Peter Kwee

Angels at Midnight?

In the run-up to Christmas, please spare a prayer for the Truro Street Pastors, an ecumenical initiative under Churches Together in Truro. These volunteers patrol our streets after closing time at weekends, looking out for the spiritual and physical wellbeing of late revellers and rough sleepers alike in the small hours of the night.

Truro’s Big Sing 2022

2 December 2022 at 7:30pm in Truro Cathedral Congregational carol singing plus songs from Cornwall Children’s Choir, Pelynt Male Choir and the Salvation Army Band. All welcome to this joyful FREE event. Retiring collection in aid of Christian Aid’s Christmas South Sudan Appeal

Who’s in the pew?

Hello Fellow Parishioners of St Piran’s. My name is Tony Chapman. I moved to Truro in August last year although I had already spent a great deal of time in the West of Cornwall as my mother lives in St Keverne on the Lizard Peninsula. In my lifetime I have moved around the UK quiteContinue reading “Who’s in the pew?”

Cornwall Christmas Box 2022

The popular Cornwall Christmas Box scheme is happening again this year, inviting locals to make up or contribute to Christmas boxes each containing all the makings of a Christmas dinner for a family of four, complete with trimmings. Last year, parishioners either donated their own box or gave a contribution which volunteers used to buyContinue reading “Cornwall Christmas Box 2022”

A Visit to the Arctic

November is the month of Remembrance. This year, in addition to all the previous wars, we now have Ukraine and Russia to grieve. And there is the loss of our Queen. Sometimes, grieving with appropriate support and rituals, is all we can do in the face of certain losses. And for me coming out of a smallContinue reading “A Visit to the Arctic”

Becoming a Church of Closeness

Friday, November 18, 2022: 6 PM Readers are invited to join in a Divine Renovation global online discussion with Sr. Nathalie Becquart on synodality and why we’re called to become a Church of closeness. Learn practical ways we can implement synodality in our parish. Sr. Nathalie is the Vatican’s Undersecretary of the Synod and oneContinue reading “Becoming a Church of Closeness”

Root & Branch Event

FR. HANS ZOLLNER, SJ Wed. 2nd Oct, 19.00 London Time. REGISTER HERE Hans Zollner, SJ, is a theologian, psychologist and psychotherapist. He is Ordinary Professor and Director of the Institute of Anthropology Interdisciplinary Studies on Human Dignity and Care (IADC) at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has been a member of the PontificalContinue reading “Root & Branch Event”

Parish Soup Lunch

Friday 18 November St Piran’s Church Hall from 12 – 2pm. (while soups last) selection of home-made soups, plus bread etc. Bring a friend! (FREE – Donations go to SVP)

“THE LETTER: a message for the earth”

“a clarion cry to people everywhere: we have to act together, we have to do it now.” (Cardinal Czerny) “The Letter” was released 3 weeks ago as a Youtube Original film to wide critical acclaim. It highlights the key concept of dialogue by arranging a meeting between Pope Francis and a variety of voices fromContinue reading ““THE LETTER: a message for the earth””

A Foodbank Advent

Truro Foodbank invites us to follow the principle of an Advent Calendar in reverse – and a month early! They suggest we put a non-perishable item in a box on each of the first 24 days of November. “It would be such a help to Truro Foodbank to have the items at the beginningContinue reading “A Foodbank Advent”