Brother Tim meets Brother Tom at Clergy Night

At Bromley Circle’s Clergy Night

2016 held for the first occasion at

The Chancery, Beckenham with

special guest Rev Fr Gerry Flood (St

Theresa’s Biggin Hill) who was pre-

sented with a bottle of his favourite

drink to celebrate his 85th birthday

and also we celebrated his 60th An-

niversary of his Ordination as a

Priest. Brother President Tim wel-

comed our visitors including eight

Priests and Fr Pat Moloney (retired)

who has been visiting Bromley Circle’s Clergy Night since 1971 he told me! Also the

for the first time we welcomed Patrick Bidder Head of Department from St Thomas

the Apostle College (STAC) Nunhead who was a special guest following the very

successful Speaking Competition held at STAC in February 2016.Over 50 brothers

and their ladies and visitors from other Circles including Dulwich Circle and

Clergy Night at The Chancery

South London Circle

attended this event

which again proves a

very popular for the

Circle. Overall the

evening was successful

although a little hot

for some and also

slightly crowded due

to the high demand

that this event always

attracts. The raffle

raised over £150.00

for Rachael McGow-

an’s Bursary Fund for

her 2016 trip to Gha-

na which demon-

strates Brothers’ out-

standing generosity.

Bromley Circle Clergy Night

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F U T U R E E V E N T S

Presidents’ Sunday 26th

June shared meal

Next Circle Meeting

Monday 20th June

Family Picnic– 11th Sep

at John & Val Power’s

home save this date

Visit from Wimbledon

Circle 18th July Meeting

LATCH Lunch at

Tamasha Widmore Rd

Sunday 28th August

Deceased Mass St Jo-

seph’s Church 8.00pm

23rd November 2016

Frank Bond Meeting

Joint Blackheath/

Chislehurst Nov 2016

Bromley Circle

Newsletter J U N E 2 0 1 6 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S

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E S T :

Clergy Night

2016

Ladies day at

Epsom

Fabienne

Brazill Award

Wimbledon

Circle visit in

July

P A G E 2

Prayers for Catenians and

families:

I have heard that Sheelagh Daley

is making slow progress but still

needs our prayers and support.

Barry Mizen has asked our

support to VOTE for his

submission of £150 prize from

Jewsons the builders for the

Jimmy Cafe in Lewisham

https://

www.buildingbettercommuni

ties.co.uk/submission/

community-hub-for-

lewisham/

Anne Wilson also recovering

from medical treatment

recently. those in hospital and

those receiving treatment. Billie

(Aidan’s prospective daughter in

-law) has not been well and

returned to hospital. So we need

to redouble our prayers.

Please remember Tony

Leonard (Beckenham) who

been in hospital for over 2

months now & needs our

prayers too; and Bill

Donovan who is house bound

and would welcome visitors

and John and Elsie

McQuiggan. We pray for

Bridget and Brian Daley too.

£300 donation to St

Joseph’s PTA from the

Circle

Bromley La-

dies & their

friends at

Ladies Day

at Epsom

Races enjoy-

ing refresh-

ments. Alt-

hough the day

was a little

cool but at

least it did

not rain!!

Nearly all of

them beat

the bookies

and came

away with

good deal of

winnings for

the day.

Plans are

already being

prepared to

arrange an-

other visit

for 2017. Perhaps many more ladies in the

Circle would be interested in forming a

group of Mothers and Daughters for a day

out next year.

Keep watching this

space for details?

With Marian, her

daughters Michelle

& Stephanie, Lisa

Hodson, Pat Bon-

nici, Nancy Mac-

chaivello, Bridget

Daley, other

friends Claire

Canning & her sis-

ter Carole and

Linda McLaurin.

underused. We fail to

capture the power of

forgiveness because we

are afraid of it, because

we have grown com-

fortable in our familiar

wounds, or because we

are sinfully stubborn.

But the power is there

Year of Mercy 2106:

Everybody needs to

forgive somebody a

book by Allen R Hunt

demonstrates that for-

giveness will unleash

power in your life that

us underrated & often

ignored. It is underrat-

ed because it is

waiting for us. When you

clench your fists, fold your

arms & grit your teeth in anger

or hatred against someone,

you have no room in your

heart for God to place His

hand in yours. Replace your fist

with an open hand & watch as

God fills your soul to overflow-

ing. The lesson is simple.

Above: Ten ladies brave the elements in June!!

B R O M L E Y C I R C L E N E W S L E T T E R

Andrew Hannan (South London) birthday bash P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Andrew and friends Luca hiding !!!

Catenians and families from South London and Bromley Circle & parish-ioners gather to cele-brate Andrew Hannan’s birthday at Holy Apos-tles Plimlico with a Mass followed by refresh-ments. Can you spot the very young-est Member of Bromley

Circle!! Luca Hodson still awake at 9.00pm!!

Andrew is a constant and welcome visitor to Bromley Circle together with Bernard Gilhespy (of course) who seems a joint member of Bromley & both from South London Circle and we thank them for their continued support.

President’s Sunday coming up very soon on Sunday

26th June 2016. Please contact Duncan asap with your

Fabienne received a Community Award

for voluntary service to LATCH from the

Mayor of Bromley Ian Payne (who is the

Hon President of LATCH this year).

Fabienne has been volunteering at

LATCH for the past year or so and has

been enormously popular and also

brought her expertise to help in the office

administration. I have known Fabienne

over 20 years when we were catechists to-

gether on the Confirmation programme

and also on the Parish Council at St Joseph’s

Church. It is sign of her faith that she is pre-

pared offer her services for LATCH. She is a

good friend and I thank her. Duncan

Hawala depends on

Brothers from

Wimbledon

Circle will be

visiting Bromley

Circle at our

July Circle

Meeting and it

would be good

to have a good

turnout to give

them all a

special Bromley

welcome!

This is Chris speaking at the Kirkham Cup this year at

the wonderful Civic Hall in Dover

and Provincial Council has posed the

question should Ladies be invited to

attend the Annual Speaking Compe-

tition? (Not to take part (not yet) but

should they be invited to attend as a

social event and support the Vice

President of the Circle who normally

speaks? Ladies do you want to come?

Let me know and let your husband

know so we can take a vote?? There is

one circle in Province considers that

Ladies should be allowed to attend

the Kirkham Cup and I know of at

least 2 Brothers in Bromley Circle

who think like me and vote Yes.

Fr Tom McHugh (St Joseph’s Church

Bromley) celebrating his 48 years of

Ordination on Thursday 16th June 2016

Congratulations to everyone who walked the 10 London Bridges over 8.4 miles on last Sunday. The weather did not dampen their spirits and over £1000 was raised for 2 charities personal to the group. Over £500 went to Billie's Fund. Thank you all! Here are just some of the "drowned rats! Bromley Brothers continue

with familiar faces from Bromley Circle and Fr Saju and Mary Crosby. Congratulations Fr Tom.

to support Billie’s Fund and we

continue to pray for both Billie

and Tony (Brother Aidan

McPartlan’s son) as they

prepare for their special

Wedding day in August 2016. I

recognize a few faces in the

photograph. (Pleas from Duncan

please send more of your photos). In

fact send me your news too please?

ns Day.

Fr Rosica, CEO of Canada's Salt & Light Catholic Media Foundation & the attache to the Holy See Press Office at the

Vatican, "Prior to Pope Francis, when many people on the street were asked: 'What is the Catholic Church all about?

What does the Pope stand for?' The response would often be, 'Catholics, well they are against abortion, gay marriage

& birth control. They are known for the sex abuse crisis" said Fr Rosica.

"Today that the response is somewhat different. What do they say about us now? What do they say about the pope?

People speak about our leader who is unafraid to confront the sins and evils that have marred us," he continued. "We

have a Pope who is concerned about the environment, about mercy, compassion & love, and a deep passion, care and

concern for the poor and for displaced peoples roaming the face of this earth," he added. "Pope Francis has won over

a great part of the media."

The pontiff "has changed the image of the church so much that prestigious graduate schools of business and manage-

ment are now using him as a case study in rebranding," the priest added.