A PhD student from Lincoln University is doing research in the field of health care for people with multiple health conditions. She needs to find people of over-55s with more than one long term health condition, especially in the East Midlands. She is wondering if there might be anyone matching this description at our Church who might be willing to help by filling out a questionnaire?
The questionnaire can be completed online (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CareNav) or paper copies with prepaid return envelopes can be supplied.
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Thursday, 10 September 2015
Newsletter for 12/13 September - Sunday 24(B)
Click here to read this weekend's newsletter.
You will see a monochrome copy of the Crucifixion of St Peter by Caravaggio in the newsletter.
Here it is in full colour.
You will see a monochrome copy of the Crucifixion of St Peter by Caravaggio in the newsletter.
Here it is in full colour.
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Pope Francis reforms the process for marital nullity cases
The news media have been carrying the story of the documents issued by Pope Francis today. The Pope issued two Apostolic Letters by which he introduced reforms to the legal structures of the Church, which deal with questions of marital nullity. The secular media often fail to understand issues of this kind correctly, so I thought it might be helpful to provide a link to this concise analysis. I am not a canon lawyer, but this appears to be pretty reliable. It is certainly more realistic that what you are likely to hear on the radio or TV news!
As always, if you have any questions on this, especially if this has personal relevance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am here to help.
As always, if you have any questions on this, especially if this has personal relevance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am here to help.
Monday, 7 September 2015
From Bishop's House - Refugee Crisis
Like every priest in the Diocese I received this email from Bishop's House today:
The situation is developing day by day. I guess we all feel we would like to respond in a useful and compassionate fashion, but feel anxious and uncertain as to how this could be worked out in a practical way. Could I ask you read the second paragraph of the email above again, and reflect prayerfully on it.
As the possibility of a local ecumenical initiative is mentioned, I have already contacted other local ministers. One of them tells me that Sweet Memory Lane on Elford Street is organising a collection of baby and children's clothes to be sent to places where refugees need help.
Please think and pray, and come back to me with any ideas you have. I will keep you in touch with developments.
Update: Since I posted this, I have seen this statement from Cardinal Nichols promising: "Guidance will follow shortly on how the Catholic community in England and Wales can practically respond to this refugee crisis."
Dear Father,
You may have seen yesterday that Pope Francis, speaking after the Angelus in St Peter’s Square, has asked Catholic organisations in Europe to offer some form of hospitality to refugees. How this is best accomplished depends on what a parish, etc., can do practically.
Bishop Patrick would very much appreciate it if you and your parishioners could give some creative thought to how some solidarity and welcome could be expressed to those fleeing war-torn countries, which could take the form of a local ecumenical initiative, and he asks that you do whatever you can to help those who are suffering in this way.
With best wishes,
Rev Andrew Cole BA STL JCL
Private Secretary to the Bishop of Nottingham
The situation is developing day by day. I guess we all feel we would like to respond in a useful and compassionate fashion, but feel anxious and uncertain as to how this could be worked out in a practical way. Could I ask you read the second paragraph of the email above again, and reflect prayerfully on it.
As the possibility of a local ecumenical initiative is mentioned, I have already contacted other local ministers. One of them tells me that Sweet Memory Lane on Elford Street is organising a collection of baby and children's clothes to be sent to places where refugees need help.
Please think and pray, and come back to me with any ideas you have. I will keep you in touch with developments.
Update: Since I posted this, I have seen this statement from Cardinal Nichols promising: "Guidance will follow shortly on how the Catholic community in England and Wales can practically respond to this refugee crisis."
Thursday, 3 September 2015
The Cardinal speaks on the refugee crisis
Click here to see what Cardinal Nichols said on ITV News.
"People are beginning to see the human face of this suffering, so it's no longer an abstract problem of people who are on the scrounge, it's not.
It's people who are desperate for the sake of their families, their elderly, their youngsters, their children, and the more we see that the more the opportunity for a political response that's a bit more generous is growing.
What is screaming out is the human tragedy of this problem."
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
The Church - Worldwide and Local
One is the letter of Pope Francis for the upcoming Year of Mercy. You can read it on the Catholic Herald site here.
The second is a petition to oppose the Assisted Dying Bill, shortly to come before Parliament. This petition has been started by a student from De Lisle College. You can read more about it on the Leicester Mercury site here and sign the petition here.
The witness of the Catholic Church to God's mercy and the sanctity of human life is expressed to the whole world by the Holy Father, but also to us locally through a student at one of our Catholic Schools.
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