His daughter Caitlyn, aged 14, crowned the parish statue on behalf of the local children, parishioners and Salesian sisters who were watching via the parish live stream system.
Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here. If you would like to donate to your parish it is easy to do. Donations may be made by standing order, as a one-off donation, or as a regular weekly donation. If youve got any news from your parish that youd like featured e-mail us with the details at: catholicpictorial@rcaol.co.uk, On Monday 1 June Archbishop Malcolm celebrated Mass for Bishop Malone in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of the Metropolitan Cathedral. The following appointments will take effect in the Archdiocese of Liverpool in July and September 2020. It is a continuing conversation some just listen and others share their thoughts and feelings. It doesnt have to be something big. People are able to say what they feel without fear of judgement or stay silent listening to others speak. The school hopes to reopen "as soon as possible" and will continue to communicate with parents and carers while they remain closed.
The extended deadline is Tuesday 1 September. Hopefully this document will encourage, support and enable this important work. In a normal week Jacquelyn Williams and her husband Alan would enjoy several trips to a local caf or coffee shop but lockdown made this impossible, so they decided to get creative. He was always supportive, never critical of any of the brethren but would help me understand them with kindness a true teacher and friend. Due to the restrictions caused by the current pandemic Bishop Malones funeral was a graveside service prior to interment in the family grave at Allerton cemetery on Tuesday 2 June. There is also a desire that livestreaming will continue as a service for the sick, the housebound, and those unable to get to Mass. I thought, is it a community? <> 1 0 obj The freedom from a specific time of a conventional group means people contribute when they are able. He helped me understand the workings of the diocese, with a chart of course, but he also offered a listening ear and a kind word, as a brother bishop, a true brother to me, whom I had known for nearly 14 years, but I only saw the true man as he helped me settle in. Do you think energy bills will become the new Poll Tax? There are no long uncomfortable silences, no one can control the conversation as sometimes happens in traditional groups. To provide some information about these charities, Feeding Liverpool is an ecumenical pilot project of Feeding Britain and a wonderful example of the strength of ecumenical relationships among churches in Liverpool. So many are missing church but the daily live streaming from the parish is still bringing all members of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs and St Teresa's together. Bishop Tom Williams is to livestream Mass from the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in order to show a spiritual solidarity with the Sick and their Families, NHS Front-Line workers and those working in Social Care. When we embarked on our Lenten journey this year none of us would have imagined that we would be unable to go to Mass before we reached Palm Sunday, but the pandemic led us into strange times. That may be after they have attended daily Mass virtually somewhere in the world, a thought that strikes them as they read a spiritual book or reflections on the passage of the bible as prayers before going to sleep. We were all experiencing a very different way of being Church as many of us gathered remotely, online, and from our own homes. 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Our instinct in the office was the practical: what needs to be moved or re-thought, how do we make provision for effective home-working, how do we navigate the uncertainty? Not unexpectedly we have seen a great deal of response to the experience of livestreamed Masses. We wanted to do this challenge to show everyone how easy it is to fundraise and help others. Issue 163 April 2018 Issue 175 April 2019, RICHARD & SHANNON JENKINS Formerly of B. Jenkins and Sons, FUNERAL DIRECTORS 24 HOUR SERVICE We are everything but over priced RSJ Family Funeral Directors are your local, trusted, independent funeral directors. ensuring tablets/stable internet connections for schoolwork; financial digital exclusion, e.g. A small gesture really can make a big difference. The pairs chosen charity, Cafod, has recently launched an emergency coronavirus appeal and is scaling up its support to local aid experts. Upwards of 250 individual responses have arrived in the Synod Office covering quite a breadth of experience and concern. I thought its not a conventional group such as a scripture group who may now meet virtually at the same time as usual. The school apologised for any inconvenience caused and thanked parents for their patience and understanding. Explaining the reason behind the closure, Mrs Radford wrote: "You may be aware that recently there has been a lot of speculation regarding school closures. "School work will be set for children to access remotely and the same work will be set for any vulnerable or critical worker children who attend school. They created a coffee shop in their garden and donated what they would have spent on coffee to the coronavirus appeal of international development charity, Cafod. How many of these quiz questions can you get right without sneaking a look at the answers? xZYoH~7>xlg2c#b>(er#oUu7D;DKU}T}U37Xpy79K q&bFo_]jW@8+[xs5{b-Q?t~dPe|alDD?U J2xxzSqj~rxNg+o.i B7k2{>QzVrG7LDo8wx)Zn|iyg[wpLs&IO$. The Mass is part of the initiative where a Catholic Bishop celebrates a livestreamed Mass in a Cathedral each Thursday at 7.00 pm. Please dont hesitate to get in touch. How can communications technology be used to build community and promote a sense of belonging? Cafod education volunteer Jacquelyn William, said: Before the lockdown, we never really thought anything about going a few times a week for a quick coffee and cake, but since weve been in lockdown, we realised how much we missed the experience of sitting down together for a relaxing hot drink. The livestreams can be found by visiting the Cathedrals webpages. 3 0 obj These words make it clear that we express our faith by our actions towards other people. We are grateful for your support and our prayers remain with you at this time. The children later did their own socially distanced procession and listened to Marian hymns recorded by the parish music group. If you wish to Gift Aid your donation, please tick the box. Pinehurst Primary School sent a message to parents on Sunday, January 3, to inform them that children will be expected to work remotely from home this week. Cafod is also helping churches in developing countries to use their networks to share hygiene messages through Catholic radio stations and to produce posters in local dialects on infection prevention. Choose your Parish Area from the menu and then find your parish in the list. It was clear that our Synod could learn a great deal as we reflected on our experiences of being Church under lockdown and continued to pray our Synod prayer, help us to become the Church that you are calling us to be. There is no public worship at this time, but maintenance costs remain unchanged. Its chief challenges and concerns are as follows: Un/under-employment; loss of income, e.g. Bishop Malones sister, Mary, who lived in America for many years, was also remembered as she had died on 28 May at the age of 92, just ten days after her brother. "We will be able to make provision for any vulnerable and critical worker children (both parents/carers) as we did last Summer term during the initial lockdown. Yet, when faced with the full effect of lockdown, it was the opportunities rather than the challenges that began to come to the fore. As a deacon I felt lost as to what I could do. So, we decided to recreate the experience in our own garden . Deacon Chris said it was a great honour and brilliant the children could join in from the school hub. It has maintained its outreach to some of the areas most vulnerable people despite a funding crisis during the pandemic. "Unfortunately, at this point in time due to staff absence on union advice and given the face that our priority is being Covid safe and operationally safe (and viable), it is with regret not possible for us to open Holy Name tomorrow. <>>>
The best way I can describe it is an extended family gathered around a communal table each offering food to nourish each other. A general gratitude for their availability is clear as people have been able to maintain a sense of community either in their own parish or as a virtual visitor to another. Holy Name Catholic Primary School in Fazakerley also contacted parents on Sunday to say the school would not be reopening on Monday. Ideas continue to arrive about how the home-school-parish partnership can be strengthened, how our young people can be supported in the development of their faith, and how diocesan structures can be enhanced, how we use our Church buildings, the wellbeing and support of priests, how we reach out to the weak and the marginalised, and much more. The work of Synod 2020 is ongoing. It was hard to see what he had actually retired from doing. In response to the amazing generosity of parishioners who have expressed a wish to continue giving to their parishes while churches are closed the Archdiocese of Liverpool is now offering an opportunity for people to donate online. In normal times, the aims of Feeding Liverpool are to: Create arenas for practitioners to share and shape good practices in relation to tackling hunger and food insecurity in the Liverpool city region Draw on experiences from the ground to influence policy debates locally and nationally Raise awareness and understanding of food policy and related issues. Yet closed churches do not mean that we can no longer express our Catholic, Christian faith. stream What the new normal holds for our faith lives we dont know but we know we will continue to be Together in Spirit at our virtual table in the future. We need our churches for our life as a community: for Baptisms, First Communions, weddings and funerals. In his exhortation On the Call to Holiness in Todays World, Pope Francis says that the ultimate criterion on which our lives will be judged is what we have done for others. Your reflections have come in from every area of our diocese in considerable numbers. As a school, we regularly update our risk assessments to ensure the safety of our staff and children. More schools have sent last minute letters home to parents informing them of the closures. .css-k31kfd-skeletonStyles-Skeleton{background-color:#eee;background-image:linear-gradient( 90deg,#eee,#f5f5f5,#eee );background-size:200px 100%;background-repeat:no-repeat;border-radius:4px;display:inline-block;line-height:1;width:100%;-webkit-animation:animation-16jpnkj 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;animation:animation-16jpnkj 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;}@-webkit-keyframes animation-16jpnkj{0%{background-position:-200px 0;}100%{background-position:calc(200px + 100%) 0;}}@keyframes animation-16jpnkj{0%{background-position:-200px 0;}100%{background-position:calc(200px + 100%) 0;}}.css-k31kfd-skeletonStyles-Skeleton{background-color:#eee;background-image:linear-gradient( 90deg,#eee,#f5f5f5,#eee );background-size:200px 100%;background-repeat:no-repeat;border-radius:4px;display:inline-block;line-height:1;width:100%;-webkit-animation:animation-16jpnkj 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;animation:animation-16jpnkj 1.2s ease-in-out infinite;}@-webkit-keyframes animation-16jpnkj{0%{background-position:-200px 0;}100%{background-position:calc(200px + 100%) 0;}}@keyframes animation-16jpnkj{0%{background-position:-200px 0;}100%{background-position:calc(200px + 100%) 0;}}, from 'Essential Marbella Online - May 2020', from 'RELEVANT - Issue 92 - March/April 2018'. Priests were left to celebrate Mass alone as Deacons and the faithful were unable to enter church buildings. Father Tony Slingo during spiritual direction asked me what the group was. Fr Joseph Simionato FDP, parish priest, Our Lady of the Annunciation, Standish and St Bernadette, Shevington Fr Bruce Walles, parish priest, Our Lady of Walsingham, Netherton in addition to St Benet, Netherton Fr Michael Thompson, parish priest, St Mary, Castletown and St Columba, Port Erin Fr Leo Cooper, parish priest, St Benedict, Hindley Fr Kenny Hyde, parish priest, St Richard, Skelmersdale Fr Dominic Risley, assistant priest, St Michael and All Angels, Kirkby Deacon Peter Murphy, assistant priest, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Deacon Paul Rooney to the parishes of St Austins, Thatto Heath and St Teresa, Devon Street, St Helens, the St Helens Pastoral Area and Liverpool Hope University. endobj
We believe in being at the heart of the community, providing a first class service and building strong everlasting relations with you and your family at this very difficult time. Public Masses were suspended, the doors of our churches locked, and gathering as a community with our friends, family, and neighbours impossible. The quotation from Pope Francis at the start of this article goes on to say: Our worship becomes pleasing to God when we devote ourselves to living generously, and allow Gods gift, granted in prayer, to be shown in our concern for our brothers and sisters.. and its been a real treat! Our bishops have an obvious concern for the opening of church buildings so that we can worship and express our faith through the Mass, and public and private prayer. This innovative idea gained a lot of attention in the community and the pair invited their parish to get involved to set up cafs in their own gardens and raise money to help vulnerable overseas communities. From 1 July 2020 Fr Kevan OBrien, parish priest, Holy Cross, St Helens Fr Jonathan Brown, chaplain to Carmel Monastery, Allerton, From September 2020 Canon Thomas Neylon, parish priest and dean in Widnes Fr Carl Mugan, parish priest in Widnes Canon Michael Fitzsimons, parish priest, St John Fisher, Knowsley and St Columba, Huyton Fr Philip Carr, parish priest, St Julie, Eccleston and English Martyrs, Haydock Fr John Hindley, parish priest, St Philomena and Holy Name, Fazakerley Fr Kevin McLoughlin, parish priest, Holy Family, Southport Fr Leo Daley, parochial administrator, Our Lady and All Saints, Parbold in addition to St John the Evangelist, Burscough. With the routines and rituals of traditional faith life pruned away new and flourishing growth has sprung forth. They are one of the groups least likely to have digital access, making it difficult for their children to keep in contact with schools. Technological limitations leave many feeling excluded, others want to join Mass from their local Church rather than being a live-stream tourist, whilst some find the experience of online Mass to be hard to engage with and yearn for the re-opening of our Churches. In prayer and discernment, I felt the Holy Spirit calling me to create a WhatsApp group. Father Chris Fallon the parish priest has been trying many ways to engage with homes, the sick and families in the community using a variety of innovative technologies. Whilst the overwhelming majority of reflections have been inspired and coloured by the immediate implications of COVID19, the period of lockdown seems also to have given people the space to ponder deeply some of the bigger questions about our Church and the future. During lockdown, the couple from Liverpool embarked on a Coffee Challenge. I told them I did not know what it actually was going to be but felt the Spirit would guide us.
%PDF-1.5 <> During these difficult and different days of pandemic we are still listening for the Holy Spirit speaking through our experiences as we discern where God is calling us. Work will be set remotely for pupils after the first day of closure and those who don't have access to the internet are being asked to inform the school of this as soon as possible so alternative arrangements can be put in place. With this in mind, and with an awareness of the impact of the pandemic on some of the most vulnerable people in our area, the Archbishop and the Trustees recently decided that diocesan funds ringfenced for charitable initiatives would go to support local charitable projects. Do we know the people of our parish, do we know their needs, can we contact them? When the restrictions associated with COVID-19 came into effect in late March there were, of course, some significant implications for our Synod 2020 journey. furloughed workers not receiving the 20% top-up Delays in receiving Universal Credit Debt, including dangers of informal lending Digital exclusion, e.g. The donations website is at: https://donate.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ with the following message: Daily life has changed dramatically in these last weeks and many people are experiencing difficulties in adapting to a new situation. I began to work through my phone contacts to see who used WhatsApp and invited them to join the Together in Spirit group. What evolved with Gods grace has been amazing. Although lockdown may be easing for some, many in our parishes will continue to need our support. The service was led by his brother Auxiliary Bishop, Tom Williams, and Archbishop Malcolm led prayers and gave the blessing. 2 0 obj A limited number of places will be available at the school for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers, who will be contacted with further information tomorrow. In response to this we are now able to offer this online giving facility so that those who wish to, and are able to do so, can continue to make donations directly to their own parish. Mr Johnson appeared on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday morning and in a wide-ranging interview he told parents to send their children back to primary school if they lived in an area where this was permissible. Grants of 5,000 have been made to Feeding Liverpool (www.feedingliverpool.org) and SWAP (www.swapwigan.org) to help their much-needed work to continue. Many people have shown their generosity by asking how they can continue to make their offerings to support their parish. SWAP the Support Wigan Arrivals Project looks after the interests of over 1,000 asylum seekers in Wigan borough and the surrounding districts by providing advice, case work support, and language classes. We will open from 7.45am until 3pm tomorrow and let you know if there will be any changes to times.". The invitation remains to continue reflecting on the joys, sorrows, challenges, and struggles of living through lockdown and contribute your ideas and observations via the Synod website. Feeding Liverpool understands food insecurity as one part of a wider web of poverty and seeks to change the structures that allow injustice to continue. We know that reflections will continue to be enriched as lockdown is gradually lifted, as our schools reopen, and as we look forward to our church doors opening at least for private prayer. Yet the experience of livestreaming has not all been positive. Although we all shared the same faith it feels so much more than just a loose grouping by faith. Of course, we have sadly joined in prayer for friends and family who have died. The closure comes after teaching unions advised staff that it is not safe to return to work and the school said it is their priority to be both Covid and operationally safe. 4 0 obj What changes do we need to make to be able to do this more effectively in the future? We continue to follow the necessary government restrictions to protect those around us, and our churches remain closed. Nationally, the Bishops Conference has acted by creating an online booklet titled Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic which serves as a toolkit for parishes, providing advice from the Caritas Social Action Network and the St Vincent de Paul Society (Nugent, in the case of our diocese) as well as a full list of contacts. <>/XObject<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 419.52 595.32] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> Around 30 people whose only connection was I had their number and they used WhatsApp began to virtually walk together through these strange times. On a warm, sunlit morning a very small group of priests, family and friends observed social distancing as Bishop Vincent was laid to rest with his parents. In his homily Archbishop Malcolm recalled the help which Bishop Vincent had given him on his arrival in Liverpool: When I came to the diocese, Bishop Vin was still very active as Vicar General, even though he had retired as an Auxiliary Bishop some seven years before. Enter your postcode for the latest coronavirus cases in your area. Please go to www.synod2020.co.uk and click Submit a Proposal. You will be offered a choice of donation amounts. The Mass was livestreamed so that his family and many friends could join in. Jacquelyn and Alan set up their own garden caf where all proceeds go to charity. It came as a terrible shock to us to have church categorised as a non-essential service, less important than supermarkets and even off-licences. These local experts are providing food to vulnerable families, as well as improving handwashing and sanitation facilities across communities. Executive Head Teacher Mrs A Radford Executive and Head of School Ms P Sloane, sent a letter to parents apologising for the late notice in informing them of the closure. Holy Name Catholic Primary School in Fazakerley and Pinehurst Primary School in Anfield, are the latest schools in the region to announce that they will not be opening as planned this week. Both Liverpool Council and Wirral Council have today released statements stating that children should go back to school tomorrow if they can and unless individual schools decide otherwise. older people who are fearful about leaving their homes but do not have access to cash or online banking to pay for home deliveries Social isolation and fears to ask for help, particularly among those struggling to care for children Deteriorating mental health; especially for young people over, summer holidays, groups who are continuing to shield/fearful to leave home, single parents, single people Vitamin D deficiencies both in young children but also in shielded and vulnerable population Dependency on free food parcels; the need to move away from free food parcel models towards encouraging affordable food initiatives Tailored debt advice/support Understanding the pandemics impact on Liverpool through collection of suitable data. Two Liverpool schools have said they will not be reopening tomorrow due to coronavirus concerns. It can be reached via www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com or www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk (by clicking on Prayer and Other Resources). My role has been facilitation of this Spirit filled discussion. 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Since Covid-19, Feeding Liverpool has played a key role, in collaboration with the mayors office, in the procurement and distribution of food supplies to support vulnerable households, using funds secured through its relationship with Feeding Britain and with local churches. endobj RSJ Funerals send prayerful condolences to the Archdiocese of Liverpool on the death of Bishop Vincent Malone, PERSONAL ATTENTION OF Mr. Richard Jenkins Ms. Shannon Jenkins Mr. Richard Jenkins Jnr Mr. Ryan Jenkins Mr. Barry Jenkins 3 Allerton Road, Liverpool, L18 1LG Call: 0151 318 4660 Email: shannon@rsjfunerals.co.uk www.rsjfunerals.co.uk Private car park at rear (Auckland Road L18 0UX). Bishop Tom will celebrate the Mass on Thursday 9 July, others planned include: Thursday 11 June - Bishop Patrick McKinney, St Barnabas Cathedral, Nottingham, Thursday 18 June - Archbishop Bernard Longley St Chads Cathedral, Birmingham, Thursday 25 June - Bishop Alan Hopes, Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich, Thursday 2 July - Archbishop John Wilson, St Georges Cathedral, Southwark. endobj % Concern for the sick, the vulnerable, the aged, those who faced three months of social isolation, sometimes alone, moved many people to ponder how well equipped our parishes were for responding to the needs of the vulnerable within our communities. Bishop Tom read from St Matthews account of the Ascension which concluded with the following words: Go therefore, make disciples of all the nations, baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teach them to observe all the commands I gave you, and know that I am with you always, yes, to the end of time.. 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