MAY 2025 Newsletter from NBCW Diocesan Link
MAY 2025 Newsletter from your Diocesan Link
JUBILEE 2025
Welcome to the May edition
of the NBCW Diocesan Link newsletter! We
are in the midst of the Easter Liturgical Season but our thoughts will be on the loss of Pope
Francis in this Jubilee year and who will his successor be.
IDEA-Get together and share in a small group the highlights of the
pontificate of Pope Francis: what has been achieved, what memories you will
retain of this Pope, the people whose lives he has touched.
Do get involved in the opportunity to extend and learn new
skills and do share. Prepared for women in the church but open to all.
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We pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis. What a final act of humble service to say a breathless
’Happy Easter’ and to be driven around in the pope-mobile to show himself to
the thousands who attended Easter Sunday Mass in St Peter’s Square. I count
myself blessed to have been present at that Mass and to see the Pope. May his legacy live on in his successor. |
RESOURCE
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Sitting with the Daughters of Jerusalem An Ignatian Approach to Meditating on the Eighth
Station An NBCW resource. The recording and slides can be located
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Upcoming Events
CHEMIN
NEUF Community -Storrington
HIKE & SEEK
(for those 24 – 38ish)
Friday 9 (evening) – Sunday 11 May
Explore your faith and the South Downs!
CANA WEEKEND
For couples and families
31 May – 1 June
QUIET DAY
10am-4pm
A talk, times of prayer and light lunch provided
Thursday 5 June 2025
PRAYER GROUP
A time of worship and praise with a charismatic flavour
7.30 – 8.30pm on Tuesdays
We do have to change dates occasionally, so worth emailing
beforehand
And this autumn . . .
‘ABRAHAM’
(A
course for those 70ish and over)
A series
of 5 days with the Chemin Neuf Community to look at the possibilities as we age
10am – 4pm
Lunch
provided
Thursday
25th September, 9th & 23rd October,
6th
& 20th November
Explore
your life now and in the future.
It’s
never too late. God called Abraham when he was 75!
More
details: www.chemin-neuf.org.uk
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Scripture
for May
Welcome to our monthly God who Speaks newsletter, created
in partnership between the Catholic Bishops' Conference and Bible Society, as
part of our Biblical Apostolate.
www.godwhospeaks.uk/
Each month we offer you new resources for your Bible engagement -
whether individually, as a family, an online community, parish or school, to
share the scriptures wherever you are.
With every good wish,
Bishop Peter Brignall, Chair of the God who Speaks and Biblical Apostolate.
NBCW EVENT
Interfaith Dialogue with Patricia Stoat
24 May — 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Practical ways to foster good relationships between the
different religions.
Topic: Interfaith Dialogue with Patricia Stoat
Time: May 24, 2025 11:00 AM London
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89116694152?pwd=3ob2YHKnkObtpnGIWYs9vRHWEbohqe.1
Meeting ID: 891 1669 4152
Passcode: 028467
21st May - 25th June 7:30
PM - 9:00 PM BST School for Synodality Online Bookclub - Reading the Final Synod Document Together.
Each week Avril Baigent and invited speakers take sections of
the Final Synod Document and unpack it, with time for questions
afterwards.
The last stage of the three year Synod journey was the Final
Synod Document, the recommendations from the Assembly which Pope Francis has
taken into church teaching, and which he has asked us to implement. The
Document is beautiful but rather technical in places, so the School for Synodality
has organised an online bookclub with a global cast of experts to help us
reflect on it together.
- 21st May - Part 1: The Heart of Synodality -
understanding the theological roots of what we are about with Jos
Moons SJ
- 28th May - Part 2: The Conversion of Relationships -
Mission and Ministry in a Changing World with Prof Anna Rowlands
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July 19th
Saturday 11-4pm . Women
of Hope A day of Celebration and Hope organised by Northampton Diocese at
St Mary’s, Woburn Sands, Free event open to all. See Poster below.
Get Involved
Have news to share from your parish or organization or web
links you would like to share? Contact Sue Petritz at nbcw@abdiocese.org.uk.
Let’s celebrate our collective journey of faith!
Reflection
"The strength to persevere, the courage to speak
out, the faith to believe."
— Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
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