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BULLETIN ST. PAUL # 423
Week of August 11 to 17, 2013
SUNDAY, AUGUST 11th 2013
Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost.
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Presider & Homilist: Fr. Maurice
Lay Readers: Margaret Lyons
Sidepeople for August:
TBC
Chancel Guild:
Betty Morgan & Jean Colwell
Hymns: 362, 117, 132 & 188
Rite: BCP
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The homily this Sunday is based on the
narrative of being alert and waiting for the Lord.

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READINGS for SUNDAY: The readings for this Sunday are: Isaiah 1: 1, 10-20; Psalm 50: 1-8; Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16 & St. Luke 12: 32-40.        
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COMING ACTIVITIES:
AUG 09 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 11 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 11 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 13 Multi-Faith Service @ 9 am. Campus St.George

AUG 14 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 15 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 16 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 18 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 18 Rusty Musician Emsemble concert from 1 to 2 pm.
AUG 18 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 19 Mexican Mass @ 7 pm. St.Paul's Church, Beaverton

AUG 21 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 22 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 23 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 24 Devin Yuke & Joanna Blackman's Wedding in Fergus

AUG 25 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 25 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 28 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 29 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 30 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

SEP 07 Evan Street Neighbourhood Part from 5 to 8 pm

SEP 08 Sunday Service & Children Focus @ 10:30 am

SEP 08 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

SEP 09 Advisory Board @ 8 pm

SEP 10 Clericus Meeting @ 12 pm, Epiphany & St.Mark's

SEP 11 Wednesday Study & HE @ 10 am Lady Chapel

SEP 11 Corporation Meeting @ 12 pm

SEP 12 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

SEP 14 Toronto Ukrainian Festival on Bloor West Village

SEP 14 Feast of the Holy Cross

SEP 15 Sunday Service & Children Focus @ 10:30 am

SEP 15 Baptism of Nathan Iloboachie

SEP 15 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

SEP 16-17 York-Credit Valley Clergy Retreat

SEP 17 Postulancy Committee @ 12 pm

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FLOWERS AT THE ALTAR:

AUG 11 Put your name here

AUG 18 Marriage Anniversary by Melisa & Gavin Diaz

AUG 25 Put your name here

SEP 01 Put your name here

SEP 08 Put your name here

SEP 15 Put your name here

SEP 22 Put your name here

SEP 29 In Memory of Rosemarie Francois by Father Maurice

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FROM OUR PARISH PRAYER LIST:
For those who are travelling:
For those who are sick: Fami Komolafe, Mark Richardson, Susan Pratten, Bibi, Helen Wawryshyn, Anthony Ciufo, Nelson Mandela, John Young Lynch II, Dolly Borsa, Jack Lynch, Sergio Almeyda, Shirley Buckley, Vina Sweetman, Harry Blok, Elsie Cullum, Brian McDonald, Anne Farrugia, Father Sherman Hesselgrave, Marcelina Gallardo, Victor and Dolly Borsa, Richard McLean, Cynthia Wedgbury, Edison & Leonardo Segovia, Bonnie St. Louis, Marg Sills, Bernice Graham, Regina Jarowskjy, Monica & Stephen Edwards.
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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For those who are in need: For Gillian Tenneson, Padre Carlos Gomez, Ruth Gaitskell and the Canadian Forces abroad and those in captivity.
For those who have died: For all those beloved from our congregation, family members, relatives and friends of St. Paul's, Fiore Agnette and The Rev'd Cyril Powell.
Our thanksgiving prayer for: For the safe return of the Barton from Europe and the recovery of Patricia Schjerning.
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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FROM THE ANGLICAN CYCLE of PRAYER:
Diocese of Ibadan South in Nigeria
Diocese of Ibba in Sudan
Diocese of Idah in Nigeria
Diocese of Idaho in US
Diocese of Ideato in Nigeria
Diocese of Ife in Nigeria and for the
Diocese of Igbonima in Nigeria.
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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PRAYER FOR THE PETS FROM OUR COMMUNITY:
New section of prayers, help us to keep update this list, thanks!
Kaiser (Yanez)
Nuno (Palacios)
Talia (Scarfo)
Luna (Veliz) RIP
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FROM THE ANGLICAN CALENDAR OF SAINTS: 
AUG 11 Clare of Assisi, 1253 (see pic above)

AUG 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, 1667

AUG 14 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martyr, 1945

AUG 14 Maximilien Kolben, Martyr 1940

AUG 15 Blessed Virgin Mary

AUG 16 Holy Women of the Old Testament

AUG 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153

AUG 24 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

AUG 27 Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

AUG 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430

AUG 29 The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

AUG 30 Robert McDonald, Priest in the Artic, 1913

AUG 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfrane, Missionary, 651.

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LAY READER'S CALENDAR:
AUG 11 Margaret Lyons
AUG 18 Radika Fraser
AUG 25 Brian Beech
SEP 01 TBC
SEP 08 TBC
SEP 15 TBC
SEP 22 TBC
SEP 29 TBC
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COFFEE TIME @ ST. PAUL'S:
AUG 11 Father Maurice

AUG 18 Rusty Musicians

AUG 25 Melisa & Gavin Diaz

SEP 01 Put your name here

SEP 08 Put your name here

SEP 15 Mary & Kingsley Ilobaochie

SEP 22 Father Maurice

SEP 29 Put your name here

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AUG 11 Betty Morgan & Jean Colwell
AUG 18 Margaret Lyons & Radika & Kay
AUG 25 Margaret Lyons & Jean Colwell
SEP 01 Colleen Milburn & Anne Farrugia
SEP 08 Margaret Lyons & Mary Novak
SEP 22 TBC
SEP 22 TBC.
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AUG 12 Melisa & Gavin Diaz, Marriage anniversary
AUG 14 Norma Cunliffe, Memorial anniversary
AUG 31 Burrell Stevens, Memorial anniversary
SEP 11 Omolara Kushimo, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 19 Marg Barton, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 19 Ileen Dudek, Memorial anniversary
SEP 20 Alisha Coroa, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 20 Joshua Coroa, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 29 Father Maurice, Deacon's ordination anniversary
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Do you recognize them? Then, let us know
at Coffee Time after the service.

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YEAR ROUND CALENDAR 2013:
SEP 07 Evan Street Party @ 5 pm
SEP 21 International Day of the Peace
SEP 29 Back to Church Sunday @ 10:30 am
OCT 06 The Blessing of the Animals @ 10:30 am
OCT 13 Thanksgiving Sunday @ 10:30 am
NOV 10 Remembrance Sunday @ 10:30 am
NOV 20 International Day of Children
DEC 01 International Day Fighting Against AIDS
DEC 01 St. Paul's Anniversary # 104 @ 10:30 am
DEC 10 International Day of Human Rights
DEC 22 Christmas Pageant @ 10:30 am
DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service @ 5 pm.
YEAR ROUND CALENDAR 2014
JAN 19-26 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
JAN 26 Ecumenical Service
FEB 23 Baden Powell Sunday
MAR 01 World Day of Prayer
MAR 04 Pancake Supper 5 to 7 pm
MAR 05 Ash Wednesday
MAR 08 International Day of Women
APR 13-20 Holy Week
APR 13 Palm Sunday
APR 17 Maundy Thursday
APR 18 Good Friday
APR 20 Easter Day
APR 22 Earth's Day
MAY 11 Mother's Day
MAY 18 Pentecost Day
JUN 15 Father's Day
JUL 29 Patronal Feast of St. Paul
JUL 29 Sunday Canada Day.
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EPILOGUE: Come and join us!!!!!! We will be happy to see you and be involved in our Sunday and Wednesday Services and well in our every second Thursday at our Discussion Group. Channel your gifts and talents with us to the glory of God.
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YOUR PARISH
iglesiastesteban@hotmail.com
www.stpaulsrunnymede.ca
http://saintpaul-runnymede.blogspot.ca
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BULLETIN ST. PAUL # 423
Week of August 4 to 10, 2013
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4th 2013
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost.
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Presider & Homilist: Fr. Maurice
Lay Readers: Mark Richardson
Sidepeople for August:
TBC
Chancel Guild:
Colleen Milburn & Mary Novak
Hymns: 467, 35, 300 & 466
Rite: BAS
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The homily this Sunday is based on
the Parable of the Rich Fool.

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READINGS for SUNDAY: The readings for this Sunday are: Hosea 11: 1-11; Psalm 107: 1-9; Colossians 3: 1-11 & St. Luke 12: 13-21.       
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COMING ACTIVITIES:
AUG 04 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 04 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 05 Civic Day. Federal Holiday

AUG 06 Pastoral Counselling @ 10 am & 7:30 pm

AUG 07 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 08 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 09 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 11 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 11 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 13 Multi-Faith Service @ 9 am. Campus St.George

AUG 14 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 15 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 16 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 18 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 18 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 19 Mexican Mass @ 7 pm. St.Paul's Church, Beaverton

AUG 21 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 22 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 23 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

AUG 24 Devin Yuke & Joanna Blackman's Wedding in Fergus

AUG 25 Sunday Service @ 10:30 am

AUG 25 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

AUG 28 Painting Workshop @ 10 am. Holy Trinity

AUG 29 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

AUG 30 Free Salsa Lesson from 6 to 7:30 pm. Holy Trinity

SEP 07 Evan Street Neighbourhood Part from 5 to 8 pm

SEP 08 Sunday Service & Children Focus @ 10:30 am

SEP 08 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

SEP 09 Advisory Board @ 8 pm

SEP 10 Clericus Meeting @ 12 pm, Epiphany & St.Mark's

SEP 11 Wednesday Study & HE @ 10 am Lady Chapel

SEP 11 Corporation Meeting @ 12 pm

SEP 12 Italian Mass @ 10 am. St.Mary Magdalene

SEP 14 Toronto Ukrainian Festival on Bloor West Village

SEP 14 Feast of the Holy Cross

SEP 15 Sunday Service & Children Focus @ 10:30 am

SEP 15 Baptism of Nathan Iloboachie

SEP 15 Hispanic Mass @ 2 pm. Parroquia San Esteban

SEP 16-17 York-Credit Valley Clergy Retreat

SEP 17 Postulancy Committee @ 12 pm

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FLOWERS AT THE ALTAR:

AUG 04 In Memory of Martinique Francois by Father Maurice

AUG 11 Marriage Anniversary by Melisa & Gavin Diaz

AUG 18 Put your name here

AUG 25 Put your name here

SEP 01 Put your name here

SEP 08 Put your name here

SEP 15 Put your name here

SEP 22 Put your name here

SEP 29 In Memory of Rosemarie Francois by Father Maurice

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FROM OUR PARISH PRAYER LIST:
For those who are travelling:
For those who are sick: Mark Richardson, Susan Pratten, Bibi, Helen Wawryshyn, Anthony Ciufo, Nelson Mandela, John Young Lynch III, Dolly Borsa, Jack Lynch, Sergio Almeyda, Shirley Buckley, Vina Sweetman, Harry Blok, Elsie Cullum, Brian McDonald, Anne Farrugia, Father Sherman Hesselgrave, Marcelina Gallardo, Victor Borsa, Richard McLean, Cynthia Wedgbury, Edison & Leonardo Segovia, Bonnie St. Louis, Marg Sills, Bernice Graham, Regina Jarowskj, Monica & Stephen Edwards.
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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For those who are in need: For Gillian Tenneson, Padre Carlos Gomez, Ruth Gaitskell and the Canadian Forces abroad and those in captivity.
For those who have died: For all those beloved from our congregation, family members, relatives and friends of St. Paul's, The Rev'd Cyril Powell, Larry Poole, the victims of the tragedy at Lac-Megantic, Quebec, the victims of a trail tragedy in Santiago of Compostela, Spain, and the 38 victims of the highway bus tragedy in Compania, Italy
Our thanksgiving prayer for: For the life and legacy of Martinique Francois
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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FROM THE ANGLICAN CYCLE of PRAYER:
Diocese of Ho in West Africa
Diocese of Hokkaido in Japan
Diocese of Honduras in Honduras
Diocese of Hpan-an in Burma
Diocese of Huron in Canada
Diocese of Hyderabad in Pakistan and for the
Diocese of Ibadan in Nigeria.
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Let us pray to the Lord.
Come, Holy Spirit, Come!
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PRAYER FOR THE PETS FROM OUR COMMUNITY:
New section of prayers, help us to keep update this list, thanks!
Kaiser (Yanez)
Nuno (Palacios)
Talia (Scarfo)
Luna (Veliz) RIP
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FROM THE ANGLICAN CALENDAR OF SAINTS: 
AUG 03 St. Stephen, Deacon and Martyr

AUG 06 The Transfiguration of the Lord

AUG 07 John Mason Neale, Priest, 1866

AUG 08 Dominic, Priest & Friar, 1221

AUG 10 Laurence, Deacon & Martyr at Rome, 258

AUG 11 Clare of Assisi, 1253

AUG 13 Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, 1667

AUG 14 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martyr, 1945

AUG 14 Maximilien Kolben, Martyr 1940

AUG 15 Saint Mary Magdalene

AUG 16 Holy Women of the Old Testament

AUG 20 Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, 1153

AUG 24 Saint Bartholomew the Apostle

AUG 27 Monnica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387

AUG 28 Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, 430

AUG 29 The Beheading of St. John the Baptist

AUG 30 Robert McDonald, Priest in the Artic, 1913

AUG 31 Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfrane, Missionary, 651.

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LAY READER'S CALENDAR:
AUG 04 Mark Richardson
AUG 11 Melisa Diaz
AUG 18 Radika Fraser
AUG 25 Brian Beech
SEP 01 TBC
SEP 08 TBC
SEP 15 TBC
SEP 22 TBC
SEP 29 TBC
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COFFEE TIME @ ST. PAUL'S:
AUG 04 Put your name here

AUG 11 Melisa & Gavin Diaz

AUG 18 Father Maurice

AUG 25 Put your name here

SEP 01 Put your name here

SEP 08 Put your name here

SEP 15 Mary & Kingsley Ilobaochie

SEP 22 Father Maurice

SEP 29 Put your name here

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AUG 04 Colleen Milburn & Mary Novak
AUG 11 Betty Morgan & Jean Colwell
AUG 18 Margaret Lyons & Radika & Kay
AUG 25 Margaret Lyons & Jean Colwell
SEP 01 Colleen Milburn & Anne Farrugia
SEP 08 Margaret Lyons & Mary Novak
SEP 22 TBC
SEP 22 TBC.
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Chancel Guild & friend's Last Summer Breakfast
at Grenadier Restaurant, High Park
on Saturday, July 19, 2013.
From Left to Right: Anne Peat, Colleen Milburn,
Kay Karbownik, Alan Peters, Ben Weir,
Margaret Lyons and Win Bourchier.

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AUG 12 Melisa & Gavin Diaz, Marriage anniversary
AUG 14 Norma Cunliffe, Memorial anniversary
AUG 31 Burrell Stevens, Memorial anniversary
SEP 11 Omolara Kushimo, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 19 Marg Barton, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 19 Ileen Dudek, Memorial anniversary
SEP 20 Alisha Coroa, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 20 Joshua Coroa, Baptismal anniversary
SEP 29 Father Maurice, Deacon's ordination anniversary
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Can you recognize these faces? if yes, then let us know
at Coffee Time our Sunday Service.

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YEAR ROUND CALENDAR 2013:
SEP 07 Evan Street Party @ 5 pm
SEP 21 International Day of the Peace
SEP 29 Back to Church Sunday @ 10:30 am
OCT 06 The Blessing of the Animals @ 10:30 am
OCT 13 Thanksgiving Sunday @ 10:30 am
NOV 10 Remembrance Sunday @ 10:30 am
NOV 20 International Day of Children
DEC 01 International Day Fighting Against AIDS
DEC 01 St. Paul's Anniversary # 104 @ 10:30 am
DEC 10 International Day of Human Rights
DEC 22 Christmas Pageant @ 10:30 am
DEC 24 Christmas Eve Service @ 5 pm.
YEAR ROUND CALENDAR 2014
JAN 19-26 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
JAN 26 Ecumenical Service
FEB 23 Baden Powell Sunday
MAR 01 World Day of Prayer
MAR 04 Pancake Supper 5 to 7 pm
MAR 05 Ash Wednesday
MAR 08 International Day of Women
APR 13-20 Holy Week
APR 13 Palm Sunday
APR 17 Maundy Thursday
APR 18 Good Friday
APR 20 Easter Day
APR 22 Earth's Day
MAY 11 Mother's Day
MAY 18 Pentecost Day
JUN 15 Father's Day
JUL 29 Patronal Feast of St. Paul
JUL 29 Sunday Canada Day.
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EPILOGUE: Come and join us!!!!!! We will be happy to see you and be involved in our Sunday and Wednesday Services and well in our every second Thursday at our Discussion Group. Channel your gifts and talents with us to the glory of God.
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YOUR PARISH
iglesiastesteban@hotmail.com
www.stpaulsrunnymede.ca
http://saintpaul-runnymede.blogspot.ca
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Cathedral prepares to receive King's body

 

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The burial of a king is usually a significant event: full of pomp and pageantry, ritual and ceremony. And the same will be true when England buries its king in Leicester Cathedral in the coming months – despite the fact that the king in question, Richard III, died more than 500 years ago and that his first burial in what was then the church of the Greyfriars' monastery was anything-but ceremonial.
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History records Richard III as a child-killing despot; but his reputation as the killer of the "Princes in the Tower" has more to do with rumour, gossip and Shakespeare than any accurate historical account.
His two-year reign came during a turbulent period in English history. When Edward IV died in 1483, his 12-year-old son should have inherited the throne as Edward V. In view of the young king's age, Richard was named Lord Protector. He moved the young king to the Tower of London, which was a royal palace as well as a prison, along with Edward V's younger brother, also called Richard.
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The coronation of Edward V was to have taken place in Westminster Abbey on 22 June 1483; but Edward IV's marriage had by then been ruled invalid. This made the young princes illegitimate and their succession unlawful. Richard, as the brother of Edward IV, became King. The young princes were never seen again, leading to speculation that Richard had them killed.
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But the tribulations within this branch of the royal family were nothing compared to the wider battles in the Plantagenet dynasty. The House of York, with its white rose symbol, of which Edward IV and Richard III were a part, fought a series of battles with the rival House of Lancaster, known for its red rose symbol.
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The Wars of the Roses, as they became known, culminated in the Battle of Bosworth Field near Leicester, on 22 August 1485. It was here that Richard III was killed and the leader of the Lancastrians, Henry Tudor, took the throne of England, becoming King Henry VII, at the start of what became the House of Tudor.
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Richard III was buried without pomp and ceremony in the Greyfriars' monastery. Archaeologists have been able to ascertain that he was buried in a badly prepared grave, in an "odd position" with "minimal reverence". His torso had been crammed in and his hands had been bound. To make matters worse for Richard III, Greyfriars was one of the monasteries dissolved by Henry VII's son, Henry VIII, and by the time archaeologists had rediscovered his grave, in September last year, it was underneath a municipal car park.
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The Greyfriars Monastery stood opposite Saint Martin's parish church. This remains to this day and, in 1927, was designated the Cathedral of the new diocese of Leicester. The Home Office licence that authorised the exhumation of any human remains discovered during the archaeological dig stipulated that they should be reinterred within the Cathedral.
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The discovery of the remains, and the confirmation through skeletal analysis and comparisons of mitochondrial DNA, that the skeleton was that of Richard III, caused great excitement in England and throughout the world; but the decision to reinter his remains in Leicester Cathedral has not proved uncontroversial.
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Some have argued that Richard III died a Roman Catholic – the Reformation hadn't taken place at the time of his death – and that he should be buried in accordance with Roman Catholic funeral rites of the time.
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The Catholic journalist William Oddie wrote: "Whatever he was, he was England's anointed king: and he was of course a Catholic. He was, in fact, austerely religious, a public benefactor and protector of the Church, a founder of charities, who throughout his life upheld a strict code of sexual morality, in marked contrast to many of his fellow courtiers. Had he not been toppled by the wretched Henry Tudor, there would have been no Henry VIII and no consequent apostasy of the Ecclesia Anglicana, we might still be a Catholic country, with a Catholic monarchy."
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But the Roman Catholic Church takes a different approach. Fr Andrew Cole, private secretary to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, the Rt Revd Malcolm McMahon OP, said: "The Bishop is pleased that the body of King Richard III has been found under the site of Greyfriars Church in Leicester, in which it was buried following the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, and that it will be reinterred with dignity in the city where he has lain for over five hundred years.
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"Richard III was one of the last Catholic monarchs of England and his death was a decisive moment in British history, but the ultimate decision as to what form the interment takes lies with the Government and the Church of England, since he will be buried in Leicester Cathedral. In accordance with long-established ecumenical practice, Bishop Malcolm will be happy to take part in any form of ceremony which takes place to mark his final burial."
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Another controversy surrounds the decision to bury him in Leicester at all. Some descendants of Richard III's distant family (he has no direct descendants) have called for his remains to be returned "home" to York Minster. They have begun a legal challenge to the Home Office licence on Human Rights grounds; but the English courts have previously ruled that Human Rights legislation does not protect the dead; and that challenges to burial disputes can only be made by close family relatives. A decision isn't expected until the autumn. The Cathedral has asked the High Court to expedite its decision so that the plans and work necessary for the reburial aren't disrupted.
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Canon Peter Hobson said: "The Cathedral note that the Judicial Review may consider the process involved in the issuing of the licence but cannot make determinations about other matters, in particular about the final outcome of that decision. Therefore Leicester continues to plan to ensure that the King is buried with dignity following the requirements of… Law and in compliance with the best archaeological and ecclesiastical practice."
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The Cathedral at Leicester had already been developing plans for a re-ordering scheme before work started to discover the remains of Richard III. These have now been amended to make space for the new royal tomb. The grounds outside the Cathedral will be re-modelled and will include a new statue of Richard III. The burial will be within a raised tomb inside the Cathedral, in the space between the altar and the choir.
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The cost of the alterations, preparations and ceremony will cost £1 million (one million British pounds). This includes a new floor, special lighting and new stained glass windows. The plans are being refined before an application for permission is made to the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England.

The Dean of Leicester, the Very Revd David Monteith, said "We are committed to reinter King Richard with honour and we have listened carefully to the different views that were expressed. We want to create a really wonderful space in the cathedral for him and the many thousands of people we know will want to come to visit and pay their respects."
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The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Tim Stevens, hopes the plans will please everyone involved: "This is an immensely complex project and we are determined to get it right. Inevitably that means considerable expense but we are confident that with the support of the Church and the public, we can honour Richard and his story".
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The reinterment of King Richard III will be the climax to a week of events in the city celebrating Leicester's history. The Mayor of Leicester, Cllr Peter Soulsby, said: "This amazing chapter in the story of Richard III's life, death and rediscovery has been a partnership between the City Council, the Cathedral and the University of Leicester. The reinterment itself will be another historic moment which we want to share with the nation, which we hope will join us in celebrating this unique occasion."
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The cost of the burial is expected to come from contributions from the Cathedral's partners and from public donations. The Cathedral does not charge a fee for admission and says it won't start a public appeal for funds. Neither will the scheme detract from the purpose of the Cathedral for worship.
A spokesman for the Cathedral said: "It is vital that neither the Christian message nor the unique role of the Cathedral are submerged under commercial, heritage or civic pressures. Recent research on the mission of cathedrals has shown that visitors cannot be neatly divided between tourists and pilgrims, but can be touched on many levels when they encounter sacred space.
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"Locating the remains of Richard III in the Cathedral provides an opportunity for Christian witness and service to all our visitors, so the agreed scheme will be designed to reinforce this… Experience from other cathedrals, such as those in Manchester and Southwark, shows that it is possible to retain an atmosphere of worship while welcoming many visitors in the heart of a busy city. One of the reasons people visit cathedrals is to experience the spiritual atmosphere and we want to preserve that special sense of peace and prayer for all our visitors."
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