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CELEBRATE
WEEKENDS
Next year there will be no Celebrate
Conference in Ilfracombe, Devon; instead a host of Celebrate
weekends round the country to which people are encouaged to
invite their friends to get a feel of the Celebrate experience.
The following
dates have been fixed in 2008:
Guildford 29th - 30th March
North West (Manchester) 12th - 13th April
Southampton 3rd - 4th May
St Albans 17th - 18th May, venue: Nicholas Breakspear Catholic
School, Colney Heath Lane, St Albans AL4 OTT
As soon as
we know the dates for the other three venues, Bristol, Birmingham
and Brighton, we will be sending information letters to all
those who have requested them. These will have the dates,
venues and a contact number for each location.
Don’t forget - Joel’s
Bar will be meeting at Worth Abbey from Tuesday 25th
to Saturday 29th March 2008 and further details for this will
be on www.celebrateconference.org
SO WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!!
BIRMINGHAM
CONFERENCE BACK IN PARAGON HOTEL FOR 2008/2009!
The Birmingham conference which used to take place at Newman
College, has for the last two years taken place at the Parragon
Hotel in the city centre of Birmingham. It has proved a popular
venue with its en suite facilities and numbers have been up.
There was a doubt whether the conference would be able to
be back there again for this coming summer but Bob Grant,
the conference chairman, has let us know that he and his team,
have been able to negotiate with the hotel and the conference
will be there for 2008/09. See upcoming issues of Goodnews
for news of speakers and themes. (see coming events for details
of Prayer and Praise day on 3rd November)
FANCY A DIRECTED RETREAT IN IONA?
Joan Le Morvan, one of the founders of the Catholic Bible
School, who is now retired and living on the idyllic island
of Iona off the West coast of Scotland is offering 5 day directed
retreats in a small self-catering cottage that sleeps two.
For further details phone tel 01681 700144. (see coming events
for her annual pilgrimage to the Holy Land).
LIVE SIMPLY
– give away what you don’t want!
A couple of committed Christians have come up with an innovative
idea – a new kind of e-bay web site where everything
is free. Efreeko.co.uk enables people to give anything they
want to anyone, anywhere in the UK. It is free to register,
free to use and everything on the site is free. “Giving
useable items away to folks who have a need for them rather
than sending them to landfill sites is essentially what it
is about”, says Jo Passmore and Matt Argyle, the web
developers and co-founders. They have been amazed at the response
since they started in December 2006. On the first day of operation
the site was visited by over 600 people and by the end of
the first month more than 200 items had found new homes. Efreeko.co.uk
allows its members to search categories, view picture of the
items offered, see how far they may need to travel to collect
an item, and even arrange for goods to be posted if they are
too far away. A partnership with Kwik Express Couriers enables
easy collection and delivery of large of heavy items if necessary.
HOUSE OF THE OPEN DOOR COMMUNITY – RESTORATION AFTER
FLOOD DAMAGE
HOD, which suffered extensive
damage during the floods last summer, has been spending the
time since then cleaning up and repairing the damage done.
They have been overwhelmed by the kindness and support they
have received from friends and benefactors, but there is still
a lot of work to be done and the retreat house will not be
up and running till after February 2008. If you would like
to help or know more details contact them HOD, Childswickham
House, Childswickham, nr Broadway, Worcs. WR12 7HH Tel 01386
852084
CHRISTIANS AND THE DEBT PROBLEM
David Palmer, a member of the editorial committee, who was
ordained a deacon in June, is an accountant by background
with extensive experience of the financial world. A trustee
for many charities including Crew Trust, he has been concerned
about the growing debt problem and the Christian response.
He has his own web-site with helpful articles on financial
and ethical questions which readers might be interested in
looking at. His website is:
www.FinancialManagementDevelopment.com
PENTECOST OF THE NATIONS
… for a new culture of Pentecost
Following last year’s very
successful events, ICCRS is calling on the world wide CCR
to spread the culture of Pentecost once again by organising
special prayer events in the nine days leading up to Pentecost
for Christian unity. This novena between Ascension and Pentecost
was first called for by Pope Leo XIII on the prompting of
Blessed Elena Guerra at the end of the 19th century. It has
received new impetus in recent years due to the work of Kim
Kollins, the ICCRS Project Co-ordinator of the “Operation
Upper Room”, as it is known. The hope is also on the
feast of Pentecost itself to be able to link some events by
internet or satellite as an act of common witness and unity.
ICCRS are asking people who are organising events to register
with them to build up the sense of unity. For Operation Upper
Room contact UpperRoom2008 aol.com
for Pentecost Day Celebrations contact eventsiccrs.org
ICCRS is also asking its supporters to consider using some
of these events to solicit funds for the important work of
their international office in Rome. For ideas for prayer events
log on to www.burningbushinitiative.com
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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