JUNE 2022 Edition 6
What can parishes
Declaration of
Judy Murray OBE
provide for people
Friendship
Takes Centre Court
who are Deaf? page 9
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Sacred Heart of Jesus, I believe in your love for me.
New Archbishop for Cardiff CBCEW
I am grateful and humbled by the trust that the Holy Father has placed in me Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark O’Toole as Archbishop-elect of Cardiff and Bishop-elect of Menevia. Bishop O’Toole has been Bishop of Plymouth since his appointment in 2013. Previously, he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Westminster in 1990 and served as private secretary to Cardinal Cormac MurphyO’Connor between 2002-2008, before his appointment as the rector of Allen Hall seminary in 2008.
Ten new Saints
Heat or Eat James Robert Welton
Families across England and Wales facing rapidly rising food and fuel costs will find little comfort in the Queen's Speech The government's legislative agenda for the next parliamentary year contained in the Queen's Speech does not tackle the cost of living crisis and threatens to pull hundreds of thousands more households into poverty, says the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP).
On Sunday 15 May Pope Francis presided over a morning Mass with the canonization of ten Blesseds: Titus Brandsma; Lazarus, also known as Devasahayam; César de Bus; Luigi Maria Palazzolo; Giustino Maria Russolillo; Charles de Foucauld, Marie Rivier; Maria Francesca di Gesù Rubatto; Maria di Gesù Santocanale; and Maria Domenica Mantovani.
The government has been vocal in claiming it is tackling the cost of living crisis, however families across England and Wales facing rapidly rising food and fuel costs will find little comfort in the Queen's Speech. The government raised the National Living Wage by 6.6% to £9.50 from April 2022, however implementing the higher £9.90 Real Living Wage would have gone further to appease anxiety for millions of people who have seen spiralling inflation outstrip wage and benefits rises.
Food poverty is on the rise in 2022. Image: SVP The long-awaited Employment Bill, promised by the government on at least 20 occasions and aimed at strengthening workers' rights, was notably absent. The SVP has campaigned for improved security and flexibility for lowpaid workers, and making the Employment Bill a priority in the next parliamentary term would have contributed to job and income security for hard pressed families and individuals. The government's measures to tackle spiralling energy costs for households simply do not go far enough to offset the over 50% rise in bills for millions of families, many of whom are having to make the decision to heat their homes or put food on the table. This is plainly unacceptable in one of the world's leading economies. Continued on page 6
Archbishop-elect O’Toole will become the eighth archbishop of Cardiff in succession to Archbishop George Stack, who has been Archbishop of Cardiff since 2011. The installation will take place in Cardiff Cathedral on 20 June, the feast day of Welsh martyrs Saints Julius and Aaron. Continued on page 6
