NEWS OF LINDISFARNE
This year’s
pilgrimage is now finally upon us — the first since Fr Bill Haynes handed
over the job of organising to a new team led by Alice and Antony
Morwood-Leyland and Monsignor Pat Olivier. The main pilgrim party leaves the
picturesque location of Crawley railway station on Friday 17th August. Non
travelling pilgrims are invited along to our first “God stop" at St.
Francis and St. Anthony, Haslett Avenue, at 1.30 pm that day. The formal start
is at St. George’s, Margaret Street, York at 7.30 pm Mass. There will be a
wealth of historical interest on our journey, Roman, Saxon, Christian v Pagan,
Christian v Jew, the War of the Roses, Scottish border raids and the founding
of the constituent members of what is now the URC. Among our celebrations we
are looking forward to a barbeque at Minsteracres, our own version of Matins
at Hexham Abbey, an interdenominational party at Rothbury and an “open
table” Eucharist at a URC church. The going will be fairly tough but Aidan
Simons has been calculating generous walking times which hopefully will enable
all of us to keep up.
CAYA, GLASTONBURY AND
AYLESFORD
The 5th National CAYA Rally
entitled “Peace Be with You” is to be held on Sunday October 14th at the
City Hall in Sheffield. The theme for the day will be “Justice and Peace”.
Further details can be obtained from the Diocesan Youth Office.
During May of this year
approximately 3,500 people from Southern England and Wales gathered in
Glastonbury; the theme was “Go and rebuild my Church”. Each diocese
performed music, dance and drama and Arundel and Brighton’s effort was
(naturally) on the topic of pilgrimage.
On July 1st, another 2,000
went to the Annual Aylesford Youth Day. Although there were contingents from
Clifton, Nottingham and Plymouth, a small group from Epsom and Dorking were
the only A & B representatives (such a long way to go!) However, they
distinguished themselves by singing the Hells Angel song for the edification
of Catholic youth. Did you know that they always end Mass with “Rise and
Shine"? Cardinal Hume gave an excellent sermon on the subject of
appreciating the apparent need for despair in the present world but not
despairing because of our faith in a risen Christ, a man who bridged the
tangible and intangible, the temporal and the permanent.
NEWS OF PILGRIMS
Our leaders, Alice and. Antony
now have a. little pilgrim to help them in their organising. Robert James
Joseph was born on April 29th and baptised at Mass on Pentecost Sunday — a
good band of pilgrims was present in witness...
Mike O’Shea broke his leg in
a friendly staff game of football in mid—February...
Kieron O’Brien
completed the London Marathon in the fantastic time of 2 hours 42 minutes to
raise money for the Lourdes Sick Fund...
Raquel Gonzalez is now married (but I
don’t know to whom!)...
Gabe (formerly “Blob” Churchill) and. Malcolm
Stewart are still enjoying life in Scotland Gabe is now assistant editor of
the John Lewis Partnership newspaper "Chronicle"....
Clare Beeston
was married on April 23rd 1983 and is now Mrs Michael Woodhouse. She has now
qualified as an S.R.N…
Geraldine and Christopher Hedgecock were expecting
(and have now had?) another baby...
The South Downs Way Sponsored
Walk was led by Dominic O’Hara over the Spring Bank holiday — fifteen
walkers put up with the rain to complete the four day walk and raise money for
the Lourdes Sick Fund. As a result of this walk, John and Rosemary Wheeler have
decided not to go on the Lindisfarne pilgrimage...
Sue Turner is doing her bit
for the environment by developing a method in Brixham to detect banned effluents
in chemicals ...
Fr. Peter Madden, the Evans and the Yeomans spent two weeks at
Easter cruising around canals...
Hugh Pyle (82/83) is now at Jesus College, Oxford and would welcome any passing pilgrims during
term time
Rosemary Doran and Ann Credland have hopes of joining
for part of the way on the Lindisfarne walk...
Jane Meikle (81/83) sends her love to the
pilgrims...
Sr Margaret Crinyion OSM (82/83) will be studying in Rome during
August (phew!) but hopes to be free for next year’s walk...
Geraldine O’Leary (80/82) is now in Birmingham and expects to be working up there for at least a year...
Monica McLauchlan
has been keeping busy knitting baby boots for baby pilgrims, complete with socks
and laces!..
Yet
another baby pilgrim was born on 5th May this year, Simon Paul, a son for
Charles and Margaret King (née Brockman)...
Pauline Keavey has moved around the
corner ..
Annette and Elaine Kelly are off to Florence for
three weeks on holiday...
Dominic O’Hara spent Easter in Mexico this year...
Claire Brockman was admitted to her own hospital for an emergency operation but
is now recovering well and will be with us on the Lindisfarne pilgrimage...
Karen Goldsmith, the Diocesan Youth Leader has also been in hospital for a
serious operation and is now convalescing...
Mass was offered for the success of
the pilgrimage and for all the pilgrims at Uxtres near Lourdes this year by Fr.
Bill, who claims he enjoyed going on a pilgrimage that he didn’t have to
organise!..
Alice and Antony Morwood-Leyland would like .to thank all those
pilgrims who sent their good wishes on the birth of Robert ..
Debbie Davies is
starting her training at the Manor Hospital in Epsom...
Our new chaplain has been raised to the rank of Monsignor and been given the
additional job of coordinator at the Christian Education Centre at Crawley. His
new address is 4, Southgate Drive, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 6PP
Youthgather this year will be on September 30th and will be at
Crawley...
Angela West (née Weston) is expecting a baby in August...
Susan Martin and Michael McCabe are planning to get married in September...
Doctor Lucy Grafen is now working at Brighton General Hospital...
Tony White was
ordained deacon on Friday 13th July at St. John’s Seminary, Wonersh...
In the
recent A & B Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, not only did ten pilgrims come
from the walking pilgrimages; Fr. Bill, Fr. Danny, Kieron O’Brien, Jane
Marshall, Anne Loveder, Anne de Normanville, Sean McQuillan, Isabel Munroe and
Jimmy Dean, but the Senlac crossing on the way back was captained by John
White...
Next years walk will be a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the
walking pilgrimages, the twentieth anniversary of the diocese and the year for
youth, we are planning to walk around the diocese again, hopefully involving the
youth of the diocese and the deaneries. It is not too early to start thinking
about routes and planning, if you would like to help, lease let us know.. This
is also the time to start thinking about this year’s reunion. Of course, all
past pilgrims are welcome, not just this year’s walkers. The provisional
weekend of the reunion is Friday, 26th October to Sunday, 28th October. Who is
planning it and where will it be held? That’s up to you. Anyone who feels they
would like to organise the reunion, please contact Antony or Alice
Morwood-Leyland … .
And I have started a new job in Tunbridge Wells so it’s ‘Goodbye, Luton’.
Please therefore send any news to me, Peter Dare