The National Symbol for Youth Ministry has left A&B and moved on to the diocese of Salford on the next leg of its tour round England & Wales. It was great to have it in A&B. It got to quite a few different places and was seen by lots of young people and adults alike.
Here is one more picture from Weybridge…
One idea is to put a candle in a window (image: Flickr.com user Chris Campbell
You might have read that Bishop Kieran has been in the news lately talking about Halloween and suggesting some ways in which Catholics might like to try and mark it. The A&B News blog says this:
An initiative called Night of Light has been launched to challenge how Hallowen is celebrated. It is the inspiration of Damian Stayne, the founder of the Catholic community, Cor et Lumen Christi. He explained: “The Night of Light is an international initiative to reclaim Halloween as a joyful Christian celebration. In many countries around the world children’s celebrations are being organised, as are prayer gatherings, with people putting a light in their window to visibly witness to neighbours and friends.”
He added: “The evening of 31 October is called Halloween (‘All Hallows Eve’) and is the vigil (beginning) of the Feast of All Saints – the feast in which Catholics celebrate the glory of God in His saints, the victory of light over darkness in the lives of God’s holy ones in heaven. Jesus is the ‘Light of the World’. The saints lived by that light, and became a beacon in their own generation. Everyone is called by Jesus to live out this vocation – to be the ‘Light of the world’ for others today.”
Head over the the A&B News Blog to read the full article and find out more, or check out http://www.nightoflight.org/
Bishop Kieran with altar servers from Horsham
The A&B News Blog has a great article about the annual Guild of St. Stephen Mass celebrated by Bishop Kieran for alter servers last Saturday.
Hundreds of young people across our diocese serve their parishes as altar servers and learn a great deal about the Mass and about their communities as they do so.
Head over the the A&B News Blog and have a read of the article.
Tune in at 7...
Yes, that’s right, our very own Ray Mooney was on the One Show tonight, talking about his memories of the Papal visit in 1982.
The piece also featured a few photos of Ray doing his thing with young people of the diocese.
Were you in any of those pictures?
Anyway, here is the One Show on the iPlayer. It will be available until next Wednesday.
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