Castleford Team Parish

Parish Magazine - February 2015

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The churches of: All Saints, Church Street, Castleford, All Saints, Lumley Street, Hightown; St Michael & All Angels, St Michaels Close, Smawthorne and St Paul the Apostle, Pontefract Road, Glasshoughton.

CLERGY Rector:

Fr. Michael Wood, 01977 518127 The Rectory, 15 Barnes Road, Castleford WF10 5AA team.rector@castlefordteamparish.org.uk

Team Vicar:

Fr. Mark Watkins, 01977 511659 The Vicarage, St Michaels Close, Castleford WF10 4EY team.vicar@castlefordteamparish.org.uk

Asst. Curate:

Fr. Kevin Greaves, 01977 512404 The Vicarage, Churchfield Lane, Glasshoughton WF10 4BP curate@castlefordteamparish.org.uk

Polish Priest:

Fr. Gregory Ruszczynski, 07842 883648

Lay Pastoral Minister:

Mrs Lynda Maw 01977 518078

Parish Office: (Enquiries for Baptisms)

Saturdays at 10.00-10.30am at All Saint’s Church, Castleford.

Editor, Magazine & Pew Sheets (including Diary Dates):

Andrew Goyns, 01924 898593

magazine@castlefordteamparish.org.uk

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THE RECTOR’S LETTER Dear Friends,

At the Sung Mass on the Feast of the Epiphany as part of the sermon I read a short poem by Cecily Taylor and the last verse was this:

Then when the feast was over and we’d run out of cheer, we packed him in the trimmings tin till Christmas time next year. The poem is really about how easy it is to forget Jesus once Christmas is over but at the time of using it I had little thought about how the calendar was fitting together this year. I knew that Easter was early but it hadn’t registered on me just how early.

February 2nd is Candlemass, when we think about the Purification of Mary but also about Jesus being presented in the Temple and then sixteen days later it is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent when we think about Jesus going off into the wilderness to contemplate the beginning of his public ministry; thirty years passing in the space of two weeks. This year we simply haven’t got time to pack Jesus into the trimmings tin until he is needed again.

As we think of Jesus being offered to God in the Temple so we think of the offering of our own life in service to God and on Ash Wednesday we think of the times when we have needed God’s forgiveness because we have failed in our offering. If we link those two events then it’s not just there isn’t time to put Jesus away but it is so important that we don’t put him away.

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And it is important not to put Jesus away given the appalling events which are constantly being reported on the news these days. The message of Christmas cannot be repeated enough, the message of peace and mutual goodwill. Do please try to be in church on Candlemass and please try to make every effort to be in church on Ash Wednesday as we try together to make sure that Jesus is not put away in out parish.

With my love and prayers

HYMN BOOKS The Church Council has voted in favour of changing the hymn books at Castleford and Hightown. Very shortly we will being to use Hymns Old and New, this is the book which is used at St Paul’s and St Michael’s.

The advantage of Hymns Old and New as its name suggests is that there is a good mixture of hymns in it but also there is good provision for the hymns we use during the special seasons (such as Lent), hymns for Saints Days and perhaps more importantly there is very good provision for Communion hymns.

We will buy enough for our needs Sunday by Sunday but for larger services such as Baptisms in the Mass we will put the hymns into the service books so that visitors to church have everything they need in one book. We have also ordered a large print book for each of the churches.

The books are £9, if anyone would like to donate a book in memory of a loved one you will be very welcome to do so, please let us know. Equally, if anyone at St Paul’s or St Michael’s would like to donate a new book there we will also be happy for that to happen. We will of course put labels in the books so that they are personalized.

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A feature courtesy of Parish Pump Youth Ministry expert Martin Saunders write passionately about the need for churches to re-embrace work with young people.

YOUTH WORK FROM SCRATCH – HOW DO I PLAN A YOUTH PROGRAMME?

Being asked to run a term’s worth of activities and content for a group of young people can be a daunting prospect. How do you plan something which contains the right blend of social interaction and Christian faith engagement; the right mix of challenge, inspiration and fun? How do you devise a programme which not only helps and grows your young people, but has them coming back for more each week AND makes your group a safe place for them to invite their friends?

The secret to planning a youth programme is understanding and balancing a few key elements. First, Christian youth work should be Bible-based. Each church will have their own interpretation of what that means; for some it will mean reading and teaching Scripture each week, while for others it will mean that the group is underpinned by a set of biblical principles.

The second building block is the element of voluntary participation. The young people in your group should not feel like consumers, but have an opportunity to take part in the way the group is run – from being on a youth committee to helping to lead parts of the sessions. Thirdly, there should be a range of activities; catering for the

different tastes, interests and personality types in your group. Don’t always run the same kinds of session, in the same way, or things will very quickly get repetitive, and you’ll lose their interest. And whatever you do, start social, and include regular social events in your calendar which don’t include lots of explicit teaching content.

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term’s programme. If possible do this collaboratively – taking ideas from your young people on what they want to do and talk about, and working together with your volunteer team to draw up a schedule.

Possible subjects for a first term’s programme might include a crash course in the basics of Christianity (perhaps using the Youth Alpha or Christianity Explored Youth materials), a series on the person of Jesus, or some sessions looking at key issues facing young people. Any of these are great starting points; whatever you do, bearing the above ‘building blocks’ in mind, make sure you tailor your programme to the young people you’re seeking to serve and reach.

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CROSSWORD Across 8 Interrogated (Acts 12:19) (5-8) 9 ‘Burn it in a wood fire on the — heap’ (Leviticus 4:12) (3) 10 Tobit, Judith, Baruch and the books of Esdras and the Maccabees are part of it (9) 11 Science fiction (abbrev.) (3-2) 13 Clay pit (anag.) (7) 16 Went to (John 4:46) (7) 19 ‘Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to — your bodies as living sacrifices’ (Romans 12:1) (5) 22 David’s plea to God concerning those referred to in 14 Down: ‘On — — let them escape’ (Psalm 56:7) (2,7) 24 Royal Automobile Club (1,1,1) 25 How the book of Ezekiel refers to God more than 200 times (Ezekiel 2:4) (9,4) Down 1 Seas (Proverbs 8:24) (6) 2 One of the sons of Eli the priest, killed in battle by the Philistines (1 Samuel 4:11) (6) 3 Specialist in the study of the Muslim religion (8) 4 ‘Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but — him as if he were your father’ (1 Timothy 5:1) (6) 5 One of Esau’s grandsons (Genesis 36:11) (4) 6 Taking a chance (colloq.) (2,4) 7 God’s instructions to the Israelites concerning grain offerings: ‘ — salt to — your offerings’ (Leviticus 2:13) (3,3) 12 Confederation of British Industry (1,1,1) 14 ‘All day long they twist my words; they are always — to harm me’ (Psalm 56:5) (8) 15 The crowd’s reaction to Jesus bringing back to life a widow’s son in Nain (Luke 7:16) (3) 16 Disappear (Psalm 104:35) (6) 17 How Jeremiah was likely to die if he wasn’t rescued from the cistern where he was imprisoned (Jeremiah 38:9) (6) 18 What the prophets do to a wall, with whitewash (Ezekiel 13:10, RSV) (4,2) 20 Made by a plough (Job 39:10) (6) 21 Noah was relieved when the flood waters continued to — (Genesis 8:5) (6) 23 Jesus gave the Twelve the power and authority to do this to diseases (Luke 9:1) (4)

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PUZZLES WORDSEARCH

Wordsearch Clues for February 2015

In New Testament times 40 days old was an important age for a baby boy: it was when they made their first ‘public appearance’. Mary, like all good Jewish mothers, went to the Temple with Jesus, her first male child - to ‘present him to the Lord’. At the same time, she, as a new mother, was ‘purified’. Thus we have the Festival of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 40 days after Christmas. Jesus is de-scribed in the Bible as the Light of the World, and so early Christians devel-oped the tradition of lighting many candles in celebration of this day. The Church also fell into the custom of blessing the year’s supply of candles for the church on this day - hence the name, Candlemas. The story can be found in Luke 2:22-40. Simeon’s great declaration of faith and recognition of who Jesus was is of course found in the Nunc Dimittis, which is embedded in the Office of Evening Prayer in the West.

Forty, Days, Baby, Boy, Public, Appearance, Mary, Jewish. Mothers, Temple, Jesus, Purified, Present, Lord, Festival, Presentation, Light, World, Candlemas, Simeon, Nunc, Dimittis, Of-fice, Evening, Prayer, West.

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EASY MEDIUM

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The Rev Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’…

ON THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT KEEPING ACCURATE MINUTES The Rectory St. James the Least

My dear Nephew Darren

Since you were the one to ask this parishioner of yours to act as secretary, you have no reason to complain about the minutes of meetings she produces. You should never let anyone act as a secretary unless they either cannot speak English, or are deaf – preferably both. The more significant the committee and the more contentious the issues being debated, the more you should nobly put yourself forward both to chair the meeting and take the minutes. In the majority of cases, that will spare the other members that awkward moment when you ask for a volunteer and they all feel the need to stare at their feet.

If you act as secretary, then you can be certain that accounts of what took place will only be what you had wanted to happen and that the decisions taken will be what you had already decided before discussions started. Any inconvenient observations from other committee members can be omitted entirely.

Admittedly, the more observant may notice that your accounts of the meeting may not wholly agree with their recollections, but the skill of being a secretary is not to produce the minutes of the previous meeting until the day before the next one. This will mean that the great majority will have long forgotten what actually did happen two months previously and that many will not have had the time to read them anyway and will avoid having to admit that fact by passing them.

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Only the deeply committed will want to pursue apparent discrepancies. In that case, confess to the meeting that your hand-written notes were accidentally left on a bus and so you can no longer check the accuracy of what you have written. As a way of appearing helpful, you could even give the person challenging you the bus route number and time of day you travelled – but make sure that that route has subsequently been discontinued. Further challenges will rally the rest of the committee to your side and someone will oil the wheels by suggesting you proceed to the next item on the agenda. Since you are also the chairman, you naturally bow to their request.

Just in the way that church rotas bear no resemblance to the people who actually turn up to do the jobs, minutes of meetings need not bear too much resemblance to what actually happened – especially if what did happen is inconvenient.

Democracy is all very well - provided a benign dictator is in overall control.

Your loving uncle,

Eustace

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READINGS FOR FEBRUARY

1st February - The Fourth Sunday of Epiphany (W) Isaiah: 40: 1-11 Psalm : 85: 1-2, 8-end 2 Peter: 3: 8/15a Mark: 1: 1-8;

2nd February - The Presentation of Christ in the Temple CANDLEMAS Isaiah: 61: 1-4, 8-end Psalm: 126: 1 Thessalonians: 5: 16-24 John: 1: 6-8, 19-28;

8th February - The Second Sunday before Lent (G) 2 Samuel: 7: 1-11, 16 Psalm: 89: 1-4,19-26 Or Canticle : Magnificat Romans: 16: 25-end Luke: 1: 26-38;

15th February - The Sunday next before Lent (G) Isaiah: 52: 7-10; Psalm: 98: Hebrews: 1: 1-12; John: 1: 1-14;

18th February - ASH WEDNESDAY (P) Jeremiah: 31: 15-17; Psalm: 124: 1 Corinthians: 1: 26-29; Matthew: 2: 13-18.

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DIARY DATES FOR FEBRUARY

Monday 2nd CANDLEMASS 7.30pm Sung Mass at St Paul’s followed by a glass of something warming.

Tuesday 17th 4pm-6pm Pancake Party at Hightown, all welcome. Contact Karen for Tickets

Wednesday 18th ASH WEDNESDAY 10am Mass at St Paul’s with Imposition of Ashes 12noon Mass at St Michael’s with Imposition of Ashes followed by a bowl of soup in the hall 7.30pm Sung Mass at Hightown with Imposition of Ashes

Tuesday 24th 7pm PCC Meeting at Castleford

READINGS FOR FEBRUARY (CONTINUED)

22nd February - The First Sunday of Lent (P) Isaiah: 40: 1-11 Psalm : 85: 1-2, 8-end 2 Peter: 3: 8/15a Mark: 1: 1-8;

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A series of 5 studies for Lent based around the Lord’s Prayer.

Starting on Monday 23rd. February at 2.00pm in St. Pauls Vicarage and / or on Thursday 26th February at 7.00pm in St. Michaels Vicarage and then every Monday or Thursday for the next four weeks until Holy Week

We all know this prayer off by heart and it is used at almost every service we attend, but when was the last time you really thought about the words. It is so easy when something is so familiar for us to take it for granted, so this Lent as part of our preparation before Holy Week and Easter we will take a walk through this wonderful prayer, with a part of it each week forming the centre of our thoughts and meditation.

As usual there will two opportunities each week to take part, one in the Afternoon on Mondays and one in the Evening on Thursday each week.

Please do make time to come along and join us on this journey.

Fr. Mark

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DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CHURCH

Dear Friends,

Since I gave update in our last magazine so much has happened. The interest that individuals and also organisations are showing in what we are doing as a Parish is truly amazing, so much so that I wanted to share with you what is happening.

The charity Livability who delivered an awareness session on dementia on the 8th November have now formally confirmed that we have been given Dementia Friendly Church status. They have sent by email the ‘Dementia Friendly Church’ logo, which we will be making into signs these will then be displayed in all our churches. For individuals who attended the day and completed the ‘Dementia Friend’ session I have now been given the session reference number that you will need to quote when registering online, so that you will be officially recognised as a Dementia Friend. The website address to register is www.dementiafriends.org.uk in the field called Session Reference you will need to add the following code exactly as shown DementiaFriend123 it is important that we all register as this will help Dementia UK achieve their target for the number of Dementia Friends in the UK.

Also the Wakefield Dementia Action Alliance (WDAA) have also formally agreed that we are now a Signatory Partner. This means that we are recognised for the training we have already done and what are plans are for the future. We now can be found on their website as a partner, this also shows our Action Plan, which shows our commitment as a Parish to dementia. For more information you can visit their website www.dementiaaction.org.uk. I will also be attending the first Partner Network Meeting on the 3rd February, this will be an opportunity to meet with other partners, share ideas and good practice as well as raising our profile with other partner organisations in the area.

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In December Fr Michael and myself had a meeting in the Parish with the Alzheimer’s Society. The Society is the lead partner in WDAA and they wanted to visit the Parish with the possibility of helping us to host a Community Dementia Session, giving all who are interested the practical steps in supporting an individual who has dementia. After visiting our churches and halls, it was agreed that for this session the Parish Rooms would be used. The Rooms were chosen because of the possible high number of attendance and also because of it’s central location. It is hoped that this session will be held in February, and will be open to all members of our congregation as well as people from various communities within our town who maybe living or caring for someone with dementia.

In January I received an email from Wakefield Council, the email said that our Parish had been mentioned in a council meeting in respect to our work with dementia and how we were looking at supporting individuals within our town. The email was from the Integrated Care Dept and after speaking with the manager who was very pleased to hear what we had planned, agreed that we should meet on the 29th January to see how we can work together in the future.

Now after writing all of that I think I might have a cuppa however, this reminds me of something else we will be doing. Dementia UK are asking for people to get involved with ‘Time for a Cuppa’ which is similar to the Macmillan Coffee Mornings. ‘Time for a Cuppa’ is to raise funds for Admiral Nurses who go out into communities to offer care and support to people with dementia and their carers. The events are to be hosted between the 1st March – 8th March. I thought it would be a good for us to hold one at the Parish Rooms, that way we can publicise this to individuals who have come to our Community Dementia Session in February. A date hasn’t been agreed at the moment for the ‘Time for a Cuppa’ but I will be looking for

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volunteers to help make buns and cakes. If anyone has tasted my scones you will understand why I will need volunteers to help with the baking. Help will also be needed on the day, as I plan to make this a time where individuals can come together to share life stories and experiences of dementia as well as enjoying a party game or two. Please look out for more details on our pew sheets nearer the time.

Last but not least Andrew has updated our Parish website so that we now have a drop down page specifically for dementia. The page will be regularly updated with current news and plans as the Parish moves forward to support individuals with dementia and their carers in our community. So if you have access to a computer please check our website for any future updates.

I’m now going to close and have that cuppa, phew!

Thank you all for your support now and in the future on something that profoundly touches an individuals life and all who care for them.

God Bless

Fr Kevin

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The Rev Dr Gary Bowness continues his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’…

ON THE PECULIARITIES OF ORDINATION CANDIDATES

The Rectory

St. James the Least

My dear Nephew Darren

I was quite happy to see the young person from your church whom you are encouraging to get ordained – even though we did not entirely see eye to eye.

When I answered the door to someone dressed in T-shirt, jeans and trainers, I naturally assumed he was the gardener; it was only after I had given him the wheelbarrow and shown him where the spades were, that I found out who he really was. His assurance that this is how Jesus would dress, were he to visit in person again, jarred somewhat. I think that a three-piece suit and stout pair of brogues would be far more likely. We agreed to differ.

I moved on to ask him about the Sunday Services he attended and was interested to hear that he was a church musician. Wanting to know if he sang tenor or bass, or even played the organ, he told me that he was the drummer in the worship band and provided backing vocals. I felt obliged to comment that I was not sure how that would fit in with Mattins, but he told me that he had never heard of that Service and only attended Mega Rock Praise. Since I suspected it would not have been written by Cranmer, we moved on.

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he had apparently only ever worshipped in your converted cinema, he was unable to offer any opinion. His reaction to my offer to show him round our late Norman church, prompted him to tell me that he believed all churches should be closed and people should gather in each other’s homes, like the early Christians.

In a last despairing attempt to find common ground I asked him if he had ever preached. He was slightly apologetic to admit that he had done so very rarely, as he found it took such a long time to write an hour-long sermon. When I mentioned that I did not think I had ever exceeded eight minutes in my entire life, he gave me such a look of withering astonishment that with heroic Christian charity, I did not beat him over the head with the Bible he was carrying.

Your loving uncle,

Eustace

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THE CHILDREN’S SOCIETY

A big “Thank You” to all The Children’s Society Box Holders and all those who supported the Christingle services at either the parish service at St Paul’s or the school service at St Michael’s. Our April and October box collections totalled £715.39 and £229.45 was collected at the Christingle Services.

Altogether the final total was £944.84, a magnificent amount for 2014. Well done everyone. New Box Holders are always welcome.

Jean Randall, Hon. Secretary

TIME FOR CLOSER ANGLICAN-METHODIST UNITY

The CofE is being encouraged to “face head on” the task of closer Anglican–Methodist unity as Synod recently endorsed recommendations made in a report on the covenant between the two Churches.

The report, presented to November’s group of General Synod sessions jointly by the Bishop of Coventry, Christopher Cocksworth and Peter Howdle, Methodist Co-Chair of the Joint Implementation Commission, made specific recommendations supporting the ongoing work between the two Churches. The Archbishop of York welcomed the call to unity for mission in the subsequent debate, saying: “We need to be more committed to joyous evangelism where the gospel is being preached… Could we resolve it [unity between the Churches] so we can get on with the most important job: the re-evangelisation of England?”

Synod voted overwhelmingly to support the motion and the recommendations of the report.

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FEATURE - Notes provided by David Field:

THE POCKET BOOK OF FRED PINCHER 1917-1918

Extracts from a pocket book kept by David Field’s maternal Grandfather Fred Pincher. PART TEN

Thursday 28th March. I have had a good night’s rest and now waiting for further developments.

Friday 29th March. Good Friday.

Saturday 30th March. After much tramping we have arrived at Amiens. I have heard a lot of talk about this place but had no real idea that it was such a beautiful place. The avenues are splendid with their gigantic trees. I believe Amiens comes second only to Paris and I can well see why. I sincerely hope that we may have a good rest here, if only Jerry would leave us alone, he has already done a lot of damage with bombs.

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Sunday 31st March. We leave Amiens about 4.30pm and march about twenty kilometers to a place named Pissy, a good sized village, arriving at 9.15pm almost worn out. We managed to get a good bil-let though and feel much refreshed after a night’s rest.

Tuesday 2nd April. Finds us once more on our wanderings, we have a good day’s journey partly on foot and partly by train, eventually arriving at Gorenflos at about 11.00pm after being on the road from 10.00am.

Wednesday 3rd April. After a night’s rest we make for Bellancourt where we are to rest our weary selves, we are just about on our last legs.

Friday 5th April. No rest for the weary we now move off to St. Riquier. This is a very ancient town, my pals and I had a good look around the place and also had a look in the Church, it is a fine building, our time was well spent in visiting it.

Sunday 14th April. Still finds us at St. Riquier. As usual I have dropped in for a bon job Arthur and I are detailed off as guides. We meet all the arriving trains and guide all the stragglers to Headquarters where they are dealt with. Truly the Gods are good to me and no mistake!

Sunday 21st April. We leave St. Riquier and march about fifteen kilometers to the railhead at Longfire, there we assist in loading transports etc., We work all night long and leave next morning at 9.00am.

Monday 22nd April. We take the train to Wizernes in the very North of France arriving ther at 6.10pm. We then have a march of ten kilometers finally arriving at a place called Tilques at about 9.00pm tired out. I think we shall only be here for a short time.

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READINGS FOR JANUARY

4th January - The Second Sunday of Christmas (W) Jeremiah: 31: 7-14 Psalm : 147: 13-end Ephesians: 1: 3-14 John: 1: 1-18;

6th January - THE EPIPHANY (W)

Isaiah: 60: 1-6 Psalm: 72: Ephesians: 3: 1-12 Matthew: 2: 1-12;

11th January - THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST The First Sunday of Epiphany (W)

Genesis: 1: 1-5 Psalm: 29: Acts: 19: 1-7 Mark: 1: 4-11;

18th January - The Second Sunday of Epiphany (W) 1 Samuel: 3: 1-20; Psalm: 139: 1-5, 12-18 Revelation: 5: 1-10; John: 1: 43-end;

25th January - THE CONVERSION OF PAUL The First Sunday of Advent (W) Jeremiah: 1: 4-10; Psalm: 67: Acts: 9: 1-22; Matthew: 19: 27-end.

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PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

CROSSWORD WORDSEARCH

SUDOKU SOLUTIONS

EASY MEDIUM

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HIGH DAYS AND HOLY DAYS FOR FEBRUARY

2 THE PRESENTATIONOF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)

3 Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden 865

4 Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order. 1189

6 The Martyrs of Japan, 1597

10 Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola. C.543

14 Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 and 885

17 Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977

18 ASH WEDNESDAY

23 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c155

27 George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES (18th Feb)

10am St Paul’s Mass with Imposition of Ashes

12noon St Michael’s Mass with Imposition of Ashes This service will be followed with a Bowl of Soup in the Hall

7.30pm Hightown Sung Mass with imposition of Ashes

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CHURCHWARDENS

David Field, Castleford: 01977 707120

Mavis Whitehead, St Paul’s 01977 550529

Pauline Morris, St Michaels 01977 668790

Ian Fletcher, Hightown 01977 550139

DEPUTY CHURCHWARDENS

Hilary Wilkes, Castleford: 01977 733554

Colin Maw, St Paul’s:

01977 518078

Emma J Lisle, St Michael’s

Vacant, Hightown

Our Churches in Castleford Team Parish

All Saints, Church Street, Castleford

All Saints, Lumley Street, Castleford (Hightown)

St Michael & All Angels, St Michaels Close, Castleford

St Paul the Apostle, Pontefract Road,

Glasshoughton

PARISH OFFICERS PCC Secretary: Mrs Mavis Whitehead 01977 550529 PCC Treasurer: Mr Andrew Goyns 01924 898593

Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary:

Mr Arnold Randall 01977 278611

Family & Children’s Worker

Mrs Karen Richardson 01977 552524

SERVICES All Saints’ Castleford

SUNDAY

Mass (Said) 8.00am

Sung Mass (except last in month) 9.30am

Tuesday

Mass (Said) 7.00pm

Saturday

Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9.30am

All Saints’ Hightown SUNDAY (except last in month)

Sung Mass 10.45am

Wednesday

Mass (Said) 7.00pm

Saint Michael and All Angels SUNDAY (except last in month)

Sung Mass 10.45am

Thursday

Mass (Said) 10.00am

Saint Paul’s, Glasshoughton SUNDAY (except last in month)

Sung Mass 9.30am

Wednesday

Mass (Said) 10.00am

LAST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH:

Combined Parish Mass at 10.00am - ( see diary section for venue )

FOR MAJOR SAINTS’ DAYS IN ALL CHURCHES