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ACCRINGTON CATENIANS

ACCRINGTON Catenian Circle continue their busy life with a programme of varied social events.

In early September the bowling team won the Provincial Shield by beating Preston South in the final.

Also in early September a group of around 16 attended the Provincial Ball held at Lancaster House Hotel in Lancaster.

Following the October meeting Mike Neild organised a ‘Call my Bluff’ session.

This proved to be very popular and produced some entertaining and witty descriptions and responses.

Prior to the November meeting the Circle held their Annual Mass for Deceased Brothers and also the War Dead as the meeting was held on the anniversary of Armistice Day.

The celebrants were Fr David Yates and Fr Tim Curtis.

Following the meeting a group of around 70 members, wives and friends sat down to an excellent meal.

After this Franklin Schutz gave an interesting talk on ‘From Priesthood to Engineering’.

This was an account of his life as a priest and then engineering representative.

Following the December meeting a group of around 70 enjoyed a Christmas Dinner.

After dinner the Circle Choir entertained those assembled.

This was actually a dress rehearsal for the

Provincial Carol Concert to be held later in the week.

The Circle choir along with those from other Circles participated in the Provincial Carol Concert held in Garstang.

This was a very pleasant evening in the run up to Christmas.

Also in December a party of around 30 members, wives, children and grandchildren attended the pantomime Cinderella in Blackburn.

The snooker team are doing well and have won through the early rounds and now meet either Burnley or Westmorland in the semi-final.

Future events include a family lunch, a table top treasure hunt and the joint meeting with

Chorley in February.

The Catenian Association is an international brotherhood of Catholic business and professional men who meet socially once a month.

We are committed, through our faith, to enhancing family life, supporting all in difficult times, those in need and in particular young people.

We have a varied programme of social events together with our families, friends and relations and the widows of deceased members.

We are always keen to enrol new members and if you are interested in joining lease contact our secretary Paul Birch on 01254 884 250.

FOR our first meeting in February we are delighted to welcome Paddy Brown talking about ‘Whales or Fishes - The Whalley Story’.

We meet in the Lecture Room of Accrington Library, St James Street, Accrington, commencing at 7.30pm, and welcome visitors, admission is £3 per meeting

All enquiries to our secretary on 01254 237

229 or to the chairman on 01254 235 880.