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Page 2-3 Welcome and Harvest 2014 Page 4 CAFOD’s Concert in the Cathedral Page 5-6 Campaigns Update Page 7 A&B Campaign Launch Page 8 Paola, Office Volunteer Page 9-12 What’s been happening in the Diocese? Page 13-14 Roger Reports from Ethiopia Page 15 Memorial Mass Page 15 Is Sustainability Good Business? Page 16 Diary Dates, Fast Day Prayer & our contact details
Arundel and Brighton Newsletter Autumn 2014
Contents
HARVEST FAST DAY 2014
CAFOD is immensely blessed by the generosity and dedication of our supporters. Sadly, many of our supporters over the years have now passed away. We will be holding a Memorial Mass as a way of paying tribute to them and marking our appreciation for their years of kindness. This will take place on the 29th of November at 12:15pm in The Friary,
Crawley. More information can be found on page 15.
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Hello
Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter. I hope you have all had a
great summer. I was lucky enough to enjoy the sun and feel quite
refreshed. Just as well really because working for CAFOD has in-
spired me to put on my running shoes and raise money for this
great charity. On the 26th of October, as part of Team CAFOD I will
run the 10 mile Great South Run. This is my first run so if you
fancy supporting me visit my JustGiving site:
www.justgiving.com/Deirdre-McMahon
Your sponsorship will inspire me to train and do
the best I can.
Thanks and happy reading.
Deirdre
Harvest Fast Day, Friday 3rd of Oct 2014
Harvest is a time for us to celebrate the abundance that God
spreads for all of us. We have enough food to feed everyone in the
world if we look after it and share it. However, 870 million people – one in eight of us – will go to
bed hungry tonight. The great majority of these women, men and
children are the world’s poorest people.
It shouldn’t be this way. With your support, we can:
provide food for those who need it most
tackle hunger in the long term by helping poor families
find new ways of earning a living
challenge our government to help make a fairer food
system that works for us all.
We have been working together to ensure more of the world’s
poorest people can enjoy the food we have been given to share.
From supergoats in Kenya, through bees in Nicaragua, to turning
disused diamond mines into fertile farms in Sierra Leone, your
generosity, kindness and compassion has changed the lives of
thousands of people around the world.
So once again we ask on this Harvest Fast Day, please make
a place at your table. This means remembering others who have
less than us, sharing what we have and if possible making
For more information visit the CAFOD website www.cafod.org.uk/
our or local blog http://cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/
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commitment to the world’s poorest people by giving regularly
through a regular gift.
Giving £1 a week – the price of two pints of milk – could buy
seeds for a family to plant their land. In a month, you will have
given enough to buy a basic tool to turn the soil and in a year, you
will be able to support training for a community to grow food for
themselves long into the future.
By making a place at your
table this Harvest Fast Day
you will ensure more of our
sisters and brothers live
lives free from hunger with
the dignity of being able to
build their own future.
Find out more about how
you can make a place at
your table this Harvest
Fast Day: cafod.org.uk/
harvest
Would you like to get Hands On and support a community
with their ambitious two-year project to restore their water
supply? Then you may be interested in Hands On Kitui.
Ten years ago the Diocese of Kitui in Kenya was a fertile area and
in one area a great dam which provided
fresh water to over 600 families. But now
the local dam has dried up and water is
very hard to find. The people of Kitui
have a plan to restore their land and
water supply in just two years.
We would like your help in supporting
this project. There is a lot more
information on the CAFOD website
about the project and where the funds
are needed. If you would like to discuss
what is involved please do contact us at
the local office.
Hands On Kitui
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Campaigns Update
Hungry For Change finishes!
To mark the end of the campaign, a group of
campaigners made the trip to Downing Street
to hand in over 60,000 actions against hunger.
Many of you took action and we have made
some great achievements which show the power of campaigning:
1. The UK became the first G8 nation to commit to spending 0.7%
of national income on international development aid. Archbishop
Desmond Tutu paid tribute to CAFOD supporters for their "tireless
work" and "steadfast refusal to accept the status quo".
2. As a founding member of the Enough Food for Everyone...IF
campaign, we urged David Cameron to use the G8 to create
positive and long-lasting changes to the global food system.
Leaders of the G8 secured £2.7bn to tackle malnutrition.
3. A new EU law was passed aimed at making large companies
more transparent. Companies that play a vital part of our food
system and who exercise a large amount of influence are required
to publish information on significant risks to and impacts on the
environment and human rights.
All of you, working with us, have helped make these changes
happen. Thank you.
Everywhere CAFOD works, in every country and community, we
hear the same thing: the changing weather is making life harder.
And it’s making it harder for people who are already desperately
vulnerable and have nothing left to start again when the floods
wash away their home or the rain doesn’t come and the crops fail.
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In fact, the situation on the ground is so serious that climate
change is now the number one threat to reducing poverty
that exists today.
We have just launched our major campaign One Climate, One
World. Over the next few years we want to secure commitment
from political leaders that they will act on climate change, and will
increase sustainable energy access for the world’s poorest people.
Together we have the power to tackle climate change. We can all
play our part by making changes in our lives to better love our
neighbour and care for God’s creation. We must also call on
political leaders to play their part too and work together to:
prevent climate change pushing people deeper into poverty
support the transition from polluting fossil fuels to sustainable
energy for all.
In the UK, we’re part of The Climate Coalition; over 100
organisations, with millions of supporters across the UK. We’re all
passionate about different things, but united in our determination
to tackle climate change.
On Sun 21 September is the Climate
March: Please see the enclosed leaflet for
more info and join us on the day.
Please also join us on the evening of the
21st of October in St Mary’s Catholic
Church’s Cassidy Centre in Brighton
where we will launch our new climate
change campaign in the diocese. This
promises to be a great occasion but we have
a limit on the numbers of attendees so
please do let us know you’re coming. Drinks
will be provided. More info on page 7.
Breaking news—we now have our partners
from Peru coming to inspire us!
For those who can’t make this event, there is a similar launch on
Saturday the 18th of October in Amigo Hall, London with our
partners from Peru. More information can be found on our
Diocesan blog http://cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/
All great changes – from abolishing transatlantic slavery to
ending apartheid – came about because people acted together.
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Paola, Office Volunteer
We asked Paola, our excellent office volunteer, to write a few
words about her experiences. Here is what she had to say:
“CIAO A TUTTI!
My name is Paola. I am Italian and I am a CAFOD office volunteer.
At the end of my university studies, I decided to move to England
to improve my English.
At the moment, I am working as waitress in a restaurant, and in
my spare time I enjoy volunteering for CAFOD. I work with them
once a week, giving my administrative support. I chose this
department because I find it very interesting and I have had
experience in this field of work in Italy.
The staff in the office are a very friendly team, and my manager
Martin and Deirdre help me in many ways. They are always
available to give me explanations and suggestions. I am very
happy to work with them.
Being a CAFOD office volunteer for me is an excellent way to gain
valid work experience. I am learning new skills and gaining more
experience, allowing me at the same time to do something useful
and good for others. CAFOD for me is also a good way to meet and
interact with people from around the world, enriching myself.
Therefore, I think that I have had this fantastic fortune to discover
CAFOD and I am very grateful they gave me this opportunity.
It is a wonderful and unforgettable experience that I would
recommend to anyone. GRAZIE
CAFOD!”
Our sincere thanks go to Paola for her
on-going work, enthusiasm and
joyfulness in the office.
Do you know anyone who would make
a good volunteer? Could you point
them in our direction? We are looking
for volunteers in schools, parishes and
our office and also people who might
like to work on events, fundraising,
helping get stories into local papers or
even on social media. Volunteers
change the world whilst gaining great
experience (useful for CVs etc.) and
have the joy of making a difference.
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As usual it has been a busy time around the diocese with our
supporters and volunteers running all sorts of events. It is so
encouraging to see young
people using their initiative
and raising money for
CAFOD. Two primary school
girls from the parish of
Christ the Prince of
Peace , Wey br idg e ,
recently ran a sale raising
money for CAFOD. Grace
Kinsler, just 8 years old,
and her friend Annabel
Marshall are the inspiring
young girls. They first of all
p r i n t ed o f f l e a f l e t s
advertising the event and
delivered them in the local community. With the help of family and
friends they gathered together books, toys, clothes and cakes and
with Fr. Con Foley’s enthusiastic permission, sold them after
mass in the parish hall on the 27th of April. Money raised was split
between the local Shooting Star Hospice and CAFOD. CAFOD
received £440! Annabel’s dad donated a further £150 to show his
support. Thank you to Grace and Annabel, you should be very
proud. Thanks too to their families, friends and the parish of
Christ the Prince of Peace, Weybridge.
Three local Godalming girls ran three miles around Godalming to
raise money for CAFOD. Madeleine, Charlotte and Ania took to
the streets of Godalming on the 29th of March to raise much
needed funds for our Lent Fast Day Dig Deep Campaign.
Madeleine had been inspired by Ciaran, from St Peter’s Catholic
Secondary school in Guildford, who spoke a few weekends
before at their local Mass about the needs of the world and
CAFOD’s work. Ciaran’s talk was so good that Madeleine felt that
she needed to do something to make a difference. Madeleine said “I really wanted to do something for CAFOD after
listening to Ciaran, an ex-pupil of St Edmund’s in Godalming,
What has been going on? Diocesan Highlights
Annabel and Grace
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talk about CAFOD’s good work during mass a few weeks ago. A
sponsored run seemed the best way for me and my friends to do
some good and raise
money to help
others.”
A l t o g e t h e r
Madeleine, Charlotte
and Ania raised over
£500 which is the
equivalent of 5 cows
for people living in
poverty or almost 6
village toilets. This is
an amazing amount
and we thank all
those invo lved:
Madeleine, Charlotte,
Ania, Ciaran and all the parents who helped support their families
in fundraising, Fr Michael for generously allowing the appeals to be
made at the Masses, St Peter’s school, Merrow, for helping their
students speak at Mass and for all those who donated towards the
amazing total.
It is so encouraging to see young people enthusiastically raising
money for CAFOD, but for an example of faithfulness and
dedication look no
f u r t h e r t h a n
Elizabeth Wallace.
Elizabeth has been
holding cake sales in
Saint Dunstan’s
Parish, Woking for
28 years – that’s
over half of CAFOD’s
life time. Elizabeth
ran her last cake sale
in April but the
faithful cake-makers
have passed the
baton on to 2 new
recruits Ruth and Lin.
The girls from Godalming on the final sprint of the 3 mile run (also joined by Charlotte’s little sister)
The Woking Baking Team L to R Mollie, Ruth, Lin and Elizabeth
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Thank you Elizabeth, Mollie and to all the Baking Team. Canon
Frank Harrington of St Dunstan’s Parish recently wrote in their
newsletter: “Our sincere thank you to Elizabeth. It is reckoned that
she has been instrumental in raising about £28,000.”
We have a super CAFOD team covering Bognor, Slindon and
Rose Green. For the second year running they have run a
successful plant sale. Jo Eade, one of the team, shared with us
details of the sale.
”Last year was our first venture into holding a Parish Plant Sale
and we made £245.53 and because it was our first year we
restricted the sale to our main church -
Our Lady of Sorrows in Bognor. This year
with the hindsight of know how and an
increase in our local CAFOD team we
have been able to involve all
three churches in our Parish. Over a
ten day period during the latter part of
May plant sales have taken place not
only in our Lady of Sorrows Church
Bognor but in St Richard's in Slindon
and St Anthony's in Pagham too. The
sales from this combined effort from all
of the Churches has resulted in a
fantastic profit of £420.78.
The donations of plants grown by the gardeners in the parish
increased greatly this year and we
were able to offer a wide selection of
perennial plants, numerous varieties
of vegetables as well as a very big
range of annuals. The latter also
increased this year as local nurseries
were approached and generously
supplied trays of bedding plants.“
Thank you to all the Bognor Team.
A Car Boot Sale was organised in
St Leonard’s School, Mayfield by
St Thomas of Canterbury Parish.
42 pitches were booked in advance
and many treasures and bargains
were bought including an 18th Moses enjoying the plant sale
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century oak chair donated by Fr Mario Sanderson. A grand total of
£943 was raised for which we are incredibly grateful.
Soup Lunches are always a popular way of raising funds for our
work. They are so popular we’re sure we aren’t hearing about
them all. A special note of thanks go out to the teams at Worth
and Eastbourne for their
special efforts this year as
between them they raised over
£2000 for our work. Thanks to
all those who hold soup
lunches which bring
communities together in
making a change.
Music is a also a great way to
bring people together. In
March the parish of St.
Erconwald in in Walton-On-
Thames held a music concert
with proceeds going to our
Syria appeal. Stephen Speed,
one of the organisers, said “We had a smashing day - great music
and entertainment as well as a special occasion for the parish. We
concluded the whole concert by using the CAFOD Syria prayer.”
Food, glorious food. An event in Sacred Heart Parish Cobham
If these stories inspire you, why not try running your own event. If
you would like help in organising one, we can help. Is there
anything you would like included in the newsletter? If so, please let
us know and if we’ve space we’ll happily include it.
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A Report by Roger from Ethiopia
Schools and our volunteers have being doing their usual sterling
work this year educating our children and young people. Our
Education Volunteers visit schools to lead assemblies, workshops
and lessons in order to raise awareness of the needs in the world,
highlight our work and inspire the young people to raise funds.
We are short on pictures but we wanted to say thanks to all our
Education Volunteers who are busy preparing to visit their local
schools for Harvest Fast Day. Highlights would be students of St
Peter’s in Guildford speaking for Lent Fast Day at their local Parish
and students of St Richard’s in Bexill-on-Sea having a sponsored
walk to local foodbank — a great ‘home and away’ activity.
We want to welcome Marie-Helene Baneth-Jakob onto our
Education Volunteer team in the South West of the diocese. Please
keep our Education Volunteers in your prayers and if you know
anyone whom you think would like to visit schools occasionally,
could you suggest it to them?
Roger Morton, whom I’m sure many of you remember from his
time being Diocesan Manager, volunteers as our Campaigns
Coordinator for the diocese. He spends a few months in Ireland
every year and volunteers for our sister agency Trócaire. He was
fortunate to go with a group from Trócaire to visit a joint project
run by Trócaire, SCIAF (our sister agency in Scotland) and CAFOD.
People working together to bring water up from a deep well in Ethiopia
Schools and Volunteers
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This project is based in Ethiopia where we are working together to:
helping to improve long-term farming conditions
supporting people living with HIV
community building
providing emergency food rations to malnourished children,
pregnant women and new mothers
supplying herding communities with water and animal feed.
Roger gave a talk to the local community in Cranleigh about his
experiences and he highlighted how water was such a precious
resource, over which we need to show careful stewardship.
He showed pictures of people working together to bring water from
a deep well (see picture on page 13) and gave us a good feel for
the culture and traditions of Ethiopia.
Martin reflected after that
‘Roger’s talk highlighted many
problems faced by people
living in poverty and also
many aspects of our work
such as water scarcity, gender
inequalities, food security,
HIV, peace and reconciliation
and climate change. Many of
these areas overlap; for
instance anti-retroviral drugs
for
HIV are hard on the stomach and one
needs to eat well during treatment.
Also, if water is very scarce this can
create conflict and have a massive
effect on health, agriculture and the
ability of people to work.’ Thanks to
Roger for his inspiring talk.
Ethiopia is one of our Connect2
countries. Around 20 Parishes
throughout our diocese continue to faithfully support their chosen
communities for which we are exceedingly grateful. Would your
Parish like to Connect2 a community in Ethiopia, Cambodia, El
Salvador or Brazil? Call the local office to discuss the possibility.
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November is the month of remembrance, when we take the time
to remember all those who have died, especially loved ones who
made a deep and lasting impression on our lives. The whole
month is dedicated to praying for the dead, starting with the feasts
of All Saints Day and All Souls Day on the 1st and 2nd.
Over the years, CAFOD has been enormously blessed by the
kindness and commitment of our supporters, but sadly many of
the people who have done so much for us are no longer with
us. So it is our honour to celebrate Mass in memory of all these
supporters as a token of our appreciation. Anyone is welcome to
attend. We will be holding our Memorial Mass at The Friary in
Crawley on Saturday the 29th of November at 12:15pm
followed by refreshments.
A book of remembrance containing the names of supporters who
have passed away will be presented at Mass. If you would like to
add a name to this list, please do so: you can contact us at the
diocesan office on 01483 898 866 or
arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk
Join us on the 15th of October, 6.30pm, Romero House, London.
Sustainability is surely a good idea. It promotes the common good by
ensuring that people, resources and the environment are developed
and nurtured for the benefit of all.
But how is this implemented in the workplace in practice?
Why should a company or organisation be concerned with the common good?
Who ultimately pays for and benefits from sustainability? A just world requires us to live sustainably within it and this event explores how sustainability can be built into business and the workplace. If you are interested in workplace values and ethics come to this convivial event to hear from a range of speakers from business, international development and academia, followed by a lively conversation over food and drink. The diverse panel includes Fr Augusto Zampini – a moral theologian who works with CAFOD and who was a commercial lawyer before his vocation to the priesthood. His perspective is sure to be fascinating! CAFOD is organising this event in partnership with Good works, a not-for-profit organisation. For more information please see the diocesan blog or contact Matthew Sanderson on msanderson@cafod.org.uk
A Memorial Mass for CAFOD Supporters
Is Sustainability Good Business?
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Dates for your Diary
Martin Brown & Deirdre McMahon CAFOD Arundel & Brighton, St John's Seminary, Wonersh, Guildford, Surrey, GU5 0QX, 01483 898 866 E-mail: arundelandbrighton@cafod.org.uk Web: www.cafod.org.uk Twitter: @CafodAB or @MartinCAFOD Blog http://cafodarundelbrighton.wordpress.com/ Facebook: CAFOD Arundel & Brighton (A&B) Picture Credits: Jo Eade, Kerry Kinsler, Paula Manning
Sarah Smith-Pearse, Wilde Fry, Roger Morton, Trócaire
21st September: 3rd October:
15th October:
18th October: 21st October:
26th October:
1st November: 7th November:
29th November:
24th January: 27th February:
London Climate March, London (page 6) Harvest Fast Day (page 2)
Is Sustainability Good Business? (page 15)
South East Campaigns Launch (page 6) A&B Climate Campaign Launch, Brighton (page 7)
Great South Run, Portsmouth (page 2)
CAFOD’s Concert in the Cathedral, Arundel (p.4) Pope Paul VI Lecture, Kings College. Bishop Sanchez,
Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
speaks on ‘Climate and Poverty’. Chaired by Julie Etchingham, television newsreader and journalist.
Memorial Mass, The Friary, Crawley (page 15)
Understanding CAFOD, Amigo Hall, London Lent Fast Day
Lent Fast Day Prayer
Generous God,
Thank you for our food.
May we appreciate what
we have
and never take it for
granted.
We pray for those around
the world,
who do not have enough
to provide for their family.
We pray for a good harvest,
for generosity and love,
as we seek a better, fairer world.
We ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen.
Katharine O’Brien, Youth Leader, Wanstead