Issue 70 - The Pilgrim - April 2018 - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Southwark

News
Appeal for Bermondsey hero’s medals
The family of a war hero who
saved a trapped priest in a
bombed church in Bermondsey
has made a plea for the return
of his stolen medals.
When a V2 rocket hit the
Church of the Most Holy Trinity
in Dockhead in March 1945, Fr
Edmund Arbuthnott was left
trapped inside under a timber
beam.
Edward Heming of the
Bermondsey Light Rescue
service heard his cries for help
and pulled him out from under
the wreckage.
Now his 82-year-old son
Raymond, whose home in
Biddenden, near Ashford, was
burgled in February, is asking for
people’s help in the search for
his father’s medals, which
include the George Cross, along
with a crucifix given to him by
Fr Arbuthnott.
“The medals are like a piece
of my life that is missing,” said
Mr Hemming. “I cannot rest
until I know that they are back
where they belong.
While Father Arbuthnott
survived the bomb, going on to
become head of Southwark
Catholic Rescue Society and
heavily involved with the Young
Christian Workers, three other
priests were killed, Fr Stephen
Spillane, Fr Finbar MacCarthy
and Fr Michael O’Riordan.
Camberwell tennis stars in finals
The under-13 boys and girls teams of Sacred Heart Catholic School
in Camberwell represented London at the Table Tennis England
National Finals in Leicester.
The table tennis programme at Sacred Heart School is delivered
by sports-mentoring charity Greenhouse Sports.
Greenhouse Sports coach Daniel Basterfield, a former English
national champion, said: “These young people have only been
playing table tennis for a year-and-a-half, so it is a testament to
their dedication and perseverance that they competed for the
championships at this national table tennis competition.”
Fatima procession with relics
A former pupil of St Gregory’s
Catholic School in Tunbridge
Wells has won an Oscar after
editing a film in her garden
shed.
Emily Walder edited the low
budget movie The Silent Child,
a story about a deaf six-year-old
girl who struggles to
communicate. It was named
On 2nd March
1945, the church
and presbytery
of the Most Holy
Trinity were
destroyed by a
V2 rocket.
Oscar
winner
best live action short film.
Emily flew out to the Los
Angeles ceremony along with
cast and crew. “It is surreal - I
still cannot believe it. Of course
we were not expecting it - but
we are all really really happy
because the film has such a
good message.
“We were all watching it from
a viewing apartment we had
rented - there were about 12 of
us watching it together. It was
just the best night ever.”
Her father, Kevin, said: “She
began editing the movie in her
bedroom and I said to her you
need an office but office space
is expensive and so we built a
log cabin and put it in our
garden and ran electricity there
and that is where she worked.”
The Pilgrim April 2018
Adoration at
Clapham school
Oliver House School in Clapham responded to
Pope Francis’ initiative of 24 hours for the Lord
by hosting a day of Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament in the school’s oratory and the
opportunity for confession for both children and
parents. The day culminated in Benediction
followed by Mass said by Father Frank Calduch.
Abbey Wood
pupil’s success
Nana Gyedu, a Year 10 pupil at St Paul’s
Academy in Abbey Wood, has won four awards at
the Cambridge Harriers Athletics annual awards
evening.
Currently ranked number one in the UK in shot
putt in her age group, she was awarded best
thrower, most improved athlete, and the
Christine Bond Award for breaking record and
best club member.
Nana is working hard towards achieving her
dream of one day representing Great Britain in
the shot putt.
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Author visits Broadstairs school
Pupils at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in
Broadstairs learned about how to write stories
when write Jane Clarke visited to mark World
Book Day.
The author of books such as Gilbert the Great
and Stuck in the Mud worked on a writing
activity with every class in which she gave
advice on structure, form and description before
letting the children write their own stories.
Finding out about dementia
The Norwood circle of the Catenians have held a
dementia awareness evening.
Held at Our Lady of the Annunciation in
Addiscombe, over 40 people heard Aoife
Stone-Ghariari Aoife explain what dementia is
and how it effects people. She said that it is
important to keep on visiting those who no
longer appear to recognise you because part of
the brain responds positively to such visits with
feelings of happiness.
Reunion for St Anne’s College
There will be a reunion for former pupils of St
Anne’s College, Sanderstead, on Saturday 30th
June at Coloma Convent Girls’ School, Croydon.
Email sacoga@hotmail.co.uk or phone Fiona
Kemp on 01883-342421 for details.
The relics of two of the Fatima visionaries, Saints Jacinta and
Francisco, will be carried in a procession from St George’s
Cathedral to Camberwell.
The procession, organised by the World Apostolate of Fatima of
England and Wales, will take place on 5th May, and will include the
national statue of Our Lady of Fatima. It will leave the cathedral at
2pm and make its way to The Church of the Sacred Heart in
Knatchbull Road.
There will be a Fatima celebration in the church from 3pm –
7pm, including recitation of the Rosary, an act of consecration to
the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and individual veneration of the
relics.
For more information, contact the World Apostolate of Fatima on
07782 661922 or e-mail: info@worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk
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The importance of maths
Students at Coloma Convent Girls’ School in
Croydon learned about he importance of maths
from author Rob Eastaway.
In a talk entitled Maths on the Back of an
Envelope, he told Year 11 students that the two
most important maths skills that the average
person needed were knowing your times tables
and how to accurately move a number around a
decimal place.