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Parish Magazine - April 2013
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Castleford Team Parish
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CLERGY
Rector:
Fr. Michael Wood, 01977 518127
The Rectory, 15 Barnes Road, Castleford WF10 5AA
Team Vicar:
Fr. Mark Watkins, 01977 511659
The Vicarage, St Michaels Close, Castleford WF10 4EY
Asst. Curate:
Fr Paul Atkinson, 01977 512404
The Vicarage, Churchfield Lane, Glasshoughton WF10 4BP
Polish Priest:
Fr. Greg Ruszczynski, 07842 883648
Parish Reader:
Phillip Godfrey 01924 267698
Lay Pastoral Minister:
Mrs Lynda Maw 01977 518078
Editor, Magazine & Pew Sheets (including Diary Dates):
Andrew Goyns, [email protected] 01924 898593
Parish Office: (Enquiries for Baptisms)
Saturdays at 10.00-10.30am at All Saint’s Church, Castleford.
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THE RECTOR’S LETTER
Dear Friends,
This letter is due to be published in time for Easter day, so “Christ is ris-
en, He is risen indeed! Alleluia!”
On these long, cold, snowy, spring nights I have been reading a descrip-
tion of life in London in the 1870’s. The subject of the book almost
doesn’t matter, what is fascinating is the style and language which is used;
it is just so descriptive and so detailed. We don’t do that in our genera-
tion, we say what we have to say and we just get it over and done with.
A description of Easter from the 1870’s would be so different from what
it would be today. Time would have been taken to describe the church,
the services and above all the message of Easter. Easter, most definitely,
is not something to be over and done with, it is something to be lived
and celebrated. The darkness of the cross brings the dawning light of a
brand-new day. At the time of Jesus that could not have been known, but
we in our generation know and therefore it is up to us to let others
know and not just to get it over with. After all one of the first things Je-
sus told Mary Magdalene to do on Easter morning was “Go and tell”
Those of you who have walked the Stations of the Cross during Lent and
Holy Week might have realised that there are many different versions
and styles of meditation; one of them is based upon the Stations in Ports-
mouth Cathedral and at the end of that meditation we read:
“It takes ordinary men and women as we are to proclaim him
Lord of life now. His dying was our dying and his rising is our ris-
ing. In our Easer life we proclaim Good News to the afflicted, lib-
erty to captives. Lord, send us forth in your Spirit; empower us
to be your witnesses to the world so that all may see the salva-
tion of our God”
(continued on page 4)
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(continued from page 3)
That all sounds a bit churchy, what it means ultimately is that if Easter is to
mean anything, then it is up to us to say so, to say it often and to say it loud
that “Christ is risen, He is Risen indeed.”
With my love and prayers for this joyful Easter-tide.
ELECTORAL ROLL
In last month’s magazine we said that it was time to renew our Electoral
Roll, the list of Church membership. If you did not manage to complete
your application or to hand it in, would you be kind enough to do so and let
Fr. Michael have the form as soon as possible. Even though the official dead-
line for applications has passed names can still be added, so it is not too
late.
Thank you to all who completed the forms; that is very much appreciated.
The Roll has to be renewed every six years and it is always interesting to
observe the changes which take place during that time. There are those
who have moved on to higher things, those who are no longer with us for
more earthly reasons but also it is always wonderful to see the names of
those who were not with us six years ago and are now a vital part of our
community.
Our new Roll is significantly smaller than the previous ones for St Michaels
and the Team Parish, it is now a combined Roll but it does reflect more ful-
ly our membership.
If you are aware of any members who haven’t filled in a new application
form please pass one on to them, it is never too late to be a member of the
Church.
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BISHOP CALLS FOR PRAYERS FOR STARVING CON-
SUMERS AND STRUGGLING FARMERS
The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, has called on people to
pray for the whole food production chain - from struggling farmers to those
who are going hungry. "The world produces enough food for everyone, yet
nearly a billion people are starving," said Bishop Stephen.
Backing the ‘Enough Food For Everyone If’ campaign, the Bishop emphasised
the call for governments, companies and individuals to work together to re-
duce hunger and food-wastage worldwide. (continued on page 7)
ANNUAL GENERAL PAROCHIAL MEETING
The AGPM will take place on Wednesday 24th April, Mass at 7pm followed immedi-
ately by the business meeting and this year we will be at Hightown.
As well as receiving reports for the past year we will also elect our new Officers for
the coming year. Usually the members of the PCC, five for each church, are elected
to serve for three years but we have got this in a bit of a muddle and so I proposed
to the PCC that this year we re-elect all members afresh and then start a new cycle
again.
The PCC is a vital part of our community, the work is not difficult but the commit-
ment is important. Please ask yourself if you are able to offer yourself.
We also elect our Church Wardens, who serve for a year at a time, at this meeting.
Please ask yourself if you could serve as a Warden – we have one for each church
and a deputy warden for each church.
The AGPM is a short meeting, not usually much fun I admit, but it is essential. Do
please make every effort to be with us that night and not just leave it to the usual
bunch.
Your Church needs you!
Fr M
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(continued from page 6)
Those who produce food “also need prayers”. Farmers in the UK, for ex-
ample, are facing cuts in their income of up to 50 per cent due to weather
damage, according to latest estimates from the Department for the Envi-
ronment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Such crop failures can happen anywhere,
so, while we pray for an end to global hunger, we should pray for those
who produce the food, too."
CHURCH DELIGHT AS END TO ‘MISERY MAKING’
SCRAP METAL TRADE
The Church of England has warmly welcomed the passing of the Scrap Met-
al Dealers Bill, which recently cleared its final legislative hurdle in the House
of Lords.
The Chair of the Church of England's Cathedral and Church Buildings
Council, Mrs Anne Sloman, OBE, said: "We are absolutely delighted that
this two year campaign, led by the CofE's Cathedrals and Church Buildings
Council, will now become law. We are thankful that the deleterious and
misery making unregulated trade in scrap metal might now be brought to an
end through proper regulation leading to a reduction in crime for commu-
nities across the country.”
The Bill will introduce effective regulation of the Scrap Metal Trade and fi-
nally ends anonymous access to cash for scrap metal. In March 2011 a re-
port to the Home Office from the Church Buildings Council called for new
regulation of scrap yards to regulate the trade effectively and take away the
incentive for metal theft.
The regulation called for has been given in the Act, consolidating cashless
trading, a licensing system, a national register of scrap yards and compulsory
taking of identification at the point of sale. The police will have powers of
entry to enforce the new regulations and to close yards where illegal activi-
ty is suspected.
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ST GEORGE - OUR PATRON SAINT
WHO ISN’T ENGLISH
by David Winter
It’s perhaps typical of the English that they should have a patron saint who
isn’t English, about whom next to nothing is known for sure, and who may
not have existed at all. That didn’t stop him being patriotically invoked in
many battles, notably at Agincourt and in the Crusades, and of course it is his
cross that adorns the flags of English football fans to this day.
It’s most likely that he was a soldier, a Christian who was martyred for his
faith somewhere in Palestine, possibly at Lydda, in the early fourth century.
At some point in the early centuries of the Church he became associated
with wider military concerns, being regarded as the patron saint of the Byz-
antine armies. There is no doubt that he was held as an example of the ‘godly
soldier’, one who served Christ as bravely and truly as he served his king and
country.
The story of George and the dragon is of much later date and no one seems
to know where it comes from. By the middle ages, when George was being
honoured in stained glass, the dragon had become an invaluable and invaria-
ble visual element, so that for most people the two are inseparable. Pub signs
have a lot to answer for here: ‘The George and Dragon’.
However, it’s probably more profitable to concentrate on his role as a man
who witnessed to his faith in the difficult setting of military service, and in the
end was martyred for his faithfulness to Christ.
The idea of the ‘Christian soldier’ was, of course, much loved by the Victori-
an hymn-writers - ’Onward, Christian soldiers!’. The soldier needs discipline.
The heart of his commitment is to obedience. The battle cannot be avoided
nor the enemy appeased. He marches and fights alongside others, and he is
loyal to his comrades. In the end, if the battle is won, he receives the gar-
lands of victory, the final reward of those who overcome evil.
(continued on page 11)
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St George’s Day presents a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is to
distance the message of his life from the militarism and triumphalism that can
easily attach itself to anything connected to soldiers and fighting. The oppor-
tunity is to celebrate the ideal of the ‘Christian soldier’ - one who submits to
discipline, sets out to obey God truly, does not avoid the inevitable battle
with all that is unjust, wrong and hateful in our world, and marches alongside
others fighting the same noble cause. Discipline, obedience, courage, fellow-
ship and loyalty - they’re not the most popular virtues today, but that doesn’t
mean that they don’t deserve our gratitude and admiration.
"LACK OF SUPPORT AND RESPECT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IS
SHOCKING," SAYS BISHOP OF RIPON & LEEDS
The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, the Rt Revd. John Packer, has been
“shocked” by the “lack of support and respect” shown in this country to
those who have fled “in terror” from their own countries. Bishop John was
speaking at the launch of a report from a cross-party parliamentary inquiry
into Asylum Support for Children and Young People. He added that an in-
creasing proportion of those seeking asylum in this country are fleeing from
religious persecution, and that the increasing abuse of blasphemy laws
around the world was part of the problem.
The Inquiry, led by Sarah Teather MP and supported by the Children's Socie-
ty, looked at how asylum seeking children and families are supported by the
Home Office. The Report reveals that “alarmingly low levels of asylum sup-
port are forcing thousands of children and their families seeking safety in the
UK into severe poverty, putting babies' and mothers' lives at risk.”
Among its recommendations the report urges the Government to:
* Make sure asylum support for all children is in line with mainstream benefits
* Abolish the cashless support system ('Section 4') immediately
* Allow parents to work so they can provide for their families and prevent
them from being pushed into destitution.
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CROSSWORD Across:
1 ‘The baby in my — leaped for joy’ (Luke
1:44) (4)
3 A ‘don’t know’ in matters of faith (8)
9 In the distant past (Jeremiah 2:20) (4,3)
10 Armada (1 Kings 10:22) (5)
11 Where Moses was confronted with the
burning bush (Exodus 3:1) (5)
12 Hair colour indicative of skin infection
(Leviticus 13:30) (6)
14 ‘The worries of this life and the — of
wealth choke it, making it unfruit-
ful’ (Matthew 13:22) (13)
17 Expel (2 Kings 13:23) (6)
19 What Jesus wrapped round his waist when he washed his disciples’ feet (John
13:4) (5)
22 The sixth plague to afflict the Egyptians (Exodus 9:9) (5)
23 For nine (anag.) (7)
24 Where there is no time (Psalm 93:2) (8)
25 Goliath’s challenge to the Israelite army in the Valley of Elah: ‘This day I — the
ranks of Israel!’ (1 Samuel 17:10) (4)
Down:
1 ‘I will become angry with them and forsake them; I — — my face from
them’ (Deuteronomy 31:17) (4,4)
2 Usual description of prophets such as Amos, Hosea, Micah, and so on (5)
4 ‘They cannot see the light of the gospel of the — — — , who is the image of
God’ (2 Corinthians 4:4) (5,2,6)
5 An animal’s internal edible parts (Leviticus 4:11) (5)
6 Popular 20th-century religious novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, which became a 1953
film starring Richard Burton (3,4)
7 ‘A — on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Matthew 5:14) (4)
8 One of the exiles, a descendant of Bebai, who married a foreign woman (Ezra
10:28) (6)
13 Old Testament hymn-singing (8)
15 ‘And O what transport of delight from thy pure — floweth’ (7)
16 Of felt (anag.) (3,3)
18 ‘So — the — sets you free, you will be free indeed’ (John 8:36) (2,3)
20 Comes between ‘bad’ and ‘worst’ (John 5:14) (5)
21 ‘Neither height nor depth... will be — to separate us from the love of
God’ (Romans 8:39) (4) (solution on page 25)
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PUZZLES
WORDSEARCH
Chasuble, Credence Table, Cross,
Crucifixion, Cruet, Dalmatic, Dea-
con, Dedication, Eastertide, Fran-
cis, God, Hymns, Jews, Job, Joppa,
Lord, Peace, Peter, Retain, Revela-
tion, Simon, Thomas, Tiberius,
You, Zebedee.
This month there are 25 words to find and as usual the remaining letters
will give a phrase from the Bible.
SUDOKU
EASY INTERMEDIATE
(solutions on page 25)
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PLANNING AHEAD - ADVANCE NOTICE
MAY 2013
Saturday 4th Coffee Morning at Hightown 10.00am—Noon
Thursday 9th ASCENSION DAY
Sunday 12th ME Awareness Day (Article in May Magazine)
Sunday 25th Parish Mass at St Michael’s at 10.00am
Thursday 30th CORPUS CHRISTI
COPY FOR May ISSUE
Contributions for the magazine are always welcome and articles/photos
intended for the next issue of the Parish Magazine should be handed in by:-
MONDAY 22ND APRIL 2013
Please send ‘Dates for the Diary’ by the same date, or as soon as they are
arranged, to:-
Andrew Goyns: e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 01924 898593
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY
Boxes are due to be emptied in April.
Please could you start bringing them to Church as soon as possible.
Thank You. Jean Randall
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APRIL CALENDAR
Saturday 6th Coffee Morning
at Hightown 10.00am-noon
Monday 8th Feast of the Annunciation 12 noon
Mass at St Paul’s followed
By Soup Lunch
Wednesday 17th PCC Meeting 7.30pm
To approve accounts
(Watch pew sheet for more information)
Sunday 28th PARISH MASS at
St Paul’s, Glasshoughton 10.00am
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION AT HOME?
IF YOU ARE HOUSEBOUND OR UNABLE TO COME TO CHURCH, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE CLERGY AND THEY WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU TO TAKE COMMUN-
ION AT HOME. OUR MINISTRY TEAM RECOGNISES THAT THIS IS AN IM-
PORTANT ASPECT OF MINISTRY AND IS KEEN TO HELP.
ANNUAL PAROCHIAL MEETING
At Hightown
Wednesday 24th April 2013 at 7.30pm
Preceded by Mass at 7pm
(See Notice on page 6)
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READINGS FOR APRIL
7th April - The Second Sunday of Easter (W)
Acts 5: 27-32
Psalm 118: 14-end
Revelation 1: 4-8
John 20: 19-end
8th April - THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE
(Monday) BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (W)
Isiah 7: 10-14
Psalm 40: 5-10
Hebrews 10: 4-10
Luke 1: 26-38
14th April - The Third Sunday of Easter (W)
Acts 9: 1-6
Psalm 30
Revelation 5: 11-14
John 21: 1-19
21st April - The Fourth Sunday of Easter (W)
Acts 9: 36-43
Psalm 23
Revelation 7: 9-17
John 10: 22-30
28th April - The Fifth Sunday of Easter (W)
Acts 11: 1-18
Psalm 148
Revelation 21: 1-6
John 13: 31-35
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ARCHBISHOP'S PRAYER PILGRIMAGE
More than a thousand people came onto the streets of Norwich to wel-
come the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as he began his five-day
prayer pilgrimage leading up to his enthronement.
Around 80 children from local church schools were at the Forum, in the
heart of Norwich, to greet the Archbishop. They joined the crowd that
Archbishop Justin and the Bishop of Norwich, Graham James then led
through the city to the Cathedral, where he spent the afternoon leading
different kinds of prayers from the Anglican tradition.
Addressing the crowds at the Forum, Archbishop Justin recalled fond child-
hood memories in Norfolk before leading a prayer against deprivation and
unemployment in the region.
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NEWS FROM OUR FAMILY & CHILDREN’S WORKER
PARENT & TODDLER GROUP &
HOLIDAY CLUB
During March the Parent & Toddler Group has seen an expansion to four
sessions a week with two new sessions being launched at Hightown on Tues-
days and Thursdays from 12.45pm to 2.45pm.
Easter Holiday Activity Sessions have been arranged for Tuesday 2nd &
Wednesday 3rd April at St Michael’s and Thursday 4th & Friday 5th at High-
town. All sessions being from 1pm-3pm.
The cost of all sessions is £1.50 per family and parents are expected to stay
with their children.
There will be no group meetings between 8th-11th April 2013.
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MONDAY – 5.30pm & 7.00pm –
The Glasshoughton Centre, Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford. Your Consultant’s name is Jean –
Tel: 0113 286 4255
TUESDAY – 6.30pm – St Joseph’s Catholic Church Hall, Pontefract Road, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Vanessa – Tel: 01977 557843
THURSDAY – 9.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm –
Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Powell Street, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Caroline –
Tel: 01977 793096
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Editor: The Rev Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle
Eustace’… Courtesy: Parish Pump
BEWARE WHEN THE CHOIRS MEET
The Rectory
St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
You agonised recently over your ecumenical service: who should be invited?
Who should preach? What about the order of service? If you had attended
our recent combined churches’ choir festival, your own dilemmas would have
seemed a little less acute.
At the pre-meeting, there was heated discussion about whether those choirs who normally wore robes would be comfortable standing among those who
didn’t. The more aesthetically sensitive worried whether St. Agatha’s pea
green cassocks may clash with our red ones. Intending to be helpful, but
phrasing it rather badly, someone suggested that the normally robed choirs
should wear nothing. Colonel Wainwright was a little too quick to chuckle.
I began to wonder if a prize was to be awarded to the person who raised the
greatest number of concerns: Should the choirs stay separate? Would the
tenors be next to the altos or the basses? Where would extra seating be
placed? Would the heating be on for the rehearsal? Then came what you
would call the ‘elephant in the room’: of all the choirmasters, who would con-
duct and who play the organ? Tension mounted, and expressions grew grim.
But before the committee started to dig trenches in my carpet and position
howitzers under the desk, I briefly left the room, turned off all the electricity
and claimed we’d had a power cut. This is a useful device for truculent com-
mittees; sadly, it can be used only rarely.
Come the day, an uneasy truce lasted while everyone adopted the traditional
solution to disagreement within congregations, and did exactly what they
wanted. Some were robed, some were not, some choirs congealed in their
own huddles, while others joyfully sat next to people from other churches –
mainly so they could point out their neighbour’s wrong notes. Some sang in
the right key, some sang in the wrong key, some sang what sounded like quite
different songs altogether.
(Continued on page 23)
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(Continued from page 22)
The service ended with one choir thinking that the organist had played too
loudly, while another choir thought that the conductor wasn’t up to much.
Everyone agreed afterwards that we must do it again, while firmly stating
that if their own choirmaster didn’t conduct next year, they wouldn’t be
there.
Thankfully, one fundamental thing on the day united them: they all said that
our church was too cold.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace
GRANTS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE Grants of up to £5000 are being offered until the end of May by the Arch-
bishop of York Youth Trust’s small Grants programme. “Our aim is to help
and enable young people from some of the poorest parts of the North of
England to be the change they want to see, by helping them find ways to
make their communities better,” says Robin Rolls, Director of the Youth
Trust. “We’re looking to support projects where young people are making a
difference where they live.”
Since its inception in 2009, the Trust has offered grants across the North of
England. The M 13 Youth Project in Manchester, a street-based specialist
scheme working with young people often labelled as ‘hard to reach’, has re-
ceived two grants of £1000. Christchurch Armley Youth Project in Leeds was awarded grants totalling over £12,000 towards monitoring young people
involved in the scheme. “The Trustees are particularly keen to hear from any
projects in locations between Nottingham and Carlisle where young people
are taking the initiative to change their communities for the better,” says
Robin.
Founder of the Trust, the Archbishop of York said, “I want my Youth Trust
to send a message out to passionate young people that they can make a posi-
tive difference in their local communities. They really can be the change they
want to see. We may feel our own contribution is small, but it is small drops
of water which turn waterwheel. Get involved today!”
Full details of how to apply can be found on the Youth Trust’s website
www.abyyt.com. Applications should be made online before 31st May.
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LEEDS CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY UNIT HIGH
COURT DECISION PRAISED
Campaigners trying to keep child heart surgery in Leeds won a legal chal-
lenge at the High Court recently. The High Court’s decision upheld the chal-lenge by local campaigners that the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts’
review process and decision was unfair and legally flawed.
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, visited the Children’s Heart
Surgery Unit at Leeds earlier this year and gave his backing to those battling
to keep the Unit open.
“It is great news that the High Court has upheld the legal challenge
brought by local campaigners,” said Archbishop Sentamu.
“It is utterly unjustified and unethical that the Leeds Unit could be ear-
marked for closure without the full facts being properly considered.
“Earlier this year, I visited the Unit, to see the life-saving work that they are
taking on a daily basis. These hardworking NHS staff are doing incredible
work.
“I hope that the Independent Review which has been set up to re-examine
the provision of heart surgery across the country is carried out properly and
makes its decisions based on hard evidence. It is vital that the right decisions
are made as this will determine how children with congenital heart disease
are treated for decades to come. We cannot afford to rush and make a bodge
job of this.”
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APRIL PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
EASY INTERMEDIATE
Wordsearch: Bible Phrase
And he has become my salvation
(Psalm 118: 14b)
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HIGH DAYS & HOLY DOYS IN APRIL
1 Monday of Easter Week
2 Tuesday of Easter Week
3 Wednesday of Easter Week
4 Thursday of Easter Week
5 Friday of Easter Week
6 Saturday of Easter Week
8 THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY (Transferred from 25th March)
9 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Priest, Martyr 1945
10 William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761
William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith 1347
11 George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
16 Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923
19 Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012
23 GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND, C.304
24 Mellitus, Bishop of London, the first Bishop of St Paul’s 624; The Seven
Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 2003
25 MARK THE EVANGELIST
27 Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894
29 Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380
30 Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922
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PROTECT CHILDREN FROM BENEFIT CUTS
SAY BISHOPS
Changes to the benefit system, proposed in the Government’s Welfare Benefit
Up-Rating Bill, could drive hundreds of thousands of children into poverty, said
the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Their comments were in support of
an open letter from 43 Church of England bishops criticising plans to change the
welfare system, saying politicians must “protect" children and families.
The bishops’ letter, compiled with the support of The Children’s Society, raises
particular concerns that the Bill will disproportionately affect families with chil-
dren. Nearly nine in ten households with children will be hit - including 19 in
every 20 single-parent families. This compares to a third of households overall.
Bishops tabled an amendment in the Lords for child-related benefits to be made
exempt from the Welfare Bill.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has supported the call to protect
children from the worst impacts of the bill. He said: “It is essential that we have
a welfare system that responds to need and recognises the rising costs of food,
fuel and housing. The current benefits system does that, by ensuring that the
support struggling families receive rises with inflation. “The bill will remove this
protection from rising costs of living for working and non-working families alike;
families who are already facing a daily battle to make ends meet. These changes
will mean it is children and families who will pay the price for high inflation, ra-
ther than the government. “Politicians have a clear choice. By protecting chil-
dren from the effects of this bill, they can help fulfil their commitment to end
child poverty.”
The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, said, “In difficult times it is right that as
a nation, committed to justice and fairness, we protect those that are most in
need. You can judge how good a society is by how it treats the vulnerable.
“Even in tough economic times we have a duty and responsibility to care for
those who are struggling. Short-term cuts to benefits and support structures will
do nothing but harm our communities in the long-term.
“We need to ask, will these cuts lead to the flourishing of those who currently
benefit from such funding?”
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CHURCHWARDENS
Mr David Field, Castleford:
01977 707120
Mrs Mavis Whitehead, Gl’houghton:
01977 550529
Miss Pauline Morris, St Michaels
01977 668790
DEPUTY CHURCHWARDENS
Mrs Hilary Wilkes, Castleford:
01977 733554
Mr Colin Maw, Glasshoughton:
01977 518078
Mr Ian Fletcher, Hightown:
01977 550139
Our Churches in Castleford Team Parish
All Saints, Church Street, Castleford
All Saints, Lumley Street, Castleford (Hightown)
St Michael & All Angels, St Michaels Close, Castleford
St Paul the Apostle, Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton
PARISH OFFICERS
PCC Secretary: Mrs Mavis Whitehead 01977 550529
PCC Treasurer: Mr Colin Maw 01977 518078
Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary:
Mr Arnold Randall 01977 278611
Family & Children’s Worker
Mrs Karen Richardson 01977 552524
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SERVICES
All Saints’ Castleford
SUNDAY
Holy Communion 8.00am
Sung Mass (except last in month) 9.30am
Tuesday
Holy Communion 7.00pm
Saturday
Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9.30am
All Saints’ Hightown SUNDAY (except last in month)
Sung Mass 10.45am
Wednesday
Holy Communion 7.00pm
Saint Michael and All Angels SUNDAY (except last in month)
Sung Mass 10.45am
Thursday
Holy Communion 10.00am
Saint Paul’s, Glasshoughton SUNDAY (except last in month)
Sung Mass 9.30am
Wednesday
Holy Communion 10.00am
LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH:
Combined Parish Mass at 10.00am - ( see diary section for venue )
FOR MAJOR SAINTS’ DAYS IN ALL CHURCHES
See diary section and weekly pew sheets
For all the latest News & Information from around the Parish go
to:
www.castlefordteamparish.org.uk