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***NEEDED!!!***
VOLUNTARY SECRETARY FOR CREW TRUSTEES
CREW Trust, the charity that works to promote
the CCR in England and Wales, needs a new voluntary secretary
for its Trustees, to replace the the current holder who is
retiring later this year. Can you help? The person will be
expected to attend 3 five hour meetings a year (usually Jan,
May & Sept) and to co-ordinate and circulate the documentation
around these, including preparing the agenda and doing the
minutes.
If you are interested send your CV to Vincent
Turner at Catholic Evangelisation Services, PO Box 333, St
Albans, AL2 1EL marking the envelope “Secretary to the
trustees”
NEW DAWN FOR YOUTH
The youth ministry at the annual New Dawn conference
(30th July – 4th Aug), which takes place at the national
marian shrine at Walsingham, has been totally revamped this
year. It even has a new name “Cross-streams” at
New Dawn. Adrian Cummins, one of the youth team, who first
came to New Dawn in 1990 when he was eleven years old commented.
“The Lord told us that He wants to send us more people
this year and so we need to get ready. This was a real nudge
for us to get organised and have a stronger provision for
young people. The name Cross Steam is related to where the
camp is situated between the wooden cross we have on site
and the stream that runs through the camp. It is also a reminder
to us to be open to the cross wind of the Holy Spirit.”
There are two youth streams, one for 11-14 year olds and another
for 15 plus. There is also a youth camp for people to bring
their tents for 16 plus age group.
Before the Cross Stream team even began improving
the publicity or setting up the new web site, the phone already
began ringing with people telling them they intended to bring
youth groups to the conference. Among the list of speakers
this year are the ever popular, Fr Stan Fortuna CFR from the
Bronx, Marino Restrepo from Columbia who also has a music
background and has an amazing testimony after being kidnapped
by guerrillas, David Harp from Flame ministry who was healed
from AIDS and Frs John Bashibora and Anthony Musaala from
Uganda, Sr Maria Natella OP, Emily Davis and Ros Powell. There
will also be members of Crossbeam, Luminous and Breath music
groups.
A special youth package has been worked out
which includes conference fees, coach trip from either London
or Liverpool and food for ?90 for the 5 days. details of this
log on to their web site www.cross-stream.com or contact Adrian
0794 6632199 or Adrian.cummins@gmail.com
IRISH NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Irish national conference had not taken
place when the magazine went to press, but it will have by
the time you read Goodnews. The proposed speakers were Fr
Tom Forrest CSSR from the USA and Frances Hogan, the Irish
scripture teacher and Bishop Martin Drennan and it took place
in Athlone from 22nd-24th June. A report of what happened
will appear in the next Goodnews.
Change for CELEBRATE Conference
After 4 weeks of prayer, consultation, and discernment, the
Celebrate Core Group has decided to hold a number of non-residential
“CELEBRATE WEEKENDS” in different parts of the country
in 2008. This will allow many more people to experience CELEBRATE
locally at a much lower cost, and the Core Group will be organising
a training weekend for the teams running the new CELEBRATE
WEEKENDS. Full details of the venues, dates etc. of the weekends,
which will take place between Easter and October next year,
will be available in due course through GOODNEWS, and will
also be sent to all those who have requested information about
2008. The Core Group has been looking at ways of expanding
CELEBRATE and bringing it to local areas, and the complications
of different dates around the country for next year’s
school Easter holidays make 2008 an ideal time to do this.
So there will not be a CELEBRATE CONFERENCE in Ilfracombe
in 2008, but we will be back there as usual in 2009 from Easter
Sunday, April 10th to the following Saturday, April 16th.
We are sure that the new weekends will prove to be very popular,
and will allow many CELEBRATE regulars to introduce friends
and fellow parishioners to what CELEBRATE has to offer. There
will also be a special “JOEL’S BAR” Conference
during 2008, the details of which are still being worked out.
C.W.
TELEPHONE PRAYER LINES
If you need someone to pray with you, there are various ministries
that have volunteers
praying in front of the Blessed Sacrament, available by phone
for this. They are:
- St Patrick's 020 7434 9211 (7pm-11pm every day)
- Catholic Bible School 01243 377331 (7.30pm - 12 midnight
every day)
- Providence Convent 020 8447 982 (Tue & Thurs
at 7pm-9pm)
CATHOLIC EVANGELISATION SERVICES
P.O.Box 333, St Albans. AL2 1EL
Tel (01727) 822837
GOODNEWS
Allen Hall, 28 Beaufort St, London. SW3 5AA
Tel: (020) 7352 5298 Fax: (020) 7351 4486
GOODNEWS BOOKS & TAPES
15 Barking Close, Luton, LU4 9HG
website: www.goodnewsbooks.net
Tel: 01582 571011 Fax: 01582 571012.
AGAPE TAPES
Agape Ministries,
58 Marshside Road, Southport PR9 9TH,
Tel. 01704 224286
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