Corpus Christi Prayer Group: Eucharistic Healing Service this week
Wednesday 19th December, 7pm: Eucharistic Healing Service
Come and join us at the Corpus Christi Prayer Group this week for our Eucharistic Healing Service. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed as we pray for those areas of our lives in need of healing: physical, emotional and psychological. We are delighted that Fr Angelus is back on his feet after his accident and will be joining us again this week to lead us in our Healing Service. I am sure this will be a prayerful and powerful evening. Hope you can all make it.
Wednesday 26th December & Wednesday 2nd January: NO PRAYER GROUP
Our prayer group will be taking a break over the Christmas period and will not be meeting on these weeks
Wednesday 9th January 2013, 7pm: Celebration of Mass
New month, New year! Come and join us the Corpus Christi Prayer Group meets for the first time in 2013. And what better way to begin the New Year than to celebrate Mass together. Hope to see you there.
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Theology of the Body Lecture: Healing Sexual Wounds
8th January 2013, 6:30pm
Vaughan House, 46 Francis Street, London SW1P 1QN
The next Annual Theology of the Body Lecture takes place on 8th January at Vaughan House from 6:30pm.
The speaker is Dawn Eden and she will be exploring key themes from her latest book "My Peace I Give You – Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints". Dawn's book will be on sale and she will do a book-signing session.
The book is an account of finding healing from the spiritually devastating effects of childhood sexual abuse through what John Paul II called the Good News of Christian suffering, exemplified in the lives of saints who united their own wounds to the glorified wounds of Christ. Drawing upon her own experience as a convert from Judaism whose spiritual healing took place through the sacramental life of the Church, Dawn shows how to help victims shed the misplaced guilt and false identity imprinted upon them by abuse, so that they may discover their true identity in Christ.
Mother Agnes Mary Donovan SV, General Superior of the Sisters of Life says in her foreword to the book: "I have waited years for this book. As a psychologist and a consecrated religious, I am sobered and sorrowed by the sheer number of adults whose lives are marked by the shadow of sexual abuse. This failure to protect a child's innocence reverberates throughout a victim's entire life. In my knowledge, a victim of sexual abuse often struggles, even as an adult, to conquer the relentless temptations of self-condemnation. In the pages that follow, readers find an alternative to self-loathing; they find hope and a cause for joy.
My Peace I Give You is an inspired work that provides a map toward the integrated healing of the mind, body, emotions, and soul of those who have suffered the shattering effects of sexual abuse either directly or indirectly."
There is a charge of £5 on the door to help defray the cost.
For more information, please contact:
Catherine MacGillivray on 020 7931 6064
Life in the Spirit Seminar
Thursday 24th January onwards
Soul Food is a Catholic charismatic prayer group for young adults (20s and 30s). Every year Soul Food runs a popular faith building Life in the Spirit Seminar to which you are warmly invited to come to in January 2013.
The Life in the Spirit Seminar is a back to basics exploration of the Good News that leads to a real and deep knowledge and experience of God’s love for us. It renews and transforms lives through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Life in the Spirit Seminar starts on Thursday 24th January 2013 from 7-9pm with praise and worship, teaching and small group discussion. It then continues for another 5 consecutive Thursdays and also includes a weekend away from the evening of Fri 15th February until Sunday the 17th at Aylesford Priory in Kent.
For full details and to register for the Life in the Spirit Seminar, please visit:
Youth 2000 New Year Festival: Restore@Balham
Saturday December 29th 2012 – Tuesday January 1st 2013
Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Nightingale Square, Balham, London, SW12 8QN
What better way to see in the New Year than to join Youth 2000 for their annual Prayer Festival in Holy Ghost Church in Balham, South London. The line up of inspiring talks, workshops, praise, prayer, Reconciliation and Healing Services is a fantastic way to get 2013 off to a flying start. There will be Mass from 11pm on 31st December to welcome in the New Year, as well as plenty of social time to get to know everyone.
Where: Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Nightingale Square, Balham, London, SW12 8QN, 5 minutes walk from Balham Rail and Undergroud station
When: Saturday 12th December 5:30pm – Tuesday 1st January 1:30pm; come for the whole weekend, or just pop along for part
Who: The event is primarily for young people between the ages of 16-35. We are unable to offer accommodation to anyone over 35yr. However, all are welcome to the Healing Service and Mass on New Year’s Eve.
Accommodation: There will be separate male & female accommodation available for those under 35yr in the neighbouring school - you just need to bring a sleeping bag, roll-mat and wash kit. There are no on-site showers within the school accommodation
Cost: This is a donation only event. A donation of £45 is suggested to help cover the cost of the retreat, food and refreshments.
For more information, please contact the Youth 2000 National Office: info@youth2000.org or call 020 7221 2124
Or see the Youth 2000 website: http://youth2000.org/content/restore-balham-new-year-retreat
