EAST GRINSTEAD WINS THE PROVINCE 18 QUIZ 2010

THE WINNERS PRESENTATION BY PROVINCIAL PRESIDENT JOHN GRAMME

EAST GRINSTEAD WINS THE PROVINCE 18 QUIZ 2010

In a hard fought contest on Friday 26th February, 16 teams from 9 Circles vide for the prestigious Province 18 Quiz Shield, won on three previous consecutive years by Brighton Regency.
The result? Brighton Regency were piped at the post this year by a very strong East Grinstead team that also won the "buffet supper alphanumeric competition" (winning them an additional box of chocolates). Well done to East Grinstead.
The evening was very well attended by close to 90 brothers and wives, and raised three hundred pounds. Well done to the adjudicator/markers, Bro's Phil Gidman and Andrew Laird, plus Gerry Lydon and the Hall/buffet helpers. As well as the question setters Bro's Mike Newman and Dominic Moorhouse (who if Crawley volunteer to organise again next year have been asked to take off their 'professorial gowns' and simplify the questions just a little!)

Arthur McKivett Memorial Prize

On the 9th February the winners of the inaugural Arthur McKivett/Caritas award gave an interesting presentation at the joint Brighton Regency and Haywards Heath Catenian Circles' joint Clergy Night.


Rachel Harding final year student at the Cardinal Newman School in Hove worked very hard with fellow student Elizabeth Hubert to engage the lower years in the school in developing support for a charity called Marys meals. They had also been the driving force of a Christian Faith Exploration programme and prayer group for the 6th form and year 11 students. They were photographed at the Clergy night with Tom Perrin, President of Brighton Regency Circle, John Goulding, President of Haywards heath Circle and John Hayhurst, who was behind the idea for the award in memory of Arthur Mckivett, past grand President of the Catenian Association worldwide and a member of both Brighton Regency and Haywards Heath Catenian Circles.

Provincial Weekend availability

Owing to a cancellation there is a spare twin room on the provincial Weekend in March. Contact Joe Fackler of Seaford Circle for details.

Web Update

WEB SITE UPDATE
Full details on the inaugural Province 18 Croquet Competition. The Provincial Golf Society Fixture List has also been updated for 2010. A further photographic update will be added on February 9th
see www.prov18.org.uk

BROMLEY CIRCLE 1000TH MEETING

BROMLEY CIRCLE are celebrating their 1000th Meeting (PROVINCE 7) @
Oakley House, 358 Bromley Common, Bromley, Kent. BR2 8HA on Monday 15th June 2009
Brother Grand President Joe McNally will be in Attendance

Registers @ 6.00pm & Meeting 7.00pm Dinner 8.15pm Lounge suit
[They will be providing a shuttle service, if required, between Bromley
South Station and the Venue. Please advise if you require transport.
Accommodation available at the nearby Bromley Court Hotel]
Cost £38.00 (including 3 course meal, wine and memento of event)
Bookings with special dietary requirements with payment (cheques payable to the
Catenian Association) no later than 8th June 2009 to the Booking Secretary,
Brother Luis Macchiavello, 4 Quernmore Close, Bromley, Kent. BR1 4EL
E-mail:
luism@infomedltd.co.uk

Provincial Newsletter June 2009

PROVINCE 18 NEWS. The latest June 2009 edition of the full colour newsletter (PDF format) is now available. To receive a copy send me an e-mail : info@prov18.org.uk

The next main Province 18 Event is the Mass for Deceased Wives and Storrington Pilgrimage on the 21st June. The order at the priory are also celebrating the 875th Anniversary of the death of their founder St Norbert

Apologies for the lack of attention regarding updates for the past 2 months.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig

It is St Patrick's Day and it is not long till our next big event, the Centenary mass at Chichester Cathedral. An information pack in PDF form is available from me (info@prov18.org.uk) .

SUSSEX LIFE

The recent Catenian Association Centenary banquet at Arundel Castle is featured with a full page spread in the November edition of Sussex Life magazine. Photographs galore, so why not buy a copy today for £3.20

Photographs wanted

Recent photographs from Provincial Events are wanted. I especially welcome pictures from the Arundel banquet. please send them to info@prov18.org.uk

Arundel Banquet

The Province 18 organised Catenian Association Arundel Banquet was held in the historic and beautiful Barons Hall on Saturday 13th September, by kind permission of His Grace the Duke of Norfolk. The Rt Reverend Keiran Conry, Bishop of Arundel and Brighton, Rev Canon Timothy Madeley, Immediate past Grand President Philip Gidman and Mrs Gidman, Past Grand President John Clarke and Mrs Clarke, Director Martin Klust and Miss Zita Macauley joined our own Provincial President Jim Fitzpatrick and Mrs Fitzpatrick on the top table. In total 184 guests and brothers sat down for a very sumptuous meal.

arundel banquet photographs

Go to the Province 18 web site and selected Arundel from the menu on th eleft hand side. You can then directly download pictures from the web site. All the photographs were taken by Andrew Lake

Sponsor Dominic Moorhouse in Berlin Marathon

SPONSOR BROTHER DOMINIC MOORHOUSE RUNNING THE BERLIN MARATHON ON SEPTEMBER 28TH!

Brother Dominic Moorhouse of Crawley Circle will be running the Berlin Marathon in aid of the Catenian Centenary Water Appeal

Dominic’s day job is Engineering Director of Metrobuses, although he retired from regular service as a Major with the REME two years ago. However he remains a specialist TA officer with the Watchkeepers pool based in Woolwich. He was also attached as an army officer to the Royal Marines for three years, including an Afghanistan tour and successfully completed the Commando Course (as well incidentally as Para selection (P Company) and the Para course). This will be his tenth marathon, and has lost count of the number of half marathons - over fifty he thinks!

More information and how to donate/sponsor can be found on this website: http://www.justgiving.com/dominicmoorhouse

and e-mail address is marathon@prov18.org.uk

Please support him in this valiant effort