(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”
Category Archives: Caring
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”
CAFOD Hot-X Event
On the feast of the Transfiguration, a large congregation turned up to attend Sunday morning Mass. Afterwards the CAFOD group held a Hot Cross Bun coffee morning in the Church Hall, and many church-goers stayed behind for a tea/coffee and a natter, despite the absence of the CAFOD group’s traditional bacon baps, enthused both byContinue reading “CAFOD Hot-X Event”
Our Lady of The Portal’s Cornwall Christmas Boxes
Parishioners have put together £300 to make up Christmas Boxes, each containing Christmas Dinner for a family of four! Grateful thanks to Tony Barber for actually getting and collating the contents, and putting the boxes together. Readers have also left a further 2 full Christmas Boxes with us, in addition to any that people mayContinue reading “Our Lady of The Portal’s Cornwall Christmas Boxes”
COP26: Cardinal Nichols writes to Prime Minister
On the eve of the COP26 Conference in Glasgow on Climate Change, Cardinal Nichols has written to the Prime Minister on our behalf, as President of the Catholic Bishops Conference. Referring to the global ecological crisis as a dark cloud over humanity, he offers our support to the work of achieving the goals of theContinue reading “COP26: Cardinal Nichols writes to Prime Minister”
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