Urgently Required: Truro house for refugee family TCRS (Truro Community Refugee Support) is looking for a home for a refugee family who are rebuilding their lives in the UK. They are currently being housed in a hotel waiting to be relocated. If you have a house in a state of disrepair, we have a teamContinue reading “Welcoming the stranger”
Category Archives: Caring
Cornwall in Ukraine
The personal connections that we in Cornwall, and indeed in our parish, have with the war in Ukraine serve to remind us of our bonds with our brothers and sisters in Christ, everywhere. Dr Matthew Barber, son of Tony, left a few weeks ago to start a voluntary placement with UK Med in Chernivtsi, WesternContinue reading “Cornwall in Ukraine”
Across the Channel:French Synod National Synthesis
“We dream of a Church […] that is ready to move with changes in our society, freed from some of the burdens in the way it works, advancing resolutely towards unity, where people can speak freely, always attentive to the little ones and those who have been cast aside, a praying Church that trusts inContinue reading “Across the Channel:French Synod National Synthesis”
Synod National Synthesis Released
(Photo: the national synthesis team, from the CBCEW website) The Synod National Synthesis was released yesterday, on 28June 2022. Prepared by the National Synthesis team for the Bishops Conference, it reflects the Synod Reports from each of the Dioceses across England and Wales. These in turn summarised the contributions of an estimated 30000 submissions fromContinue reading “Synod National Synthesis Released”
Season of Creation 2022
September 1st to October 4th “The urgent challenge to protect our common home includes a concern to bring the whole human family together to seek a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change. The Creator does not abandon us; he never forsakes his loving plan or repents of having created us.”Continue reading “Season of Creation 2022”
How Green are our Parishes?
“Creation is a wondrous gift that God has placed in our hands, so that we may enter a relationship with him and we may recognise in it the imprint of his loving plan.” (Pope Francis Video Message for Laudato Si Week) In the spirit of Laudato Si Week, we asked some of our Cornish parishesContinue reading “How Green are our Parishes?”
Echoes from Ukraine
with thanks to David Roper A distant echo of the horrible war in Ukraine was heard in Truro last month when the Methodist church invited people to attend an evening meeting, and report upon their response to the arrival of refugees in the city. The chairs on both sides of the aisle were soon occupiedContinue reading “Echoes from Ukraine”
Ukraine Host-family Meet-up
A non-denominational meeting was held at Truro Methodist Church on 27th April to support the Cornish community in helping Ukrainian Refugees and their hosts. Five refugees from Ukraine were actually at the event which was attended by almost 100 people, including some half-dozen parishioners from Our Lady of the Portal. Rev’d Mark Dunne-Wilson led theContinue reading “Ukraine Host-family Meet-up”
Pastoral Renewal Exchange (PRE)
PRE was started by Fr Brian Green in 1978 to allow those involved in pastoral work to exchange ideas, personal experiences and information. Fr Brian taught at Ushaw College from 1969 -77 and developed a Pastoral Theology course. He then moved to Dinnington to become parish priest of St Joseph’s in 1977. PRE is receivedContinue reading “Pastoral Renewal Exchange (PRE) “
“Ukraine refugees under our roof”: a special Supplement
We are now constantly deluged with news of the seemingly endless violence and destruction in Ukraine. In the midst of all this fear, our attached Supplement offers a heartwarming first-hand account from one of our own Truro community, of her experience of dealing with Ukraine refugee women and children in Poland. The supplement can beContinue reading ““Ukraine refugees under our roof”: a special Supplement”
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