13
July
2008
St Felix RC Church parishioner Wally Shaw celebrated his 101st birthday together with his wife Margaret (99 years young), family and friends today (13th July).
Wally Shaw was born in 1907, the year that saw the beginning of Mahatma Gandhi’s civil rights movement in South Africa, suffragettes storming the Houses of Parliament, music for “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic” composed, the beginning of experiments using cathode ray tubes to try and transmit images via electronic television and the introduction of the first automatic washer & dryer. All this a year before London’s Summer Olympics and the production of the Model ‘T’ Ford!
World War II saw Wally in service onboard HMS Warspite – a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship – in the Mediterranean. During the Battle of Calabria she was credited with achieving the longest range gunnery hit from a moving ship to a moving target in history - approximately 26,000 yards.
The day turned out to be a double-celebration, as Parish Priest Fr David Hennessy presented Wally and Margaret with a special Diocesan Certificate commemorating their 70 years of marriage.
The couple first met on the beach in Felixstowe, where Wally promised that he would teach Margaret to swim – a promise which he failed to keep, much to her continued amusement. Fr David told the gathering “Many congratulations to you both. You might not know this, but you are the longest married couple in the Diocese of East Anglia”. When asked jokingly if the marriage would last, Margaret laughed, “Well, it’s too late in the day to call it off now!”
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6
July
2008
HUMAN FERTILISATION & EMBRYOLOGY BILL
If we do nothing - we cannot blame anybody else for a horrendous Bill becoming law.
The Report Stage of the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Bill will reach its Report Stage from any time early in July. We must understand that the Bill - dreadful as it is - could be made even more horrendous by amendments tabled at Report Stage.
It is vital that we send pro-life cards or write to or telephone our MPs opposing the following:
· An amendment that requires only one doctor instead of two as at present to sign the form permitting abortion.
· An amendment which stipulates that nurses may carry out early medical abortions.
Urge MPs to support:
· An amendment requiring “informed consent” whereby women are entitled to receive information on pregnancy and the possible effects of abortion. Most countries in Western Europe - all of which have abortion rates far lower than in the UK - have “informed consent” written into their legislation.
· The Bill at present allows the production of admixed embryos (including full hybrids — 50 per cent human/50 per cent animal).
· A pro-life amendment would require scientists to demonstrate that there are no alternatives available before they may create human or human/animal embryos. This is vitally important.
Urge your MP to support other pro-life amendments.
Write to the MP at the House of Commons, Westminster, London, SW1A OM.
Telephone 020 7219 3000.
For further information on the Bill, or the direct telephone number or e-mail of your MP contact:
Right To Life; P0 Box 26264, London W3 9WF
Telephone 020 8992 7657 or e-mail Phyllis@righttolife.org.uk
Also, please sign the petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/eccematertua/?e
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