August 2012 - The Diocese of Manchester

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Vol 42 No.8 August 2012 

Diocese of Manchester : United in prayer, together in mission 

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www.manchester.anglican.org 

Ready to serve - with 

a smile 

New deacons and priests 

ordained at the cathedral 

A tree for 

Temple 

Celebrating 

Archbishop’s 

legacy of unity 

Eden 

reborn 

Exploring 

the new face 

of youth work


2 August 2012 

BISHOP NIGEL’S 

THOUGHT FOR 

THE MONTH 

Not ‘my 

will’ but thine ... 

MORE than 6,000 people attended 

our eleven borough services to 

celebrate The Queen’s Diamond 

Jubilee, and to thank God for her 

outstanding example of dedication 

to duty and unstinting commitment 

to service. 

Recently the Australian Girl 

Guides deleted from their promise 

all reference to God (and The 

Queen). 

The key word in their new 

promise is “my” - an unwelcome 

collusion with the fashionable “mefirst” 

culture that quickly leads to 

greed and selfishness. 

Of course, encouraging selfesteem 

is an important counterbalance 

to the feelings of worthlessness 

that disable many people’s 

lives - not least when the rich get 

richer and the poor get poorer. 

Christianity has a good way of 

defining the importance of self. “It 

is no longer I who live, but it is 

Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 

2:20) - a truth symbolised by the 

sign of the cross, with the “I” 

crossed not to erase self but to add 

to self. 

The New Testament offers several 

lists of how that can make a difference 

to attitudes and behaviour - 

including one in Galatians (5:22-23). 

The Spirit enables us to act 

towards others with Christ-like selfcontrol, 

gentleness, faithfulness, 

generosity, kindness, patience, 

peace, joy and love. That is our duty 

and service. 

Cath to be Mothers’ 

Union president 

BISHOP Nigel and the Board of Trustees are delighted 

to announce that Mrs Catherine Hilton is to be 

President of Mothers' Union in the Diocese from 

January 2013. 

Cath, who is currently a 

General Trustee, will be supported 

by the Archdeaconry 

Presidents, Carol Eyles 

(Salford) and Sandra Bradshaw 

(Manchester) who will serve a 

second term of office, while 

two new presidents also take 

office in January. They are 

Christine Faulkner (Bolton) and 

Marion Ball (Rochdale). 

Please pray for Cath and her team as they look 

forward with excitement to their new challenges. 

Thanks for helping to re-build 

St Denys' School in Pakistan 

A previous CRUX reported that four Manchester vicars 

visited St Denys’ School last November and discovered 

it had suffered from arson. It caters for girls, including 

boarders, with their parents living in remote rural areas. 

Bishop Nigel launched a Lent Appeal and between 

us we gave £2,620 which is added to £2,000 from the 

Restricted Fund of the Lahore Link in Manchester 

Diocese. This will encourage Bishop Irfan Jamil when 

he is enthroned as Bishop of Lahore in September. 

Please pray for him. 

Canons Phil Rawlings and Maurice Smith, together 

with the Revd John Faraday, hope to be present at the 

enthronement and to re-visit the school. 

National Churches Trust grant 

ST Thomas and St John, Radcliffe is one of 30 places 

of worship to receive a share of grants totalling 

£546,000 from the National Churches Trust. 

The £10,000 to St Thomas and St John will help 

with masonry repairs and the repointing of walls. 

The Grade II listed Gothic church, consecrated in 

1864, is in the perpendicular style. It is the Town 

Church for Remembrance Day and is home to Girl 

Guides and Rainbows and a toddler group open to all.


CRUX – Keeping you in touch 

It’s time to look ahead 

THE diocesan annual report, which doubles 

as a calendar, provides an attractive and informative 

insight into all aspects of church life in 

the diocese. 

Stewardship is the headline theme of the 

report, showing just how significant and 

far-reaching stewardship principles are in fulfilling 

our mission. 

The application of these principles will 

look different in every parish, which is where 

discussions with the Stewardship Officer, 

James Emmerson, will prove valuable. 

The Stewardship Committee encourages 

parishes to go much further in their focus on 

resources than simply appealing for some more 

money to pay the bills. 

Learning to promote positively the links 

between mission and ministry, providing imaginative 

opportunities for volunteers, and teaching 

about the biblical emphasis on generosity are all 

key elements, and James is available to provide 

input and guidance to your PCC and Deanery 

Synod. 

Now is also an ideal time to be looking ahead 

towards 2013 and specific stewardship activity. 

You could consider the ‘Good Enough for God’ 

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(jigsaw) campaign, used by over 100 parishes to 

great effect; and the calendar highlights key 

dates in the liturgical calendar and gives monthly 

tips on ‘increasing giving’. 

Spare copies of the annual report (that runs 

through until March 2013) are available from 

James Emmerson, 0161 828 1474. James’ latest 

newsletter is also available on the diocesan website. 

Cherry Vann 

Archdeacon of Rochdale and 

Chair of the Stewardship Committee 

A cedar to mark 

Archbishop Temple’s 

anniversary 

THE Bishop of Manchester and Debbie 

Weissman, President of International Council 

of Chritians and Jews planted a cedar tree in 

the garden of Bishopscourt to commemorate 

the 70th anniversary of the founding of the 

Council by Chief Rabbi Hertz and Archbishop 

William Temple in 1942. 

The tree will grow in the grounds of the 

home where William Temple lived when he was 

Bishop of Manchester. Bishop Nigel is also the 

current Chairman of the Council of Christians 

and Jews - and he was born in 1942, the same 

year that the Council was founded.



A day of joy and commitment



A day to share with the family 

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MANCHESTER Cathedral 

hosted two joyful ordination 

services over the past few 

weeks. 18 priests and 11 

deacons were ordained in 

the cathedral. 

The events were enjoyed 

by everyone that attended. 

Family and friends gathered 

in large numbers to witness 

the ordinations, and to mark 

the beginning of new stages 

in the life and ministry of 

those taking part. 

Please continue to pray 

for our new ministers and 

their ministry in our diocese. 

Ask that God the Holy 

Spirit will give them the gifts 

needed for service. Pray too 

for their friends and families.



ASSISTANT Bishops are often, but not exclusively, 

retired bishops who are appointed by the 

diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal ministry in 

the diocese. This ministry, e.g. confirmation, 

licensing or ordination, is delegated by the 

diocesan bishop and the assistant bishops 

always minister under his authority. 

This month we introduce four of our assistant 

bishops. Bishop Nigel is always grateful for the 

willingness of bishops Frank Sargeant, Rupert 

Hoare, Graham Dow and Jack Nicholls who 

now minister as assistant bishops in retirement. 

The Bishop of Beverley, Martyn Jarrett, is 

also an assistant bishop in the diocese and 

Bishop Nigel is also grateful to him for all he 

brings to this role, and for the episcopal ministry 

they share. We will be saying farewell to Bishop 

Martyn in September’s CRUX on his retirement. 

Frank Sargeant 

Behind the front line ... 

I trained at St John’s 

College and Cranmer 

Hall Durham with a break 

for National Service when 

I was engaged in the Suez 

Crisis with a commission 

in the Royal Artillery. I 

learned more about pastoral 

care in the army than 

anywhere else. 

My first 15 years of ministry were spent as a 

parish priest in my native Lincolnshire. From 

Lincoln I moved with Sally and family to Bradford. 

There I led the Education and Training team with a 

base at the Cathedral first as a Residentiary Canon 

and then as Archdeacon of Bradford. 

I retained my training responsibilities when I 

was appointed to be Bishop of Stockport. At that 

time I was the Central Chaplain to the Mothers’ 

Union. 

Unexpectedly, I was invited by the Archbishop 

of Canterbury to be his Chief of Staff as Bishop at 

Lambeth for five years before coming to Salford on 

retirement in 1999, where I act as an assistant priest 

at St Philip’s. 

I regard my contribution as assistant bishop to be 

available in emergencies and to undertake specific 

roles as requested by the diocesan bishop. 

My hobbies include watercolour painting and 

ceramics. My book on Canon Peter Green was published 

last November. I maintain an interest in the 

Church in Pakistan where I served as Bishop of 

Karachi in a vacancy in see in 2000. 

Jack Nicholls 

THE son of manual 

workers, I am proud of 

my Rossendale roots and 

have never lost my 

accent! 

I read Theology at 

King’s College London, 

trained at St Boniface 

College, Warminster, and 

was ordained in 

Manchester Cathedral. 

I served my curacies at St Clement with St 

Cyprian, Ordsall in Salford and All Saints and 

Martyrs, Langley where I later became vicar. It was 

also here that I became convinced of the Church’s 

need for more prayer and more parties, a motto 

which has informed my ministry ever since! 

After being Director of Pastoral Studies at the 

College of the Resurrection at Mirfield, I returned to 

Manchester as Director of Post Ordination Training. 

In 1990 I was ordained Bishop of Lancaster, with 

special responsibility for mission. I was Bishop of 

Sheffield until my retirement in 2008. 

I have tried to champion causes in society 

which I believe impinge on the Gospel message. 

In Sheffield I campaigned against the BNP, the 

sighting of a super casino, sex trafficking and 

loan sharks. 

‘I became convinced of the Church’s need 

for more prayer and more parties’



... meet the diocesan back four 

I was much involved in building better relations 

with other faith groups and between different 

Christian communities. 

I have a lifelong association with religious 

communities, first visiting Mirfield aged 14 and 

discovering my vocation to the priesthood there on 

retreat. I was Warden of the Community of St Mary 

the Virgin, Wantage, and am currently Visitor of the 

Oratory of the Good Shepherd. 

I love singing opera, reading history, pilgrimages 

and after dinner speaking. I am married to Judith; 

we have four children 

and 12 grandchildren. 

Rupert Hoare 

I SERVED my curacy at 

Oldham Church where I 

used to take the Youth 

Club. I married Gesine 

and we began married 

life in Oldham. We now 

live in Saddleworth. 

Gesine and I enjoy 

being back in this diocese, 

picking up our links with Oldham Parish 

Church and the parish and school in Beswick. We 

now have four children and ten grandchildren! 

In the intervening years we have been at 

Queen’s College Birmingham, then back in 

Manchester, where I was parish priest in Beswick, 

Birmingham Cathedral and from there to Westcott 

House, Cambridge as Principal. In the Midlands I 

was Bishop of Dudley; and in Liverpool Dean and 

Assistant Bishop. 

As an Assistant Bishop, I take confirmations 

annually here and in Liverpool, I have shared a 

teaching assignment with the three full-time 

bishops; a number of people come to talk with 

me from this and other dioceses on a regular 

basis, I take part in diocesan services in the 

cathedral and represent Bishop Nigel and the 

other bishops occasionally in their absence. 

I am heavily involved ecumenically in the 

Anglican-Lutheran Society and its international 

conference this September at Mirfield. After that, I 

relinquish my responsibilities there, and trust that 

we can spend more time with our grandchildren. 

Graham Dow 

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I DATE my personal 

commitment to Christ to 

the preaching of the evangelist 

Billy Graham at 

Wembley Stadium when 

I was 12 years old. 

I studied chemistry, 

then theology, at Oxford, 

where later, as Chaplain 

to St John’s College, I 

prepared a promising 

Tony Blair for confirmation. 

In Britain and abroad I have a teaching ministry, 

speaking on The Bible, prayer and spiritual warfare, 

spiritual renewal and The Holy Spirit, the ministry 

of deliverance, a Christian understanding of daily 

work and Christian social action. 

I have trained others in simple skills in healing 

prayer extensively in India and Pakistan, in 

Mozambique and South Africa, in Scandinavia, as 

well as in Carlisle and London dioceses and in 

Coventry where I was a vicar for 11 years. 

I am passionate about developing the ministry 

of lay people and introduced an innovative pattern 

for this in both London and Carlisle. 

I retired as Bishop of Carlisle in 2009. Before 

that I was Bishop of Willesden in the Diocese of 

London. I am now an assistant bishop in the dioceses 

of Manchester and Chester. 

Married to Molly, who offers spiritual direction, 

we have four children and seven grandchildren. 

In my leisure time I enjoy reading political 

biographies, world travel, wildlife parks, steam 

trains and model railways (in my garden). 

‘I date my personal commitment to Christ 

to the preaching of Billy Graham’



IN PRAISE OF YOUTH WORK 

Changing lives, 

growing confidence 

SUSIE MAPLEDORAM, Diocesan Youth 

Officer, says: “We have a huge amount to celebrate 

in terms of our work with young people in 

this diocese. In these projects, you’ll see that the 

thread of building and nurturing relationships 

is key and is the bedrock of our work in both 

urban and rural contexts. 

People often ask how you measure success in 

youth work. I think we’d often like it to be 

about numbers, but real success is borne out 

when lives are changed through relationships. 

Because of the relationships that are cultivated 

in our youth work we see young people grow in 

confidence, self-esteem and aspirations – and 

done in the name of our God who changes us 

through our relationship with Him. 

Your continued support and prayers for this 

important work is appreciated so much. 

Young BMX bikers, sampling YPAC’s programme, 

as they move from primary to secondary school. 

❐ JENNY EDEN is Lead Youth Worker at the 

Diggle and Uppermill Ecumenical Youth Project 

(DUEYP). 

ESTABLISHED and supported by local churches, 

originally to help combat anti-social behaviour in 

the village on Friday nights, DUEYP aims to 

enable young people to fulfil their potential by providing 

a positive alternative to harmful lifestyles; 

enabling them to have fun in a safe, youth-friendly 

environment. 

Starting from a belief that every young person 

is valued and has great potential, DUEYP provides 

an informal setting for building relationships and 

an opportunity for sharing elements of the 

Christian faith in relevant and contemporary ways. 

Jenny says, “Our approach is relational, meeting 

young people where they are and seeking to walk 

beside them as they navigate the challenges of life. 

“Every young person is unique, and we try to 

work with them individually, learning to understand 

them and giving them whatever support they 

need - personal, social, emotional or spiritual - in a 

variety of ways; from one-to-one support to openaccess 

groups and targeted programmes.” 

“Most of the young people we are currently 

working with have no connection to church and no 

interest and little understanding of the Christian 

faith, yet through the work we do, providing a safe 

space and opportunities to question and learn, we 

have seen many begin to explore new ideas. It is a 

privilege to be part of that process.” 

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❐ ANDREW SEEDALL is Project Manager of 

YPAC (Youth Project at Apostles and 

Cuthberts) in Miles Platting. 

YPAC works with young people aged 10 to 19. 

They are supported in every aspect of their lives, in 

school, through home visits and working with their 

families, to youth sessions in the evenings and 

weekend residentials. Eventually young people 

have the opportunity to become youth leaders and 

volunteers, supporting their peers and contributing 

to their community. 

Andrew told CRUX, “At the heart of YPAC is a 

challenge by God each and every day, to ‘go and 

rebuild my Church.’ We endeavour to do this by 

being a practical expression of God’s love in the 

community, reaching out to young people in Miles 

Platting and Ancoats, enabling them to build their 

skills and self-esteem, increasing their aspirations 

and being responsible community members. 

“We believe in establishing valued and trusting 

relationships with young people which continue 

into adulthood. We meet young people where they 

are. Our role is to not to formally educate them, but 

to work with them. We help them learn from one 

another so they aspire to be positive role models 

for others. 

“The impact of the economic downturn and 

substantial budget cuts in public services has 

impacted everyone, not least the young people 

here. There are many ways in which we all can feel 

poverty, with some more obvious than others. 

Lack of income, or access to education and 

nutritious food are easy to measure, yet there is 

also poverty of aspiration which is harder to 

quantify. 

“In these uncertain times we strive to respond to 

the poverty of aspiration through our ministry of 

‘Faith in our Community and Believing in Young 

People’.” 

MORE OVERLEAF : Eden in Old Trafford



❐ LUCY BANNISTER is Team 

Leader for EDEN, Old Trafford - 

a project for children and young 

people run in partnership with St 

Bride’s Church. 

IN PRAISE OF YOUTH WORK 

The Eden Project 

At EDEN we try to do things differently. 

We believe the key to seeing 

an area transformed is Jesus; the key 

to showing people Jesus, is being 

salt and light; and the key to being 

salt and light in an area is making it 

your home. 

Being salt and light in Old 

Trafford for us at times has meant 

being kept awake by next-door’s 

constant arguments through paperthin 

walls; discovering first-hand the 

apathy and low self-esteem that riddle 

the area; and experiencing the 

stigma of having an M16 postcode 

when looking for insurance. 

It meant learning that here we 

celebrate Mothers’ Day, but not 

Fathers’ Day. It meant getting used 

to the smell of weed, and being part 

of an area that is so multicultural, 

everyone can feel they are the 

minority, at times. 

For me, it meant blurring the line 

that separates my work life from my personal 

life. While it’s important to keep time to relax, 

my neighbours are friends, not projects, targets 

or service users. 

For us as a team, it meant putting less importance 

on running events and clubs, in order to 

make more time to have brews with people. 

Clubs can be important, but investing in relationships 

is the key. We run a weekly drop-in, an 

after-school club and a discipleship group, but 

continuously ask ourselves whether they are the 

most productive way of investing in people. By 

asking that question regularly, we ensure we 

THE EDEN WAY : Young people emjoying an energetic 

Eden trip, and (below) the Eden team 

keep the right motives and don’t get caught up in 

programmes! 

For the young people, it means having youth 

workers who are also their neighbours and 

friends, who experience first-hand both the good 

and the frustrating things they face. 

It means having support that doesn’t just stop 

and drive back to a more comfortable life when 

the shift finishes. 

At times, it can be challenging. But, on the 

whole, it is an amazing privilege to be a part of 

the lives of some incredible people who live 

here.



A lesson in caring and sharing 

A NEW teaching space at St 

Paul’s Church of England Primary 

School in Royton was officially 

opened by the Bishop of Beverley. 

He blessed and dedicated the new 

classrooms and presented new 

crosses to the children. 

One section of the school was 

created for children from across 

Oldham with complex communication 

difficulties, which may 

include autism. 

The other was built to renew 

and enhance the school’s 

Foundation Stage provision. 

The new teaching space is the 

result of a £500,000 investment 

by the Local Authority, Manchester 

Diocese and St Paul’s 

School itself. 

St Paul’s School has always 

been proud of its inclusivity, 

where specialist help for children 

with language and speech difficulties 

takes place alongside teaching 

of the whole class. 

In this environment pupils 

learn to understand and develop 

empathy for others who find it hard to communicate, 

and they have always shown a great level of 

care and protection towards them. 

Potential 

Additionally, mainstream pupils with lesser 

communication difficulties benefit from the 

specific expertise within the school. 

Commenting on the building of the new 

teaching space, headteacher Mrs Joanne Caine 

said: "I am so grateful to all who have worked to 

make this dream a reality. 

“I know governors and staff both past and 

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Pupils with some of the crosses presented by Bishop Martyn 

present are very proud of this achievement. We 

will continue to respect and uphold the dignity 

and potential of all learners here at St Paul's.” 

Chair of Governors, Fr Peter McEvitt, paid 

tribute to the local authority and the diocese. He 

said: “This has been a major piece of work in the 

long history of St Paul’s school which first 

opened its doors in 1833. 

“Everyone involved deserves the highest 

praise for their hard work and dedication, often 

during challenging conditions as the building 

work progressed. The work complete, we recommit 

ourselves to ‘Love to Learn and Learn to 

Love’ (which is the school motto).” 

‘Love to Learn, and Learn to Love’



COMINGS & GOINGS 

APPOINTMENTS 

The Bishop of Manchester in consultation with 

the Dean and Chapter has appointed the following 

to be Honorary Canons of the Cathedral: 

The Revd David Michael Dunn 

(he was licensed on June 30). 

The Revd Ian Charles Anthony, The Revd 

Richard Wishaw Hawkins, The Revd Mark 

Newby Haworth, The Revd Deborah Ann 

Plummer and The Revd Matthew Thompson 

(they will be licensed and installed in the 

Cathedral on Saturday September 29.) 

The Revd Simon Cook has become Borough 

Dean for Bury in succession to the Revd Ian 

Stamp. 

The Revd Andrea Jones has become Borough 

Dean of Manchester in succession to the Revd 

Canon Sarah Bullock. 

The Revd Mike McGurk has become Area 

Dean of North Manchester in succession to the 

Revd Daniel Burton. 

The Revd Kathryn Ruth Carmyllie, Team 

Vicar in Worsley St Mark, is to become Team 

Rector of Atherton and Hindsford with Howe 

Bridge. 

The Revd Kevin David Crinks, Priest in 

Charge of St Mary the Virgin Leigh is to become 

Incumbent of St Mary the Virgin Leigh. 

The Revd Peter Richard Horlock is to be 

Manchester Business Community Missioner. 

The Revd Jayne Prestwood is to be Chaplain to 

the Manchester Higher Education commmunity. 

The Revd Helen Tracy Scanlan Assistant 

Curate in the Heatons Team to be Team Vicar in 

the Heaton Team with special responsibility for 

the parishes of St Martin Norris Bank and St 

Paul Heaton within the Team. 

RETIREMENTS 

The Revd Canon Ian Stamp, has retired as 

Borough Dean of Bury and will retire as 

Incumbent of Walmersley Road with effect from 

September 29. He will hold the Bishop’s 

Permission to Officiate from that date and will 

become Canon Emeritus. 

The Revd Donald Vickers has retired as 

Assistant Curate NSM at St Peter West Leigh. 

He will hold the Bishop’s permission to officiate 

within the diocese. 

LEAVING THE DIOCESE 

The Revd Canon Gilly Myers, Residentiary 

Canon and Precentor of Manchester Cathedral, is 

to become Residentiary Canon and Precentor of 

Southwark Cathedral. 

The Revd Duncan Myers, Chaplain to the 

University of Salford, leaves that post with effect 

from July 8. 

Captain David Hamilton, Church Army 

Captain in the Benefice of Manchester the Good 

Shepherd and St Barnabas is leaving with effect 

from August 31 to take up an appointment as 

Evangelist with responsibility for the parishes of 

Aghadrumsee, Clogh and Drumsnatt in the 

Diocese of Clogher in the Church of Ireland. 

David moves to new role in Norwich 

AFTER five years as Officer for 

Continuing Ministerial Education at 

the diocese, David Foster has been 

appointed as the Bishop’s Officer for 

Ordinands and Initial Training in the 

Diocese of Norwich. He will take up 

his new post in September. 

There are many curates who have 

benefited from his wisdom and care. 

The whole diocese has benefited 

from the work he did on the last two 

Swanwick Conferences and 

Formation Days 

Congratulations to David on his 

appointment and we wish him well 

in Norwich.



Manchester’s SCP Six in Rome 

SIX Manchester priests attended the first 

International Conference of the Society of 

Catholic Priests (SCP) in Rome. 

This Anglican Society was founded in 1994 

as a support network for Anglican clergy in the 

Catholic wing of the Church of England who 

are entirely supportive of women priests and 

bishops. 

The Manchester Chapter has been operating 

for ten years and has a lively programme of 

events and activities supporting women and 

men in their priestly ministry. The annual conference, 

hosted in Manchester in 2006, is an 

important event in the calendar. In the last 

few years SCP has spread to Australia and 

North America, so this year’s conference was 

the first to be held outside the UK. 

More than 80 participants made the journey 

to Rome. The theme was “St Paul in Rome” 

and the keynote speaker was Paula Gooder - 

born and brought up in Manchester. Her lively 

and penetrating exposition of the Letter to the 

Romans was a huge hit with the conference. 

The trip included a visit to Ostia Antica, 

Rome’s ancient port; and the group were 

warmly received at the remarkable papal basilica, 

St Paul outside the Walls, where the historic 

meeting between Archbishop Michael Ramsay 

and Pope Paul VI took place in 1966. 

One of the memorable events of the week 

was attending a papal audience along with 

COMING SOON 

❐ IT'S TIME to sign up for Back to Church Sunday, which this 

year is on September 30. Visit www.backtochurch.co.uk to register 

your church and order your resources. 

Alec Mitchell, Ian Gomersall, Sharon Jones, 

Daniel Burton, Mark Haworth and David 

Sharples enjoy the sunshine in Rome. 

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about 8000 Roman Catholic pilgrims. Pope 

Benedict gave a homily in seven languages and 

greeted groups from all over the world. 

The group also attended a reception at the 

Anglican Centre and learnt something of its 

important ecumenical work. The conference 

closed with a concelebrated Eucharist at the All 

Saints’ Anglican Church, a wonderful piece of 

Victorian England in the heart of a Catholic and 

baroque city. 

Daniel Burton adds: “ As ever, fun and 

friendship were central to the experience of an 

SCP conference and we returned all too soon, 

yet thankful for our time together.” 

For more information about the Manchester 

Chapter of SCP please contact Daniel on 

daniel.burton100@ntlworld.com 

❐ THE search is also on for ministers to 'strut their stuff' at Clergy 

on the Catwalk, a special presentation of clerical clothing at the 

Northen Christian Resources Exhibition (Event City, Manchester, 

October 10/11). 

A wide variety of formal and informal ecclesiastical clothing will be 

displayed by leading designers like J&M Sewing and Juliet 

Hemingray who believes women clergy have brought a fresh look to clerical clothing. 

Clergy (male or female) wishing to take part in Clergy on the Catwalk should contact Steve 

Goddard (01744) 733898 or 07930 198209. Email: stephen_goddard@btconnect.com



CATHEDRAL DIARY 

If you have queries regarding events at the Cathedral, ring 0161 833 2220. 

SUNDAY : Matins 8.45am (said); Holy Communion 9am (said); Sung Eucharist 

(Common Worship - Cathedral Choir) 10.30am; Evensong (sung - Cathedral Voluntary 

Choir) 5.30pm. WEEKDAYS : Morning Prayer 9am (Mon-Sat); Holy Communion 

1.10pm (Mon-Fri), Evensong 5.30pm (said Mon & Fri, sung Tues, Wed & Thurs), 

Evensong 3.30pm (sung, Sat only). ☛ Between Monday July 9 and Friday 

September 2, Evening Prayer is at 4.30pm. Saturday remains at 3.30pm. 

EVENTS during AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 

EXHIBITIONS 

August 1-15 The Bondo Charity Exhibition 

August 1-31 ‘The Cross' Exhibition by Michael 

O'Donnell 

‘Mosaic of the Last Supper’ Exhibition 

by Andy White has been cancelled 

AUGUST 2012 

Wed Aug 1 12.45pm Turning of the Leaves 

Thu Aug 9 12noon Mothers’ Union Prayers 


Mon Aug 27 1.10pm No Holy Communion 


SEPTEMBER 2012 

Tue Sep 4 12.30pm Julian Prayer Group 

Sat Sep 8 3.30pm Evensong with Installation of 

Foundation Choristers 

Sun Sep 9 5.30pm Festal Evensong and 

Procession: The Blessed Virgin Mary. 

(Incense will be used at this service). 

Fr Roger’s 60th Anniversary 

FATHER Roger William Davison has celebrated the 

Diamond Jubilee of his Ordination at the Parish 

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Higham Ferrers. 

Fr Roger trained for the priesthood at Kelham, 

Newark and served his title at St Augustine’s, 

Tonge Moor and St Aidan’s, Hall i’th’ Wood, 

Bolton, from 1951. He became vicar there, and continued 

until 1965, leaving as an honorary canon of 

Manchester Cathedral. 

During his time at Tonge Moor he did much to 

promote the aims of the Company of Mission 

Priests and many young curates had the benefit of 

his fatherly advice and encouragement. He was 

Vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Higham Ferrers from 

1965 to 1988, then moved to St John, Higham with 

Merston in Kent serving as Honorary Assistant 

Wed Sep 12 12.45pm Turning of the Leaves 

Thu Sep 13 12noon Mothers’ Union Prayer 

Sat Sep 15 11am Coffee Concerts 

3.30pm Cancellation: Evensong and 

Celebration of 75th anniversary of the 

Cathedral Friends 

Sat Sep 22 3.30pm Evensong and Commissioning 

of Authorised Lay Ministers 

Tue Sep 25 12.30pm Julian Prayer Group 

1.10pm Chetham’s Music Concert 

7pm Manchester Theological Society: 

Canon Andrew Shanks 

Wed Sep 26 12.45pm Turning of the Leaves 

Thu Sep 27 2pm Service Celebrating 25 Years of the 

Ordination of Women 

Fri Sep 28 5.30pm Crompton House Founders' Day 

Sat Sep 29 3.30pm Evensong and Installation of 

Honorary Canons 

7.30pm Manchester Peace Festival 

Concert, incorporating a short film 

about the great Victorian-era Manchester 

peace campaigner, John Bright. 

Priest until 2005. He 

then moved to the 

College of St Barnabas, 

Lingfield, Surrey where 

he still resides. 

He is an honorary 

guardian of the Shrine 

of Our Lady of 

Walsingham, and a member of The Society of the 

Holy Cross. Many clergy concelebrated at the Mass 

of Thanksgiving when Fr Roger presided and 

preached a moving address. A group from Bolton 

went by coach to Higham Ferrers to join Fr Roger 

for a wonderful day, and many queued to meet and 

greet him during the reception and buffet. 

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CORRECTION 

In an article in last month’s CRUX - On the wild 

side at St Chad’s - we said the church bought the 

neglected area of land before turning it into a wildlife 

garden. This was incorrect. The land was an 

overgrown area of the rectory garden. The diocese 

gave St Chad’s permission to turn it into a wildlife 

garden and the land still belongs to the diocese. 

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