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		<title>Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an atmosphere of great warmth but much sadness, and in defiance of the drizzle outside, Father Paul Chavasse was the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton, at the Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston on Tuesday, 24 January [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">In an atmosphere of great warmth but much sadness, and in defiance of the drizzle outside, Father Paul Chavasse was the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton, at the Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, the Feast of St Francis de Sales. Father Guy Nicholls was Deacon and Brother Richard Duncan Sub-Deacon. Father Anton Guziel, Parish Priest, was Master of Ceremonies.</p>
<div id="attachment_4098" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 200px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4098" title="FATHER GREGORY IN CARDINAL NEWMAN'S ROOM (2)" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-IN-CARDINAL-NEWMANS-ROOM-2-190x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY IN CARDINAL NEWMANS ROOM 2 190x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="190" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton 1922-2012, pictured in Cardinal Newman&#39;s Room at the Oratory House, Edgbaston.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Bishop Terence Brain, Bishop of Salford and Bishop Philip Pargeter, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham, were present on the sanctuary, together with Fathers from the London and Oxford Oratories including the Oxford Provost, Father Daniel Seward.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Father Robert Byrne, Father Dominic Jacob and Father Richard Duffield, who left the Birmingham Oratory in September 1990 to found the Oxford house, were also here to say a last goodbye to their former Provost.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Oratory Church is also the parish church and it was packed to its doors for the sung Latin Mass.  Members of Father Gregory Winterton’s family, including his nephew Michael Winterton, parishioners, and former parishioners, and priests from the Archdiocese of Birmingham were among the great company of mourners.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Also present were representatives of many of the organisations that Father Gregory had been involved with over the long decades since his ordination in March 1963 as priest of the Birmingham Oratory.  The Birmingham Oratory, along with the Oratory School, was founded by Blessed John Henry Newman.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After the welcome by Father Chavasse, a special message from the Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, was read by the Vicar General, Canon Timothy Menezes.</p>
<div id="attachment_4099" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4099" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC ONE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-ONE-300x212.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC ONE 300x212 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="300" height="212" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Canon Timothy Menezes, Vicar General, pictured reading the message from Archbishop Bernard Longley at the Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton, on 24 January 2012.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Archbishop Longley expressed himself in these thoughtful words: “As you gather today at the Oratory for Father Gregory Winterton’s Requiem Mass I wish to unite myself with you in prayer. I am sorry that a long-standing pastoral commitment in Staffordshire prevents me from being with you this morning.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“Father Gregory would wish us, above all, to pray that he may now be admitted to the company of the saints with all his sins forgiven through the death and resurrection of Our Lord. May we not also imagine the welcome awaiting him from Christ and entrusted to his brother Oratorian and his guide Blessed John Henry Newman?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“We offer a prayer of gratitude today for the way that God&#8217;s Providence led Father Gregory to work so assiduously for Cardinal Newman’s canonisation. We can be thankful that he had the great joy of taking part so recently in the Beatification ceremony at Cofton Park, close to the cemetery at Rednal where he will be buried today.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Archbishop Longley concluded: “As we bid farewell to Father Gregory we know that it is only for a while, and we can be certain that he will be praying for the well-being of his home for so many years, the Oratory in Hagley Road, and for the Fathers and parishioners who have been so dear to him. Let us commend his soul to the loving-kindness of Our Lord and to the prayerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">By custom, no homily or panegyric is preached at the funeral Mass of an Oratorian Father. During the distribution of Holy Communion two of the great hymns by Blessed John Henry Newman, <em>Praise to the Holiest in the Height,</em> and <em>Firmly I believe and truly</em> were sung.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After Communion the pall was carefully removed to reveal the American light oak wooden coffin and the simple crucifix on the top. Bishop Philip Pargeter began the solemn prayers of the Final Commendation while Bishop Brain and the Fathers of the Birmingham, London and Oxford Oratories and other visiting clergy stood with lighted candles around the coffin.</p>
<div id="attachment_4100" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 286px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4100" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC TWO" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-TWO-276x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC TWO 276x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="276" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bishop Philip Pargeter retired Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham pictured during the Final Commendation at the end of the Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Fathers and congregation sang the Song of Farewell <em>- May the choirs of angels come to greet you, </em>as the coffin containing the earthly remains of Father Gregory Winterton was taken in solemn procession out of the church and carried past the tablet dedicated to Blessed John Henry Newman and the deceased Fathers in the Cloisters.</p>
<div id="attachment_4101" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 207px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4101" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC THREE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-THREE-197x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC THREE 197x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="197" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The procession pictured at the end the Requiem Mass.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The funeral cars made their way solemnly along Hagley Road, at the start of their journey to the Oratory House at Rednal on the outskirts of Birmingham, where Father Gregory Winterton was buried in the small secluded community grave-yard.</p>
<div id="attachment_4102" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 254px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4102" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC FOUR" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-FOUR-244x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC FOUR 244x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="244" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The hearse pictured outside the Plough &amp; Harrow Hotel as it made its way slowly to the community graveyard at Rednal.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">That earlier drizzle had stopped and the sun was gently breaking through the late January clouds as Father Paul Chavasse said the final prayers. The coffin was lowered gently into the newly dug grave situated not far from where Blessed John Henry Newman had been buried on 19 August 1890.</p>
<div id="attachment_4103" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 257px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4103" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC FIVE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-FIVE-247x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC FIVE 247x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="247" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The procession pictured as it entered the secluded Victoria graveyard at the Oratory House, Rednal.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was a deeply emotional but memorable moment as this last in a long-line of much-loved “old-style” Birmingham Oratory Fathers, going back to Blessed John Henry Newman, was laid to rest.</p>
<div id="attachment_4104" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 216px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4104" title="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC SIX" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-REQUIEM-MASS-24-JAN-PIC-SIX-206x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY REQUIEM MASS 24 JAN PIC SIX 206x300 Requiem Mass for Father Gregory Winterton Followed by Burial at Rednal" width="206" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The grave of Father Gregory Winterton is to the right of the green covering and near to where Blessed John Henry Newman was buried in August 1890 (centre of the picture).</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Gregory Winterton was born on 9 July 1922. He was Provost of the Birmingham Oratory 1971-1992 (except for six month). He died in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor at their home in Harborne, on Wednesday 18 January. Like his father Major-General Sir John Winterton and Blessed John Henry Newman, he was aged 89.</p>
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		<title>Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The body of Father Gregory Winterton, who died peacefully in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Harborne, on Wednesday 18 January 2012, aged 89, was received by Father Paul Chavasse at the Hagley Road gates of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The body of Father Gregory Winterton, who died peacefully in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Harborne, on Wednesday 18 January 2012, aged 89, was received by Father Paul Chavasse at the Hagley Road gates of the Oratory Church, Edgbaston, at 6.30pm on the evening of Monday 23 January. It was a cold evening and the sombre silence was broken by the rush-hour traffic as it made its way past.</p>
<div id="attachment_4072" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4072" title="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC ONE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-RECEPTION-OF-BODY-23-JAN-PIC-ONE-300x223.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC ONE 300x223 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="300" height="223" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The coffin containing the earthly remains of Father Gregory Winterton pictured in the hearse outside the Oratory Church, Edgbaston in Birmingham.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The simple plain coffin made of light American Oak (English Oak is not good for coffins because it warps too quickly) with a crucifix on top and six Oxy Silver handles (made up until the 1960&#8242;s), was gently lifted from the hearse under the supervision of Undertaker, Andrew Taylor of A B Taylor Funeral Services Ltd in Birmingham.  Father Chavasse sprinkled the coffin with holy water.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Then accompanied by the Fathers and Brother of the Birmingham Oratory community, visiting priests, and Archbishop Bernard Longley, the Archbishop of Birmingham, the coffin was carried slowly through the darkened cloister leading to the Church and past the tablets on the wall to the memory of the departed Fathers. In the centre is the tablet to Blessed John Henry Newman 1801-1890, who composed its Latin inscription:<em> Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem</em>  (Out of shadows and images into the Truth).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The coffin was placed on the catafalque under the dome in front of the sanctuary and then covered with a purple pall. Father Gregory&#8217;s beretta, purple stole from his confessional and chalice were then carefully put on the top.</p>
<div id="attachment_4073" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4073" title="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC FOUR" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-RECEPTION-OF-BODY-23-JAN-PIC-FOUR-300x275.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC FOUR 300x275 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="300" height="275" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The coffin containing the earthly remains of Father Gregory Winterton.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4074" title="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC FIVE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-RECEPTION-OF-BODY-23-JAN-PIC-FIVE-277x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC FIVE 277x300 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="277" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Parish Church was full including former parishioners who had travelled long distances to be present at the Solemn Vespers of the Dead, sung in Latin.  It was a deeply moving and prayerful occasion that concluded with the words: &#8220;Requiescant in pace. Amen.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_4075" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4075" title="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC THREE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-RECEPTION-OF-BODY-23-JAN-PIC-THREE-300x217.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY RECEPTION OF BODY 23 JAN PIC THREE 300x217 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="300" height="217" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Archbishop Bernard Longley was among those present in choir who sang the Solemn Vespers of the Dead in Latin.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4077" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 271px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4077" title="FATHER GREGORY MEMORIAL CARD" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-MEMORIAL-CARD-261x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY MEMORIAL CARD 261x300 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="261" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton Memorial Card.</p></div>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4078" title="FR GREGORY MEMORIAL CARD BACK" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FR-GREGORY-MEMORIAL-CARD-BACK-204x300.jpg" alt="FR GREGORY MEMORIAL CARD BACK 204x300 Father Gregory Winterton Reception of Body into the Oratory Church, Birmingham" width="204" height="300" /></p>
<p>*Please note that all the pictures included are my copyright but may be used with due acknowledgement: &#8220;Picture by Peter Jennings.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922 &#8211; 18 January 2012, RIP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My very dear friend Father Gregory Winterton, former Provost of the Birmingham Oratory and champion of the Cause for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, died  peacefully at about 9.15am on Wednesday 18 January 2012, in the care of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">My very dear friend Father Gregory Winterton, former Provost of the Birmingham Oratory and champion of the Cause for the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman, died  peacefully at about 9.15am on Wednesday 18 January 2012, in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor, in room 25 at their home in Harborne, Birmingham. He was 89 years old &#8211; the same age as his  father, Major-General Sir John Winterton, and also the same age as Blessed John Henry Newman, who died in his room at the Oratory House, Edgbaston on Monday 11 August 1890.</p>
<div id="attachment_4056" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 260px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4056" title="064" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/064-250x300.jpg" alt="064 250x300 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="250" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton pictured in the Cloisters at the Birmingham Oratory.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I had the privilege as a teenager of attending the Ordination of Father Gregory to the priesthood in the Newman Memorial Church, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, Edgbaston, on 9 March 1963. I then worked closely with him on the Newman Cause from the mid-1970&#8242;s.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I saw Father Gregory Winterton for the last time at about 10.55am in his room at the Little Sisters of the Poor in Harborne, on Saturday 7 January 2012. His body was frail but his  memory was remarkably good as he recalled events from the past. I gently held his right-hand for a moment. I said &#8220;goodbye&#8221; knowing it would be the last time that I would see him alive. Father Gregory replied: &#8220;Goodbye and God Bless You.&#8221; It was a deeply poignant and memorable moment.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I was in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia on Wednesday 18 January when I received the text from Father Paul Chavasse with the news that Father Gregory had died peacefully  a few hours earlier.</p>
<div id="attachment_4062" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 201px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4062" title="FATHER GREGORY &amp; PJ 11 AUGUST 1990" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-PJ-11-AUGUST-19901-191x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY PJ 11 AUGUST 19901 191x300 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="191" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton and me pictured by Cardinal Newman&#39;s Grave, at the Oratory House Rednal, on 11 August 1990 - the Centenary of  Newman&#39;s death in 1890.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I plan to publish a full Obituary including personal memories of Father Gregory Winterton.</p>
<div id="attachment_4058" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 200px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4058" title="FATHER GREGORY IN CARDINAL NEWMAN'S ROOM" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-IN-CARDINAL-NEWMANS-ROOM-190x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY IN CARDINAL NEWMANS ROOM 190x300 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="190" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton pictured in Cardinal Newman&#39;s Room, in the Oratory House, Birmingham.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Monday 23 January: 6.30pm Reception of Father Gregory&#8217;s body into the Oratory Church followed immediately by Solemn Vespers of the Dead sung in Latin.</p>
<div id="attachment_4059" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4059" title="THE ORATORY HOUSE EDGBASTON" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/THE-ORATORY-HOUSE-EDGBASTON-300x285.jpg" alt="THE ORATORY HOUSE EDGBASTON 300x285 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="300" height="285" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Oratory House and entrance to the Parish Church, Edgbaston.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, 24 January, Feast of St Francis de Sales, Bishop, Patron Saint of  Writers and Journalists.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">8am Matins &amp; Lauds of the Dead.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">11.30am Funeral Mass of Father Gregory Winterton &#8211; Principal Celebrant Father Paul Chavasse.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">According to a very old custom, no sermon or panegyric is given at the Requiem Mass of a Father of the Oratory.</p>
<div id="attachment_4060" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4060" title="FATHER GREGORY WINTERTON ST PHILIP'S DAY 26 MAY 2011" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/FATHER-GREGORY-WINTERTON-ST-PHILIPS-DAY-26-MAY-2011-199x300.jpg" alt="FATHER GREGORY WINTERTON ST PHILIPS DAY 26 MAY 2011 199x300 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Father Gregory Winterton and Father Paul Chavasse pictured at the end of Mass on St Philip&#39;s Day, 26 May 2011,</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Following Mass Father Gregory Winterton will be buried in the small secluded community graveyard at the Oratory Retreat, Rednal.</p>
<div id="attachment_4061" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4061" title="THE COMMUNITY GRAVEYARD AT REDNAL" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/THE-COMMUNITY-GRAVEYARD-AT-REDNAL-300x202.jpg" alt="THE COMMUNITY GRAVEYARD AT REDNAL 300x202 Father Gregory Winterton, 9 July 1922   18 January 2012, RIP" width="300" height="202" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The community graveyard at the Oratory House, Rednal, where Father Gregory Winterton will be buried on Tuesday, 24 January 2012..</p></div>
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		<title>Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Philip Pargeter was the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Geoff Jones, at the Birmingham Oratory, on Wednesday 26 October 2011. Fr Paul Chavasse, Provost of the Oratory 1992-2009, founded by Blessed John Henry Newman, preached. Geoff Jones, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Bishop Philip Pargeter was the principal celebrant at the Requiem Mass for Geoff Jones, at the Birmingham Oratory, on Wednesday 26 October 2011.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Paul Chavasse, Provost of the Oratory 1992-2009, founded by Blessed John Henry Newman, preached.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Geoff Jones, the stalwart who did so much to enhance the work of the Catholic Church in Birmingham over many decades, died peacefully at his home in Edgbaston, close to the Oratory Church, on 17 October, aged 91. He was born in the Stechford district of Birmingham on 7 May 1920.</p>
<div id="attachment_3886" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3886" title="Geoff &amp; Molly Jones Fr Paul Chavasse The Oratory 12 Feb" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Geoff-Molly-Jones-Fr-Paul-Chavasse-The-Oratory-12-Feb--300x232.jpg" alt="Geoff Molly Jones Fr Paul Chavasse The Oratory 12 Feb  300x232 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="300" height="232" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Geoff and Molly Jones pictured with Fr Paul Chavasse in the Oratory Church, Edgbaston, a few years ago.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Geoff was educated at St Philip’s Grammar School where he became head boy and met his lifelong friend Gerard Coghlan who introduced him to Molly Hartland, his future wife, when he was 19. A number of Geoff&#8217;s contemporaries from the old St Philip&#8217;s, situated next to the Oratory Church, were present, including Gerard Coghlan.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Geoff Jones was the founder and original Chairman of the Oratory Parish Council and he helped the Oratory Fathers in a number of ventures: he was governor to the Oratory Secondary school from 1962 to 1966 and faithfully served as governor and Chair of Governors to the Oratory Primary School for over 50 years. In 1982 he directed operations for the Papal Visit at Coventry Airport.</p>
<div id="attachment_3877" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 277px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3877" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC ONE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-ONE-267x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC ONE 267x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="267" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Geoff Jones Requiem Mass was held at the Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston, on 26 October 2011.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Douglas Lamb, Parish Priest of St Ambrose, Kidderminster, and the newly appointed Chairman of the Friends of Blessed John Henry Newman concelebrated. Fr Richard Duffield of the Oxford Oratory and a former Provost of the Birmingham community, and Br Richard Duncan, a novice at the Birmingham Oratory, were also present on the sanctuary.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Such was the esteem in which Geoff Jones was held that representatives of many of the organisations that he was involved in joined his wife Molly, his children, Philip, Rosemary, Michael, Susan and Roger, and their spouses Nuala, Michael, Pauline, Chris and Kathy, his 17 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren, for the deeply prayerful, emotional and memorable Mass.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">When he left school Geoff spent time at Birmingham University where he joined the Officer Training Corps and began his involvement with the army. With the onset of war he left university to become a commissioned officer in the Royal Engineers in 1941. During the war he served in Italy and Kenya, in Nanyuki and Nairobi.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On 12 February 1942 Geoff married Molly at St Mary’s Church in Harborne. When the war ended Geoff reluctantly left the regular army and, with a young family to support, joined the National Mutual Life Assurance Society and became area manager, retiring in 1979.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Appropriately, <em>Praise to the Holiest in the Height,</em> by Blessed John Henry Newman, was chosen as the entrance hymn. After the first reading from the Book of Wisdom (read by Geoff&#8217;s daughter, Susan Dawe) the poignant singing of the Psalm, <em>The Lord&#8217;s my shepherd, </em>filled every corner of Geoff and Molly&#8217;s beautiful parish church.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">During his exceptional and at times amusing homily, Fr Paul Chavasse told the congregation that one of the last things that Geoff Jones had said to Molly and him, one afternoon as they sat with him shortly before his death, was: &#8220;The Oratory has always been here for us.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_3878" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 209px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3878" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC TWO" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-TWO-199x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC TWO 199x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="199" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fr Paul Chavasse pictured reading the Gospel before he preached.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;"> Fr Chavasse emphasised that: &#8220;Geoff&#8217;s life and work for the Church helped and encouraged so many people, who were inspired by his example.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Geoff&#8217;s daughter Sue wrote in the service booklet: &#8220;As a family we are so very proud of his many achievements which have been recognised by the awards of the Order of St John and the Territorial Decoration. He was a Justice of the Peace, a Deputy Lieutenant, a Papal Knight of the Order of St Gregory and a Knight Comrade of the Holy Sepulchre. He was also professionally recognised as a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Insurance.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Geoff’s other commitments included being a Commissioner of Income tax, a Guardian of Birmingham Gun Barrel Proof House, a military member of the Warwickshire TA and AF Association.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;He was always willing to support any person or group who required help and then devoted his “spare time” to so many causes it would be impossible to name them all, but include work with The Army Benevolent Fund, St Philip’s Old Boys’ Association, St Chad’s Restoration Fund and the Catenians.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Chavasse recalled the words of the poem attributed to Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), a former pupil of Newman&#8217;s Oratory School, seeing it as in many ways a fitting description of Geoff&#8217;s philosophy of life:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“Where e&#8217;er the Catholic sun doth shine,</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is laughter and good red wine.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I have always found it so:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Benedicámus Domino.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Paul Chavasse concluded: &#8220;But more importantly, Geoff, a poor sinner, would want our prayers and our Masses offered for the repose of his soul, as he enters on his most awesome journey.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This vividly reminded many of us present of the powerful lines from the dramatic poem “<em>The Dream of Gerontius”</em> by Blessed John Henry Newman that portrays the death of and old man and what happens to his soul as he enters into eternity:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Holy Mary, pray for him.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">All holy Angels, pray for him.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Choirs of the righteous, pray for him.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8230; All ye saints of God, pray for him.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After Communion the black funeral pall was carefully removed to reveal the wooden coffin and the beautiful golden crucifix on the top. Bishop Philip Pargeter began the solemn prayers of Commendation while all the members of the community of the Oratory in Edgbaston stood with lighted candles around the coffin.</p>
<div id="attachment_3879" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 278px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3879" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC THREE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-THREE-268x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC THREE 268x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="268" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bishop Philip Pargeter and members of the Oratory community pictured during the Commendation.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Fr Gregory Winterton, Provost of the Oratory 1972-1992, and now aged 89, was also present, as the Fathers and congregation sang the Song of Farewell <em>- May the choirs of angels come to greet you.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Geoff&#8217;s sons then carried their father&#8217;s coffin shoulder high the length of the nave before it was taken by the undertakers into the cloisters leading from the church where there are tablets on the wall to the memory of the departed Fathers. Blessed John Henry Newman had composed a simple one for himself which expressed his whole life: <em>Ex umbris et imaginibus in veritatem, </em>(Out of shadows and images into the truth).</p>
<div id="attachment_3880" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 279px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3880" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC FOUR" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-FOUR-269x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC FOUR 269x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="269" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The coffin containing the earthly remains of Geoff Jones is carried past the tablet of Blessed John Henry Newman in the Cloisters.</p></div>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Outside on the pavement in the bright mid-October early afternoon sunshine a group of school children from the Oratory Primary School, in uniform, formed a guard of honour. It was a simple yet moving tribute.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The funeral cars made their way slowly along Hagley Road for the journey to the cemetery at Oscott College, the diocesan seminary situated on the outskirts of Birmingham, where Geoff Jones was interred.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards, Molly Jones and family hosted a buffet luncheon at the Botanical Gardens, during which Philip Jones, the eldest son, proposed a toast to his father, Geoff: “a friend to all”.</p>
<div id="attachment_3882" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 148px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3882" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC FIVE" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-FIVE1-138x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC FIVE1 138x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="138" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Fr Gregory Winterton, Provost of the Birmingham Oratory, 1972-1992, pictured at the end of the Requiem Mass.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3883" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 208px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3883" title="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC SIX" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/GEOFF-JONES-REQUIEM-26-OCT-2011-PIC-SIX-198x300.jpg" alt="GEOFF JONES REQUIEM 26 OCT 2011 PIC SIX 198x300 Oratory Funeral for Geoff Jones, Stalwart of the Catholic Church in Birmingham" width="198" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bishop Philip Pargeter pictured with Gerard Coghlan, a contemporary of Geoff Jones at St Philip&#39;s Grammar School - then situated next to the Oratory House and Parish Church in Edgbaston.</p></div>
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		<title>Birmingham: Praying for Peace Amidst Civil Unrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canon Gerry Breen, Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, situated near the city centre, celebrated a special Mass for Peace in times of Civil Disturbance, at lunchtime on Thursday 11 August. Afterwards, Canon Gerry Breen [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Canon Gerry Breen, Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, situated near the city centre, celebrated a special Mass for Peace in times of Civil Disturbance, at lunchtime on Thursday 11 August.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards, Canon Gerry Breen said: &#8220;This well attended Mass was an opportunity for us to join with other Faith Communities who are praying for peace on our streets at this time. In particular, we remembered in prayer Haroon Jahan, Shahzad Ali and Abdul Musavir who were killed by a hit and run driver in the Winston Green district of Birmingham.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;In my homily I referred to today being the Feast of Saint Clare of Assisi and the 121st Anniversary of the death of Blessed John Henry Newman.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Cardinal Newman died in his room at the Birmingham Oratory in Edgbaston on Monday 11 August 1890, aged 89.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen continued: &#8220;The Scripture for the day was, as always a gift. The first Reading from Joshua told of the people of God crossing through the parted waters of the Jordan, recalling the Crossing of the Red Sea – God delivering his people from Slavery. God continues to deliver us from the slavery of sin today. For Christians, this is through the waters of Baptism when we are first delivered from our sin.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;The Gospel of Matthew challenges us all. ‘Peter went up to Jesus and asks: <em>Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?</em> Jesus answered, <em>Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!</em>&#8216;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;To show love and forgiveness to a friend, it to exercise human love; to show the same to one perceived as an enemy is to exercise Divine love. That may well be the challenge facing many in our communities at this time.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen reminded the congregation that 2011 marks the 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of Blessed John Paul II inaugurating an annual meeting in Assisi of the World’s Religious Leaders to pray for all people of the world and the many challenges we face in living a life of faith today.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen said that: &#8220;Pope Benedict XVI in announcing the gathering arranged for this October said: ‘<em>Those who are journeying to God cannot fail to transmit peace; those who build peace cannot fail to move towards God.</em>’</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He added: &#8220;How important it is for local Faith Leaders and their communities to journey together in prayer during these days!&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Dean of St Chad&#8217;s Cathedral also mentioned the importance of seeking the intercession on Blessed John Henry Newman. He stressed: &#8220;Cardinal Newman&#8217;s priestly ministry  in Birmingham took him along familiar streets in the City to care for the sick, the poor and the under privileged.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen asked the congregation to seek the intercession of Blessed John Henry Newman and to pray especially for Birmingham and all its&#8217; citizens at this time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He invited everyone to use the well-known prayer of Blessed John Henry Newman:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>&#8220;May He support us all day long, till the shades lengthen and evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, a holy rest and peace at the last. Amen.&#8221;</em></p>
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<div id="attachment_3605" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3605" title="PJ BOOK JHN HOLDING GLASSES PIC 13" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/PJ-BOOK-JHN-HOLDING-GLASSES-PIC-131-225x300.jpg" alt="PJ BOOK JHN HOLDING GLASSES PIC 131 225x300 Birmingham: Praying for Peace Amidst Civil Unrest" width="225" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Blessed John Henry Newman 1801-1890</p></div>
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		<title>Appeal to Catholics from Archbishop of Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, said in a statement today, Wednesday 10 August: &#8220;With my fellow citizens I am shocked and greatly saddened by the destruction and looting in Birmingham&#8217;s city centre and in Handsworth. &#8220;I ask [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, said in a statement today, Wednesday 10 August: &#8220;With my fellow citizens I am shocked and greatly saddened by the destruction and looting in Birmingham&#8217;s city centre and in Handsworth.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;I ask the Catholic community to pray, especially for all those whose livelihood or property has been damaged.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;We also pray for a strengthening of family values and guidance, and for a change of heart among those involved.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Archbishop Longley added: &#8220;Blessed John Henry Newman cared for the poor and needy of Birmingham. As we recall the anniversary of his death &#8211; tomorrow, Thursday 11 August &#8211; we ask for his prayers for the people of Birmingham and for all our citizens.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We also pray for all the cities and towns in our Archdiocese of Birmingham, especially West Bromwich and Wolverhampton.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_3587" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 202px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3587" title="ARCHBISHOP BERNARD LONGLEY" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ARCHBISHOP-BERNARD-LONGLEY-192x300.jpg" alt="ARCHBISHOP BERNARD LONGLEY 192x300 Appeal to Catholics from Archbishop of Birmingham " width="192" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham.</p></div>
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		<title>Birmingham Riots: &#8220;May Blessed John Henry Newman Intercede for Our City&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catholics throughout the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham been called to pray in a special way for Birmingham following the outbreak of lawlessness in the city during the night of Monday 8 August. Canon Gerry Breen, the Dean of the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Catholics throughout the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham been called to pray in a special way for Birmingham following the outbreak of lawlessness in the city during the night of Monday 8 August.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Gerry Breen, the Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham, whose parish includes areas of the city centre affected, said in a statement the following afternoon: &#8220;All people of good will are dismayed at the current unrest on our streets. It is important for us, particularly Faith Leaders and our communities, to continue to work and pray together for our great City and the welfare of its citizens. At times like this we stand that much closer together.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;We are encouraging our congregations to pray for those whose homes and livelihoods are directly affected. Also to keep in mind the members of the Emergency Services on whom we turn to for help on any day or night of every week.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;As people of faith, we must pray also for the youngsters who are misled by others or misguided in their thinking who are being swept along on this wave of criminality.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen added: &#8220;Thursday 11 August marks the anniversary of the death of Blessed John Henry Newman in 1890. He ministered as a priest in the heart of our City to the disadvantaged and the poor, regardless of creed or culture.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;I encourage Catholics, in particular, to seek his intercession in prayer.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;As Pope Benedict XVI reminded us when quoting John Henry Newman during his homily at the Mass of Beatification at Cofton Park, here in Birmingham,  just last September: &#8216;Prayer is the practise of turning to God in every season, in every place, in every emergency.’</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">&#8220;May Blessed John Henry Newman intercede for our City and its people.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Canon Breen and his counterpart the Very Reverend Catherine Ogle, the Dean of St Philip&#8217;s Anglican Cathedral, Birmingham, situated in the heart of the city have excellent ecumenical relations and work together for the good of all Christian traditions and religious faiths in Birmingham.</p>
<div id="attachment_3578" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 217px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3578" title="CANON GERRY BREEN" src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/CANON-GERRY-BREEN2-207x300.jpg" alt="CANON GERRY BREEN2 207x300 Birmingham Riots: May Blessed John Henry Newman Intercede for Our City" width="207" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Canon Gerry Breen, Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and Basilica of St Chad, Birmingham.</p></div>
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		<title>Blessed John Henry Newman&#8217;s &#8220;The Dream of Gerontius&#8221; in Worcester Cathedral &#8211; Three Choirs Festival 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Blessed John Henry Newman&#8217;s sublime poem <em>The Dream of Gerontius </em>set to music by Sir Edward Elgar was performed in Worcester Cathedral at the opening concert of the Three Choirs Festival 2011, on Saturday 6 August, Feast of the Transfiguration.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">It was a truly memorable and emotional evening.  <em>The Dream</em> was an entirely appropriate and enormously popular choice of music for the start of this world-renowned annual festival. Particularly appropriate because Thursday 11 August is the 121st anniversary of the death of Blessed John Henry Newman. The great English Cardinal died in his room at the Birmingham Oratory in Edgbaston on Monday 11 August 1890, aged 89.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Besides this the first anniversary of Cardinal Newman&#8217;s beatification by Pope Benedict XVI, at Cofton Park, Birmingham, on Sunday 19 September 2010 is less than seven weeks away. The event will be celebrated in England and in Rome.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Dean of Worcester, the Very Reverend Peter Atkinson Peter told the audience that he would say a short prayer as is the custom before concerts held in the Cathedral. In the quietness he said: <em>Praise to the Holiest in the height, And in the depth be praise</em> &#8211; the first line of Cardinal Newman&#8217;s most famous and best known hymn.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Worcestershire born Sir Edward Elgar 1857-1934, was given a copy of Blessed John Henry Newman&#8217;s poem <em>The Dream of Gerontius </em>as a wedding present when he married Alice Roberts on 8 May 1889 at Brompton Oratory in London. Newman, a literary figure of great note had written the poem during 1865.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Committee of the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival of 1990 commissioned Edward Elgar to set part of Cardinal Newman&#8217;s poem to music for soloists, chorus and orchestra. The first performance took place in Birmingham Town Hall on 3 October but it was a year later in Germany that the work received the international recognition and attention that it so richly deserved.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Sir Edward Elgar was assistant organist to his father William Elgar, who held the post of organist at St George&#8217;s Catholic Church in Worcester, 1846-1885 and succeeded him for four years, 1885-1889.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Most Reverend Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birmingham, an accomplished musician, said in June this year when he dedicated a plaque to Sir Edward Elgar, at St George&#8217;s Catholic Church: &#8220;No one who listens to <em>The Dream of Gerontius</em>, I believe, could be in the slightest doubt about Elgar&#8217;s faith in Christ and his confidence in the merciful judgement and forgiveness of God.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">On that occasion, Archbishop Longley added: &#8220;When we are drawn to a composer and the themes that have motivated his life&#8217;s work it is natural for musicians and music-lovers alike to wish to discover and understand as much as possible about an artist&#8217;s life and the significant influences upon it.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Among those in the audience &#8211; it actually felt more like a congregation &#8211; of more than 1,600 people who packed Worcester Cathedral to capacity, was the Chairman of the Festival Committee, Sir Michael Perry GBE, Chairman and Chief Executive of Unilever plc 1992-1996; the Bishop of Worcester, the Right Reverend Dr John Inge; the Bishop of Hereford, the Right Reverend Anthony Priddis; and the Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Reverend Michael Perham.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Archbishop Longley was unable to attend but the Archdiocese of Birmingham was represented by Monsignor Canon John Moran, Vicar General and Parish Priest of Harvington, Worcestershire, Parish Priest of St George&#8217;s Worcester 1990-1996; Father Brain McGinley, Parish Priest of St George&#8217;s Worcester since 2007; and Father Dominic Cosslett, the Archbishop&#8217;s Secretary, former Assistant Priest at St George&#8217;s Worcester 2008-2010.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The Festival Chorus and Philharmonic Orchestra were conducted by Adrian Lucas, Artistic Director of the Three Choirs Festival, Worcester 2011. The soloists were Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano, the Angel, and Alan Opie, baritone, Angel of the Agony. John Graham-Hall, tenor, sang the part of Gerontius with such deep feeling, anguish and emotion that it was no longer a performance but a prayer from the heart.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Blessed John Henry Newman had as his motto: <em>Cor ad cor loquitur</em> &#8211; &#8220;Heart Speaks unto Heart&#8221;, the theme chosen for the historic State Visit of Pope Benedict XVI last year.</p>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Sir Michael Perry GBE, Chairman, Three Choirs Festival, Worcester 2011, (third from left) pictured outside Worcester Cathedral on Saturday 6 August 2011 with (left to right): Fr Brian McGinley, Parish Priest of St George&#8217;s Catholic Church Worcester; Mr Philip Jones, a Benefactor; Mgr Canon John Moran, Vicar General, Archdioceses of Birmingham; Fr Dominic Cosslett, Secretary to Archbishop Bernard Longley; Debbie Liggins, Festival Administrator; and Cecilia Denlegh-Maxwell, Chairman, Friends of Worcester Three Choirs Festival.</dd>
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<dt class="wp-caption-dt"><img class="size-medium wp-image-3558" title="Sir Michael Perry GBE, pictured with (left) Fr Brian McGinley and Mgr John Moran." src="http://peterjennings.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/WORCESTER-6-AUG-2011-SIR-MICHAEL-PERRY-MGR-CANON-JOHN-MORAN-FR-BRIAN-McGINLEY-300x194.jpg" alt="WORCESTER 6 AUG 2011 SIR MICHAEL PERRY MGR CANON JOHN MORAN FR BRIAN McGINLEY 300x194 Blessed John Henry Newmans The Dream of Gerontius in Worcester Cathedral   Three Choirs Festival 2011 " width="300" height="194" /></dt>
<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Sir Michael Perry GBE, pictured with (left) Fr Brian McGinley and Mgr John Moran.</dd>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">The statue of Sir Edward Elgar 1857-1934, situated opposite Worcester Cathedral.</dd>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">Cecilia Denlegh-Maxwell, Chairman, Friends of Worcester Three Choirs Festival (left) and Debbie Liggins, Festival Administrator.</dd>
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<dd class="wp-caption-dd">The Tower of Worcester Cathedral pictured on Saturday 6 August 2011. From this vantage point on a clear day it is possible to spectacular views over the River Severn, the County Cricket Ground, the city, the Malvern Hills and surrounding English countryside.</dd>
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		<title>Cardinal Newman Lying in State August 1890</title>
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