Parish Magazine - February 2013 50p

Castleford Team Parish

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CLERGY Rector:

Fr. Michael Wood, 01977 518127 The Rectory, 15 Barnes Road, Castleford WF10 5AA frmw@hotmail.co.uk

Team Vicar:

Fr. Mark Watkins, 01977 511659 The Vicarage, St Michaels Close, Castleford WF10 4EY wattycm@me.com

Asst. Curate:

Fr Paul Atkinson, 01977 512404 The Vicarage, Churchfield Lane, Glasshoughton WF10 4BP fr.paul.atkinson@live.co.uk

Polish Priest: Fr. Greg Ruszczynski, 07842 883648

Parish Reader: Phillip Godfrey 01924 267698

Lay Pastoral Minister: Mrs Lynda Maw 01977 518078

Editor, Magazine & Pew Sheets (including Diary Dates): Andrew Goyns, magazine.ctp@btinternet.com 01924 898593

Parish Office: (Enquiries for Baptisms) Saturdays at 10.00-10.30am at All Saint’s Church, Castleford.

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The Rector’s Letter

Dear Friends,

Such a lot has happened since the last edition of his magazine.

The vote about the arrangements for the ordination of women to be-come bishops had been taken and lost. It was not a vote about if women should become bishops, that vote had been taken and found in favour and this will be certainly before I come to retirement. November was a vote about what arrangements should be made for those parishes which were unable to accept having a woman as their bishop. Now one of the facts of life is that whenever you allow people to make a democratic choice there is always the possibility that the vote will go in a way which you did not wish it to and that is exactly what happened with the vote in November, it went against what many automatically assumed would be the case and as a result the Church of England went into melt-down.

I make no comment upon the right or wrong of the decision, that is for you to decide but we are on dangerous ground as individuals and very dangerous ground as a church when we begin to think of things as only being the will of God when the decision actually agrees with what we (whoever we might be) want.

It is not that the church made a decision which is counter to the thoughts of our society but that it was immediately assumed that the sys-tem was wrong followed by all manner of public post-mortems and a lot of ill grace was seen and heard. If the church cannot conduct its affairs with dignity then there is not much hope for the world at large.

As if that was not enough the House of Bishops’ then came out with the ridiculous comment that it is now alright for bishops to be in gay rela-tionships so long as they are celibate (no sex). If the first outcome didn’t make us look fools in the eyes of the world, the second made us look as though we had lost all touch with both reality and with God.

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On the one hand the trumpet cry is that the church must not be seen to be discriminating and then on the other hand the church makes a decision de-liberately to discriminate. Thoughts of lunatics and asylums come to mind, but one is not allowed to say such things these days.

Yet saints their watch are keeping, Their cry goes up, how long? And soon the night of weeping will be the morn of song.

There are many faithful people striving to remain faithful to the gospel, not least in our own parish, people who have become so weary of all the dis-tractions to what should be our single-minded task, of proclaiming that Je-sus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father and it is only when the church is active in mission and its squabbles cease that it will grow and be-come strong in our land once more.

My prayer is to keep the faith and the morn of song will break.

With love and prayers

AN AMENDMENT In our last edition I told you of our appointment of a new chil-dren’s worker. The person we appointed had to give back word and was unable to take up the position. I am thrilled that we have been lucky enough to engage Karen Richardson who has already begun work. Karen lives in Airedale and has much experience in engaging with families and young children. Exciting things are al-ready starting to happen. I know when you meet Karen you will make her feel very welcome.

Fr. M

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February 2013 GIFT AID—QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Q. What is Gift Aid?

A. It increases the value of donations by allowing charities to re-claim the tax that donors who are taxpayers have already paid. Donors simply need to give permission in a simple Gift Aid Declaration.

Q. When donors sign up to Gift Aid, how much will the church get back?

A. Gift Aid increases donations by 25%. So someone gives £10 us-ing Gift Aid its worth £12.52 Castleford Team Parish.

Q. What information does the government need?

A. Full name, home address, the name of the charity Castleford Team Parish, details of the donation you give each week and that it's a Gift Aid donation. All this is on the form that we give to all Parishioners who must elect to give their donations via numbered envelopes weekly and on Gift Days.

Q. If people no longer work can they still qualify for Gift Aid?

A. Yes because they may be paying tax on savings and investments and Gift campaign applies too.

Arnold Randall Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary

01977 278611

racheladam@talktalk.net

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Gift Aid declaration – for past, present & future dona-tions Name of charity or Community Amateur Sports Club

Castleford Team Parish______________

Please treat as Gift Aid donations all qualifying gifts of money made

today in the past 4 years in the future

Please tick all boxes you wish to apply.

I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Ama-teur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 that I gave up to 5 April 2008 and will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give on or after 6 April 2008.

Donor’s details

Title ------------- First name or initial (s) ------------------------------------------------------ Surname ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full home address ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Postcode ---------------------------------- Date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Signature ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please notify the charity or CASC if you:

Want to cancel this declaration

Change your name or home address

No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains

If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.

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L E N T 2013 Lent begins early this year. Ash Wednesday is on February 13th. Here will be Mass with Ashing at 10am at S Paul’s; 12noon at St Michael’s and sung Mass 7.30pm at Hightown.

Ash Wednesday is a day of obligation and all Christians should try their hardest to be in Church on that day.

On Sunday evenings at 6.30 there will be Evensong at Castleford with a short Lenten Address.

It has long been our custom to walk the Way of the Cross during the mass on both Tuesday evenings at Castleford and Wednesday evenings at Hightown.

Our Lent Course this year will be a course based upon the movie The Kings Speech. The course is called “Finding A Voice.” We will watch a short scene from the movie, hear a short bible passage and then there is a reflection upon a different theme each week. The themes of the course are: The stuff of nightmares and the power of friendship; Chasing the dream or fulfilling the calling; Pressing forward or breaking through; Poi-sonous words or profane responses; Faith in our Voice.

Some of you may not have seen the movie or you may have seen it but it was a little while ago and so in preparation we will show the film all the way through on Monday 11th February, 7pm in Hightown hall. Even if you cannot come to the course you are welcome to come along to the showing of the movie.

The course will be at 7pm at the Rectory on Monday (starts Monday 17th) evenings and 2pm at St Michael’s Vicarage on Thursday (starts Thursday 21st) afternoons.

GIVING IN LENT One of the traditions of Lent is to give to a specific charity. There will be boxes available in each church for those of you who wish to support the work of The Additional Curates Society. This is a charity we have supported for many years and a charity which has also supported us as well. For the past three years the ACS has been making a grant towards Father Paul’s work in the parish. Do please try to support this if you can.

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CROSSWORD

Across: 1 ‘If you love those who love you, what — is that to you?’ (Luke 6:32) (6) 4 ‘They threw the ship’s — overboard’ (Acts 27:19) (6) 7 The first murderer (Genesis 4:8) (4) 8 He was the head Levite in charge of the sing-ing when the ark of God was brought back to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:22) (8) 9 Samson was noted for this (Judges 16:6) (8) 13 Solicit money or food from passers by (Acts 3:2) (3) 16 What William Booth’s Christian Mission became in 1878 (9,4) 17 Alliance of Religions and Conservation (1,1,1)

19 ‘I will praise your name for ever and ever. - I will praise you’ (Psalm 145:1–2) (5,3) 24 Simon had (anag.) (8) 25 Desperate (Deuteronomy 28:48) (4) 26 Elisha witnessed the boy he was seeking to resuscitate do this seven times before opening his eyes (2 Kings 4:35) (6) 27 The belly and thighs of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream were made of this (Daniel 2:32) (6) Down: 1 ‘Before the — crows, you will disown me three times’ (Matthew 26:75) (4) 2 Relating to the books of the Bible between Acts and Revelation (9) 3 ‘They have — the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!’ (John 20:2) (5) 4 Belief (5) 5 ‘Take the following fine spices: ... 250 shekels of fragrant — ’ (Exodus 30:23) (4) 6 ‘Do not — Jerusalem, but wait for the gift’ (Acts 1:4) (5) 10 A seer (anag.) (5) 11 ‘Even there your hand will — me’ (Psalm 139:10) (5) 12 The wild variety was part of John the Baptist’s diet (Mark 1:6) (5) 13 A non-Greek speaker who was looked down on by civilized people (Col3:11) (9) 14 Famous 1950s musical whose characters included members of 16 Across, — and Dolls (4) 15 The province from which Paul wrote to the Corinthians (1 Corinthians 16:19) (4) 18 ‘He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring — — his hand’ (Ezekiel 40:3) (3,2) 20 ‘Today, if you hear his — , do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebel-lion’ (Hebrews 3:15) (5) 21 The Jericho prostitute who hid two Israelite spies on the roof of her house (Hebrews 11:31) (5) 22 ‘And now these three remain: faith, — and love. But the greatest of these is love’ (1 Corinthians 13:13) (4) 23 ‘God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end’ (Daniel 5:26) (4)

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PUZZLES WORDSEARCH

This month there are 23 words to find and again the un-used letters spell out a bible phrase. British, Central, Charge, Comic Congestion, Double, Explorer, Fast, Helix, London, New, Nile Nose, Red, Relief, River Scientists, Speke, Structure, Terminal Victoria, Year, York.

SUDOKU

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Planning Ahead - Advance Notice

Saturday 2nd March Coffee Morning at Hightown Church Hall 10.00am –noon

COPY FOR MARCH ISSUE

Contributions for the magazine are always welcome and articles/photos intended for the November issue of the Parish Magazine should be hand-ed in by:-

MONDAY 18TH FEBRUARY

Please send ‘Dates for the Diary’ by the same date, or as soon as they are arranged, to:- Andrew Goyns: e-mail: magazine.ctp@btinternet.com Tel: 01924 898593

ARE YOU GIVING MONEY FOR FLOWERS ?

FLOWERS AND GIFT AID

You will see elsewhere Arnold’s notes on the ins and outs of Gift Aid but here is perhaps something you didn't know.

Did you know that if you make a donation towards the cost of flowers, if you put the money in an envelope with your name on it and the amount being given, that money can be gift aided?

For ease of administration though, the proceeds from the Gift Aid would go into general funds, not into separate flower funds, but every little helps to-wards raising funds for the church. If you buy the flowers yourself the receipt can be used in the same way as if you were giving cash, but it must be in an envelope with your name on to make the claim.

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FEBRUARY CALENDAR

Saturday 2nd The Presentation of Christ in the Temple Mass at Castleford 9.30am

Coffee Morning at Hightown 10.00am-noon

Monday 11th “The King’s Speech” at Hightown 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th ASH WEDNESDAY Mass with imposition of Ashes at St Paul’s 10.00am Mass with imposition of Ashes at St Michael’s 12 noon Sung Mass with imposition of Ashes at Hightown 7.30pm

Thursday 21st Mass at St Michael’s 7.00pm followed by PCC Meeting

Sunday 24th PARISH MASS At Hightown 10.00am

Tuesday 26th Deanery Synod 7 for 7.30pm

WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION AT HOME?

IF YOU ARE HOUSEBOUND OR UNABLE TO COME TO CHURCH, PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE CLERGY AND THEY WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOU TO TAKE COMMUNION AT HOME. OUR MINISTRY TEAM RECOGNISES THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MINISTRY AND IS KEEN TO HELP.

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READINGS FOR FEBRUARY

2nd February - THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (W)

Malachi: 3: 1-5; Hebrews: 2: 14-end; Luke: 2: 22-40

3rd February - The Second Sunday Before Lent (W) Genesis: 2: 4b-9, 15-end; Revelation: 4: Luke: 8: 22-25

10th February - The Sunday Next Before Lent (G) Exodus: 34: 29-end; 2 Corinthians: 3: 12-4.2; Luke: 9: 28-43a

13th February - ASH WEDNESDAY (P) Joel: 2: 1-2, 12-17; 2 Corinthians: 5: 20b-6.10 ; Matthew: 6: 1-6, 16-21

17th February - The First Sunday of Lent (P) Deuteronomy: 26: 1-11; Romans: 10: 8b-13; Luke: 4: 1-13

24th February - The Second Sunday of Lent (P) Genesis: 15: 1-12, 17-18; Philippians: 3: 17-4.1; Luke: 13: 31-end

         

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Editor: The Rev Dr Gary Bowness writes his tongue-in-cheek letters from ‘Uncle Eustace’… A new feature for 2013, courtesy of Parish Pump.

ON WHY RURAL CHURCH-GOERS LIKE TO FREEZE IN CHURCH

The Rectory, St. James the Least

My dear Nephew Darren Winter certainly exposes the difference between those of you who live in cities and us rural folk. While you bask in your centrally heated flat, with every modern convenience that could be imagined and complain about the half an inch of slush that makes your life so inconvenient, we country folk wear overcoats in our houses, open all doors and windows to let the heat in and battle through snow drifts, measured in feet, to get the morning pa-per.

Colonel Wainwright has acquired a new toy: a snow blower, of sufficient power that I believe it could clear the Antarctic. He kindly volunteered to clear the paths around the church. Working outwards from the church door, the path to the church soon became snow free. Unfortunately, he on-ly realised when his job was complete that the blown snow then formed a ten foot drift under the lych gate. We now have to climb over the church-yard wall and negotiate buried gravestones before we can reach his pristine paths.

Miss Margison, ever helpful in the worst sense of the word, decided to un-freeze the pipes in the church hall. A blow torch was not the ideal solution, although the resulting burst did make some rather attractive ice sculptures round the kitchen equipment. The village badminton team that uses the hall has now temporarily changed sport to ice hockey.

Inevitably, congregations have soared. There is nothing like adversity for making people want to prove they have the moral fibre to overcome it. Much satisfaction seems to be obtained on discovering who has not dared venture out, which is taken as judgement on their strength of character. The Prentices upstaged most people by arriving on a sleigh. Mr Prentice was warmly wrapped in a travelling rug, while his wife pulled it. As her husband explained, he couldn’t possibly let the pony work in such conditions.

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What I momentarily thought was applause during my sermon was merely people keeping their hands warm and the hymns were drowned out by the stamping of feet. Our organist complained that the cold made his fingers so numb that he couldn’t play properly – although I didn’t notice that things were much different from normal.

No, my dear nephew, you continue to fret about your church heating drop-ping to temperate from tropical and a few flakes of wet snow obliging you to close your car park for health and safety reasons. We shall continue to triumph heroically over adversity and return home after Matins, knowing we have proved our Christian commitment in being utterly uncomfortable. Your loving uncle,

Eustace

HIGH DAYS AND HOLY DAYS FOR FEBRUARY

1 Brigid of Ireland - Abbess of Kildare, c 525

2 THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS)

4 Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order 1189

6 The Martyrs of Japan 1597

13 ASH WEDNESDAY

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

Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c 269

15 Sigfrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045

Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of the SPCK & SPG, 1730

23 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c 155

25 Matthias the Apostle (optional date in 2013 or 14th May)

27 George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633

Ember Days 20, 22 & 23 February

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MONDAY – 5.30pm & 7.00pm – The Glasshoughton Centre, Leeds Road, Glasshoughton, Castleford. Your Consultant’s name is Jean – Tel: 0113 286 4255

TUESDAY – 6.30pm – St Joseph’s Catholic Church Hall, Pontefract Road, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Vanessa – Tel: 01977 557843

THURSDAY – 9.30am, 5.30pm & 7.30pm – Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Powell Street, Castleford Your Consultant’s name is Caroline – Tel: 01977 793096

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THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

A big 'Thank You' to all the box holders who have contributed during the year 2012 to the sum of £711.38. This has exceeded last years total and is a wonderful achievement, during tight financial constraints.

The Christingle Service at St Paul's was really well attended and seemed to be enjoyed by all (especially we singers). We raised another £133.21 for the fund.

My thanks to Lynda and the team who helped prepare the oranges.

Thank you all.

Jean Randall (Hon. Sec.)

P.S. If anyone new would like to have a box. My number is Castleford (01977) 278611

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PREPARING A NEW ELECTORAL ROLL Every six years, by canon law, every church in the Church of England must prepare a brand new electoral roll. We last did this in 2007, and the time has now come round again. Very simply, this is what happens: ~ At least two months before the annual parochial church meeting is held, the official rules that govern a new electoral roll must be pinned to the principal door of our church. Those rules need to stay there for at least 14 days, while a new roll is prepared. ~ At every service that is held on each of the two Sundays within that peri-od of 14 days, the person conducting the service will inform our congrega-tion about the preparation of the new roll. ~ The parochial church council will also do all it can to alert every person currently on the electoral roll that a new roll is being prepared, and that if he/she wishes to have his/her name entered on the new roll he/she MUST apply for enrolment. It is NOT automatically carried over from last time. ~ The preparation of the new roll needs to be completed at least 15 days before our annual parochial church meeting. After the completion of the new roll, a copy of the new roll will be published by being exhibited on or near our church’s main door for at least two weeks before our annual pa-rochial church meeting. ~ Our electoral roll is the official listing of our church family. We would strongly encourage everyone who considers this church their ‘home church’ to apply for enrolment on the electoral roll. Someone will be in touch with you when it is time to draw up the new roll.

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A SAINT FOR FEBRUARY

Brigid of Ireland c. c. 525

Historical facts about this first abbess of Kildare may be scarce, but her Lives, written from the 7th century, tell many anecdotes and miracles which over the centuries have become deeply rooted in Irish folklore. Brigid came from a vil-lage near Kildare, of parents of humble origin, and is said to have been baptised by Patrick and become a nun at an early age. She is credited with founding the monastery of Kildare, a powerful influence for Christianity in Ireland.

The miracles attributed to Brigid show her to have been a woman of great com-passion and generosity. There are stories of how she could mulitiply food, espe-cially butter, for the poor. Other stories tell of her changing her bath-water to beer, in order to satisfy the thirst of unexpected visitors. Even her cows gave milk three times the same day, to enable visiting bishops to have enough to drink.

Brigid’s cult grew rapidly in Ireland, where it became second only to that of Pat-rick. In England, there were at least nineteen ancient church dedications in her honour (the most famous is St Bride’s Fleet Street). There is also St Bride’s Bay, Dyfed, which underlines the strong connection between Irish and Welsh Christi-anity. St Brigid is patron of poets, blacksmiths, and healers. She is usually de-picted with a cow lying at her feet, which recalls her phase as a nun-cowgirl.

THE VERY FIRST VALENTINE CARD—A LEGEND

The Roman Emperor Claudius II needed soldiers. He suspected that marriage made men want to stay at home instead of fighting wars, so he outlawed mar-riage.

A kind-hearted young priest named Valentine felt sorry for all the couples who wanted to marry, but couldn't. So secretly he married as many couples as he could—until the Emperor found out and condemned him to death. While he was in prison waiting execution, Valentine showed love and compassion to eve-ryone around him, including his jailer. The jailer had a young daughter who was blind, but through Valentine’s prayers, she was healed. Just before his death in Rome on 14th February, he wrote her a farewell message signed “From your Valentine”. So the very first Valentine card was not between lovers, but between a priest about to die and a little girl, healed through his prayers.

Courtesy-Parish Pump Ltd.

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FEBRUARY PUZZLE SOLUTIONS

Wordsearch: Bible Phrase The heavens are telling the glory of God (Psalm 19) SUDOKU EASY SOLUTION INTERMEDIATE SOLUTION

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February 2013 CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ACTION AID

Thank you to all who donated money to Action Aid either throughout the year or at the Harvest Supper. Once again we have been able to buy some small extra gifts for 5 extra countries. For Malawi be bought a gorgeous goat. Female goats produce nourishing milk to drink and to sell. The people can also breed goats to sell to earn extra income. Also for Malawi we bought a chicken family, for people to eat or sell, to give income to buy clothes for their children. We also bought a care package for someone living with HIV which can improve care for all the family by providing medicines.

For Guatemala there is the “Beet Hunger Community Garden”. Beets, Carrots and Onions, to help feed their children, so saving money on this food they can use the money for other essentials. In Sierra Leone we have sent “Seeds of Love”. This is rice seed to help these women set up independently as farmers to earn their own income, to support their children with books and medicines. For Uganda we got two super stoves, which retain more heat to cook on, saving them many long hours gathering firewood. Lastly what is called a “Box of Delights” for a child in India. This is a safe box with a key to keep school books and pencils etcetera safe at school.

Additional donations are always welcome and can be made at any time during the year. Some people donate for a special occasion. Normally you can give £4 for a week or £15 for a month. Please get in touch if you want more information.

So on their behalf, Thank You.

Lynda

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All in the month of FEBRUARY, - It was …..

150 years ago:- on 23rd Feb 1863 that British explorer John Hanning Speke declared that Lake Victoria was the source of the River Nile.

100 years ago:- on 2nd Feb 1913 that Grand Central Terminal opened in New York City. It is the largest train station in the world.

90 years ago:- on 16th Feb 1923 that British archaeologist Howard Carter opened the sealed doorway to Tutankhamen’s tomb in Thebes, Egypt.

70 years ago:- on 18th Feb 1943 that Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Minister for Propaganda, gave a famous speech in Berlin, Germany, in which he called for ‘total war’ – as the fastest way to bring the war to a conclusion.

65 years ago:- on 28th Feb 1948 that the last British Army regiment left India.

60 years ago:- on 5th Feb 1953 that sweet rationing ended in Britain.

50 years ago:- on 18th Feb 1963 that the Soviet Union informed US President John F Kennedy that it would withdraw several thousand of its troops from Cuba by 15th March.

30 years ago:- on 8th Feb 1983 that champion racehorse Shergar was kid-napped in Ireland and a £2m ransom demanded. The horse’s fate is still un-known.

25 years ago:- on 5th Feb 1988 that Comic Relief held it first Red Nose Day in the UK.

15 years ago:- on 8th Feb 1998 that Enoch Powell, controversial British poli-tician, died. He was well known for his Rivers of Blood speech warning of the dangers of mass immigration, and also for his opposition to Britain’s membership of the European Economic Community.

10 years ago:- on 14th Feb 2003 that Dolly the sheep, the first successfully cloned animal, was put to sleep at the age of six with a progressive lung dis-ease.

Also 10 years ago:- on 17th Feb 2003 that London’s Congestion Charge be-gan.

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PARISH OFFICERS

PCC Secretary: Mrs Mavis Whitehead 01977 550529 PCC Treasurer: Mr Colin Maw 01977 518078

Stewardship & Gift Aid Secretary:

Mr Arnold Randall 01977 278611

Family & Children’s Worker

Mrs Karen Richardson 01977 552524

CHURCHWARDENS

Mr David Field, Castleford: 01977 707120

Mrs Mavis Whitehead, Gl’houghton: 01977 550529

Mr Peter Harvey, Hightown: 01977 730185

Mrs Catherine Hopton, St Michaels 01977 555785

Miss Pauline Morris, St Michaels 01977 668790

DEPUTY CHURCHWARDENS

Mrs Hilary Wilkes, Castleford: 01977 733554

Mr Colin Maw, Glasshoughton: 01977 518078

Mr Ian Fletcher, Hightown: 01977 550139

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

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CHRISTMAS 2012

Top Left: Fr Paul & Fr Gregory at Castleford 8pm Mass 24.12.12. Top Right: Fr Michael & Fr Paul at St Paul’s Midnight. Photos: Tracy Atkinson

Above Left and Left: St Michael’s Christmas Fayre 2.12.2012. Above: Castleford Choral Society Concert at All Saints’, Castleford. Photos: Fr Mark

SERVICES

All Saints’ Castleford

SUNDAY Holy Communion 8.00am Sung Mass (except last in month) 9.30am Tuesday Holy Communion 7.00pm Saturday Mass of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9.30am

All Saints’ Hightown SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass 10.45am Wednesday Holy Communion 7.00pm

Saint Michael and All Angels SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass 10.45am Thursday Holy Communion 10.00am

Saint Paul’s, Glasshoughton SUNDAY (except last in month) Sung Mass 9.30am Wednesday Holy Communion 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

See diary section and weekly pew sheets

For all the latest News & Information from around the Parish go to:

www.castlefordteamparish.org.uk