May 7 at Corpus Christi: Mass with Fr Anthony Doe

Dear all here is the weekly round up of what's happening at CCPG and further afield.  Tomorrow we will be celebrating Mass with Fr Anthony Doe

1) Corpus Christi Prayer Group

2) Through the Eyes of Mary exhibition 

3) Talk on the Internet and Evangelisation 

4) Youth 2000 Ball  

Wednesday 7 May, 7pm: Corpus Christi Prayer Group, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Maiden Lane

Please come and join us for Rosary from 7pm. Rosary will be followed by our customary Mass to start the month. We would love to see you in the pub afterwards. The restoration of Corpus Christi continues apace. Fittingly, in the month of Our Lady, work will start on a new lady chapel, which will include a beautiful new window and new carving of Our Lady of Walsingham: it will surely be one of the most beautiful lady chapels in London.

Through the Eyes of Mary - A prayerful reflection in words, art and music. 11 May, St Patrick's Catholic Church, Dundee St, Wapping E1W 2PH

This coming Sunday there will be an exhibition of art, poetry, prose and music: Through the Eyes of Mary at St Patrick's Church in Wapping from 4-6pm. This a chance to take an hour or so to reflect on Our Lady's journey through the mediums of words and pictures. The exhibition will be followed by a candlelit mass. All would be most welcome. See attached flyer

Talk on the Internet and Evangelisation by Peter Berners-Lee. Friday 16 May, 8pm, Ss Alban & Stephen Parish Centre, 14-16 Beaconsfield Road, AL1 3RB (2 mins from St Albans City Station).

We all know about the dangers of the internet, but Peter Berners-Lee - a software development manager, founder of the faithknowledge.org search engine and married father of three children - will be giving a talk about the possibilities of using the internet for the good and acquiring the skills to use this powerful tool to evangelise. Amen. The talk for 20s/30s will be followed by discussion and food. Please email welcome@ssasva.org.uk if you would like to come. 

Youth 2000 Black-tie fundraising summer ball, Saturday 14 June, The Thistle Hotel, Street, Bryanston St, Marble Arch, London, W1H 7EH, 6pm until midnight

The Catholic charity Youth 2000 puts on retreats all over the country at which young people have returned to their faith through encountering Jesus in the Eucharist. It's very important mission that over the years has helped to rescue many lost souls and the summer ball is one of its key fundraising events. Tickets are £70 but well worth it. The night starts with a drinks reception, followed by a 3-course dinner and the Youth 2000 talent auction. There will of course be plenty of opportunity to cut shapes on the dance floor in front of a live band. It will be lots of fun and it's in a very good cause. 

Speak to Janet Joseph for more details: janetjoseph1414@gmail.com

Mobile: 07872 611 103

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/467730209998363/

That's all folks!

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Wednesday April 30: Born In The Spirit

1) Corpus Christi Prayer Group

2) Catholic Voices speaker training

3) Night Fever

4) Exhibition about Our Lady 

  

Wednesday 30 April 7pm: Corpus Christi Prayer Group, Rosary and Adoration, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

Join us at Corpus Christi and spend some precious time with Our Lord. Starting at 7pm there is Rosary and Exposition and a chance to enter into an intimate conversation with Jesus. Also, there's a chance to sing and/or listen to some prayerful music. We then adjourn to the pub to continue celebrating Easter. 

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Wednesday 30 April - Catholic Voices Speaker Training Deadline

Catholic Voices is preparing to train up another cadre of lay people on how to speak about the Catholic Church and its teachings to the media. The training starts in the Autumn. The organisation was started in preparation for the Pope's visit in 2010 and has since flourished and inspired similar initiatives across the world. If you think this could be for you, register your interest at http://www.catholicvoices.org.uk/event/fifth-national-speakers-training-london-sept-dec-2014. Wednesday is the closing date. 

Night Fever, Saturday, May 3, 6pm-10.30pm, St Patrick's, Soho, 21a Soho Square, London W1D 4NR

No, it's not John Travolta getting on down. It's a group of wonderful Catholics who walk the streets of Soho in pairs with a lantern on a Saturday night and invite passers by into St Patrick's Soho Square to light a candle in front of the Blessed Sacrament. Even if it's only a minute or two in which that person is in the Church, it can be transformative. Whatever you feel called to do, go out on to the streets and invite people in, be part of the music ministry or just quietly pray in the Church, you would be very welcome. Find out more at www.london.nightfever.org

Through the Eyes of Mary, Exhibition, Sunday 11 May, 4-6pm, St Patricks Catholic Church, Dundee Street, Wapping, E1W 2PH, Sunday

May is the month of Our Lady and in honour of her, the artist community based at St Patrick's, Wapping is holding an exhibition at the church: Through the Eyes of Mary. It is a prayerful reflection in words and music exploring Mary's story. The event will feature art, prose, poetry and music. It will be a beautiful way to come closer to Our Lady in this her month. The event will be followed by candlelit mass at 6.30pm. See attached flyer.

That's all folks! 

23rd April Healing Service

Tomorrow night we'll be having a Eucharistic Healing Service with Fr Angelus.

Here are some other happenings:

Thursday 24 April: Talk - Shakespeare inspired by God 

Brompton Oratory young adults' group: St Wilfrid's Hall, 8pm, Brompton Oratory, Brompton Rd, London SW7 2RP (nearest tube South Kensington)

Was the Bard a Catholic and a recusant? Dr Linzy Brady, an expert on Shakespeare and also the medieval mystery plays, will speak about the religious influences found in Shakespeare and discuss just how important Shakespeare's faith was to him. Drinks and sandwiches are provided afterwards.

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Helping in Lourdes - 25^th Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage, 20-26 July

The Westminster Diocese are looking for volunteers to help on this year’s Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. Each year, the diocese takes a group of sick and disabled ‘malades’ to stay in the ‘Accueil St Frai’, a sort of empty hospital which will be filled with a team of nurses, doctors and volunteer helpers. Duties include helping to get the malades up, give them their meals and helping them to make their pilgrimage through the events, both spiritual and social. The pilgrimage can make a very positive difference to their lives, as well as giving their main carers a much-needed rest. Most volunteers find it a rewarding and enormously moving experience. The diocese hopes to be able to take 40 malades to Lourdes this year. If you are interested in finding out more about volunteering with the Westminster Pilgrimage, please contact the chief helper, Nick Leonard, at nickleonard507 (at) gmail.com 

Easter break + Healing Service on the 23rd of April

Please note that the previous post there is a mistake with the date.  Next week on the 16th we will break for Easter Holidays.  The following Wednesday the 23rd will be our Healing Service.

Wishing you all blessed Easter

Simone

Wednesday April 9th

Tomorrow we will be having prayer group as usual.  See below Damians email with dates for your diary. The next healing service will be on the 23rd of April.

1) Corpus Christi prayer group

2) Catholic Voices lecture

3) Processional prayer vigil led by the Franciscan Friars of Renewal 

Wednesday 9 April 7pm: Corpus Christi Prayer Group, Rosary and Adoration, Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

This week we will be having rosary and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament accompanied by our Corpus Christi prayer minstrels on guitar, flute and keyboards. We wrap at 8.30pm and all our welcome to join us at the pub afterwards for drink and fellowship. Please note that the following Wednesday (16 April) during Holy Week we will be having a healing service. It's a beautiful and powerful time of healing and if you haven't experienced it before, I strongly recommend it. 

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Thursday 10 April: Catholic Voices meeting: Abuse in the Catholic Church: The Next Steps, 6.30-8pm, University of Notre Dame, 1 Suffolk St, SW1Y 4HG (off Trafalgar Square), details attached.

Catholic Voices is doing marvellous and important work enabling lay people to put forward a Catholic point of view (faithful to the Church's teachings) in the public square. The Catholic Voices Academy is hosting a meeting with the chance to quiz three top Catholic experts engaged in dealing with the issue of abuse in the Catholic Church in the UK. It's a sobering subject and, over and above our prayers and penance for the wrongs done, it's obviously extremely useful to find out how the Church is dealing with this issue so that you have constructive answers the next time someone asks you a difficult question about it. If you would like to attend, you must register by close of play today at academy@catholicvoices.org.uk (please note no tweeting, blogging or reporting of this event is allowed)

Saturday 12 April: Processional Prayer Vigil led by the Franciscan Friars of Renewal, from 9am, St Margaret's Church, 130 St Margaret's Rd, East Twickenham TW1 1RL

God's Helpers of Precious Infants are organising a peaceful procession and vigil to the BPAS abortion facility in Twickenham on Saturday morning starting with Mass and adoration at 9am at St Margaret's Church followed by the procession from 9.50am with an image of Our Lady of Guadalope, and then the vigil outside the clinic. Please support this event as lives are saved as a result of this kind of initiative. 

This Wednesday and Wednesday the 2nd of April

This Wednesday there will be rosary, adoration and a lenten meditation led by Annette Murphy.  Next Wednesday we will have Mass.

The prayer group starts at 7 and will finish at 8.30 with an opportunity to socialise in the Coal Hole on The Strand afterwards.

God bless
Simone

Ash Wednesday Mass

Dear all, Fr Anthony Doe will be celebrating Mass for us this Ash Wednesday.  There will be no rosary this week as the Latin Mass Society will be using the church.

Mass will be at 7.45.

God bless,
Simone