Issue 06 - The Pilgrim - June 2012 - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Southwark

News The Pilgrim June 2012
School mobile
ban succeeds
A Kent school which introduced
a zero tolerance policy on
using mobile phones says it
has been a great success.
Pupils at St John Fisher
Catholic School in Chatham
were told that if a mobile
phone was seen or heard in
school, then it would be
confiscated.
The school said that the zero
tolerance on the use of mobile
phones and devices had led to
a much greater concentration
on teaching and learning.
Deacons renew
commitment
Southwark’s 75 permanent
deacons have renewed their
commitment to diaconal
service at a special Mass at
St George’s Cathedral, celebrated
by Archbishop Peter.
In addition, four men studying
for the diaconate were
admitted to candidacy for
holy orders.
Hours devotion
in Margate
Forty Thanet deanery is holding
a Forty Hours devotion at the
church of Ss Austin and Gregory,
Margate.
It will begin with Mass of exposition
on Thursday 7th June
at 7.30 pm and will close with a
Mass of thanksgiving on Saturday
9th June at 12.00 noon.
Ss Austin and Gregory was
recently merged with the parish
of St Anne in Clifto-nville to
form the new parish of Ss Austin
and Gregory with St Anne,
Margate.
A link with Peru
Christ the King parish in
Wimbledon Park is in the
process of twinning with a
parish in Lima, Peru. The
justice and peace group is
setting up the initiative.
Becky walks
for water
Becky Ginnever, who works for
Cafod, has walked 180 miles
along the Thames Path in order
to raise awareness for its Thirst
for Change campaign. The
twenty-seven-year-old walked
from the source of the Thames
to Cafod’s headquarters in
Westminster Bridge Road.
Maidstone
school is
blessed
Archbishop Peter has visited St
Francis Primary School in Maidstone,
to bless the new extension
to the school buildings.
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Education committee
back school plans
Plans to build a Catholic secondary
school in Twickenham have moved
closer following a council meeting.
Currently Richmond is one of the
few boroughs in London without a
Catholic secondary school. It has
six Catholic primary schools.
The diocese of Westminster in
partnership with the diocese of
Southwark has applied to open
both a secondary and a primary
school.
The proposals, to build the
schools on the site of Richmond
Adult Community College in Clifden
Road have received initial
Bishop Paul joined the Legion of
Mary on pilgrimage at Aylesford
Priory to celebrate Edel Quinn,
Ireland’s 20th century apostle to
Africa.
Edel Quinn joined the Legion
of Mary in Dublin at the age of
20 and devoted herself to helping
the poor. At the age of 29
Barrister recalls murder cases
Barrister Rock Tansey described
some of the high-profile murder
cases he has been involved in
when he spoke at the friendship
group at Sacred Heart parish
Twenty-five students from St
John’s Catholic Comprehensive
School in Gravesend will join
other students from across the
country in a dance on the pitch
UNESCO prize-winner
to speak at festival
backing from Richmond Council’s
education and children’s services
overview and scrutiny committee.
The committee voted to support
the school plans, which will be
passed up to cabinet, where a
decision will be made.
Catholic parents have campaigned
for a new secondary
school, so their children so their
children don’t have to travel to
neighbouring boroughs.However,
they have been opposed by some
in the borough who argue that the
school would discriminate against
children of other faiths.
Apostle of Africa
she went to Africa to establish
the organisation there.
She went on to set up hundreds
of Legion branches in
Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda,
Malawi and Mauritius, She died
in Nairobi in 1944, aged 36.
Pope John Paul II declared her
venerable in 1994.
in Wimbledon.
He also told the 50- strong audience
of how he narrowly escaped
death when an IRA bomb exploded
outside the Old Bailey.
Students dance at rugby stadium
at Twickenham Stadium.
The dance will be part of the
pre-match entertainment during
the Aviva Premiership Rugby
Final 2012 on May 26.
A Catholic woman who has provided
a home for thousands of
orphans in Burundi, will speak at
this year’s Bright Lights Festival
at Aylesford Priory.
During the civil war in Burundi
Marguerite Barankitse began providing
food and shelter for children
who had lost their parents.
In 1994 she set up Maison Shalom,
which has grown into a complex
of schools and hospitals throughout
Burundi.
Her inspiring works has won her
many international awards, including
the UNESCO Prize and the
Opus Prize. Last year, Kofi Annan
presented her with the Prize for
Conflict Prevention.
The Bright Lights Festival will
take place at from 29th June -
2nd July. It includes prayer, worship,
speakers and live music.
www.brightlights.org.uk
Young Catholics
take to the road
A group of young Catholics are to
cycle the length of the UK to raise
money for three charities.
The ride will take place in July
and is the idea of brother and sister
Anna-Marie (21) and Gregory
Treloar (18) from Blackfen. So far,
six other cyclists have decided to
join them.
Anna-Marie, a medical student,
is set to cycle an estimated 1,250
miles, starting from Berwick-upon-
Tweed to John O’Groats and then
to Land’s End.
“We’re going to pray together
each day of the trip, which will
culminate in Mass which we will
celebrate together with the parish
of Penzance on our arrival,” she
said.
Ryan Day, 27, a seminarian at
the Venerable English College,
Rome, will join the group when he
returns to England from the summer.
He plans to will ride 420
miles from Hull to Land’s End.
Money raised by the trip will go
to support the work of Mary’s
Meals, African Mission, and the St.
Pio’s Friary in Bradford.
Coloma choir second
in BBC competition
The junior choir from Coloma
Convent Girls School in Croydon
has come second in the BBC
Songs Of Praise Choir of the Year.
The 44 girls competed against
choirs from across the UK.
Coloma was the only London
school in the final, which was
filmed in at The Lowry Theatre in
Manchester.
The programme was presented
One of the UK’s top pianists has
taken part in a farewell concert
for a Jesuit priest.
Gwilym Simcock, who has and
been nominated for the Barclaycard
Mercury Prize, performed at
Sacred Heart Church in
by soloist Aled Jones and the
judging panel were David Grant,
Suzi Digby and Russell Watson.
Hilary Meyer, choir director,
said, ‘We have been thrilled just
to be part this competition.
The girls have performed brilliantly,
particularly as they only
had four weeks from joining the
school to when they had to
audition.”
Top pianist plays for priest
Wimbeldon to mark the departure
of Fr Tim Curtis, the outgoing
director of Jesuit Missions.
Fr Tim will be returning to
Guyana in the summer to work
with Catholics of Amerindian
origin.
Deacon’s retreat
Eleven permanent deacons
accompanied by ten wives,
travelled to Merville in France
for an annual retreat.
It was led by Father Peter
Hall, OFM, who gave talks on
the five Solemnities from
The Ascension of the Lord
through to The Sacred Heart of
Jesus.