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23-518: It was founded in Manchester in 1908, through the initiative of Bishop Louis Charles Casartelli , Bishop of Salford, to encourage Catholic professional and business men to associate for mutual self-help, and to develop social and family bonds. Bishop Casartelli had a particular emphasis on Catholic Action . The Catenian Association has its headquarters in Coventry , in the centre of England, and

46-431: A member suffers financial difficulties, a Benevolent Fund can provide assistance. Local Circles arrange activities both for their members and their families. Meals together, barbecues, picnics, visits to the theatre and sporting events are all popular. Around £300,000 a year is raised for local and national charities by Circles through their Presidents' charities. The Association supports charitable and other good works in

69-673: A number of Circles have ceased to use them or limit regalia at meetings to the Circle President and any visitors who qualify. Within the Roman Catholic Church the Catenian Association has sometimes in the past been characterised as having a perceived middle-class exclusivity. This criticism was most famously voiced more than fifty years ago at the Association's own annual conference in 1966 when

92-585: A number of projects including providing clean water in Africa. At local level, Catenians are active in their parishes, supporting Parish Priests and fellow parishioners. Golf societies throughout the Association join together in a National Golf Championship week every year and the Catenian Caravan and Camping Fellowship have a wide range of activities. The regalia worn by members is simple. Badges of office are worn by Circle Presidents and officers around

115-419: A number of ways. It has two chief charitable funds of its own: a welfare fund ('The Benevolent Fund') for the support of its own members and their families, and a bursary fund ('The Bursary Fund') offering financial help to young people in projects contributing to wider society at home and abroad. Bursaries are available to young people who undertake voluntary work in developing countries. Funds are also raised for

138-719: A supporter of the Oriental, Geographical , Antiquarian and other societies. Casartelli contributed a number of articles to the Catholic Encyclopedia . On 18 December 1918 he was elected an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society which he declares in his diary of the day as "a most astonishing and unexpected honour." He was awarded the Order of Leopold . Bishop Casartelli died at his residence at St Bede's College, Manchester on 18 January 1925, and

161-538: Is administered by three National Councils: Great Britain (also including Ireland for administrative purposes), Australia, and an International Council representing Malta, India, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Bangladesh and the Holy Land. The Association Secretary is the co-ordinating officer for these three bodies which each have their own National Secretary. In Great Britain, Australia and Malta, Circles are grouped into Provinces with Provincial officers and administration drawn from

184-552: Is based on a shared faith and is enjoyed by their wives (whether Catholic or not), and their children, and continues after a member's death with widows being supported and involved on a continuing basis. Although a Catholic lay society, it has no political, ecumenical or theological objectives as an association, but is more an association of "Brothers" (as members are termed). Brothers try to help one another, and their families, as much as they can. Whatever difficulties arise in life, there will be members and their wives committed to help. If

207-640: Is buried in St Joseph's Cemetery, Moston , Manchester. Bishop of Arundel and Brighton The Bishop of Arundel and Brighton is the ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in the Province of Southwark , England. On 21 May 2015, Pope Francis appointed Richard Moth to be the fifth bishop of Arundel and Brighton. He was installed on 28 May 2015 at Arundel Cathedral. The most recent former bishop

230-584: Is led by a President, assisted by Circle officers. The previous President has the title "Immediate Past President" and holds a special status as such. Each Circle also has a "Provincial Councillor" as official representative to the Province. Catenian life is based on friendship, which is developed through monthly meetings and a varied social programme. The Catenians are a network of Catholic men (often with their wives as guests) who meet regularly to enjoy each other's company and to help and support each other around

253-713: The Catholic Military Association . In May 2014, Grand President Bob Butler addressed the annual conference in Liverpool, referring to the 1908 founders of the association, and saying "They engaged with the world in which they lived. Surely, they would expect us to engage with the world in which we live?.....Some may be fearful, but I suggest that we have much to gain, and much to offer the Church by moving on." Louis Charles Casartelli Louis Charles Casartelli (14 November 1852 – 18 January 1925)

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276-645: The University of Louvain , in Belgium, where he also specialised in Eastern languages, an interest first acquired – so he said – through a chance encounter with a book in the Manchester Free Library . He was an avid diary keeper, often writing in several languages on the one page. Louis was ordained to the priesthood on 10 September 1876 by the then Bishop Herbert Vaughan . He was seconded to

299-660: The University of Manchester , and was offered a position as the Katrak lecturer in Iranian studies at Oxford University but although he accepted he was unable to give the lecture due to illness. On 28 August 1903 Louis was appointed Bishop of Salford but wrote to Rome begging to decline. His appeal was rejected and he wrote to Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet OSB "if the wish did not sound rather an impiety one could almost desire that Cardinal Gotti might have held me suspect of Liberalism and other dreadful things" (1 September 1903). He

322-583: The Circles. In countries where Circles are fewer in number or geographically widely spread, the International Council fulfils this role. Each Province elects a Director who is appointed to their National Council for three years. In Great Britain, there are currently 300 local Circles grouped into 21 Provinces. Each local Circle bears a name and number, the name being geographical, and the numbers being sequential in order of foundation. Each Circle

345-665: The Roman Catholic Bishop of Arundel and Brighton , David Cashman , challenged the membership to re-examine its aims and objectives, and criticised it for being "a section of the people of God dressed for dinner and dancing". Since then, the Association has worked to overcome this perception, with relaxation of its regulations, increased scope for local Circles to admit a wider variety of members, extensive involvement of women as guests at meetings and social events, recruiting from every kind of social background, and establishing partnerships with other lay organisations such as

368-502: The age of nine he attended Salford Catholic Grammar School and became fluent in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Whilst there he came under the influence of two masters, Canon Augustus De Clerc and Bruno de Splenter. Louis went on to study at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw where he won a gold medal for classics as well earning an MA degree externally from University of London in 1873. In 1874 he began specialist theology studies at

391-484: The neck, suspended from collars of gold and white ribbon. There are equivalent badges for Provincial officers and national officers. Breast jewels are optionally worn by members on formal occasions, suspended from coloured ribbons, on the breast of the jacket, to indicate membership, long service, and past participation in conferences and structures of the organisation. Regalia sashes are also worn. Regalia has been simplified in modern times, from its more complex origins and

414-537: The teaching staff of St Bede's College, Manchester although in 1884 he returned once more to the University of Louvain and gained a doctorate in Oriental literature. Upon completion of his studies, he returned to St Bede's and in 1891 he was appointed rector. From 1898 he lectured five times each Lent term at Louvain ; Sanskrit , Zend and Pahlavi becoming his speciality. He was lecturer in Iranian languages in

437-525: The world. Membership offers friendship and support to Catholic men (culturally Catholic, contemplative or more orthodox in outlook) at all stages of their lives, whether married or single. The monthly meeting is intended to provide a time for relaxed enjoyment and a light-hearted environment in which friendships flourish. "We enjoy the good times together and help each other through the bad times... Catenians are an international social network that provide an oasis of calm for busy working families." This friendship

460-425: Was a Roman Catholic priest and was the fourth Bishop of Salford . Born of Italian parents at 2 Clarence Street, Cheetham Hill , Manchester, 14 November 1852. His parents, Joseph Louis (an optician) and Jane Henrietta Casartelli (Ronchetti), had resided in the area for some time. He was believed to have been considered an intelligent as well as pious child, something which was felt he learned from his mother. At

483-461: Was consecrated in St John's Cathedral , on 21 September 1903 by Archbishop-elect Francis Bourne , with Bishops Thomas Whiteside and Samuel Webster Allen as co-consecrators. The poor Catholics of Manchester and Salford took great pride in the appointment, and when charged that nobody with any intelligence could possibly be a Catholic, would reply "Well just look at our Bishop". Bishop Casartelli

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506-656: Was one of the first bishops in England to attempt concerted Catholic Action . He produced a monthly journal The Federationist and never failed to make a contribution on contemporary issues. He became the founder and president of the Manchester Dante Society from 1906, The Catenian Association from 1908, Manchester Egyptian Association from 1908 to 1910, the president of the Manchester Statistical Society from 1898 to 1900 and

529-565: Was the Right Reverend Kieran Thomas Conry , the fourth bishop of the diocese, who announced his resignation on 27 September 2014, and which was accepted by Pope Francis on 4 October 2014. The Diocese of Arundel and Brighton was created on 28 May 1965 out of the Diocese of Southwark when the latter was elevated to archdiocese status. The diocese covers 1,929 sq mi (4,997 km ) and consists of

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