UK premiere of Outside the City

A new feature documentary about the monks of Mount St Bernard Abbey, called “Outside the City”, is being premiered on November 9th at Cinecity Brighton Film Festival. This artistic film documents the lives and deaths of the monks living behind the walls of this closed monastic community in Leicestershire, as they transition from dairy farming to brewing the UK’s first Trappist beer, the world famous Tynt Meadow.

The premiere of the film will be an afternoon screening at 2pm at the Depot Cinema in Lewes. The bar will be serving Tynt Meadow and there will be a chance to discuss the film after the screening with filmmaker Nick Hamer. For more details and to book your ticket please click here.

“Christus Vivit” Video Project

It is with a great joy that we announce the launch of the “Christus Vivit” video project, prepared by young Catholics from around the world one year after the Synod of Bishops that was dedicated to them. In this series of 26 videos based on different chapters of “Christus Vivit”, they will guide us to read this document through their eyes and will help us discover how the words of the Holy Father resound in the hearts of the “Under30” generation.

Isle of Wight monastery offers spiritual internships

In this fast-paced world, rife with distractions, there’s an opportunity for religious young people to “establish a lasting spiritual foundation” for their lives. An eight-week monastic internship is available to 18 to 25-year-olds at Quarr Abbey, a Catholic Benedictine Monastery on the Isle of Wight.

Josh Caminiti, a 23-year-old from Canada, who is about to start a new job as a business consultant in London, took part in the programme and shares his experience with the BBC in this video.

Youth 2000 Walsingham Festival

No plans for the August Bank Holiday Weekend? It’s not too late to book your place for the Walsingham Festival 2019! (Subsidised places available for 1st timers). Taking place from Thursday 22nd – Monday 26th August 2019 at the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham, Norfolk.

Have you ever asked the big questions: “Is there more to life than this?” or “Does God really care about me?” This is the start of the journey to hope! This year’s Walsingham Summer Festival is an opportunity to discover a Person to hope in – Jesus Christ – who is faithful to his promise that he will be with us until the end.

Please visit www.walsinghamfestival.org for more information and to book your place.