lord asking for
help will survive in true parochial ministry.
Of course he is, because as Paul puts it elsewhere
‘neither death nor life or any other creature can From Leicester John went to Birmingham to read
separate us from the love of God which is in Christ a degree in General Science and after that gained
Jesus’. a PGCE which included a prophetic teaching
practice in ‘Saaf Lun’on’ during which he set fire
Thus both in life and death you might whimsically to the classroom during an experiment. Later, in
say that our Journey is like some NT tourist in a his true vocation he was to be one who called for
Stately Home going from one room to another the fire of the Spirit to enflame the church.
‘in my father’s house’; and so our Father John,
who didn’t like his second name Douglas, has In 1969 he went to St Stephen’s House in Oxford
been, and still is, on that journey. for ordination training. The Principal at that time
was Fr Derek Allen, who had earlier been my
Like all Christians John’s journey began with Tutor at King’s, and whose final ministry here was
Baptism, in St Matthew’s Leicester, and will only to leave such a lasting impression, both on the
end when he reaches through death that final people and the fabric. I have never heard that
‘Mansion’, as it is called in the AV’s eloquent ‘Speed Dating’ was one of the subjects taught at
translation of our text. Today as we celebrate the House, but in John’s case it WAS there that
John’s life and death in the only way Catholics he met Brenda, who describes herself at the time
understand – by saying Mass for the repose of as a ‘general dogsbody’. They were married for
his soul – we are in precisely one of those ‘resting almost fifty years, having two suitably catholically
places’ as Temple again differently translates that named sons Justin and Columba and being
word – a resting place that Jesus prepared for us grandparents to Maia.
when he says “do this, in remembrance of me”
and in which we plead his sacrificial death and From Staggers he went to serve his title in one
new life for the life and death of his servant and of the classic historic outer London Catholic
priest John. parishes – St Mary, Swanley. Those who did

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Lent Lunches REMINDER!

This year our Lent lunches will take place Car Park permits
on 22nd of March and 5th April.
They will take place in the Church Hall at New Car Park Permits are now in use.
12.45pm and the Charcge will be £10.00 for a
lunch comprising Soup , Bread and Cheese. This year we have introduced a fixed
minimum charge of £45.00 for a
All proceeds to FSW and Chestnut Tree Congregation permit.

Please see Steve Gilbert and get your new
‘electrostatic’ permit.

FROM 1st APRIL ALL OLD PERMITS WILL
CEASE TO BE VALID. PLEASE ENSURE
THAT YOU DISPLAY YOUR NEW PERMIT

CLEARLY ON YOUR WINDSCREEN.

C O N G R E G AT I O N   1

not know them cannot imagine the contrast in Swanley that was to influence the rest of his
personality and sartorialism between him and his life. There have always been good relations with
training incumbent. The late Fr Ernie Chown was the local Roman Catholic community there and
one of a type. Crimped, fastidious and turned through them he encountered the early flourishing
out like a bandbox on all occasions, an ‘ultra’ of the Catholic Charismatic movement, first in
Catholic as Eric Mascall spoofed them, with prayerful house groups and then in larger events.
neither a hair nor a gesture out of place. And woe
betides any server, male of course, who deviated AS he moved to Stockwell for his second curacy
in the slightest from the strictest observance where there is a heavy West Indian presence more
of Fortescue and O’Connell! The Vicar of attuned to the Charismatic, never mind all things
Whitehawk’s acts of worship seemed, long since, curried, he began to meet other ‘South Bank
to have eschewed any influence his first Vicar Catholics’ who longed for the stuffy CofE to be
might have had on him! inspired by the Spirit. For reasons too complicated
to talk about now, the Anglican Catholic
As a trained teacher, his experiences at St Mary’s Charismatics have not flourished in the way the
Aided Primary School had a somewhat Dickensian Evangelicals have. But they remained much on the
quality about them. He found an alcoholic Head coat tails of the movement elsewhere in Europe
Teacher who was normally reeling by mid morning and in such Roman manifestations as ‘New Dawn’
break time, and whose wife was the Deputy who at Walsingham. He loved inspirational modern
kept the show on the road. Perhaps aware of his church music, and though he was not enough
potential as an arsonist she tried to steer him of a musician to present it really well, his guitar
into the least difficult classes to teach RE, but was as much a part of his vesture as an alb or
his discipline was more reminiscent of the early the out of church rig of jeans with braces, clerical
Mr Chips than Whackford Squeers! However, shirt, glasses and somewhat untidy ‘mutton chop
there was one thing that he encountered at whiskers’ to be continued/…

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Churches of the World Quiz – Answers

1 7 13
2 8 14

3 9 15

4 10 16

1 St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia
2 Notre-Dame, Paris, France
3 Borgund Stave Church, Borgund, Norway
4 La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain
5 Durham Cathedral, England
6 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut,
Ronchamp, France
7 Il Duomo, Milan, Italy
8 Las Lajas Sanctuary, Ipiales, Colombia,
5 11 South America

9 The Crystal Cathedral, Garden Grove,
Orange County, California, USA
10 The Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasilia,
Brazil
11 Rosslyn Chapel, Nr Edinburgh Scotland
12 A Cave Church of Cappadocia, Turkey
13 The Church of Hallgrí­mur, Reykjavik,
Iceland
14 The Chapel of St Gildas, Brittany, France
6 12 15 The Jubilee Church, Rome, Italy
16 Paraportiani Church, Mykonos, Greece

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The Order of
St Richard
has been
initiated by
Bishop Martin

How do I Nominate Someone?
Parish clergy are invited to nominate a person from heir parish who fulfils the criterion of
‘exceptional service’. The nomination is made using a specially designed nomination form which is
available on the Diocesan website. The form will ask for a rationale for why the person has been
nominated for ‘exceptional service’. The clergy nomination should also be supported by two lay
sponsors who will also complete a nomination form. To avoid disappointment nominations must
be kept strictly confidential. The closure date for nomination is 31 May 2019.

What is the Process for Selecting Nominees? The completed forms will be sent as email
attachments to the Bishop’s Chaplain. They will then be sent to the Archdeacons for any
comments they may have. The forms together with any Archidiaconal comments are sent to the
Nominations’ Panel (6 people in all chaired by Sara Stonor with the Bishop’s Chaplain as secretary
to the Panel) which whittles the nominations down to 40 (10 per Archdeaconry). The Panel
recommends nominees which go to the Bishop for approval.

The Bishop writes to the nominees informing them of their nomination, inviting them to receive
the award and giving them details of the award ceremony. The nominees may at this stage
decide not to receive the award. An announcement of those receiving the Order of St Richard
will be made on 1 September 2019. Any nominations which didn’t make the final 40 and which
may be worthy of consideration for next year will be retained by the Nominations’ Panel for
reconsideration in the following year.

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Keble College Corporate Communion

As one of the 67 Keble Parishes, we were
invited to their College Corporate Communion
service on Wednesday 13th February. The
invitation came with just two week’s notice, so
there was no time to organise coach transport
but Paul and I thought it worth the drive having
never been to Keble College chapel.

Along with Richard, who took up the offer of a lift, Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any
we set off in our car at 3pm on the day and we man hear My voice, and open the door, I will
were parking up in Oxford, just a short walk from come in to him, and will sup with him, and he
the college at just after 6.30pm. The worst part of with Me. Revelation 3:20
the journey was the M25 around Heathrow, but
we were entertained by the airplanes taking off at
two-minute intervals directly overhead.
As Professor J Mordaunt Crook (Professor
of Architectural History in the University of
London), wrote recently: ‘Keble is an architectural
phenomenon: Butterfield ranks as one of the
great ‘originals’ in British architectural history.
His work is central to the Gothic Revival. And his
genius was for colour, for abstract geometrical
pattern, for endless invention in polychromatic
form. Keble College comes towards the end of
his career, when his idiosyncratic talent had been
tried and tested. Butterfield’s style is never easy,
never bland; it arrests the gaze and challenges
the understanding. He has taught generations
of students to use their eyes and judge for
themselves.’. In other words, it is stunning!

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Sung Eucharist

The Chapel also contains Holman Hunt’s famous the wine robust. As well as meeting other Keble
painting The Light of the World donated to the Parishes, Paul and I caught up with a group of old
College in 1872 on the understanding that it would Forward in Faith friends from a Hampshire parish.
hang in the Chapel. Butterfield was opposed to Sadly we had to eschew the after dinner drinks
the notion, and made no provision in his design. with the Warden and his wife as it was getting
So when the Library opened in 1878 it was placed late, and we were rather more interested in a
there, and was only moved to its present position cuppa than more alcohol. We left Oxford just after
in the 1890s when another architect, 9.30pm and arrived home just before midnight,
J T Micklethwaite was assigned to design the side stopping only at the Cobham Services so that
chapel. It seems Holman Hunt was so incensed I could top up my caffeine levels. It was an
at the treatment of his painting that he painted a excellent occasion and I hope more from
‘duplicate’ which hangs in St Paul’s Cathedral. St Saviour’s will be able to take up the next
Richard was particularly keen to see the painting invitation.
and it is even more wonderful “in the flesh”.
The sung Eucharist began with the choir singing Pauline Fella
O taste and see by Vaughan Williams from the
entrance to the chapel. The choir, made up of over
20 students, demonstrated the chapel’s wonderful
acoustic to great effect, and the altar party
processed in through a haze of incense that would
have impressed even Bernard. Fr Nevsky Everett
presided, assisted by Fr Darren McFarland and
the sermon was delivered by Revd Prof William
Whyte of St John’s College Oxford.
Dinner followed the service, but unfortunately not
in Hall as the ceiling is currently being restored.
Instead we were rather squashed into the new
Sloane Robinson Building refectory, but it was
very convivial, the two-course meal was tasty and

Foodbank

Our focus for giving in this Lent 2019 is the Foodbank. At the Offertory in
the 10.30am Mass each Sunday, the Foodbank gifts will be brought up in
a basket along with the other Offerings. Supermarkets sell ‘own brand’
goods which are considerable cheaper than
the well-known brands.
Please add a Foodbank item every time
you do your ‘biggest shop’ and put it in the
basket as you come into church. There is a
list available of the sort of things they want,
or please ask the clergy. This is our Outreach
for Lent 2019, please help.

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My association with her began in the late 1980’s
when Robert Munns came to the town and started
the Elizabethan Consort. We very soon became
firm friends and have shared several great musical
highlights. The Christmas Gala Concerts were a
great source of pride for both of us. This was an
idea and something that we started in 2003 on
rather a wing and a prayer. It has become one of
the town’s Christmas calendar events, attracting
large audiences and raising lots of money for
various good causes. Shirley loved it; her
excitement and enthusiasm was really infectious
and all of us had no option but to get carried
along with the whole thing!

As usual, I have kept Paul Fella waiting for my She will be sorely missed; an absolute
latest missive for this month’s magazine and powerhouse of energy, enthusiasm, hard work and
recent events have meant that this has been great joy. Always there with a smile and words
delayed even further for reasons which I will of encouragement. I shall never forget the look
now explain. that she used to flash across the church when I
Most of you know my friend Shirley with whom I produced something from the console that she
have worked for about thirty years. In that time was not expecting; that priceless expression,
she has not only been a valued colleague, but saying without any words, ‘Paul, what on earth do
also one of my best friends. You will recognise you think you are doing?’
her, having seen her conduct for me on Sunday To all who knew her she was a great friend,
mornings, The Renaissance Singers and of always prepared to listen and give freely of her
course, the Christmas Gala Concerts. time. I, along with all at the church, owe her a
Many will know that she has been poorly over great debt of gratitude for her unfailing support.
recent weeks and I have to tell you that she passed There’s an old cliché which says,’ we are all
away earlier this week having fallen victim to a very irreplaceable but none of us in indispensable!’
aggressive from of cancer. I, along with my other That may be true but many of us are finding that
musical colleagues, am absolutely devastated and difficult to reconcile at the moment. But she
will feel her loss very keenly. Our thoughts and would be the first to say, ‘the show must go on.
prayers go to Michael and the family. It won’t be the same, it will be different; make it
better!’
Sleep well, Dear Shirley. xx

Shirley has had a long association with
St Saviour’s. She was one of the founder
members of the Renaissance Singers which
started in 1975 under the directorship of Reg
Bertin, who was, for many years, organist of this
church and she also took part in many concerts
here with his Southbourne Singers.

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We are still taking
bookings for our 2019

Walsingham
Pilgrimage

Please speak to Mary Delves
if you are interested, and for
further information.
The latest date for booking
is 31st March.

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Piano Concert
by Matthew McCombie
Sunday 17th March 2.45pm
Tickets £10 at the door

St Saviour’s Church South Street Eastbourne

Registered Charity No 1131420

stsaviourseastbourne.org.uk/events

SEE BOOKLET MORE CONCERT INFORMATION

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Hello Darlings Still she’s a good sport. Thank goodness we are
What a superb Requiem Mass for Fr John! both too old to play Hockey. My shins were black
St Saviour’s did him proud with all the and blue when she’d finished.
trappings and ceremonial he loved so much. Isn’t it getting lighter now. The clocks go forward
on 30th March. Easter is so late this year. I can’t
believe it’s not until 21st April.
Fr Mark is well and truly back in harness after
his Holiday and has been kept very busy. I am
beginning to think that God isn’t always on his
side as going to the hospital recently the tyre on
his car blew right on the DGH roundabout.

All praise to Fr Mark who conducted the Mass
with the appropriate dignity. So many Priests
and the Homily/Eulogy by Rev.Canon Beumont
Brandie condensing memories of a long life into
25 minutes was a triumph. So much we didn’t
know about Fr John. A splendid day with beautiful
weather to match.

So many other people to thank, especially Paul What a place for it to happen. I think that’s the
Collins and the choir who rose to the occasion most dangerous road junction in the town. Still he
and Rosemary Wright and the wonderful was well looked after by the staff at the Hospital
accordion arrangement of the famous Albinoni car park and was sorted out to enable the car to
Adagio and Ennio Morricone’s Gabriel’s Oboe be driven back to the Vicarage.
to accompany the distribution of communion. Earlier I mentioned my friend Christine visiting.
So different and effective. As usual the other Paul Well now I have two OLD in all ways friends from
(Fella) and Pauline with help from a few volunteers Somerset planning to relocate in Eastbourne.
excelled themselves with superb food and wine That will bring the average age up.
which at that time of day was much appreciated
by the 155 or so who attended. I must also
not forget Rita, Jean and Mary T for the floral
arrangements around the church making it look so It’s only when you think of the advantages of living
beautiful. Thank you ladies. in Eastbourne that you realise how much we have
More food coming up with a Pancake and Bingo to thank God for.

afternoon on 2nd March. I shall be there filling my The wonders of the sea front – Climate, Medical
face with lots of the Pancakes and maybe winning Services, Transport (they live in a village with
a prize or three at Bingo. When I was a much a bus every two hours and not on Sunday),
younger ‘gel’ I used to call the numbers at Bingo Restaurants, Shops, Cinemas and Theatres.
at the local home for the elderly. Too difficult now I look forward to their arrival later in the year.
as it’s all political correctness, so lots of the old Well that’s my ramblings for another month.
names aren’t permitted. It’s enough to drive me to
the Gin – sorry Mary! I hope you all enjoy the better weather and the
longer days and will support all that happens at
I’ve got an old school girl companion (Christine) St Saviour’s in the next month.
coming over to visit from France. I can’t believe
she’s lived there for over 20 years now with her
French Husband. I can’t speak a word of French Goodbye for now. Chin chin.
and she’s forgotten lots of simple English sayings. Kitty x

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Dates for your Diary March 2019

Fri 1 12 noon Mass S David Bp. 10.30am Solemn Mass

Sat 2 09.00am Mass Feria
Sun 3 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time 08.00am Mass

Mon 4 10.30am Mass Feria
Tues 5 12 noon Mass Feria
Wed 6 10.30am Mass and Imposition of Ashes ASH WEDNESDAY
7.30pm Mass and Imposition of Ashes
Thur 7 10.30am Mass Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Fri 8 12 noon Mass Friday after Ash Wednesday followed by Stations of the Cross
Sat 9 09.00am Mass Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Sun 10 1st Sunday of Lent 08.00am Mass 10.30am Solemn Mass

Mon 11 10.30am Mass Monday of the 1st Week of Lent
Tues 12 12 noon Mass Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent
Wed 13 10.30am Mass Wednesday of the 1st Week of Lent
Thur 14 10.30am Mass Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent
Fri 15 12 noon Mass Friday of the 1st Week of Lent followed by Stations of the Cross
Sat 16 09.00am Mass Saturday of the 1st Week of Lent
Sun 17 2nd Sunday of Lent 08.00am Mass 10.30am Solemn Mass

Mon 18 10.30am Mass Monday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Tues 19 12 noon Mass S Joseph
Wed 20 10.30am Mass Wednesday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Thur 21 10.30am Mass Thursday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Fri 22 12 noon Mass Friday of the 2nd Week of Lent followed by Stations of the Cross
Sat 23 09.00am Mass Saturday of the 2nd Week of Lent
Sun 24 3rd Sunday of Lent 08.00am Mass 10.30am Solemn Mass

Mon 25 10.30am Mass (Sung) The Annunciation of the Lord
Tues 26 12 noon Mass Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent Walsingham Cell
Wed 27 10.30am Mass Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Thur 28 10.30am Mass Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Fri 29 12 noon Mass Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent followed by Stations of the Cross
Sat 30 09.00am Mass Saturday of the 3rd Week of Lent
Sun 31 4th Sunday of Lent 08.00am Mass 10.30am Solemn Mass

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Church Officers THE DIRECTORY Telephone
01323 722317
Vicar Fr Mark McAulay SSC
The Vicarage Spencer Road Eastbourne BN21 4PA 460905
07706 067496
Hon Associate Clergy Fr Paul Christian SSC
Canon Robert Fayers SSC 381796
Fr Anthony Fiddian-Green MA, Cert Ed 422050
Rev Christopher Hadfield BA 485399
Fr Nick MacNeill, BTh 723345
Rev Dr David Musson M Phil 656346
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Churchwardens Mrs Pauline Fella 645145
Mr John Vernon 431283
Deputy Churchwardens Mr Keith Metcalfe 720577
Mrs Rosemarie Emery 735410
Secretary PCC Mrs Judy Grundy 351014
Treasurer Miss Mary Delves
Chair of Finance Mr Carl Hodgkinson 647969
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Other Officers Mr Paul Collins
Director of Music 469078
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Parish Hospital Contact Mr Richard Elliott
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Church Hall Manager Mrs Heather Neilsen-Bonini 723375
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Deanery Synod Miss Mary Delves, Mrs Isobel Nugent 504909
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Librarian Mr David Thorpe 351014
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Open Church Mr Roger Ellis
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Events Co-ordinator Mr Paul Fella
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Church Cleaning / Flower Arranging Mrs Rita Orchard 431283

Church Grounds Mr John Burford
Mrs Diana Dean, Mrs Lynette Newman

Webmaster / Magazine / Publicity Mr Paul Fella

Church Office Answerphone

Church Organisations Miss Lis Trustam
Bible Reading Fellowship

Book Group Rev Nick MacNeill

Family Support Work Miss Jennifer Hodgkinson and Mr Robert Ascott

Chat-Stop Rev Anthony Fiddian-Green

Guild of All Souls Vacant

Our Lady of Walsingham / CBS Miss Mary Delves

Churches Together Vacant

Mission to Seafarers Mrs Isobel Nugent

Additional Curates Society Mr Roger Emery

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