EVENTS FOR
EVERYONE
Updated: Saturday 16 April 2011
Newcomers can see details of Easter Triduum at Westminster Cathedral
website http://www.rcdow.org.uk/
(also on this website see latest talks at Cathedral videod and
available for watching via the website)
The Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square, Good Friday 22nd April 12pm
and 3.15pm
Open air play free to the public + big screen and sound
Tuesday 8th March
St John Community Talk
(international young brothers who specialise in studying philosophy and
theology and their founder was Dominican)
Food for Thought: Piercing the Bubble - Philosophy (Brother Charles
Mary)
15 March - Food for Thought -: It doesn't matter (philosophy)
22 March - Food for thought: Listening (philosophy)
29 March - Adoration: a response of the heart revealed progressively
by God (Br Thomas)
5 April - Christian Adoration - what could it be ?
12 April - Adoring Jeus in the Blessed Sacrament
19 April - Entering inot Holy Week (Br Benedict)
3rd May- Contemporary culture and faith (Br Mairesean)
10 May - Science and belief
17 May - The Bible and faith
24 May - The prayer of Jesus: "Glorify your Son" (Br Peter)
31st May - The prayer of Jesus: "May they be one"
Our Lady of Victories church, High Street Kensington, Come out of
church turn right then right again and walk down the street to the
church hall on your right (sign outside).
7pm
Wednesday, February
23/3.
Talk: on Blessed John Henry Newman by Fr Ian Kerr (renowned world
expert)
Rare opportunity to hear Fr Ian Ker on the works of JHN.
Neman's influence on Mgr Luigi
Guissani's Thought, Christian Communion brings true liberation,
+ 13/4 Newman and beauty: the splendour of truth;
18/5 the idea of a
university: education in newman.
15/6 a diolgue between newman and
elgar: (the dream of gerontius.)
7-10pm University of Westminister Portland Hall W1W 6XH
At Timeless Catechesis on Life and Love
3rd International Symposium on John Paul IIs Theology of the Body
3 -5 June 2011
St Mary's University College Twickenham
www.smuc.ac.uk/tob-conference.com (fees apply)
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Catholic Underground
26 March - Balham
May - ?
23 July - Balham
24 September - Balham
Dec- Leicester Square
www.catholicunderground.co.uk
***************** REGULAR EVENTS > RETREATS
> OTHER INFORMATION **************************************
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 at French Church off of Leicester Square
Saturday evening.
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.
RETREATS:
Go on your own retreat to:
Mount St Bernard, near Coalville, Leicester
Cistercian monastery (see their website)
Craig Lodge, Scotland – Family
House of Prayer, Argyll
(0)1838200216, www.craiglodge.org
See website for differently themed regular weekend 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
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 (to be updated : ) )
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
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
Also 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.
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
every day : 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
(sorry not working at moment so not up to date)
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.
Latest Pro-life Activity - December 2010 click
here (sorry, link to be fixed soon)
+ 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.
(also City Pregnancy Counselling and Psychotherapy is a new
centre in
Moorgate - which may appeal more to some women unsure that they want
full support)
+ 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. See also www.archtrust.org.uk for abortion recovery care
and helpline).
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 (these have now been
moved and are now in book form edited by Robert Colquhoun called "",
will find links soon)
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.
(Feel free) to contact www.groupsandevents.com e-mail:
michris111@yahoo.co.uk
(layperson)