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‘When did you first have a sense of a calling to religious life?’ ‘When I wasabout 15.’ I have exchanges like that, over the phone, through email, face

to face, with men who are making their first direct approach to a vocationsdirector, and the men I am thinking of here are in their very late 30s or 40s,some even older. And for all those who do make contact, there will beothers, I am sure, who have had a similar sense but who don’t.

Some late vocations work out, but not all, and I am left wondering whatneeds to happen to make it more normal, less scary, for those who haveexperienced a sense of call. What might enable them to step forward andacknowledge it and consider it and to come to some resolution about it, atan age appropriate to making major life decisions?

True freedom lies in creating space to examine a sense of calling. Not to look at it may meanthat it continues to pop up as a feeling or idea throughout one’s adult life, and there’s a risk ofone never settling properly or fully to other ways of life. To examine the possibility of a vocationis not to compromise one’s freedom, but it is to create conditions in which greater freedombecomes possible, a freedom that comes from having consciously and conscientiously looked atsomething and come to a decision about it.

Confiding in a close friend, talking to a vocations director, going on retreat are all ways of givingthe possibility of a vocation air to breath. Youmight be surprised just how much better you feelfor having expressed to someone else what you’vebeen experiencing. In this instance, it certainly is‘good to talk’.

You can contact me, Matthew Power, [email protected]. Contact details forSouth Africa and Guyana are given above.

In Issue 83: Vocations in South Africa

Creating space to consider the call

SOUTH AFRICA – Fr Russell Pollitt SJHoly Trinity, PO Box 31087,Johannesburg 2017, South AfricaTel: + 27 (0)11 339 2826,[email protected]

GUYANA – Stefan Garcia SJJesuit Residence, PO Box 10720,Georgetown, GuyanaTel: + 592 22 67461,[email protected]

BRITAIN – Fr Matthew Power SJLoyola Hall, Warrington Road,Prescot L35 6NZ Tel: + 44 (0)151 426 4137,[email protected]

Or visit www.jesuitvocations.org.uk

Credit: Edwin Anthony SJ

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ContentsSummer 2012 Issue 82

Editorial, Dushan Croos SJ

The World is Not Enough

Tim Curtis SJ reflects on six years at JM 4

Patamona: a living tool for the Gospel

Paul Martin SJ 6

Golden Jubilee of Vatican II

Norman Tanner SJ recalls the “friendly” council

and students at the Oxford University Catholic

Chaplaincy consider its impact, 50 years on 8

The Jesuit Community at the Hurtado Centre faces

up to the challenges of the London Olympics

Jim Conway SJ 10

A school with a rich Ignatian tradition

John Moffatt SJ 12

Benefits beyond sport: how football kit helps

boys in Zimbabwe 14

Wimbledon scouts celebrate their ‘virtuous hero’

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Special report: runners in the London Marathon

support JM and JRS 16

Proclaim the Good News

Michael Beattie SJ reflects on the Pope’s

special intentions for the rest of 2012 18

A diverse community and a global family: the

Christian Life Community

Una Buckley 19

Around the Province 20

Recent publications; ordinations

and Final Vows 21

Obituaries and benefactors who have died recently

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

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Front cover: Runners getready for the 2012

London Olympics – seepages 16 and 17

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St Ignatius desired that theCompanions of Jesus should walk theroads and preach in the squareswhere the Lord himself had preached– in Jerusalem. But when he realisedthat they could not do that literally,he had to think again. So theyfollowed instead where the hand ofGod was pointing: along the roadsand into the squares of Europe andthen of the whole world.

This summer, the roads of the worldlead to the public squares of Britain, as we celebrate theQueen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. Ignatiuswanted Jesuits on the roads and in the squares becausethat was where they would meet people and be able to helpespecially those most in need. As he described it in thefounding document of the Society, this would allow them “toreconcile the estranged, compassionately assist and servethose who are in prisons or hospitals and, indeed, toperform any other works of charity, according to what willseem expedient for the glory of God and the common good”.

This edition of Jesuits and Friends introduces us to someof those who live in the roads behind the public square,who are normally hidden from view, and hear from someof those who live in the shadow of the Olympic stadium inWapping, as well as the pupils and staff of St IgnatiusCollege in Enfield, a host borough of the Games. Wediscover the power of translating the New Testament intothe indigenous language of the Patamona people of theGuyanese interior. We reflect on the significance of theSecond Vatican Council, 50 years after it was inaugurated,as we enter the Year of Faith. And we celebrate the FrenchJesuit Fr Jaques Sevin SJ, who founded the Scoutmovement in France and whose ‘Heroic Virtue’ the HolyFather recently declared, by visiting the Ninth(Wimbledon) Scout Group and hearing how it continues toencourage independence, skills and teamwork.

I wish you a fruitful Feast of St Ignatius

God bless,

Fr Dushan Croos SJ

The British Provincial has appointed Fr Dushan Croos SJas the Editor of Jesuits and Friends. Dushan comes fromNorth London of a Sri Lankan family. He has worked inBosnia, with the Jesuit Refugee Service, and has studiedin France, Mexico and Chile. After ordination in 2006, hewas Chaplain to Wimbledon College. He is currentlyAssistant Catholic Chaplain at Oxford University.

From the Editor...

Father Tim Curtis SJ has spent six years asdirector of Jesuit Missions (JM) and editorof Jesuits and Friends. Before departing for

Guyana where he will be working in Lethem, weasked him to reflect on this time and the ways thathe has witnessed faith and justice beingexpressed in action.

Mission support remains an important area of JM’swork, but supplying missionaries with what theyneed to do their job has become less of a priorityover the years. Jesuits in most countries in whichwe work now have access to the sort of things that,in the past, JM would have had to source and shipout. However, many of our librarians overseas usetheir JM credit cards to buy books in the UK whichwe later send out to them.

One of the areas in which JM excels is being ahouse of hospitality. Jesuits from all over the worldfind a warm welcome, are assisted with what theyneed to do while in London, and have the chance tospark off ideas with other Jesuits who are alsopassing through. It is amazing how many pastoral

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initiatives have seen the light of dayover the JM kitchen table!

When I arrived at the JM office inWimbledon, the Companionsprogramme was already trying to forgelinks between pupils in Jesuit schoolsin the UK and schools overseas. Now,many non-Jesuit schools are involvedtoo and some parishes have beentwinned as well. This aspect of JM’swork is great – it involves young peopleand their formation to be generouspeople; it involves our Jesuitspirituality; and it forges reciprocalrelationships between people open tolearn from others.

International Volunteering came to JMunder my watch. Again, this gives anopportunity for generously-motivatedadults to share in the work of Jesuitsoverseas, as they spread the faith andwork for justice.

Recently, JM has become moreproactive in the area of advocacy,working out where the Jesuits, in theareas where we serve, need our helpand support. In this way, we becomethe bridge that enables Jesuits overseasto access help and support so that theycan do their job better.

Being Director of JM has involved mein extensive travel: to Guyana, SouthAfrica, Zimbabwe and beyond… There isno substitute for meeting people on theground and sharing experiences. Thisin turn has fed into my travels to Jesuit

parishes and schools up and downBritain, enabling me to build bridges andforge partners in mission. Fortunately,I have not had to be a “beggar”, justseeking funds for our projects overseas.All I have had to do is tell people what weare doing and they have responded. Ihave been truly humbled andoverwhelmed by many, manyexpressions of generosity. A heartfeltthank you to all of our supporters.

Each year the requests for help

seem to grow, yet each year we areable to respond to the majority ofthese. JM has changed over the lastsix years, and I have no doubt therewill be many changes over the yearsto come. Thanks to your generosity, Iam delighted to report that JM hascontinued to support many projectsoverseas.

Please pray for the new director andcontinue to support the work that we do.

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The JM Management Board has announced that the new director for JesuitMissions will be Mr Paul Chitnis, former Chief Executive of SCIAF, the ScottishCatholic International Aid Fund.

Please keep him in your prayers.

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The early Jesuit missionaries would have been familiarwith the expression ‘The World is Not Enough’ (in Latin– Non Sufficit Orbis). It expressed the colonial ambitionsof Spain and Portugal and featured on this medal struck in1583 when the thrones of these countries were united. StFrancis Xavier used a similar term when we spoke about carrying the Gospel tothe extremes of the known world. In more recent years, it was claimed asJames Bond’s family motto and was the title of the 1999 film.

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Patamona: A living toolfor the Gospel

When Fr Paul Martin SJstarted working among thePatamona people of the

North Pakaraimas in 1996, he wasaware that he was following in thefootsteps of some great Jesuits. Herehe recalls witnessing a trulyremarkable event – and an emotionalcelebration earlier this year.

As a young Jesuit priest back in the1960s, Fr Bernard Brown wasassigned to join Fr Gerald Wilson-Browne at St Joseph’s mission,Kurukabaru, a mission Fr Wilson-Brown himself had established onlya few years earlier. The Rupununiuprising in 1969 led to both priestsbeing expelled from the Pakaraimas;and while others eventually wereallowed to come to continue themission, Fr Bernard Brown himselfnever returned. Not, that is, until hewas 89 years old!

To celebrate his birthday, it wasarranged that he should fly up on acharter plane that was bringinggoods to Kurukabaru and thenreturn to Georgetown on the sameplane. I made the announcement tothe people in church one Sunday andwas amazed to see that, on the day ofthe flight, not only the whole villageof Kurukabaru but many people fromneighbouring villages turned out atthe airstrip to catch a glimpse oftheir beloved priest, who had beenaway from them for so many yearsbut who had never left their hearts.People sat patiently waiting for himall day.

The flight was delayed until four inthe afternoon and the pilot needed to

get back to town before dark andcould stay for only 30 minutes. Butduring that short time, Fr Brownmoved many usually impassiveAmerindians to tears by praying withthem in Patamona. As schoolchildren they had prayed the rosarywith a youthful Fr Brown; and now,30 years later, they foundthemselves praying with him again.So much had happened in thoseintervening years – children andgrandchildren has been born,friends and family died; and thesesimple prayers said together meantso much. They meant so much morebecause they were being said inPatamona – the heart language ofthese people.

Presently, there are only about6,000 Patamona speakers in Guyana.As the young increasingly speakEnglish or Portuguese, there is areal danger that within a fewgenerations this whole language willfollow so many other indigenouslanguages into oblivion. That would

be a tragedy, for personal identityand culture are so interwoven withlanguage. In the 1970s, a Protestantmissionary group made an attemptto translate the New Testament intoPatamona; but since no other booksexisted in the language and Englishliteracy rates were low, not muchuse was made of this translation.

Around 2005, I began conversationsabout a revised Patamona NewTestament with Doris Wall, aWesleyan missionary nurse who hadlived for the last 40 years among theAmerindians of Guyana and whospoke two of their languagesfluently. Although busy with manyother projects, Doris willingly tookon this venture and together weidentified a team of local men andwomen from Catholic and Wesleyanbackgrounds who might work onsuch a project. The United BibleSociety gave their support andappointed Dr Marlon Winedt fromCuraçao, to accompany the work(Marlon had translated the New

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Fr Bernard Brown baptising

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Testament into Papiamento); andfrom the Catholic side the scripturescholar at Campion Hall, Oxford, FrNick King SJ, visited Guyana to meetthe team and give them the benefitsof his expertise in languages fromAramaic to Zulu.

The painstaking work began thefollowing year. Alongside the regularmeetings of the team, we organizeda number of workshops for largergroups to encourage the use ofPatamona as a written language. Ofcourse, the advent of computersgreatly helped the production ofprinted matter. This alsoencouraged young people to seetheir own language not as anoutdated hang-over from the pastbut a living tool for communication,as they worked together to producea newsletter with stories aboutcurrent events written in Patamona.

As the translation nearedcompletion, a grant of £ 5,000 fromJesuit Missions, combined with asimilar amount from the WesleyanChurch, made it possible to publish avery attractive edition of the revisedNew Testament complete with colourillustrations. Saturday 14 April 2012

was set as the date for the dedicationand launching of this landmark book.Christians of all denominationsgathered in Kato for a trulymemorable event, some walking forthree days just to get there.

Some popular English hymns weretranslated into Patamona and a briefhistory of the Christian faith in the

Pakaraimas was presented indramatic form. As on that day whenFr Bernard Brown prayed inPatamona, many people wept toexperience how close God was tothem. The familiar words ofscripture often heard in Englishcame alive in a new way as theyheard them spoken in the languageof everyday life.

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Paul Martin is the Regional Superiorin Guyana, a Region of the BritishProvince. His present work in theSociety means that he is largelybased in Georgetown, but Fr PouloseVallakada has taken up the missionin the Pakaraimas and, along withothers, is working to promote theuse of the Patamona language andthe reading of the New Testament. Itis a challenging task but one thatholds great promise for the future.Let us pray for God’s blessings onthis work.

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

Fr Paul Martin in Kanapang

A gospel-sharing group



We are approaching theGolden Jubilee of theSecond Vatican Council,

which began work on 11 October1962. The council may beconsidered, by any reckoning, tohave been one of the most importantevents in the life and history of theChurch. It was known as a “friendly”council and Jesuits played asignificant role in it. ChurchHistorian, Fr Norman Tanner SJrecalls this remarkable event.

I am ever grateful for havingexperienced the strengths ofCatholicism before the Council, aswell as the great benefits it brought.We “senior citizens” are especiallyfortunate in this way.

Pope John XXIII announced theCouncil very soon after his election inOctober 1958. The news tookeveryone by surprise. There seemedno special reason for calling aCouncil for the whole CatholicChurch, which appeared to beregaining confidence and vigour afterthe horrors of World War II. PopeJohn spoke about its purpose only in

general terms: aggiornamento(updating or modernising) wasthe famous word he used.

The Council took four years tocomplete its work. For aboutten weeks each autumn, morethan 2,000 bishops gatheredeach weekday in the nave of StPeter’s Basilica, sitting on tiersof seats facing each other (seepicture), to “debate” the day’sbusiness. The contributions ofthe sizeable number of Jesuitbishops, mainly representingdioceses in so-called “missionary”countries, were significant ratherthan crucial, supportive rather thandramatic.

Bishops were helped by periti (Latinfor “experts”) in the work ofcomposing the 16 decrees whichwere eventually approved by theCouncil. Many Jesuit priests madeimportant contributions as periti: themost notable was Fr Karl Rahnerfrom Germany.

The decrees covered a wide rangeof topics; among them liturgy, massmedia, the church, ecumenism,religious orders, priests andseminaries, the laity, education,religious freedom and non-Christianreligions. They have had a hugeinfluence upon the Catholic Churchever since. They have influenced,too, the wider Christian communityand, more indirectly, people almost

everywhere. The Anglican Churchcontributed notably, by sendingofficial representatives (called“Observers”) to the council.

Jesuits and Friends has as itssubtitle “A faith that does justice” –well chosen words inasmuch as thistheme was central to the longest andperhaps most influential of all thedecrees of the Second VaticanCouncil, “The Church in the ModernWorld” (Gaudium et Spes).

Golden Jubilee

‘Today more than ever, we are calledto serve mankind as such, and notmerely Catholics; to defend above alland everywhere, the rights of thehuman person and not merely thoseof the Catholic Church...’

‘It is not that the Gospel haschanged: it is that we have begun tounderstand it better... the momenthas come to discern the signs of thetimes, to seize the opportunity andto look far ahead.

(Ref. Vatican archive, quoted oncover of John XXIII, Pope of theCouncil, Peter Hebblethwaite,Geoffrey Chapman 1984)

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Thus Blessed Pope John XXIIIdescribed the purpose of theSecond Vatican Council in the

month before he died, between itsfirst and second sessions. On 11October 2012, we begin a Year ofFaith declared by Pope Benedict tomark the 50th anniversary of theopening of the Council in 1962. Atthe Oxford University CatholicChaplaincy, Jesuits lead the teamwhich helps students on theirjourney of faith in the stimulating -and challenging - environment ofthe university. Here they talk aboutwhat they know of the Council andhow they think we still need torenew the Church’s mission.

“I wasn’t even born when theSecond Vatican Council opened, soit’s not so surprising that I knowlittle about it. I have no experience ofthe life of the Church or the world inwhich it happened, but I believe themost evident result of the Councilhas been to celebrate the liturgy inour own languages. I welcome thisbecause it allows a more directexperience of the mystery of theMass without needing to introduce alayer of translation. This in turnresults in deeper prayer and indeedhelps when attending Mass in otherlanguages. “

“I welcome a greater openness tothe world, so that the Church canmeet people where they are, ratherthan asking them to start fromwhere we’d like them to be. Anaspect of that openness is thedialogue with other Christians, withother religions and with culture.Although these dialogues aredifficult and sometimes confusingthey could also be an opportunity toclarify our own understanding. It’s

surely incorrect to think that wecould learn nothing from those whodon’t share our faith. We can’t live ina walled city any longer! One way wecan engage with and serve our worldis by developing our charitableservice to those most in need.”

“The mission of the laity in theChurch’s life is a gift of the Councilwhich needs further development. Itcan also promote the vocations ofreligious life and priesthood.Clearly this requires betterformation in faith for adults, so thatwe understand better what webelieve and why we practice ourfaith in particular forms, although Ithink it’s hard to discover a newapproach to catechesis. “

“I don’t think we know thescriptures well enough, but Iappreciate the calls for a criticalreading of scripture that is notsimply literal. If we don’t readscripture to nourish our faith, we’relosing a precious resource. We needto deepen our manner of praying so

that we are more sensitive to whatthe Spirit is breathing into us andwhat the “signs of the times” areindicating to us.”

“One of the messages from VaticanII for me was that God wants us tohave a personal relationship withhim. So the form in which we expressour faith will have to change as ourlives change. For example, becausemore people, especially women, areeducated and we live in an inquisitiveand curious culture, so our faith hasto be inquisitive and curious, so thatwe know God better. “

“It’s good that the way we live ourfaith evolves in a critical response tothe time, without being completelyfixed by what we think we’ve done inthe past. We have to trust that theHoly Spirit will not let us corrupt ourChristian life and faith against theGospel in a given moment of history,even though we know that in the pastthe Church has done what it nowconsiders wrong. If we are trying todo God’s will then he will help us. “

To discern the signs of the times, to seizethe opportunity and to look far ahead

of Vatican II

Jesuit Chaplains, Fr Dushan Croos and FrSimon Bishop with students at the OxfordUniversity Catholic Chaplaincy.


The Olympics provide a uniqueplatform for churcheseverywhere, and particularly

those close to the Park, to witnessto Christian hospitality, service andoutreach. Among them is the JesuitCommunity at the Hurtado Centrein Wapping, as Father Jim ConwaySJ explains.

For athletes from poorer countrieswho otherwise might have little orno personal support, the expense ofaccommodation for themselves andtheir families can be prohibitivelyhigh. So the Jesuit Community inEast London is providing a verypractical form of hospitality duringthe Games, by hosting two membersof an Olympic athlete’s family. It isestimated that between 80,000 and100,000 people will pass throughthe stadium every day during theOlympic fortnight and a significantnumber as well during the period ofthe Paralympics. Six Jesuits (of fournationalities) are engaged with theoutreach of St Catherine’s Church inBow, one of the two Catholicchurches within a short walkingdistance of the stadium.

As well as welcoming people withrefreshments and refuge, sharinglocal information and access tointernet, in the evenings they areoffering opportunities for prayerand reflection. They are alsoworking alongside localparishioners and groups of youngpeople who’ve gathered nearby toform The Joshua Camp, an initiativeof the Catholic Church for theOlympics in the style of World YouthDay. Scores of young people areliving, praying and sharing togetherand then are going out in teams toevangelise and serve local parishes

and communities.Without doubt, hosting the Games

is challenging for a city like Londonand an event of this nature, size andduration inevitably impacts on localservices and communities, withaccess and local transport toWapping and its neighbouringShadwell either closed or severelyrestricting. Local churches inWapping and Shadwell, includingthe Hurtado Jesuit Centre, havelaunched Highway Neighbours as aresponse to the disruption caused.They are particularly concernedabout the impact of road closures onvulnerable people: neighbours whoare housebound and sick and whodepend on effective social servicesand support.

The organisers have listened to theconcerns of individuals and localgroups, and from that haveformulated a response, whichincludes visiting the localhousebound and sick, doingshopping errands when requiredand making sure that the anxieties

of the elderly and lonely are kept toa minimum. In the longer term, it isencouraging sustained communityinvolvement and development, byhelping neighbours get to knoweach other, building relationshipsand strengthening local bonds.

Meanwhile, the core activities ofthe Hurtado Jesuit Centre need tocontinue, especially its service todestitute asylum seekers throughthe Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS).Every week over 100 individualspresent themselves at the DayCentre in Wapping and with many ofits regular volunteers away for thesummer holiday or prevented fromentering Wapping due to local travelrestrictions, JRS is depending onthe community of six Jesuits wholive on the premises.

London 2012 will undoubtedly be anunforgettable experience for millionsof people. For the Jesuits and theirco-workers near the Olympic site, itwill also be an opportunity to showhospitality, share liturgy and supportthe local community.

A ‘Wapping’ response to theOlympics


Highway Neighbours has been launched by local churches inWapping and Shadwell as a response to the disruption caused.The title is derived from The Highway, the name of the roadthat is one of the main arteries to Tower Bridge and west to theEmbankment. It is also the sole access to Wapping; all vehiclesmust come or go via the A1203 or cross it to enter theneighbourhood. The Highway is central to the Olympic RouteNetwork (ORN), the official games lane for athletes, sponsors,

athletes’ families, coaches and blue light vehicles. The ORN will be free flowing and therefore not stopped by crossings/trafficlights apart from at a few key locations, meaning that there will be road closures, temporary one way systems, congestion, andreduced road lanes for public use.

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

Photo credit: Mazur

John Moffatt first came to StIgnatius College in Enfield as ayoung Jesuit scholastic in 1985.

Twenty-seven years later, he hasreturned as Chaplain and found aneducational backdrop that isunimaginably different from that ofthe 1980s, with old friendsapproaching retirement stillcarrying the torch bravely, whilemore recently-arrived, youngercolleagues provide new insights andenergy to face new challenges.

Like all the Jesuit schools, StIgnatius College has had to adapt to amuch more competitive and still fast-evolving educational environment,while endeavouring to be true to theIgnatian tradition of which it is part.Last year’s highly complimentaryOFSTED report and impressive examresults reflect a huge effort fromstaff, pupils and leaders, anddemonstrate the College’s capacity tonegotiate the educational currents ofthe decade. But what is morestriking is that even professionally-hard-to-please inspectors areimpressed by a distinctive ethos thatis clearly valued and owned by staff

and students alike. In common with the other Jesuit

schools, there is a great sportingtradition. Rugby, soccer andbasketball dominate the wintermonths, with cricket and athletics inthe summer. Drama in the College isbeing developed in new directionswith some promising youngthespians. In other areas of theperforming arts, alongside morelong-standing musical endeavours

(including an excellent jazz group),prize-winning street-dancing talenthas recently been identified andnourished.

Educational trips to Rome, Vienna,Berlin, Paris and the battlefields ofNorthern France, as well as work-experience in the Ruhr Valley, haveall provided opportunities for a moreimmediate experience of language,culture and history than theclassroom can provide.

The large number of Old Ignatianson the staff, recent and not so recent,is both a testament to how muchtheir own experience of the Collegemeant to them and formed them, anda great resource for passing on asense of a living tradition to the nextgeneration. A major part of thatformation continues to be theCollege’s integrated retreatprogramme, which carries echoes ofIgnatius’ Spiritual Exercises, andallows staff and students together toexplore at a deeper level than that ofthe classroom what it means to hearthe call of Christ and respond to theinvitation to share his mission. Thatshared experience, now supportedfor staff through the work of theJesuit Institute, is a key element inshaping the sense of common


A school with a richIgnatian tradition


purpose and vision that defines theethos of the whole.

Older students have an opportunityto live out those values, whether inmentoring younger pupils, helping inthe smooth running of the school, orengaging actively in the urgent needsof our own locality, through LondonCitizens. Several sixth formers andrecent leavers took leading rôles in aCitizens Enquiry that followed in thewake of last summer’s riots. JesuitMissions’ ‘Partnership Programme’has twinned St Ignatius, Enfield, withSt Ignatius Primary School in

Dodoma, Tanzania andprovided a further serviceopportunity. Many otherschools will bear witness tothe life-changing effect onstudents and staff of beingwelcomed by and workingalongside communities inthe developing world. Thathas certainly been the

experience here.The challenges are significant for

all schools in the years that lieahead, but the creative discernmentat the heart of Ignatian Spirituality isa powerful element in the traditionthat Jesuit schools share, there tohelp them face the future with greathope. St Ignatius College is wellrooted in that tradition.

In late 2008, a benefactor,Francis Corrigan, donated a fewboxes of football kit to JM, for

use overseas. The firstconsignment in early 2009 wassent to Fr Joe Arimoso SJ inZimbabwe who distributed itamong some of the boys withwhom the Jesuits work. It soonbecame clear that investment in sporting facilities andopportunities can have a greatbenefit beyond just the sporting arena.

Francis had obtained the kit fromKitAid, a charity that sends unwantedfootball kit to children and adultsacross Africa, Asia and EasternEurope. Since then, links betweenKitAid and the Jesuits in Zimbabwehave gone from strength to strength.“We must have sent out thousands ofstrips and pieces of footballequipment over the last three yearsor so,” says Edmund O’Donovan atJM, “and Joe provides KitAid withfeedback.” Edmund attended thefirst KitAid conference earlier thisyear where he was pleased to meetits founder, Derrick Williams MBE,and their patron, former EnglandManager, Graham Taylor OBE.

Judging from the reports Joesends back, the impact on theyoungsters has been significant,

helping them appreciate theimportance of teamwork, ofworking on weaknesses and of goodpreparation, and applying thelessons to their work in all areas oflife. Recently, five of their boys wereselected for the final NationalUnder-13 squad that played in theVW World Junior Masters in Poland.Joe wrote: “To have five boys in asquad of 16 boys selected nationallywas a huge achievement for us.”The team captain, TatendaMuringani said he was very excitedand happy at being able torepresent his country in thistournament. “It’s a dream cometrue,” he said. “I never saw itcoming, though I did all I could to beamong the 16 players.”

The team is pictured here.

Benefits beyond sport


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Pope Benedict XVI recentlydeclared Fr Jaques Sevin SJ tobe of ‘Heroic Virtue’, which

advances him on the path toCanonisation. Fr Sevin was thefounder of Catholic Scouting in France

and Baden Powell once said that he‘made the best realisation of my ownthoughts’. Perhaps what he meant bythat was that Sevin instinctivelyunderstood the inherentopportunities in Scouting to developvirtuous young men and he also had aunique ability to make the ‘theory ofScouting’ a reality. This is a traditionthat continues today with the NinthWimbledon (Sacred Heart) ScoutGroup – one of the largest ScoutTroops in the UK.

That Fr Sevin understood the virtuesof Scouting is no surprise, as they alignso obviously with what Christ calls allto aspire to: the virtues of service toone another without complaint; thevirtue of humility that seeks nothingfor itself; and the virtue of courage thattakes risks to explore new horizons.

Leaders in the Ninth Wimbledon told

Jesuits and Friends they still seek topromote these values in the youngmen in their care, but in the context ofthe modern world. “To do this we haveto be a bustling, active and busy Troop,otherwise we would not appeal to anaudience that already has so manyother distractions with which to filltheir time,” they said.

“In the Ninth Wimbledon we oftensay that weekly meetings are ‘allright’ but it is ‘on camp where all thegood stuff really happens’. Where, asone of our Scouts put it, ‘we learn tobe independent, develop new skills,live in a community and work as partof a team’.”

The Ninth Wimbledon Scouts havesome twelve ‘camps’ a year, rangingfrom indoor camps over a weekend, tooutdoor camps under canvas for twoweeks, to three day leadership

development weekends at St Cassian’sCentre, Kintbury (West Berkshire) andstaying in caravans at St Margarets-at-Cliffe (Kent). It is there that theirlongest serving Scout Leader (MichaelOrbell) still tells stories of his daysduring National Service and ofphantom dogs that roam long desertedcoastal army barracks!

“Our annual summer camp isundoubtedly the pinnacle of our year,”says one of the Leaders. “It bringstogether everything that we have beentrying to achieve throughout the year.For us it is about many things, butrespect, fun and friendship are keyingredients. Giving and receivingrespect is crucial to the smoothrunning of most communities and thisis something we’re quite passionateabout. But don’t think it is all serious!There’s lots of laughter and gentleribbing, and a whole series oftraditions (most of which seem torevolve around good food!) that ensureeveryone has a good time.”

At the heart of all the camps is a dailyroutine of shared moments; formalmeals; reflective evening prayers inthe gathering dusk or around a sleepycamp fire, as well as weekly Mass.Mass on camps are peaceful occasions– surrounded by stunning scenery, inthe shade of a tree with the wind gentlyblowing through the site as Fr PeterGallagher SJ (the Group Chaplain)offers Mass. It is all part of the rhythmof Scouting life.


Wimbledon Scouts celebratetheir virtuous hero


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27 runners, 27 medals, 54 sore feet, 132 hoursrunning, over 2000 hours of training andthousands raised for Jesuit Projects - welcometo the Jesuit Missions’ London Marathon 2012

7.30am Nervous waving as the team gathers atWaterloo Station

8.30am The team go through their final preparations

9.30am JRS UKsupporters linethe streets to

lend vociferoussupport!

11.30am Thomascame all the wayfrom JM

Germany to raisemoney for Zimbabwe

2.30pm Womble runner Mark Millrine was goingfor a Guinness World Record as Fastest MarathonRun Dressed as a Book Character. Despite a sprint

finish he just missed out!

5.00pm Dean beat his previous best marathon timeeven though he was battling with a knee injury. Deansays: A t-shirt reading, ‘my pain, their gain’ kept me

going and reminded me of why I was doing this, aftermy doctor had said I shouldn’t have run

Words: David Hurst; photos: Iain Ross.

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For many young people inZimbabwe their future isuncertain. A lack of

opportunity means that most willnot be able to fulfil their potential.The Jesuit Schools Arts Festival is acollaborative effort involving theZimbabwe College of Music and theJesuit school based in the country.Professional singer and SacredHeart parishioner Rachel Marshall’starget was £5,000 for the Festival:

“For the past three years I havewatched my husband John train forand complete the London Marathon.Last year we decided that 2012 wasgoing to be my turn and so I havespent the past six months or sogradually building up my mileage.Given my musical profession I amdelighted to have been given theopportunity to raise money for oneparticular project in Zimbabwe. Weall know the wonderful power ofmusic: how it brings peopletogether and how performing canhelp to build self-confidence. I hopethat my pounding the pavementshere in London will help the drumsto beat strongly in Zimbabwe. Theprogramme seeks to help theseyoung people to make full use of

their God-given talents and helpsthem to develop not only theirmusical skills, but also their senseof self-worth and their ability tocontribute to the wider community.Your sponsorship money will helpfund the workshops and a festivalthat will break new ground inZimbabwe and support music as apowerful tool, as Zimbabwecontinues its journey to a morepeaceful country.”

Through a series of workshops,student exchanges and seminars,young students from Zimbabwe willlearn more about the musicbusiness from copyright to practicalperformance skills. This series will strengthen music educationdepartments and activities in Jesuithigh schools and at the end of theworkshops and seminars there willbe a festival and awards ceremonyto highlight the tremendous work.This important project will helpallow the young people of Zimbabweto truly flourish.

This year, as well as supportingJRS UK and Jesuit-led programmesin Guyana, Zimbabwe and SouthAfrica, three of the team ran for theArchbishop Denis Hurley Centre inDurban. The development of thiscentre is the biggest project everundertaken by the EmmanuelCathedral in its 106-year history.Based in the grounds of thecathedral, its aim is to provide ‘a

beacon of light to all that need help’. Located in one of the most difficult

areas of Durban, a number ofprogrammes will be offered toassist the local community. Thecentre will provide religiouseducation for children andworkshops for adults, giving themskills to assist them in their searchfor work. It will offer assistance torefugees and those who havesuffered from xenophobic attacks.And in all these activities, it will helpto bring together dividedcommunities.

Promoting care will be at the heartof all the work the Archbishop DenisHurley Centre does. The refugeepastoral care will help those whoarrive in Durban by providing themwith food and accommodation, aswell as school fees and uniforms.The Parish Nurse Project willsupport people living with HIV andAids and the Nkosinathi project willfeed and assist the homeless andthe unemployed.

The money raised by yoursponsorship money will go toequipping the new centre to supportthese projects. It might pay forschools fees or provide food for thehomeless but all of yourcontributions will help build acentre that will serve the people.

To make a donation to support therunners, send a cheque payable to‘Jesuit Missions Marathon’ to the JM office or online viaw w w. v i rg i n m o n e y g i v i n g . co m(search for Jesuit Missions).Alternatively, visit the JM web site(www.gbjm.org), follow the LondonMarathon link and click on thename of a runner to donate tospecific runners or projects. Thank you!

The pounding of pavements tothe beat of a drum

The Marathon runners run for their charities and the supporters support the runners … trulyeveryone is there on this day of days, in the words of St Ignatius … For Others.



On 8 December 1975, Pope PaulVI wrote to the UniversalChurch and his letter is

entitled Evangelii Nuntiandi (On thePreaching of the Gospel). It may beover 30 years ago since thisinsightful exhortation appeared butit is still studied and scrutinised andit forms the basis for much of ourmodern thinking and practice ashow, with the grace of God, we attempt, in our time, to communicate the NewEvangelisation, the Good News, theGospel of Jesus Christ.

Pope Paul, in paragraph 20 writesas follows: “The split between theGospel and culture is without a doubtthe drama of our time”.

So much of modern culture in ourwestern world is anti-God, anti-Gospel and anti-Christian and yetdeep down in the hearts of manythere is a yearning for what is way

beyond immediate worldly andmaterialistic satisfaction. The gapbetween the Gospel and culture isindeed the great drama of our time.

As we try to live and pray theApostleship of Prayer, the requestsoffered to us by Pope Benedict for thenext few months address thisproblem of religion and culture.Young people need our prayers thatthe Gospel may be vitally important tothem. Ordained ministers and all whoproclaim the Good News of JesusChrist should keep their eyes, mindsand hearts on the Crucified and RisenLord. The poorest of peoples need notonly material resources but also thelife-giving message of the Gospel ofJesus Christ. Jesus tells us in theGospel that he has come “to bring theGood News to the poor”. (Lk 4.18)Quoting from the prophet Isaiah,Jesus speaks about those in captivity(Isaiah 61.1-2) and one of the Pope’s

prayer requests is for all who are inprison.

We are all called “to bear witness toChrist in all things in the midst ofhuman society” (Gaudium et Spes,Vat 11 para 43) and so, with the HolyFather, we offer each day that allpeoples may be enlightened by theGospel of Jesus Christ. “Go out to thewhole world; proclaim the GoodNews” (Mk 16.15).

Michael Beattie SJ

That prisoners may be treated withjustice and respect for their humandignity. That young people, called tofollow Christ, may be willing toproclaim and bear witness to theGospel to the ends of the earth.

That politicians may always act withhonesty, integrity and love for thetruth.That Christian communities mayhave a growing willingness to sendmissionaries, priests and laypeople,along with concrete resources, to thepoorest Churches.

That the new Evangelisation mayprogress in the oldest Christiancountries.That the celebration of WorldMission Day may result in a renewedcommitment to evangelisation.

That bishops, priests and all ministers ofthe Gospel may bear the courageouswitness of fidelity to the Crucified andRisen Lord. That the pilgrim Church onearth may shine as a light to the nations.

August

Pope Benedict’s Apostleshipof Prayer intentions

September

October

November

Go out to the whole world; proclaimthe Good News

A diverse community and aglobal family


Each year, Christian LifeCommunity members fromacross the country gather for

their National Assembly. With agesranging from twenty-somethings to80 year olds, it reflects the trulydiverse nature of the CLCcommunity in England and Wales, asCLC President Una Buckleyexplains.

The National Assembly is aweekend of prayer and renewal for usas individuals; but it is also a sign ofour commitment to one another andto the wider community, at a nationaland international level.

Membership of CLC is first andforemost experienced at a local level.Each member is part of a local group,which meets regularly to pray andshare, supporting one anotherthrough the ups and downs ofordinary life. These local groups formregional communities or clusters,which come together several times ayear for days of prayer, socials andother gatherings. Much is done atthis Regional level: regional days,retreats, days of reflection, sessionsto attract new members and thenumerous little acts of service andlove that support the community in itsday to day life.

At a national level we have a numberof working groups which help toorganise retreats and other formationexperiences in Ignatian Spirituality. TheNational Assembly is a chance for us togive thanks for all that work and toshare with one another what we havebeen working on. It is also an

opportunity to pray about and to set thedirection for the year ahead. It offers anopportunity for the whole community tolook back and reflect on how God hasbeen at work within our communityover the past year and to discern andact on how he invites us to moveforward in the next. Of course, CLC isalso a registered charity and amembership organisation, so the AGMat the National Assembly provides theCLC’s official annual business meeting.

The National Assembly is a bit like alarge family gathering – accompaniedby the mix of blessings that comefrom people at different ages andstages of life, all able to make adifferent contribution – whetherthrough time, talents or financialcontribution. Part of that family is

CLC relations in other parts of theworld whom we support through ourprayer and work. This year, we haveenabled money to go to the StAloysius CLC school for AIDSorphans in Kenya, and we havesupported the World CLC solidaritycampaign on education in theDominican Republic. We have alsocontributed to the CLC RomeAccommodation project, buying apermanent residence for the WorldSecretary in Rome which will, in thelong term, free up more CLC fundsfor apostolic service projects.

This coming year offers a wonderfulopportunity for us to rediscover ourIgnatian roots, and a wonderfulopportunity to reach out to newmembers.

This year, the CLC National Assembly was joined by Fr Luke Rodrigues SJ, the ViceEcclesiastical Assistant for World CLC, a reminder of the international dimension of theCLC family. This solidarity with the world community is an important theme for CLC thisyear, as its members prepare for the next World Assembly, due to take place in August2013 in Lebanon. With the theme, “From our Roots to the Frontiers: ‘This is my son, TheBeloved. Listen to what He says.’ (Mk 9.7),” it will be the first time for World CLC togather in the Middle East. It is hoped it will be a sign of solidarity with Christians in thisregion where the Christian faith has its roots and where there are many challenges forpeace and justice. 2013 also marks the 450th anniversary of CLC, and the first laygroups that John Leunis started in the spirit of St Ignatius.

To find out more about CLC or for contact details of your nearest group, write to 114 Mount St, London, W1K 3AH, visit www.clcew.org.uk or email [email protected]

A CLC group reflect howthey find God in their lives.


AROUND the PROVINCE

Lord Gill, who was a studentof St Aloysius' College,Glasgow, has been

appointed as Scotland's mostsenior judge, known as LordPresident. First Minister AlexSalmond described him as a manof 'great stature and integrity',who had the ability to improve thejustice system. He was nominatedfor Lord President by Mr Salmond,following recommendations by aselection panel, and confirmed in the job by the Queen.

Lord Gill is Scotland's longest serving judge. He taughtlaw at Edinburgh University before joining the faculty ofadvocates in 1967 and becoming a QC in 1981. After servingas a lawyer to the UK government, he was appointed as ajudge in 1994, and took up the role of Lord Justice Clerk in2001. Lord Gill also chaired the public inquiry into theStockline factory explosion in Glasgow, which claimed thelives of nine people in May 2004.

Fr Roger Dawson SJ, whoserved for nine years in theRoyal Green Jackets (now The

Rifles) before entering the Societyof Jesus, completed this year’s Helpfor Heroes (H4H) Battlefield BikeRide on 26 May and has expressedhis thanks for all those whosupported him with their donations.“I would like to thank everyone forthe incredibly generous response tomy appeal for sponsorship, whichhas now reached around £4,000,” hesays. Roger cycled the 320 miles from Normandy to Dunkirkthrough the battlefields of the First and Second World Wars, asa member of the H4H Battlefield Bike Ride. Among the 250cyclists taking part were bereaved relatives and injuredveterans, some of them double-amputees cycling on arm-power. Fr Roger, who is on the Chaplaincy team at WimbledonCollege, led the wreath-laying ceremonies that took place eachday along the way.

Men from six Provinces were ordained to the diaconate by Archbishop PeterSmith of Southwark at Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon on 14 April 2012.Jerri Dias, Juan Carlos Pallardel, Vincent Mulenga, Xavier Tharamel, Trieu

Nguyen and John Kim (pictured here) are currently studying at Heythrop College,University of London, and are members of the Jesuit communities in either Brixton,Clapham, Stamford Hill, Wapping or Wimbledon.

In his homily, Archbishop Smith reminded the men of the importance of service intheir role as deacons, pointing out that they were ministers of the word, of the liturgyand of charity. And he urged them, in their preaching, to be witnesses to the love ofGod and to hope. He quoted from the Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Nuntiandi, inwhich Pope Paul VI emphasised the duty of priests and deacons to be “evangelists”with a duty “to proclaim with authority the Word of God, to assemble the scatteredpeople of God and ... to set this people on the road to salvation.”

(Photo: Aniston Morais)

Ordained to the ministry of service

This summer, Heythrop College students are entering into partnership with aschool in Tanzania, as four of them accompany Chaplain Fr Dave Stewart SJ on avisit to Dodoma where they hope to establish links with St Peter Claver High

School. They have been preparing since January to explore how best they can developlinks of friendship and solidarity with this growing East African Jesuit school. Fr Davesays. “We want this to be a genuine partnership, not just for fundraising; our hosts havealready suggested that becoming Ambassadors for Africa would be greatly beneficial.”Three of the students - Dermot Kennedy, Stephanie Crouch and Steve Kirk – arepictured here with Fr Dave before setting off for Tanzania.

Heythrop’s link of solidarity

Old Aloysian isScotland’s top judge

The pedalling padresays thanks!


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Glasgow students receive first everCaritas award Four senior students from St Aloysius’ College in Glasgow have been awarded the Pope Benedict XVI

Caritas Award at a ceremony at the city’s Clyde Auditorium.Jennifer McGinley, Aimee Perera, Stephanie McGill and Joseph Travers joined more than 400 other young

people whose faith-inspired actions had earned them the Award, which was created in honour of PopeBenedict. Cardinal Keith O’Brien read a special greeting and apostolic blessing from the Pope in which hethanked the young people for their acts of loving service.

In their reflections, the recipients explained how they had shared their gifts, talents and time with othersin their parish and local community. “Everyone has the ability to share a Caritas experience with the peoplethey meet from day to day,” said Aimee in her reflection, “whether those people be close friends and familyor complete strangers. We can show them the good that is within all of us and s how the true meaning ofbeing made in God’s image and likeness to everyone we meet.”

Final vows

The parish priest of Sacred Heart Church in Edinburgh, Father Peter Scally SJ, professed his finalvows as a Jesuit on 15 June 2012. Peter entered the Society of Jesus in September 1993 and tookhis first vows as a Jesuit in 1995. He was ordained priest in 2002, founding and becoming the first

director of Jesuit Media Initiatives in 2004. JMI is responsible for the global internet services ofThinking Faith and pray-as-you-go. Peter’s final vows – in which, having completed the final stage ofhis training (tertianship), he is confirmed as a Jesuit – were professed before the British Provincial, FrDermot Preston SJ, witnessed by many Jesuit priests and brothers, as well as his friends who hadtravelled to Scotland for the occasion.

Aseries of papers delivered at Heythrop College’s Institute for ReligiousLife have been brought together by its Director, Sr Gemma Simmonds CJ,under the title A Future Full of Hope. The book assesses how religious life

is being affected by changes in society and attitudes, and asks how it can surviveand be renewed. The foreword is written by the former Dominican MasterGeneral, Timothy Radcliffe, with contributions from a range of authors, both layand religious. Published by Columba Books at £10.99.

You can plan ahead for Advent with Coming and Going, a book of daily reflectionsand prayers for the season by Fr Gerald O’Mahony of Loyola Hall. The book doesnot shadow a specific liturgical cycle of readings, so it can be used any year – rightthrough to Boxing Day. A daily reading (printed in full) is followed by a reflection,in which Fr O’Mahony suggests possible responses, and a prayer. Peter McGearyin the Church Times awarded the book five stars and praised the way itencouraged readers to interpret scripture. It is published by Kevin Mayhew andcosts £10.99.

Fr O’Mahony has often written about God the Father and God the Son. In hislatest book, Tell me about the Holy Spirit – Eye-opener and ear-opener, he turnshis attention to the third Person of the Trinity and considers both Church teachingand tradition in reflecting upon the Spirit “who brings God’s love to us, and whotakes our love back to God”. The book is written in simple language which is bothenlightening and uplifting. It can be ordered on-line from www.gracewing.co.uk,price £7.99.

DEATHS &OBITUARIES


Fr Rodger Charles was born on 11October 1929 in Leeds and went to schoolat St Michael’s College in the city. HisNational Service in the Royal Artillery wascut short by his father’s ill health so heworked in his father’s building businessfor two years before he applied to study atCampion House in Osterley. In September1953, he entered the Society of Jesus atHarlaxton in Lincolnshire, continuing hisstudies at Roehampton and CampionHall, Oxford, where he achieved a Diplomain Politics and Economics. His theologystudies were followed by a Doctorate inIndustrial Sociology.

From 1968, Fr Charles taught atHeythrop College which, at that time, wasin Oxfordshire. He founded the Institute ofSocial Ethics in 1970 and taught the post-graduate diploma in Social Ethics atCampion Hall and Plater College. By thistime, he had already had two bookspublished – Man, Industry and Societyand The Christian Social Conscience. Hewould go on to write a further sevenvolumes, largely on Catholic SocialTeaching and Christian Ethics.

Writing became one of Fr Charles’main activities during his time atCampion Hall, Oxford, and in the USAwhere, between 1987 and 1992, he alsotaught at the St Ignatius Institute in theUniversity of San Francisco.

Fr Charles’ latter years were spent inBognor Regis and Mount Street in centralLondon, before he retired to the CorpusChristi Jesuit Community in Dorset. Hedied there on 27 May 2012, at the age of 82.

Br Bernard Elliot SJ was born inMacclesfield on 20 May 1929 and went toschool at St John’s, Alton, and thenCotton College in Staffordshire. Onleaving school, he served his NationalService with the Royal Artillery, largely asan instructor of radar, before working inmarketing and advertising in the

confectionery trade. Bernard entered the Society of Jesus at

Harlaxton, Lincs, in 1963, at the age of 34,and studied administrative skills andeconomics at Campion Hall in Oxford;both his father and younger brother hadbeen accountants. After taking his vowsas a brother in 1965, he spent four yearsat Stonyhurst College in Lancashire assacristan, and returned there in 1973after his tertianship at Corby Hall inSunderland. From 1976, he was Master tothe Lower Grammar boys at Stonyhurst,before being appointed to work in theJesuit parish of St George’s in Worcester.

After a brief term at the CommunityCentre in Boscombe, Dorset, Bernardmoved in 1979 to Heythrop College inLondon, where his collaboration with theJesuit Refugee Service (JRS) began. Forthe next 32 years, he was to assist, workwith and listen to refugees, detainees andasylum seekers through JRS, based firstin Brixton, then Osterley, near Heathrow;and then in various parts of London -Stamford Hill, London Bridge and finally,at the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping.

Bernard’s final years were spent as amember of the Wimbledon JesuitCommunity, living in Feltham, Middlesex.He was admitted to St Peter’s Hospital inChertsey on 19 March 2012 and diedthere on 2 April 2012.

Fr Bernard Parkin SJ was born and diedin North London. The two events were 90years apart but between them Bernardlived a full and active ministry in Jesuitparishes and schools, as well as beinginvolved with the province administrationand archives. He was born in Tottenhamon 25 May 1922, the only boy of threechildren. His first encounter with theJesuits was at St Ignatius College inStamford Hill, where he spent seven yearsas a student. On leaving school in 1940, hetook up studies at University College,

London, and was awarded a degree inelectrical engineering with first classhonours. This led to him spending threeyears as an electrical officer in the Navy.

After the Second World War, Bernardwas employed in development andresearch in applied physics, first withHis Master’s Voice (HMV) and then inthe Scientific Civil Service. He spent 10years in this line of work beforeapplying to enter the Society of Jesus,which he did in 1956. His studies inphilosophy and theology took him notonly to Heythrop College inOxfordshire, but also to WarwickUniversity. During the early years of hisformation as a Jesuit, he taughtphysics and chemistry at St George’sCollege in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)and on completion of his studies andhis ordination to the priesthood in1964, he spent five years as Chaplain atKeele University in Staffordshire.

Bernard served as Socius (Assistant) tothe British Provincial between 1972 and1979, during which time he was also Vice(or Acting) Provincial on severaloccasions. He was appointed parish priestat Symonds Green in Stevenage,Hertfordshire, in 1979 and was chaplain totwo schools during this period. Thefollowing year, he moved to Brixton inSouth London, where he was parish priestat Corpus Christi Church until 1988.

During his six years as Rector at StWilfrid’s Church in Preston (1988 to 1994),Bernard was Chairman of the Governorsof Stonyhurst College in Lancashire. Forthe next 14 years, he resided close to hisplace of birth – at St Ignatius Church inStamford Hill, where he worked aslibrarian, writer and archivist. In 2008, hemoved to St Anne’s Home in StokeNewington where he was cared for by theLittle Sisters of the Poor. He died there on5 April 2012.

Obituaries

Mrs Joan Mary HanlonMrs Rosemary AshMr Terry WeilerMrs Louisa Pimentel-PintoMs Maura ScannellMrs Elizabeth MontgomeryMr Joe GilhoolyMrs Mary Lou HumphriesMr John WardSr Eilish CurristinMr John MacGinleyMrs M Swinnerton Miss Catherine Walsh

Mrs Joyce LankesterMr Leo JacobsMrs Eileen ClewsMrs Eileen Smolira – mother of Fr DavidSmolira SJMrs Rosemary Read – sister of Fr BrianEnright SJMr Joseph Gaughan – cousin of Fr PeterMcArdle SJ and Br Vincent McArdle SJMr John Granger-Banyard – brother of FrPeter (Bertie) Granger-Banyard Mrs Catherine Harrison – mother ofPhilip Harrison SJ

Inacio De Mello – brother of Fr JoachimDe Mello SJMrs Helena Randall – mother of Fr PeterRandall SJMr Charles Mitchell – brother of FrGerard Mitchell SJFr Rodger Charles SJFr John McQuade SJBrother Bernard Elliot SJFather Bernard Parkin SJFather Jacob Srampickal SJ

Please pray for those who have died recently. May they rest in peace.

DEATHS &OBITUARIES

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Fr John McQuade, born on 3 March1919 in Caldercruix, Lanarkshire, wasthe eldest of five children. He enteredthe Society of Jesus direct from schooland studied philosophy and theology atHeythrop College in Oxfordshire. In thecourse of his training, he taught atMount St Mary’s College in Derbyshireand was ordained at StonyhurstCollege in 1950.

After his tertianship in St Beuno’s,North Wales, Fr McQuade taught at StJohn’s Beaumont, the prep school to

Beaumont College near Windsorbetween 1953 and 1958. He thenreturned to Scotland where he servedat various parishes until 1997,including Sacred Heart, Edinburgh andSacred Heart, Aberdeen, where he wasparish priest as well as confessor tothe students at Blairs College andchaplain at Craiginches Prison. FrMcQuade was also responsible forestablishing the parish of St JohnOgilvie in the Wester Hailes area ofEdinburgh in 1970. He stayed there as

parish priest for 10 years, and oversawthe building of the current church in1978.

In 1988, at the age of 69, FatherMcQuade moved briefly to the parish ofSt Mary’s Beauly, before beingassigned to St Aidan’s, Aviemore,where he worked for nine years. Ill-health resulted in his return to SacredHeart, Edinburgh, in 1998 and then toSt Joseph’s House, where he wascared for by the Little Sisters of thePoor. He died there on 27 May 2012.

Obituaries

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Your donations are always greatly appreciated and help support the work of Jesuits in Britain and overseas.You can increase your donation by 25% through Gift Aid: see www.gbjm.org for details or contact JesuitMissions at 11 Edge Hill, London SW19 4LR

All Benefactors are remembered in the Masses and prayers of every Jesuit in our Province.Thank you for your generosity

This icon of St Ignatius was painted by Moya Hogarth, aparishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Wimbledon, and

given to Fr Tim Curtis SJ to take with him to his newassignment at the Church of St Ignatius in Lethem, Guyana.

“To reconcile theestranged,compassionatelyassist and serve thosewho are in prisons orhospitals, and indeedto perform any otherworks of charity,according to whatwill seem expedientfor the glory of Godand the commongood”

(From the Formula of theInstitute of the Society ofJesus, 1550)

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Jesuits and Friends Summer Issue