Issue 55 - The Pilgrim - November 2016 - The newspaper of the Archdiocese of Southwark

Issue 55 November 2016
Why do we have
Mass stipends?
Page 5 Pages 6 & 7
Page 10
By Greg Watts
The Year of
Mercy in
pictures
Nurturing faith
in prison
New Vatican guidelines for burials and cremation
The Congregation for the Doctrine
of the Faith has issued new
guidelines for burials and
cremations.
The document Ad resurgendum
cum Christo says that while for
doctrinal and pastoral reasons
Catholic should be buried rather
than created, it does not prohibit
cremation. However, it sets out
clear instructions on how the ashes
of a deceased person are to be
conserved.
The document says, “Through the
practice of burying the dead in
cemeteries, in churches or their
environs, Christian tradition has
upheld the relationship between the
living and the dead and has
opposed any tendency to minimise,
or relegate to the purely private
sphere, the event of death and the
meaning it has for Christians.
“The burial of the faithful
departed in cemeteries or other
sacred places encourages family
members and the whole Christian
community to pray for and
remember the dead, while at the
same time fostering the veneration
of martyrs and saints.”
The Church has no doctrinal
objections to cremations, since it
does not affect the soul of a
deceased person. However, the
document states that the ashes
must be laid to rest in a sacred
place in a cemetery, church or other
approved area. This is to ensure
that the deceased is not forgotten
by their family or the Christian
community.
Ashes are only permitted to be
conserved at home in exceptional
circumstances and they may not be
divided among family members. In
addition, they should not be
scattered in the air, on land, or at
sea, nor may they be preserved in
mementos, such as pieces of
jewellery or other objects.
Around 70 per cent of those who
die in the UK each year are now
cremated. Burial space is becoming
scarce in many parts of the country,
especially London. Southwark
Council says that it could run out of
burial space by 2017 and is planning
to create up to 4,845 new plots in
Camberwell Old and New
Cemeteries.
Dr Mark Nash, director of the
Centre for Catholic Formation at
Tooting Bec, said, “Whether a
favourite quiet place, into the sea
or at a football stadium, the
practice of scattering ashes,
popularised in film and TV, has
become quite common in recent
More burial plots are to be
created at Camberwell New
Cemetery
years.
“The scattering of ashes is often
seen as the definitive annihilation of
the person, or the moment of fusion
with Mother Nature or the universe,
or as a stage in the cycle of
regeneration, or as the definitive
liberation from the prison of the
body.
“All of these notions fall far from
the Christian understanding of the
relationship between the body and
the soul and the resurrection of the
body, as professed in the Creed.
“I would reiterate what Fr
Christopher Thomas at the Bishops’
Conference has said: ‘Those who
have had ashes scattered in the past
I wouldn't want them to worry about
anything because we entrust
everything to the mercy and the
love of God and the knowledge that
he will bring all things to himself in
his time.’”
Bejay Mulenga, a
former student at St
Michael’s College in
Bermondsey, has
received the Queen’s
Award for Enterprise
Promotion.
The 22-year-old
founded Supa Tuck, an
enterprise programme
teaching students how
to run and operate their
own tuck shops in
school. He first got into
business when he was
thirteen, raising
£35,000 from his local
borough to rebuild
derelict rehearsal rooms
and studio space for his
youth club.
He chose to return to
St Michael’s to receive
his award, which was
presented by the Lord-
Lieutenant of Greater
London, Kenneth Olisa.

Editorial
The Pilgrim November 2016
A priest
in the
kitchen
Monsignor Nicholas Rothon,
parish priest of Our Lady Help of
Christians in Blackheath, explains
why he loves cooking.
Prophecy in fiction
By Bishop Paul Hendricks
As we move into November, I find my
thoughts turning to Advent – a season I
really love. For me it conjures up an image
of generations of Israelites, guided by the
prophets that God sent over the centuries,
waiting faithfully for the promised
Messiah.
It struck me that the idea of prophecy
appears quite often in fiction, for instance
in the Narnia books, in The Lord of the
Rings and in Harry Potter. It is limited,
though, to certain sorts of literature,
particularly fantasy and epics with a
religious background, such as the Arthurian
legends and classical myths.
I suppose that’s because there has to be
a religious or supernatural context –
otherwise, where would the prophecy
come from? I see something rather similar
in the dreams that heroes often have in
the Greek legends – messages from the
gods, regarding their mission and destiny.
A modern reflection of this comes in the
Percy Jackson stories. The dreams that
feature in certain Bible stories are quite
similar, too.
I have noticed some debate amongst
writers, about whether it’s a good idea to
include prophecy in a story. Some would
say it’s just a way of giving a sort of epic
feel to a plot that may not be strong
enough on its own, so to speak.
I was interested to note a number of
pointers given to the less experienced
writers. A prophecy is not realistic if it’s
too specific. Historically, prophecies were
usually given in fairly poetic or symbolic
language and were capable of more than
one interpretation – and of course that
possibility of misunderstanding is a great
opportunity for dramatic impact.
One of the most famous classical
prophecies comes in the story of Oedipus.
His parents try to prevent the prophecy
coming true but, because they
misunderstand it, they end up doing the
very thing that will bring it about. It’s also
worth noting that, if there is a prophecy,
it’s normally central to the plot. It would
be really pointless to have one that just
gave incidental information, of no
particular significance in the story!
A prophecy often highlights a choice and
calls for a response that determines the
direction of the story. In The Lord of the
Rings, Sam sees a vision of evil things
happening at home and he has to decide
whether to go back to prevent them
happening, or to remain true to the quest.
This sort of choice can represent a huge
burden for the person concerned. Harry
Potter discovers that his whole life has
been steered so as to give him the
opportunity of overcoming Voldemort in
the only way possible, by allowing his
enemy to kill him. He can choose not to,
but he would then have to accept the
triumph of evil and the consequences for
all those he loves.
Most of us don’t have prophecies made
about us, though we do believe that God
has a plan in mind for each of us. This is
still something of a burden, even though I
remain free to turn away from God’s plan
(insofar as I can discern it).
Some atheist philosophers have objected
to the implication that my life becomes a
success or a failure according to criteria
set for me by God, not ones which I choose
for myself.
I would say that, more realistically, it’s
never possible for me to determine what
will count as success or failure in my life.
That will always be decided to some
extent by others, whether I like it or not.
My interest in cooking comes from the days when I
was a student at the Royal English College at
Valladolid in north-west Spain. Our summers were
spent at our Country House at Viana de Cega.
Cooking formed part of our duties - an afternoon
tea as well as pots of jam and chutney for use
during the year and fruit cakes for Christmas. We
learned how to cook using a biscuit tin as an oven,
fired by wood from the fir trees and using a pine
needle to check if a sponge had cooked through.
An ability to cook is a great advantage in parish
life. Over the years I acquired many cooking skills
form some of my friends and built up a library of
cook books.
On becoming parish priest, I decided to revise the
format of the parish newsletter. Most weeks this
includes a short recipe. I have to be careful in the
choice of ingredients – not too exotic or too
expensive.
Generally, this means that they are based on
vegetables, fruit and pasta, and maybe some
chicken or fish. Some are my own inventions and
from time to time I am honest and admit that a
recipe is disastrous.
Some recipes come from my travels, including
current favourites from my visits to the College in
Spain, and some I adapt from my cook books. I
always acknowledge the source and this produces
some charming consequences.
I recently repeated a recipe from one of Arabella
Boxer’s book and this led to a kind message from her
and a copy of her latest book English Food, which I
can fully recommend to you.
Visitors to our parish are sometimes puzzled by
the format of the newsletter, which normally
includes some poetry, details of the activities of my
great nephew and his sisters as well as a prayer.
And if there is room some parish news. It always
seems to be read with interest.
The Archdiocese of Southwark
Archbishop Peter Smith
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Episcopal vicar for Kent
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bishop.hendricks@gmail.com
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The Pilgrim November 2016
Extraordinary
ministers
commissioned
Bishop Paul has commissioned 119 new extraordinary
ministers of Holy Communion at a service at St
George’s Cathedral.
Bishop Paul started the day with a talk on the
Eucharist and Monsignor Matthew spoke of the role of
the extraordinary minister and the rubrics, including
the service of administering Holy Communion to the
sick and the DBS checks that need to be taken before
staring this ministry.
The new ministers came from 31 parishes from
around the archdiocese, including Addiscombe,
Plumstead Common, and Rochester, and the Italian
Mission.
News
Religious meet at Aylesford
Over 60 religious men and women from various
congregations within the archdiocese met at
Aylesford Priory for The Annual Day for Religious.
The keynote speaker was Sister Raymunda
Jordan, a Dominican sister from Cricklewood.
The day concluded the day with Mass in St
Joseph’s Chapel with Archbishop Peter as the
principal celebrant joined by Carmelites,
Vincentians, a Scalabrini Father and priests of
the Missionary Society of St Paul.
Clergy Support Fund Campaign
The Southwark Archdiocese Clergy Support Fund
Campaign has reached £2.3 million.
The campaign was set up by Archbishop Peter
to encourage parishes to provide financial
support for sick and retired priests.
Southwark currently has 70 retired priests, a
figure expected to rise to 93 by 2018.
The campaign target is £4.5 million.
Parishes requiring information on the
campaign and its various stages should phone
the campaign office on 020 7960 2525.
London relics tour
The relics of St Margaret Mary Alacoque and St
Claude La Colombière will be on display this
month in central London
The two French saints are most associated
with the devotion to the Sacred Heart. Their
relics will be touring several Catholic sites,
including St Patrick’s, Soho, Tyburn Convent, and
Farm Street church, from 9th – 13th November.
Calais migrants appeal
Kent charity Seeking Sanctuary is appealing for
items for migrants who have been dispersed
from Calais to other parts of France.
The charity is asking parishes or individuals to
provide packages that can be given to migrants
as gifts. Typical contents might include a torch
deodorant, scarf, hat, and a pack of nuts or
dried fruit.
For further information, email
migrantsupport@aol.com
or phone 07887 651117.
School backs down
in transgender row
The choir at pan-African annual Mass at St George’s Cathedral, which marked the 25th anniversary of African ministry in the diocese
AoS helps following
Gravesend death
Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has supported
the crew of a ship who were distressed
after a port pilot was killed in Gravesend.
The port pilot from the Port of London
Authority died following an accident while
boarding the Sunmi, a cargo ship, in
Gravesend Reach.
AoS port chaplain to the Thames and
Tilbury Wojciech Holub provide support to
the Russian seafarers who were on board
the ship.
“They were disturbed and deeply
saddened as a result of the accident,” said
Wojciech. “There were no long
conversations as they were busy, but our
presence was much appreciated. We also
provided them with means of
communicating with their families.”
Speaking at the annual Stella Maris
Mass at St George’s Cathedral in
September, Archbishop Peter praised the
work of AoS. “Today’s seafarer is no longer
in port for a few nights, but often only for
a few hours. In these changed
circumstances they can’t use hostels as in
the old days, but they benefit enormously
by the visits to their ships by chaplains and
volunteers.”
St Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone has
apologised after sending home a pupil who
claims to be transgender.
Eighteen-year-old Liam Madigan changed his
name to Lily earlier in the year. Lily Madigan.
The pupil was told by the school that dressing in
a girls’ uniform and using female changing rooms
and toilets were not allowed.
The pupil launched a petition calling against
the school’s actions and also hired a solicitor.
Transgender individuals are protected from
discrimination under the Equality Duty provisions
enshrined in the 2010 Equality Act.
St Simon Stock agreed to the requests, which
now allow the pupil to wear female dress code
and use the ladies’ toilets and changing rooms.
A spokesman for the school said: “As an
inclusive, Catholic academy, we are confident
that the attention we have given to transgender,
including carefully listening to students, has
been invaluable in us going even further to make
sure all students are happy and comfortable, so
that they can be as successful as possible.”
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News
The Pilgrim November 2016
Lee parish
wins award
Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Lee has
received a living simply award from Cafod.
The parish has promoted Fairtrade and
ethical shopping, reduced its carbon
footprint after auditing its energy use, saved
resources by recycling and installing a water
butt and has continued in its commitment to
address local needs, through support for Lee
Oasis and the local foodbank.
Lee is only one of 20 parishes in England
and Wales which has received the award.
Bishop Patrick Lynch visited the parish to
lead a special service to celebrate the
achievement.
To gain the award, the parish had to
create a plan based on current activities and
new projects they would like to undertake
to demonstrate how they had made changes
to live more sustainably.
Jillie Smithies, organiser of the parish’s
live simply group, said: “We have been a
long time on this journey. We are proud to
have got to this point and achieved the
award. But this doesn’t mark the end, it’s
just one step along the road. There are so
many other things we want to do.”
If you would like to know how you can
become a live simply parish or school,
please visit: www.cafod.org.uk/livesimply
Catechists gather
Over 200 people attended the annual day for
catechists at St George’s Cathedral.
In a departure from previous years, instead of
a keynote address, the catechists took part in
the cathedral’s Year of Mercy Liturgy which
included a procession through the Jubilee Door
of Mercy, adoration and the sacrament of
reconciliation.
Advisers from the Centre for Catholic
Formation, the Education Commission and teams
from elsewhere in the diocese provided sessions
on topics such as baptism, reconciliation,
marriage, and catechesis in schools.
Students learn
about business
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School helps
Wandsworth
foodbank
Pupils from Oliver House School in Clapham
have donated food to Wandsworth foodbank.
The food was collected during the school’s
harvest festival service and pupils delivered
it in the school mini-bus.
Wandsworth Foodbank was set up in 2013
and last year provided over 4,000 people
with emergency food and support.
Mr Rob Farrell, acting head teacher at
Oliver House said “We believe this
involvement in charities that benefit our
local community is a vital part of our
charities programme as it gives our children
a real sense of helping others and of making
a difference to the lives of people in their
community.”
MP visits Streatham school
MP Chuka Umunna
returned to the
classroom when he
visited Bishop Thomas
Grant School in
Streatham.
During the
Streatham MP’s visit
he addressed a group
of A-Level politics and
history students and
then fielded questions
from his audience.
Topics discussed
included Brexit,
Trident and the future
of the Labour Party.
Head of Year 12 Mrs
Levenson said, “Mr
Umunna was very
impressed with the
quality of questions
asked and we were
really pleased that he
found the time in his
busy schedule to come
and speak to us all.”
Southwark Catholic Youth Services now have tickets available for Flame 2017, the national youth event taking place
at the SSE Arena, Wembley, on 11th March next year. Email jean@scys.org.uk or call 01227 272900 for information.
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Students at Christ the King Sixth Form College in
Sidcup have learned about how to set up a
business.
Matthew Phaure, a former student at the
defunct St Luke’s Catholic Sixth Form College,
took up a career in the City as a trader following
his A-levels. He is now the director of several
companies.
He spoke about key qualities required to set
up and run a successful business such as
leadership, ambition, the importance of good
communication and risk-taking.
Estate agent supports
Purley school
The John Fisher School in Purley has teamed up
with local business to raise funds. Park & Bailey
Estate Agents and Advies Private Clients LLP, a
firm of financial advisers, and have agreed to
make a payment to the school if any staff,
parents or former pupils use their services.
Challoner Mass
at cathedral
Over 1,300 students staff and families from
Richard Challoner School in New Malden packed
St George’s Cathedral to mark the birthday of
the school’s founder.
Music performed by students and staff
including Vivaldi’s Gloria, Will Todd’s moving
anthem The Call of Wisdom and concluded with
the students’ hallmark hymn Non Nobis Domine
by Roger Quilter.
Borough school celebration
Archbishop Peter joined the community of St
Joseph’s Primary school in Borough to celebrate
their 50th Anniversary.
Archbishop Peter was joined by Father
Christopher Pearson, parish priest of Precious
Blood, Borough, Canon Michael Cooley, parish
priest of Our Lady of Salette, Melior Street, and
Father Peter Murphy, parish priest of Corpus
Christi, Tonbridge, a past pupil of St Joseph’s
school.
Westerham parish
room blessed
Archbishop Peter joined the community of St
John the Baptist in Westerham to celebrate Mass
and bless their new parish room. Richard French
received a diocesan medal for all his work in
project managing the building of the parish
room.

The Pilgrim November 2016
Feature
What are Mass offerings or Mass stipends?
Isn’t this buying and selling the Mass?
By Fr David Gibbons
Whenever Mass is celebrated, it
embraces all human beings, both
living and dead. The benefits of
each Eucharist are infinite and
include the whole world. Every Mass
encompasses the Church triumphant
(in heaven) as well as the Church
militant (here on earth).
Nevertheless, the practice has
grown up over the centuries of
having a Mass celebrated for a
particular intention, such as the
repose of the soul of someone who
has died, or healing for a sick
person, or God’s blessing on a
wedding or confirmation, or God’s
guidance for someone in difficulties.
This special intention means that
those for whom that Mass is offered
participate in a special way in the
grace of the Eucharistic sacrifice. It
is also a good way for the person
requesting the intention to unite
themselves with the Mass, to share
in the fruits of the Mass, and to
express their belief that God
accepts our prayers and responds to
them as a loving and gracious
father.
If someone has been bereaved,
and receives a Mass card from you,
for instance, they will often take
great comfort and solace from
knowing that their departed loved
one is being prayed for. Even non-
Catholics usually appreciate this.
It has become customary for the
person requesting the Mass intention
to make an offering to the priest.
These are often called “Mass
stipends”, but we must be clear
that there is - and can not be - any
set fee or charge for Mass. It must
always be an offering, freely given.
The offering is an act of
almsgiving (the spiritual importance
of which Jesus taught) in which the
donor provides for the sustenance of
the priest. To put this another way:
the donation you make with your
Mass intention request is the
amount of money that priest has to
live on that day.
In the early Church, the faithful
brought gifts to Mass to support the
clergy and to assist the poor and
those in need. Often these gifts
would be items from the farm or
garden, such as potatoes or a
chicken (which is the origin of the
celebrant washing his fingers after
receiving the gifts at Mass, to wash
off any dirt on the gifts).
Later, this offering came to be
made in money (at least in Europe;
in Africa, if Archbishop Peter were
to visit a parish, he might be given a
goat or some other live animal!).
Dioceses or national Bishops’
Conferences have to make rulings
about certain aspects. For example,
people put money in wall boxes for
Holy Souls Masses; how many Masses
does this represent? In Southwark,
every £10 is applied to one Holy
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If your parish priest has more Mass
intentions than he can honour, he
must pass them on to another
priest. Many people send Mass
intentions to Aid to the Church in
Need, as a way of generously
supporting priests in poor, mission
lands.
Finally, it is worth remembering
that anyone can make an intention
at a Mass: you simply silently say a
prayer asking God to apply that Mass
for whatever intention you wish.
What the celebrant announces – or
what is listed in the weekly
newsletter – is the intention for
which the priest is offering the Mass.
And your Mass offering is your
generous response to the infinite
grace and gifts we receive from God
every time a Mass is offered.
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Feature
The Pilgrim November 2016
The Year of Mercy in pictures
This month, the Year of Mercy, called by Pope
Francis to renew the Church and highlight one
of its main messages, comes to an end.
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1. Pope Francis entering the door of mercy at St Peter’s Basilica.
2. Many pilgrims viisted Walsingham in Norfolk to celebrate the
Year of Mercy
3. Archbishop Peter opening of the door of mercy at St George’s
Cathedral
4. The mercy bus toured the diocese of Salford with priest providing
the sacrament of reconciliation
5. World Youth Day in Krakow
6. A former prostitute in Rome is embraced by Pope Francis
7. Pope Francis visiting a maternity ward
8. Pupils of Richard Challoner School in New Malden made a
pilgrimage to the door of mercy at St George’s Cathedral
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The Pilgrim November 2016
Feature
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ACTA National Conference
The Evolving Church: where are
we going with Pope Francis?
– Lay participation, dialogue, decentralisation
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Speakers
Werner Jeanrond and Tina Beattie
26 November 10:15am - 4:30pm
(register from 9:45am)
Holy Apostles Hall, 47 Cumberland St,
Pimlico, London SW1V 4LY
£15 entry,
under 25’s
free
Book at www.acalltoaction.org.uk
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Education
The Pilgrim November 2016
We are never too old to learn
By Lucy Russell
“I’ve been studying what you are
doing, Aunty Lucy, and I think I can
do that and you can sit down!” My
niece had been watching me brush
olive on a piece of foil, before
placing on the foil a slice of lemon,
a piece of salmon, and adding salt
and pepper, then wrapping it all up
for my brother to barbecue.
It was the end of a long but
beautiful and happy day in Brittany,
where we were all together, my
family and my brother and his
children, for a holiday in August.
My niece, now aged 12, was then
a couple of months off her birthday.
There was a part of me which just
wanted to finish the job in hand as
quickly and efficiently as possible,
before heading onto the deck with
a glass of the local, dry, cider. But I
stopped myself from making an
excuse to carry on, smiled and
thanked Katherine-Anne, and let
her take over.
She made a good job of the rest
of the parcels, she’d obviously
been “studying” me carefully. It
can be daunting to relinquish
control, but it’s important to
recognise offers of help, and I was
ready for a sit down. And my niece
now knows how to prepare herself
a piece of salmon.
All of us adults spent much of the
time we were in Brittany running
around after the children. But the
children are not so very young
anymore. The youngest is Edgar,
who has just turned eight.
So the grown-ups have resolved
that a feature of next year’s
holiday will be a bit more input
from the youngsters, especially
around mealtimes. We are never
too young or too old to learn.
Brittany provided us all with a lot
of “firsts”. It was not only the first
time one of the children had
offered to help me make dinner
and taken over a task completely
independently, it was the first time
my nieces, nephew and James and
Edgar had left the country; the first
time they had been on a ferry; and
first time I, James and Edgar had
swum in the sea.
I couldn’t believe how salty the
Atlantic was. Since returning home,
I have started having swimming
lessons. I could already swim, but
only with my head above the water.
James and Edgar both put their
heads under, and their strokes and
breathing is very good. It hasn’t
been easy to “re-learn” how to
swim, adapting my strokes and
breathing. The process has
reminded me of the four stages of
competence!
I bypassed “unconscious
incompetence” and moved straight
into “conscious incompetence”,
perfectly aware of what I couldn’t
do. I am moving towards “conscious
competence”, and if I concentrate
hard and break things down, I can
now complete several lengths
without stopping.
I’m some way off “unconscious
competence” and just being able
to jump in and do it. But I’m sure it
will come, eventually. What has
been most wonderful is the help
and support from James and Edgar,
who have quickly identified where I
am going wrong and delighted in
giving me pointers.
I’m pleased to be an example to
them of the fact that we never
stop learning and that learning is
something to be embraced. A youth
chaplain I met recently told me he
had been reading about life not
being a journey, but something we
should take something from each
day.
I think that it’s both, and it is the
daily embracing of whatever comes
our way that is part of our journey
and education. As T S Eliot wrote:
“We shall not cease from
exploration, and the end of all our
exploring will be to arrive where
we started and know the place for
the first time."
During November, we remember
all those who have gone before us,
who at the end of their earthly
learning journey, are recognising
the place they have gone home to.
The rare books collection
Maria Cipollone, a volunteer caring for the
rare books collection at Southwark diocesan
archives, gives an insight into the collection
Are you called to Carmel?
Spend a day finding out
at the ODC Carmelite Priory,
London W8.
Saturday, 1st October, 10.00-4.00
Open to men & women.
No upper age limit.
If interested please contact johnmcgowan50@gmail.com
Among the many treasures of the
archives, there is a small collection
of manuscripts and rare books.
They were collected by Catholic
scholars and historians (such as Mark
Aloysius Tierney and Daniel Rock)
during the course of the 19th
century; since they were also at
some point Canons of St George’s
Cathedral, they left their collections
to the then Bishop, and today the
collections are in the care of the
current Archbishop of Southwark.
The most precious items,
illuminated manuscripts such as
Books of Hours dating from the 14th
and 15th century, are now on
permanent loan to the British Library.
Some items belonging to Canon
Tierney were sold during his lifetime;
others were sold in more recent
years. But what still remains in the
collection provides a valuable insight
into the criteria and the interests of
these scholarly collectors.
In fact, the items now left in the
collection might not have an
impressive commercial value, but
they certainly have a historical one:
they shed light on the kind of
interests Catholic historians might
have had at a time when the Catholic
community, only relatively recently
“accepted” by law (with the Roman
Catholic Relief Act of 1829), was still
tracing its roots and re-building its
identity.
Of course some items might have
been acquired just out of bibliophile
passion, but some were certainly
collected to find out more about the
religious history of England,
especially from the Reformation
onward.
The present collection covers, in
addition to some antiquarian
studies, liturgy, autobiography,
theology, apologetics, clerical
controversies, general history and
historical studies focusing on
individual religious orders and
institutions (some overseas) founded
by English Catholics, such as the
English College, Rome.
The collection includes both
manuscripts and printed books, and
dates from the early 16th to the end
of the 19th century. It even includes
a few manuscript versions of books
that were subsequently printed, and
manuscript notes written by
historians who were collecting
materials in preparation for their
books.
One of the most fascinating items
in the collection: the manuscript of
a philosophical treatise written in
Portugal in 1635.
We are working to provide the
collection with good preservation
conditions, patiently and carefully
cleaning every item and doing what
is possible to guarantee their
conservation for present and future
generations of scholars and
historians.
And above all we are trying to
catalogue all the items in order to
have a more precise idea of what
exactly forms the present collection
as previously there has not existed a
comprehensive list of the books in
the collection. We are also trying to
get an idea of how rare the printed
books are, and if they are available
also in libraries open to students
and scholars.
When this cleaning and
cataloguing work is complete, it will
be easier to make sense of how and
why this small but interesting
collection was put together, even if
accrued by different scholars.
Hopefully, it will also be possible to
allow historians and scholars (or
even bibliophiles) to make use of it.
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The Pilgrim November 2016
Feature/Column
The world needs a cultural renewal
Fr Ashley Beck, assistant priest at St Edmund of
Canterbury in Beckenham and lecturer in pastoral
ministry at St Mary’s University College, Twickenham,
continues his series exploring modern papal encyclicals.
In February 2013 Pope Benedict
XVI (Joseph Ratzinger)
unexpectedly resigned after just
under eight years in office. His
last encyclical, Caritas in
Veritate, was issued in 2009.
It was intended to mark the
40th anniversary of Blessed Paul
VI’s 1967 letter Populorum
Progressio, which we looked at in
August, but the pope delayed the
letter because of the world
financial crisis.
Pope Paul’s great letter had also
been commemorated by St John
Paul II in his 1987 letter
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. Benedict’s
letter is important in lots of ways
and is also an essential part of the
context for Pope Francis’ 2015
encyclical Laudato Si’, with which
we will conclude this series of
articles next month.
Like St John Paul II, Joseph
Ratzinger had been a professional
theologian and university
professor before becoming a
bishop. Unlike Karol Woytyla he
had not specialised in moral
theology, but in historical and
dogmatic theology; and we can
only begin to understand his moral
teaching as pope in the light of
the rest of his teaching.
As a young priest and doctoral
student Ratzinger had been
tremendously influenced by the
great African theologian St
Augustine, and also the medieval
Franciscan St Bonaventure.
In many ways the concept of
love is central for both saints: and
love is the central theme of
Benedict’s first two encyclical
letters, Deus Caritas Est (God is
love) and Spe Salvi (In hope we
are saved).
Both letters affirm that a right
understanding of the idea of love
has to determine all that we try to
do in the world; the first letter
also pointed out that the Church’s
charitable work complements our
witness for social justice: it can’t
replace it or be replaced by it. But
his 2009 letter is the first explicit
treatment of social teaching by
Benedict and the first letter
devoted to the theme since 1991.
Benedict begins his letter by
looking again at Populorum
Progressio. Continuity is
important: Benedict sees himself
as being part of the ongoing
tradition of Catholic social
teaching. He praises his
predecessor’s teaching about the
human person and authentic
human development.
Paul VI “grasped the
interconnection between the
impetus towards the unification of
humanity and the Christian ideal
of a single family in solidarity and
fraternity”, a phrase worth
promoting in Brexit Britain.
Benedict also looks at Paul VI’s
later teachings (such as his
condemnation of artificial birth
control which we considered in
September).
Both popes assert one thing
above all: underdevelopment and
world poverty are not inevitable
material facts: they happen
because of sin, because people do
not regard all others in the world
as their brothers and sisters, and
this vision can only come from God.
He goes on to survey the
landscape since 1967 and it is
clear that things have got worse
because of unregulated
exploitation of the world’s
resources and “badly managed
and largely speculative financial
dealing”.
The world needs a “profound
cultural renewal’’; it needs to
“re-plan our journey.” He calls
explicitly for a switch to
renewable and sustainable energy
consumption, which should be
properly regulated at an
international level; he also
attacks family planning and
abortion policies and negative
attitudes towards migrants and
refugees.
He also commends credit unions
for helping poor people without
access to finance from banks. He
wants the UN and international
financial and economic to be
reformed so as to create “a true
world authority...with real teeth”,
a phrase which would send many
MPs and newspaper editors into
apoplexy if they could be
bothered to read the letter.
The letter is long and very full -
we can pinpoint four big ideas.
First, in line with the whole
tradition of Catholic teaching,
Benedict rejects unrestricted,
laissez-faire economic policies.
The market only works if it is
directed towards the common
good, if it is ethical.
There needs to be effective
international regulation. Second,
the pope makes very explicit the
links between what we teach
about the sanctity of human life
and what we say about economic
policy and world development
issues.
Thirdly, he reasserts the strong
link between our teaching about
social justice and our charitable
work: the two always have to go
together.
Finally he shows that what we
teach about the unity of the
human family, the need solidarity
and mutual care has to be based
on what we believe about God -
the dogma of the Holy Trinity.
We are bound together in unity
and love if we reflect the
relationship of unity and love
between the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit. It follows, of course, that if
we are indifferent to injustice in
society or the damage we are
doing to the world we have a
distorted and flawed view of God.
The letter shows Joseph
Ratzinger, one of the most
important Catholic theologians of
our time, at his best. Needless to
say, like Pope Paul’s 1967 letter
which it celebrates, it attracted
its fair share of critics.
Some right-wing American
Catholics claimed that the parts
of the letter which they did not
agree with were not really written
by the pope but by a committee,
a claim which shows how little
they know about Papa Ratzinger.
Caritas in Veritate is easy to
download from the Vatican
website.
What is sin?
By Fr Daniel O’Leary
In Alice Walker’s The Colour Purple
the character Shug reminds us how
fed-up God must be when we walk
through a field of poppies and fail to
notice the colour purple (see pic).
Rabbi Lionel Blue refers to an
admonition in the Talmud. On the
final Judgement day, we shall be
called to account for all the
beautiful things we should have
enjoyed – and didn’t.
Patrick Kavanagh, one of Ireland’s
finest poets, explains why a parish
priest worried about the spirituality
of his new curate. The younger man
was never full of wonder or
reverence when the sun opened a
flower.
Sin is blind to beauty. It is grey
and has no imagination. Sin shrinks
before surprise and excitement. It
sees no magic in creation. The
vibrant presence of the Holy Spirit
in all things is denied. Cynicism
replaces trust. Sin lives in a flat
world and fears the edges. Like a
depressed soul, it does not notice
colour.
Sin is more than lots of sins. It is
not a “one-off” mistake in an
otherwise perfect life, a clearly
defined stain on a white surface. It
is more like a way of being that we
follow, an attitude of refusal to the
invitation to wholeness and holiness.
Sin is a draining thing. It has no
growing in it.
It is ugly because it is graceless. It
cannot bless or rejoice or be
passionate. Nor does it want to see
very far. Shades of this negative
state are alive and well in all of us.
To believe anything else would be
mad beyond measure.
Sin is the choice to live in illusion,
to avoid the truth of existence, of
light, of one’s dark side. Many
people experience sin as being
trapped, tempted to despair, being
held captive. Others speak of sin in
terms of fear, fear of self, of others,
of taking risks, of speaking out.
Such sin is the refusal to trust
that God is good and that therefore
we are good too. This results in a
life of excessive control, of clinging
to the ego-self, of grasping for
more, of trying to prove that we are
worthy because we cannot trust in
unconditional love. Sin is giving in to
self-hate and to the insecurity that
results in a life focused on selfprotection
at the expense of others.
When I think of sin I think of fear –
the fear of beauty, of pleasure, of
change and of being open. Closedness
must be the sin against the
Holy Spirit. Deep-seated insecurity
keeps the shutters tight. There is no
light where there is no trust.
Many of us were brought up in a
climate of fear where to be
different was to be avoided. We
lived in a two-tiered world where
only the top tier mattered. Lie low
here and y high in heaven. Steer
clear of all risk in this life so as to
enjoy the no-risk existence to
follow.
There is something sinful about
this blind attitude towards the
divine invitation to live life to the
full, in the here and now. In
scriptural terms sin is seen as
“missing the mark.” It misses the
miracle. There is no mystery in the
life of sin.
In his famous Original Blessing,
Matthew Fox writes, “By sinning in
this way we refuse to fall in love
with life, to love what is loveable,
to befriend and savor life’s simple
and non-elitist pleasures, to
celebrate the blessings of life, to
return thanks for such blessings by
still more blessing.”
For centuries, there has been a
major element in our roman Catholic
belief system that sees the Church as
in conflict with the world, as a
beacon of truth in a tunnel of lies, as
a recipe for life in a culture of death,
as a ship of saints in a sea of fools.
But grace, as we have seen, is not
like that. We need to renew the
original meaning and vision of grace
for all God’s people, for the
victimised and abused parts of all of
us, because it makes a heaven or a
hell of a difference whether the
church in which we find ourselves
points to humanity as a sin to be
atoned for, or a blessing to be
celebrated.
Pope Benedict XVI signs a copy
of his encyclical, ‘Caritas in
Veritate’ (Charity in Truth) at
the Vatican. The Pope’s social
encyclical, focused on the
global economic crisis.
For all the latest Catholic news visit www.thecatholicuniverse.com
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Profile
The Pilgrim November 2016
Faith behind bars
Faith Inside, a new book for Catholics in prison,
has just been published. Monsignor Roger Reader,
the bishops’ advisor on prisons, explains why it is needed
The other day a letter dropped onto
my desk. It was an almost square
brown envelope, and I was pretty
sure that it was from someone in
prison.
When I opened it this was
confirmed because it contained the
lined note paper which is prison
issue, with the man’s name and
prison number at the top. It was
short and to the point: “Dear
Father, I would be grateful if you
could please advise as to how I can
become a member of the Catholic
Faith. I have given plenty of thought
to this matter, and would appreciate
your help. Yours sincerely…”
This is a question which is asked
in many different ways in the 120
prisons in England and Wales. You
may have read that religion can be a
source of problems in prison. My
experience of 18 years working in
prisons is that for the vast majority
of prisoners it is a great comfort,
and most importantly a way of
helping them to change the way
they think and act and to help
inform their consciences.
Life has damaged most of them so
much they have to learn many new
ways and unlearn many old ones.
Going to Mass and being with
fellow Catholics is very important
for people in prison. “Chapel is a
special place because it takes your
mind out of the norm of prison life.
It is place serenity for me, a place
where God is obviously found
because of silence”, one prisoner
wrote.
People in prison, men, women and
children, often find or re-discover
the Catholic faith behind bars. They
have time on their hands. They can
maybe think for the first time in
their lives.
They meet the chaplain and other
Catholics. Some will find their way
to small groups where with the
chaplain and maybe some
volunteers from local churches they
can begin to open their hearts to
the love of God and the life of his
Church.
It is in response to this real need
that I approached Redemptorist
Publications. I knew that there was
a huge need for a catechetical
course especially for people in
prison. There are many different
courses in the catalogues, of course,
but none which meets the unique
needs of people in prison.
While reading may not be the
easiest thing for many of them, this
does not mean that they have to use
material designed for young
children. What is true is that many
prisoners have been written off by
schools, colleges and even church
communities.
Their behaviour had made them
appear unacceptable. There was a
great need of a course which
addresses both these feelings of
rejection but which would also
introduce them to Jesus Christ, his
Church, the sacraments and the
daily life of the Christian.
I have to admit I was not at all
sure how Redemptorist Publications
would respond to my request for
help with this project. But I found I
was knocking at an open door.
Immediately they were very
enthusiastic, and offered much
advice and wise counsel.
And so Faith Inside was born. It is
a course in 13 chapters which opens
up the life of Jesus, the riches of
the Church and the grace of the
sacraments.
It contains many traditional
prayers and writings, but also
speaks openly about the problems of
addiction, rejection and
bereavement which are so often a
part of a prisoner’s life. It is
beautifully illustrated throughout,
and has sections which the prisoner
themselves can fill in from their
own life experience.
Among the words of the saints,
there is also the writing of serving
prisoners who have found faith. This
is just one of the many prayers
written by someone in prison
included in Faith Inside:
‘Lord God, heavenly Father, I
come to you, with my arms
outstretched, reaching out to you,
humbly asking you to forgive all the
sins I have committed, and the pain
I have caused. Into your arms, I run
O Lord. Thank you so much for
everything you have done for us all.
Until I can gaze on your loving face
and see all your wonders, can you
please watch over, guide and
protect my loved ones. Help me to
live a life that reflects your power.
Amen.’
Please pray that through this
book, many people in prison may
come to know the love of the Lord
Jesus for them.
Religion in prison
At the end of March 2016 just
under half of the prison
population was of a Christian
faith – a decrease of nine
percentage points compared to
June 2002. The proportion of
Muslim prisoners has increased
from eight per cent in 2002 to 15
per cent in 2016. The proportion
of prisoners with no religion in
2016 (31.4 per cent) was down
0.6 of a percentage point
compared to 2002.
• Christian 41,940
• Muslim 12,506
• Hindu 421
• Sikh 732
• Buddhist 1,558
• Jewish 406
• No religion 26,349
• Other 1,437
• Not recorded 92
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The Pilgrim November 2016
Features/Diary/News
How Cafod
makes a
difference
Michael Walsh, a Cafod volunteer,
explains how the aid agency is helping
a family in Bolivia to grow crops
Bolivia might have been a
preliminary sketch for creation
in all its beautiful teeming
diversity. Even today one in
seven of bird species known to
the world are found in the
sweltering forests or on the arid
Altiplano plateau high in the
Andes.
This is the most extensive
mountain plateau in the world
apart from Tibet. There are
more than 17,000 seed-bearing
plants, 3,000 of them with
useful medicinal properties, and
Bolivia is the place of origin of
peppers and chilli peppers,
peanuts, the common bean, and
4,000 varieties of naturally
occurring potatoes.
More than 3,000 species of
butterfly and hundreds of
amphibians and reptiles still
thrive in the forests. The
country is also ethnically
diverse with 36 indigenous
groups making up sixty per cent
of the population which is fourfifths
Catholic.
But all is not well with this
amazing source of life and
beauty. Ten babies die every
hour in the country from
preventable causes and the
great majority of the people
have no access to healthcare.
More than half of Bolivians
live below the poverty level –
Diary - November
5: Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
annual assembly: “The refugee crisis and
practical actions”, The Pavilion, Romero
House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road,
10.30am. For more information or to book a
place email: office@southwarkjandp.co.uk
or phone 020 7928 9742.
12: Retreat – “Proclaiming the mercy of
God”, organised by Cafod, 10am – 4pm,
Amigo Hall, next to St George’s Cathedral.
this in a country on whose
silver, tin and other mineral
resources was built the Spanish
Empire and, more recently,
huge fortunes for individuals.
Income inequality, indeed all
forms of inequality and
discrimination, are extreme
even by the standards of other
developing countries and all the
problems have been made much
worse by climate change.
Bolivia was among the first
nations in the world to
experience its disastrous
consequences. Over 30 years
global warming has halved the
glaciers providing water for the
Altiplano plateau. An entire
large lake dried up completely in
December.
The Bolivian Bishops noted in
2012 that the gravest effects of
environmental change are
affect the poorest – in Bolivia’s
case through the inadequacy of
water supplies for raising crops.
In response, Bolivia
promulgated in 2010 the Law of
the Rights of Mother Earth
which follows not only in name
the prayers of St Francis of
Assisi and anticipated the
encyclical Laudato Si’ of Pope
Francis in 2015. The law treats
natural resources as “blessings
subject to special rights for
nature and proclaims the right
to pure water and clean air.”
The Catholic Church counts
Cafod as an organisation which,
in Pope Francis’ words, “works to
promote the common good and
to defend the environment”.
Harvest Fast Day last month
focused on work in the Altiplano
region and particularly on
Nicanora (pictured), who is 32-
years-old and lives with her
husband and four children. They
often go hungry to bed as
growing crops on the Altiplano
is difficult due to the extreme
weathers.
However, over the next two
years Nicanora will go on a
journey, where she will work
with our partners, to learn new
skills in modern and traditional
Bring food to share for lunch.
13: Annual Lewisham deanery cemetery
procession, Hither Green Cemetery.
Assemble at 2.15pm at the main gate in
Verdant Lane. Clergy will be available to
join mourners at the graveside of their
loved ones.
13: Closing of the holy door at St George’s
Cathedral to mark the end of the Year of
Mercy, after the 6pm Mass.
14: Essay writing workshop for those
studying for the Catholic Certificate in
Religious Studies, Centre for Catholic
farming techniques.
Cafod is making it possible for
its supporters in the UK to
follow progress in the life of
Nicanora and the Altiplano
community over the next two
years.
Cafod volunteers have for
many years given faithful
witness to the love and joy
which accompanies their work.
In this Year of Mercy and in the
light of the Pope’s Exhortation
Evangelii Gaudium, Cafod is
addressing an appeal to
Catholics to become volunteers
and to build communities here
in our parishes which offer
vibrant witness and evangelising
zeal through their faith and
solidarity with others.
Formation, Tooting Bec, 7.30pm – 8.45pm.
Free.
16: “Enemies of the state: religious
freedom and the new repression”, a
conference organised by
www.spiked-online.com at Conway Hall,
25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1, from
12 – 5pm. Speakers include Frank Furedi,
emeritus professor of sociology, Kent
University, Jodie Ginsberg, CEO, Index of
Censorship; and Roger Trigg, Professor of
Theology at St Cross College, Oxford. Free.
Book at www.eventbite.co.uk
Jubilee priests
Last month, 33 priests and deacons of the diocese
celebrated significant jubilees. Six priests have
served for a remarkable 60 years and five for 50
years. The event was marked by Mass at St
George’s Cathedral and lunch at Archbishop’s
House.
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The Pilgrim November 2016
Focus on faith
Healing the broken-hearted
It’s been over twenty years since the genocide that devastated Rwanda.
Michelle Slater of Missio says this small African nation are still in
need of practical, spiritual and emotional support
THE NEW
DIOCESAN
CATECHETICAL
CERTIFICATE
Fr Emmanuel
Nsengiyumva
This exciting new course, offered as a
collaboration between the CCF and the
School of the Annunciation, is an online,
systematic course for anyone wishing to
know their Catholic faith more deeply
and to develop the skills to share
this faith with others.
The blue DCC information booklet will be in
all parishes from the Jubilee Day for
Catechists (25 September 2016).
More information can be seen at
www.ccftootingbec.org.uk - including a
video introduction by Archbishop Peter Smith
- or call 01364 645660 or 020 8672 7684
School of the Annunciation
Centre for the New Evangelisation
Archdiocese
of Southwark
www.ccftootingbec.org.uk
Following years of ethnic tension, a
series of mass killings violently broke
out in Rwanda in April 1994. Over a
period of 100 days, approximately
one million people – 20 per cent of
the population – were brutally
tortured and killed in one of the
worst genocides the world has ever
seen.
Fr Emmanuel Nsengiyumva was just
18-years-old when the systematic
slaughter began. Born in Kigali, the
capital city, he was the fifth son in a
family of six children. He entered the
seminary in 1992 and was mid-way
through his studies when the
genocide took place.
During the genocide, Fr Emmanuel
lost two of his brothers and knows
well the deep emotional wounds of
his people: “Your relatives, your
mother, your father, your brothers, is
not only killed but they torture him
in front of you. Some of them would
die in two days… two days of agony…
I felt the wounds of my community,
as a Rwandan growing up in that
horrific atmosphere, sharing the pain
and misery of my compatriots.”
Today Fr Emmanuel has dedicated
his life to reaching out to his fellow
Rwandans and supporting them in the
healing process through the love and
mercy of Jesus Christ. His desire for
his people is that they will come to
forgive, heal and unite. There is
hope, he says, of reconciliation
between the perpetrators and
survivors.
Two of the many Rwandans that
are working through their pain are
Edouard and Immaculée (pictured
right), who have been married for 23
years. During the genocide, they hid
in the mountains with their extended
families. While they continued to
hide, hungry, thirsty and afraid, their
relatives decided to return and seek
refuge in their local Catholic Church
in Nyamata.
Knowing that the Church has
served as a safe haven for people
during previous conflicts, Immaculée
and Edouard’s families thought they
would be protected from the
violence. Devastatingly over the next
week, more than 10,000 people -
including Edouard and Immaculée’s
parents, as well as 15 brothers and
sisters between them - were brutally
killed in and around that church. The
church is now a genocide memorial of
bones and clothing of those who
tragically lost their lives.
Both carry deep wounds and
struggle with the trauma of their
past, which impacts every aspect of
their lives. Edouard recalls: “Just
after the genocide we visited the
church and tried to find our relatives,
but it was impossible because there
were just so many dead bodies.”
Immaculée continues to be haunted
by her memories: “The image of
genocide is still in my head and my
heart. I cannot forget what they did.”
Many of the local priests, sisters
and brothers in Rwanda are doing
what they can to share the loving
message of Jesus through counselling
and healing workshops which focus
on forgiveness and mercy. Edouard
explains, “The Church has helped us
to be strong, the priests have tried to
bring our community together.”
As the start of the genocide, 7th
April, falls near Easter, Fr Emmanuel
believes that the suffering, death
and resurrection of Jesus has great
relevance to the Rwandan people,
and that it is only through forgiveness
that broken hearts may be healed.
Some wounds only God’s love can
heal and this is what makes the work
of the Church so vitally important. Fr
Emmanuel is doing what he can to
support those whose lives have been
shattered look to the future with
hope.
As the Pope’s official charity for
overseas mission, Missio works to
answer the call to love God and to
love our neighbour by bringing the
hope of the Gospel where there is
turmoil, poverty and uncertainty in
the world.
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