Congratulations Sr Anna de la Croix!
The photographs below show Anna Larkin of our Parish at her "Clothing" as Sr Anna de La Croix at the Mother House of the Little Sisters of the Poor, La Tour St Joseph, France.
The Little Sisters were founded in the 19th century by Saint Jeanne Jugan near Rennes, France. Jugan felt the need to care for the many impoverished elderly who lined the streets of French towns and cities. Today the Little Sisters of the Poor serve in 32 countries around the world and continue in their original purpose of caring for the elderly.
We wish Anna all the best in her chosen vocation.
Our Lady of Kirkstall - A prayer for the Parish Formation (click here)
Safeguarding
Bishops Letter on Safeguarding can be downloaded here
The Papal Visit
There are two Papal Events to which Parishioners are invited:
Saturday September 18th – The Prayer Vigil (Hyde Park, London).
Scheduled to conclude 9.30pm (start time still to be arranged) – this will mean a late return to Leeds.
Sunday September 19th – Mass of Beatification of John Henry Newman (Cofton Park, Birmingham)
Scheduled to start 9.30am (this will mean an early departure from Leeds).
Click here to download the Word file with more information.
Rainbows steal the show at the Parish Feast!
On a sunny afternoon a good number attended the family feast and enjoyed music and song with the rainbow guides giving us a star performance of some favourite songs. We were also entertained by many of the youth of the parish, in both instrumental and vocal performances - all very enjoyable and professional. We were also treated to some poetry in a humorous recital by Wendy! Finally we were played out by our own Fr Pat jazz combo with Colin tinkling the ivories. Thanks to our compere Richard Cavadino for supporting and organising our talented performers and everyone else who helped to make it such an enjoyable day.
Wike Cub Camp
The Cubs together with a few of the scouts had a lively time in the sunshine at the Wike camp this year. They are seen above wearing their own made soccer strips, representing different countries. England won the world cup in the football tournament...is this an omen?
Confirmations 2010
Holy Name hosted the Confirmations for our Deanery this year, on Friday 7th May. All the candidates, clergy and servers can be seen below with Bishop Arthur after the sacrament.
First Communions 2010
Children made their first communions on the first weekend of May. They were spread across the three weekend masses, so that the special occasion could be shared with all parishioners.
Spirituality in Our Parish
An advisory group meets regularly to plan and offer a Spirituality programme which reflects parishioners’ interests. Please contact Fr Pat or Maggie Jackson (via the parish office) if you can contribute to this group or have suggestions for the on-going programme. Look out for information on events in the bulletin and click here for May Update.
If you click here it will download Why Spirituality? Handout.
Click here to download details and booking form.
“Journey into Faith”
(Down load this talk given at Mass – October 17/18th 2009)
Holy Name 'Journey into Faith' Spirituality programme; some dates for your diary.
Building Blocks of Prayer: The start date for these meetings has been postponed by one week. They are now scheduled for Monday mornings 11am-12.30pm June 21st/28th/July 5th, repeated on Wednesday evenings 7.30pm-9pm June 23rd/30th/July 7th (this repeat is dependent on sufficient numbers of people – which at present is not the case). All meeting in Holy Name Parish Hall. If you wish to participate in either the Monday or Wednesday sessions, you must sign up THIS WEEK (June 11th) (using the pink tear off slips in the porch).
Seasons of the Spirit Retreat days at Myddelton Grange: Saturdays July 10th, October 3rd, December 4th.
Words for the Soul Book Group : next meeting Thursday July 15th 7.30-9pm in the presbytery. Book to be discussed is. "Oscar Romero and the Communion of Saints" by Scott Wright. The book for the September 23rd meeting is "John Henry Newman:A Mind Alive" by Roderick Strange.
Please look out for booking forms and further details for each event in the church porch or on the parish website.
Also see the Update for May 2010, available in the porch or on the website.
Talk by Julian Filochowski CSG OBE on the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador CA (19th May)
Julian declared that Romero had been a profound influence on his own commitment as a Catholic and gave a passionate and fascinating account of the unjust situation in El Salvador which Romero sought to redress, paying the ultimate price. His martyrdom was 30 years ago this year.
The official process of his canonisation by the Church is underway but the people of Latin America, especially Salvadorians, already regard him as a Saint, as do many others around the world, notably those engaged in work for justice and peace.
As Julian talked, Romero's spirit seemed very present in the gathering in Holy Name parish hall and it was a shame that the numbers of people who came were not greater.
The photos show:
1. A section of the audience at the talk.
2. Julian holding aloft a reliquary containing a piece of the bloodstained alb worn by Romero for the Mass at which he was assassinated.
Julian Filochowski CMG OBE
Julian Filochowski was born in Normanton, Yorkshire, in 1947. He studied Economics as an IBM scholar at Churchill College, Cambridge. On graduation he served as Economic Planning Officer in the Ministry of Finance in Belize City, before taking up the post of Coordinator of the British Volunteer Programme in Central America.
In 1973 Julian joined the staff of CIIR in London as Education Secretary. For nine years he campaigned on human rights and development issues linked to Latin America. He was particularly close to Dom Helder Camara in Brazil and Oscar Romero, the martyred Archbishop of San Salvador, both of whom on Julian’s initiative were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by British MPs. He led and accompanied solidarity missions and human rights delegations to Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Nicaragua, and Peru and with British Parliamentarians managed to gain entry to the torture cells in the National Guard headquarters in El Salvador.
In 1982 Julian was appointed Director of CAFOD, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. During his stewardship CAFOD was transformed to become a major international relief and development agency with a high national profile and recognised competence and professionalism in humanitarian disaster response, long term development programmes, advocacy and lobbying and grass roots development education.
Under Julian’s leadership, CAFOD pioneered the UK NGO response to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and, not without heavy opposition, secured a commitment to prioritise HIV/AIDS within Caritas Internationalis - the global church network which spans over 200 nations. This led to education, training, awareness raising, prevention and care programmes across five continents under the auspices of an international commission on HIV/AIDS which Julian chaired for fifteen years.
Julian pioneered interfaith collaboration between CAFOD and the Muslim community in Britain, visibly working in partnership with Islamic Relief in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia and Kosovo. He was instrumental in the setting up of many specialised trusts and NGOs, inter alia co-founder of the Latin America Bureau, founder-Trustee of Caritas Social Action and Chair of the Archbishop Romero Trust.
He brought CAFOD to be a founding member of the Jubilee 2000 coalition in pursuit of millennium debt cancellation.
Julian was awarded successively an OBE and a CMG for services to international development. After 21 years at the helm he stepped down as CAFOD’s CEO and took up sabbatical Visiting Fellowships at Cambridge to study the life and teaching of the man who had most profoundly affected his life and faith commitment, Archbishop Romero. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in Human Rights by the Jesuit University in San Salvador. He is a director of the Tablet Publishing Company and he is currently working as an international development consultant on assignment in Ethiopia with ActionAid.
" St Bede's Pastoral Centre in York (next to the Bar Convent) offer a very full programme of events and courses on Spiritual matters. To see their Summer programme visit www.stbedes.org.uk or contact Carol Reeves and Diane Granger, Administrators,St Bede's Pastoral Centre,
21 Blossom Street,York YO24 1AQ Tel 01904 464900"
YPMG (Young Peoples Music Group)
The YPMG supplied excellent music as usual, helping celebrate Mass on Easter Sunday.
