Annual Report and Directory
www.cmu.org.uk
2012
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M issionary spirit is not only about geographical territories, but about peoples, cultures and individuals, because the "boundaries" of faith do not only cross places and human traditions, but the heart of each
man and each woman. The Second Vatican Council emphasized in a special way how the missionary task:, that of broadening the boundaries of faith, belongs to every baptized person and all Christian communities; since “the people of God lives in communities, especially in dioceses and parishes, and becomes somehow visible in them, it is up to these to witness Christ before the nations" (Ad gentes, 37) …
...We must always have the courage and the joy of proposing, with respect, an encounter with Christ, and being heralds of his Gospel. Jesus came amongst us to show us the way of salvation and he entrusted to us the mission to make it known to all to the ends of the earth. All too often, we see that it is violence, lies and mistakes that are emphasized and proposed. It is urgent in our time to announce and witness to the goodness of the Gospel, and this from within the Church itself. It is important to never to forget a fundamental principle for every evangelizer: one cannot announce Christ without the Church. Evangelization is not an isolated individual or private act; it is always ecclesial.
Pope Francis, World Mission Day message 2013
Children at Palm Sunday Mass at a Mission Parish in Malawi
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I n t r o d u c i n g t h e c m u
Executive Committee (at 31 Dec 2012)
President: Fr Rob Morland SMA
Vice President: Sr Natalia Gomes CMS
Mens Committee Representative: Fr Pat McGuire SMA
Combined Mission Committee Rep: Fr Reg Riley SM
Sisters Mission Committee Rep: Sr Natalia Gomes
Fidei Donum Priests : Fr Brian Creak
Lay Missionaries: Miss Alice Davidson OBE (Honorary Treasurer)
Missio: Msgr James Cronin
Appeal Organisers Committee: Sr Daphne Norden MMS
Secretary: Mr Richard Owens
Registered Charity Number: 1082975
Company Number: 4052049 (registered address on back page of this report)
Bankers: the Co-operative Bank Plc
Independent Examiner of Accounts:
Sam Corcoran, Chartered Accountant
Website: www.cmu.org.uk
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let them come to me and drink” John 7:37
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Administrative Report
For the second year running Richard Owens our Secretary and myself have decided to submit a joint ‘administrative report’ which form the annual report to
members and the wider Church community – it is also to be read in combination with the audited accounts(presented in summary form later in this booklet)
The CMU exists to be the forum for missionaries in England and Wales. We work towards this aim by engaging with partners including the dioceses, Missio, other charities, educational institutions and civil society. The most visible sign of our work is the annual parish appeal- but increasingly this is supplemented by other projects.
We held a successful AGM and conference in Hammersmith in September 2012. We facilitated groups discussions on key planning questions – such as where will we be in five years time? The feedback was written up and will be re-visited this year. One of the suggestions in this group-work was that members would value more opportunities to meet through the year. A calendar of “missionaries connecting” events was produced with a variety of themes.
This year we have continued to meet with various stakeholders including some discussions around vocation ministry and schools outreach- most of which will be developed in the next twelve months. We have participated in the meetings of CAF (Catholic Africa Forum) – facilitated by the International Department at the Bishops Conference of England & Wales.
We are continuing to keep the ’door open’ on our offer to seminaries to give some pastoral advice to students. . During the year the Sisters undertook a localised trial of visiting girls secondary schools in North London. The CMU as a whole is looking into schools projects in collaboration with Missio. It was great to receive seven applications for the mission alive innovation award.The reports from the funded-projects
will appear on the CMU website. A warm welcome to our new members: Daughters of Divine Love, Missionaries of St Paul and Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary the Mother of Christ
We also have membership enquiries from lay missionary groups plus male and female missionary congregations.
During the year we have had three excellent meetings of the Executive and thanks should go to those who give up their time to be the strategic leadership of the charity.
The President and Secretary have been co-operating again this year to deliver a successful programme for overseas missionaries coming to work in the UK. Another programme will run in spring 2014.
Our various committees have met during the year. The sisters mission committee met during the year and continues to combine its resources in terms of promotion and financial admin.
In order to reduce the charity’s cash reserves, 2013 saw a
temporary lifting in the levy on appeal totals which members pay –
this appears to have been well received in difficult times.
The parish appeals programme continues to be a vital way of raising awareness of mission. As an Executive we are well aware of the pressures on parish priests for appeals and the legitimate expectation on our appealers to be relevant and well prepared. With this in mind we are organising some training.
In the coming year we will have to look at renewing the mandate of the Executive(including the role of President) and we warmly encourage members to consider putting themselves forward to serve the missionary community in England & Wales from 2014-2016. It promises to be an interesting and rewarding time.
Rob
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For the second year running Richard Owens our Secretary and myself have decided to submit a joint ‘administrative report’ which form the annual report to
members and the wider Church community – it is also to be read in combination with the audited accounts(presented in summary form later in this booklet)
The CMU exists to be the forum for missionaries in England and Wales. We work towards this aim by engaging with partners including the dioceses, Missio, other charities, educational institutions and civil society. The most visible sign of our work is the annual parish appeal- but increasingly this is supplemented by other projects.
We held a successful AGM and conference in Hammersmith in September 2012. We facilitated groups discussions on key planning questions – such as where will we be in five years time? The feedback was written up and will be re-visited this year. One of the suggestions in this group-work was that members would value more opportunities to meet through the year. A calendar of “missionaries connecting” events was produced with a variety of themes.
This year we have continued to meet with various stakeholders including some discussions around vocation ministry and schools outreach- most of which will be developed in the next twelve months. We have participated in the meetings of CAF (Catholic Africa Forum) – facilitated by the International Department at the Bishops Conference of England & Wales.
We are continuing to keep the ’door open’ on our offer to seminaries to give some pastoral advice to students. . During the year the Sisters undertook a localised trial of visiting girls secondary schools in North London. The CMU as a whole is looking into schools projects in collaboration with Missio. It was great to receive seven applications for the mission alive innovation award.The reports from the funded-projects
will appear on the CMU website. A warm welcome to our new members: Daughters of Divine Love, Missionaries of St Paul and Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary the Mother of Christ
We also have membership enquiries from lay missionary groups plus male and female missionary congregations.
During the year we have had three excellent meetings of the Executive and thanks should go to those who give up their time to be the strategic leadership of the charity.
The President and Secretary have been co-operating again this year to deliver a successful programme for overseas missionaries coming to work in the UK. Another programme will run in spring 2014.
Our various committees have met during the year. The sisters mission committee met during the year and continues to combine its resources in terms of promotion and financial admin.
In order to reduce the charity’s cash reserves, 2013 saw a
temporary lifting in the levy on appeal totals which members pay –
this appears to have been well received in difficult times.
The parish appeals programme continues to be a vital way of raising awareness of mission. As an Executive we are well aware of the pressures on parish priests for appeals and the legitimate expectation on our appealers to be relevant and well prepared. With this in mind we are organising some training.
In the coming year we will have to look at renewing the mandate of the Executive(including the role of President) and we warmly encourage members to consider putting themselves forward to serve the missionary community in England & Wales from 2014-2016. It promises to be an interesting and rewarding time.
Rob
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Sacred Heart Brothers(Bethram) Sacred Heart Mission Centre, St Joseph's, Mur-cott Road, Whitnash CV31 2JJ 01926 77271 Br. Michael Richards SCJ
Salesians of Don Bosco, Don Bosco Missions, St Joseph’s, 10, Oldhams Lane, Bolton
BL1 6PN. Tel: 01204 590609 Fr Joe Brown SDB
Montfort Missionaries, 28 BurboBank Road, Liverpool L23 6TH 0151 287 6862 Fr Paul Allerton SMM
Community of the Sacred Heart, 372 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 3LH 0208 992 5941 Fr Chris McAneny SS.CC
Dominicans, Blackfriars, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LY Fr David Sanders OP
Marist Fathers, 40 Columbia Way, Blackburn, Lancs BB2 7DT 01254 57197 Fr Reg Riley SM
Brothers of the Sacred Heart 8 King Harry Lane, St Albans, Herts AL3 4AW 01727 861969 Br Roger Bosse SC
Congregation of Josephites, St George's College, Weybridge Road, Addlestone, Sur-rey KT15 2QS 01932 839451 Fr Adrian Cadwallader
Redemptorists, Bishop Eton Monastary, Woolton Road, Liverpool. 0151 722 1108 Fr James Smale CSsR
Augustinians, St Monica's Priory, 19 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NT 020 77595006 Fr Paul Graham OSA
DeLeSalle Brothers, 140 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP Br. John Deeney
Christian Brothers, c/o St Ambrose, Wicker Lane, Hale Barns, Cheshire
Crusaders of the Holy Spirit, 464 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B73 5BP 0121 384 4280 Fr Francis Barrett
Combined Mission Societies Committee
The Secretariat is the central point of information for members of the CMU. If you would like to keep others within the missionary family informed of your activities please send in your stories and images for use on the CMU website and the CMU Mission Focus newsletter.
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Xavarian Missionaries, Conforti Institute, Calder Avenue, Coatbridge ML5 4JS Fr Tom Welsh SX 01236 607120
Comboni Missionaries (Verona Fathers) Comboni House, 16 Dawson Place, London W2 4TJ Fr Franco Mastromauro MCCJ
Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) 15 Corfton Road, Ealing, London W5 2HP 0121 308 0226 Fr Joseph Cummins Mafr
SMA Fathers, 33 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet, Herts. EN5 1JG 0208 441 3061 Fr Rob Morland SMA
St Patrick’s Missionaries (Kiltegan fathers) 20 Beauchamp Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 0PA 020 89791890 Fr Patrick McCallion SPS
Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) 6 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, Kent BR1 2AF 020 84673555 Mrs Rosely Perera-Sowa/Fr Terry Donnely
Columban Missionaries, St Columbans, Widney Manor Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 9AB 01564 772096 Fr Tom O Reilly SSC
Missionaries of St Paul, Fr Eustice Durugbo MSP The Presbytery 131 Deptford High
Street,, London SE8 4NS
Daughters of Divine Love, 46 Latimer, Walworth, LONDON SE17 2YF Sr. Magdalene DDL
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ, 22 Bromwall Road
Billesley, Birmingham B13 0LQ 01214435448 Sr Mary Sebastian
Volunteer Missionary Movement, VMM Office, Hope Park, Taggart Avenue, Liverpool. L16 9JD 0151 291 3438 Mr Van Garber
Fide Donum Priests c/o Fr Brian Creak, Westminster Diocese
Mill Hill (St Joseph’s Missionaries) 83 Duke Street, Formby, Merseyside. L37 4AR 01704 875949 Fr Bernard Phelan MHM
Jesuit Missions, 11 Edge Hill, Wimbledon, LondonSW19 4LR 020 8 946 2292
Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary 44 Gaveston Road, Coudon, Coventry. CV6 1GZ 02476 335319 Sr Anne Bagnall MSHR
Missio, 23 Eccleston Square, London Canon James Cronin
Other Members
Men’s Mission Committee
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Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver, 89 Shortlands Road, Bromley, Kent BR2 0JL 020 83133915 Sr Riji Edakalathur MSSPC
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, 14 Montpelier Court, Montpelier Road, Ealing W5 2QN Sr Marie Mc Donald MSOLA
Fransiscan Missionaries of St Joseph, St Joseph's Convent, 150 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, Manchester M28 2TS 0161 794 1062 Sr Kevina Byrne FMSJ
Missionary Sisters of St Columban, 209 Quebec Drive, Westwood, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8BB 01355 238312 Sr Maureen Donohoe MSSC
Salesian Sisters, Elmthorpe, Oxford Road, Cowley, Oxford CX4 2LF 01865 788160 Sr Ella Flynn FMA
Comboni Mission Sisters 2 Chiswick Lane, London W4 2JE 020 8994 0449 Sr Natalia F-Gomes CMS
Medical Missionaries of Mary, 2 Denbigh Road, Ealing, W13 8PX 020 8998 1725 Sr Helen McKenna MMM
Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Chigwell Convent, 803 Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex IG8 8AU 0208 504 1624 Sr Eileen McLoughlin SSHJM or Sr Una Mulvey SSHJM
Fransiscan Missionaries of Mary, St Helier, 92 Kings Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8QW 020 8544 0973 Sr Gina Morgan FMM
Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions, 2 Brookdale, New Southgate, N11 1BL 020 8361 6848 Sr Margo Murphy RNDM
Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, 14 Wye Cliff Road, Birmingham, B20 3TB 0121 515 2341 Sr Renate Ziaja SSpS
Medical Mission Sisters, 49 Tawny Close, Ealing, London W13 9LX 020 85661907 Sr Daphne Norden MMS
Consolata Missionary Sisters, 11 Regent Square, London WC1H 8HZ 020 7837 2256 Sr Celestia Quaranta MC
Sisters Mission Committee
Observer members:
CAFOD Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB Paul Whittle
Progressio , Unit 5, 190 Cannonbury Road, London.
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2011 2012 INCOME £ £ £ Subscriptions & 38220 28517 Mission Commission Grants Interest received 295 1161
Gross profit 38,515 29,678
EXPENDITURE Secretariat fee 25,023 26,595 Office 337 101 Postage 152 51 Telephone & internet 0 0 Accommodation & services 1,102 600 Production/print 753 Books & subscriptions 116 Travel 1,415 1,429 Publicity 236 8 Depreciation 87 Equipment purchased 0 0 Other 49 147
Total expenses -29,269 -28,931
Net profit 9,247 747
Finance Report
None of the trustees received any remuneration in 2012
Balance sheet at 31 December 2012 : £112,448 (comparible to £111,701 in 2011)
The CMU makes an effort to bank as ethically as possible, while seeking the best return– with the main account shifted to the Cooperative Bank. Reserves are divided between the Charities Aid Foundation and Virgin Money. In 2010 the charity received almost no return on its investments– in 2012 this position is more healthy.
Full copies of approved accounts for the year 2012 may be found at the Charity Commission website:
www.charity-commission.gov.uk
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Westminster 172,582 110,064.90 91,595.06 89,607
A/Brighton 70,518 49,632.54 81,210.22 89,127
Birmingham 80,255 89,046.02 97,604.63 99,560
Brentwood 33,585 53,713.98 34,520.98 49,707
Cardiff 24,978 15,806.20 22,445.00 32,631
Clifton 34,825 19,187.50 18,227.44 34,379
East Anglia 26,528 6161.3 24,455.37 23,992
Hallam 15,499 12,697.40 14,047.47 13,990
Hex & N'castle 45,609 38,383.50 47,318.47 45,770
Lancaster 37,690 24,807.37 38,736.30 27,927
Leeds 23,647 43,170.74 38,472.93 37,589
Liverpool 81,589 33,501.05 82, 794.44 85, 039
Menevia £6,961 12,433.71 6294..86 4991
Middlesbrough 23,886 20,082.56 22,921.98 23,421
Northampton 30,170 17,193.03 39,058.30 29,951
Nottingham 32,737 37,037.53 43,069.18 39,627
Plymouth 23,646 28,112.61 27,703.43 26,038
Portsmouth 25,404 20,984.84 39,787.05 50,503
Salford 47,042 54,727.25 39,196.77 53,897
Shrewsbury 46,310 32,801.98 28,709.38 45,582
Southwark 81,263 133,711.85 84,874.09 102,665
Wrexham 12,565 8485.17 6032.29 7,407
total £ 977,298 £ 887,538 £ 929,160 £990,000
TOTALS 2009 2010 2011 2012
The Annual Mission Appeal
Linking Missionaries and
ordinary Catholics across the country—to
promote solidarity, prayer
and action.
Thank you bishops, priests
& people
Training and peer support to improve the way in which we do appeals…….
November 26th 2013 St Aloyisus, Euston 10am
Learn from each other and consider the guidelines for a effective appeal presentation. Members are encouraged to bring all their speakers who do mission appeals to this important event.
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E ach year the parish
mission appeals raise
funds for the members of the CMU Mission
Committees—which is spent
on their vital work overseas
and supporting the
congregations/missionary
development and promotion
at home.
Although these are difficult
financial times, it is important to remember that the annual parish mission appeal is about
far more that money. It is the primary opportunity in the Church’s year to hear first hand from a missionary– to
hear the empowering message
that the Church is alive and growing in all four corners of the globe. It is a especially welcomed opportunity to
remind people of their baptismal call to be a missionary and present possibilities of taking steps in
this direction.
Another aspect which CMU members appreciate is the enormous pressure under
which parish priests operate– especially the request for appeals from independent charities—which however
worthy– are not officially parts
of the programme.
Mission Appeals over coming years
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www.cmu.org.uk
Contact us:
CMU Secretary, Richard Owens
37-39 Shakespeare Street, Southport PR8 5AB
01704 533708
Email: [email protected]
Lord Jesus Christ, friend to the outcast and servant of the poor,
walk with us today, we pray as we act in your name around the world.
You asked us to consider ‘who is my neighbour?’ Help us to embrace your radical Gospel of unconditional love.
When our personal barriers and judgements fall away—we will surely work wonders in your name—across all cultures and continents.
Your love opens the doors of our hearts and leads the way to peace and wholeness.
Your mission of saving love becomes our daily service to the poor and marginalised at home and overseas.
Glory to you O Christ– Saviour of the world—through your cross and resurrection and through the ministry of all the baptised .
Amen