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Ordinations end diocese’s long drought

BY FRANCESCA GILLETT

ONE OF Ireland’s largest rural archdioceses has seen its first ordinations in six years.

Two priests were ordained at Tuam Cathedral on Sunday by Archbishop Michael Neary of Tuam.

Fr Shane Sullivan, 29, and Fr Eugene O’Boyle, 27, are the first to be ordained in the Archdiocese of Tuam since Fr Patrick Burke in 2006.

In his homily Archbishop Neary said the men were “young, courageous individuals”, who faced a “daunting task”. He added that “in spite of the problems, this is a great time to be a priest”.

The ordination comes four years after the archbishop’s “One Life, One Call, One Response” campaign to encourage vocations. Archbishop Neary said the double ordination was a “wonderful occasion”. With the average age of the Tuam clergy at 64, diocesan secretary Fr Fintan Monahan said: “It means a lot to have the injection of the energy, enthusiasm and youthful vigour of two young men in their 20s”.

One of the newly ordained, IrishAmerican Fr Sullivan, said he was “over the moon” and that Sunday’s double ordination was a “great boost for many people”.

Born and raised in Minnesota, Fr Sullivan transferred to Tuam in 2008 after studying for the priesthood in his home diocese of Duluth. Fr Sullivan said his decision to finish his training and serve as a priest in Ireland was linked to his “great love for my heritage”.

This love has led him to learn the Irish language, a feat that he says has a “great pastoral importance” due to Tuam’s large bilingual population. He celebrated his first Mass in Gaelic on Monday.

After a “lukewarm and antagonistic phase” in his faith as a teenager, Fr Sullivan said he felt called to the priesthood after seeing family, friends and priests “living the faith in a joyful, totally devoted and enthusiastic, giving way”.

“The local community also really fostered vocations,” he said. “The youth group was hugely influential in opening me up to the thought of what does God have to do with my life or the direction that my life takes.”

Deacon Michael Knuth, vocations director in Duluth diocese, said Fr Sullivan’s “love for the Church in Ireland is a real inspiration”.

Also ordained was Fr Eugene O’Boyle from Claremorris, who entered the seminary in 2006 after completing a degree in manufacturing engineering.

The newly ordained priest said it was on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje at 18 that he first received his calling. He said that after eight years as a student he found the courage to follow his vocation.

Asked whether the ordinations signal the beginning of a recovery for the Irish Church, Fr O’Boyle said “it is a sign that God has not forgotten Ireland”.

Archbishop Neary ordains Fr Shane Sullivan, in the foreground, and Fr Eugene O’Boyle

Nursing homes take part in Irish Congress

BY ED WEST

THE 50TH International Eucharistic Congress is to offer Masses in nursing homes across Ireland over the coming week.

The Masses, which aim to reach out to residents in nursing homes, will give residents and staff the opportunity to mark the Eucharistic Congress by participating in the celebration.

The theme of the Mass links into one of the daily Congress themes, “Communion with Christ and with One Another in the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick in Nursing Homes and Places of Care”. The Congress opens on Sunday June 10, and the nationwide initiative in private and voluntary nursing homes is a partnership between IEC2012, Nursing Homes Ireland, and the Federation of Catholic Voluntary Nursing Homes.

Fr Kevin Doran, secretary general of the congress, said that those who are sick or frail due to old age must always have a central place in the ministry of the Church, as they had in the ministry of Jesus.

He said: “We thought it was important that those who are frail due to old age would not be excluded from the table of the Lord. The whole ministry of Jesus was about not just ministering to people but building people into a community, and restoring people into the community who had been excluded because of disease.

“Communion means the same as solidarity and it is also about restoring trust and mutual service, and in the light of everything that’s gone on in this country now is the right time to do this.

Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said the Mass was an integral part of the outreach of the Congress. “It will ensure that the theme of the Congress: the Eucharist; Communion with Christ and with One Another, reaches beyond the boundaries of the RDS [Royal Dublin Society] and Croke Park into the hearts and minds of all to whom the Eucharist gives meaning and life and particularly to our brothers and sisters, resident in the many nursing homes throughout the country.” Archbishop Martin will celebrate Mass at St Mary’s in Phoenix Park on June 5. Rosemarie Nolan, chairman of the

Federation of Catholic and Voluntary Nursing Homes said the Mass “allows residents to celebrate the International Eucharist Congress within their community in union with all participating in the official ceremonies in Dublin”.

Late-night penitential services have been set up for city shoppers in Dublin this month in preparation for the Congress, with Dublin churches, including the Pro-Cathedral, offering the service to entice Thursday night shoppers to pop in.

Dublin and Limerick will also be holding their first “Caminos” (walking pilgrimages), an idea inspired by the old custom in Rome of visiting seven churches during Lent.

Last week organisers of the Congress admitted they have had difficulty attracting corporate sponsors, which is due to cost an estimated €11.8m (£9.5m).

Fr Doran said they were conflident they were within budget and that “the people of Ireland have been very generous”.

About a quarter of the cost is being recouped through ticket sales, with another third through collections.

Between 10,000 and 12,000 people are expected to attend the congress’s lectures and workshops each day, with 223 keynote speakers and 160 workshops including talks, addresses, group reflections, meetings, concerts and plays.

Next Sunday over 80,000 people are expected to gather and celebrate Statio Orbis, the final Mass at Croke Park Stadium.

Churches offer cheap office space to start-up firms Archbishop joins vigil to launch 100 Days of Peace

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PARISH BUILDINGS across England could be used as office space if an innovative scheme in Hampshire expands.

The scheme, set up by a group of Catholics and Anglicans on the south coast, is to combat unemployment by offering parish property as office space.

Two churches, Portsmouth Anglican Cathedral and St Joseph and St Edmund’s Catholic church in Southampton, are offering office space in the scheme.

St Joseph and St Edmund’s, in a deprived inner city area, has supplied office space to a firm of ethical management consultants which provides pro bono advice to small businesses that have found themselves in trouble. The scheme is the brainchild of Deacon Stephen Morgan, financial secretary Portsmouth diocese, and Jacob Ro, parishioner of Sacred Heart diocese Portsmouth, after the Anglican cathedral offered £50,000 worth of office space at a peppercorn rent for 14 new startup business for the next five years.

The Cathedral Innovation Movement, as the AnglicanCatholic group is called, is now calling on parishes across the country to let their premises be used for businesses. Meanwhile, the Parity Trust, a local charity that offers loans to small businesses, has created a £225,000 fund for companies. The Royal Society of Arts was so impressed with the scheme that it asked to become involved.

The scheme was also praised in the House of Lords by Baroness Berridge, who said: “If 61 cathedrals in England joined them the Cathedral Innovation Centre would be a movement which, in the 61st year of the Queen’s reign, could see over 600 new businesses created. What a wonderful Jubilee legacy that would be.”

Among the firms being helped are technology spinoffs and student-founded starups, as well as a variety of firms such as painters and decorators. One of the schemes, Maths Squad, recruits retired maths teachers and gives one-to-one tuition for children in poverty.

Francis Davis, a Catholic involved with the group, said: “It was just before Occupy happened, and some of us, Catholic and Anglican, said: ‘Wouldn’t it be great, instead of these press releases and opeds in the Guardian, if some of us created concrete spaces where people can create jobs?’ If we can help a firm go from two to six people that really has a big impact on society...

“The vision would be for every cathedral to make space available. Every parish has a place to make one free desk.”

BY FRANCESCA GILLETT

ARCHBISHOP Vincent Nichols of Westminster will attend an Olympic Peace Prayer Vigil starting today in St Martin-inthe-Fields, Trafalgar Square.

The 12-hour Vigil of Prayer is part of 100 Days of Peace, a joint project of the dioceses of Westminster, Southwark and Brentwood.

The 100 Days of Peace initiative, which aims to create a “legacy of peace locally, nationally and internationally”, works within schools, parishes and communities for 50 days either side of the Games.

The vigil will incorporate music, drama, silent reflection and vocal prayer, culminating in a service attended by religious leaders and representatives including the Bishop of London the Rt Rev Richard Chartres and Archbishop Nichols.

Beginning at 11pm today, the vigil will see hourly prayers from different traditions. The Catholic Brazilian chaplaincies and the Buddhist Heart of London Sangha will take part.

Archbishop Nichols, Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark and Bishop Thomas McMahon of Brentwood have said the projecta “once-in-alifetime opportunity for Catholics within and beyond London to take action for peace”.

Prayers, which will centre primarily on peace, will also be said for athletes, visitors, participating nations and young people.

The vigil will celebrate the Sacred Truce which dates from the original Greek Olympics and enabled competitors to travel in peace.

A spokeswoman for the Diocese of Westminster said that “in an uncertain time for London’s security, for young people, for the homeless, for those being trafficked, or for those countries so poor that they struggle to send athletes to the Games, it is vital that we pause for a while, and pray together for peace.”

Schools will also be joining the celebrations in song, with choirs from St Mary’s Primary School, Crewe, and the BBC School Choir of the Year 2010 winners Maria Fidelis Convent School, Camden.

Also present will be organisations such as London Citizens, London Peace Alliance, World Vision, St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, Christian Aid, Cafod, the Movement for Abolition of War and the Anna Scher Theatre Council. A peace icon will also be travelling around churches in Westminster, Brentwood and Southwark during the 100 days.

The icon, which was painted at the Monastery of St John in the Desert, near Jerusalem, begins its journey today at St Patrick’s church in Wapping, east London.

NEWSBULLETIN This yearʼs Day for Life to focus on ʻgift of the bodyʼ THIS YEAR’S Day for Life will focus on the “gift of the human body”, the bishops’ conference announced last week.

The day is held annually to raise money and awareness for the pro-life cause in England and Wales and this year’s message concentrates on the human body itself.

It will, according to the bishops’ conference, highlight the marvellous achievements of the human body in events such as the Olympic and Paralympic games to be held in London this year, and the Commonwealth Games to be held in Scotland in 2014.

The day will also raise awareness about the importance of good health, the care of our body and the importance of exercise.

Publishing priest dies at age of 73 AN INDIAN priest who set up Catholic bookshops in four England cities has died at the age of 73.

Fr Sebastian Karamvelil entered the Society of St Paul in 1957 and was ordained a priest in 1970. He worked in different parts of India, including Kochi, Kerala, where he contributed to the first translation of the Bible into Malayalam, as well as the Philippines, Oman and Italy. He was transferred to England in 1987.

Five years later he was invited by Cardinal Basil Hume to open a bookshop next to Westminster Cathedral. The success of the shop led him to establish others in Leeds, Birmingham and York.

A spokesman for St Pauls Bookshop said he was a “man totally committed to the work of spreading the Gospel” and a “much -respected priest, businessman and friend”. He said: “The world of Christian publishing and retail will be much the poorer without him.”

Channel 4 told to edit DVD THE SCHOOLS Minister Nick Gibb has urged Channel 4 bosses to delete explicit scenes from a sex education video aimed at eight-year-olds.

According to the Daily Mail, Mr Gibb held a meeting with the channel’s executives and told them that parents would be “shocked and surprised” by the content of the film. The minister has also criticised councils for recommending the DVD.

Rite for unborn is approved THE RITE of blessing for the unborn child is approved for use by the bishops’ conference of England and Wales, it emerged this week.

The blessing forms part of the US Book of Blessings but, according to John Smeaton, director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, also approved for interim use in England and Wales. The rite was approved by Rome earlier this year.

Contraceptive pill ʻpolluting waterʼ SCIENTISTS have estimated it will cost Britain £30bn to purify the water system from the toxic effects of the contraceptive pill. The estimate was made by professors Richard Owen and Susan Jobling in a paper in Nature.

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Bishop chides Clegg over same-sex marriage

Bishop Davies: our leaders pay lip service to notion of family while seeking to undermine it

BY ED WEST

POLITICIANS who pay lip service to the value of the family must act to defend it rather than undermine it, Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury has said.

Speaking in a homily during the National Association of Catholic Families annual pilgrimage to Walsingham, in Norfolk, Bishop Davies said that marriage needed to be “protected” and politicians should beware of simply paying “lip service” to family values.

During a homily at the shrine Bishop Davies addressed comments by the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, who recently said that plans for same-sex marriage would not alter religious freedoms.

He said: “The Deputy Prime Minister was recently reported as saying he could not understand why Christians and other people of faith saw a legal redefinition of marriage as a matter of conscience: it would not, he claimed, impinge on religious freedoms. Experience, of course, might make us cautious of such assurances, even those given by a Deputy Prime Minister, that this agenda will not threaten religious freedom.

“However, our concern is not only with religious freedom but also the enormous good which marriage represents as foundational to family life.”

He continued: “today we see a Government, without mandate, disposing of any credible consultation, seeking to impose one of the greatest acts of ‘social engineering’ in our history in uprooting the legal definition of marriage. Marriage lies at the very foundation of the family.

“For all generations to come one generation of politicians sets out to demolish in the name of an ‘equality agenda’ the understanding of marriage that has served as the timeless foundation for the family.

“The Government is seeking to do this at the very moment when marriage as an institution has been more weakened than ever before. Yet it asks: why are people of faith concerned?”

Bishop Davies added: “So far from weakening and confusing the foundation of the family we invite our political leaders to give back to the institution of marriage and the family the recognition and confidence it deserves.”

Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, meanwhile, has called on the Government to allow a free vote on the forthcoming same-sex marriage legislation.

The archbishop said: “The Government’s proposal to change the definition of marriage is a profound legal

Bishop Davies says the Government is ‘seeking to impose one of the greatest acts of social engineering in our history’ Photo: Mazur reform which, if enacted, would have major long-term consequences for our society. It is very important in my view that Members of Parliament of all parties should be given a free vote on an issue of such major significance. It is an issue of conscience because fundamental moral questions are at stake about the true meaning of marriage and how the common good of society is best served.

“Our concerns about the Government’s proposals, which are shared by many of all faiths and none, are not only about what happens in churches. What is at stake is the meaning of marriage for everyone, and it is important politicians of all parties are free to express and act on their own principled view.”

Last month House of

Commons leader Sir George Young said that Conservative MPs would have a free vote as the issue involved “matters of conscience”.

But, Mr Clegg said it was it wrong to let the issue become a “great free-for-all” as it was a Government commitment.

The Prime Minister and other Tory Ministers support samesex marriage, but many backbenchers oppose it, as does Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson, who recently became the most high-profile opponent within the coalition. Defence Secretary Philip

Hammond has said that gay marriage is not a priority and that the Government has to focus “on the things that matter to the people in this country”. Neither the Conservatives or the Liberal Democrats proposed legalising gay marriage in their manifestos and the Liberal Democrats endorsed the policy only four months after the last general election.

More than 540,000 people have now signed the Coalition for Marriage’s Petition for Marriage, the largest in modern British history.

Archbishop Smith cowrote the Church’s recent letter defending marriage, with Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster.

Last week, at the annual Mass in Westminster Cathedral where 500 couples with a combined total 31,850 years of marriage between them were invited for a blessing, Archbishop Nichols spoke of “damaging consequences” if it abandoned the link between sexual relations and creating children.

Meanwhile a group of gay Catholics, has announced support for “proposed legislation to redefine marriage to allow homosexuals to marry in civil ceremonies”.

Quest,’ who were removed from the Catholic Directory in 1999, said: “If, as we believe, all love and fidelity between human beings has its ultimate grounding in God, then Quest sees no inherent reason why the dedication of two human beings, committed in a public act of self-giving and devotion, should not take place in an explicitly religious setting.”

Archbishop: Queen’s coronation is my first TV memory

BY ED WEST

ARCHBISHOP Vincent Nichols of Westminster celebrated Mass to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on Tuesday at the conclusion of a four-day weekend in which Catholic leaders joined in the celebration, marking the Queen’s 60 years on the throne.

In his homily the archbishop thanked the Queen for her duty and service, and expressed his gratitude her for the welcome that she gave to Pope Benedict XVI when he visited in 2010.

Archbishop Nichols, who was six when the Queen came to the throne, said: “The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the first thing I ever saw on television, in our neighbour’s house. Yet the moment is still vivid in my mind. The young, beautiful queen, the grandeur of the event, the solemnity of the anointing at its central moment, the size and weight of the crown bearing down on her head, the joy and fun of the party in the street later that day.”

The archbishop said that after decades of huge economic, social and political change “there has been something about Her Majesty that has not changed at all. She has retained an inner quality, yet one that is clearly visible, throughout all these vicissitudes: a quality of stillness, of calm, of serenity.”

The Queen’s reign has seen Catholicism move towards the mainstream of society, and the Queen has met several popes, as well as making a historic visit to Ireland last year. Archbishop Nichols spoke of “her gracious words of appreciation of the ‘special contribution’ made to society by the Catholic Church, spoken in the presence of Pope Benedict at the Palace of Holyroodhouse”.

He continued: “She understands, too, that the fulfilment of all our hopes comes not in this world but in the next, in the glorious fulfilment that has been put before us in the first reading from the Book of the Apocalypse. There the light of both day and night is the radiant glory of God; there the water of life flows in abundance, rising from the throne of God; there the tree of life is our greatest family tree which offers us healing from our broken human efforts. There we will see the Majesty of God, face to face, and every Jubilee will be fulfilled beyond measure.

“Much has been said, and quite rightly so, about our Queen’s remarkable record of service to our nation, to the Commonwealth and to the entire community of nations. I am sure that it is her Christian faith that lies at the heart of this commitment to service. Service demands a greater good which lifts those who serve beyond self-interest. A life of total service requires a greater good which goes beyond all that this world can offer. Faith in God as a loving Father is what lies at the heart of life-long service. In this we are indeed blessed in our Queen.”

On Sunday more than 1,000 ships and boats sailed along the River Thames in a pageant watched by over 100,000 people, despite the rain. Archbishop

Nichols was on board one of the ships, with Archbishop George Stack of Cardiff and other faith leaders.

Archbishop Nichols was also in attendance at the national thanksgiving service held at St Paul’s earlier on Tuesday, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury gave the sermon.

Dr Williams said: “We are marking today the anniversary of one historic and very public act of dedication – a dedication that has endured faithfully, calmly and generously through most of the adult lives of most of us here. We are marking six decades of living proof that public service is possible and that it is a place where happiness can be found.

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Westminster’s ‘oldest altar boy’ made a knight BY MADELEINE TEAHAN

ONE OF Westminster Cathedral’s longest-standing altar servers has been awarded a papal knighthood.

extremely popular in the House of Commons. I am sure everyone in Hyndburn will want to celebrate this award.”

Ken Hargreaves, who served for 60 years on the altar, has been honoured by Pope Benedict XVI with a Knighthood of the Order of St Gregory in recognition of his work while he served as an MP and afterwards.

The knighthood was presented to Mr Hargreaves by his parish priest, Mgr John Daly, at a small gathering of close friends, colleagues and parishioners at the East Lancashire Hospice where he is being cared for.

Born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, Mr Hargreaves ran for Parliament in 1983 out of concern for unborn children and was elected for the Hyndburn constituency.

Mr Hargreaves, who is seriously ill, said: “I was deeply moved to be told this wonderful news. It’s a special blessing from Pope Benedict, not for me, but for all the men and women who throughout my life, especially through their support of Right to Life and Life, have refused to accept the killing of the unborn and who have opposed abortion and euthanasia. Every l ife is unique, every life is precious – and we must renew our efforts to stop the terrible tide of killing, what Pope John Paul called ‘the culture of death’, and learn again to cherish and uphold the sanct i ty of human l ife from conception until natural death.”

Throughout his career as an MP he always supported the pro-life cause and never missed a vote on any pro-life issue. He also helped to establish the Right to Life Charitable Trust.

Ann Widdecombe, his friend and former colleague, said: “This is excellent news. Ken has been an absolute stalwart of the pro-life fight for decades, and it is only right that his unstinting support for the cause should be recognised in this way. He was an assiduous Member of Parliament, serving his constituents well, and was

Crossbench peer Lord Alton said: “Ken has been a real friend to me personally, to the pro-life cause as a whole, and to all those who turned to him over many years for support, advice or assistance.

“The award is thoroughly deserved, and visiting him on the day of its announcement, I was privileged to be one of the first to call him ‘Sir Ken’!”

Mr Hargreaves was jokingly referred to by Private Eye as “the oldest altar boy at Westminster”.

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Phyllis Bowman Memorial Service

Phyllis Bowman Memorial Service

Phyllis Bowman Memorial Service and Lobby of Parliament and Lobby of Parliament and Lobby of Parliament

A National Memorial Service and Mass in thanksgiving for the

A National Memorial Service and Mass in thanksgiving for the

A National Memorial Service and Mass in thanksgiving for the life and work of the late Phyllis Bowman DSG, the founder and director of Right To Life, will be held in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday July 3rd at 5.30 p.m. led by The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. All are very welcome to attend.

life and work of the late Phyllis Bowman DSG, the founder and director of Right To Life, will be held in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday July 3rd at 5.30 p.m. led by The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. All are very welcome to attend.

life and work of the late Phyllis Bowman DSG, the founder and director of Right To Life, will be held in Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday July 3rd at 5.30 p.m. led by The Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster. All are very welcome to attend.

For those attending, we are asking that they try and make an

For those attending, we are asking that they try and make an

For those attending, we are asking that they try and make an appointment with their MP prior to the day and meet them either before or after they attend the service to ensure that their MP is briefed with our arguments against euthanasia (there is a Dignity in Dying lobby being held the following day, 4th July, which is clearly intended to be a platform for launching a new initiative to legalise euthanasia).

appointment with their MP prior to the day and meet them either before or after they attend the service to ensure that their MP is briefed with our arguments against euthanasia (there is a Dignity in Dying lobby being held the following day, 4th July, which is clearly intended to be a platform for launching a new initiative to legalise euthanasia).

appointment with their MP prior to the day and meet them either before or after they attend the service to ensure that their MP is briefed with our arguments against euthanasia (there is a Dignity in Dying lobby being held the following day, 4th July, which is clearly intended to be a platform for launching a new initiative to legalise euthanasia).

To find out more about the Memorial Service, to register your

To find out more about the Memorial Service, to register your

To find out more about the Memorial Service, to register your intention to attend, to obtain Phyllis Bowman Memorial Cards, to make a donation in memory of Phyllis or to download briefing notes and materials and information on lobbying your MP, please visit www.righttolifetrust.org.uk or email Marietta@righttolife.org.uk or Eleanor@righttolife.org.uk intention to attend, to obtain Phyllis Bowman Memorial Cards, to make a donation in memory of Phyllis or to download briefing notes and materials and information on lobbying your MP, please visit www.righttolifetrust.org.uk or email Marietta@righttolife.org.uk or Eleanor@righttolife.org.uk intention to attend, to obtain Phyllis Bowman Memorial Cards, to make a donation in memory of Phyllis or to download briefing notes and materials and information on lobbying your MP, please visit www.righttolifetrust.org.uk or email Marietta@righttolife.org.uk or Eleanor@righttolife.org.uk

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