Peter Kwee

Annual Parish Fair

Older parishioners will remember with nostalgia the efforts we put into to running our Annual Autumn Fair. When we moved into the “new” Church we inherited a large debt which we paid off largely through the profits from the Fair. For months beforehand we made and collected goods for sale. We hired the City Hall,Continue reading “Annual Parish Fair”

Men’s Retreat Session

Truro Men’s Retreat group held another session last Thursday via ZOOM, instead of the cancelled 2020 Buckfast Retreat. The talk and discussion was on the topic “Discernment” and included a short, experimental interactive workshop on communal discernment, in which participants tried out tools and processes to help groups of people to discern a best wayContinue reading “Men’s Retreat Session”

Christmas Greetings!

Greetings for A Happy Christmas and Healthy 2021 Jill and Jurek Best wishes for a very Happy Christmas Sue A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. From Sam My very best wishes to all readers of the Portico. Hopes also for a much better 2021! Jean May the Peace & Joy of Christmas beContinue reading “Christmas Greetings!”

Truro Men’s Retreat Session

The Men’s Retreat Group held another Zoom session yesterday (Thursday). Again, it was a small and relaxed discussion, this time led by Andrew. These sessions are a stop-gap for this year’s cancelled retreats at Buckfast Abbey. Interested? Contact The Portico, or John Cousins direct.

“Let us Dream”: a recommendation

If you are looking for a last minute stocking filler for the thinking person in your life, can I recommend Let us Dream: a Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis. This is a very readable discussion of some of the problems facing us today: Covid, refugees, climate change, arms race, women in theContinue reading ““Let us Dream”: a recommendation”

Lucy Fanning, RIP

A funeral mass was celebrated for Lucy Fanning on Wednesday morning. Although most parishioners would not have known her, it was a tribute to Lucy’s gentle, child-like faith and love of God that almost all who used to help Lucy make her Holy Communion at her residential home attended her Requiem.

A Parish Self-Audit

Looking back, the better to move forward! Fr John assembled a small group of parishioners earlier this week week, to test how best to engage the parish in the self-audit to be carried out here in Truro, as requested in Bishop Mark’s “A Precious Place”. The aim is for our community to assess realistically ourContinue reading “A Parish Self-Audit”

Reflection: “A Precious Place”

Bishop Mark’s recent document on re organisation within the Diocese, makes regular reference to ‘The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community’, which was issued from the Vatican during the summer. On Christian initiation it says ‘It is a journey that is ongoing’ ‘not as a duty to fulfil, a rite of passage’ as ‘an ongoingContinue reading “Reflection: “A Precious Place””

First Holy Communion – a Special Day!

Nine of our parish children made their First Holy Communion at a special Mass celebrated yesterday (5 December 2020). Although numbers were severely restricted to the children and some family due to the current pandemic, many others were able to join them in spirit through the live-stream. It was the delayed culmination of a longContinue reading “First Holy Communion – a Special Day!”

A Precious Place: Update

We understand that here in Truro, a small team is helping Fr John to prepare the way for a parish self-audit, as suggested in Bishop’s recent document A Precious Place. Meanwhile, in response to readers’ suggestions, we have produced a Short Summary of A Precious Place to help and stimulate you to examine the longerContinue reading “A Precious Place: Update”