Liverpool Development Update: Mark Kitts, Liverpool City Council
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29 theCatholicTIMES 24.08.18 England Cardinal Nichols (Westminster) Sun: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Thu: Travels to Prague to receive the Prague Society HRE Award, 7.30am. Fri: Returns from Prague, 6.30pm. Sat: Memorial Mass for Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O’Connor’s First Anniversary, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria Street, London, SW1P 1LT, 12.30pm. Archbishop Longley (Birmingham) Sat: First Anniversary Memorial Mass for Cardinal Cormac Murphy- O’Connor, Westminster Cathedral, 12.30pm. Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool) Mon: Mass for the Annual Pilgrimage in honour of Blessed Dominic Barberi, St Anne and Blessed Dominic, Sutton, St Helens, noon. Archbishop Smith (Southwark) Sun-Fri: Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage. Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun-Mon: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Tue: Meetings, London. Thu: Visit to Lee House Centre for Mission Awareness, Thorney. Fri: Meetings, Wardley Hall. Sat: Leads a Day of Reflection for Catenians, Wardley Hall. Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sat: Engagements, Cathedral. Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Mon: Return from the World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Fri: Meeting Head of Communications, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Meeting with Knights of Equestrian Order of Holy Sepulchre, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Sat: Dialogue with Sectors Meeting, Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Parish Visitation, Earley, Reading. Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary in Southwark) Sun-Fri: Catholic Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass, St Ann’s, Deepcar, 9.15am. Mass, St Mary’s, Penistone, 10.45am. Wed: Meeting, Bishop’s House, 11.00pm. Presentation, Sheffield Furniture Store, 12.30pm. Retirement event, St Joseph & St Teresa’s, Woodlands, Doncaster, 7.00pm. Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sat: Mass, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, noon. Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary in Westminster) Sun-Mon: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Thu: Meeting in Archbishop’s House, 11.00am. Sat: Concelebrates Memorial Mass for Cardinal Murphy- O’Connor, Westminster Cathedral, 12.30pm. Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun-Mon: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary in Southwark) Mon: Divine Mercy Pilgrimage, noon. Bishop Malone (Auxiliary in Liverpool) Tue: Mass of Thanksgiving on the 175th Anniversary of the arrival of the Sisters of Mercy in Liverpool, Zoe’s Place Life Centre, Liverpool, noon. Bishop Moth (Arundel and Brighton) Sun-Mon: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Tue: Annual Meeting with Promotors, Seminarians and Enquirers, High Oaks, 2.30pm- 4.00pm. Wed: Episcopal Council, High Oaks, 11.00am. Thu: Under 65’s at Arundel Cathedral, 11.00am- 3.00pm. Mass at St John the Evangelist, Horsham, 7.00pm. Fri: Meeting, High Oaks, noon. Sat: NCSF Meeting, Oxford. Bishop Stock (Leeds) Wed: Meeting with the Vicar General, Bishop’s House, Leeds, 9.00am. Bishop Williams (Auxiliary in Liverpool) Sun: Celebrates Mass, St Dominic, Huyton, 10.45am. Sat: Blessing of Statue, Eldonian Village, Liverpool, noon. Serra Annual Dinner, Liverpool Hope University, 7.00pm. Scotland Archbishop Cushley (St Andrews and Edinburgh) Sun: World Meeting of Families, Dublin. Mon: Trustees’ Meeting, Archdiocesan Offices, Edinburgh, 1.00pm. Tue: Scottish Catholic Youth Service, Pastoral Centre, Dunkeld, 11.00am. Wed: SPRED Commissioning Mass, St Kentigern Church, Edinburgh, 7.00pm. Fri: Mass, Holy Rood High School, Edinburgh, 9.15am. Council of Priests Steering Committee, St Bennet’s, Edinburgh, 2.00pm. Order of the Holy Sepulchre Investitures, Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh, 7.00pm. Compiled by Theresa Bowling BISHOPS’ ENGAGEMENTS FEATURE “FOR the same as it costs for a few bottles of wine you could help edu- cate a child in India”, says Sebastian Muir, board member and chair of the Twinnage Committee at the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP). Sebastian is promoting the SVP’s student sponsorship scheme which helps children from disadvantaged families with costs of education. The scheme is part of the SVP’s Twinnage programme which sees England and Wales partnered with six developing countries around the world, including India. Often when the main breadwinner in an Indian family is killed or becomes unwell and can no longer make an income, it falls to the children to go and carry out often menial work to earn a wage and support their family. However, sponsoring a child helps families keep their children in edu- cation. Such an education means these children are more likely to go onto further education when older and then get better paid work which in turn helps their extended families. When a cyclone hit a coastal vil- lage in Kerala last year, around 300 fishermen lost their lives. The student sponsorship scheme was able to help families to provide educational opportunities for their children, as well as paying for children who had been orphaned by the disaster. Because of the strength of the pound, donations can go a long way. Giving £15 for a year can cover up to 85 per cent of a pupil’s school fees, or cover a combination of fees and materials such as books, pens, satchels and uniforms. The next tier of the scheme is sponsorship of £70 for three years. This enables a student to complete technical or vocational courses such as engineering, nursing or computing. The third and final tier of the scheme is to give £120 for four years which helps put a student through medical or dental training. Donors are matched with students and receive a photo and certificate when they are twinned with a young person. Sebastian explains that when sponsoring a child or teenager the entire community benefits. “Rural areas in particular have a severe shortage of medical staff,” he says. Most professionals are drawn to the cities and it comes down to small religious communities to pro- vide healthcare for local villagers. This means that often there are not enough people to administer the care needed for a village and its mi- grant workers. The dispensaries and clinics cannot be staffed, and so villagers have to travel dozens of miles to be vaccinated for example. Too poor to own a car or motorbike the journey is by buffalo cart and the challenges of access prevent people from receiving the treatment they need. Disease spreads and peo- ple get sick and lose their lives. Having more doctors and nurses means help can be offered locally in the villages and towns. Professionals in the village get to know when someone is newly- arrived and they can ask them to get a vaccination. “That’s how polio has been virtually wiped out in the world except for the borders of Afghanistan and Pak- istan which are remote areas and do not have sufficient staff to vaccinate the people,” says Sebastian. Funding a student also helps build the nation through infrastructure. Engineers and architects design and build the schools and clinics, see to proper sanitation, while teachers edu- cate the next generation, and that in turn benefits the future of the country. This means a relatively small donation has a huge ripple effect, transforming lives of young people, their families and their wider communities. n If you would like to support a student in India with their education, please visit: http://www. twinnage.org.uk/ Documents/Student_Leaflet_416_ web1.pdf to download a form or go to: www.svp.org.uk-donate, telephone: 020 7703 3030 or e-mail: [email protected] SVP scheme is helping families keep their children in education Anita Boniface A visit by the SVP to school children with their teachers in Shillong, north-east India – A relatively small donation can transform lives of young people, their families and their wider communities Picture: SVP
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29theCatholicTIMES 24.08.18
EnglandCardinal Nichols (Westminster)Sun: World Meeting of Families,Dublin. Thu: Travels to Prague toreceive the Prague Society HREAward, 7.30am. Fri: Returns fromPrague, 6.30pm. Sat: Memorial Massfor Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor’s First Anniversary,Westminster Cathedral, VictoriaStreet, London, SW1P 1LT, 12.30pm.Archbishop Longley (Birmingham)Sat: First Anniversary Memorial Massfor Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, Westminster Cathedral,12.30pm.Archbishop McMahon (Liverpool)Mon: Mass for the Annual Pilgrimagein honour of Blessed Dominic Barberi,St Anne and Blessed Dominic,Sutton, St Helens, noon. Archbishop Smith (Southwark)Sun-Fri: Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage.Bishop Arnold (Salford) Sun-Mon:
World Meeting of Families, Dublin.Tue: Meetings, London. Thu: Visit toLee House Centre for MissionAwareness, Thorney. Fri: Meetings,Wardley Hall. Sat: Leads a Day ofReflection for Catenians, WardleyHall. Bishop Davies (Shrewsbury) Sat:Engagements, Cathedral. Bishop Doyle (Northampton) Sun:World Meeting of Families, Dublin.Mon: Return from the World Meetingof Families, Dublin. Bishop Egan (Portsmouth) Fri:Meeting Head of Communications,Bishop’s House, Portsmouth. Meetingwith Knights of Equestrian Order ofHoly Sepulchre, Bishop’s House,Portsmouth. Sat: Dialogue withSectors Meeting, Bishop’s House,Portsmouth. Parish Visitation, Earley,Reading. Bishop Hendricks (Auxiliary inSouthwark) Sun-Fri: Catholic
Association Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Bishop Heskett (Hallam) Sun: Mass,St Ann’s, Deepcar, 9.15am. Mass, StMary’s, Penistone, 10.45am. Wed:Meeting, Bishop’s House, 11.00pm.Presentation, Sheffield FurnitureStore, 12.30pm. Retirement event, StJoseph & St Teresa’s, Woodlands,Doncaster, 7.00pm. Bishop Hopes (East Anglia) Sat:Mass, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, noon. Bishop Hudson (Auxiliary inWestminster) Sun-Mon: WorldMeeting of Families, Dublin. Thu:Meeting in Archbishop’s House,11.00am. Sat: ConcelebratesMemorial Mass for Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor, Westminster Cathedral,12.30pm. Bishop Lang (Clifton) Sun-Mon:World Meeting of Families, Dublin.Bishop Lynch (Auxiliary inSouthwark) Mon: Divine MercyPilgrimage, noon.
Bishop Malone (Auxiliary inLiverpool) Tue: Mass ofThanksgiving on the 175thAnniversary of the arrival of theSisters of Mercy in Liverpool, Zoe’sPlace Life Centre, Liverpool, noon. Bishop Moth (Arundel andBrighton) Sun-Mon: World Meetingof Families, Dublin. Tue: AnnualMeeting with Promotors, Seminariansand Enquirers, High Oaks, 2.30pm-4.00pm. Wed: Episcopal Council,High Oaks, 11.00am. Thu: Under 65’sat Arundel Cathedral, 11.00am-3.00pm. Mass at St John theEvangelist, Horsham, 7.00pm. Fri:Meeting, High Oaks, noon. Sat:NCSF Meeting, Oxford.Bishop Stock (Leeds) Wed: Meetingwith the Vicar General, Bishop’sHouse, Leeds, 9.00am. Bishop Williams (Auxiliary inLiverpool) Sun: Celebrates Mass, StDominic, Huyton, 10.45am. Sat:
Blessing of Statue, Eldonian Village,Liverpool, noon. Serra Annual Dinner,Liverpool Hope University, 7.00pm.
ScotlandArchbishop Cushley (St Andrewsand Edinburgh) Sun: World Meetingof Families, Dublin. Mon: Trustees’Meeting, Archdiocesan Offices,Edinburgh, 1.00pm. Tue: ScottishCatholic Youth Service, PastoralCentre, Dunkeld, 11.00am. Wed:SPRED Commissioning Mass, StKentigern Church, Edinburgh,7.00pm. Fri: Mass, Holy Rood HighSchool, Edinburgh, 9.15am. Councilof Priests Steering Committee, StBennet’s, Edinburgh, 2.00pm. Orderof the Holy Sepulchre Investitures,Sacred Heart Church, Edinburgh,7.00pm.
Compiled by Theresa Bowling
BISHOPS’ ENGAGEMENTS
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“FOR the same as it costs for a fewbottles of wine you could help edu-cate a child in India”, says SebastianMuir, board member and chair ofthe Twinnage Committee at the StVincent de Paul Society (SVP).
Sebastian is promoting the SVP’sstudent sponsorship scheme whichhelps children from disadvantagedfamilies with costs of education.
The scheme is part of the SVP’sTwinnage programme which seesEngland and Wales partnered withsix developing countries around theworld, including India.
Often when the main breadwinnerin an Indian family is killed or becomesunwell and can no longer make anincome, it falls to the children to goand carry out often menial work toearn a wage and support their family.
However, sponsoring a child helpsfamilies keep their children in edu-cation. Such an education meansthese children are more likely to goonto further education when olderand then get better paid work whichin turn helps their extended families.
When a cyclone hit a coastal vil-lage in Kerala last year, around 300fishermen lost their lives. The studentsponsorship scheme was able tohelp families to provide educationalopportunities for their children, aswell as paying for children who hadbeen orphaned by the disaster.
Because of the strength of the pound,donations can go a long way. Giving£15 for a year can cover up to 85 percent of a pupil’s school fees, or cover
a combination of fees and materialssuch as books, pens, satchels anduniforms.
The next tier of the scheme issponsorship of £70 for three years.This enables a student to completetechnical or vocational courses such as engineering, nursing or computing.
The third and final tier of thescheme is to give £120 for four yearswhich helps put a student throughmedical or dental training. Donorsare matched with students and receivea photo and certificate when theyare twinned with a young person.
Sebastian explains that when sponsoring a child or teenager the
entire community benefits. “Rural areas in particular have a
severe shortage of medical staff,”he says.
Most professionals are drawn tothe cities and it comes down tosmall religious communities to pro-vide healthcare for local villagers.
This means that often there arenot enough people to administer thecare needed for a village and its mi-grant workers. The dispensaries andclinics cannot be staffed, and sovillagers have to travel dozens ofmiles to be vaccinated for example.Too poor to own a car or motorbikethe journey is by buffalo cart andthe challenges of access prevent
people from receiving the treatmentthey need. Disease spreads and peo-ple get sick and lose their lives.
Having more doctors and nursesmeans help can be offered locallyin the villages and towns.
Professionals in the village get toknow when someone is newly-arrived and they can ask them toget a vaccination.
“That’s how polio has been virtuallywiped out in the world except forthe borders of Afghanistan and Pak-istan which are remote areas and donot have sufficient staff to vaccinatethe people,” says Sebastian.
Funding a student also helps buildthe nation through infrastructure.
Engineers and architects design andbuild the schools and clinics, see toproper sanitation, while teachers edu-cate the next generation, and that inturn benefits the future of the country.This means a relatively small donationhas a huge ripple effect, transforminglives of young people, their familiesand their wider communities.
n If you would like to support astudent in India with theireducation, please visit:http://www. twinnage.org.uk/Documents/Student_Leaflet_416_web1.pdf to download a form orgo to: www.svp.org.uk-donate,telephone: 020 7703 3030 or e-mail: [email protected]
SVP scheme is helping familieskeep their children in education
Anita Boniface
A visit by the SVP toschool children withtheir teachers inShillong, north-eastIndia – A relativelysmall donation cantransform lives ofyoung people, theirfamilies and theirwider communities
Picture: SVP
