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Castleford Team Parish

Parish Magazine - April 2013 50p

April 2013

CLERGY Rector: Fr. Michael Wood, The Rectory, 15 Barnes Road, Castleford WF10 5AA frmw@hotmail.co.uk

01977 518127

Team Vicar: Fr. Mark Watkins, The Vicarage, St Michaels Close, Castleford WF10 4EY wattycm@me.com

01977 511659

Asst. Curate: Fr Paul Atkinson, 01977 512404 The Vicarage, Churchfield Lane, Glasshoughton WF10 4BP fr.paul.atkinson@live.co.uk Polish Priest: Fr. Greg Ruszczynski, Parish Reader: Phillip Godfrey Lay Pastoral Minister: Mrs Lynda Maw

07842 883648 01924 267698 01977 518078

Parish Office: (Enquiries for Baptisms) Saturdays at 10.00-10.30am at All Saint’s Church, Castleford.

Editor, Magazine & Pew Sheets (including Diary Dates): Andrew Goyns, magazine.ctp@btinternet.com 01924 898593 2

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THE RECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends, This letter is due to be published in time for Easter day, so “Christ is risen, He is risen indeed! Alleluia!”

On these long, cold, snowy, spring nights I have been reading a description of life in London in the 1870’s. The subject of the book almost doesn’t matter, what is fascinating is the style and language which is used; it is just so descriptive and so detailed. We don’t do that in our generation, we say what we have to say and we just get it over and done with.

A description of Easter from the 1870’s would be so different from what it would be today. Time would have been taken to describe the church, the services and above all the message of Easter. Easter, most definitely, is not something to be over and done with, it is something to be lived and celebrated. The darkness of the cross brings the dawning light of a brand-new day. At the time of Jesus that could not have been known, but we in our generation know and therefore it is up to us to let others know and not just to get it over with. After all one of the first things Jesus told Mary Magdalene to do on Easter morning was “Go and tell” Those of you who have walked the Stations of the Cross during Lent and Holy Week might have realised that there are many different versions and styles of meditation; one of them is based upon the Stations in Portsmouth Cathedral and at the end of that meditation we read: “It takes ordinary men and women as we are to proclaim him Lord of life now. His dying was our dying and his rising is our rising. In our Easer life we proclaim Good News to the afflicted, liberty to captives. Lord, send us forth in your Spirit; empower us to be your witnesses to the world so that all may see the salvation of our God” (continued on page 4) 3

April 2013 (continued from page 3) That all sounds a bit churchy, what it means ultimately is that if Easter is to mean anything, then it is up to us to say so, to say it often and to say it loud that “Christ is risen, He is Risen indeed.”

With my love and prayers for this joyful Easter-tide.

ELECTORAL ROLL In last month’s magazine we said that it was time to renew our Electoral Roll, the list of Church membership. If you did not manage to complete your application or to hand it in, would you be kind enough to do so and let Fr. Michael have the form as soon as possible. Even though the official deadline for applications has passed names can still be added, so it is not too late.

Thank you to all who completed the forms; that is very much appreciated.

The Roll has to be renewed every six years and it is always interesting to observe the changes which take place during that time. There are those who have moved on to higher things, those who are no longer with us for more earthly reasons but also it is always wonderful to see the names of those who were not with us six years ago and are now a vital part of our community.

Our new Roll is significantly smaller than the previous ones for St Michaels and the Team Parish, it is now a combined Roll but it does reflect more fully our membership.

If you are aware of any members who haven’t filled in a new application form please pass one on to them, it is never too late to be a member of the Church.

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ANNUAL GENERAL PAROCHIAL MEETING The AGPM will take place on Wednesday 24th April, Mass at 7pm followed immediately by the business meeting and this year we will be at Hightown.

As well as receiving reports for the past year we will also elect our new Officers for the coming year. Usually the members of the PCC, five for each church, are elected to serve for three years but we have got this in a bit of a muddle and so I proposed to the PCC that this year we re-elect all members afresh and then start a new cycle again.

The PCC is a vital part of our community, the work is not difficult but the commitment is important. Please ask yourself if you are able to offer yourself.

We also elect our Church Wardens, who serve for a year at a time, at this meeting.

Please ask yourself if you could serve as a Warden – we have one for each church and a deputy warden for each church.

The AGPM is a short meeting, not usually much fun I admit, but it is essential. Do please make every effort to be with us that night and not just leave it to the usual bunch.

Your Church needs you!

Fr M

BISHOP CALLS FOR PRAYERS FOR STARVING CONSUMERS AND STRUGGLING FARMERS The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Rev Stephen Platten, has called on people to pray for the whole food production chain - from struggling farmers to those who are going hungry. "The world produces enough food for everyone, yet nearly a billion people are starving," said Bishop Stephen.

Backing the ‘Enough Food For Everyone If’ campaign, the Bishop emphasised the call for governments, companies and individuals to work together to reduce hunger and food-wastage worldwide. (continued on page 7) 6

April 2013 (continued from page 6) Those who produce food “also need prayers”. Farmers in the UK, for example, are facing cuts in their income of up to 50 per cent due to weather damage, according to latest estimates from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. “Such crop failures can happen anywhere, so, while we pray for an end to global hunger, we should pray for those who produce the food, too."

CHURCH DELIGHT AS END TO ‘MISERY MAKING’ SCRAP METAL TRADE The Church of England has warmly welcomed the passing of the Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, which recently cleared its final legislative hurdle in the House of Lords.

The Chair of the Church of England's Cathedral and Church Buildings Council, Mrs Anne Sloman, OBE, said: "We are absolutely delighted that this two year campaign, led by the CofE's Cathedrals and Church Buildings Council, will now become law. We are thankful that the deleterious and misery making unregulated trade in scrap metal might now be brought to an end through proper regulation leading to a reduction in crime for communities across the country.”

The Bill will introduce effective regulation of the Scrap Metal Trade and finally ends anonymous access to cash for scrap metal. In March 2011 a report to the Home Office from the Church Buildings Council called for new regulation of scrap yards to regulate the trade effectively and take away the incentive for metal theft.

The regulation called for has been given in the Act, consolidating cashless trading, a licensing system, a national register of scrap yards and compulsory taking of identification at the point of sale. The police will have powers of entry to enforce the new regulations and to close yards where illegal activity is suspected.

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ST GEORGE - OUR PATRON SAINT WHO ISN’T ENGLISH

by David Winter It’s perhaps typical of the English that they should have a patron saint who isn’t English, about whom next to nothing is known for sure, and who may not have existed at all. That didn’t stop him being patriotically invoked in many battles, notably at Agincourt and in the Crusades, and of course it is his cross that adorns the flags of English football fans to this day.

It’s most likely that he was a soldier, a Christian who was martyred for his faith somewhere in Palestine, possibly at Lydda, in the early fourth century.

At some point in the early centuries of the Church he became associated with wider military concerns, being regarded as the patron saint of the Byzantine armies. There is no doubt that he was held as an example of the ‘godly soldier’, one who served Christ as bravely and truly as he served his king and country.

The story of George and the dragon is of much later date and no one seems to know where it comes from. By the middle ages, when George was being honoured in stained glass, the dragon had become an invaluable and invariable visual element, so that for most people the two are inseparable. Pub signs have a lot to answer for here: ‘The George and Dragon’.

However, it’s probably more profitable to concentrate on his role as a man who witnessed to his faith in the difficult setting of military service, and in the end was martyred for his faithfulness to Christ.

The idea of the ‘Christian soldier’ was, of course, much loved by the Victorian hymn-writers - ’Onward, Christian soldiers!’. The soldier needs discipline.

The heart of his commitment is to obedience. The battle cannot be avoided nor the enemy appeased. He marches and fights alongside others, and he is loyal to his comrades. In the end, if the battle is won, he receives the garlands of victory, the final reward of those who overcome evil. (continued on page 11) 10

April 2013 (continued from page 10) St George’s Day presents a challenge and an opportunity. The challenge is to distance the message of his life from the militarism and triumphalism that can easily attach itself to anything connected to soldiers and fighting. The opportunity is to celebrate the ideal of the ‘Christian soldier’ - one who submits to discipline, sets out to obey God truly, does not avoid the inevitable battle with all that is unjust, wrong and hateful in our world, and marches alongside others fighting the same noble cause. Discipline, obedience, courage, fellowship and loyalty - they’re not the most popular virtues today, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t deserve our gratitude and admiration.

"LACK OF SUPPORT AND RESPECT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IS SHOCKING," SAYS BISHOP OF RIPON & LEEDS The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, the Rt Revd. John Packer, has been “shocked” by the “lack of support and respect” shown in this country to those who have fled “in terror” from their own countries. Bishop John was speaking at the launch of a report from a cross-party parliamentary inquiry into Asylum Support for Children and Young People. He added that an increasing proportion of those seeking asylum in this country are fleeing from religious persecution, and that the increasing abuse of blasphemy laws around the world was part of the problem.

The Inquiry, led by Sarah Teather MP and supported by the Children's Society, looked at how asylum seeking children and families are supported by the Home Office. The Report reveals that “alarmingly low levels of asylum support are forcing thousands of children and their families seeking safety in the UK into severe poverty, putting babies' and mothers' lives at risk.”

Among its recommendations the report urges the Government to: * Make sure asylum support for all children is in line with mainstream benefits * *

Abolish the cashless support system ('Section 4') immediately Allow parents to work so they can provide for their families and prevent them from being pushed into destitution.

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CROSSWORD Across: 1 ‘The baby in my — leaped for joy’ (Luke 1:44) (4) 3 A ‘don’t know’ in matters of faith (8) 9 In the distant past (Jeremiah 2:20) (4,3) 10 Armada (1 Kings 10:22) (5) 11 Where Moses was confronted with the burning bush (Exodus 3:1) (5) 12 Hair colour indicative of skin infection (Leviticus 13:30) (6) 14 ‘The worries of this life and the — of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful’ (Matthew 13:22) (13) 17 Expel (2 Kings 13:23) (6) 19 What Jesus wrapped round his waist when he washed his disciples’ feet (John 13:4) (5) 22 The sixth plague to afflict the Egyptians (Exodus 9:9) (5) 23 For nine (anag.) (7) 24 Where there is no time (Psalm 93:2) (8) 25 Goliath’s challenge to the Israelite army in the Valley of Elah: ‘This day I — the ranks of Israel!’ (1 Samuel 17:10) (4) Down: 1 ‘I will become angry with them and forsake them; I — — my face from them’ (Deuteronomy 31:17) (4,4) 2 Usual description of prophets such as Amos, Hosea, Micah, and so on (5) 4 ‘They cannot see the light of the gospel of the — — — , who is the image of God’ (2 Corinthians 4:4) (5,2,6) 5 An animal’s internal edible parts (Leviticus 4:11) (5) 6 Popular 20th-century religious novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, which became a 1953 film starring Richard Burton (3,4) 7 ‘A — on a hill cannot be hidden’ (Matthew 5:14) (4) 8 One of the exiles, a descendant of Bebai, who married a foreign woman (Ezra 10:28) (6) 13 Old Testament hymn-singing (8) 15 ‘And O what transport of delight from thy pure — floweth’ (7) 16 Of felt (anag.) (3,3) 18 ‘So — the — sets you free, you will be free indeed’ (John 8:36) (2,3) 20 Comes between ‘bad’ and ‘worst’ (John 5:14) (5) 21 ‘Neither height nor depth... will be — to separate us from the love of God’ (Romans 8:39) (4) (solution on page 25)

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PUZZLES WORDSEARCH Chasuble, Credence Table, Cross, Crucifixion, Cruet, Dalmatic, Deacon, Dedication, Eastertide, Francis, God, Hymns, Jews, Job, Joppa, Lord, Peace, Peter, Retain, Revelation, Simon, Thomas, Tiberius, You, Zebedee.

This month there are 25 words to find and as usual the remaining letters will give a phrase from the Bible.

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PLANNING AHEAD - ADVANCE NOTICE MAY 2013 Saturday 4th

Coffee Morning at Hightown 10.00am—Noon

Thursday 9th

ASCENSION DAY

Sunday 12th

ME Awareness Day (Article in May Magazine)

Sunday 25th

Parish Mass at St Michael’s at 10.00am

Thursday 30th

CORPUS CHRISTI

CHILDREN’S SOCIETY Boxes are due to be emptied in April.

Please could you start bringing them to Church as soon as possible.

Thank You.

Jean Randall

COPY FOR May ISSUE Contributions for the magazine are always welcome and articles/photos intended for the next issue of the Parish Magazine should be handed in by:MONDAY 22ND APRIL 2013 Please send ‘Dates for the Diary’ by the same date, or as soon as they are arranged, to:Andrew Goyns: e-mail: magazine.ctp@btinternet.com Tel: 01924 898593

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APRIL CALENDAR Saturday 6th

Coffee Morning at Hightown

Monday 8th

10.00am-noon

Feast of the Annunciation Mass at St Paul’s followed

By Soup Lunch

12 noon

Wednesday 17th

PCC Meeting 7.30pm To approve accounts (Watch pew sheet for more information)

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL MEETING At Hightown

Wednesday 24th April 2013 at 7.30pm Preceded by Mass at 7pm (See Notice on page 6)

Sunday 28th

PARISH MASS at St Paul’s, Glasshoughton

10.00am

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION AT HOME? IF YOU ARE HOUSEBOUND OR UNABLE TO COME TO CHURCH, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE CLERGY AND THEY WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU TO TAKE COMMUNION AT HOME.

OUR MINISTRY TEAM

RECOGNISES THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MINISTRY AND IS KEEN TO HELP.

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READINGS FOR APRIL 7th April -

The Second Sunday of Easter (W) Acts 5: 27-32 Psalm 118: 14-end Revelation 1: 4-8 John 20: 19-end

8th April (Monday)

THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (W) Isiah 7: 10-14 Psalm 40: 5-10 Hebrews 10: 4-10 Luke 1: 26-38

14th April

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The Third Sunday of Easter (W) Acts 9: 1-6 Psalm 30 Revelation 5: 11-14 John 21: 1-19

21st April

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter (W) Acts 9: 36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7: 9-17 John 10: 22-30

28th April

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter (W) Acts 11: 1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21: 1-6 John 13: 31-35

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ARCHBISHOP'S PRAYER PILGRIMAGE More than a thousand people came onto the streets of Norwich to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, as he began his five-day prayer pilgrimage leading up to his enthronement.

Around 80 children from local church schools were at the Forum, in the heart of Norwich, to greet the Archbishop. They joined the crowd that Archbishop Justin and the Bishop of Norwich, Graham James then led through the city to the Cathedral, where he spent the afternoon leading different kinds of prayers from the Anglican tradition.

Addressing the crowds at the Forum, Archbishop Justin recalled fond childhood memories in Norfolk before leading a prayer against deprivation and unemployment in the region.

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NEWS FROM OUR FAMILY & CHILDREN’S WORKER PARENT & TODDLER GROUP & HOLIDAY CLUB During March the Parent & Toddler Group has seen an expansion to four sessions a week with two new sessions being launched at Hightown on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12.45pm to 2.45pm.

Easter Holiday Activity Sessions have been arranged for Tuesday 2nd & Wednesday 3rd April at St Michael’s and Thursday 4th & Friday 5th at Hightown. All sessions being from 1pm-3pm.

The cost of all sessions is £1.50 per family and parents are expected to stay with their children.

There will be no group meetings between 8th-11th April 2013.

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MONDAY – 5.30pm & 7.00pm –

The Glasshoughton Centre, Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford.

Your Consultant’s name is Jean – Tel: 0113 286 4255 TUESDAY – 6.30pm –

St Joseph’s Catholic Church Hall, Pontefract Road, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Vanessa – Tel: 01977 557843 THURSDAY – 9.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm –

Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Powell Street, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Caroline – Tel: 01977 793096

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April 2013 Editor: The Rev Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’…

Courtesy: Parish Pump

BEWARE WHEN THE CHOIRS MEET The Rectory St. James the Least My dear Nephew Darren You agonised recently over your ecumenical service: who should be invited?

Who should preach? What about the order of service? If you had attended our recent combined churches’ choir festival, your own dilemmas would have seemed a little less acute.

At the pre-meeting, there was heated discussion about whether those choirs who normally wore robes would be comfortable standing among those who didn’t. The more aesthetically sensitive worried whether St. Agatha’s pea green cassocks may clash with our red ones. Intending to be helpful, but phrasing it rather badly, someone suggested that the normally robed choirs should wear nothing. Colonel Wainwright was a little too quick to chuckle.

I began to wonder if a prize was to be awarded to the person who raised the greatest number of concerns: Should the choirs stay separate? Would the tenors be next to the altos or the basses? Where would extra seating be placed? Would the heating be on for the rehearsal? Then came what you would call the ‘elephant in the room’: of all the choirmasters, who would conduct and who play the organ? Tension mounted, and expressions grew grim.

But before the committee started to dig trenches in my carpet and position howitzers under the desk, I briefly left the room, turned off all the electricity and claimed we’d had a power cut. This is a useful device for truculent committees; sadly, it can be used only rarely.

Come the day, an uneasy truce lasted while everyone adopted the traditional solution to disagreement within congregations, and did exactly what they wanted. Some were robed, some were not, some choirs congealed in their own huddles, while others joyfully sat next to people from other churches – mainly so they could point out their neighbour’s wrong notes. Some sang in the right key, some sang in the wrong key, some sang what sounded like quite different songs altogether.

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April 2013 (Continued from page 22) The service ended with one choir thinking that the organist had played too loudly, while another choir thought that the conductor wasn’t up to much.

Everyone agreed afterwards that we must do it again, while firmly stating that if their own choirmaster didn’t conduct next year, they wouldn’t be there.

Thankfully, one fundamental thing on the day united them: they all said that our church was too cold.

Your loving uncle, Eustace

GRANTS TO HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Grants of up to £5000 are being offered until the end of May by the Archbishop of York Youth Trust’s small Grants programme. “Our aim is to help and enable young people from some of the poorest parts of the North of England to be the change they want to see, by helping them find ways to make their communities better,” says Robin Rolls, Director of the Youth Trust. “We’re looking to support projects where young people are making a difference where they live.”

Since its inception in 2009, the Trust has offered grants across the North of England. The M 13 Youth Project in Manchester, a street-based specialist scheme working with young people often labelled as ‘hard to reach’, has received two grants of £1000. Christchurch Armley Youth Project in Leeds was awarded grants totalling over £12,000 towards monitoring young people involved in the scheme. “The Trustees are particularly keen to hear from any projects in locations between Nottingham and Carlisle where young people are taking the initiative to change their communities for the better,” says Robin.

Founder of the Trust, the Archbishop of York said, “I want my Youth Trust to send a message out to passionate young people that they can make a positive difference in their local communities. They really can be the change they want to see. We may feel our own contribution is small, but it is small drops of water which turn waterwheel. Get involved today!”

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LEEDS CHILDREN'S HEART SURGERY UNIT HIGH COURT DECISION PRAISED Campaigners trying to keep child heart surgery in Leeds won a legal challenge at the High Court recently. The High Court’s decision upheld the challenge by local campaigners that the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts’ review process and decision was unfair and legally flawed.

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, visited the Children’s Heart Surgery Unit at Leeds earlier this year and gave his backing to those battling to keep the Unit open.

“It is great news that the High Court has upheld the legal challenge brought by local campaigners,” said Archbishop Sentamu.

“It is utterly unjustified and unethical that the Leeds Unit could be earmarked for closure without the full facts being properly considered.

“Earlier this year, I visited the Unit, to see the life-saving work that they are taking on a daily basis. These hardworking NHS staff are doing incredible work.

“I hope that the Independent Review which has been set up to re-examine the provision of heart surgery across the country is carried out properly and makes its decisions based on hard evidence. It is vital that the right decisions are made as this will determine how children with congenital heart disease are treated for decades to come. We cannot afford to rush and make a bodge job of this.”

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APRIL PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

Wordsearch: Bible Phrase And he has become my salvation (Psalm 118: 14b) EASY

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HIGH DAYS & HOLY DOYS IN APRIL 1

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THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR LORD MARY (Transferred from 25th March)

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Lutheran Priest, Martyr 1945

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William Law, Priest, Spiritual Writer, 1761 William of Ockham, Friar, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith 1347

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George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878

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Isabella Gilmore, Deaconess, 1923

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Alphage, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012

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GEORGE, MARTYR, PATRON OF ENGLAND, C.304

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Mellitus, Bishop of London, the first Bishop of St Paul’s 624; The Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Solomon Islands, 2003

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Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894

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Catherine of Siena, Teacher of the Faith, 1380

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Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922

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PROTECT CHILDREN FROM BENEFIT CUTS SAY BISHOPS Changes to the benefit system, proposed in the Government’s Welfare Benefit Up-Rating Bill, could drive hundreds of thousands of children into poverty, said the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. Their comments were in support of an open letter from 43 Church of England bishops criticising plans to change the welfare system, saying politicians must “protect" children and families.

The bishops’ letter, compiled with the support of The Children’s Society, raises particular concerns that the Bill will disproportionately affect families with children. Nearly nine in ten households with children will be hit - including 19 in every 20 single-parent families. This compares to a third of households overall.

Bishops tabled an amendment in the Lords for child-related benefits to be made exempt from the Welfare Bill.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has supported the call to protect children from the worst impacts of the bill. He said: “It is essential that we have a welfare system that responds to need and recognises the rising costs of food, fuel and housing. The current benefits system does that, by ensuring that the support struggling families receive rises with inflation. “The bill will remove this protection from rising costs of living for working and non-working families alike; families who are already facing a daily battle to make ends meet. These changes will mean it is children and families who will pay the price for high inflation, rather than the government. “Politicians have a clear choice. By protecting children from the effects of this bill, they can help fulfil their commitment to end child poverty.”

The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, said, “In difficult times it is right that as a nation, committed to justice and fairness, we protect those that are most in need. You can judge how good a society is by how it treats the vulnerable.

“Even in tough economic times we have a duty and responsibility to care for those who are struggling. Short-term cuts to benefits and support structures will do nothing but harm our communities in the long-term.

“We need to ask, will these cuts lead to the flourishing of those who currently benefit from such funding?”

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April 2013 PARISH OFFICERS PCC Secretary:

Mrs Mavis Whitehead

01977 550529

PCC Treasurer:

Mr Colin Maw

01977 518078

Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary: Mr Arnold Randall

01977 278611

Family & Children’s Worker Mrs Karen Richardson

01977 552524

CHURCHWARDENS

DEPUTY CHURCHWARDENS

Mr David Field, Castleford: 01977 707120

Mrs Hilary Wilkes, Castleford: 01977 733554

Mrs Mavis Whitehead, Gl’houghton: Mr Colin Maw, Glasshoughton: 01977 550529 01977 518078 Miss Pauline Morris, St Michaels 01977 668790

Mr Ian Fletcher, Hightown: 01977 550139

Our Churches in Castleford Team Parish All Saints, Church Street, Castleford All Saints, Lumley Street, Castleford (Hightown) St Michael & All Angels, St Michaels Close, Castleford St Paul the Apostle, Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton 30

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SERVICES All Saints’ Castleford SUNDAY Holy Communion Sung Mass (except last in month) Tuesday Holy Communion Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary

8.00am 9.30am 7.00pm 9.30am

All Saints’ Hightown SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass Wednesday Holy Communion

10.45am 7.00pm

Saint Michael and All Angels SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass Thursday Holy Communion

10.45am 10.00am

Saint Paul’s, Glasshoughton SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass Wednesday Holy Communion

9.30am 10.00am

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH: Combined Parish Mass at 10.00am - ( see diary section for venue ) FOR MAJOR SAINTS’ DAYS IN ALL CHURCHES See diary section and weekly pew sheets For all the latest News & Information from around the Parish go to: www.castlefordteamparish.org.uk