EVENTS FOR  EVERYONE                                                                                 Updated: 25 June 2010


Tuesday 14th September 6.30 - 9
Theology of the Body talk at Westminster Cathedral Hall
In the service of woman - men are called to greatness
Brian J Gail, American author of new novel 'Fatherless'







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SOME REGULAR EVENTS:


Catholic Underground.
Evening prayer then music entertainment by Catholic artists.
Balham, Holy Ghost RC Church.
see www.catholicunderground.co.uk


Marriage Matters Seminars organised by CARE Trust 020 7233 0455


Taize prayer in Camden (Ecumenical at the Church of England church)
First Sunday of the month 6.30pm
St Michael's Camden Town. All welcome. Every 1st Sunday (except August)


Tyburn Benedictine (nuns) monastic afternoon
First Sunday of the month 2pm-5pm
Martyr's Crypt, Tyburn Convent, Bayswater Road, near Marble Arch.
Talk (on the history of Tyburn/Catholic history), afternoon tea, slides on the vocation of the sisters, Vespers.


Marian Movement of Priests – Monthly Cenacle, St Anselm & St Cecilia, 70 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, WC2A 3JA (turn left out of Holborn Station) Last Thursday of Month @ 7pm.  Rosary, confession, mass, consecration to Our Lady.



RETREATS:


New Dawn.  Highly acclaimed Annual Catholic Charismatic event at Walsingham in August. www.newdawn.org.uk.  Camping or B&B.


Celebrate Catholic Charismatic Conference (various places at intervals eg Brighton, Yearly each July?) www.celebrateconference.org 


Craig Lodge, Scotland – Family House of Prayer, Argyll
(0)1838200216, www.craiglodge.org 
See website for differently themed regular weekend retreats .


The National Shrine of Saint Pio, Franciscan Friary, Pantasaph, Holywell, Flintshire, Ch8 8PE 01352711053
Regular weekend themed retreats, including The Little Way in the summer.


Paris-Chartres Pilgrimage – old tradition in France. 15,000 take part with 850 from 20 foreign countries.  All are united in prayer of Our Lady during a three day walk of 105 kilometres.  Pilgrims walk in “chapters” (20-50 people) under patronage of a saint (eg Our Lady of Walsingham) and are led by a laymen who with the help of chaplains organise the chapter hyms, meditations, rosary and prayers (includes a youth chapter). Pilgrims live in a spirit of Christ’s presence: friendship and prayer sustaining each pilgrim on his spiritual journey.  www.nd-chretiente.com


Encounter weekends by Verbum Dei.  For those who want to explore their faith or renew their experience of God.  Input, times of reflection and group sharing all focus on the relevance of faith to everyday life.  There’s also time for relaxing and enjoying the friendly atmosphere. 
Silent Retreats 28 December – 1st January & 20-23 March 2008 Easter Amazing Grace.  Experience of Prayer and Silent retreats are a chance to grow in prayer in an atmosphere of silence with the help of inputs based on scripture and personal guidance.  A privileged opportunity to "enter into your room, close the door and be with your God who is within" (cf Mt 6:6). During the year there are weekend and up to a week long retreats and also the possibility of private retreats. Experiences of Prayer – 8-10 February – 14-16 March pre-Easter 2-5th MayOther Weekends – TBA – June 2008 Married Couples Retreat 26- 28 September Married Couples Retreat. 02077313367 verbumdei.lon@gmail.com


The Lay Community of Saint Benedict and Worth Abbey’s Open Cloister – www.laybenedictines.org  www.worthabbey.net


Men’s weekends run by Harvesters.  www.harvesters.org.uk


For married couples to strengthen marriage and deepen spiritual life.  Draws on Ignatian spirituality.  Organised by Chemin Neuf (New Way) Community.  Children are invited and looked after during the retreat with their own programme of activities.


Catholic Centre for Marriage.  Retreats for couples.  Details from Oasis of Peace, Wales 01766514300


Marriage Encounter Weekends 01827 65651
For couples of all ages.  Events, retreat days and masses 013272465389


Marriage Review Weekends 01268 777909


Chemin Neuf (Catholic with ecumenical dimension and Ignatian spirituality) runs retreats on the spiritual exercises and on inner healing.
Also 10 week English language school/retreats for non-English speakers.   01458 250 496




OTHER  INFORMATION:

www.loveoneanothermagazine.org   (especially for young people)


www.vatican.va (includes the vatican weekly newspaper for news and talks that week by the pope called Observatore Romano)


http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm (or put in 'Catholic' and 'Catechism' into Google)
The catechism online, which can also find passages through a search facility ie put in the subject eg freedom and all the passages with this word in will be shown on the screen.



Confession/Sacrament of Reconciliation: most parishes am and/or pm Saturday, sometimes on request and Westminster Cathedral: Mon - Friday 11.30-6.00; Holidays 11-1; Saturday 103.30-6.30; Sunday 11-1 & 4.30-7.



SOS Prayer Line 020 7 4349211
Can be called to request prayer.


www.totalcatholic.com
UK Catholic on line newspaper


www.zenit.org  (news)
"The world seen from Rome"


"Old" news and related information from www.groupsandevents.com
Click here


www.newadvent.org
Catholic encyclopaedia


www.goodnews.ie/gospelmain.htm
Daily (mass) gospel reading and commentary.


www.catholicexchange.com
American website providing the Divine Office/prayers of the Church/liturgy of the hours on your PC (also adoration).
Also the Pope's Prayer Intentions, Mass reading and Saint of the day.

www.Passionforlife.com  information regarding the Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill.  Sample letters for writing to your MP (say to ask questions? or e-mailing via TheyWorkforYou.com - or visiting them for a dialogue).  This should be done quite soon because MPs will vote Wednesday 22 October 2008.   HFE BILL Result:  Good News!  Click here to find out more. latest news Great News!!! (5/10/09) see: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/vital-embryo-research-driven-out-of-britain-1797821.html This I would guess is because as Pro-life commentators pointed out, apart from being wrong, this research was going nowhere and was just a waste of money.

+ www.linacre.org  Explore the Church's position on bioethical issues.



+ www.LIFEcharity.org.uk  National Help line: 08009154600  (non-religious organisation) Practical help including free baby clothes and equipment, on an on-going basis.  Also offers free confidential support and counselling after abortion and pregnancy loss.  Also advice/information (including housing) and counselling available for pregnant women. 

Volunteers needed!  for Covent Garden office (normally 3 hours on one day) week-day or Wednesday eve or Saturday.  Volunteers much needed.  Also professional counselling training available for those interested in helping in this way. 



+ Good Counsel Network - Catholic organisation to support pregnant women 020 7723 1740 as well free as counseling after abortion (Retreats for same purpose by Rachel's Vineyard currently available in Leeds).



The BOM Trust, Billings Family Life Centre, Natural Family Planning (also regarding how to achieve pregnancy), 58b Vauxhall Grove, SW8 1TB 020 7793 0026 www.woomb.org   WARNING!


St Patrick's Soho had this year a series of talks for young people on Humanae Vitae called Love & Responsibility
Many of the talks have transcripts on the website http://www.stpatricksoho.org/parish/curious.htm


www.faith.org.uk    Synthesis of faith and reason.  Magazine, retreats (New Year), talks.



World Youth Alliance www.wya.net



Cafod Westminster, 29 Bramley Road, London N14 4EH 020 8449 6970
Cafod Southwark, Hubert House, Mallard Close, Temple Hill, Dartford DA1 5HU



Westminster Justice & Peace Commission. Ecumenical.  Yearly conference. 020 8888 5518



**STOP PRESS**        Mary's Meals.  £6 feeds a child for a year.  (Small amounts go along way here: Great help for those of us with difficulties with money and who might waste it but who want to give to charity.)   Children are fed at school and eg in Haiti (80% Catholic country) this is the only food the children would get ie there are others there who are starving.  Let's help to extend the help they are able to give     www.marysmeals.org  ******



www.medaille.co.uk a Charity founded by Catholic Religious Congregations to raise and awareness and help regarding the modern day slave trade.



Assumption Lay Volunteer Programme
Individuals aged 20+ single or married live in a different culture, sharing lives with poor, young and marginalised in UK and Thailand, Rwanda, Philippines, Tanzania, Mexico & US teaching, youth-work, nursing, community work and work with street children/orphanages. 020 7361 4752  www.alvp.org.uk



To help the The Passage Day (Catholic; St Vincent de Paul) Centre (Victoria) for the homeless. St Vincent's Centre, Carlisle Place, London SW1P 1NL, Tel 020 7592 1850 www.passage.org.uk



St Vincent de Paul Society - Parish based charity focussing on the socially excluded in the local communities.  www.svp.org.uk



www.dayforlife.org is celebrated yearly by the Church in Ireland, Scotland and England and Wales.  It is a day dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition.  2008 was for Mental Health (6th July in England & Wales, Ireland 5th October) and information about this is on the website. 2009 information regarding the subject of Suicide.



Latin Mass Society www.latin-mass-society.org
various masses in London
The Oratory, Brompton Rd, SW7
Every Sunday Low Mass 9.00 am
Mon to Fri (At St Joseph ’s Altar)Low Mass 8.00 am
Saturdays L w Mass 12.15 pm St Wilfrid's Chapel
Holy Days of Obligation - Low Mass 8.00am NB Note change of time
St James Spanish Place, George St London W1
Every Sunday Low Mass 9.30 am
Holy Days of Obligation - Low Mass 11.00am
Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden WC2
Every Monday Sung Mass 6.30 pm
Second Friday Low Mass 6.30 pm
St Antony of Padua St Antony ’s Rd, Brentwood, E7
Every Sunday Sung Mass 6.30pm
Saturday 1 Nov Sung Mass 12.00 hrs
Holy Days of Obligation - Sung Mass 6.30pm
St Bede Thornton Rd, SW12
Mon,Tue,Wed &Fri L w Mass 7.00am
Thursdays Low Mass 7.00am & 12.30pm
Every Sat L w Mass 9.00am
Every Sunday Sung Mass 10.45am
St Thomas Aquinas, Ham Common, Ham TW10
Sunday Low Mass 6.00pm
St Mary Magdalen East Hill Wandsw rth SW18
Every Friday Low Mass 6.30pm
St Antony ’s Rd Forest Gate, E7
All Souls 3 Nov Low Mass 6.00pm
St Mary Moorfields, Eldon St, nr Liverpool Stn EC2
Wednesday 27 August Sung Mass 6.30pm
Wednesday 22 Oct Sung Mass 6.30pm
Side Chapel Westminster Cathedral
Saturday 13 Sept Low Mass 4.30pm Side Chapel Westminster Cathedral
27th September 10.30 Sung Latin Mass (12.00 Westminster Cathedral Hall - Aid to the Church in need event - see above).
Saturday 11 Oct Low Mass 4.30pm
St Etheldreda, Ely Place, EC1N 6RY
Regular first Friday mass - Low Mass 6.00pm
Friday 5 Sept Low Mass 6.00pm
Friday 3 Oct Low Mass 6.00pm
St Mary ’s Cadogan Street Chelsea
16 August Sung Mass 12noon

(Also Latin mass at Westminster cathedral 10.30am Monday to Friday)
+ Association for Latin Liturgy - have a good book "A New Approach to Latin for the Mass" for learning Latin for the mass www.latin-liturgy.org


Information on the Church and other religions:
Regarding religious freedom, the Catechism states that:
"Nobody may be forced to act against his convictions, nor is anyone to be restrained from acting in accordance with his conscience in religious matters in private or in public, alone or in association with others, within due limits." This right is based on the very nature of the human person, whose dignity enables him freely to assent to the divine truth which transcends the temporal order.  For this reason it "continues to exist even in those who do not live up to their obligation of seeking the truth and adhering to it." (2106.  Also see 1738 and 2108)
* Nostra Aetate (on the Internet/Google) is a very short and useful statement from the Vatican on other faiths.
* Also the Pope's book ‘Truth & Tolerance’, takes some studying, but is however very useful.  The tolerance of Catholicism lies
   in the love that we have for our neighbor.


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