World Youth Day 2019

World Youth Day is fast approaching, taking place from 22nd – 27th January in Panama. Please keep the event in your prayers, that it will be a rewarding and spiritually-nourishing experience for everyone attending. Please also pray that some vocations to the priesthood and religious life will be borne out of WYD.

Sr. Elaine from the National Office for Vocation is going, and will post on the NOV Facebook page and Twitter page. Please share the posts and help spread the energy of the event.

Sister Wendy Beckett Obituary

Tributes have been made to Sister Wendy Beckett, a Carmelite nun who found fame in the 1990s with her popular TV programmes critiquing art, who passed away on 26th December 2018.

Sister Wendy was brought into the limelight with her series Sister Wendy’s Odyssey (1992) and Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting (1996). She had devoted her life to solitude and contemplation (since 1970 in a caravan in the grounds of the enclosed Carmelite monastery at Quidenham in Norfolk). For more information about Sister Wendy, please visit www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/dec/26/sister-wendy-beckett-obituary, where you can also watch Sister Wendy’s Story of Painting.

Run to the Son

Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd June 2019

A weekend of worship, prayer and discovery of your personal mission in Christ. You will share in an outdoor midnight procession of the Blessed Sacrament, a night vigil of prayer and Dawn Mass with Bishop Mark O’Toole. The keynote speaker will be Anthony Gielty, author of ‘Out of Darkness.’

The weekend takes place at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh, Devon TQ11 OEE and begins at 5.30pm on the Friday, finishing at 10am on Sunday.

Contact: plymouth-crownhill@prcdtr.org.uk or 01752 701660
For more info and to book: www.buckfast.org.uk/run-to-the-son

Christus Vivit: Echoes from the Youth Synod

Tuesday 25th June 2019

Join Westminster Diocese for prayer and refreshments with other young adults for an evening together with Bishop Paul McAleenan, who will be talking about the youth synod and the role of young people and vocation.

Taking place from 6.30pm – 8.30pm in the Throne Room, Archbishop’s House, 1 Ambrosden Ave, London SW1P 1QQ.

Register and join in a discussion of Pope Francis’ recent apostolic exhortation on young people, Christus Vivit by visiting: https://dowym.com/events/post-synod-reflections-with-bishop-paul-mcaleenan/

Living the Dream

Ever wondered if there’s more to life? The BBC have created a documentary following three young people living an alternative lifestyle, one of them being 27-year old Brother John, who is a Benedictine monk at Downside Abbey in Somerset.

To watch the insightful documentary and find out about what life is like in a monastery, please click here.