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CHURCH NEWS
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister:
Rev. Paul Beard (473444)
Stewards:
Bob Baxter (810092)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Room Bookings:
Isabel Daniels (810084)
Services in January
Sunday 3
10.30 am Morning Service
No Fellowship
Sunday 10
10.30 am Morning Service
6.00pm Favourite hymns & readings
Sunday 17
10.30 am Morning Service
6.00pm Evening Fellowship with
Isabel Daniels
Sunday 24
10.30 am Morning Service
Rev. Paul Beard, Covenant Service
6.00pm Favourite hymns & readings
Sunday 31
10.30 am Morning Service HC
6.00pm Carol Swepstone
Activities in January
Fri 8
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
Mon 11
12.30 pm
Study lunch
Tue 12
9.30 am
Quiet Time, Wesley Room
Wed 13
2.30 pm
CAMEO, Wesley Rm
Fri 15
12.00
Soup & sweet lunch
Fri 22
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
Tue 26
9.30 am
Quiet Time, Wesley Room
Fri 29
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
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. Chris Newman cmf
Fr. Angel Ochagavia 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, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 9.30 am and on Wednesday and Friday at
7.00 pm.
Morning Prayer
on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday &
Saturday at 9.15 am 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 before the Blessed Sacrament every Thurs-
day following the 9.30 am Mass and ending with Ben-
ediction at 10.30 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are
Catholics please let Fr. Chris
Newman know their contact details
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The Migrant Crisis
Thank you John Davies for your considered comments and I do take your points.
As I understand it, our country is now committed to accepting 20,000 refugee families so if Buckden offered to
house one such family we are not adding to the numbers coming. Also, these families are from established refu-
gee camps, not trafficked families although we need compassion for all of them. After discussion with a friend
who has worked for the UN on the migrant problem I understand that local authorities in the UK make an offer for
a certain number of families and it may not work with Buckden offering support for one family.
Finance - if Buckden residents offered support for one family that would mean our local authority does not have to
finance that family therefore leaving more finance for our own needy population. Translate this to lots of commu-
nities and our own needy families could still be supported from local funds which would not be diverted to refu-
gees.
I understand that it will be well nigh impossible for Syrians to return to their country – not least because their home
and their community, possibly of generations' duration, no longer exist.
I fully support John's ideas of lobbying our government and also for the UN to work to keep folk as close to their
home land as possible. Is there any mileage in forming a pressure group here? There has been very little re-
sponse indeed to my proposal.
Finally, may I say that I am continually hugely impressed by the many thousands of pounds Buckden residents
give in charitable donations for a multitude of good works year on year, as well as the thousands of hours given in
voluntary work. We are a very special village and community.
Ann Brittain.