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Diocese of Portsmouth News
 A new
covenant with the poor
Bishop Crispian said in his Lenten Pastoral Letter that "the poor
should always have pride of place in everything we do". The signing of the New
Covenant with the Poor both on behalf of the Diocese by the Bishop and on behalf of
parishes by priests and people on Pentecost Sunday will be a concrete sign that we as a
Church take seriously the Pope's call for a "preferential option for the poor and
outcast" as we approach the Millennium Jubilee. This will be a positive sign not only
to secular society but also a sign of hope to the poor here and overseas.It is, in one
sense, only the beginning. There will still be much to be done in bringing to realisation
the three parts of the covenant on behalf of the poor: - Wealth sharing - Prayer and
celebration - Advocacy and campaigning. The regional team at CAFOD South is here to
support you in any way we can. We would also be glad to hear from people with copies of
their Parish Covenants and any ideas, great or small, for making the Covenant a reality in
the life of their parish.
Diary of
events
APRIL
Wednesday 30th : Southampton Deanery Meeting, St Edmund's The Avenue,
Southampton
MAY
Sunday 18th (Pentecost Sunday) : BISHOP CRISPIAN SIGNS THE NEW COVENANT
WITH THE POOR, CATHEDRAL, 10.30 MASS
Tuesday 20th to Friday 23rd, Christian Resources Exhibition, Sandown
Park, Esher, Surrey
Friday 30th to Sunday 1st June, J & P National Conference, Swanwick
JUNE
Friday 20th, Rich World, Poor World Meal, St Boniface Southampton. Mark
Woods to speak
JULY
Sunday 20th to Saturday 26th, Preaching the Gospel of the Poor, Oscott
College, Birmingham
OCTOBER
Saturday 16th, Pope Paul VI Memorial Lecture
Saturday 25th, Ecumenical Conference on Third World Debt, Guildford
Cathedral. Booking forms with September Newsletter.
Lockdale Coins Ltd. are dealers in British and world coins and run a fund raising
scheme for charities. Schools, churches and groups can collect obsolete British coins or
unwanted foreign coins, which Lockdale will then purchase and the money can be donated to
the charity of your choice - CAFOD for example! Information from: Lockdale Coins Ltd, 36
Upper Orwell Street, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 1 HR Tel/Fax:(01473) 218588
PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE POOR
This CAFOD Summer School Course is for clergy and lay people and is being held at
Oscott College near Birmingham, from 20th - 26th July 1997. It will be mainly led by Fr
Joseph Donders and Brian Davies. For more information contact Mark Woods at CAFOD South on
01483 898866
CAFOD YOUTH CAMP
The CAFOD Youth Camp takes place this year from Monday 21 July to Saturday 26 July at
Goodrich, near Ross on Wye, with a Latin American theme. See enclosed leaflet for details.
Please pass it on to anyone who may be interested
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Regional Organisers,
