{"id":2021,"date":"2017-12-05T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2017-12-05T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:45:00","slug":"tribute-to-canon-jack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/tribute-to-canon-jack\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Canon Jack"},"content":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/STEDAdvent2017.jpg\")
On Tuesday, 28 November we welcomed Bishop Pat Lynch SS CC, along with Canon Tom McHugh, Fr Steve\u00a0Wymer and Fr Mark Binang to Bishop Challoner School. The occasion was the unveiling of a portrait of Canon\u00a0Jack Madden who was the Parish Priest at St Edmund\u2019s and Chairman of the Board of our school for almost 30\u00a0years.. There were also present a number of guests who were close friends of Canon Jack. It was a wonderful\u00a0occasion which included a Memorial Mass, the blessing of the portrait and the blessing of a tree, planted in his\u00a0memory.<\/p>\n
Bishop Pat preached a moving homily about Canon Jack. He described him as a \u2018Good Shepherd\u2019, after the\u00a0example of Christ, as one who leads, unites and cares. He explained that these qualities were evident in Canon\u00a0Jack\u2019s ministry as he served in various parishes, at Bishop Challoner School and in the many other responsible\u00a0positions he had held.\u00a0During the Mass the portrait by Jeff Stultiens was blessed and the school choir sang a beautiful rendition of a\u00a0\u2018Gaelic Blessing\u2019 by Bob Chilcott. Bishop Pat thought that Canon Jack would have really appreciated this tribute,\u00a0as he had fostered a particular love of nature, growing up in the \u2018Wild West\u2019 countryside of County Roscommon.<\/p>\n
After the Mass guests gathered at the front of the school and Bishop Pat blessed a Ceanothus tree dedicated to\u00a0Canon Jack\u2019s memory. This particular Ceanothus grows to about six feet tall but its branches can spread up to\u00a0eight feet wide a reminder that Canon Jack\u2019s ministry was widespread. Also, the tree blooms with abundant blue\u00a0flowers through, spring, summer and autumn, a further reminder of the fruitfulness of his ministry.<\/p>\n
It was a pleasure to share such a joyful occasion with Canon Jack\u2019s close friends and to hear about all the good\u00a0things that he had achieved in his life. Let us remember him in our prayers and give thanks for the wonderful work that he did on earth and let us ask him to pray for us who are still on the journey.<\/p>\n
May the road rise to meet you<\/em>
\nMay the wind be ever at your back.<\/em>
\nMay the sun shine warm upon your face,<\/em>
\nAnd the rains fall soft upon your fields.<\/em>
\nAnd until we meet again,.<\/em>
\nMay God hold you, May God hold you<\/em>
\nEver in the palm of His hand.<\/em>
\nThe palm of His hand.<\/em><\/p>\n(Lyrics by Bob Chilcott based upon the Gaelic Blessing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Tuesday, 28 November we welcomed Bishop Pat Lynch SS CC, along with Canon Tom McHugh, Fr Steve\u00a0Wymer and Fr Mark Binang to Bishop Challoner School. The occasion was the unveiling of a portrait of Canon\u00a0Jack Madden who was the Parish Priest at St Edmund\u2019s and Chairman of the Board of our school for almost 30\u00a0years.. There were also present a number of guests who were close friends of Canon Jack. It was a wonderful\u00a0occasion which included a Memorial Mass, the blessing of the portrait and the blessing of a tree, planted in his\u00a0memory. Bishop Pat preached a moving homily about Canon Jack. He described him as a \u2018Good Shepherd\u2019, after the\u00a0example of Christ, as one who leads, unites and cares. He explained that these qualities were evident in Canon\u00a0Jack\u2019s ministry as he served in various parishes, at Bishop Challoner School and in the many other responsible\u00a0positions he had held.\u00a0During the Mass the portrait by Jeff Stultiens was blessed and the school choir sang a beautiful rendition of a\u00a0\u2018Gaelic Blessing\u2019 by Bob Chilcott. Bishop Pat thought that Canon Jack would have really appreciated this tribute,\u00a0as he had fostered a particular love of nature, growing up in the \u2018Wild West\u2019 countryside of County Roscommon. After the Mass guests gathered at the front of the school and Bishop Pat blessed a Ceanothus tree dedicated to\u00a0Canon Jack\u2019s memory. This particular Ceanothus grows to about six feet tall but its branches can spread up to\u00a0eight feet wide a reminder that Canon Jack\u2019s ministry was widespread. Also, the tree blooms with abundant blue\u00a0flowers through, spring, summer and autumn, a further reminder of the fruitfulness of his ministry. It was a pleasure to share such a joyful occasion with Canon Jack\u2019s close friends and to hear about all the good\u00a0things that he had achieved in his life. Let us remember him in our prayers and give thanks for the wonderful work that he did on earth and let us ask him to pray for us who are still on the journey. May the road rise to meet you May the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, And the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again,. May God hold you, May God hold you Ever in the palm of His hand. The palm of His hand. (Lyrics by Bob Chilcott based upon the Gaelic Blessing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2028,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions\/2028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}