Latest News Easter Resources 2020 Sunday 3 May is the 57th Day of Prayer for Vocations. Resources are provided. Day of Prayer for Vocations St Chad's Cathedral has created an Easter booklet for parishioners, for use up until Pentecost. Easter 2020 booklet for parishioners A visual journey through Ascension and Pentecost. Make your own dove to hang in your window alongside your NHS rainbow. A Visual Journey Through Ascension and Pentecost ACN - Aid to the Church in Need children’s Bible stories’ project ACN Bible stories Easter through Art: The Painter’s Path - Fleur Dorrell takes us on a visual journey from Palm Sunday to the Second Sunday after the Resurrection. Easter Through Art The Easter Story in Plain English - An Easter story resource designed for children who prefer the Bible in plain English words and pictures. The Easter Story in Plain English Easter Reflection 2020 - The Empty Tomb. Written by Deacon Sean Loone, Our Lady of the Wayside, Shirley. Easter Reflection - Deacon Sean Loone Throughout the Easter season we read from the Acts of the Apostles, seeing how the Easter gospel is preached in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth. Fr Adrian Graffy, Scripture scholar and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission, has recorded a talk on the opening eight chapters of Acts. Listen to Fr Adrian Graffy Bible Alive is a Catholic scripture magazine which draws its strength, inspiration and direction from the liturgical cycle. Bible Alive Free Trial Eastertide Walk with Me. This issue leads us through the daily liturgy of Eastertide up until Pentecost on 31st May and specifically guides us towards experiencing Pentecost today in our hearts. Walk with Me is £1/booklet and there is also an activity Calendar available for children at 50p ea. Walk With Me Sign up now: A free online virtual conference on Theology of the Body – 8th - 10th May. It is being offered by the Theology of the Body Institute in America. This is a great opportunity during these times where we cannot meet in person to continue to invest in our ongoing formation and help us discover new ways of keeping our faith alive. Register for Theology of the Body virtual conference A world-wide virtual Pentecost Pilgrimage starts on Sunday, 26 April. The Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and many others are using the platform....activate, engage and accompany communities in your diocese and parish. Over 20 free talks over six weeks. International and acclaimed catholic speakers. This project is Holy Spirit inspired, bringing hope into quite dark days, providing a unifying virtual platform for Catholics around the world who are in isolation, so as to move together as a Body toward the celebration of Pentecost. Pentecost Pilgrimage: Find out more and register here Centre for Applied Carmelite Spirituality, Boars Hill, Oxford Empowered by the Spirit's Breath - An online Pentecost Retreat - 23-31 May 2020 After Easter the Lord Jesus said to the disciples: “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven. (Luke 24:29)”. How do we wait? Who can help us to prepare to receive this precious gift that empowers us to live each day with peace and joy and freedom that nothing in the world can give us? And when we have received the Father’s gift, how do we allow it to transform us into a gift for others? This nine-day retreat will prepare you for Pentecost and help you understand how to cultivate the gifts of the spirit in you so that your life will be a living expression of the fruitfulness of the Spirit and in turn the Father’s gift to the world. Pentecost online retreat Archbishop Bernard's Easter Message Manage Cookie Preferences