STATIONS OF THE CROSS MEDITATION

    Yesterday evening we had an evening meditation on the 14 Stations of the Cross. Each station began with a short passage from scripture, followed by reflections on the context of the events, how the people involved in this part of Christ's journey would be feeling, and what parallels there are in our lives and in our world today. The station then finished with a prayer.

   The impact was even stronger because of the pictures that were displayed for each station. These fourteen powerful works of art were produced by pupils at the parish secondary school, St Thomas More's, and we thank them and their teacher.

   Thanks also to everyone who came and who helped in any way. People commented on how moving and powerful it had been, and the Justice and Peace Group will be looking at how to follow this.

CHILDREN'S LITURGY GROUP CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF OSCAR ROMERO

  The Children's Liturgy Group shared what they had learnt about Oscar Romero at Mass last week.

Oscar Romero was Archbishop of San Salvador and he was the champion of the poor.
The authorities didn't like this so he was killed.... while saying Mass...
35 years ago this week

JUSTICE AND PEACE: STATIONS OF THE CROSS AT SAINT ANNE'S BUXTON

STATIONS OF THE CROSS

FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE

on Palm Sunday

at

SAINT ANNE'S RC CHURCH

TERRACE ROAD

BUXTON

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH  6PM

PRAYER AND MEDITATION

What do the 14 Stations of the Cross

tell us

about our lives

in our world

today?

COME AND SEE

COME AND LISTEN

COME AND REFLECT

COME AND PRAY

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

DIVINE OFFICE PHOTO

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Divine Office's photo.

Yesterday at 12:12 · 

Divine Office "A man - a woman – who feels sick in the soul, sad, who made many mistakes in life, at a certain time feels that the waters are moving - the Holy Spirit is moving something - or they hear a word or ... 'Ah, I want to go!' ... And they gather up their courage and go. And how many times in Christian communities today will they find closed doors! 'But you cannot, no, you cannot [come in]. You have sinned and you cannot [come in]. If you want to come, come to Mass on Sunday, but that’s it – that’s all you can do.’ So, what the Holy Spirit creates in the hearts of people, those Christians with their ‘doctors of the law’ mentality, destroy ". "Who are you, who shut the door of your heart to a man, a woman, who wants to improve, to return within the people of God - because the Holy Spirit has stirred his or her heart?"

CAFOD PRAYER FOR SYRIA

CYCLONE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Deadly cyclone slams into South Pacific islands 

 Caritas Internationalis

“We are concerned at the intensity of Cyclone Pam and are awaiting assessments of the damage and impact,” Ms Lalor said. “We are liaising with our Pacific partners, staff and Church networks to monitor the aftermath of the Super Cyclone, assess damage and respond to requests for support should it be needed”.

www.caritas.org

“The church has a valuable role to play in responding to disasters like this one which often impact vulnerable communities the most. That’s why the ongoing work in the region to support communities to reduce the risk to natural disasters such as Cyclone Pam is so important.”

CHILDREN'S LITURGY GROUP - FAIRTRADE PRESENTATION

   On 1st March the Children's Liturgy Group did a presentation at 10 00 Mass as part of Fairtrade Fortnight and to support the CAFOD collection.

Once again many thanks to the children and the group leaders.

They were all wonderful!

And there's even a video to watch....

THE POOREST PRESIDENT IN THE WORLD continued

Nottingham Justice and Peace shared Films For Action'sphoto.

2 March at 19:56 · 

Films For Action

In line with the country's constitution, Uruguay's president Jose “Pepe” Mujica is stepping down after 5 years in office. Described as "the world's poorest president" Mujica chose to live in a modest farm house rather than the presidential palace, gave 90% of his salary to charity, saying he simply didn't need all that money, and drove himself around in a 1987 beetle. He did much to reduce poverty, debt and income inequality in Uruguay, and legalised abortion, same-sex marriage and marijuana. Leaving office he acknowledged the difficulties he faced trying to make positive reforms and said "there's still so much to do" hoping that the next government would be “better than mine and will have greater success." There are so many great quotes from this unique politician we couldn't pick just one, so here are a few and you can read more here: http://www.filmsforaction.org/…/15-powerful-quotes-from-th…/