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Have you or someone you know considered life as a Jesuit priest or brother? For more information, contact:

BRITAIN – Fr Matthew Power SJ Loyola Hall, Warrington Road, Prescot L35 6NZ Tel: + 44 (0)151 426 4137, matthew.power@jesuits.net

GUYANA – Stefan Garcia SJ Jesuit Residence, PO Box 10720, Georgetown, Guyana Tel: + 592 22 67461, guyjesuits@gmail.com

SOUTH AFRICA – Fr Russell Pollitt SJ Holy Trinity, PO Box 31087, Johannesburg 2017, South Africa Tel: + 27 (0)11 339 2826, rp@sj.org.za

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Creating space to consider the call When did you first have a sense of a calling to religious life?’ ‘When I was about 15.’ I have exchanges like that, over the phone, through email, face to face, with men who are making their first direct approach to a vocations director, and the men I am thinking of here are in their very late 30s or 40s, some even older. And for all those who do make contact, there will be others, I am sure, who have had a similar sense but who don’t.

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Some late vocations work out, but not all, and I am left wondering what needs to happen to make it more normal, less scary, for those who have experienced a sense of call. What might enable them to step forward and acknowledge it and consider it and to come to some resolution about it, at an age appropriate to making major life decisions? True freedom lies in creating space to examine a sense of calling. Not to look at it may mean that it continues to pop up as a feeling or idea throughout one’s adult life, and there’s a risk of one never settling properly or fully to other ways of life. To examine the possibility of a vocation is not to compromise one’s freedom, but it is to create conditions in which greater freedom becomes possible, a freedom that comes from having consciously and conscientiously looked at something and come to a decision about it. Confiding in a close friend, talking to a vocations director, going on retreat are all ways of giving the possibility of a vocation air to breath. You might be surprised just how much better you feel for having expressed to someone else what you’ve been experiencing. In this instance, it certainly is ‘good to talk’. You can contact me, Matthew Power, on matthew.power@jesuits.net. Contact details for South Africa and Guyana are given above. In Issue 83: Vocations in South Africa Credit: Edwin Anthony SJ

Contents

Summer 2012 Issue 82

Jesuits and Friends is published three times a year by the British Province of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), in association with JM. Dushan Croos SJ Executive Editor Ged Clapson Editor Editorial group:

Front cover: Runners get ready for the 2012 London Olympics – see pages 16 and 17

Denis Blackledge SJ Andrea Brown Annabel Clarkson James Conway SJ Richard Greenwood

Above: Isabella Gee, a pupil at St Ignatius College, Enfield, among the children of their Companion school in Tanzania – see pages 12 and 13

James Potter Tom Smith

Editorial, Dushan Croos SJ

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The World is Not Enough Tim Curtis SJ reflects on six years at JM

Wimbledon scouts celebrate their ‘virtuous hero’ 15 4 Special report: runners in the London Marathon

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Patamona: a living tool for the Gospel Paul Martin SJ

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Golden Jubilee of Vatican II

Michael Beattie SJ reflects on the Pope’s

Norman Tanner SJ recalls the “friendly” council

special intentions for the rest of 2012

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A diverse community and a global family: the

sustainably managed forests and

Christian Life Community

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up to the challenges of the London Olympics

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Around the Province

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Recent publications; ordinations

A school with a rich Ignatian tradition Editorial office: 11 Edge Hill London SW19 4LR Tel: 020 8946 0466 Email: director@gbjm.org

John Moffatt SJ

Obituaries and benefactors who have died recently

Benefits beyond sport: how football kit helps boys in Zimbabwe

and Final Vows

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From the Editor... St Ignatius desired that the Companions of Jesus should walk the roads and preach in the squares where the Lord himself had preached – in Jerusalem. But when he realised that they could not do that literally, he had to think again. So they followed instead where the hand of God was pointing: along the roads and into the squares of Europe and then of the whole world. This summer, the roads of the world lead to the public squares of Britain, as we celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. Ignatius wanted Jesuits on the roads and in the squares because that was where they would meet people and be able to help especially those most in need. As he described it in the founding document of the Society, this would allow them “to reconcile the estranged, compassionately assist and serve those who are in prisons or hospitals and, indeed, to perform any other works of charity, according to what will seem expedient for the glory of God and the common good”. This edition of Jesuits and Friends introduces us to some of those who live in the roads behind the public square, who are normally hidden from view, and hear from some of those who live in the shadow of the Olympic stadium in Wapping, as well as the pupils and staff of St Ignatius College in Enfield, a host borough of the Games. We discover the power of translating the New Testament into the indigenous language of the Patamona people of the Guyanese interior. We reflect on the significance of the Second Vatican Council, 50 years after it was inaugurated, as we enter the Year of Faith. And we celebrate the French Jesuit Fr Jaques Sevin SJ, who founded the Scout movement in France and whose ‘Heroic Virtue’ the Holy Father recently declared, by visiting the Ninth (Wimbledon) Scout Group and hearing how it continues to encourage independence, skills and teamwork. I wish you a fruitful Feast of St Ignatius God bless,

Fr Dushan Croos SJ The British Provincial has appointed Fr Dushan Croos SJ as the Editor of Jesuits and Friends. Dushan comes from North London of a Sri Lankan family. He has worked in Bosnia, with the Jesuit Refugee Service, and has studied in France, Mexico and Chile. After ordination in 2006, he was Chaplain to Wimbledon College. He is currently Assistant Catholic Chaplain at Oxford University. 4

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The world is not enough ather Tim Curtis SJ has spent six years as director of Jesuit Missions (JM) and editor of Jesuits and Friends. Before departing for Guyana where he will be working in Lethem, we asked him to reflect on this time and the ways that he has witnessed faith and justice being expressed in action.

Mission support remains an important area of JM’s work, but supplying missionaries with what they need to do their job has become less of a priority over the years. Jesuits in most countries in which we work now have access to the sort of things that, in the past, JM would have had to source and ship out. However, many of our librarians overseas use their JM credit cards to buy books in the UK which we later send out to them. One of the areas in which JM excels is being a house of hospitality. Jesuits from all over the world find a warm welcome, are assisted with what they need to do while in London, and have the chance to spark off ideas with other Jesuits who are also passing through. It is amazing how many pastoral

initiatives have seen the light of day over the JM kitchen table! When I arrived at the JM office in Wimbledon, the Companions programme was already trying to forge links between pupils in Jesuit schools in the UK and schools overseas. Now, many non-Jesuit schools are involved too and some parishes have been twinned as well. This aspect of JM’s work is great – it involves young people and their formation to be generous people; it involves our Jesuit spirituality; and it forges reciprocal relationships between people open to learn from others. International Volunteering came to JM under my watch. Again, this gives an opportunity for generously-motivated adults to share in the work of Jesuits overseas, as they spread the faith and work for justice. Recently, JM has become more proactive in the area of advocacy, working out where the Jesuits, in the areas where we serve, need our help and support. In this way, we become the bridge that enables Jesuits overseas to access help and support so that they can do their job better. Being Director of JM has involved me in extensive travel: to Guyana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and beyond… There is no substitute for meeting people on the ground and sharing experiences. This in turn has fed into my travels to Jesuit

parishes and schools up and down Britain, enabling me to build bridges and forge partners in mission. Fortunately, I have not had to be a “beggar”, just seeking funds for our projects overseas. All I have had to do is tell people what we are doing and they have responded. I have been truly humbled and overwhelmed by many, many expressions of generosity. A heartfelt thank you to all of our supporters. Each year the requests for help

seem to grow, yet each year we are able to respond to the majority of these. JM has changed over the last six years, and I have no doubt there will be many changes over the years to come. Thanks to your generosity, I am delighted to report that JM has continued to support many projects overseas. Please pray for the new director and continue to support the work that we do.

JM The early Jesuit missionaries would have been familiar with the expression ‘The World is Not Enough’ (in Latin – Non Sufficit Orbis). It expressed the colonial ambitions of Spain and Portugal and featured on this medal struck in 1583 when the thrones of these countries were united. St Francis Xavier used a similar term when we spoke about carrying the Gospel to the extremes of the known world. In more recent years, it was claimed as James Bond’s family motto and was the title of the 1999 film.

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The JM Management Board has announced that the new director for Jesuit Missions will be Mr Paul Chitnis, former Chief Executive of SCIAF, the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund. Please keep him in your prayers.

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Patamona: A living tool for the Gospel hen Fr Paul Martin SJ started working among the Patamona people of the North Pakaraimas in 1996, he was aware that he was following in the footsteps of some great Jesuits. Here he recalls witnessing a truly remarkable event – and an emotional celebration earlier this year.

As a young Jesuit priest back in the 1960s, Fr Bernard Brown was assigned to join Fr Gerald WilsonBrowne at St Joseph’s mission, Kurukabaru, a mission Fr WilsonBrown himself had established only a few years earlier. The Rupununi uprising in 1969 led to both priests being expelled from the Pakaraimas; and while others eventually were allowed to come to continue the mission, Fr Bernard Brown himself never returned. Not, that is, until he was 89 years old! To celebrate his birthday, it was arranged that he should fly up on a charter plane that was bringing goods to Kurukabaru and then return to Georgetown on the same plane. I made the announcement to the people in church one Sunday and was amazed to see that, on the day of the flight, not only the whole village of Kurukabaru but many people from neighbouring villages turned out at the airstrip to catch a glimpse of their beloved priest, who had been away from them for so many years but who had never left their hearts. People sat patiently waiting for him all day. The flight was delayed until four in the afternoon and the pilot needed to

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get back to town before dark and could stay for only 30 minutes. But during that short time, Fr Brown moved many usually impassive Amerindians to tears by praying with them in Patamona. As school children they had prayed the rosary with a youthful Fr Brown; and now, 30 years later, they found themselves praying with him again. So much had happened in those intervening years – children and grandchildren has been born, friends and family died; and these simple prayers said together meant so much. They meant so much more because they were being said in Patamona – the heart language of these people. Presently, there are only about 6,000 Patamona speakers in Guyana. As the young increasingly speak English or Portuguese, there is a real danger that within a few generations this whole language will follow so many other indigenous languages into oblivion. That would

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be a tragedy, for personal identity and culture are so interwoven with language. In the 1970s, a Protestant missionary group made an attempt to translate the New Testament into Patamona; but since no other books existed in the language and English literacy rates were low, not much use was made of this translation. Around 2005, I began conversations about a revised Patamona New Testament with Doris Wall, a Wesleyan missionary nurse who had lived for the last 40 years among the Amerindians of Guyana and who spoke two of their languages fluently. Although busy with many other projects, Doris willingly took on this venture and together we identified a team of local men and women from Catholic and Wesleyan backgrounds who might work on such a project. The United Bible Society gave their support and appointed Dr Marlon Winedt from Curaçao, to accompany the work (Marlon had translated the New

JM Background picture: Sheer cliffs of Mount Roraima, the highest point of the Pakaraima Chain in Guyana, credit: Vladimir Melnik.

Testament into Papiamento); and from the Catholic side the scripture scholar at Campion Hall, Oxford, Fr Nick King SJ, visited Guyana to meet the team and give them the benefits of his expertise in languages from Aramaic to Zulu. The painstaking work began the following year. Alongside the regular meetings of the team, we organized a number of workshops for larger groups to encourage the use of Patamona as a written language. Of course, the advent of computers greatly helped the production of printed matter. This also encouraged young people to see their own language not as an outdated hang-over from the past but a living tool for communication, as they worked together to produce a newsletter with stories about current events written in Patamona. As the translation neared completion, a grant of ÂŁ 5,000 from Jesuit Missions, combined with a similar amount from the Wesleyan Church, made it possible to publish a very attractive edition of the revised New Testament complete with colour illustrations. Saturday 14 April 2012

A gospel-sharing group

was set as the date for the dedication and launching of this landmark book. Christians of all denominations gathered in Kato for a truly memorable event, some walking for three days just to get there. Some popular English hymns were translated into Patamona and a brief history of the Christian faith in the

Pakaraimas was presented in dramatic form. As on that day when Fr Bernard Brown prayed in Patamona, many people wept to experience how close God was to them. The familiar words of scripture often heard in English came alive in a new way as they heard them spoken in the language of everyday life.

Fr Paul Martin in Kanapang

Paul Martin is the Regional Superior in Guyana, a Region of the British Province. His present work in the Society means that he is largely based in Georgetown, but Fr Poulose Vallakada has taken up the mission in the Pakaraimas and, along with others, is working to promote the use of the Patamona language and the reading of the New Testament. It is a challenging task but one that holds great promise for the future. Let us pray for Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blessings on this work.

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Golden Jubilee e are approaching the Golden Jubilee of the Second Vatican Council, which began work on 11 October 1962. The council may be considered, by any reckoning, to have been one of the most important events in the life and history of the Church. It was known as a “friendly” council and Jesuits played a significant role in it. Church Historian, Fr Norman Tanner SJ recalls this remarkable event.

I am ever grateful for having experienced the strengths of Catholicism before the Council, as well as the great benefits it brought. We “senior citizens” are especially fortunate in this way. Pope John XXIII announced the Council very soon after his election in October 1958. The news took everyone by surprise. There seemed no special reason for calling a Council for the whole Catholic Church, which appeared to be regaining confidence and vigour after the horrors of World War II. Pope John spoke about its purpose only in

general terms: aggiornamento (updating or modernising) was the famous word he used. The Council took four years to complete its work. For about ten weeks each autumn, more than 2,000 bishops gathered each weekday in the nave of St Peter’s Basilica, sitting on tiers of seats facing each other (see picture), to “debate” the day’s business. The contributions of the sizeable number of Jesuit bishops, mainly representing dioceses in so-called “missionary” countries, were significant rather than crucial, supportive rather than dramatic. Bishops were helped by periti (Latin for “experts”) in the work of composing the 16 decrees which were eventually approved by the Council. Many Jesuit priests made important contributions as periti: the most notable was Fr Karl Rahner from Germany. The decrees covered a wide range of topics; among them liturgy, mass media, the church, ecumenism, religious orders, priests and seminaries, the laity, education, religious freedom and non-Christian religions. They have had a huge influence upon the Catholic Church ever since. They have influenced, too, the wider Christian community and, more indirectly, people almost

everywhere. The Anglican Church contributed notably, by sending official representatives (called “Observers”) to the council. Jesuits and Friends has as its subtitle “A faith that does justice” – well chosen words inasmuch as this theme was central to the longest and perhaps most influential of all the decrees of the Second Vatican Council, “The Church in the Modern World” (Gaudium et Spes).

ARCHIVE ‘Today more than ever, we are called to serve mankind as such, and not merely Catholics; to defend above all and everywhere, the rights of the human person and not merely those of the Catholic Church...’ ‘It is not that the Gospel has changed: it is that we have begun to understand it better... the moment has come to discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead. (Ref. Vatican archive, quoted on cover of John XXIII, Pope of the Council, Peter Hebblethwaite, Geoffrey Chapman 1984)

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of Vatican II To discern the signs of the times, to seize the opportunity and to look far ahead hus Blessed Pope John XXIII described the purpose of the Second Vatican Council in the month before he died, between its first and second sessions. On 11 October 2012, we begin a Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Council in 1962. At the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy, Jesuits lead the team which helps students on their journey of faith in the stimulating and challenging - environment of the university. Here they talk about what they know of the Council and how they think we still need to renew the Church’s mission.

“I wasn’t even born when the Second Vatican Council opened, so it’s not so surprising that I know little about it. I have no experience of the life of the Church or the world in which it happened, but I believe the most evident result of the Council has been to celebrate the liturgy in our own languages. I welcome this because it allows a more direct experience of the mystery of the Mass without needing to introduce a layer of translation. This in turn results in deeper prayer and indeed helps when attending Mass in other languages. “ “I welcome a greater openness to the world, so that the Church can meet people where they are, rather than asking them to start from where we’d like them to be. An aspect of that openness is the dialogue with other Christians, with other religions and with culture. Although these dialogues are difficult and sometimes confusing they could also be an opportunity to clarify our own understanding. It’s

Jesuit Chaplains, Fr Dushan Croos and Fr Simon Bishop with students at the Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy.

surely incorrect to think that we could learn nothing from those who don’t share our faith. We can’t live in a walled city any longer! One way we can engage with and serve our world is by developing our charitable service to those most in need.” “The mission of the laity in the Church’s life is a gift of the Council which needs further development. It can also promote the vocations of religious life and priesthood. Clearly this requires better formation in faith for adults, so that we understand better what we believe and why we practice our faith in particular forms, although I think it’s hard to discover a new approach to catechesis. “ “I don’t think we know the scriptures well enough, but I appreciate the calls for a critical reading of scripture that is not simply literal. If we don’t read scripture to nourish our faith, we’re losing a precious resource. We need to deepen our manner of praying so

that we are more sensitive to what the Spirit is breathing into us and what the “signs of the times” are indicating to us.” “One of the messages from Vatican II for me was that God wants us to have a personal relationship with him. So the form in which we express our faith will have to change as our lives change. For example, because more people, especially women, are educated and we live in an inquisitive and curious culture, so our faith has to be inquisitive and curious, so that we know God better. “ “It’s good that the way we live our faith evolves in a critical response to the time, without being completely fixed by what we think we’ve done in the past. We have to trust that the Holy Spirit will not let us corrupt our Christian life and faith against the Gospel in a given moment of history, even though we know that in the past the Church has done what it now considers wrong. If we are trying to do God’s will then he will help us. “

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A ‘Wapping’ response to the Olympics he Olympics provide a unique platform for churches everywhere, and particularly those close to the Park, to witness to Christian hospitality, service and outreach. Among them is the Jesuit Community at the Hurtado Centre in Wapping, as Father Jim Conway SJ explains.

For athletes from poorer countries who otherwise might have little or no personal support, the expense of accommodation for themselves and their families can be prohibitively high. So the Jesuit Community in East London is providing a very practical form of hospitality during the Games, by hosting two members of an Olympic athlete’s family. It is estimated that between 80,000 and 100,000 people will pass through the stadium every day during the Olympic fortnight and a significant number as well during the period of the Paralympics. Six Jesuits (of four nationalities) are engaged with the outreach of St Catherine’s Church in Bow, one of the two Catholic churches within a short walking distance of the stadium. As well as welcoming people with refreshments and refuge, sharing local information and access to internet, in the evenings they are offering opportunities for prayer and reflection. They are also working alongside local parishioners and groups of young people who’ve gathered nearby to form The Joshua Camp, an initiative of the Catholic Church for the Olympics in the style of World Youth Day. Scores of young people are living, praying and sharing together and then are going out in teams to evangelise and serve local parishes 10

and communities. Without doubt, hosting the Games is challenging for a city like London and an event of this nature, size and duration inevitably impacts on local services and communities, with access and local transport to Wapping and its neighbouring Shadwell either closed or severely restricting. Local churches in Wapping and Shadwell, including the Hurtado Jesuit Centre, have launched Highway Neighbours as a response to the disruption caused. They are particularly concerned about the impact of road closures on vulnerable people: neighbours who are housebound and sick and who depend on effective social services and support. The organisers have listened to the concerns of individuals and local groups, and from that have formulated a response, which includes visiting the local housebound and sick, doing shopping errands when required and making sure that the anxieties

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of the elderly and lonely are kept to a minimum. In the longer term, it is encouraging sustained community involvement and development, by helping neighbours get to know each other, building relationships and strengthening local bonds. Meanwhile, the core activities of the Hurtado Jesuit Centre need to continue, especially its service to destitute asylum seekers through the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). Every week over 100 individuals present themselves at the Day Centre in Wapping and with many of its regular volunteers away for the summer holiday or prevented from entering Wapping due to local travel restrictions, JRS is depending on the community of six Jesuits who live on the premises. London 2012 will undoubtedly be an unforgettable experience for millions of people. For the Jesuits and their co-workers near the Olympic site, it will also be an opportunity to show hospitality, share liturgy and support the local community.

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The London Borough of Tower Hamlets connects the City to the Olympic site. Overground and underground, hoards of spectators and visitors pass through the borough to reach the Olympic Park. The Church has seized the opportunity to work ecumenically and to engage with the 2012 Games under the banner of More than Gold, which represents all spectrums of Christian faith. Its vision is to give thousands of churches the chance to reach their communities in fresh and on-going ways, to make connections between the many agencies and churches involved and to coordinate resources and action. Situated less than five miles from and on one of the main approaches to the Olympic Stadium, the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping is in a prime position to engage with the More than Gold initiative.

Highway Neighbours has been launched by local churches in Wapping and Shadwell as a response to the disruption caused. The title is derived from The Highway, the name of the road that is one of the main arteries to Tower Bridge and west to the Embankment. It is also the sole access to Wapping; all vehicles must come or go via the A1203 or cross it to enter the neighbourhood. The Highway is central to the Olympic Route Network (ORN), the official games lane for athletes, sponsors, athletesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; families, coaches and blue light vehicles. The ORN will be free flowing and therefore not stopped by crossings/traffic lights apart from at a few key locations, meaning that there will be road closures, temporary one way systems, congestion, and reduced road lanes for public use.

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A school with a rich Ignatian tradition ohn Moffatt first came to St Ignatius College in Enfield as a young Jesuit scholastic in 1985. Twenty-seven years later, he has returned as Chaplain and found an educational backdrop that is unimaginably different from that of the 1980s, with old friends approaching retirement still carrying the torch bravely, while more recently-arrived, younger colleagues provide new insights and energy to face new challenges.

Like all the Jesuit schools, St Ignatius College has had to adapt to a much more competitive and still fastevolving educational environment, while endeavouring to be true to the Ignatian tradition of which it is part. Last year’s highly complimentary OFSTED report and impressive exam results reflect a huge effort from staff, pupils and leaders, and demonstrate the College’s capacity to negotiate the educational currents of the decade. But what is more striking is that even professionallyhard-to-please inspectors are impressed by a distinctive ethos that is clearly valued and owned by staff

and students alike. In common with the other Jesuit schools, there is a great sporting tradition. Rugby, soccer and basketball dominate the winter months, with cricket and athletics in the summer. Drama in the College is being developed in new directions with some promising young thespians. In other areas of the performing arts, alongside more long-standing musical endeavours

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(including an excellent jazz group), prize-winning street-dancing talent has recently been identified and nourished. Educational trips to Rome, Vienna, Berlin, Paris and the battlefields of Northern France, as well as workexperience in the Ruhr Valley, have all provided opportunities for a more immediate experience of language, culture and history than the classroom can provide. The large number of Old Ignatians on the staff, recent and not so recent, is both a testament to how much their own experience of the College meant to them and formed them, and a great resource for passing on a sense of a living tradition to the next generation. A major part of that formation continues to be the College’s integrated retreat programme, which carries echoes of Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises, and allows staff and students together to explore at a deeper level than that of the classroom what it means to hear the call of Christ and respond to the invitation to share his mission. That shared experience, now supported for staff through the work of the Jesuit Institute, is a key element in shaping the sense of common

purpose and vision that defines the ethos of the whole. Older students have an opportunity to live out those values, whether in mentoring younger pupils, helping in the smooth running of the school, or engaging actively in the urgent needs of our own locality, through London Citizens. Several sixth formers and recent leavers took leading rôles in a Citizens Enquiry that followed in the wake of last summer’s riots. Jesuit Missions’ ‘Partnership Programme’ has twinned St Ignatius, Enfield, with St Ignatius Primary School in

Dodoma, Tanzania and provided a further service opportunity. Many other schools will bear witness to the life-changing effect on students and staff of being welcomed by and working alongside communities in the developing world. That has certainly been the

experience here. The challenges are significant for all schools in the years that lie ahead, but the creative discernment at the heart of Ignatian Spirituality is a powerful element in the tradition that Jesuit schools share, there to help them face the future with great hope. St Ignatius College is well rooted in that tradition.

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Benefits beyond sport

n late 2008, a benefactor, Francis Corrigan, donated a few boxes of football kit to JM, for use overseas. The first consignment in early 2009 was sent to Fr Joe Arimoso SJ in Zimbabwe who distributed it among some of the boys with whom the Jesuits work. It soon became clear that investment in sporting facilities and opportunities can have a great benefit beyond just the sporting arena.

Francis had obtained the kit from KitAid, a charity that sends unwanted football kit to children and adults across Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Since then, links between KitAid and the Jesuits in Zimbabwe have gone from strength to strength. “We must have sent out thousands of strips and pieces of football equipment over the last three years or so,” says Edmund O’Donovan at JM, “and Joe provides KitAid with feedback.” Edmund attended the first KitAid conference earlier this year where he was pleased to meet its founder, Derrick Williams MBE, and their patron, former England Manager, Graham Taylor OBE. Judging from the reports Joe sends back, the impact on the youngsters has been significant,

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helping them appreciate the importance of teamwork, of working on weaknesses and of good preparation, and applying the lessons to their work in all areas of life. Recently, five of their boys were selected for the final National Under-13 squad that played in the VW World Junior Masters in Poland. Joe wrote: “To have five boys in a squad of 16 boys selected nationally was a huge achievement for us.” The team captain, Tatenda Muringani said he was very excited and happy at being able to represent his country in this tournament. “It’s a dream come true,” he said. “I never saw it coming, though I did all I could to be among the 16 players.” The team is pictured here.

Wimbledon Scouts celebrate their virtuous hero

ope Benedict XVI recently declared Fr Jaques Sevin SJ to be of ‘Heroic Virtue’, which advances him on the path to Canonisation. Fr Sevin was the founder of Catholic Scouting in France

and Baden Powell once said that he ‘made the best realisation of my own thoughts’. Perhaps what he meant by that was that Sevin instinctively understood the inherent opportunities in Scouting to develop virtuous young men and he also had a unique ability to make the ‘theory of Scouting’ a reality. This is a tradition that continues today with the Ninth Wimbledon (Sacred Heart) Scout Group – one of the largest Scout Troops in the UK. That Fr Sevin understood the virtues of Scouting is no surprise, as they align so obviously with what Christ calls all to aspire to: the virtues of service to one another without complaint; the virtue of humility that seeks nothing for itself; and the virtue of courage that takes risks to explore new horizons. Leaders in the Ninth Wimbledon told

Jesuits and Friends they still seek to promote these values in the young men in their care, but in the context of the modern world. “To do this we have to be a bustling, active and busy Troop, otherwise we would not appeal to an audience that already has so many other distractions with which to fill their time,” they said. “In the Ninth Wimbledon we often say that weekly meetings are ‘all right’ but it is ‘on camp where all the good stuff really happens’. Where, as one of our Scouts put it, ‘we learn to be independent, develop new skills, live in a community and work as part of a team’.” The Ninth Wimbledon Scouts have some twelve ‘camps’ a year, ranging from indoor camps over a weekend, to outdoor camps under canvas for two weeks, to three day leadership

development weekends at St Cassian’s Centre, Kintbury (West Berkshire) and staying in caravans at St Margarets-atCliffe (Kent). It is there that their longest serving Scout Leader (Michael Orbell) still tells stories of his days during National Service and of phantom dogs that roam long deserted coastal army barracks! “Our annual summer camp is undoubtedly the pinnacle of our year,” says one of the Leaders. “It brings together everything that we have been trying to achieve throughout the year. For us it is about many things, but respect, fun and friendship are key ingredients. Giving and receiving respect is crucial to the smooth running of most communities and this is something we’re quite passionate about. But don’t think it is all serious! There’s lots of laughter and gentle ribbing, and a whole series of traditions (most of which seem to revolve around good food!) that ensure everyone has a good time.” At the heart of all the camps is a daily routine of shared moments; formal meals; reflective evening prayers in the gathering dusk or around a sleepy camp fire, as well as weekly Mass. Mass on camps are peaceful occasions – surrounded by stunning scenery, in the shade of a tree with the wind gently blowing through the site as Fr Peter Gallagher SJ (the Group Chaplain) offers Mass. It is all part of the rhythm of Scouting life.

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27 runners, 27 medals, 54 sore feet, 132 hours running, over 2000 hours of training and thousands raised for Jesuit Projects - welcome to the Jesuit Missions’ London Marathon 2012

7.30am Nervous waving as the team gathers at Waterloo Station

9.30am JRS UK supporters line the streets to lend vociferous support!

2.30pm Womble runner Mark Millrine was going for a Guinness World Record as Fastest Marathon Run Dressed as a Book Character. Despite a sprint finish he just missed out! 16

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8.30am The team go through their final preparations

11.30am Thomas came all the way from JM Germany to raise money for Zimbabwe

5.00pm Dean beat his previous best marathon time even though he was battling with a knee injury. Dean says: A t-shirt reading, ‘my pain, their gain’ kept me going and reminded me of why I was doing this, after my doctor had said I shouldn’t have run Words: David Hurst; photos: Iain Ross.

The pounding of pavements to the beat of a drum The Marathon runners run for their charities and the supporters support the runners … truly everyone is there on this day of days, in the words of St Ignatius … For Others.

or many young people in Zimbabwe their future is uncertain. A lack of opportunity means that most will not be able to fulfil their potential. The Jesuit Schools Arts Festival is a collaborative effort involving the Zimbabwe College of Music and the Jesuit school based in the country. Professional singer and Sacred Heart parishioner Rachel Marshall’s target was £5,000 for the Festival: “For the past three years I have watched my husband John train for and complete the London Marathon. Last year we decided that 2012 was going to be my turn and so I have spent the past six months or so gradually building up my mileage. Given my musical profession I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to raise money for one particular project in Zimbabwe. We all know the wonderful power of music: how it brings people together and how performing can help to build self-confidence. I hope that my pounding the pavements here in London will help the drums to beat strongly in Zimbabwe. The programme seeks to help these young people to make full use of

their God-given talents and helps them to develop not only their musical skills, but also their sense of self-worth and their ability to contribute to the wider community. Your sponsorship money will help fund the workshops and a festival that will break new ground in Zimbabwe and support music as a powerful tool, as Zimbabwe continues its journey to a more peaceful country.” Through a series of workshops, student exchanges and seminars, young students from Zimbabwe will learn more about the music business from copyright to practical performance skills. This series will strengthen music education departments and activities in Jesuit high schools and at the end of the workshops and seminars there will be a festival and awards ceremony to highlight the tremendous work. This important project will help allow the young people of Zimbabwe to truly flourish.

This year, as well as supporting JRS UK and Jesuit-led programmes in Guyana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, three of the team ran for the Archbishop Denis Hurley Centre in Durban. The development of this centre is the biggest project ever undertaken by the Emmanuel Cathedral in its 106-year history. Based in the grounds of the cathedral, its aim is to provide ‘a

beacon of light to all that need help’. Located in one of the most difficult areas of Durban, a number of programmes will be offered to assist the local community. The centre will provide religious education for children and workshops for adults, giving them skills to assist them in their search for work. It will offer assistance to refugees and those who have suffered from xenophobic attacks. And in all these activities, it will help to bring together divided communities. Promoting care will be at the heart of all the work the Archbishop Denis Hurley Centre does. The refugee pastoral care will help those who arrive in Durban by providing them with food and accommodation, as well as school fees and uniforms. The Parish Nurse Project will support people living with HIV and Aids and the Nkosinathi project will feed and assist the homeless and the unemployed. The money raised by your sponsorship money will go to equipping the new centre to support these projects. It might pay for schools fees or provide food for the homeless but all of your contributions will help build a centre that will serve the people. To make a donation to support the runners, send a cheque payable to ‘Jesuit Missions Marathon’ to the JM office or online via w w w. v i r g i n m o n e y g i v i n g . c o m (search for Jesuit Missions). Alternatively, visit the JM web site (www.gbjm.org), follow the London Marathon link and click on the name of a runner to donate to specific runners or projects. Thank you!

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Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News n 8 December 1975, Pope Paul VI wrote to the Universal Church and his letter is entitled Evangelii Nuntiandi (On the Preaching of the Gospel). It may be over 30 years ago since this insightful exhortation appeared but it is still studied and scrutinised and it forms the basis for much of our modern thinking and practice as how, with the grace of God, we attempt, in our time, to communicate the New Evangelisation, the Good News, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Pope Paul, in paragraph 20 writes as follows: “The split between the Gospel and culture is without a doubt the drama of our time”. So much of modern culture in our western world is anti-God, antiGospel and anti-Christian and yet deep down in the hearts of many there is a yearning for what is way

beyond immediate worldly and materialistic satisfaction. The gap between the Gospel and culture is indeed the great drama of our time. As we try to live and pray the Apostleship of Prayer, the requests offered to us by Pope Benedict for the next few months address this problem of religion and culture. Young people need our prayers that the Gospel may be vitally important to them. Ordained ministers and all who proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ should keep their eyes, minds and hearts on the Crucified and Risen Lord. The poorest of peoples need not only material resources but also the life-giving message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us in the Gospel that he has come “to bring the Good News to the poor”. (Lk 4.18) Quoting from the prophet Isaiah, Jesus speaks about those in captivity (Isaiah 61.1-2) and one of the Pope’s

prayer requests is for all who are in prison. We are all called “to bear witness to Christ in all things in the midst of human society” (Gaudium et Spes, Vat 11 para 43) and so, with the Holy Father, we offer each day that all peoples may be enlightened by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. “Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News” (Mk 16.15).

Michael Beattie SJ

Pope Benedict’s Apostleship of Prayer intentions

August That prisoners may be treated with justice and respect for their human dignity. That young people, called to follow Christ, may be willing to proclaim and bear witness to the Gospel to the ends of the earth.

September That politicians may always act with honesty, integrity and love for the truth.That Christian communities may have a growing willingness to send missionaries, priests and laypeople, along with concrete resources, to the poorest Churches.

October That the new Evangelisation may progress in the oldest Christian countries.That the celebration of World Mission Day may result in a renewed commitment to evangelisation.

November That bishops, priests and all ministers of the Gospel may bear the courageous witness of fidelity to the Crucified and Risen Lord. That the pilgrim Church on earth may shine as a light to the nations. 18

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A diverse community and a global family

ach year, Christian Life Community members from across the country gather for their National Assembly. With ages ranging from twenty-somethings to 80 year olds, it reflects the truly diverse nature of the CLC community in England and Wales, as CLC President Una Buckley explains.

The National Assembly is a weekend of prayer and renewal for us as individuals; but it is also a sign of our commitment to one another and to the wider community, at a national and international level. Membership of CLC is first and foremost experienced at a local level. Each member is part of a local group, which meets regularly to pray and share, supporting one another through the ups and downs of ordinary life. These local groups form regional communities or clusters, which come together several times a year for days of prayer, socials and other gatherings. Much is done at this Regional level: regional days, retreats, days of reflection, sessions to attract new members and the numerous little acts of service and love that support the community in its day to day life. At a national level we have a number of working groups which help to organise retreats and other formation experiences in Ignatian Spirituality. The National Assembly is a chance for us to give thanks for all that work and to share with one another what we have been working on. It is also an

A CLC group reflect how they find God in their lives.

opportunity to pray about and to set the direction for the year ahead. It offers an opportunity for the whole community to look back and reflect on how God has been at work within our community over the past year and to discern and act on how he invites us to move forward in the next. Of course, CLC is also a registered charity and a membership organisation, so the AGM at the National Assembly provides the CLC’s official annual business meeting. The National Assembly is a bit like a large family gathering – accompanied by the mix of blessings that come from people at different ages and stages of life, all able to make a different contribution – whether through time, talents or financial contribution. Part of that family is

CLC relations in other parts of the world whom we support through our prayer and work. This year, we have enabled money to go to the St Aloysius CLC school for AIDS orphans in Kenya, and we have supported the World CLC solidarity campaign on education in the Dominican Republic. We have also contributed to the CLC Rome Accommodation project, buying a permanent residence for the World Secretary in Rome which will, in the long term, free up more CLC funds for apostolic service projects. This coming year offers a wonderful opportunity for us to rediscover our Ignatian roots, and a wonderful opportunity to reach out to new members.

This year, the CLC National Assembly was joined by Fr Luke Rodrigues SJ, the Vice Ecclesiastical Assistant for World CLC, a reminder of the international dimension of the CLC family. This solidarity with the world community is an important theme for CLC this year, as its members prepare for the next World Assembly, due to take place in August 2013 in Lebanon. With the theme, “From our Roots to the Frontiers: ‘This is my son, The Beloved. Listen to what He says.’ (Mk 9.7),” it will be the first time for World CLC to gather in the Middle East. It is hoped it will be a sign of solidarity with Christians in this region where the Christian faith has its roots and where there are many challenges for peace and justice. 2013 also marks the 450th anniversary of CLC, and the first lay groups that John Leunis started in the spirit of St Ignatius. To find out more about CLC or for contact details of your nearest group, write to 114 Mount St, London, W1K 3AH, visit www.clcew.org.uk or email info@clcew.org.uk

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AROUND the PROVINCE Ordained to the ministry of service en from six Provinces were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark at Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon on 14 April 2012. Jerri Dias, Juan Carlos Pallardel, Vincent Mulenga, Xavier Tharamel, Trieu Nguyen and John Kim (pictured here) are currently studying at Heythrop College, University of London, and are members of the Jesuit communities in either Brixton, Clapham, Stamford Hill, Wapping or Wimbledon. In his homily, Archbishop Smith reminded the men of the importance of service in their role as deacons, pointing out that they were ministers of the word, of the liturgy and of charity. And he urged them, in their preaching, to be witnesses to the love of God and to hope. He quoted from the Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, in which Pope Paul VI emphasised the duty of priests and deacons to be “evangelists” with a duty “to proclaim with authority the Word of God, to assemble the scattered people of God and ... to set this people on the road to salvation.” (Photo: Aniston Morais)

Heythrop’s link of solidarity his summer, Heythrop College students are entering into partnership with a school in Tanzania, as four of them accompany Chaplain Fr Dave Stewart SJ on a visit to Dodoma where they hope to establish links with St Peter Claver High School. They have been preparing since January to explore how best they can develop links of friendship and solidarity with this growing East African Jesuit school. Fr Dave says. “We want this to be a genuine partnership, not just for fundraising; our hosts have already suggested that becoming Ambassadors for Africa would be greatly beneficial.” Three of the students - Dermot Kennedy, Stephanie Crouch and Steve Kirk – are pictured here with Fr Dave before setting off for Tanzania.

Old Aloysian is Scotland’s top judge

The pedalling padre says thanks!

ord Gill, who was a student of St Aloysius' College, Glasgow, has been appointed as Scotland's most senior judge, known as Lord President. First Minister Alex Salmond described him as a man of 'great stature and integrity', who had the ability to improve the justice system. He was nominated for Lord President by Mr Salmond, following recommendations by a selection panel, and confirmed in the job by the Queen. Lord Gill is Scotland's longest serving judge. He taught law at Edinburgh University before joining the faculty of advocates in 1967 and becoming a QC in 1981. After serving as a lawyer to the UK government, he was appointed as a judge in 1994, and took up the role of Lord Justice Clerk in 2001. Lord Gill also chaired the public inquiry into the Stockline factory explosion in Glasgow, which claimed the lives of nine people in May 2004.

r Roger Dawson SJ, who served for nine years in the Royal Green Jackets (now The Rifles) before entering the Society of Jesus, completed this year’s Help for Heroes (H4H) Battlefield Bike Ride on 26 May and has expressed his thanks for all those who supported him with their donations. “I would like to thank everyone for the incredibly generous response to my appeal for sponsorship, which has now reached around £4,000,” he says. Roger cycled the 320 miles from Normandy to Dunkirk through the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars, as a member of the H4H Battlefield Bike Ride. Among the 250 cyclists taking part were bereaved relatives and injured veterans, some of them double-amputees cycling on armpower. Fr Roger, who is on the Chaplaincy team at Wimbledon College, led the wreath-laying ceremonies that took place each day along the way.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS series of papers delivered at Heythrop College’s Institute for Religious Life have been brought together by its Director, Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ, under the title A Future Full of Hope. The book assesses how religious life is being affected by changes in society and attitudes, and asks how it can survive and be renewed. The foreword is written by the former Dominican Master General, Timothy Radcliffe, with contributions from a range of authors, both lay and religious. Published by Columba Books at £10.99.

You can plan ahead for Advent with Coming and Going, a book of daily reflections and prayers for the season by Fr Gerald O’Mahony of Loyola Hall. The book does not shadow a specific liturgical cycle of readings, so it can be used any year – right through to Boxing Day. A daily reading (printed in full) is followed by a reflection, in which Fr O’Mahony suggests possible responses, and a prayer. Peter McGeary in the Church Times awarded the book five stars and praised the way it encouraged readers to interpret scripture. It is published by Kevin Mayhew and costs £10.99. Fr O’Mahony has often written about God the Father and God the Son. In his latest book, Tell me about the Holy Spirit – Eye-opener and ear-opener, he turns his attention to the third Person of the Trinity and considers both Church teaching and tradition in reflecting upon the Spirit “who brings God’s love to us, and who takes our love back to God”. The book is written in simple language which is both enlightening and uplifting. It can be ordered on-line from www.gracewing.co.uk, price £7.99.

Final vows he parish priest of Sacred Heart Church in Edinburgh, Father Peter Scally SJ, professed his final vows as a Jesuit on 15 June 2012. Peter entered the Society of Jesus in September 1993 and took his first vows as a Jesuit in 1995. He was ordained priest in 2002, founding and becoming the first director of Jesuit Media Initiatives in 2004. JMI is responsible for the global internet services of Thinking Faith and pray-as-you-go. Peter’s final vows – in which, having completed the final stage of his training (tertianship), he is confirmed as a Jesuit – were professed before the British Provincial, Fr Dermot Preston SJ, witnessed by many Jesuit priests and brothers, as well as his friends who had travelled to Scotland for the occasion.

Glasgow students receive first ever Caritas award our senior students from St Aloysius’ College in Glasgow have been awarded the Pope Benedict XVI Caritas Award at a ceremony at the city’s Clyde Auditorium. Jennifer McGinley, Aimee Perera, Stephanie McGill and Joseph Travers joined more than 400 other young people whose faith-inspired actions had earned them the Award, which was created in honour of Pope Benedict. Cardinal Keith O’Brien read a special greeting and apostolic blessing from the Pope in which he thanked the young people for their acts of loving service. In their reflections, the recipients explained how they had shared their gifts, talents and time with others in their parish and local community. “Everyone has the ability to share a Caritas experience with the people they meet from day to day,” said Aimee in her reflection, “whether those people be close friends and family or complete strangers. We can show them the good that is within all of us and show the true meaning of being made in God’s image and likeness to everyone we meet.”

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DEATHS & OBITUARIES Obituaries Fr Rodger Charles was born on 11 October 1929 in Leeds and went to school at St Michael’s College in the city. His National Service in the Royal Artillery was cut short by his father’s ill health so he worked in his father’s building business for two years before he applied to study at Campion House in Osterley. In September 1953, he entered the Society of Jesus at Harlaxton in Lincolnshire, continuing his studies at Roehampton and Campion Hall, Oxford, where he achieved a Diploma in Politics and Economics. His theology studies were followed by a Doctorate in Industrial Sociology. From 1968, Fr Charles taught at Heythrop College which, at that time, was in Oxfordshire. He founded the Institute of Social Ethics in 1970 and taught the postgraduate diploma in Social Ethics at Campion Hall and Plater College. By this time, he had already had two books published – Man, Industry and Society and The Christian Social Conscience. He would go on to write a further seven volumes, largely on Catholic Social Teaching and Christian Ethics. Writing became one of Fr Charles’ main activities during his time at Campion Hall, Oxford, and in the USA where, between 1987 and 1992, he also taught at the St Ignatius Institute in the University of San Francisco. Fr Charles’ latter years were spent in Bognor Regis and Mount Street in central London, before he retired to the Corpus Christi Jesuit Community in Dorset. He died there on 27 May 2012, at the age of 82. Br Bernard Elliot SJ was born in Macclesfield on 20 May 1929 and went to school at St John’s, Alton, and then Cotton College in Staffordshire. On leaving school, he served his National Service with the Royal Artillery, largely as an instructor of radar, before working in marketing and advertising in the

confectionery trade. Bernard entered the Society of Jesus at Harlaxton, Lincs, in 1963, at the age of 34, and studied administrative skills and economics at Campion Hall in Oxford; both his father and younger brother had been accountants. After taking his vows as a brother in 1965, he spent four years at Stonyhurst College in Lancashire as sacristan, and returned there in 1973 after his tertianship at Corby Hall in Sunderland. From 1976, he was Master to the Lower Grammar boys at Stonyhurst, before being appointed to work in the Jesuit parish of St George’s in Worcester. After a brief term at the Community Centre in Boscombe, Dorset, Bernard moved in 1979 to Heythrop College in London, where his collaboration with the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) began. For the next 32 years, he was to assist, work with and listen to refugees, detainees and asylum seekers through JRS, based first in Brixton, then Osterley, near Heathrow; and then in various parts of London Stamford Hill, London Bridge and finally, at the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping. Bernard’s final years were spent as a member of the Wimbledon Jesuit Community, living in Feltham, Middlesex. He was admitted to St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey on 19 March 2012 and died there on 2 April 2012. Fr Bernard Parkin SJ was born and died in North London. The two events were 90 years apart but between them Bernard lived a full and active ministry in Jesuit parishes and schools, as well as being involved with the province administration and archives. He was born in Tottenham on 25 May 1922, the only boy of three children. His first encounter with the Jesuits was at St Ignatius College in Stamford Hill, where he spent seven years as a student. On leaving school in 1940, he took up studies at University College,

London, and was awarded a degree in electrical engineering with first class honours. This led to him spending three years as an electrical officer in the Navy. After the Second World War, Bernard was employed in development and research in applied physics, first with His Master’s Voice (HMV) and then in the Scientific Civil Service. He spent 10 years in this line of work before applying to enter the Society of Jesus, which he did in 1956. His studies in philosophy and theology took him not only to Heythrop College in Oxfordshire, but also to Warwick University. During the early years of his formation as a Jesuit, he taught physics and chemistry at St George’s College in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and on completion of his studies and his ordination to the priesthood in 1964, he spent five years as Chaplain at Keele University in Staffordshire. Bernard served as Socius (Assistant) to the British Provincial between 1972 and 1979, during which time he was also Vice (or Acting) Provincial on several occasions. He was appointed parish priest at Symonds Green in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, in 1979 and was chaplain to two schools during this period. The following year, he moved to Brixton in South London, where he was parish priest at Corpus Christi Church until 1988. During his six years as Rector at St Wilfrid’s Church in Preston (1988 to 1994), Bernard was Chairman of the Governors of Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. For the next 14 years, he resided close to his place of birth – at St Ignatius Church in Stamford Hill, where he worked as librarian, writer and archivist. In 2008, he moved to St Anne’s Home in Stoke Newington where he was cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor. He died there on 5 April 2012.

Please pray for those who have died recently. May they rest in peace. Mrs Joan Mary Hanlon Mrs Rosemary Ash Mr Terry Weiler Mrs Louisa Pimentel-Pinto Ms Maura Scannell Mrs Elizabeth Montgomery Mr Joe Gilhooly Mrs Mary Lou Humphries Mr John Ward Sr Eilish Curristin Mr John MacGinley Mrs M Swinnerton Miss Catherine Walsh 22

Mrs Joyce Lankester Mr Leo Jacobs Mrs Eileen Clews Mrs Eileen Smolira – mother of Fr David Smolira SJ Mrs Rosemary Read – sister of Fr Brian Enright SJ Mr Joseph Gaughan – cousin of Fr Peter McArdle SJ and Br Vincent McArdle SJ Mr John Granger-Banyard – brother of Fr Peter (Bertie) Granger-Banyard Mrs Catherine Harrison – mother of Philip Harrison SJ

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Inacio De Mello – brother of Fr Joachim De Mello SJ Mrs Helena Randall – mother of Fr Peter Randall SJ Mr Charles Mitchell – brother of Fr Gerard Mitchell SJ Fr Rodger Charles SJ Fr John McQuade SJ Brother Bernard Elliot SJ Father Bernard Parkin SJ Father Jacob Srampickal SJ

DEATHS & OBITUARIES Obituaries Fr John McQuade, born on 3 March 1919 in Caldercruix, Lanarkshire, was the eldest of five children. He entered the Society of Jesus direct from school and studied philosophy and theology at Heythrop College in Oxfordshire. In the course of his training, he taught at Mount St Mary’s College in Derbyshire and was ordained at Stonyhurst College in 1950. After his tertianship in St Beuno’s, North Wales, Fr McQuade taught at St John’s Beaumont, the prep school to

Beaumont College near Windsor between 1953 and 1958. He then returned to Scotland where he served at various parishes until 1997, including Sacred Heart, Edinburgh and Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, where he was parish priest as well as confessor to the students at Blairs College and chaplain at Craiginches Prison. Fr McQuade was also responsible for establishing the parish of St John Ogilvie in the Wester Hailes area of Edinburgh in 1970. He stayed there as

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parish priest for 10 years, and oversaw the building of the current church in 1978. In 1988, at the age of 69, Father McQuade moved briefly to the parish of St Mary’s Beauly, before being assigned to St Aidan’s, Aviemore, where he worked for nine years. Illhealth resulted in his return to Sacred Heart, Edinburgh, in 1998 and then to St Joseph’s House, where he was cared for by the Little Sisters of the Poor. He died there on 27 May 2012.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;To reconcile the estranged, compassionately assist and serve those who are in prisons or hospitals, and indeed to perform any other works of charity, according to what will seem expedient for the glory of God and the common goodâ&#x20AC;? (From the Formula of the Institute of the Society of Jesus, 1550)

This icon of St Ignatius was painted by Moya Hogarth, a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon, and given to Fr Tim Curtis SJ to take with him to his new assignment at the Church of St Ignatius in Lethem, Guyana.