The Voice Online - Archive March 2005

March 2005 Edition Archive

STRIPPED

HUMANITY ASKS:

Where were you
when we were
swept away
in
the torrent,
gassed
in the camps,
made homeless
by war,
unjustly imprisoned,
left to starve
in the deserts,
robbed
of our rights,
burdened with grief,
treated
as naught?

Tenth station
Tenth station in the chapel of the University Chaplaincy, Lancaster

GOD ANSWERS:

"For my part,
I made no
resistance,
Neither did I turn
away.
I offered my back
to those who struck
me,
my cheeks to those
who tore at my
beard;
I did not cover
my face
against insult and
spittle".
(Iss.50:5&6)

I WAS THERE, LOOK

BISHOP PATRICK ASKS THE NATIONS TO LOOK

At a service in the Cathedral for the victims of the Tsunami disaster on January 23, Bishop Patrick made a special plea to the rich countries of the world.
He asked that they honour pledges made for emergency humanitarian aid, and urged them to see that any aid given to the victims of this disaster must not affect the commitments already made to third world countries. Rich countries should respect pledges made to the UN's 2005 Humanitarian Appeal for those affected in the world's other major humanitarian crises: Sudan, Congo, Chechnya, and the Philippines. He called on Governments of rich countries to support the total cancellation, not just a moratorium, on all debt stocks owed by the tsunami affected countries. Finally, he asked that the extraordinary spirit of international solidarity brought about by the Tsunami disaster should be used to good effect. It should be used to make 2005 the year in which Governments make the Millennium Development goals a reality. They could make a start with an increased contribution to the aid budget and the immediate cancellation of the debt of the poorest countries. They should agree to reform global trade rules to liberate the poor and make firm commitments at the Doha Trade Round 2006

Features this month...

Our Journey Through Lent

The Bible: My Prayer Book
Fr Patrick Fitzgerald - Lombard O. Carm.

Plans Unveiled to Make Poverty History

Angela Today
Sr Maureen Coyne of St Thomas More's parish in Lancaster talks about her life as an Ursuline Sister
Sr Maureen Coyne

The Adventures of Sister Elizabeth
Canon Tom Dakin

Young People at Mass with Bishop Patrick
The Cathedral Wednesday, January 19th
Peter Barry

Simon Stewart

Cooking For The Saints
Joseph of Arimathea March 17th.
Georgina Protheroe Beynon

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