Peter Kwee

Welcome the Stranger

Monday 8th February 5 – 6.30pm On the Feast of St Bakhita, Caritas Plymouth will be holding a joint online event with Caritas Clifton to reflect on the messages in Fratelli Tutti about migrants and modern forms of enslavement. This free event will be joined by Bishop Mark and Bishop Declan, and will include prayerContinue reading “Welcome the Stranger”

Holocaust Memorial Service

Sunday 24 January, 5:00 p.m. via Zoom Cornwall faith Forum will be hosting an online event on 24th January to mark the Holocaust. This is one of several events around the world in the coming week – more on this later! More information on the event and instructions on how to participate, can be foundContinue reading “Holocaust Memorial Service”

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

18 – 24 January 2021 THIS COMING WEEK is a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity around the world. As Catholics, we also bear witness to our faith through our actions in community with others within the wider Church of Christ. Pope Francis tells us that “All of us, as Christians, are united by faithContinue reading “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity”

WINDOWS INTO ECO-THEOLOGY

Truro Cathedral is offering another in its “Windows into…” series of courses, this one to be held online via ZOOM in the present pandemic. Windows into Eco-Theology aims to equip us with some of the theological tools to think these issues through for ourselves and for our Christian communities. It will be delivered by theContinue reading “WINDOWS INTO ECO-THEOLOGY”

Women lay ministry roles confirmed by Canon Law changes

A change to the Code of Canon Law was signed by Pope Francis on 11 January 2021. The Motu Propriu observes that “certain ministries instituted by the Church are based on the common condition of being baptised and the regal priesthood received in the Sacrament of Baptism” rather than from ordination, and confirms that suchContinue reading “Women lay ministry roles confirmed by Canon Law changes”

Online Learning Resource

With the start of a new year and a new lockdown, now may be a good time to consider learning about how to strengthen both ourselves and others spiritually, and the courses available on Franciscan at Home are a good place to look. This is the online platform of the Catechetical Institute of the FranciscanContinue reading “Online Learning Resource”

2021: Daring to Dream….

It is tempting in this tenth month of the pandemic, to slide into apathy. But in his latest book, Pope Francis challenges us to do the opposite. Covid 19 is very immediate in our lives but only one of so many ills in our world – the extent & kind of deprivation and poverty peopleContinue reading “2021: Daring to Dream….”

Synodality: a new synod in 2022

Pope Francis has just announced a Synod of bishops to be convened in October 2022. Its theme is “For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission”, and its purpose is to examine the ways in which the process of Synodality can help the Church to make decisions and govern itself. Synodality has featured very greatlyContinue reading “Synodality: a new synod in 2022”

Supporting parishioners:

internet access We know that there are people in the parish who don’t use email or FaceBook and who cannot livestream Mass. Many of you are already looking out for them by keeping them close to the parish in other ways. We deliver print copies of The Portico to some, but if you know ofContinue reading “Supporting parishioners:”

Truro and the World?

Pope Francis, in his “Urbi et Orbi” address (“The City and the World”) at Christmas, delivered a message to all people of goodwill, that we would do well to remember through this new year: “At this moment in history, marked by the ecological crisis and grave economic and social imbalances only worsened by the coronavirusContinue reading “Truro and the World?”