Annual Report and Directory

www.cmu.org.uk

2012

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M issionary spirit is not only about geographical territories, but about peoples, cultures and individuals, because the "boundaries" of faith do not only cross places and human traditions, but the heart of each

man and each woman. The Second Vatican Council emphasized in a special way how the missionary task:, that of broadening the boundaries of faith, belongs to every baptized person and all Christian communities; since “the people of God lives in communities, especially in dioceses and parishes, and becomes somehow visible in them, it is up to these to witness Christ before the nations" (Ad gentes, 37) …

...We must always have the courage and the joy of proposing, with respect, an encounter with Christ, and being heralds of his Gospel. Jesus came amongst us to show us the way of salvation and he entrusted to us the mission to make it known to all to the ends of the earth. All too often, we see that it is violence, lies and mistakes that are emphasized and proposed. It is urgent in our time to announce and witness to the goodness of the Gospel, and this from within the Church itself. It is important to never to forget a fundamental principle for every evangelizer: one cannot announce Christ without the Church. Evangelization is not an isolated individual or private act; it is always ecclesial.

Pope Francis, World Mission Day message 2013

Children at Palm Sunday Mass at a Mission Parish in Malawi

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I n t r o d u c i n g t h e c m u

Executive Committee (at 31 Dec 2012)

President: Fr Rob Morland SMA

Vice President: Sr Natalia Gomes CMS

Mens Committee Representative: Fr Pat McGuire SMA

Combined Mission Committee Rep: Fr Reg Riley SM

Sisters Mission Committee Rep: Sr Natalia Gomes

Fidei Donum Priests : Fr Brian Creak

Lay Missionaries: Miss Alice Davidson OBE (Honorary Treasurer)

Missio: Msgr James Cronin

Appeal Organisers Committee: Sr Daphne Norden MMS

Secretary: Mr Richard Owens

Registered Charity Number: 1082975

Company Number: 4052049 (registered address on back page of this report)

Bankers: the Co-operative Bank Plc

Independent Examiner of Accounts:

Sam Corcoran, Chartered Accountant

Website: www.cmu.org.uk

On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let them come to me and drink” John 7:37

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Administrative Report

For the second year running Richard Owens our Secretary and myself have decided to submit a joint ‘administrative report’ which form the annual report to

members and the wider Church community – it is also to be read in combination with the audited accounts(presented in summary form later in this booklet)

The CMU exists to be the forum for missionaries in England and Wales. We work towards this aim by engaging with partners including the dioceses, Missio, other charities, educational institutions and civil society. The most visible sign of our work is the annual parish appeal- but increasingly this is supplemented by other projects.

We held a successful AGM and conference in Hammersmith in September 2012. We facilitated groups discussions on key planning questions – such as where will we be in five years time? The feedback was written up and will be re-visited this year. One of the suggestions in this group-work was that members would value more opportunities to meet through the year. A calendar of “missionaries connecting” events was produced with a variety of themes.

This year we have continued to meet with various stakeholders including some discussions around vocation ministry and schools outreach- most of which will be developed in the next twelve months. We have participated in the meetings of CAF (Catholic Africa Forum) – facilitated by the International Department at the Bishops Conference of England & Wales.

We are continuing to keep the ’door open’ on our offer to seminaries to give some pastoral advice to students. . During the year the Sisters undertook a localised trial of visiting girls secondary schools in North London. The CMU as a whole is looking into schools projects in collaboration with Missio. It was great to receive seven applications for the mission alive innovation award.The reports from the funded-projects

will appear on the CMU website. A warm welcome to our new members: Daughters of Divine Love, Missionaries of St Paul and Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary the Mother of Christ

We also have membership enquiries from lay missionary groups plus male and female missionary congregations.

During the year we have had three excellent meetings of the Executive and thanks should go to those who give up their time to be the strategic leadership of the charity.

The President and Secretary have been co-operating again this year to deliver a successful programme for overseas missionaries coming to work in the UK. Another programme will run in spring 2014.

Our various committees have met during the year. The sisters mission committee met during the year and continues to combine its resources in terms of promotion and financial admin.

In order to reduce the charity’s cash reserves, 2013 saw a

temporary lifting in the levy on appeal totals which members pay –

this appears to have been well received in difficult times.

The parish appeals programme continues to be a vital way of raising awareness of mission. As an Executive we are well aware of the pressures on parish priests for appeals and the legitimate expectation on our appealers to be relevant and well prepared. With this in mind we are organising some training.

In the coming year we will have to look at renewing the mandate of the Executive(including the role of President) and we warmly encourage members to consider putting themselves forward to serve the missionary community in England & Wales from 2014-2016. It promises to be an interesting and rewarding time.

Rob

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For the second year running Richard Owens our Secretary and myself have decided to submit a joint ‘administrative report’ which form the annual report to

members and the wider Church community – it is also to be read in combination with the audited accounts(presented in summary form later in this booklet)

The CMU exists to be the forum for missionaries in England and Wales. We work towards this aim by engaging with partners including the dioceses, Missio, other charities, educational institutions and civil society. The most visible sign of our work is the annual parish appeal- but increasingly this is supplemented by other projects.

We held a successful AGM and conference in Hammersmith in September 2012. We facilitated groups discussions on key planning questions – such as where will we be in five years time? The feedback was written up and will be re-visited this year. One of the suggestions in this group-work was that members would value more opportunities to meet through the year. A calendar of “missionaries connecting” events was produced with a variety of themes.

This year we have continued to meet with various stakeholders including some discussions around vocation ministry and schools outreach- most of which will be developed in the next twelve months. We have participated in the meetings of CAF (Catholic Africa Forum) – facilitated by the International Department at the Bishops Conference of England & Wales.

We are continuing to keep the ’door open’ on our offer to seminaries to give some pastoral advice to students. . During the year the Sisters undertook a localised trial of visiting girls secondary schools in North London. The CMU as a whole is looking into schools projects in collaboration with Missio. It was great to receive seven applications for the mission alive innovation award.The reports from the funded-projects

will appear on the CMU website. A warm welcome to our new members: Daughters of Divine Love, Missionaries of St Paul and Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary the Mother of Christ

We also have membership enquiries from lay missionary groups plus male and female missionary congregations.

During the year we have had three excellent meetings of the Executive and thanks should go to those who give up their time to be the strategic leadership of the charity.

The President and Secretary have been co-operating again this year to deliver a successful programme for overseas missionaries coming to work in the UK. Another programme will run in spring 2014.

Our various committees have met during the year. The sisters mission committee met during the year and continues to combine its resources in terms of promotion and financial admin.

In order to reduce the charity’s cash reserves, 2013 saw a

temporary lifting in the levy on appeal totals which members pay –

this appears to have been well received in difficult times.

The parish appeals programme continues to be a vital way of raising awareness of mission. As an Executive we are well aware of the pressures on parish priests for appeals and the legitimate expectation on our appealers to be relevant and well prepared. With this in mind we are organising some training.

In the coming year we will have to look at renewing the mandate of the Executive(including the role of President) and we warmly encourage members to consider putting themselves forward to serve the missionary community in England & Wales from 2014-2016. It promises to be an interesting and rewarding time.

Rob

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Sacred Heart Brothers(Bethram) Sacred Heart Mission Centre, St Joseph's, Mur-cott Road, Whitnash CV31 2JJ 01926 77271 Br. Michael Richards SCJ

Salesians of Don Bosco, Don Bosco Missions, St Joseph’s, 10, Oldhams Lane, Bolton

BL1 6PN. Tel: 01204 590609 Fr Joe Brown SDB

Montfort Missionaries, 28 BurboBank Road, Liverpool L23 6TH 0151 287 6862 Fr Paul Allerton SMM

Community of the Sacred Heart, 372 Uxbridge Road, Ealing, London W5 3LH 0208 992 5941 Fr Chris McAneny SS.CC

Dominicans, Blackfriars, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LY Fr David Sanders OP

Marist Fathers, 40 Columbia Way, Blackburn, Lancs BB2 7DT 01254 57197 Fr Reg Riley SM

Brothers of the Sacred Heart 8 King Harry Lane, St Albans, Herts AL3 4AW 01727 861969 Br Roger Bosse SC

Congregation of Josephites, St George's College, Weybridge Road, Addlestone, Sur-rey KT15 2QS 01932 839451 Fr Adrian Cadwallader

Redemptorists, Bishop Eton Monastary, Woolton Road, Liverpool. 0151 722 1108 Fr James Smale CSsR

Augustinians, St Monica's Priory, 19 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NT 020 77595006 Fr Paul Graham OSA

DeLeSalle Brothers, 140 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 7BP Br. John Deeney

Christian Brothers, c/o St Ambrose, Wicker Lane, Hale Barns, Cheshire

Crusaders of the Holy Spirit, 464 Chester Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B73 5BP 0121 384 4280 Fr Francis Barrett

Combined Mission Societies Committee

The Secretariat is the central point of information for members of the CMU. If you would like to keep others within the missionary family informed of your activities please send in your stories and images for use on the CMU website and the CMU Mission Focus newsletter.

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Xavarian Missionaries, Conforti Institute, Calder Avenue, Coatbridge ML5 4JS Fr Tom Welsh SX 01236 607120

Comboni Missionaries (Verona Fathers) Comboni House, 16 Dawson Place, London W2 4TJ Fr Franco Mastromauro MCCJ

Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) 15 Corfton Road, Ealing, London W5 2HP 0121 308 0226 Fr Joseph Cummins Mafr

SMA Fathers, 33 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet, Herts. EN5 1JG 0208 441 3061 Fr Rob Morland SMA

St Patrick’s Missionaries (Kiltegan fathers) 20 Beauchamp Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 0PA 020 89791890 Fr Patrick McCallion SPS

Holy Ghost Fathers (Spiritans) 6 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, Kent BR1 2AF 020 84673555 Mrs Rosely Perera-Sowa/Fr Terry Donnely

Columban Missionaries, St Columbans, Widney Manor Road, Knowle, Solihull B93 9AB 01564 772096 Fr Tom O Reilly SSC

Missionaries of St Paul, Fr Eustice Durugbo MSP The Presbytery 131 Deptford High

Street,, London SE8 4NS

Daughters of Divine Love, 46 Latimer, Walworth, LONDON SE17 2YF Sr. Magdalene DDL

Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mother of Christ, 22 Bromwall Road

Billesley, Birmingham B13 0LQ 01214435448 Sr Mary Sebastian

Volunteer Missionary Movement, VMM Office, Hope Park, Taggart Avenue, Liverpool. L16 9JD 0151 291 3438 Mr Van Garber

Fide Donum Priests c/o Fr Brian Creak, Westminster Diocese

Mill Hill (St Joseph’s Missionaries) 83 Duke Street, Formby, Merseyside. L37 4AR 01704 875949 Fr Bernard Phelan MHM

Jesuit Missions, 11 Edge Hill, Wimbledon, LondonSW19 4LR 020 8 946 2292

Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary 44 Gaveston Road, Coudon, Coventry. CV6 1GZ 02476 335319 Sr Anne Bagnall MSHR

Missio, 23 Eccleston Square, London Canon James Cronin

Other Members

Men’s Mission Committee

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Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver, 89 Shortlands Road, Bromley, Kent BR2 0JL 020 83133915 Sr Riji Edakalathur MSSPC

Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, 14 Montpelier Court, Montpelier Road, Ealing W5 2QN Sr Marie Mc Donald MSOLA

Fransiscan Missionaries of St Joseph, St Joseph's Convent, 150 Greenleach Lane, Worsley, Manchester M28 2TS 0161 794 1062 Sr Kevina Byrne FMSJ

Missionary Sisters of St Columban, 209 Quebec Drive, Westwood, East Kilbride, Glasgow G75 8BB 01355 238312 Sr Maureen Donohoe MSSC

Salesian Sisters, Elmthorpe, Oxford Road, Cowley, Oxford CX4 2LF 01865 788160 Sr Ella Flynn FMA

Comboni Mission Sisters 2 Chiswick Lane, London W4 2JE 020 8994 0449 Sr Natalia F-Gomes CMS

Medical Missionaries of Mary, 2 Denbigh Road, Ealing, W13 8PX 020 8998 1725 Sr Helen McKenna MMM

Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Chigwell Convent, 803 Chigwell Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex IG8 8AU 0208 504 1624 Sr Eileen McLoughlin SSHJM or Sr Una Mulvey SSHJM

Fransiscan Missionaries of Mary, St Helier, 92 Kings Road, Wimbledon, London SW19 8QW 020 8544 0973 Sr Gina Morgan FMM

Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions, 2 Brookdale, New Southgate, N11 1BL 020 8361 6848 Sr Margo Murphy RNDM

Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, 14 Wye Cliff Road, Birmingham, B20 3TB 0121 515 2341 Sr Renate Ziaja SSpS

Medical Mission Sisters, 49 Tawny Close, Ealing, London W13 9LX 020 85661907 Sr Daphne Norden MMS

Consolata Missionary Sisters, 11 Regent Square, London WC1H 8HZ 020 7837 2256 Sr Celestia Quaranta MC

Sisters Mission Committee

Observer members:

CAFOD Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB Paul Whittle

Progressio , Unit 5, 190 Cannonbury Road, London.

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2011 2012 INCOME £ £ £ Subscriptions & 38220 28517 Mission Commission Grants Interest received 295 1161

Gross profit 38,515 29,678

EXPENDITURE Secretariat fee 25,023 26,595 Office 337 101 Postage 152 51 Telephone & internet 0 0 Accommodation & services 1,102 600 Production/print 753 Books & subscriptions 116 Travel 1,415 1,429 Publicity 236 8 Depreciation 87 Equipment purchased 0 0 Other 49 147

Total expenses -29,269 -28,931

Net profit 9,247 747

Finance Report

None of the trustees received any remuneration in 2012

Balance sheet at 31 December 2012 : £112,448 (comparible to £111,701 in 2011)

The CMU makes an effort to bank as ethically as possible, while seeking the best return– with the main account shifted to the Cooperative Bank. Reserves are divided between the Charities Aid Foundation and Virgin Money. In 2010 the charity received almost no return on its investments– in 2012 this position is more healthy.

Full copies of approved accounts for the year 2012 may be found at the Charity Commission website:

www.charity-commission.gov.uk

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Westminster 172,582 110,064.90 91,595.06 89,607

A/Brighton 70,518 49,632.54 81,210.22 89,127

Birmingham 80,255 89,046.02 97,604.63 99,560

Brentwood 33,585 53,713.98 34,520.98 49,707

Cardiff 24,978 15,806.20 22,445.00 32,631

Clifton 34,825 19,187.50 18,227.44 34,379

East Anglia 26,528 6161.3 24,455.37 23,992

Hallam 15,499 12,697.40 14,047.47 13,990

Hex & N'castle 45,609 38,383.50 47,318.47 45,770

Lancaster 37,690 24,807.37 38,736.30 27,927

Leeds 23,647 43,170.74 38,472.93 37,589

Liverpool 81,589 33,501.05 82, 794.44 85, 039

Menevia £6,961 12,433.71 6294..86 4991

Middlesbrough 23,886 20,082.56 22,921.98 23,421

Northampton 30,170 17,193.03 39,058.30 29,951

Nottingham 32,737 37,037.53 43,069.18 39,627

Plymouth 23,646 28,112.61 27,703.43 26,038

Portsmouth 25,404 20,984.84 39,787.05 50,503

Salford 47,042 54,727.25 39,196.77 53,897

Shrewsbury 46,310 32,801.98 28,709.38 45,582

Southwark 81,263 133,711.85 84,874.09 102,665

Wrexham 12,565 8485.17 6032.29 7,407

total £ 977,298 £ 887,538 £ 929,160 £990,000

TOTALS 2009 2010 2011 2012

The Annual Mission Appeal

Linking Missionaries and

ordinary Catholics across the country—to

promote solidarity, prayer

and action.

Thank you bishops, priests

& people

Training and peer support to improve the way in which we do appeals…….

November 26th 2013 St Aloyisus, Euston 10am

Learn from each other and consider the guidelines for a effective appeal presentation. Members are encouraged to bring all their speakers who do mission appeals to this important event.

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E ach year the parish

mission appeals raise

funds for the members of the CMU Mission

Committees—which is spent

on their vital work overseas

and supporting the

congregations/missionary

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at home.

Although these are difficult

financial times, it is important to remember that the annual parish mission appeal is about

far more that money. It is the primary opportunity in the Church’s year to hear first hand from a missionary– to

hear the empowering message

that the Church is alive and growing in all four corners of the globe. It is a especially welcomed opportunity to

remind people of their baptismal call to be a missionary and present possibilities of taking steps in

this direction.

Another aspect which CMU members appreciate is the enormous pressure under

which parish priests operate– especially the request for appeals from independent charities—which however

worthy– are not officially parts

of the programme.

Mission Appeals over coming years

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www.cmu.org.uk

Contact us:

CMU Secretary, Richard Owens

37-39 Shakespeare Street, Southport PR8 5AB

01704 533708

Email: secretariat@cmu.org.uk

Lord Jesus Christ, friend to the outcast and servant of the poor,

walk with us today, we pray as we act in your name around the world.

You asked us to consider ‘who is my neighbour?’ Help us to embrace your radical Gospel of unconditional love.

When our personal barriers and judgements fall away—we will surely work wonders in your name—across all cultures and continents.

Your love opens the doors of our hearts and leads the way to peace and wholeness.

Your mission of saving love becomes our daily service to the poor and marginalised at home and overseas.

Glory to you O Christ– Saviour of the world—through your cross and resurrection and through the ministry of all the baptised .

Amen