Spirit babsie bleasdell autobiography

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She was a remarkable woman who worked assiduously in her lifetime.
She wrote three books: Growing in Praise; Babsie, Go Teach My People; and Refresh Your Life in the Spirit.

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Catholic Charismatic Renewal pioneer and internationally renowned Catholic Charismatic preacher and author, Ursula “Auntie Babsie” Bleasdell.

Ursula Marie Crescence Bleasdell, nee Barnes was the second to last child of Woodford Edward and Josephine Barnes, born 16 June 1921.

Her siblings included Irene, Sylvester, Cyril, Henry and Calistra (Baby Look Loy).

She married Lionel McHenry Mapp in 1944 and had 2 daughters Erica (1945) and Paula (1946). After the breakdown of that marriage in 1952, she later married Tommy Bleasdell in 1958.

Auntie Babsie, together with Raffick Abasali, and Cecil “Pa” Gomes, served as Councillors and Aldermen in the Arima Borough Council with Rupert Clovis as Mayor of Arima. Such was their concern for our Arima, they did all they could to look after all Arimians, not just their own families.

These nurturing parents of the families in our formative years truly touched all of our Arima young people lives for the better. These dear parents cared for us with so much love and affection. Out of this association, the “A-Teens” Group was formed of the many

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Catholic women called to action

With the approach of the season when Christians most contemplate the Virgin Mary, Ursula "Babsie" Bleasdell came to town to tell Roman Catholic women that they've got to be about the work of Jesus' mother.

"We are in big trouble," she warned.

Children have lost their innocence, she said. Abortions are rampant. AIDS is pandemic.

"Guess what? God is looking at you," she told the 300 Catholic women from around Pinellas County who had put off Saturday morning obligations to converge at Banquet Masters for her talk.

"You are the people of God," she said. "He is calling on us to save the children. We have to take on the mantle of Mary."

The 82-year-old woman has long been accustomed to speaking her mind. To the people she serves and works with in her native Trinidad, she's Auntie Babsie. That's also the way she was introduced at the Saturday morning prayer breakfast organized by the St. Petersburg chapter of Magnificat, a national Catholic ministry that encourages women to share their faith.

On the morning of Nov. 22, Auntie Babsie delivered

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Una Bartholomew, a founding member of the Precious Blood Prayer Group, died January 29 at the age of 85. Fr Ferdinand Warner OP celebrated the funeral Mass on February 6 at Santa Rosa RC Church, Arima. The following is an edited version of an interview with Bartholomew conducted by two Arima parishioners. It was submitted to Catholic News following her death.

The quiet, unassuming, gentle ‘young’ lady, ‘sister’ Una Bartholomew entered the room with a twinkle in her eye; her face serious, as if to do spiritual battle. Armed with the truth and notes to make sure she said everything important, she stood ready to edify her interviewers on the start of the Renewal in Trinidad.

She shared that in 1971, a group of Catholics in Arima, who had been having at home prayer sessions under the leadership of Ursula ‘Aunty Babsie’ Bleasdell, began to experience the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in a new way in their lives. Aunty Babsie decided to pray for the Church, so it was more a time of family and close friends.

After two or three meetings, Una’s sister-in-law, Violet Hayes (dec) deci