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Buckden Roundabout
February 2018
St Hugh’s and Methodist Church
Catholic Church of St Hugh of Lincoln, High Street,
Buckden
Telephone:
01480 810344
Website:
saintshughandjoseph.churchgoers.co.uk
In the pastoral care of the Claretian Missionaries:
Fr. Antony Arockiam cmf
Fr. Jim Kennedy cmf
Fr. Peter Wareing cmf
Fr. Paul Peter Alphonse cmf
Sunday Masses
- Saturday evening at 6.30 pm and Sundays at
9.45 am.
Weekday Masses
- Monday to Saturday at 9.30 am in the Lady
Chapel.
Morning and Evening Prayer
Monday to Saturday at 9.15 am
and 5.45 pm in the Lady Chapel.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
every Saturday from 10.00 to
10.30 am.
The Rosary
is prayed each Monday morning after the 9.30 am
Mass.
Catechism Classes
for school age children each Sunday from
9.00 am in term time. Formal classes for primary age children.
Silent Adoration.
There is half an hour of silent adoration be-
fore the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday following the 9.30
am Mass and ending with Benediction at 10.30 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are Catholics
please let Fr. Antony know their contact details
.
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister:
Rev. Paul Beard
(01480 473444)
Stewards:
Angie Barnes (810102)
Bob Baxter (810092)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Services in January
Sunday 4th
10.30 am
Morning Service: Mr. Ted Garwood
Sunday 11
th
10.30 am
Morning Service: Mrs. Sue Kinder
Sunday 18th
10.30 am
Morning Service: Mr. Colin Webber
Sunday 25th
10.30 am
Morning Service: Rev. Paul Beard
Activities in January
Friday 2nd:
10 am Coffee Morning
Thursday 8
th
:
2.30 pm Church Council
Friday 9
th
:
10 am Coffee Morning
Monday 12
th
:
12.30 pm Study Lunch
Tuesday 13
th
:
9.30 am Quiet Time (Wesley Room)
Friday 16
th
:
12 noon Soup and Sweet Lunch
Friday 23
rd
:
10 am Coffee Morning
Tuesday 27
th
:
9.30 am Bible Study (Wesley Room)
Everyone is welcome to any of these events.
Major Works, Suffragists and more Major Works (1900—2018)
Part 10 in the story of Buckden Church, celebrating the 800
th
anniversary of William de Bugden, our first recorded priest in 1217.
We have reached the end of our 800-year journey since William de Bugden was recorded as Buckden’s vicar in 1217,
the first named incumbent; although Buckden church had priests for probably 400 years before that.
Vicar William Deane and churchwarden Arthur Marshall (who had bought the bishop’s palace from Revd. Roxby in
1872 for £3500) planned the last major internal works to St. Mary’s over 100 years ago. Taking less than a year and
costing £1123 raised by parishioners, the interior plaster was stripped, the pews replaced, the font and pulpit
moved and new heating and lighting systems installed. The Bishop presided over the reopening in April 1909, and
were those who attended then to return today they would find almost no change to their efforts.
John Courtenay (vicar 1911-21) achieved notoriety in November 1913 when he locked the church doors during and
between services to prevent ‘Suffragist excesses’! He also insulted some female members of the congregation. He
had his detractors, but he paid for further work to the church and was supportive of those who lost loved ones in
the First World War. The congregation were divided, but finally agreed to permit his widow to put a memorial
plaque to him in the chancel.
Much of the 20
th
century, especially the two World Wars, has been covered in previous articles and in some yet to
come, so we shall move to recent events.
St. Mary’s congregation’s Second Millennium projects were to rehang the bells in a safer frame and to build new
kitchen, toilet and hall facilities. We raised £30,000 initially, and re-installed the bells in a new frame, being rung at
the dedication service conducted by Bishop John Dennis (his son is the comedian Hugh Dennis) in June 1997.
It took another eight years to raise enough to start on the meeting room, toilets and kitchen. With huge thanks to
so many volunteers, generous donations and a lot of unsung work, the Living Stones Room opened in September
2011, having cost £300,000, and it provides the facilities for St. Mary’s to move forward into the next 800 years!
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