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Parish Magazine ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS, MAIDSTONE
AUGUST 2020 50p
St Michael and All Angels’ is an Anglican parish,
affiliated through Forward in Faith to the Society of
St Wilfrid and St Hilda.
It is under the episcopal care of the Bishop of
Richborough in the diocese of Canterbury.
INSIDE
Fr Neil’s joy as the
church doors reopen
David Cleggett tells
the inside story of
‘twin’ east windows
Eleanor on the Vicar
our church never
had
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Parish Priest (Associate Vicar):
Fr Neil Bryson SSC tel. 01622 721123
Reader Mrs Elizabeth Bryson tel. 01622 721123
Reader Dr Eleanor Relle tel. 01622 679551
Churchwarden Mrs Jessica O’Sullivan tel. 01622 727970
Hall bookings Mrs Heidi Elvers tel. 07825 741003
Wedding inquiries Fr Neil Bryson SSC tel. 01622 721123
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Cover picture: Pen and ink drawing by Catherine Garland
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August 2020
Dear Friends
“Is there no end in sight?”
We all wonder when we’ll see a termination of the restrictions on our
daily lives necessitated by the pandemic. We quickly adapted to the
lockdown, which is admirable. As restrictions eased, the lack of
absolute rules led some to ignore existing measures designed for our
own protection; but it’s easy to sit in judgment if you don’t live as a
family in a 17th-floor flat and haven’t been out for two months.
St Michael and All Angels’ Church
Tonbridge Road
MAIDSTONE
Kent ME16 8JS
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You will frequently hear in our prayers of intercession a request for
the prayers of Jesus’ Mother, Comforter of the Afflicted, which are so
needed during this emergency; we bear in mind not only those who
have contracted the virus, but all those affected by it in a great many
ways, directly and indirectly.
We also pray for the Government, who are under great pressure to
manage the crisis: an unenviable task for which no MP had any
experience; again, it is easy to criticise them, which shows our own
lack of charity and understanding.
It was with great joy that we opened the church to the congregation
last month, who were at last able to receive Our Lord’s risen body in
Holy Communion. There are all sorts of rules and regulations that
everyone has to observe, but there seemed to be few problems in
compliance. We are continuing to stream the services so that people
who are unable to leave their homes can join in. The numbers of those
doing so remotely is unknown, but we are recording the number of
devices used to view each service, either live over the Internet or
afterwards on YouTube. For those who haven’t tried it yet, it’s easily
accessed by clicking on the hyperlink on the home page of our
website.
At present, again because of the crisis, it is not possible to have cover
from other clergy when I’m away on leave. You will very easily find
the hyperlink for Sunday Mass from the Shrine of Our Lady of
Walsingham as it is in the same place on our website as for Sunday
Mass. Additionally, you can attend the Shrine’s Youth Pilgrimage at
home from Monday 3rd to Friday 7th August: details are here https://
www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk/the-shrine-2/the-youth-pilgrimage-
2/
Just think: no travel, no camping, no cost – a great way to experience this prodigious event!
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This month sees the top feast of Our Lady: her assumption into
heaven. As a creature she could not, like her Son, ascend into heaven
by her own power. Instead, like Moses, Elijah and Enoch, she was
taken up into heaven, her body transformed into an indestructible
resurrection body. With all the saints in glory, she prays for us, for we
are all part of the one Body of Christ and, as St Paul teaches, “If one
member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is
honoured, all the members rejoice with it” (I Corinthians 12:26,
NKJV).
Here on earth, we rejoice with the saints – those who have made it to
heaven; they in turn “suffer” when we do by interceding for us. When
times are tough – as they are for so many at present – we can take
courage from the saints’ support: “Since we have such a huge crowd
of people of faith watching us from the grandstands, let us strip off
anything that slows us down or holds us back, and especially those
sins that wrap themselves so tightly around our feet and trip us up; and
let us run with patience the particular race that God has set before us.
Keep your eyes on Jesus, our leader and instructor.” (Hebrews 12:1-2,
The Living Bible)
Returning in glory
Our Lady’s Assumption is, in fact, an amazing model of what the
Church’s future will be: when Jesus returns in glory, those of us alive
will be caught up with him; those Christians who have died will be
raised from physical death; all of us will have transformed,
resurrection bodies.
You can read about this in I Thessalonians 4:15-18. This is the
Christian hope in the face of bodily death: we shall be raised
incorruptible, body, soul and spirit, and there we shall share forever
Christ’s resurrection life.
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The stories of the saints are, of necessity, accounts of their lives on
earth. They are real people who, over 2,000 years, have experienced
everything we have. Why not turn to the back of this magazine and
look at the August calendar; then pick a saint listed there and look up
his or her details? God can do heroic works of virtue in you, too: ask
Him!
New saints added
New saints are being added all the time, for the Church never loses a
member by physical death. Did you know that a young computer
“geek” is on his way to sainthood? You can find out about Carlo
Acutis here:
https://aleteia.org/2016/12/03/computer-geek-takes-one-more-step-
toward-sainthood/
He was born in London in 1991 and died in Lombardy in 2006. In his
short life he made a huge impact by his holiness lived in everyday life.
He continues to make a difference by his Christian witness.
Here’s one astute quotation to spark your interest: “We are all born as
originals; many die as photocopies.” To return briefly to my opening
sentence, Carlo certainly believed there was an end in sight: “Do not
be afraid because with the Incarnation of Jesus, death becomes life,
and there’s no need to escape: in eternal life, something extraordinary
awaits us.”
That end is a new beginning where each day is better than the last and
goes on getting better and newer forever, guaranteed by our Saviour
Jesus Christ to all who yield Him their allegiance.
Fr Neil D. Bryson SSC
Associate Vicar
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St Michael & All Angels’ Church
Sunday, August 9th is Mary Sumner Day. Mary, who died in 1921,
was the founder member of Mothers’ Union and the day is kept in her
memory.
Normally members prepare a flower arrangement in Church by the
MU Banner to celebrate this special day, but owing to Covid-19
restrictions we are unable to do this.
Can I suggest members place, at home, a small vase of flowers by a
lighted candle.
Below is the Mary Sumner Prayer. Please use on August 9th
All this day, O Lord
Let me touch as many lives as possible for thee;
And every life I touch, do thou by thy spirit quicken,
Whether through the word I speak,
The prayer I breathe,
Or the life I live
Amen
Mary Sumner and her husband George are buried in the graveyard at
Winchester Cathedral.
On Thursday, September 10th at 2pm we will hold an informal
meeting for members. Details nearer the time.
Daphne
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JESSICA O’SULLIVAN
At the end of this month our churchwarden, Jessica O’Sullivan, will
be leaving us. She has been energetic and proactive in this post since
she was elected to it in April, 2018. She has a keen eye for things
needing to be done, rolls up her sleeves and gets on with them.
She has served on both Deanery and Diocesan Synods. Her late
husband David served with her on the PCC, starting in 2017. Jessica
has also been an effective Safeguarding Officer, and has been in
charge of floral arrangements.
I have relied on her to be on duty at weddings and funerals, tasks she
has carried out with diligence. The transparent figures of soldiers that
sit in the pews were given to the church by Jessica for the centenary of
the end of the First World War: simple but powerful witnesses to the
sacrifices of that conflict.
Air Training Corps
Jessica has lived in this area for many years; in one of those curious
examples of coincidence, she was an Air Training Corps Cadet in 40F
(Maidstone) Squadron, of which I am the current Chaplain.
Sadly, her mother died recently, and, added to the loss of her husband
last year, Jessica now wants a fresh start. She will be on holiday with
friends in the USA throughout the autumn: she wants to travel and
have new experiences. She is selling her house and will decide in due
course where she would like to live.
I conclude by expressing my personal thanks for all Jessica’s hard
work and commitment to St Michael & All Angels’. We wish her
every happiness for the future.
Fr Neil
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2020 YOUTH PILGRIMAGE @ HOME
At the Shrine Church at Walsingham the clergy are continuing to
worship and pray, Mass is being live-streamed and annual events are
being made available online.
These events include the 2020 Y outh Pilgrimage @ Home from
Monday, August 3rd to Friday, August 7th. The programme begins at
7pm on Monday with a Welcome and First Visit with Priest
Administrator Fr Kevin Smith and Master of the Guardians Bishop
Philip North. Bible study sessions and music will feature and on
Tuesday evening there will be a Virtual Holy Mile Procession with
Rosary. The inspiration behind this year’s Youth Pilgrimage is Mary,
Queen of Creation.
Videos will be released daily and be available to watch again. You can
take part via: https://www.walsinghamanglican.org.uk
Youtube Channel: https://bit.ly/3cPXl5e
Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/channels/youthpilgrimage
-Ed.
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AN ASSUMPTIONTIDE PRAYER
Looking online for a good prayer with which to mark the Feast of the
Assumption, I found a French prayer in praise of Mary, composed by
Pѐre Louis-Joseph Lebret (1897-1966), writes Eleanor.
Père Louis-Joseph was born into a fishing family in Brittany, saw
active service at sea during World War One, and then, as a Dominican
priest, worked to improve conditions of work and business for
fishermen worldwide, becoming a major contributor to the wave of
urgent thinking about world development after World War Two.
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Finally, he acted as a consultant for the drafting of the 1967 papal
encyclical Populorum Progressio, which appeared after his death.
Here, in my translation, is Père Louis-Joseph’s prayer, which I think
has helped me to see more of the reality the Church expresses in its
teaching about the Assumption of our Lady.
O Virgin Mary, Mother of God,
you are the fulness of love,
the pure offering that kept nothing aside for itself,
you are the “Yes” that was never taken back,
the total response to Love that is infinite.
Because you recognised your total servanthood,
God has given you the perfect freedom of Love.
Because you were humility itself,
God has filled you with His glory.
Because you were faithfulness itself,
God has perfected His likeness in you.
Your death was a moment of inexpressible joy.
Your charity, at one stroke, pierced the veil
that yet separated you
from the One Who had kindled your heart into such ardent flame;
Your love blazed through into vision, face to face.
Père Louis-Joseph Lebret OP
Translation: Eleanor Relle.
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‘He who bore pain on the cross bears also the pain of all who will
suffer from this virus. He who rose again in glory guarantees that
hope and love will always triumph over fear and darkness. Nothing
can undermine that truth’
- Bishop Philip North
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NEWS FROM THE GARDEN WORKING PARTY
The hedge before...
The GWP met on Saturday, July 25th to cut the hedge. This is always
a big job; it is a big hedge and has a habit of growing a lot during the
summer.
The “before” and “after” photographs taken by Tim show this clearly.
Despite a bit of rain, Martyn, Tim, Mike and Mary Trout and Mike
Codling persevered. Martyn and Mike Codling used petrol-driven
hedge trimmers and this worked so well that the other three could
hardly keep up with collecting the bits and piling them up tidily.
Normally we would have coffee and cake afterwards and relax with a
chat, but of course present times are not “normal”.
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...and after
Apart from scheduled sessions,
some of our GWP members do
much needed work in the
churchyard at other times;
Martyn regularly cuts the grass
(there is a lot of that!) and Tim
fills the garden waste bins,
picks up litter and tends to the
flower bed.
Thanks to all their efforts the
churchyard looks well cared
for.
Doreen Martyn in the thick of it
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TWO EAST WINDOWS
David Cleggett, who wrote the guide book to St Michael and All
Angels’, Maidstone, uncovers the story of a connection between
two very fine east windows many miles apart.
Clement Heaton (1824-82) founded his own stained-glass firm in
1852 and was joined by James Butler (1830-1913) in 1855. From
1859-61 they worked alongside Clayton and Bell.
Heaton and Butler were joined in 1862 by Robert Turnill Bayne (1837
-1915) as a full partner and sole designer. Bayne had previously
designed for Clayton and Bell. From their studio in Floral Street,
Covent Garden, now the Heaton, Butler and Bayne restaurant, stained-
glass windows found their way into churches in every corner of our
two islands and to the farthest lands of the Empire.
As Fr Bernard Wigan was wont to remark in his inimitable manner,
the productions of Heaton, Butler and Bayne were not always of the
highest quality, but on occasion the firm’s hack artists rose to the
challenge of a Bayne design. Two such windows are discussed here.
Had St Michael and All Angels’, Maidstone been built in accordance
with Mr Arthur (later Sir Arthur) Blomfield’s plans presented to the
members of the building committee on July 9th, 1874, the church
would have had a far more Tractarian appearance than it does.
Having in mind the site, aisles with pitched roofs would have
necessitated the nave being much narrower which would have
emphasised its height. The nave windows would have been arranged
more pleasingly than they are presently; but instead of the great five-
light east window seen today, there would have been three lancets.
This would have created a mysterious gloom in the manner so beloved
by the Tractarians. But it was not to be.
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Lack of funds caused the church to be built much more cheaply than
Sir Arthur envisaged; he rather lost interest in the project and
submitted his plan for Christ Church, Epsom. This renders the nave
far too broad for Tractarian taste but did give the benefit of the large
five-light east window.
“...the Son of Man shall come
in His Glory and all His holy
Angels with Him...”
The window at Maidstone
(left)...
...and the window at Beetham,
Cumbria
(right)
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R.T. Bayne’s first traced design for a Majestas is that created for the
church in Maidstone, installed and unveiled at Whitsuntide 1881, the
gift of Mr Frederick Scudamore of Manor House, a leading benefactor
of St Michael’s, as a memorial to his parents and an infant son.
The whole composition of Christ in Majesty, with the angel
trumpeters announcing the Last Judgement, is a splendid creation and
takes full advantage of the extremely large window. This was only
possible because of the less expensive building adopted.
Both designer and artist rose to the occasion and one may say that the
window was both finely conceived and executed.
Robert Bayne returned to the subject in the following year when the
firm was commissioned to install a memorial window commemorating
the life and ministry of the Revd William Hutton, Vicar of Beetham,
Westmoreland - now Cumbria - between 1844-81.
The Saxon period
St Michael and All Angels’, Beetham is an ancient foundation dating
back, in the lower tower, to the Saxon period. At that time, it is
thought that the church was dedicated to St Lioba, a dedication
changed at The Conquest.
Romanesque work survives in the nave arcades. Although the chancel
is lower than that at Maidstone, the east window is in proportion
thereto and is of five lights.
As the window is smaller there are some differences between the two
but a comparison of the windows in each church reveals the close
similarity of composition and arrangement.
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The Alpha and Omega at Beetham are at the extreme edge of the
window above the main composition whereas at Maidstone the Alpha
and Omega, to the same design, are at right and left of the elaborate
throne on which Christ is enthroned in Majesty.
Robert Bayne was slightly self-indulgent. He would include his own
portrait in some of his windows. He does not appear at Maidstone but
he is one of the bearded kings in the Beetham commission.
In both windows St Michael with the flaming sword is central to the
composition as are the angels with the trumpets of the Last
Judgement. The heavenly host surrounding the Majestas is arranged in
the same manner in both windows. There are more similarities than
differences in the two commissions.
It is unfortunate that the archive of Heaton, Butler and Bayne was
destroyed with all the firm’s records when it ceased to trade in 1953.
The original partners’ sons continued the business after their deaths.
Had the archive survived it is not impossible that other examples of
this splendid concept would be found in other locations all over the
kingdom.
Keep your eyes open and be vigilant.
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BLESSING OF THE FISHERIES
Despite lockdown, Fr Mark Haldon-Jones and Fr David Goodburn
from St Peter’s Church, Folkestone were able to hold a brief service at
the harbour in June to mark the Blessing for another year,
commending all who earn their livelihood on the sea and remembering
those who have sacrificed their life on the water.
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A VICAR ST MICHAEL’S NEVER HAD
The benefactor without whom St Michael and All Angels’, Maidstone,
would never have been built was Frederick Scudamore of the Manor
House, prominent local solicitor and Undersheriff of the county of
Kent. Despite his prominence, he is not today an easy person to
research.
His wife Frances, however, left a diary, now in the Kent Archives,
which gives glimpses – fascinating, entertaining, poignant, tantalising
– of the months that led up to the consecration of the church on
October 25th, 1876. As the building took shape there were periods of
anxiety as well as the satisfactions of taking successive visitors “to see
the church”, but on what must have been one major concern – who
should be its first incumbent – the diary is silent until, on August 3rd,
Mrs Scudamore records:
“Heard from Mr Roger Leigh inclosing Mr Wellesley-Wesley’s
recommendation of Mr Chas. Chase for St Michael’s.”
The Revd Louis Herbert Wellesley-Wesley was at that point reaching
the end of a curacy at Christ Church, St Leonards on Sea (a parish still
developing but conceived from the start as a product of the Oxford
Movement), and taking up an appointment as Vicar of Hatchford in
Surrey – a post that made him, in effect, domestic chaplain to the Earl
of Ellesmere, who owned the Hatchford Park estate. How much
weight Wellesley-Wesley’s recommendation would have carried in
itself is doubtful; however, Roger Leigh, who went on to become a
successful Conservative politician, was the owner not only of Barham
Court at Teston but also of a substantial property in Lancashire, and a
candidate for a Maidstone incumbency who had his indirect support
might well have had good prospects.
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Nevertheless, on August 10th, 1876 there was a “Meeting of Church
trustees to see Mr Buckmaster”, and it was the Revd Edward
Buckmaster who duly became the first Vicar of St Michael’s. So who
was the unsuccessful candidate, why was he unsuccessful, and what
became of him?
Born in 1844, Charles Rose Chase initially seemed destined for a
military career. His father was a retired cavalry colonel, and he
himself was educated at Wellington College and went on to
Sandhurst. In 1861 he went to India with the 21st Hussars, but
resigned his commission in 1868 and returned to England.
During his years of service in India a Roman missal had come into
Chase’s possession, and this had become a source of personal
inspiration to him. He felt called to take Holy Orders in the Church of
England, and on his return, after a year at Oxford, he spent two years
at Salisbury theological college, and was ordained deacon by the
Bishop of Winchester in 1871.
There can be no doubt about the direction he intended his priestly
ministry to take; in 1870, as an ordinand, he had already joined the
Society of the Holy Cross (SSC), a congregation of Catholic-minded
Anglican clergy, united under a common Rule, whose object, in the
words of its founder Fr Charles Lowder, was “To defend and
strengthen the spiritual life of the clergy, to defend the faith of the
Church, and to carry on and aid Mission work both at home and
abroad”. Chase served his first curacy at Holy Trinity, Winchester,
built in 1853-4 to serve an expanding working-class population in the
city, and with a strong Catholic ethos which it retains to the present
day.
After an interval of ill-health, Chase proceeded in 1874 to a curacy at
the Bristol church of All Saints’, Clifton, under its controversial first
incumbent, Richard William Randall.
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Randall had already been accused of “doctrine and ritual at once
unscriptural and disallowed by the Church of England” but Chase’s
arrival at All Saints’ coincided with the passing of the Public Worship
Regulation Act (1874), which was swiftly followed by prosecutions of
clergy (notably that of Fr Ridsdale SSC of St Peter’s, Folkestone, in
1875, against whom proceedings had previously been set in motion by
Archbishop Tait) over such matters as vestments, altar candles, wafer
bread and the mixed chalice at Holy Communion.
For a time it looked as if Randall too might be prosecuted. Meanwhile
a Bristol branch of SSC had come into being, and Chase became its
treasurer. It appears, perhaps significantly, that Fr Ridsdale was one of
very few SSC clergy in Kent at this time, and that SSC had no Kentish
local branches. The society had come to be regarded with increasing
public suspicion by the mid-1870s, and this suspicion was to be
excited further by a furore relating to a handbook for confessors,
circulated internally, which attracted the attention of the House of
Lords in 1877 and led to demands that the Society should be
disbanded.
Ecclesiastical turbulence
When Chase’s name reached the Scudamores, and presumably the
committee of trustees, as a possible candidate for the incumbency of
St Michael’s, there would have been much to think about. In some
respects, his face might have fitted. On the other hand, a new
clergyman who could readily be labelled as a ritualist might well have
aroused some local unease, and as a first-time incumbent in a new
church in Canterbury diocese, the trustees might have wondered if he
would have the political skills to survive. In addition, to appoint an
SSC priest with Chase’s background at this time of ecclesiastical
turbulence might even have appeared to Archbishop Tait as a
provocative act on their part.
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Furthermore, from what we see of her in her diary, Mrs Scudamore at
least was level-headed as well as determined. One of her husband’s
cousins was The Revd William Edward Scudamore - Tractarian
scholar, author of many widely used devotional books, and founder, in
1855, of the All Hallows community of Sisters.
Spiritual roots
One suspects that her spiritual roots and those of her husband were in
the earlier stages of the Oxford Movement rather than in the more
explicit Anglo-Catholicism that developed from it.
She visited All Saints’, Margaret Street, on a trip to London; but she
attended church services all over Maidstone, though preferring to see
things done decently and in order, and to hear preaching faithful to the
teaching of the Church of England:
“Sissie [her daughter, another Frances] and I to Mission Service/
Mr Boys at All Saints at 4. No canonical 3 hymns, 2 extempore
prayers. Exposition on Union of Believers with Christ ignoring
the Church’s means of Union.”
The Scudamores were evidently on friendly and mutually supportive
terms with the Revd Henry Day French, Vicar of St Peter’s parish, out
of which the new St Michael’s parish was to be formed.
That a new parish was desirable, for demographic reasons, was clear;
that its worship should have a Tractarian flavour would have been
desirable at least to the Scudamores; but it would have seemed equally
desirable that it should sit comfortably alongside its neighbour,
particularly as St Michael’s parishioners would continue to send their
children to the existing St Peter’s school.
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Since his appointment in 1874, French seems to have been taking St
Peter’s gently in a direction Mrs Scudamore approved of; on Easter
Day 1876 she writes:
“To St Peter’s. Mr French. Psalms chanted.”
Eleanor - To be continued
The life of Mrs Scudamore, illuminating the spiritual landscape of the
1870s, receives a wider audience with publication of an article by
Eleanor in the July/August edition of New Directions entitled Meeting
Mrs Scudamore. -Ed.
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GREETINGS FROM CLARE PARK BOWLS CLUB
I am pleased to announce that, despite not being able to play matches
for obvious reasons, roll-up sessions have been regularly attended at
Clare Park on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 2pm to
4.30pm since the beginning of June.
However, it has become clear that, had we not been forced by
circumstances to cancel what was an attractive fixture list with other
clubs, we would not have been able to fulfil many of those fixtures
because of lack of numbers. Every year, now, one or two of our
playing members have had to drop out for health or other reasons, and
have not always been replaced by new people.
We need new members, badly! The Council has put in a lot of time,
effort and money into making improvements to the Green and work is
still in progress on that front. It would be a great pity if that was to go
to waste. We recognise that Clare Park is situated in the middle of a
very diverse community; multi-cultural, multi-national and multi-
ethnic. Therefore, in order to survive, we need to reflect that diversity,
which I welcome.
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We also recognise that we need to be flexible; so if days and times
above are not convenient for anyone who would otherwise be
interested, please email me on [email protected] or call me
on 01622 202482 or 07966 768 143 and we’ll try to arrange an
alternative time and date.
Bowls is a social game played by people of all ages. I took it up eight
years ago aged 65. The youngest person I have played against was
nine years old. The oldest is 92. All the matches we play are
“friendlies”.
Unfortunately, we have had to pull out of local leagues, but
reinstatement can be sought should the need arise in the future. It
would be nice to resurrect domestic competitions as well.
Like Cricket, Bowls is a game considered by many to be essentially
and eccentrically English; but that is not the case! It may look
incomprehensible to someone watching for the first time, but the
format is really quite straightforward. Please do not be bashful about
coming forward. Go on! Give it a go!
John Sinfield
29 Lower Fant Road
Chairman
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SEPTEMBER MAGAZINE
Thank you for your continued support of the Parish Magazine and for
contributions of articles and photographs. It can also be found online
at www.stmichaelallangels.org.uk
Items, including dates for diaries, for inclusion in the September issue
should be emailed to [email protected] by Tuesday, August
25th.
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ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS’
AUGUST 2020
Sung Mass and Sermon 10.30am Sundays
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2nd TRINITY 8
4th St John Mary Vianney (curé d’Ars), Patron Saint of Parish Priests,
185
5th St Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642
6th Transfiguration of the Lord
8th St Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221
9th TRINITY 9
10th St Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
11th St Clare of Assisi, Virgin, Founder of the Poor Clares, 1253
14th St Maximilian Kolbe, Friar, Martyr at Auschwitz, 1941
16th ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
20th St Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, Teacher of the Faith, 1153
22nd Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
23rd TRINITY 11
24th St Bartholomew, Apostle
27th St Monica, mother of St Augustine of Hippo, 387
28th St Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Teacher of the Faith, 430
29th Beheading of St John the Baptist
30th TRINITY 12
31st St Aidan, Bishop
N.B. Holydays of Obligation are in BOLD BLOCK CAPITALS.