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1

Parish Directory

Parish Priest Fr Paul Armstead 02392 732786

287 Milton Road PO4 8PG

fatherpaulstjamesmiltonorguk

Assistant Curate Fr Hugo Deadman 02392 651456

102B Copnor Road PO3 5AL

fatherhugostjamesmiltonorguk

Hon Assistant Priest Fr Paul Ginever 02392 174692

Choir Church Mr Alastair Ross 07889 299078

choirchurchstjamesmiltonorguk

Reader Mr Jeff Harvey 02392 828111

Reader Ms Marilyn Palmer

Churchwarden Miss Stella Wansborough 02392 642386

Churchwarden Mr Mark Pearce 02392 426992

Director of Music Mr Paul Freathy 07707 564633

Hall bookings and magazine

advertising Mr Roger Bannister 02392 041100

Magazine Treasurer Mr Peter Garner 02392 812448

Church services

Sunday 800am Mass (said)

930am Parish Mass (with Junior Church and Creche)

1130am Holy Baptism (first Sunday of month)

630pm Stations of the Cross

Weekdays Tuesday 700pm Mass (said)

Wednesday 1000am Mass (said)

Friday Noon Mass (said) then a Lent lunch

Morning Prayer at 830am Evening Prayer at 530pm (630pm on Tuesday) in the

St Cross Chapel every weekday

Baptism (Christening) Banns and Wedding arrangements should be made on

Saturdays between 930am and 1030am in the Church

Please visit our Website wwwstjamesmiltonorguk

Facebook wwwfacebookcomStJamesMiltonUk

2

The Way of the Cross

lsquoWhoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily

and follow Mersquo (Luke 9 23)

These words of Jesus are spoken at a turning point in the gospel Jesus

challenges the disciples about His identity and their commitment to Him lsquowho

do the crowds say I amrsquo (18) It is at this point that He lsquoresolutely set out for

Jerusalemrsquo (951) On our journey through Lent as we look to events of Good

Friday and Easter what are our priorities as Jesusrsquo disciples to be

To deny ourselves this means to saying No to ourselves and Yes to God as we

humbly submit our will to His Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane lsquonot

My will but Yours be donersquo (Luke 2242) It means putting Jesus first in everything

our work family ambitions possessions marriage finance and future We will

not be guided by self-interest but by allowing God to show us how to live in

His way

To take up our cross this reminds us that the disciple is not immune from

suffering as we follow Jesus along the way of cross Just as He carried His cross

to Golgotha we cannot avoid experiencing suffering in a fallen world Every day

we are to live in way that demonstrates to everyone that we have died to

ourselves our selfish ways and ambitions and seek to live for God It means

breaking old selfish habits and ways of thinking as we allow God to renew us by

His Spirit

In all of this we cannot lose because like Jesus it is only through death that we

find Godrsquos new life lsquoHe is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which

he cannot losersquo (Jim Elliot)

You may be wondering how we can reconcile the dark lead-up to Easter with

the dedicated cheeriness of Disney (Mary Poppins Returns) Are we taking Lent

sufficiently seriously if we approach it through a Disney lens After all the

events which bring us to Easter are utterly appalling Every year we watch

Christ pursue His lonely unflinching campaign of Love as evil elements within

his own society (and among his own followers) betray deny and kill him Its not

Disney Disneys intent at all times is to offer a spoonful of sugar and the

Bibles intent is never ever that Healing to humankind offered by the Easter

story can and must never go down in a delightful way Good Friday must be

borne unsweetened and Easter arrive un-gilded

3

But the film promises much It hints even in the opening song at hope and

deliverance through faith I believe we are here to explore whether it delivers

that storyline Walt Disney (whose ideals the Disney Corporation aim still to

uphold) said two things which may at least reassure us of the films intentions

He said

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life but I am realistic enough to know

that life is a complex matter and

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth revealing

through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far

outnumber and outweigh those that divide us

Mary Poppins Returns is a far more complex film than first appears and hugely

more complex than the original Mary Poppins film It does indeed portray a

perturbed world It will be up to you to decide whether the film says precisely

what was intended But dig here and you will not be disappointed I hope our

excavations in our Lent Course give us a rich meaningful way towards Easter -

and the joy and the work beyond

What Psalm 23 is really all about

The Lord is my Shepherd - THATS RELATIONSHIP

I shall not be in want - THATS SUPPLY

He makes me lie down in green pastures - THATS REST

He leads me beside still waters - THATS REFRESHMENT

He revives my soul - THATS HEALING

He guides me along the right pathways - THATS GUIDANCE

For his namersquos sake - THATS PURPOSE

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death - THATS TESTING

I shall fear no evil - THATS PROTECTION

For you are with me - THATS FAITHFULNESS

Your rod and your staff they comfort me - THATS DISCIPLINE

You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me -

THATS HOPE

You have anointed my head with oil - THATS CONSECRATION

My cup is running over - THATS ABUNDANCE

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life -

THATS BLESSING

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord - THATS SECURITY

For ever - THATS ETERNITY

4

Parish Priestrsquos jottings

Mass times this month

On Friday 1 March there will be a mass at Noon for those who are

coming to the parish lunch to attend if they wish

As the season of Lent starts at the beginning of this month there will be an

additional mass each week on Fridays at noon so that those who are

coming to the Lent Lunch may come to this too if they wish These start

on 8 March (see later details)

Parish Lunch

There will be a lunch on every Friday in March in the form of our Lent

lunch And we be raising money towards the Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Craft Club

This meets on Friday 6 March from 2pm Please do come to knit natter

and undertake whatever crafts you wish

Garden clear-up

From 9am on Saturday 7 March aiming to clear up as much of the winter

storm debris as possible Please bring if you have them secateurs and

garden gloves It would be great to give the grounds a spring clean

Monthly requiem mass

when we commemorate the recently departed and those anniversaries fall

in this month will be on Tuesday 3 March at 7pm Please do come to this

opportunity of prayer if you wish to remember a loved one for this month

Healing ministries

The laying on of hands and the sacrament of anointing are available on

Sunday 15 March after the 930am Parish Mass in the Lady Chapel or in

the Nave if you would prefer not to take the steps into the Chapel

5

Stations of the Cross

Will be held each Sunday evening during Lent at 630pm This replaces

Evensong A short service as we walk the Way of the Cross using the

Stations around the church wall and listen to a brief meditation at each one

Lent Course every Wednesday at 730pm

The Lent course this year will be based on a film and clips will be shown on

the big screen in church during the weekly sessions which will support and

inform our thoughts and discussions

However it would be great to see the film in its entirety before we begin

Or you may just want to see the film in the comfortable surroundings of the

Church

Starting at 4pm on Sunday 23rd February there will be pancakes with lemon

and lsquoa spoon full of sugarrsquo ice cream served by our ushers and a showing of

the film to support Where the Lost Things Go A Lent course based on ldquoMary

Poppins Returnsrdquo

The course is on Wednesday evenings (starting 4 March) at 730pm in

Church Each session includes suggested clips from the film as well as

discussion questions Bible readings and closing prayers

4 March Were we dreaming Belief and unbelief

11 March This canrsquot be happening Loss denial and acceptance

18 March The Banks children Or the Bankrsquos children

25 March Lost people being found Fogs and the wilderness

1 April Light A seriously heavy symbol Mothering Sunday

This falls on Sunday 22 March this year The usual rules apply in that the

liturgical colour of the day is rose (or pink) and so that is the colour we all

strive to match donrsquot we Do invite others to join us on that day as we

6

give thanks for mother Church and remember our own mothers too living

or departed

We will be joined by our friends from the 5th Portsmouth Scout Group and

the Choir Project who will be helping Fr Hugo with his talk at the 930am

All Age Mass for the Parish Family

Holy Week and Easter services

are detailed in the separate leaflet lsquoCrown of the Yearrsquo additional copies of

which are available at the back of church

Lists will be out for the Washing of the Feet and the Watch until Midnight

and we would be grateful for assistance and participation in this

Please contemplate how in this most Holy Week of our salvation you are

able to make the journey with our Lord

Easter flowers

We would be grateful for any contributions towards the cost of flowers to

decorate the church with at Easter A box will in due course be out at the

back of church for this purpose

Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal 2020

The focus will be on the Environment and money raised will support

charities who work in this area We will support this through the envelopes

that will be provided during Lent and the profits from our weekly Lent

lunches which I hope that you will support (each Friday at 1230pm)

Roberts Centre Foodbank

Our food collections will be taken to the Roberts Centre to support the

work that they do with families in our city Please place then in the box

provided in the Welcome Area Only non-perishable goods please and also

they must be lsquoin datersquo Thanks to Lynn Netting and Lorry Brown who then

delivers our collection each month

7

Letrsquos Discuss Fr Hugo

Many of you will know that Irsquod like to start up a discussion group at St

Jamesrsquo And many of you seem to think itrsquos a good idea too as over twenty

came to a meeting on a recent Saturday morning to eat some croissants

drink some coffee and chew over what we might do who might do it and

when we might do it We had a good discussion from which came a

number of things middot We should have two groups one to meet in the day and one in the

evening to cater for people who are free in the day and those who

work respectively although anyone would of course be welcome

to come to one or both

middot The daytime group could meet at church after coffee following the

Wednesday morning mass The other group might meet in

someonersquos house

middot How frequently the groups meet could vary but it might be best to

meet once a month

middot Meeting monthly would help each group gain an identity This

would then be likely to lead to ideas for subjects to discuss Irsquove

already had some great suggestions including faith responses to the

climate emergency and looking at why the church is laid out as it is

and why we do what we do in the liturgy

middot For the first meetings at least Father Hugo will suggest and lead a

topic for discussion

middot While we hope these groups will be attractive to existing members

of the congregation we hope too that people who are interested in

faith issues but might not want to come to one of our regular

services might like to come too We should all think about inviting

someone along

middot We need a name Thoughts included something to do with shells

(the symbol of St James) and the Seekers which was the name of a

similar group a few years ago What else

Following a suggestion at the meeting Irsquove left a suggestions box on the

table by the entrance to the church Please feel free to write down your

ideas thoughts and inspirations and put them in it Thinking caps on

8

The courage of Oscar Romero

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the

back That was 40 years ago this month Archbishop Oscar Romero was

the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador a

small populous country in South America with a history of political

intrigue violence and corruption

The assassin a professional hitman who has never been caught was

working for an extreme right-wing junta and its supporters who felt

threatened by Romerorsquos sermons and his hugely popular radio broadcasts

Oscar Romero was not a natural agitator The emphasis of his ministry

had been on personal holiness and he had been slow to draw attention to

the unscrupulousness which pervaded his country but when a socially

active priest-friend was murdered he felt he had to follow the same

path He highlighted the torture of prisoners the censorship of the press

closure of schools and the plight of the poor

In 1980 he criticised the United States for their support of the junta In a

sermon on 23rd March 1980 he ordered the army to stop killing people ldquoIn

the name of God and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise

to heaven more loudly each day I beg you I implore you I order you in

the name of God stop the repressionrdquo That was his death warrant

The next evening at Mass in a hospital chapel Romero had finished his

sermon and moved to the altar when a car stopped outside the open door

A gunman got out aimed his rifle and fired Romero died instantly He had

said As a Christian I do not believe in death without resurrection If they

kill me I shall arise in the Salvadoran people

Oscar Romero is commemorated as one of 10 Christian martyrs whose

statues adorn the West front of Westminster Abbey The day of his

martyrdom 30th March is remembered annually in the Anglican Lectionary

and by the United Nations because of its significance for human rights In

1997 the Roman Catholic Church made him a Saint

Did Oscar Romero mix religion with politics He said ldquoI want to reaffirm

that my sermons are not political Naturally they touch on politics and

they touch on the reality of the people but their aim is to shed light and to

tell you what it is that God wantsrdquo

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

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1

Parish Directory

Parish Priest Fr Paul Armstead 02392 732786

287 Milton Road PO4 8PG

fatherpaulstjamesmiltonorguk

Assistant Curate Fr Hugo Deadman 02392 651456

102B Copnor Road PO3 5AL

fatherhugostjamesmiltonorguk

Hon Assistant Priest Fr Paul Ginever 02392 174692

Choir Church Mr Alastair Ross 07889 299078

choirchurchstjamesmiltonorguk

Reader Mr Jeff Harvey 02392 828111

Reader Ms Marilyn Palmer

Churchwarden Miss Stella Wansborough 02392 642386

Churchwarden Mr Mark Pearce 02392 426992

Director of Music Mr Paul Freathy 07707 564633

Hall bookings and magazine

advertising Mr Roger Bannister 02392 041100

Magazine Treasurer Mr Peter Garner 02392 812448

Church services

Sunday 800am Mass (said)

930am Parish Mass (with Junior Church and Creche)

1130am Holy Baptism (first Sunday of month)

630pm Stations of the Cross

Weekdays Tuesday 700pm Mass (said)

Wednesday 1000am Mass (said)

Friday Noon Mass (said) then a Lent lunch

Morning Prayer at 830am Evening Prayer at 530pm (630pm on Tuesday) in the

St Cross Chapel every weekday

Baptism (Christening) Banns and Wedding arrangements should be made on

Saturdays between 930am and 1030am in the Church

Please visit our Website wwwstjamesmiltonorguk

Facebook wwwfacebookcomStJamesMiltonUk

2

The Way of the Cross

lsquoWhoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily

and follow Mersquo (Luke 9 23)

These words of Jesus are spoken at a turning point in the gospel Jesus

challenges the disciples about His identity and their commitment to Him lsquowho

do the crowds say I amrsquo (18) It is at this point that He lsquoresolutely set out for

Jerusalemrsquo (951) On our journey through Lent as we look to events of Good

Friday and Easter what are our priorities as Jesusrsquo disciples to be

To deny ourselves this means to saying No to ourselves and Yes to God as we

humbly submit our will to His Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane lsquonot

My will but Yours be donersquo (Luke 2242) It means putting Jesus first in everything

our work family ambitions possessions marriage finance and future We will

not be guided by self-interest but by allowing God to show us how to live in

His way

To take up our cross this reminds us that the disciple is not immune from

suffering as we follow Jesus along the way of cross Just as He carried His cross

to Golgotha we cannot avoid experiencing suffering in a fallen world Every day

we are to live in way that demonstrates to everyone that we have died to

ourselves our selfish ways and ambitions and seek to live for God It means

breaking old selfish habits and ways of thinking as we allow God to renew us by

His Spirit

In all of this we cannot lose because like Jesus it is only through death that we

find Godrsquos new life lsquoHe is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which

he cannot losersquo (Jim Elliot)

You may be wondering how we can reconcile the dark lead-up to Easter with

the dedicated cheeriness of Disney (Mary Poppins Returns) Are we taking Lent

sufficiently seriously if we approach it through a Disney lens After all the

events which bring us to Easter are utterly appalling Every year we watch

Christ pursue His lonely unflinching campaign of Love as evil elements within

his own society (and among his own followers) betray deny and kill him Its not

Disney Disneys intent at all times is to offer a spoonful of sugar and the

Bibles intent is never ever that Healing to humankind offered by the Easter

story can and must never go down in a delightful way Good Friday must be

borne unsweetened and Easter arrive un-gilded

3

But the film promises much It hints even in the opening song at hope and

deliverance through faith I believe we are here to explore whether it delivers

that storyline Walt Disney (whose ideals the Disney Corporation aim still to

uphold) said two things which may at least reassure us of the films intentions

He said

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life but I am realistic enough to know

that life is a complex matter and

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth revealing

through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far

outnumber and outweigh those that divide us

Mary Poppins Returns is a far more complex film than first appears and hugely

more complex than the original Mary Poppins film It does indeed portray a

perturbed world It will be up to you to decide whether the film says precisely

what was intended But dig here and you will not be disappointed I hope our

excavations in our Lent Course give us a rich meaningful way towards Easter -

and the joy and the work beyond

What Psalm 23 is really all about

The Lord is my Shepherd - THATS RELATIONSHIP

I shall not be in want - THATS SUPPLY

He makes me lie down in green pastures - THATS REST

He leads me beside still waters - THATS REFRESHMENT

He revives my soul - THATS HEALING

He guides me along the right pathways - THATS GUIDANCE

For his namersquos sake - THATS PURPOSE

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death - THATS TESTING

I shall fear no evil - THATS PROTECTION

For you are with me - THATS FAITHFULNESS

Your rod and your staff they comfort me - THATS DISCIPLINE

You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me -

THATS HOPE

You have anointed my head with oil - THATS CONSECRATION

My cup is running over - THATS ABUNDANCE

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life -

THATS BLESSING

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord - THATS SECURITY

For ever - THATS ETERNITY

4

Parish Priestrsquos jottings

Mass times this month

On Friday 1 March there will be a mass at Noon for those who are

coming to the parish lunch to attend if they wish

As the season of Lent starts at the beginning of this month there will be an

additional mass each week on Fridays at noon so that those who are

coming to the Lent Lunch may come to this too if they wish These start

on 8 March (see later details)

Parish Lunch

There will be a lunch on every Friday in March in the form of our Lent

lunch And we be raising money towards the Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Craft Club

This meets on Friday 6 March from 2pm Please do come to knit natter

and undertake whatever crafts you wish

Garden clear-up

From 9am on Saturday 7 March aiming to clear up as much of the winter

storm debris as possible Please bring if you have them secateurs and

garden gloves It would be great to give the grounds a spring clean

Monthly requiem mass

when we commemorate the recently departed and those anniversaries fall

in this month will be on Tuesday 3 March at 7pm Please do come to this

opportunity of prayer if you wish to remember a loved one for this month

Healing ministries

The laying on of hands and the sacrament of anointing are available on

Sunday 15 March after the 930am Parish Mass in the Lady Chapel or in

the Nave if you would prefer not to take the steps into the Chapel

5

Stations of the Cross

Will be held each Sunday evening during Lent at 630pm This replaces

Evensong A short service as we walk the Way of the Cross using the

Stations around the church wall and listen to a brief meditation at each one

Lent Course every Wednesday at 730pm

The Lent course this year will be based on a film and clips will be shown on

the big screen in church during the weekly sessions which will support and

inform our thoughts and discussions

However it would be great to see the film in its entirety before we begin

Or you may just want to see the film in the comfortable surroundings of the

Church

Starting at 4pm on Sunday 23rd February there will be pancakes with lemon

and lsquoa spoon full of sugarrsquo ice cream served by our ushers and a showing of

the film to support Where the Lost Things Go A Lent course based on ldquoMary

Poppins Returnsrdquo

The course is on Wednesday evenings (starting 4 March) at 730pm in

Church Each session includes suggested clips from the film as well as

discussion questions Bible readings and closing prayers

4 March Were we dreaming Belief and unbelief

11 March This canrsquot be happening Loss denial and acceptance

18 March The Banks children Or the Bankrsquos children

25 March Lost people being found Fogs and the wilderness

1 April Light A seriously heavy symbol Mothering Sunday

This falls on Sunday 22 March this year The usual rules apply in that the

liturgical colour of the day is rose (or pink) and so that is the colour we all

strive to match donrsquot we Do invite others to join us on that day as we

6

give thanks for mother Church and remember our own mothers too living

or departed

We will be joined by our friends from the 5th Portsmouth Scout Group and

the Choir Project who will be helping Fr Hugo with his talk at the 930am

All Age Mass for the Parish Family

Holy Week and Easter services

are detailed in the separate leaflet lsquoCrown of the Yearrsquo additional copies of

which are available at the back of church

Lists will be out for the Washing of the Feet and the Watch until Midnight

and we would be grateful for assistance and participation in this

Please contemplate how in this most Holy Week of our salvation you are

able to make the journey with our Lord

Easter flowers

We would be grateful for any contributions towards the cost of flowers to

decorate the church with at Easter A box will in due course be out at the

back of church for this purpose

Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal 2020

The focus will be on the Environment and money raised will support

charities who work in this area We will support this through the envelopes

that will be provided during Lent and the profits from our weekly Lent

lunches which I hope that you will support (each Friday at 1230pm)

Roberts Centre Foodbank

Our food collections will be taken to the Roberts Centre to support the

work that they do with families in our city Please place then in the box

provided in the Welcome Area Only non-perishable goods please and also

they must be lsquoin datersquo Thanks to Lynn Netting and Lorry Brown who then

delivers our collection each month

7

Letrsquos Discuss Fr Hugo

Many of you will know that Irsquod like to start up a discussion group at St

Jamesrsquo And many of you seem to think itrsquos a good idea too as over twenty

came to a meeting on a recent Saturday morning to eat some croissants

drink some coffee and chew over what we might do who might do it and

when we might do it We had a good discussion from which came a

number of things middot We should have two groups one to meet in the day and one in the

evening to cater for people who are free in the day and those who

work respectively although anyone would of course be welcome

to come to one or both

middot The daytime group could meet at church after coffee following the

Wednesday morning mass The other group might meet in

someonersquos house

middot How frequently the groups meet could vary but it might be best to

meet once a month

middot Meeting monthly would help each group gain an identity This

would then be likely to lead to ideas for subjects to discuss Irsquove

already had some great suggestions including faith responses to the

climate emergency and looking at why the church is laid out as it is

and why we do what we do in the liturgy

middot For the first meetings at least Father Hugo will suggest and lead a

topic for discussion

middot While we hope these groups will be attractive to existing members

of the congregation we hope too that people who are interested in

faith issues but might not want to come to one of our regular

services might like to come too We should all think about inviting

someone along

middot We need a name Thoughts included something to do with shells

(the symbol of St James) and the Seekers which was the name of a

similar group a few years ago What else

Following a suggestion at the meeting Irsquove left a suggestions box on the

table by the entrance to the church Please feel free to write down your

ideas thoughts and inspirations and put them in it Thinking caps on

8

The courage of Oscar Romero

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the

back That was 40 years ago this month Archbishop Oscar Romero was

the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador a

small populous country in South America with a history of political

intrigue violence and corruption

The assassin a professional hitman who has never been caught was

working for an extreme right-wing junta and its supporters who felt

threatened by Romerorsquos sermons and his hugely popular radio broadcasts

Oscar Romero was not a natural agitator The emphasis of his ministry

had been on personal holiness and he had been slow to draw attention to

the unscrupulousness which pervaded his country but when a socially

active priest-friend was murdered he felt he had to follow the same

path He highlighted the torture of prisoners the censorship of the press

closure of schools and the plight of the poor

In 1980 he criticised the United States for their support of the junta In a

sermon on 23rd March 1980 he ordered the army to stop killing people ldquoIn

the name of God and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise

to heaven more loudly each day I beg you I implore you I order you in

the name of God stop the repressionrdquo That was his death warrant

The next evening at Mass in a hospital chapel Romero had finished his

sermon and moved to the altar when a car stopped outside the open door

A gunman got out aimed his rifle and fired Romero died instantly He had

said As a Christian I do not believe in death without resurrection If they

kill me I shall arise in the Salvadoran people

Oscar Romero is commemorated as one of 10 Christian martyrs whose

statues adorn the West front of Westminster Abbey The day of his

martyrdom 30th March is remembered annually in the Anglican Lectionary

and by the United Nations because of its significance for human rights In

1997 the Roman Catholic Church made him a Saint

Did Oscar Romero mix religion with politics He said ldquoI want to reaffirm

that my sermons are not political Naturally they touch on politics and

they touch on the reality of the people but their aim is to shed light and to

tell you what it is that God wantsrdquo

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

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3

But the film promises much It hints even in the opening song at hope and

deliverance through faith I believe we are here to explore whether it delivers

that storyline Walt Disney (whose ideals the Disney Corporation aim still to

uphold) said two things which may at least reassure us of the films intentions

He said

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life but I am realistic enough to know

that life is a complex matter and

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth revealing

through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far

outnumber and outweigh those that divide us

Mary Poppins Returns is a far more complex film than first appears and hugely

more complex than the original Mary Poppins film It does indeed portray a

perturbed world It will be up to you to decide whether the film says precisely

what was intended But dig here and you will not be disappointed I hope our

excavations in our Lent Course give us a rich meaningful way towards Easter -

and the joy and the work beyond

What Psalm 23 is really all about

The Lord is my Shepherd - THATS RELATIONSHIP

I shall not be in want - THATS SUPPLY

He makes me lie down in green pastures - THATS REST

He leads me beside still waters - THATS REFRESHMENT

He revives my soul - THATS HEALING

He guides me along the right pathways - THATS GUIDANCE

For his namersquos sake - THATS PURPOSE

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death - THATS TESTING

I shall fear no evil - THATS PROTECTION

For you are with me - THATS FAITHFULNESS

Your rod and your staff they comfort me - THATS DISCIPLINE

You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me -

THATS HOPE

You have anointed my head with oil - THATS CONSECRATION

My cup is running over - THATS ABUNDANCE

Surely your goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life -

THATS BLESSING

And I will dwell in the house of the Lord - THATS SECURITY

For ever - THATS ETERNITY

4

Parish Priestrsquos jottings

Mass times this month

On Friday 1 March there will be a mass at Noon for those who are

coming to the parish lunch to attend if they wish

As the season of Lent starts at the beginning of this month there will be an

additional mass each week on Fridays at noon so that those who are

coming to the Lent Lunch may come to this too if they wish These start

on 8 March (see later details)

Parish Lunch

There will be a lunch on every Friday in March in the form of our Lent

lunch And we be raising money towards the Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Craft Club

This meets on Friday 6 March from 2pm Please do come to knit natter

and undertake whatever crafts you wish

Garden clear-up

From 9am on Saturday 7 March aiming to clear up as much of the winter

storm debris as possible Please bring if you have them secateurs and

garden gloves It would be great to give the grounds a spring clean

Monthly requiem mass

when we commemorate the recently departed and those anniversaries fall

in this month will be on Tuesday 3 March at 7pm Please do come to this

opportunity of prayer if you wish to remember a loved one for this month

Healing ministries

The laying on of hands and the sacrament of anointing are available on

Sunday 15 March after the 930am Parish Mass in the Lady Chapel or in

the Nave if you would prefer not to take the steps into the Chapel

5

Stations of the Cross

Will be held each Sunday evening during Lent at 630pm This replaces

Evensong A short service as we walk the Way of the Cross using the

Stations around the church wall and listen to a brief meditation at each one

Lent Course every Wednesday at 730pm

The Lent course this year will be based on a film and clips will be shown on

the big screen in church during the weekly sessions which will support and

inform our thoughts and discussions

However it would be great to see the film in its entirety before we begin

Or you may just want to see the film in the comfortable surroundings of the

Church

Starting at 4pm on Sunday 23rd February there will be pancakes with lemon

and lsquoa spoon full of sugarrsquo ice cream served by our ushers and a showing of

the film to support Where the Lost Things Go A Lent course based on ldquoMary

Poppins Returnsrdquo

The course is on Wednesday evenings (starting 4 March) at 730pm in

Church Each session includes suggested clips from the film as well as

discussion questions Bible readings and closing prayers

4 March Were we dreaming Belief and unbelief

11 March This canrsquot be happening Loss denial and acceptance

18 March The Banks children Or the Bankrsquos children

25 March Lost people being found Fogs and the wilderness

1 April Light A seriously heavy symbol Mothering Sunday

This falls on Sunday 22 March this year The usual rules apply in that the

liturgical colour of the day is rose (or pink) and so that is the colour we all

strive to match donrsquot we Do invite others to join us on that day as we

6

give thanks for mother Church and remember our own mothers too living

or departed

We will be joined by our friends from the 5th Portsmouth Scout Group and

the Choir Project who will be helping Fr Hugo with his talk at the 930am

All Age Mass for the Parish Family

Holy Week and Easter services

are detailed in the separate leaflet lsquoCrown of the Yearrsquo additional copies of

which are available at the back of church

Lists will be out for the Washing of the Feet and the Watch until Midnight

and we would be grateful for assistance and participation in this

Please contemplate how in this most Holy Week of our salvation you are

able to make the journey with our Lord

Easter flowers

We would be grateful for any contributions towards the cost of flowers to

decorate the church with at Easter A box will in due course be out at the

back of church for this purpose

Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal 2020

The focus will be on the Environment and money raised will support

charities who work in this area We will support this through the envelopes

that will be provided during Lent and the profits from our weekly Lent

lunches which I hope that you will support (each Friday at 1230pm)

Roberts Centre Foodbank

Our food collections will be taken to the Roberts Centre to support the

work that they do with families in our city Please place then in the box

provided in the Welcome Area Only non-perishable goods please and also

they must be lsquoin datersquo Thanks to Lynn Netting and Lorry Brown who then

delivers our collection each month

7

Letrsquos Discuss Fr Hugo

Many of you will know that Irsquod like to start up a discussion group at St

Jamesrsquo And many of you seem to think itrsquos a good idea too as over twenty

came to a meeting on a recent Saturday morning to eat some croissants

drink some coffee and chew over what we might do who might do it and

when we might do it We had a good discussion from which came a

number of things middot We should have two groups one to meet in the day and one in the

evening to cater for people who are free in the day and those who

work respectively although anyone would of course be welcome

to come to one or both

middot The daytime group could meet at church after coffee following the

Wednesday morning mass The other group might meet in

someonersquos house

middot How frequently the groups meet could vary but it might be best to

meet once a month

middot Meeting monthly would help each group gain an identity This

would then be likely to lead to ideas for subjects to discuss Irsquove

already had some great suggestions including faith responses to the

climate emergency and looking at why the church is laid out as it is

and why we do what we do in the liturgy

middot For the first meetings at least Father Hugo will suggest and lead a

topic for discussion

middot While we hope these groups will be attractive to existing members

of the congregation we hope too that people who are interested in

faith issues but might not want to come to one of our regular

services might like to come too We should all think about inviting

someone along

middot We need a name Thoughts included something to do with shells

(the symbol of St James) and the Seekers which was the name of a

similar group a few years ago What else

Following a suggestion at the meeting Irsquove left a suggestions box on the

table by the entrance to the church Please feel free to write down your

ideas thoughts and inspirations and put them in it Thinking caps on

8

The courage of Oscar Romero

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the

back That was 40 years ago this month Archbishop Oscar Romero was

the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador a

small populous country in South America with a history of political

intrigue violence and corruption

The assassin a professional hitman who has never been caught was

working for an extreme right-wing junta and its supporters who felt

threatened by Romerorsquos sermons and his hugely popular radio broadcasts

Oscar Romero was not a natural agitator The emphasis of his ministry

had been on personal holiness and he had been slow to draw attention to

the unscrupulousness which pervaded his country but when a socially

active priest-friend was murdered he felt he had to follow the same

path He highlighted the torture of prisoners the censorship of the press

closure of schools and the plight of the poor

In 1980 he criticised the United States for their support of the junta In a

sermon on 23rd March 1980 he ordered the army to stop killing people ldquoIn

the name of God and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise

to heaven more loudly each day I beg you I implore you I order you in

the name of God stop the repressionrdquo That was his death warrant

The next evening at Mass in a hospital chapel Romero had finished his

sermon and moved to the altar when a car stopped outside the open door

A gunman got out aimed his rifle and fired Romero died instantly He had

said As a Christian I do not believe in death without resurrection If they

kill me I shall arise in the Salvadoran people

Oscar Romero is commemorated as one of 10 Christian martyrs whose

statues adorn the West front of Westminster Abbey The day of his

martyrdom 30th March is remembered annually in the Anglican Lectionary

and by the United Nations because of its significance for human rights In

1997 the Roman Catholic Church made him a Saint

Did Oscar Romero mix religion with politics He said ldquoI want to reaffirm

that my sermons are not political Naturally they touch on politics and

they touch on the reality of the people but their aim is to shed light and to

tell you what it is that God wantsrdquo

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

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Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

5

Stations of the Cross

Will be held each Sunday evening during Lent at 630pm This replaces

Evensong A short service as we walk the Way of the Cross using the

Stations around the church wall and listen to a brief meditation at each one

Lent Course every Wednesday at 730pm

The Lent course this year will be based on a film and clips will be shown on

the big screen in church during the weekly sessions which will support and

inform our thoughts and discussions

However it would be great to see the film in its entirety before we begin

Or you may just want to see the film in the comfortable surroundings of the

Church

Starting at 4pm on Sunday 23rd February there will be pancakes with lemon

and lsquoa spoon full of sugarrsquo ice cream served by our ushers and a showing of

the film to support Where the Lost Things Go A Lent course based on ldquoMary

Poppins Returnsrdquo

The course is on Wednesday evenings (starting 4 March) at 730pm in

Church Each session includes suggested clips from the film as well as

discussion questions Bible readings and closing prayers

4 March Were we dreaming Belief and unbelief

11 March This canrsquot be happening Loss denial and acceptance

18 March The Banks children Or the Bankrsquos children

25 March Lost people being found Fogs and the wilderness

1 April Light A seriously heavy symbol Mothering Sunday

This falls on Sunday 22 March this year The usual rules apply in that the

liturgical colour of the day is rose (or pink) and so that is the colour we all

strive to match donrsquot we Do invite others to join us on that day as we

6

give thanks for mother Church and remember our own mothers too living

or departed

We will be joined by our friends from the 5th Portsmouth Scout Group and

the Choir Project who will be helping Fr Hugo with his talk at the 930am

All Age Mass for the Parish Family

Holy Week and Easter services

are detailed in the separate leaflet lsquoCrown of the Yearrsquo additional copies of

which are available at the back of church

Lists will be out for the Washing of the Feet and the Watch until Midnight

and we would be grateful for assistance and participation in this

Please contemplate how in this most Holy Week of our salvation you are

able to make the journey with our Lord

Easter flowers

We would be grateful for any contributions towards the cost of flowers to

decorate the church with at Easter A box will in due course be out at the

back of church for this purpose

Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal 2020

The focus will be on the Environment and money raised will support

charities who work in this area We will support this through the envelopes

that will be provided during Lent and the profits from our weekly Lent

lunches which I hope that you will support (each Friday at 1230pm)

Roberts Centre Foodbank

Our food collections will be taken to the Roberts Centre to support the

work that they do with families in our city Please place then in the box

provided in the Welcome Area Only non-perishable goods please and also

they must be lsquoin datersquo Thanks to Lynn Netting and Lorry Brown who then

delivers our collection each month

7

Letrsquos Discuss Fr Hugo

Many of you will know that Irsquod like to start up a discussion group at St

Jamesrsquo And many of you seem to think itrsquos a good idea too as over twenty

came to a meeting on a recent Saturday morning to eat some croissants

drink some coffee and chew over what we might do who might do it and

when we might do it We had a good discussion from which came a

number of things middot We should have two groups one to meet in the day and one in the

evening to cater for people who are free in the day and those who

work respectively although anyone would of course be welcome

to come to one or both

middot The daytime group could meet at church after coffee following the

Wednesday morning mass The other group might meet in

someonersquos house

middot How frequently the groups meet could vary but it might be best to

meet once a month

middot Meeting monthly would help each group gain an identity This

would then be likely to lead to ideas for subjects to discuss Irsquove

already had some great suggestions including faith responses to the

climate emergency and looking at why the church is laid out as it is

and why we do what we do in the liturgy

middot For the first meetings at least Father Hugo will suggest and lead a

topic for discussion

middot While we hope these groups will be attractive to existing members

of the congregation we hope too that people who are interested in

faith issues but might not want to come to one of our regular

services might like to come too We should all think about inviting

someone along

middot We need a name Thoughts included something to do with shells

(the symbol of St James) and the Seekers which was the name of a

similar group a few years ago What else

Following a suggestion at the meeting Irsquove left a suggestions box on the

table by the entrance to the church Please feel free to write down your

ideas thoughts and inspirations and put them in it Thinking caps on

8

The courage of Oscar Romero

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the

back That was 40 years ago this month Archbishop Oscar Romero was

the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador a

small populous country in South America with a history of political

intrigue violence and corruption

The assassin a professional hitman who has never been caught was

working for an extreme right-wing junta and its supporters who felt

threatened by Romerorsquos sermons and his hugely popular radio broadcasts

Oscar Romero was not a natural agitator The emphasis of his ministry

had been on personal holiness and he had been slow to draw attention to

the unscrupulousness which pervaded his country but when a socially

active priest-friend was murdered he felt he had to follow the same

path He highlighted the torture of prisoners the censorship of the press

closure of schools and the plight of the poor

In 1980 he criticised the United States for their support of the junta In a

sermon on 23rd March 1980 he ordered the army to stop killing people ldquoIn

the name of God and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise

to heaven more loudly each day I beg you I implore you I order you in

the name of God stop the repressionrdquo That was his death warrant

The next evening at Mass in a hospital chapel Romero had finished his

sermon and moved to the altar when a car stopped outside the open door

A gunman got out aimed his rifle and fired Romero died instantly He had

said As a Christian I do not believe in death without resurrection If they

kill me I shall arise in the Salvadoran people

Oscar Romero is commemorated as one of 10 Christian martyrs whose

statues adorn the West front of Westminster Abbey The day of his

martyrdom 30th March is remembered annually in the Anglican Lectionary

and by the United Nations because of its significance for human rights In

1997 the Roman Catholic Church made him a Saint

Did Oscar Romero mix religion with politics He said ldquoI want to reaffirm

that my sermons are not political Naturally they touch on politics and

they touch on the reality of the people but their aim is to shed light and to

tell you what it is that God wantsrdquo

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

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Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

7

Letrsquos Discuss Fr Hugo

Many of you will know that Irsquod like to start up a discussion group at St

Jamesrsquo And many of you seem to think itrsquos a good idea too as over twenty

came to a meeting on a recent Saturday morning to eat some croissants

drink some coffee and chew over what we might do who might do it and

when we might do it We had a good discussion from which came a

number of things middot We should have two groups one to meet in the day and one in the

evening to cater for people who are free in the day and those who

work respectively although anyone would of course be welcome

to come to one or both

middot The daytime group could meet at church after coffee following the

Wednesday morning mass The other group might meet in

someonersquos house

middot How frequently the groups meet could vary but it might be best to

meet once a month

middot Meeting monthly would help each group gain an identity This

would then be likely to lead to ideas for subjects to discuss Irsquove

already had some great suggestions including faith responses to the

climate emergency and looking at why the church is laid out as it is

and why we do what we do in the liturgy

middot For the first meetings at least Father Hugo will suggest and lead a

topic for discussion

middot While we hope these groups will be attractive to existing members

of the congregation we hope too that people who are interested in

faith issues but might not want to come to one of our regular

services might like to come too We should all think about inviting

someone along

middot We need a name Thoughts included something to do with shells

(the symbol of St James) and the Seekers which was the name of a

similar group a few years ago What else

Following a suggestion at the meeting Irsquove left a suggestions box on the

table by the entrance to the church Please feel free to write down your

ideas thoughts and inspirations and put them in it Thinking caps on

8

The courage of Oscar Romero

An Archbishop was presiding at Mass when a hired gunman shot him in the

back That was 40 years ago this month Archbishop Oscar Romero was

the Roman Catholic primate of San Salvador the capital of El Salvador a

small populous country in South America with a history of political

intrigue violence and corruption

The assassin a professional hitman who has never been caught was

working for an extreme right-wing junta and its supporters who felt

threatened by Romerorsquos sermons and his hugely popular radio broadcasts

Oscar Romero was not a natural agitator The emphasis of his ministry

had been on personal holiness and he had been slow to draw attention to

the unscrupulousness which pervaded his country but when a socially

active priest-friend was murdered he felt he had to follow the same

path He highlighted the torture of prisoners the censorship of the press

closure of schools and the plight of the poor

In 1980 he criticised the United States for their support of the junta In a

sermon on 23rd March 1980 he ordered the army to stop killing people ldquoIn

the name of God and in the name of this suffering people whose cries rise

to heaven more loudly each day I beg you I implore you I order you in

the name of God stop the repressionrdquo That was his death warrant

The next evening at Mass in a hospital chapel Romero had finished his

sermon and moved to the altar when a car stopped outside the open door

A gunman got out aimed his rifle and fired Romero died instantly He had

said As a Christian I do not believe in death without resurrection If they

kill me I shall arise in the Salvadoran people

Oscar Romero is commemorated as one of 10 Christian martyrs whose

statues adorn the West front of Westminster Abbey The day of his

martyrdom 30th March is remembered annually in the Anglican Lectionary

and by the United Nations because of its significance for human rights In

1997 the Roman Catholic Church made him a Saint

Did Oscar Romero mix religion with politics He said ldquoI want to reaffirm

that my sermons are not political Naturally they touch on politics and

they touch on the reality of the people but their aim is to shed light and to

tell you what it is that God wantsrdquo

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

9

All in the month of MARCH It was

200 years ago on 10th March 1820 that the Royal Astronomical Society

was founded in Britain

175 years ago on 17th March 1845 that one Henry Jones a baker from

Bristol was granted a patent for his invention of self-raising flour

100 years ago on 25th March 1920 that the British special constables

known as the lsquoBlack and Tansrsquo arrived in Ireland to suppress revolution

and target the IRA

80 years ago on 18th March 1940 that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

met at Brenner Pass in the Alps The Italian dictator agreed to join

Germanyrsquos war against France and Britain

70 years ago on 8th March 1950 that Volkswagen launched the Type 2

Transporter van ndash also known as the Camper Bus microbus or Kombi It

became the best-selling van in history and early versions remain much-

loved icons of the counterculturehippie movement

60 years ago on 21st March 1960 that the Sharpeville Massacre South

Africa took place Police opened fire on a group of black anti-apartheid

demonstrators killing 69 and wounding 180

40 years ago on 21st March 1980 that in the TV soap opera Dallas the

character J R Ewing was shot by an unseen assailant This led to the

famous catchphrase lsquoWho shot JRrsquo The answer (Kristin Shepard) was

revealed that November

Also 40 years ago on 24th March 1980 that Oscar Romero the

Archbishop of San Salvador was shot dead by a lone gunman as he

celebrated Mass

30 years ago on 31st March 1990 that poll tax riots in London broke out

200000 protestors took to the streets and clashed with police Violence

and looting erupted leading to the worst riots in the city for a century

15 years ago on 26th March 2005 that the science fiction TV series Doctor

Who returned after a 16-year break

10

Smile-lines

A senior moment

I made a list I checked it twice I left it at home

Colourful writing

The foreign student writing a letter to the superintendent of the mission

society desired to end with the words lsquoMay Heaven preserve yoursquo

Not being quite confident of the meaning of lsquopreserversquo he looked it up in a

dictionary When the letter reached the director it ended with the

words lsquoAnd may Heaven pickle yoursquo

Mini

Driver on a tight budget ldquoI need three litres of petrol and a cup of oil

pleaserdquo

Garage ldquoAnd shall I cough into the tyres sirrdquo

Pastoral care

The young clergyman was walking through the village when he met one of

his elderly parishioners ldquoHowrsquos your coldrdquo he asked

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the bleak reply

ldquoIrsquom sorryrdquo The clergyman decided to try again ldquoWell how is your ar-

thritisrdquo

ldquoVerra obstinaterdquo came the reply

ldquoOh dear I am sorryrdquo soothed the clergyman He tried a third time

ldquoAnd how is your wiferdquo

ldquoAbout the samerdquo

And thenhellip

Teacher ldquoWhat is the difference between results and consequencesrdquo

Bright pupil ldquoResults are what you expect consequences are what you

getrdquo

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

11

Prayers

When my daughter was young she was glad to say her prayers but she

always worried whether God would know which little girl she was One

night after the usual lsquoAmenrsquo she dropped her head upon her pillow and

closed her eyes

After a moment she said ldquoLord This prayer comes from 203 Seldon Ave

Irsquoll get you the postcode tomorrowrdquo

Smart money

ldquoDadrdquo said the son ldquowhat is a financial geniusrdquo

ldquoA financial geniusrdquo said his harassed father ldquois a man who can earn mon-

ey faster than his family can spend itrdquo

Posh pooch

Visitor to Crufts ldquoHas this dog got a good pedigreerdquo

Indignant Breeder ldquoHas he If this dog could talk he wouldnrsquot speak to

either of usrdquo

Lullaby

Mother (singing) ldquoBy low my babyrdquo

Father (overhearing) ldquoThatrsquos right you tell him to buy low and Irsquoll teach

him to sell highrdquo

Wet

Physics Professor ldquoWhat happens when the human body is immersed in

warm waterrdquo

Student ldquoThe telephone ringsrdquo

Family car

Teacher ldquoGive me a definition of lsquohomersquordquo

Student ldquoHome is where one half of the family waits until the other half is

through with the carrdquo

12

High Days amp Holy Days

7 March - Perpetua and Felicitas joyful martyrs of Africa

This story could come straight out of modern Africa Perpetua was a young

married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian But the

authorities had forbidden any new conversions and soon she and some other

catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death This was not under

Islamic State nor Boko Haram but under the emperor Septimius Severus in

Carthage in the year 203

Imprisoned with Perpetua was a pregnant slave Felicitas and seven men

Perpetuarsquos family were frantic with worry for her so she sent a message to

reassure them ldquoMy prison became a palace for me and I would rather have

been there than anywhere elserdquo As the days passed Perpetua devoted herself

to prayer and experienced various visions depicting the spiritual battle

storming around her

Soon Felicitas gave birth to a girl in the prison and she and Perpetua enjoyed

a last agape meal together On the day of the Games they left the prison for

the amphitheatre lsquojoyfully as though they were on their way to heavenrsquo

Perpetua sang a hymn of praise as animals were prepared for killing the

prisoners leopards and bears for the men and a maddened heifer for the

women The heifer did not succeed in killing them and after the young

women exchanged one final kiss of peace Perpetua herself guided the

gladiatorrsquos knife to her throat ldquoIt was as though so great a womanhellipcould not

be despatched unless she herself were willingrdquo

Perpetua and Felicitasrsquos joyful witness and unflinching courage went on to

inspire many other early Christian martyrs Down the centuries the feast day

of Perpetua and Felicitas became widely observed In 1907 an inscription in

their honour was discovered at Carthage in the Basilica where they had been

buried centuries before Their memory still lives on eight episodes of

Perpetuarsquos life are represented on a 14th century altar frontal at Barcelona

8 March - Felix of Burgundy apostle to East Anglia

East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage Just two examples at

more than 650 Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in

the world and at 500 Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

13

churches And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire

Essex Bedfordshire and Hertfordshirehellip

And it all began with one man back in 630 AD a bishop named Felix His

name in Latin means lsquosuccessfulrsquo and lsquohappyrsquo ndash an excellent description of

someone who brought great good and stability to this beautiful corner of

England

Felix came from Burgundy in France At some point he was consecrated

bishop and went to Canterbury to see Honorius the Archbishop of

Canterbury In 630 the Christian king Sigebert returned from exile in Gaul

to rule the East Angles and Honorius sent Felix along with him to evangelise

the people According to local legend Felix went by boat and arrived at

Bablingley in Norfolk

Felix may well have known Sigebert back in Gaul for the two men worked

exceptionally well together Sigebert settled Felix in Dunwich which became

the centre of his diocesan lsquoseersquo Then with the support of Sigebert Felix set

up the first-ever school in East Anglia He brought teachers up from

Canterbury to staff it and the school became according to Bede the place

ldquowhere boys could be taught letters

Felix had a fruitful ministry to the Anglo Saxons for 17 years He preached

Christianity encouraged the school to grow and did a lot of other good All

in all Felix brought the love of God the good news of Jesus and the comfort

of the Holy Spirit delivering all the province of East Anglia from long-

standing unrighteousness and unhappiness according to Bede Certainly

the people came to love Felix When Felix finally died on 8th March 647 or

648 he left the Christian faith firmly embedded in East Anglia Six ancient

English churches are dedicated to Felix and Felixstowe bears his patronage

30 March - John Climacus and his ladder to Paradise

Is there something down at say BampQ which reminds your friends of you

John Climacus (d 649) had a thing about ladders He was a monk in Palestine

who was only seen out at the weekends (at church not BampQ) during the

week he prayed and wrote in solitude He wrote The Ladder to Paradise a

treatise of spiritual encouragement to other monks This gave him his name

lsquoClimacusrsquo (= ladder) and also led to him being chosen as abbot of Sinai when

he was 70 John Climacus had a helpful picture of the spiritual life he saw it

as a ladder up which the believer slowly climbed to heaven with Godrsquos help

14

Parochial Church Council meeting

The Milton Review now has a new feature a summary of the minutes of the

PCC after each meeting This will enable more people in the church family

and the wider community to know about what wersquore up to and what wersquore

planning

At our most recent meeting on 18th November we noted and discussed

minus The regular work being done to the Church grounds by students from

Highbury College Wersquore very grateful and itrsquos making a big difference

minus Progress on raising funds to fix the roof The sale of the Parishrsquos house

on Priory Crescent is proceeding and wersquore investigating grants But

raising the amount of money we need will need a big push from as many

people as possible

minus Our parish share to the Diocese is up 34 but planned giving is down

minus Following a request from the Deanery wersquove agreed to donate money to

the Youth Chaplaincy which works with vulnerable children and adults

We also varied the charities we support as a parish we are now

supporting Friends without Borders supporting asylum seekers and

refugees including some within the parish We decided to support the

Roberts Centre in kind with regular donations of food etc

minus Father Paul has been priest in charge of St Jamesrsquo since he came The

Bishop has agreed that he will now be our vicar subject to consultation

Father Paul has also been appointed Assistant Area Dean

minus Choir Church activities are proceeding apace with a Christmas

Singalong at Fratton Park [This was very successful and attracted

several hundred people and two Pompey players The children of Meon

Juniors and Milton Park excelled themselves as did the brass band from

Portsmouth Grammar School]

minus We agreed to support the Rainbow Centre from our Christmas

collections [in the event we raised around pound1200]

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

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Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

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Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

15

Calendar for thought and prayer

Sunday 1 Lent 1 Our parish

Monday 2 Feria Public health services

Tuesday 3 Feria Departed of March

Wednesday 4 Feria Our schools

Thursday 5 Feria People of Cornwall

Friday 6 Feria All religious

Saturday 7 Ss Perpetua amp Felicity CHIMES

Sunday 8 Lent 2 Holy Spirit parish

Monday 9 Feria Bishop Christopher

Tuesday 10 Feria Archdeacon-designate Jenny

Wednesday 11 Feria The Roberts Centre

Thursday 12 Feria Our MPs

Friday 13 Feria Emergency services

Saturday 14 Feria The Holy Land

Sunday 15 Lent 3 Ally and the Choir Church

Monday 16 Feria Local businesses

Tuesday 17 S Patrick People of Ireland

Wednesday 18 Feria The homeless

Thursday 19 S Joseph All fathers

Friday 20 S Cuthbert Archbishop-designate Steven

Saturday 21 Feria The Bishoprsquos Lent Appeal

Sunday 22 Lent 4 Our mothers

Monday 23 Feria Doctors surgeries

Tuesday 24 Feria Our young people

Wednesday 25 Annunciation of the Lord Maternity services

Thursday 26 Feria Parliament

Friday 27 Feria The European Union

Saturday 28 Feria The judiciary

Sunday 29 Lent 5 Our parish

Monday 30 Feria Our lifeboat station

Tuesday 31 Feria The unemployed

16

Baptism

Esme Hood

Funeral

George Hill Church and Milton Cemetery

Margaret Marshall Portchester Crematorium

Karen Ramage Portchester Crematorium

Norah Heath Portchester Crematorium

From the Registers

On Tuesday 3rd March there will be a requiem mass when we

remember before God all the departed of the month and those whose

funerals have taken place during the last month

MENlsquoS FELLOWSHIP

meets next on Monday 11th March in THE RMA Club at 7pm The Speaker

will be Mr Colin Beeston who will give a Talk on his visit to Auschwitz If

attending please put your name on the list at the back of the Church for

catering purposes Please note there will be a slight increase in the food of

50p

LADIES GUILD

does not meet during Lent but encourages its members to attend the Lent

Course on Wednesday evenings instead

200 Club results

Draw no 562 drawn on Sunday 16 February 2020

1st pound15 103 M Saunders

2nd pound11 183 A Murray

3rd pound9 115 C Coldman

4th pound7 35 P Wade

5th pound5 88 J Wansborough

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

JEWELLERY amp JEWELLERY REPAIRS

Unusual amp Interesting Clocks

Antique Clocks - Watches

amp Barometers

Bought - Sold - Restored

Watch Straps amp Batteries Supplied amp Fitted

RICHARD J BISHOPP

145 Eastney Road Southsea PO4 8DZ Tele (023) 92755800

THINKING OF MOVING

Please call for a FREE valuation

Your local Estate Agent

11 Milton Road

Copnor

023 9282 6731

wwwchinneckshawcouk

17

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

|P|R| MOTORS

Warren Avenue Industrial Estate Milton Portsmouth Telephone 023 9286 1455 MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICING ALL REPAIRS WELDING amp CHASSIS REPAIRS MOTrsquos ARRANGED Proprietor RON REEVES amp PAUL JEFFERY

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

COFFEE BEANO

EAT IN- TAKE AWAY- BREAKFAST- LUNCHTIME MEALS

700AM ndash 200PM

179 Eastney Road Free WiFi

Part of The Southern Co-operative

The co-operative funeralcare

Website httpmgchoirorg Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomMiltonGleeChoir

Our future concert dates are

Friday 27 March - St Maryrsquos Church Sunday 5 April - Church of the Resurrection Sunday 14 June - Portsmouth Guildhall Sunday 6 December - Portsmouth Guildhall

Mr News The sign of service at your local INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT

J G RILEY (Prop RD CULVERWELL)

NEWSAGENT CONFECTIONERY TOBACCO

GREETING CARD SPECIALIST

90 LOCKSWAY ROAD Tel (023) 9273 1574

Member of National Federation of Retail Newsagents

M A ELLIS Painter and Decorator

All aspects of decorating undertaken

Internal and external work

Reliable tradesperson with over 20 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES Fully insured

Established since 1992

TEL 023 9271 2676

Breve Easy

The community choir for Milton and Eastney

Milton Village Hall

Every Wednesday 6-7pm

All welcome

Personal Service Private Chapels Woodland Burials Pre-paid Funeral Plans Repatriation Horse Drawn Carriage Memorials 24 Hour Personal Service Home Visits

lsquoLAWNSWOODrsquo 245 Fratton Road Portsmouth 023 9282 4831

380 London Road Waterlooville 023 9226 9000

St Jamesrsquo Church Hall

Milton Park Avenue

PO4 8PG

Serving Church and Community

The Hall is managed and maintained by

members of St Jamesrsquo Parish Church

bull There is a large hall (with kitchen) on ground floor

bull A smaller hall upstairs

bull Full central heating

bull Lightweight moveable tables (6ft and 3ft) and 100 chairs

bull Kitchen for catering

bull 80 full-place meal settings available

The Halls are available for

bull Adult Education

bull Clubs and Societies

bull Courses

bull Exhibitions

bull Private functions

bull Sales

Hire of the Halls are charged by the hour Rates depend on

whether it is commercial or ClubClass let and whether it is

a one-off or regular booking

Contact Booking Secretary 02392 041100