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March 2010

Sponsored Walk 2010

On Saturday, 29 May 2010, a few members of the CA are going to walk along the Ridgeway, which is Britain's oldest road, for 15 – 20 miles to raise money for the CA Hospitalite and Glanfield Children's Group

The following people will be on the sponsored walk:

David & Judy Ball, Matt & Terri Betts, Stephen Daly, John Kelly, Andrew Loynd, Mary Maybury, David Thronger, and Matthew Sharrock..and possibly others!

If you would like to donate, please visit our sponsorship site: here

Sponsoring us through this page is simple, quick and secure. It is the most efficient way to give – so every donation goes further – and if you are a UK taxpayer and give Gift Aid consent the charity will receive an extra 28% at no cost to you.

February 2010

AGM

At the recent AGM for the Catholic Association, a number of announcements were made:

Colette Sharrock, Hospitalite President, will be standing down after Lourdes 2010. Nimal Hemelge, Hospitalite Secretary thanked Colette for her stirling work over the last few years - a great example to us all. It was announced that Chris Buller would be taking on the role as President from September 2010.

The two new Elected Members were also announced. They will be David Ball (for three years) and Vicki Gale (for two years). Nimal Hemelge, Hospitalite Secretary, thanked Martine O'Meara who was standing down at the AGM for her six years of service. He also thanked James, Jane and Andrew for putting their names forward for the election.

Finally, the President Colette Sharrock, announced that Matt Betts will succeed Rupert Bell as Chief Brancardier from November 2010.

Full AGM Minutes will be included on the website later this month.

February 2010

Michael Gilbert

Please remember in your prayers Michael Gilbert organiser of wheelchairs, co-ordinator at Stansted and ex-Secretary of the Catholic Association who has been coming to Lourdes for over 20 years. He has recently been diagosed as having bowel cancer and will be undergoing a short course of radiotherapy followed by surgery on 8th March after which the prognosis is good.

January 2010

Paschal Hemelge RIP

From Nimal Hemelge: It is my sad duty to inform you that my father passed away on Saturday morning. Lourdes was his life long passion, and travelled with the CA for many years during the 80's and 90's. Click here to read more.

January 2010

AGM & Vote 2010

Further details here

December 2009

CA Newsletter - Winter 2009

This is now available to read here

July 2009

Pastoral Theme 2009

This is now available to read here

January 2009

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage forms for 2009 have now been added. Click here.

December 2008

CA Newsletter

September 2008

Cycle Ride 2008

From Patrick Noble and Dail Maudsley: Well, we made it!! We just wanted to let you all know that the trip was a great success, Patrick made it there as planned and at the moment we are on our way to raising even more than our original target! To see the current total, click here. That’s obviously brilliant news! So we wanted to let you know just how it went and Patrick and I have prepared a little document to outline the trials and tribulations along the way and a few photos. Click here to view.

September 2008

Walsingham Retreat 2009

For more information and the booking form, please click here.

CA Fundraiser 2008

For more information and to get tickets please see, please click here

June 2008

New donation website

If you would like to donate to the CA, please use our new on-line donation site. Click here to view..

June 2008

Please pray for...

The following members who have recently died: Mrs M Beattie, Clare Cassin, Fr Ronald Duggan, Mary Engel, Ann Garner, Zita Hicks, George Lynch, Ian Mullen, Monica Murphy, Pat Owens, and Brian Woodford.

And the following members who are ill: Maisie Griffiths, Michael Cleary and Bertha Blackith

February 2008

CA Hospitalite AGM

Please let us know if you would like to attend the CA AGM 2008. Please click here for more information.

January 2008

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage forms for 2008 have now been added. Click here.

December 2007

Hospitalite

The Autumn CA Hospitalite Newsletter is now available here.

July 2007

Secretary's Notes

New Hospitalite Members - 2007

June 2007

Secretary's Notes

Spring newsletter now available

April 2007

Pilgrimage

The forms for this years pilgrimage are now available on line: includes information on the levy and HCP. Get forms

March 2007

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for the following members of Our Lady Queen of Peace parish, Bournemouth: all great supporters of our pilgrimage, who have recently passed away:

Bernadette Palmer, Pat Watkins, Heather Corlass

May they Rest in Peace

Please also pray for Cath Shemmans, who came with our pilgrimage in 2002, suffering from breast cancer. That cancer went away but came back later to her lungs and the CA have just heard that Cath sadly passed away on 13th April 2006. Dave, her widower recently tracked us down. Dave and the children miss Cath very much, please pray for them, especially as Mothering Sunday has just passed.May she Rest in Peace

Please pray for Heather, the sister in law of David and Margaret Lewis who is undergoing surgery for cancer.

Newsletter

We are presently looking for submissions for our next Hospitalité newsletter. Our next deadline is 20th April 2007. Please send all submissions to the editor at: Newsletter@catholicassociation.co.uk

Site Updates

The following documents have now been included on the website:

CA Levy Policy

CA Protection Policy

November 2006

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for Ann Garner who is hoping to go into hospital in the next few weeks.
John Holden getting his degree.

Secretary's Notes

Autumn newsletter now available
Walsingham April 07. Booking form now available to download.

September 2006

Hospitalité

Members

Death: Clare Williams. Funeral 29th Sept, Chester

August 2006

PILGRIMAGE 2006
For those who are unable to join us this year in Lourdes, you might want to join us in the grotto on Monday 28th August at 9am B.S.T. We will be celebrating mass, and with the wonders of modern technology, you can watch on the Lourdes Webcam.

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for Margaret Fairey...
Death: Muriel Galvin.

Secretary's Notes

Library...

Site Updates

Groups: Update from Bishop Michael Evans
Pilgrimage: Novena for this years pilgrimage.

May 2006

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for Helen Carroll who is hoping to go into hospital for an operation in the next few weeks.

Death: Rene Van Terheyden. Funeral 17th May 2006
Sister Teresa Daly, RJM.

Secretary's Notes

Spring newsletter now available

Site Updates

Groups: Obituary of Bishop Charles Henderson
Pilgrimage: All posters and booking forms for this years pilgrimage.

April 2006

Hospitalité

Secretary's Notes

Sponsored Walk and much much more ...

Pilgrimage

The forms for this years pilgrimage are now available on line. Get forms

March 2006

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for Nell Atkin...
Please pray for Mary Cribben...
Please pray for Fr Tony Sketch...
Please pray for Kathleen Clewlow...

Death: Robert Buller. Funeral 25th Mar 2006
George Foley.

February 2006

Hospitalité

Death: Hilda Matthews. Funeral 22nd Feb 2006

Secretary's Notes

Results of the election and more ...
Sponsored Walk: 2006

January 2006

Hospitalité

Death: Paddy Long-Fox.

Members

Please pray for Robert Buller (updated 23 Jan)...

December 2005

Hospitalité

Secretary's Notes

AGM and much much more ...

Autumn newsletter now available

Site Updates

Groups: Biography of Bishop Peter Doyle

November 2005

Bishop Michael Evans. Please pray for ...

October 2005

Hospitalité

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Death: Jo Stubbings
Death: Michael Fauvelle

September 2005

Hospitalité

Secretary's Notes

Nominations required ...

Members

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Birth: Francesca Fernandes
Death: Sabrina Wright
Death: Ellen 'Helen' Magee

August 2005

PILGRIMAGE 2005
For those who are unable to join us this year in Lourdes, you might want to join us in the grotto on Sunday 28th August at 7:45am B.S.T. We will be celebrating mass, and with the wonders of modern technology, you can watch on the Lourdes Webcam.

Apologies for the brevity of this update, but the webteam are currently very busy carrying out final touches to the preparations for the Pilgrimage. A longer update will be on your screens mid September.

July 2005

Hospitalité

Members

Update on Helen Carroll ...
Please pray for David Lewis ...
Please pray for Denise Phillips ...
Please pray for Muriel Galvin...

Secretary's Notes

New Ordinary and Full Members

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Engagement:Helen Brumby
Death: Dennis Murphy

Archive

We are currently developing the Archive page, which will include a history of the Catholic Association, as well as a number of pictures from the past. We are also drawing up a list of previous holders of the following positions:

• Chief Medical Officer
• Chief Nurse
• Chief Brancardier
• Chief Handmaid
• Hospitalite President
• Secretary
• Treasurer

Lourdes

Changes to Lourdes for 2005

June 2005

Hospitalité

Members

Congratulations to Sue Balfour ...
Please pray for Tess Green...

Secretary's Notes

Sponsored Walk: Update

May 2005

Site Updates

Groups: Youth photo 2004
Groups: Glanfield Group
Spirituality: Pastoral Theme 2005

Hospitalité

Members

Please pray for Angela Bergström-Allen...
Please pray for Anne Garner...

Births, Deaths & Marriages

Marriage:Kieron and Hannah O'Brien
Death: Mary Lester

Secretary's Notes

Walsingham
HELP REQUIRED!!: Sponsored Walk 2005.

April 2005

Hospitalité

Spring newsletter now available

Website Updates

There have been a lot of changes in the website over the past year. In addition to having a team to decide on the content, we have a new name (www.catholicassociation.co.uk).

On behalf of the CA we would like to thank Roger Pettet for all the hard work and time that he has dedicated to the website. Roger has been the webmaster of the site since its inception, succeeding in persuading us of the usefulness of having a site to inform and educate. We wish him and Josie all the best for the future.

In future, any additions or amendments to articles will appear here. Because of the revamp of the site, there are too many changes to list, so please explore and if you have any comments, then please let us know by filling in our feedback form.

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