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Saint Aidan’s Parish Church<br />
New Parks, Leicester<br />
Parish<br />
Journal<br />
<strong>March</strong> & <strong>April</strong><br />
2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Lent & Easter<br />
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In this issue:<br />
What has Lent to do with our<br />
Baptismal promises?<br />
page 4<br />
News about our Church Hall<br />
renovations<br />
pages 6 - 7<br />
Why Stations of the Cross?<br />
Pope Francis answers!<br />
page 8<br />
Saint Aidan’s Clergy<br />
Parish Priest:<br />
FR. SIMON LUMBY SSC<br />
The Vicarage,<br />
Saint Oswald Road,<br />
New Parks,<br />
Leicester,<br />
LE3 6RJ.<br />
Tel - <strong>01</strong>16 287 2342<br />
Mobile - 07788 289<strong>01</strong>2<br />
Email - fathersimonlumby@gmail.com<br />
Make perfect Lenten<br />
Hot Cross Buns<br />
page 12<br />
Holy Week at Saint Aidan’s -<br />
what's happening?<br />
pages 14 - 15<br />
Important Future dates <strong>for</strong><br />
Saint Aidan’s Events<br />
page 16<br />
Mary Berry’s Simnel Cake<br />
page 18<br />
The Bishop of Richborough writes<br />
page 20<br />
Saints of the Months<br />
pages 10 & 20<br />
Mass Times at St. Aidan’s:<br />
Sunday Rosary 9.15am<br />
Parish Sung Mass<br />
10.00am<br />
Monday Holy Hour (1st <strong>and</strong> 3rd weeks) 2.00pm<br />
Wednesday Sung Mass 10.00am<br />
Thursday Cool After School - APLUS 3.30pm<br />
Exposition<br />
5.00pm<br />
Said Mass<br />
5.30pm<br />
Friday Stations of the Cross <strong>and</strong> Mass 12.00 noon<br />
followed by a Lent lunch in the Vestry<br />
Saturday Recitation of the Rosary 9.30am<br />
Said Mass<br />
10.00am<br />
(For Mass times on Holy Days, please see the Weekly Sheet)<br />
Morning <strong>and</strong> Evening Prayer are said daily at 8.00am <strong>and</strong> 5.00pm<br />
(Confessions are heard in Church on a Saturday at 5.30pm<br />
or by appointment with one of the Clergy)<br />
More 2 news <strong>and</strong> in<strong>for</strong>maon can be found at the Parish Website: www.saintaidansnewparks.co.uk
From the Clergy<br />
People often don’t look <strong>for</strong>ward to Lent.<br />
Childhood memories of giving up chocolate or<br />
sitting through weekly Stations of the Cross<br />
come immediately to mind. Words like<br />
“sacrifice,” “discipline,” <strong>and</strong> “self-denial” are<br />
often used in ways that suggest that Lent is<br />
something to be endured rather than a time of<br />
grace <strong>and</strong> spiritual growth.<br />
These negative feelings about Lent were<br />
somewhat ‘crowned’ (in my opinion) by one<br />
Archdeacon in Leicester advising the faithful to<br />
‘give up Lent <strong>for</strong> Lent’ (thankfully <strong>not</strong> that many<br />
people took him altogether seriously!)<br />
But should we <strong>not</strong> be thinking of Lent as a<br />
yearly second chance? It is true that during<br />
these weeks we are invited to look into the<br />
mirror that our faith sometimes holds up to us<br />
<strong>and</strong> the world. In that mirror we are to see<br />
ourselves, our lives <strong>and</strong> the things we take ‘<strong>for</strong><br />
normal’ in the way that God might want them to<br />
be contemplated.<br />
In that mirror we may well see that things as we<br />
live them, things as we accept them <strong>and</strong> things<br />
as we sometimes expect them, are rather falling<br />
bla bla bla bal<br />
Each year the Church gives us six weeks to take<br />
a long, loving look at our lives to see if our<br />
values <strong>and</strong> priorities are in line with God’s<br />
desires <strong>for</strong> us. Since most of us find that we’ve<br />
w<strong>and</strong>ered from God’s path, Lent becomes that<br />
second chance, or do-over, to “return to God<br />
with our whole heart.”<br />
With my love <strong>and</strong> prayers,<br />
Fr Simon Lumby<br />
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...<strong>and</strong> how they are linked<br />
to our Baptismal commitment<br />
More time given to prayer during Lent should draw us closer to our Lord. We<br />
might pray especially <strong>for</strong> the grace to live out our baptismal promises more fully.<br />
We might pray <strong>for</strong> those who will be baptized at Easter <strong>and</strong> support their<br />
conversion journey by our prayers. We might pray <strong>for</strong> all those who will<br />
celebrate the sacrament of reconciliation with us during Lent that they will be<br />
truly renewed in their baptismal commitment. We also pray <strong>for</strong> ourselves, that<br />
we might be more faithful.<br />
Fasting is one of the most ancient practices linked to Lent. In fact, the paschal<br />
fast predates Lent as we know it. Fasting is more than a means of developing<br />
self-control. It is often an aid to prayer, as the pangs of hunger remind us of our<br />
hunger <strong>for</strong> God. The <strong>first</strong> reading on the Friday after Ash Wednesday points out<br />
a<strong>not</strong>her important dimension of fasting. Fasting should be linked to our concern<br />
<strong>for</strong> those who are <strong>for</strong>ced to fast by their poverty, those who suffer from the<br />
injustices of our economic <strong>and</strong> political structures, those who are in need <strong>for</strong><br />
any reason. Thus fasting, too, is linked to living out our baptismal promises. By<br />
our Baptism, we are charged with the responsibility of showing Christ's love to<br />
the world, especially to those in need. Fasting can help us realize the suffering<br />
that so many people in our world experience e<strong>very</strong> day, <strong>and</strong> it should lead us to<br />
greater ef<strong>for</strong>ts to alleviate that suffering.<br />
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It should be obvious at this point that almsgiving, the third traditional pillar, is<br />
linked to our baptismal commitment in the same way. It is a sign of our care <strong>for</strong><br />
those in need <strong>and</strong> an expression of our gratitude <strong>for</strong> all that God has given to us.<br />
Works of charity <strong>and</strong> the promotion of justice are integral elements of the<br />
Christian way of life we began when we were baptized.
But seriousness in our Lenten prayer, fasting <strong>and</strong> works of charity is <strong>not</strong> sombreness that excludes joy. Rather,<br />
we are joyful during the days of Lent because baptism is our way of sharing in Christ’s dying <strong>and</strong> rising, his<br />
paschal mystery. If we didn’t live each day of Lent in the power of our baptism, it would be a <strong>very</strong> dreary <strong>and</strong><br />
gloomy time, but our Lenten preparation <strong>for</strong> the liturgical renewal of our baptism at Easter is a source of joy<br />
during the Forty Days.<br />
Part of our Lenten renewal of heart <strong>and</strong> mind is honest confession of our sinfulness. “There will be rejoicing<br />
among the angels of God over one sinner who repents,” Jesus assures us (Luke 15:10).<br />
Some of that angelic joy becomes ours as we admit that we are that sinner. Some of heaven’s joy becomes<br />
ours on earth as we set ourselves once more to accept the dignity of discipleship, the responsibility of<br />
servanthood, the paschal mystery of salvation, as our Christian ancestors did. Joy fills our hearts when we turn<br />
away from sin <strong>and</strong> commit ourselves once again to living in the “Jesus-is-Lord” universe that we entered at our<br />
baptism.<br />
As we listen to the Mass readings <strong>for</strong> Monday of the fourth week of Lent, we find that the new heavens <strong>and</strong><br />
the new earth promised by God through the prophet Isaiah come only after the sorrowful things of the past<br />
(Isaiah 65:17-21). But our hope <strong>for</strong> those new <strong>and</strong> good things of God makes e<strong>very</strong> Lent, as e<strong>very</strong> life, a joyful<br />
season, even a glorious season.<br />
“The glory of these 40 days we celebrate with songs of praise,” sings Maurice F. Bell’s translation of a sixthcentury<br />
Latin hymn. “For Christ, through whom all things were made, himself has fasted <strong>and</strong> has prayed.”<br />
It is our Lenten prayer <strong>and</strong> fasting in spirit with the ascetical Jesus that prepare us <strong>for</strong> Easter glory in company<br />
with Christ. And so we pray: “Our spirits strengthen with thy grace, <strong>and</strong> give us joy to see thy face.” With the<br />
psalmist we know that “the Lord is just <strong>and</strong> loves justice; the upright shall see his face” (Psalms 11:7). They will<br />
see his face in glory because they have seen it now in his least <strong>and</strong> needy ones <strong>and</strong> have shared their Lenten<br />
sacrifices with them.<br />
Looking <strong>for</strong>ward to a holy Easter “with joy <strong>and</strong> spiritual longing” is to mark the Lenten observance of monks<br />
<strong>for</strong> whom St. Benedict wrote his Rule in the sixth century. He encourages them to add more private prayer <strong>and</strong><br />
give up some food or drink, “so that each of us will have<br />
something above the assigned measure to offer God of his<br />
own will with the joy of the Holy Spirit”.<br />
There is joy <strong>for</strong> e<strong>very</strong>one in such works of penance when they<br />
are directed to renewing our hearts in love <strong>for</strong> God <strong>and</strong><br />
others. Let us be joyful in our Lenten practices <strong>and</strong><br />
disciplines!<br />
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...with God all things are possible...<br />
In the last five years (with quite a few other things already happening) it became clear to us at<br />
Saint Aidan’s that our Parish Hall was going to need <strong>yet</strong> a<strong>not</strong>her quite significant injection of<br />
money to renew <strong>and</strong> restore so many things about it which had fallen into disrepair.<br />
It would be lovely to think that there was some kind of super structure in the Church of<br />
Engl<strong>and</strong> that helped in situations like this, but with that being only a pipe dream, we as a<br />
congregation had to just get on with the job of raising that kind of money by ourselves with no<br />
outside help.<br />
The situation was brought to something of a head with an infestation of squirrels in the roof -<br />
<strong>not</strong> only damaging the outside of the building where they had ‘broken in’ but also in their<br />
eating away at some of the structures that held the roof together! This meant that the Hall had<br />
to be closed <strong>for</strong> the best part of two weeks with Step by Step Childcare taking up a temporary<br />
home in the New Parks Community Centre a little further up Saint Oswald Road.<br />
Our Parish Hall is such a useful resource to us (to say <strong>not</strong>hing of the people from the Estate<br />
who use it) <strong>and</strong> to lose it was unthinkable. In the last 5 years we have put in all new windows,<br />
a new heating system, new security doors, new lighting, new soffits <strong>and</strong> fascias, new<br />
downspouts, new guttering <strong>and</strong> at the end of 2<strong>01</strong>6, half a new roof.<br />
This work has totalled a little over £100,000 - money that has been raised by the enterprising<br />
congregation at Saint Aidan’s (along with <strong>not</strong> a little help from the National Lottery <strong>and</strong> the Coop<br />
Community Dividend, to whom we are <strong>very</strong> grateful indeed). We are still working on finding<br />
the £3000 needed to finish the Hall roof, but we are confident that this is something that we<br />
will find from our normal budget <strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> the time being, no longer need to be fundraising.<br />
This has perhaps been quite a valuable lesson <strong>for</strong> us in New Parks - both in terms of how we<br />
are to be the custodians of what God has given to us, but also to whom we can look <strong>for</strong> help<br />
when the chips are, proverbially, down on the table.<br />
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We are thrilled that the New Parks Estate can still have a hall within which may happen many<br />
community initiatives <strong>and</strong> social enterprises <strong>and</strong> that the Church may once again find itself at<br />
the centre of the community that it strives to serve.<br />
We’d like to thank e<strong>very</strong>one who has helped to get this project <strong>not</strong> just off the ground but also<br />
seen to its completion - <strong>not</strong> simply by the hosting of coffee mornings, social events <strong>and</strong> other<br />
fund raising endeavours, but by the enormity of prayer that has accompanied this remarkable<br />
ef<strong>for</strong>t, reminding us all at Saint Aidan’s that with God, <strong>not</strong>hing is impossible.<br />
We hope soon to be unveiling plans about the extension to the Hall <strong>and</strong> most excitingly, a new<br />
car park.<br />
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Why Pray the Stations of the Cross?<br />
Well, here’s eight good reasons from Pope Francis himself!<br />
The Stations of the Cross are an ancient tradition in the Catholic Church going back to the fourth century when Christians went<br />
on pilgrimage to the Holy L<strong>and</strong>. Like many of our Catholic traditions, the Stations of the Cross can be rich, deep, <strong>and</strong> meaningful,<br />
but at the same time we can lose sight of their significance <strong>and</strong> how to relate them to our e<strong>very</strong>day lives.<br />
1. They Allow Us to Place Our Trust in Him<br />
“The Cross of Christ contains all the love of God; there we find<br />
his immeasurable mercy. This is a love in which we can place all<br />
our trust, in which we can believe…. let us entrust ourselves to<br />
Jesus, let us give ourselves over to him, because he never<br />
disappoints anyone! Only in Christ crucified <strong>and</strong> risen can we<br />
find salvation <strong>and</strong> redemption.”<br />
Address, World Youth Day, Way of the Cross, July 26, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
2. They Put Us into the Story<br />
“And you, who do you want to be? Like Pilate? Like Simon? Like<br />
Mary? Jesus is looking at you now <strong>and</strong> is asking you: do you<br />
want to help me carry the Cross? Brothers <strong>and</strong> sisters, with all<br />
the strength of your youth, how will you respond to him?”<br />
Address, World Youth Day, Way of the Cross, July 26, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
3.They Remind Us That Jesus Suffers with Us<br />
“The Cross of Christ bears the suffering <strong>and</strong> the sin of mankind,<br />
including our own. Jesus accepts all this with open arms,<br />
bearing on his shoulders our crosses <strong>and</strong> saying to us: ‘Have<br />
courage! You do <strong>not</strong> carry your cross alone! I carry it with you. I<br />
have overcome death <strong>and</strong> I have come to give you hope,<br />
to give you life’ (cf. Jn 3:16).”<br />
Address, World Youth Day, Way of the Cross, July 26, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
4.They Compel Us to Action<br />
“But the Cross of Christ invites us also to allow ourselves to be<br />
smitten by his love, teaching us always to look upon others<br />
with mercy <strong>and</strong> tenderness, especially those who suffer, who<br />
are in need of help, who need a word or a concrete action.”<br />
Address, World Youth Day, Way of the Cross, July 26, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
5. They Help Us Make a Decision <strong>for</strong> or Against Christ<br />
“[The Cross] reveals a judgment, namely that God, in judging<br />
us, loves us. Let us remember this: God judges us by loving us.<br />
If I embrace his love then I am saved, if I refuse it, then I am<br />
condemned, <strong>not</strong> by him, but my own self, because God never<br />
condemns, he only loves <strong>and</strong> saves.”<br />
Address, Good Friday, <strong>March</strong> 29, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
6. They Reveal God’s Response to Evil in the World<br />
“The Cross is the word through which God has responded to<br />
evil in the world. Sometimes it may seem as though God does<br />
<strong>not</strong> react to evil, as if he is silent. And <strong>yet</strong>, God has spoken, he<br />
has replied, <strong>and</strong> his answer is the Cross of Christ: a word which<br />
is love, mercy, <strong>for</strong>giveness.”<br />
Address, Good Friday, <strong>March</strong> 29, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
7. They Give Us the Certainty of God’s Love <strong>for</strong> Us<br />
“What has the Cross given to those who have gazed upon it<br />
<strong>and</strong> to those who have touched it? What has the Cross left in<br />
each one of us? You see, it gives us a treasure that no one else<br />
can give: the certainty of the faithful love<br />
which God has <strong>for</strong> us.”<br />
Address, World Youth Day, Way of the Cross, July 26, 2<strong>01</strong>3<br />
8. They Guide Us from the Cross to the Resurrection<br />
“O, Our Jesus, guide us from the Cross to the resurrection <strong>and</strong><br />
teach us that evil shall <strong>not</strong> have the last word, but love, mercy<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong>giveness. O Christ, help us to exclaim again: ‘Yesterday I<br />
was crucified with Christ; today I am glorified with Him.<br />
Yesterday I died with Him, today I live with Him. Yesterday I was<br />
buried with Him, today I am raised with Him’”.”<br />
Address, Good Friday, <strong>April</strong> 18, 2<strong>01</strong>4<br />
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Why <strong>not</strong> come <strong>and</strong> join us each Friday of Lent at 12 noon?
starting Friday 5rd <strong>March</strong><br />
at 12 noon<br />
Fridays<br />
during Lent<br />
Stations of the Cross & Sung Mass<br />
followed by Lent Lunch<br />
in the Parish Vestry<br />
Anyone wishing to make their Lenten confession,<br />
please ask Fr Simon about an appointment<br />
<br />
“I have come that they may have life<br />
<strong>and</strong> have it to the full”<br />
John 10:10<br />
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<strong>March</strong> Calendar<br />
“E<strong>very</strong> Mass,<br />
heard with<br />
devotion<br />
produces<br />
within our soul<br />
marvellous<br />
effects,<br />
abundant<br />
spiritual <strong>and</strong><br />
material graces<br />
which we,<br />
ourselves, do<br />
<strong>not</strong> know…<br />
it is easier <strong>for</strong><br />
the earth to<br />
exist without<br />
the sun than<br />
without the<br />
holy sacrifice<br />
of the Mass”.<br />
Saint Pio<br />
of Pietrelcina<br />
Wed 1st Ash Wednesday<br />
Thurs 2nd Thursday after Ash Wednesday<br />
Fri 3rd Friday after Ash Wednesday<br />
Sat 4th Saturday after Ash Wednesday<br />
Sun 5th First Sunday in Lent<br />
Mon 6th Feria<br />
Wed 8th Feria<br />
Thurs 9th Feria<br />
Fri 10th Feria<br />
Sat 11th of Our Lady<br />
Sun 12th Second Sunday in Lent<br />
Mon 13th Feria<br />
Wed 15th Feria<br />
Thurs 16th Feria<br />
Fri 17th S. Patrick, B & Patron of Irel<strong>and</strong><br />
Sat 18th S. Cyril of Jerusalem, BDr<br />
Sun 19th Third Sunday in Lent<br />
Mon 20th S. Joseph, Husb<strong>and</strong> of Our Lady<br />
Wed 22nd Feria<br />
Thurs 23rd Feria<br />
Fri 24th Feria<br />
Sat 25th The Annunciation of Our Lord<br />
Sun 26th Fourth Sunday in Lent<br />
Mon 27th Feria<br />
Wed 29th Feria<br />
Thurs 30th Feria<br />
Fri 31st Feria<br />
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Cabaret Night<br />
An Evening of music from the 20s<br />
Live music And Dinner<br />
Saint Aidan’s Hall New Parks, LE3 6RJ<br />
Tickets - £10.00<br />
with Family concessions<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>March</strong><br />
at 7.oopm (Doors open at 6.15pm)<br />
featuring the acclaimed cabaret singer<br />
Liz Webster with b<strong>and</strong><br />
Tickets available from our Box Office on:<br />
<strong>01</strong>16 287 3629<br />
Book now be<strong>for</strong>e they all sell!!<br />
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How to make the perfect<br />
Lenten Hot Cross Buns<br />
Ingredients<br />
For the buns:<br />
300ml full-fat milk, plus 2 tbsp more<br />
50g butter<br />
500g strong bread flour<br />
1 tsp salt<br />
75g caster sugar<br />
1 tbsp sunflower oil<br />
7g sachet fast-action or easy-blend yeast<br />
1 egg, beaten<br />
75g sultana<br />
50g mixed peel<br />
zest 1 orange<br />
1 apple, peeled, cored <strong>and</strong> finely<br />
chopped<br />
1 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
For the cross:<br />
75g plain flour, plus extra <strong>for</strong> dusting<br />
For the glaze:<br />
3 tbsp apricot jam<br />
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Method<br />
Bring the milk to the boil, then remove from the heat <strong>and</strong> add the butter. Leave to cool until it reaches<br />
h<strong>and</strong> temperature. Put the flour, salt, sugar <strong>and</strong> yeast (see Tip, below) into a bowl. Make a well in the centre.<br />
Pour in the warm milk <strong>and</strong> butter mixture, then add the egg. Using a wooden spoon, mix well, then<br />
bring e<strong>very</strong>thing together with your h<strong>and</strong>s until you have a sticky dough.<br />
Tip on to a lightly floured surface <strong>and</strong> knead by holding the dough with one h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> stretching it with the<br />
heal of the other h<strong>and</strong>, then folding it back on itself. Repeat <strong>for</strong> 5 mins until smooth <strong>and</strong> elastic. Put the<br />
dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Cover with oiled cling film <strong>and</strong> leave to rise in a warm place <strong>for</strong> 1 hr or until<br />
doubled in size <strong>and</strong> a finger pressed into it leaves a dent.<br />
With the dough still in the bowl, tip in the sultanas, mixed peel, orange zest, apple <strong>and</strong> cinnamon. Knead<br />
into the dough, making sure e<strong>very</strong>thing is well distributed. Leave to rise <strong>for</strong> 1 hr more, or until doubled in<br />
size, again covered by some well-oiled cling film to stop the dough getting a crust.<br />
Divide the dough into 15 even pieces (about 75g per piece – see Tip below). Roll each piece into a smooth<br />
ball on a lightly floured work surface. Arrange the buns on one or two baking trays lined with parchment,<br />
leaving enough space <strong>for</strong> the dough to exp<strong>and</strong>. Cover (but don’t wrap) with more oiled cling film, or a<br />
clean tea towel, then set aside to prove <strong>for</strong> 1 hr more.<br />
Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Mix the flour with about 5 tbsp water to make the paste <strong>for</strong> the cross<br />
– add the water 1 tbsp at a time, so you add just enough <strong>for</strong> a thick paste. Spoon into a piping bag with a<br />
small nozzle. Pipe a line along each row of buns, then repeat in the other direction to create crosses (see<br />
Tip below). Bake <strong>for</strong> 20 mins on the middle shelf of the oven, until golden brown.<br />
Gently heat the apricot jam to melt, then sieve to get rid of any chunks. While the jam is still warm, brush<br />
over the top of the warm buns <strong>and</strong> leave to cool.<br />
We all know that the cross represents the crucifixion of Jesus, but did you know that the<br />
spices inside signify the spices used to embalm him at his burial?<br />
Try making them - they are so much better than the shop bought ones!<br />
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20th <strong>March</strong> - Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne<br />
(a friend of our own Saint Aidan - <strong>and</strong> one of the greatest northern Celtic Saints)<br />
Cuthbert was thought by some to be Irish <strong>and</strong> by others, a Scot. Bede, the<br />
<strong>not</strong>ed historian, says he was a Briton. Orphaned when a young child, he was a<br />
shepherd <strong>for</strong> a time, possibly fought against the Mercians, <strong>and</strong> became<br />
a monk at Melrose Abbey.<br />
In 661, he accompanied St. Eata to Ripon Abbey, which the abbot of Melrose<br />
had built, but returned to Melrose the following year when King Alcfrid turned<br />
the abbey over to St. Wilfrid, <strong>and</strong> then became Prior of<br />
Melrose. Cuthbert engaged in missionary work <strong>and</strong> when St. Colman refused to<br />
accept the decision of the Council of Whitby in favour of the Roman liturgical<br />
practices <strong>and</strong> immigrated with most of the monks of Lindisfarne to Irel<strong>and</strong>, St.<br />
Eata was appointed bishop in his place <strong>and</strong> named Cuthbert Prior of<br />
Lindisfarne.<br />
He resumed his missionary activities <strong>and</strong> attracted huge crowds until he<br />
received his abbot's permission to live as a hermit, at <strong>first</strong> on a nearby isl<strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> then in 676, at one of the Farnes Isl<strong>and</strong>s near Bamborough. Against his will,<br />
he was elected bishop of Hexham in 685, arranged with St. Eata to swap Sees,<br />
<strong>and</strong> became bishop of Lindisfarne but without the monastery. He spent the<br />
last two years of his life administering his See, caring <strong>for</strong> the sick of the plague<br />
that decimated his diocese, working numerous miracles of healing, <strong>and</strong> gifted<br />
with the ability to prophesy. He died at Lindisfarne <strong>and</strong> is buried at Durham<br />
Cathedral.<br />
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Quotes <strong>for</strong> Lent<br />
“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things.<br />
But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.”<br />
Pope St. Gregory the Great<br />
During these 40 days, let me put away all my pride.<br />
Let me change my heart <strong>and</strong> give up all that is <strong>not</strong> good within me.<br />
Let me love God with all that I am <strong>and</strong> all that I have.”<br />
Genesis Grain<br />
“It is <strong>not</strong> just about giving up our favourite food but its about going further <strong>and</strong> giving up things like hatred<br />
<strong>and</strong> un<strong>for</strong>giveness. You need to clean your heart <strong>and</strong> prepare yourself <strong>for</strong> purity.”<br />
Am<strong>and</strong>a Jobs<br />
“The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude of our deeds,<br />
but by the manner in which we per<strong>for</strong>m them.”<br />
Saint John of the Cross<br />
“We all suffer <strong>for</strong> each other, <strong>and</strong> gain by each other’s suffering; <strong>for</strong> man never st<strong>and</strong>s alone here,<br />
though he will st<strong>and</strong> alone hereafter; but here is he is a social being,<br />
<strong>and</strong> goes <strong>for</strong>ward to his long home as one of a large company.”<br />
Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman<br />
“As Lent is the time <strong>for</strong> greater love, listen to Jesus’ thirst…’Repent <strong>and</strong> believe’ Jesus tells us.<br />
What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe?<br />
Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart <strong>and</strong> in the poor – He knows your weakness.<br />
He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.”<br />
Blessed Teresa of Calcutta<br />
“The Gospel is the real antidotes <strong>for</strong> spiritual; destitution:<br />
wherever we go, we are called as Christians to proclaim the liberating news<br />
that <strong>for</strong>giveness <strong>for</strong> sins committed is possible,<br />
that God is greater than our sinfulness, that he freely loves us at all times<br />
<strong>and</strong> that we were made <strong>for</strong> communion with him <strong>and</strong> eternal life.<br />
The Lord asks us to be joyous heralds of this message of mercy <strong>and</strong> hope”.<br />
Pope Francis<br />
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Holy Week 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Palm Sunday 9th <strong>April</strong><br />
Preacher - Canon Barry Naylor<br />
10.00am Solemn Liturgy of our Lord’s Entrance into<br />
Jerusalem with Blessing of Palms (followed by a Parish Lunch)<br />
Monday 10th <strong>April</strong><br />
5.00pm - Exposition 5.30pm - Mass<br />
Tuesday 11th <strong>April</strong><br />
5.00pm - Exposition 5.30pm - Mass<br />
Wednesday 12th <strong>April</strong><br />
9.30am - Exposition 10.00am - Mass<br />
Maundy Thursday 13th <strong>April</strong><br />
7.30pm - Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper<br />
<strong>and</strong> Watch be<strong>for</strong>e the Blessed Sacrament<br />
Good Friday 14th <strong>April</strong><br />
12.00 noon - Stations of the Cross 1.00pm - Preaching of the Passion<br />
2.00pm - Solemn Liturgy of Our Lord’s Passion<br />
Holy Saturday 15th <strong>April</strong><br />
7.30pm - Solemn Vigil Mass of Easter with Baptisms<br />
followed by Champagne <strong>and</strong> Fireworks<br />
Easter Sunday 16th <strong>April</strong><br />
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Each day at Mass, renowned counter tenor Stephen Hogg will be<br />
singing Arias <strong>for</strong> Holy Week. Featuring works by<br />
Bach, H<strong>and</strong>el <strong>and</strong> Mendelsohn
APLUS Holy Week Play Scheme<br />
ring Jeanette on<br />
07730 362542<br />
<strong>for</strong> more details<br />
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We are such a busy Parish, please do write these dates into your diaries or on your kitchen calendars so that you<br />
never miss something important at Saint Aidan’s!<br />
Wednesday 1st <strong>March</strong> is Ash Wednesday - there will be a Solemn Imposition of Ashes at 10.00am. This is a <strong>very</strong> important<br />
day <strong>for</strong> us all to be at Mass if we can. Fridays during Lent - we will follow our normal pattern of Stations of the Cross <strong>and</strong><br />
Mass at 12 noon followed by a Lent Lunch in the Vestry. Please let’s all make this part of our Lenten discipline!<br />
Saturday 25th <strong>March</strong> sees the <strong>very</strong> welcome return of the Parish Supper Cabaret with an evening of music from 1920s<br />
musicals starring Liz Webster <strong>and</strong> our own Fr Simon. This with a <strong>very</strong> hearty supper all <strong>for</strong> the bargain price of £10. This is<br />
a<strong>not</strong>her great opportunity to get our friends along to one of our social evenings. Ring <strong>01</strong>16 287 3629 to reserve yours<br />
tickets now!<br />
Sunday 26th <strong>March</strong> is Mothering Sunday <strong>and</strong> we will be welcoming Parks Primary School Choir to sing at the Mass. As<br />
usual, there will be a buffet lunch after the Mass<br />
Sunday 9th <strong>April</strong> sees the beginning of Holy Week. Please lets all be putting other things to one side as we all gather<br />
together to mark this most special of weeks.<br />
APLUS Holy Week Play Scheme starts on Monday 10th <strong>April</strong> <strong>and</strong> runs all week. 10.00am - 3.00pm (only £3 per child per day,<br />
which includes their lunch). Please ask Jeanette about more details or ring her on 07730 362542.<br />
Saturday 13th May - ‘The Sound of Musicals’ Supper Cabaret at 7.00pm (with doors opening at 6.15pm). Starring the<br />
fabulous Shirley Overbury, Saint Aidan’s again delivers a night of wonderful music <strong>and</strong> food, all <strong>for</strong> the bargain price of £10<br />
(with the usual family concessions). Ring <strong>01</strong>16 287 3629 to reserve yours now!<br />
Monday 29th May is the National Pilgrimage to The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. There will be, as usual, a coach<br />
leaving Saint Aidan’s - tickets are in the region of £12. Please ask Jan Collins <strong>for</strong> more details.<br />
Friday 16th June at 7.30pm is the Corpus Christi Festival with the Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary. We are thrilled to<br />
be joined by the Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt. Rev’d Tony Robinson who will be preacher <strong>and</strong> Principal Celebrant at the<br />
Mass. Festivities will be followed by a buffet supper in the Parish Hall.<br />
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other important dates can be found at our Parish website:<br />
www.saintaidansnewparks.co.uk
Down<br />
1 Totally destroyed (Genesis 7:23) (5,3)<br />
2 What the Philippian jailer was told to do with<br />
his prisoners Paul <strong>and</strong> Silas (Acts 16:23) (5)<br />
4 Object of ridicule (Job 12:4) (8-5)<br />
5 In most years, the month in which Easter<br />
falls (5)<br />
6 For example, Caesarea, Joppa, Tyre, Sidon (7)<br />
7 ‘[Jesus] was in the desert <strong>for</strong> <strong>for</strong>ty — , being<br />
tempted by Satan’ (Mark 1:13) (4)<br />
8 ‘Hallelujah! Salvation <strong>and</strong> glory <strong>and</strong> power —<br />
to our God’ (Revelation 19:1) (6)<br />
13 Mend dots (anag.) (8)<br />
15 Purifier (Malachi 3:3) (7)<br />
16 Attacked (1 Samuel 27:8) (6)<br />
18 The good Samaritan to the innkeeper:<br />
‘When I return, I will reimburse you <strong>for</strong> any —<br />
expense you may have’ (Luke 10:35) (5)<br />
20 How Matthew described the crowds who<br />
followed Jesus (Matthew 4:25) (5)<br />
21 For example, one of 25 Across (Judges<br />
19:29) (4)<br />
Across<br />
1 Salary (Isaiah 19:10) (4)<br />
3 Question Jesus asked of those healed of leprosy, ‘Were <strong>not</strong> all ten — ?’ (Luke<br />
17:17) (8)<br />
9 Wide, elevated level area of l<strong>and</strong> (Joshua 13:9) (7)<br />
10 ‘So you also must be — , because the Son of Man will come... when you do <strong>not</strong><br />
expect him’ (Matthew 24:44) (5)<br />
11 ‘[He] said to the man, “Stretch out your h<strong>and</strong>.” He — — , <strong>and</strong> his h<strong>and</strong> was<br />
<strong>complete</strong>ly restored’ (Luke 6:10) (3,2)<br />
12 ‘Who has gathered up the wind in the — of his h<strong>and</strong>?’ (Proverbs 30:4) (6)<br />
14 Not born again (13)<br />
17 ‘Again <strong>and</strong> again he — the same sacrifices, which can never take away<br />
sins’ (Hebrews 10:11) (6)<br />
19 Mails (anag.) (5)<br />
22 ‘He — — here; he has risen’ (Matthew 28:6) (2,3)<br />
23 Defeated (Judges 20:43) (7)<br />
24 Soldiers’ quarters (Acts 21:34) (8)<br />
25 ‘Pillars of marble’ were how the Beloved described those of her Lover<br />
(Song of Songs 5:15) (4)<br />
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Bishop of Richborough<br />
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Saint Aidan’s Parish Church<br />
Saturday 13th May 2<strong>01</strong>7 at 7.00pm<br />
presents<br />
The Music of Rodgers <strong>and</strong> Hammerstein<br />
Tickets - £10.00<br />
(ask the Box Office about Family Concession Prices)<br />
Tickets include a three course meal during the show<br />
starring<br />
Shirley Overbury, Simon Lumby <strong>and</strong><br />
Michael Overbury<br />
Order your tickets now to avoid disappointment<br />
from the Parish Box Office on:<br />
<strong>01</strong>16 287 3629<br />
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How to make Mary Berry’s own Simnel Cake<br />
Serves 12 | Preparation time: 30 minutes | Cooking time: 2 hours 15 minutes<br />
Ingredients<br />
For the cake:<br />
175 g soft butter or margarine,<br />
plus extra <strong>for</strong> greasing<br />
175 g light muscovado sugar<br />
3 eggs<br />
175 g self-raising flour<br />
175 g sultanas<br />
90 g currants<br />
90 g glacé cherries, quartered,<br />
rinsed, <strong>and</strong> dried<br />
30 g c<strong>and</strong>ied peel, roughly chopped<br />
Grated zest of 1 large lemon<br />
1 tsp ground mixed spice<br />
For decorating:<br />
500 g almond paste<br />
2 tbsp apricot jam<br />
1 egg white<br />
Deep 18 cm (7 in) round<br />
Method<br />
Roll out one-third of the almond paste. Using the base of the cake tin as a<br />
guide, cut out an 18 centimetre round.<br />
Grease the cake tin <strong>and</strong> line the bottom <strong>and</strong> side with greaseproof paper.<br />
Combine all the cake ingredients in a bowl.<br />
Beat well until thoroughly blended. Spoon half of the cake mixture into<br />
the prepared tin <strong>and</strong> smooth the surface.<br />
Top with the round of almond paste.<br />
Spoon the remaining cake mixture on top <strong>and</strong> level the surface.<br />
Bake in a preheated oven at 150°C/gas mark 2 <strong>for</strong> two <strong>and</strong> a quarter hours<br />
or until golden brown <strong>and</strong> firm to the touch.<br />
Cover the top of the cake with greaseproof paper if it is browning too<br />
quickly. Leave to cool <strong>for</strong> 10 minutes, then remove from the tin, <strong>and</strong><br />
leave to cool <strong>complete</strong>ly.<br />
Warm the jam <strong>and</strong> use to brush the top of the cake.<br />
To decorate the cake, roll out half of the remaining almond paste <strong>and</strong> use<br />
the tin to cut out an 18 centimetre round.<br />
Put on top of the jam <strong>and</strong> crimp the edges. Roll the remaining almond<br />
paste into 11 even-sized balls. Place around the edge of the cake,<br />
attaching them with egg white.<br />
Brush the tops of the balls <strong>and</strong> the almond paste with egg white. Place<br />
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Simnel cake is a light fruit cake with two layers of almond paste or marzipan, one in the middle <strong>and</strong> one on top, that<br />
is toasted, <strong>and</strong> eaten during the Easter period in the United Kingdom, Irel<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> some other countries.<br />
It was originally made <strong>for</strong> the middle Sunday of Lent, when the <strong>for</strong>ty-day fast would be relaxed, Laetare Sunday,<br />
also known as Refreshment Sunday, (nowadays) Mothering Sunday, Sunday of the Five Loaves, <strong>and</strong> Simnel Sunday –<br />
after the cake itself.<br />
The meaning of the word "simnel" is unclear: there is a 1226 reference to "bread made into a simnel", which is<br />
understood to mean the finest white bread, from the Latin simila – "fine flour", though John de Garl<strong>and</strong>e felt that<br />
the word was equivalent to placenta cake, a cake that was intended to please.<br />
Conventionally eleven, or occasionally twelve, marzipan balls are used to decorate the cake, with a story that the<br />
balls represent the twelve apostles, minus Judas or Jesus <strong>and</strong> the twelve apostles, minus Judas. This tradition<br />
developed late in the Victorian era, altering the mid Victorian tradition of decorating the cakes with preserved fruits<br />
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<strong>and</strong> flowers.
25th <strong>April</strong> - Saint Mark<br />
(Apostle, Evangelist <strong>and</strong> Patron Saint of Notaries)<br />
The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is<br />
sometimes called John Mark. Both he <strong>and</strong> his mother, Mary, were highly<br />
esteemed in the early Church, <strong>and</strong> his mother's house in Jerusalem served as a<br />
meeting place <strong>for</strong> Christians there.<br />
Saint Mark was associated with Saint Paul <strong>and</strong> Saint Barnabas (who was Mark's<br />
cousin) on their missionary journey through the isl<strong>and</strong> of Cyprus. Later he<br />
accompanied Saint Barnabas alone. We know also that he was<br />
in Rome with Saint Peter <strong>and</strong> Saint Paul. Tradition ascribes to him the founding<br />
of the Church in Alex<strong>and</strong>ria which was to become one of the most important<br />
Episcopal Sees in the early Church.<br />
Saint Mark wrote the second Gospel, probably in Rome sometime be<strong>for</strong>e the<br />
year 60 A.D; he wrote it in Greek <strong>for</strong> the Gentile converts to Christianity.<br />
Tradition tells us that St. Mark was requested by the Romans to set down the<br />
teachings of St. Peter. This seems to be confirmed by the position which St.<br />
Peter has in this Gospel. In this way the second Gospel is a record of<br />
the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of the Prince of the Apostles.<br />
In 828, relics believed to be the body of Saint Mark were stolen<br />
from Alex<strong>and</strong>ria (at the time controlled by the Abbasid Caliphate) by two<br />
Venetian merchants with the help of two Greek monks <strong>and</strong> taken to Venice.<br />
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Quotes <strong>for</strong> Easter<br />
“Never ab<strong>and</strong>on yourselves to despair.<br />
We are the Easter people <strong>and</strong> hallelujah is our song.”<br />
Pope John Paul II<br />
“Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project<br />
<strong>not</strong> to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth with the life of heaven.<br />
That, after all, is what the Lord's Prayer is about.”<br />
Bishop Tom Wright<br />
“Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on<br />
his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory,<br />
the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the h<strong>and</strong>s of God.”<br />
Frederick Buechner<br />
Easter <strong>and</strong> the resurrection of Jesus gives my life meaning <strong>and</strong> direction<br />
<strong>and</strong> the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances.<br />
Robert Flatt<br />
The joyful news that Jesus is risen does <strong>not</strong> change the contemporary world.<br />
Still be<strong>for</strong>e us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power<br />
to do the work, accept the discipline, <strong>and</strong> make the sacrifice.<br />
Henry Knox Sherrill<br />
“On Easter Day the veil between time <strong>and</strong> eternity thins to gossamer”.<br />
Douglas Horton<br />
“We live <strong>and</strong> die; Christ died <strong>and</strong> lived”!<br />
John Stott<br />
“There is <strong>not</strong> room <strong>for</strong> death, nor atom that his might could render void:<br />
thou - thou art being <strong>and</strong> breath, <strong>and</strong> what thou art may never be destroyed”.<br />
Emily Bronte<br />
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<strong>April</strong> Calendar<br />
Sat 1st of Our Lady<br />
“You must live<br />
life beautifully<br />
<strong>and</strong> <strong>not</strong> allow<br />
the spirit of<br />
the world that<br />
makes gods<br />
out of power,<br />
riches <strong>and</strong><br />
pleasure make<br />
you to <strong>for</strong>get<br />
that you have<br />
been created<br />
<strong>for</strong> greater<br />
things… to<br />
receive Jesus<br />
himself when<br />
he welcomes<br />
you at his<br />
altar”<br />
Saint Teresa<br />
of Calcutta<br />
Sun 2nd Fifth Sunday in Lent<br />
Mon 3rd Feria<br />
Wed 5th S. Vincent Ferrer, Pr<br />
Thurs 6th Feria<br />
Fri 7th Feria<br />
Sat 8th of Our Lady<br />
Sun 9th Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord<br />
Mon 10th Monday of Holy Week<br />
Tues 11th Tuesday of Holy Week<br />
Wed 12h Wednesday of Holy Week<br />
Thurs 13th Maundy Thursday<br />
Fri 14th Good Friday<br />
Sat 15th Holy Saturday<br />
Sun 16th Easter Sunday<br />
Mon 17th Easter Monday<br />
Tues 18th Easter Tuesday<br />
Wed 19th Easter Wednesday<br />
Thurs 20th Easter Thursday<br />
Fri 21st Easter Friday<br />
Sat 22nd Easter Saturday<br />
Sun 23rd Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy)<br />
Mon 24th S. George, Mr & Patron of Engl<strong>and</strong><br />
Wed 26th Feria<br />
Thurs 27th Feria<br />
Fri 28th S. Peter Chanel, PrMr<br />
Sat 29th S. Catherine of Sienna, VDr<br />
Sun 30th Third Sunday of Easter<br />
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Corpus Christi Festival<br />
with the<br />
Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary<br />
Friday 16th June 2<strong>01</strong>7<br />
Solemn Mass, Procession <strong>and</strong> Benediction<br />
at 7.30pm<br />
Preacher <strong>and</strong> Principal Celebrant:<br />
Bishop Tony Robinson ssc<br />
Bishop of Wakefield<br />
Buffet Supper in the Hall<br />
after Mass<br />
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70 years ago this month a couple of shepherds in the hills above Qumran near the Dead Sea idly threw a stone into what they<br />
thought was an empty cave. When they heard the sound of smashing pottery they searched inside, <strong>and</strong> found the most<br />
important biblical disco<strong>very</strong> of the century.<br />
Their stone had led them to what became known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, manuscripts of the entire Hebrew Bible except <strong>for</strong><br />
the book of Esther, stored in clay vessels. The scrolls were the work of a religious community called the Essenes, who lived<br />
near that site be<strong>for</strong>e <strong>and</strong> during the life of Jesus.<br />
As scholars slowly unravelled them – <strong>and</strong> that task took decades - they discovered that they were h<strong>and</strong>ling manuscripts of the<br />
Bible which were hundreds of years older than any we had previously possessed. Most of the biblical manuscripts on which<br />
our translations had previously been based were copies of copies, carefully crafted in monasteries over the centuries by<br />
people dedicated to preserving the sacred text. But inevitably, in the process, there were occasional slips in the copying, <strong>and</strong><br />
at times it’s obvious that those who were doing it didn’t underst<strong>and</strong> the words they were copying.<br />
So, in February 1947, the world had access to a much older <strong>and</strong> there<strong>for</strong>e more accurate record of the Jewish Scriptures – the<br />
Bible of Jesus <strong>and</strong> the <strong>first</strong> Christians. The most remarkable thing is actually how few ‘mistakes’ there were, seeing the<br />
centuries of copying – <strong>and</strong> <strong>not</strong> one that seriously affects our fundamental underst<strong>and</strong>ing of the Bible.<br />
Those two shepherds 70 years ago ensured that we today have a Bible text which is as close to the original as one could ever<br />
hope to get. Isn't it a relief that they threw the stone into the right cave!<br />
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IN THE NEWS<br />
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Saint Aidan’s Parish Church<br />
on Saint Oswald Road, New Parks<br />
Cool<br />
Aer<br />
School<br />
come straight from school with parents <strong>for</strong><br />
crafts, fun, refreshments, friendship <strong>and</strong> much much much more<br />
e<strong>very</strong> THURSDAY<br />
why <strong>not</strong> bring some friends with you…?<br />
If you would like to know any more, please ring or text Jeanette on<br />
07730 362542<br />
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Who’s Who at Saint Aidan’s, New Parks<br />
Margaret Isom<br />
Churchwarden<br />
<strong>01</strong>16 287 3835<br />
Joyce Turley<br />
Churchwarden<br />
<strong>01</strong>16 233 4417<br />
Jan Collins<br />
Administrator<br />
07969 183239<br />
Bev Ward<br />
Sacristan<br />
<strong>01</strong>16 241 9970<br />
Aubrey Stevenson<br />
Head server<br />
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Linda Perks<br />
Events Co-ordinator<br />
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Judith Stevenson<br />
PGS Co-ordinator<br />
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Tracey White<br />
APLUS<br />
07843 840716<br />
Jeanette Doggett<br />
Safeguarding Officer<br />
07730 362542<br />
Toni Brant<br />
100 Club Officer<br />
07533 824436<br />
Crossword Solution<br />
Across: 1, Wage. 3, Cleansed. 9, Plateau. 10, Ready. 11, Did so. 12, Hollow. 14, Unregenerated.<br />
17, Offers. 19, Islam. 22, Is <strong>not</strong>. 23, Overran. 24, Barracks. 25, Legs.<br />
Down: : 1, Wiped out. 2, Guard. 4, Laughing-stock. 5, <strong>April</strong>. 6, Seaport. 7, Days. 8, Belong.<br />
13, Oddments. 15, Refiner. 16, Raided. 18, Extra. 20, Large. 21, Limb.<br />
If you know somewhere that might benefit from having our magazine, please let one of the clergy know - the<br />
magazine is a <strong>very</strong> important tool in letting the outside world know what we do here at Saint Aidan’s <strong>and</strong> the<br />
more that are out in the community the better!<br />
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