LAST Love and Responsibility TOB talk of the series

'Redemptive Suffering - Offering Christ Crucified in our own Flesh'

The last of the series of talks for young Catholics during Lent by Fr Samuel Medley based on...

BL. JOHN PAUL II'S

THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

Wednesday 28th March

6:30pm - refreshments and social!

7pm - talk

St. Patrick's Catholic Church

21a Soho Square

London, W1D 4NR (community centre)

Update from 'CYMFed Congress' week!

So last week was, as always, a pretty busy week! Academics wise, we didn't look at the Catechism, but instead took part in a Life in the Spirit Seminar, led by Kate Moir, Gabriel Sedda and Fr Angelus. Some of us had engaged in Life in the Spirit Seminars before, 2 of us with Soul Food, a Catholic group based here in London. Since the reopening of St. Patrick's, and the building of the brand new community centre, lots of exciting things have been happening. Currently, the Theology of the Body series of talks with keynote speaker Fr Sam Medley from the Southwark Diocese have been taking place. We'll have the last of the series happening this Wednesday. We've been totally inspired by Fr Sam's witness, and delivery of the beautiful teaching of TOB (Theology of the Body).

One of the highlights of this week was most definitely the CYMFed congress that took place at Wembley Arena on Saturday. There were some amazing Christian Olympians testifying to their sporting gifts as God-given, gifts to offer back to God in the everyday living of their Christian values - Stef Reid and Debbie Flood. We also heard the testimony of Sr Catherine CFR who gave up her Olympic speed skating career to dedicate her life completely to God as a bride of Christ. The day's theme was based on three principles of the 2012 Olympics taking place here in London this summer: Respect, Friendship and Excellence. With 5000 other young people there, the day was packed with fun and faith… ending with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

Love and Responsibility TOB talks

Single Blessedness - Vocation to be present to the Lord

The third of a series of talks for young Catholics during Lent by Fr Samuel Medley based on...

BL. JOHN PAUL II'S

THEOLOGY OF THE BODY

Wednesday 21st March

6:30pm - refreshments and social!

7pm - talk

St. Patrick's Catholic Church

21a Soho Square

London, W1D 4NR (community centre)

Back in BUSINESS!!

... and by business, we mean the business of the Lord, in the Lord's vineyard!! Firstly, please do allow us the privilege of apologising for our lack of communications over the past 6 months! Sooooo... we thought we'd celebrate our 'coming back' with a massive

RE-LAUNCH

of our blog!

There's a fresh, new look to the blog, because you know... God is always fresh, and can never get 'old'! Let us introduce ourselves based on this photo from left to right:

Claz, born and raised in London but of Filipina-Spanish heritage is the furthest left. She's the straggler and the merry musician of the community, who's deeply into her faith and professes to be a truly unique child of God!

Besides her is Carmelo, the sleeper from Indonesia. With a long background of faith formation, he is considered the wise and spiritual peacemaker in the community, and gives so much through the many talents and virtues he has been graced with!

The other girl besides Carmelo is Irish Ciara, from County Derry (although is a Tyrone Gaelic supporter). She's pretty fiery, not only in character, but more importantly she's most definitely on fire for our Lord Jesus Christ! She doesn't like bus journeys (we learned this the hard way!), but she's most definitely on the right mode of transport to heaven... the Catholic Church!

The girl with the purple hat is Tatiana, the wonderfully talkative Brazilian who brings much laughter and charisma to the community. She's totally in love with the word of God (and of course the Word of God), and she has a real gift for the various hospitality ministries you're likely to find within the environment of the Church.

Anne-Marie is the furthest to the right, and she's our other Irish gem. She's got the passion and drive (not to mention the sporting expertise) to share with all who she meets how our bodies are a gift from God, and that we can engage in different sports activities to express this gift of life. She's über friendly, and is quite creative with the Bible!

Last, but not least, is Laurie, our speedy Scotsman. He's certainly a pilgrim of body, mind and soul... with major plans for the future, and big experiences of the past to shape his bright future. Formally a mixologist and landscape gardener, we look forward to what the rest of the year has for him!


So that's the 'student-ele' of the St. Patrick's Evangelisation School this year. We're really excited to let all of you around the world know what we've been up to these past 6 months in forthcoming blogposts. We've been blessed with so many experiences like retreats, pilgrimages, academic lectures, outreach projects, missions, and a vibrant and active prayer life. So we'd really like you to stay tuned and to check us up on a weekly basis where we hope to catch up with 6 months of news and action from SPES!

Please do pray for us, and if you have any prayer requests, we will soon set up a widget where you'll be able to send in any prayer requests in a jiffy!


For the greater glory of God!
The SPES team