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February 2019 St Hugh’s and Methodist Church
Catholic Church of St Hugh of Lincoln,
High Street, Buckden
Telephone: 01480 810344
Website: http://stjosephsthugh.org/
In the pastoral care of the Claretian Missionaries:
Fr. Antony Arockiam CMF
Fr. Jim Kennedy CMF
Fr. Paul Peter Alphonse CMF
Sunday Masses - Saturday evening at 6.30 pm and Sundays at
9.45 am.
Weekday Masses - Monday to Saturday at 9.30 am in the Lady
Chapel.
Morning and Evening Prayer Monday to Saturday at 9.15 am
and 5.45 pm in the Lady Chapel.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation every Saturday from 10.00 to
10.30 am.
The Rosary is prayed each Monday morning after the 9.30 am
Mass.
Catechism Classes for school age children each Sunday from
9.00 am in term time. Formal classes for primary age children.
Silent Adoration. There is half an hour of silent adoration be-
fore the Blessed Sacrament every Thursday following the 9.30
am Mass and ending with Benediction at 10.30 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are Catholics
please let Fr. Antony know their contact details.
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister: Rev. Paul Beard
(01480 473444)
Stewards: Angie Barnes (810102)
Bob Baxter (810092)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Services in February
Sunday 3rd
10.30 am. Morning Service: Mr. Derek Rutherford
Sunday 10th
10.30 am. Morning Service: Mrs. Leonore Charlton
Sunday 17th
10.30 am. Morning Service: Mr. John Bridge
Sunday 24th
10.30 am. Holy Communion: Local Arrangement
Activities in February
(Please note that Quiet Time and Bible Study are
taking a break in the winter months.)
Friday 1 st: 10 am. Coffee Morning
Friday 8 th: 10 am. Coffee Morning
Monday 11th: 12.30 pm. Study Lunch
Friday 15th: 12 noon Soup and Sweet
Friday 22nd: 10 am. Coffee Morning
Monday 25th: 12 noon Holidays at Home revisited
Everyone is very welcome to any of these events.
BUCKDEN BRANCH - ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
Although recollections of Remembrance Sunday may have
faded a little by the time this is published, I remember a
packed church with participation from so many organisations
and individuals, and a larger than usual crowd round the War
Memorial for the final commemoration. My thanks go to eve-
ryone who helped with the organisation and to everyone who
attended, but I would like to offer personal thanks to a num-
ber of groups and individuals.
Firstly, to everyone from St. Mary’s Church for a most moving
remembrance service and particularly to Hugh McCurdy,
Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech for his thought-
provoking sermon. To all the uniformed organisations, who
turned out in numbers and greatly enhanced the ceremony.
Particular thanks to Jessica Legge from Buckden School, who
read “In Flanders Fields” so well and clearly; not an easy po-
em. From the Scouts, those who read short memorials for
some of those named on our village War Memorial; Will Petty,
Ruby Lorigan and Adele Burbidge; Lucy Mayes who read the
lesson extremely well and Jack Screaton who stood with me
to give the dedication before the two minutes silence.
I must thank Sergeant Dan Nash from Brampton ATC for serv-
ing as our standard bearer this year and Brampton ATC for
releasing him from other Remembrance Sunday duties to do
so. Last, but very far from least, I must thank our faithful
trumpeter, Michelle Wootton. She has now performed this
service for us for a number of years and having the Last Post
and Reveille played live at the War Memorial makes all the
difference to that part of the ceremony.
On to other Branch news. After many years doubling up as
branch secretary and Poppy Appeal co-ordinator, Veronica
Hunstone is resigning as Poppy Appeal co-ordinator, but re-
maining, at least for the time being, as secretary. I am tre-
mendously grateful to Veronica for devoted service to the
Appeal and as secretary over many years and I am pleased to
say that she leaves the job on a high; we do not yet have final
figures for the Appeal this year, but the amount raised
(including the proceeds from the performance of The Armed
Man on Saturday 10th November) will be between £5,000 and
£6,000; certainly a record for the Branch. I am very pleased
to be able to announce that Tim and Celia Walker have kindly
agreed to take over as joint Poppy Appeal co-ordinators for
2019.
Buckden Branch is still limping on, but Remembrance goes on
regardless. It is, I trust, a sobering thought that on Remem-
brance Sunday next year we will be remembering the 80th
anniversary of the start on the Second World War. Death,
injury and destruction were caused on a scale before which
that of the Great War, however appalling, pales into insignifi-
cance. The Legion still assists many survivors from that war
and all the wars and military operations since. We still need
members to keep the flame of remembrance alive and to con-
tinue to fund the excellent work done by the Legion.
Peter Mount, Chairman