In Douai Parish Church during the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
Tuesday 20 November 2012
A picture of the English Martyrs - Young Catholic Adults
Douai Parish Church at the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
Young Catholic Adults Sunday Mass
More highlights of the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
Young Catholic Adults Marian Procession 2012
More highlights of the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
Young Catholic Adults Marian Procession 2012
More highlights of the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
High Mass of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Young Catholic Adults 2012
High Mass of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Young Catholic Adults 2012, originally uploaded by ps99ddb.
Highlights of the Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012.
Monday 15 October 2012
Cheltenham Young Catholic Adult Reminders
Next Social 23rd October 2012
Strada Italian Restuarant
Address:
6 - 7 Montpellier Street
Cheltenham GL50 1SX
Tel: 01242 253 410
Fax: 01242 253 412
Find us on Google maps →
The 2nd Tuesday of the Month 13th November- now the Rosary
Strada Italian Restuarant
Cheltenham GL50 1SX
Fax: 01242 253 412
Find us on Google maps →
The 2nd Tuesday of the Month 13th November- now the Rosary
From now on the 2nd Tuesday of the month will be the Rosary in the Upper Room of the Old Priory at St. Gregory's in Cheltenham followed by a social. All are very welcome.
Friday 7 September 2012
More Details for Young Catholic Adults National Weekend 2012
Douai Weekend
Co-ordinator Damian 07908105787.
This is just a short note to give
you a few more details about the Douai weekend (14-16 September).
On Arrival
Please report to Douai Abbey reception and from there you will be able to get your key (or be directed to the cottages). For those arriving on Friday 14th, the time of arrival is from 1-6pm onwards. The address for the Abbey is:- Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5TQ, England. RG7 5TQ.
On Arrival
Please report to Douai Abbey reception and from there you will be able to get your key (or be directed to the cottages). For those arriving on Friday 14th, the time of arrival is from 1-6pm onwards. The address for the Abbey is:- Douai Abbey, Upper Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5TQ, England. RG7 5TQ.
Please Note
Some of the rooms in the Guest House have been let out to the Schola
Gregoriana; they will be helping to make the weekend a success– (providing
Gregorian Chant Workshops and helping with the singing at Masses).
Social
Non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks will be
available for a small fee at then socials.
MealsIf anyone has any dietary requirements, please email me and let me know.
Parking
There is ample parking available at the Abbey.
The Guest
House
Soap and towels are provided.
The
Cottages and Camping
The camping area will be located next to the
Cottages. Soap and towels are not provided in the Cottages, bedding will be
provided. For those who are self- catering there is a fully equipped
kitchen located in the cottages.
Lifts
If you would like to have a lift from the train station (lifts are available this year between the times of 3-5pm on Friday 14th and after 2pm on Sunday 16th) and , please contact Damian on 07908 105787 a couple of days before the weekend with your estimated time of arrival:- there may be a delay in picking you up depending on available cars. Alternatively, the following taxi services are available:-
If you would like to have a lift from the train station (lifts are available this year between the times of 3-5pm on Friday 14th and after 2pm on Sunday 16th) and , please contact Damian on 07908 105787 a couple of days before the weekend with your estimated time of arrival:- there may be a delay in picking you up depending on available cars. Alternatively, the following taxi services are available:-
24 7 Taxi Services
Park La, Thatcham RG18 3PJ T 01635 868781 |
A 2 B Taxi Co
46 Ullswater Close, Thatcham RG19 3UJ T 01635 877777 |
A N D Cars
2 Victor Rd, Thatcham RG19 4LX T 01635 877555 |
Rail
Please note that trains run from Midgham Station (the station is 10 mins away from Douai Abbey, station is called MIDGHAM, but it is actually in Woolhampton village,) on Sundays as well Sat-Monday. Trains run from London Paddington, Reading & Newbury. It's about 40 minutes from London Paddington.
Directions
Douai Abbey is situated 1 mile north of the A4 about half way between Reading and Newbury in Berkshire.
The turn off the A4 is about 6 miles from M4 Junction 12.
By rail the nearest station is called MIDGHAM, but it is actually in Woolhampton village.
To Walk
You will need to leave the station and head towards the centre of Woolhampton village, when you reach the main road, turn left and walk c. 50 yards until you reach the "The Falmouth Arms"; turn right here, then walk up WOOLHAMPTON HILL which is then signposted to Douai Abbey. Pass Elstree School (right) and St Peter's Church (right) and on up to a T-junction. Turn left past the Thatched Cottage (on left), and then after 800 yards is the DOUAI ABBEY Entrance. It takes about 15 mins to walk from the station.
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By Car
From Reading on the A4:
At roundabout after dual carriageway, continue on A4 towards Newbury for half a mile.
Turn right at sign to Douai Abbey (picture) up CODS HILL, pass Sports Ground on left.
Pass Thatched Cottage (on left), after 100 metres pass St Mary's Church (on right).
DOUAI ABBEY Entrance is a further 100 metres on the right.
After turning in, fork right for RECEPTION or left for PARKING.
From Newbury on the A4:
At Woolhampton village, on the left is "The Falmouth Arms", very prominent.
Turn left here, up WOOLHAMPTON HILL which is signposted to Douai Abbey (picture).
Pass Elstree School (right) and St Peter's Church (right) and on up to a T-junction.
Turn left past the Thatched Cottage (on left), and in 200 metres is the DOUAI ABBEY Entrance.
After turning in, fork right for RECEPTION or left for PARKING.
Many thanks,
Damian Co-ordinator Young Catholic Adults.
More info
GENERAL http://youngcatholicadults.co.uk/
DETAILED DIRECTIONS http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/map.htm
DOUAI WEBSITE http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/index0.htm
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Timetable for National Young Catholic Adults Weekend 2012
A week-end for Young Catholic Adults, Douai Abbey, Berkshire, England
14-16 September 2012
14-16 September 2012
Theme: "How real: Christ's presence in the Eucharist"
Friday 14th September 2012 (Exaltation of the Holy Cross - 2nd class feast -
5th anniversary of implementation of Summorum Pontificum) 1pm onwards (until
6pm): arrival
4-5pm: Chant workshop
5-5.50pm: Confessions
[5-5.45pm: Rehearsal for Mass (for Schola Gregoriana and any YCA
members who wish to sing in the choir)]
6 - 7pm: Sung Mass in the Parish Church
7-7.30pm: - Supper
8-8.45pm: 1st conference: "What do we mean by 'presence'? Gradation of the
modes of presence", by Fr de Malleray, FSSP
9pm: Sung Compline
9.30pm: Social
Saturday 15th September 2012 (Seven Sorrows of the BMV - 2nd class feast)
7.30am: Morning prayer (parish church)
8-8.30am: Breakfast
8.45-9.30am: 2nd Conference: "Scriptural statements: Gospels, Acts of the
Apostles, St Paul's Epistles", by Fr de Malleray, FSSP
9:35am-10:30am Chant workshop
11am: Solemn High Mass, main Abbey Church
12.20pm: Marian Procession around the extensive grounds of the Abbey
1-1.30pm: Lunch
2-3pm: 3rd Conference: "Philosophical approach: substance and accidents", by
Fr de Malleray, FSSP
3-4pm: Chant workshop
[4-4.30pm: Chant rehearsal for Schola Gregoriana]
4-5pm: Free time (4.30-5pm: optional Rosary)
5-5.45pm: 4th Conference: "The Eucharistic Presence as emphasised in the
liturgy: gestures, vessels, Benediction and processions", by Fr de Malleray, FSSP
6-6.30pm: Vespers (in Parish Church)
7-7.30pm: Supper
8-9.30pm: Adoration and Confessions
9.30pm: Social
Sunday 16th September 2012 (16th after Pentecost)
7.30am: Morning prayer (parish church)
8am: Breakfast
9am: 5th Conference: "The Eucharistic magisterium of the Church", by Fr de
Malleray, FSSP
[10-10.45am: Schola Gregoriana rehearsal]
11am: Sung Mass
[11am: Schola Gregoriana sing Mass with monks]
12noon-1pm: Rosary
1pm: Lunch
Monday 30 July 2012
Our Lady of Good Success, in Quito, Ecuador
by Marian
Theresa Horvat
Question: I have never heard of
the prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success. Is this a new apparition? Has it
been approved by the Church?
Answer: This is not a
new apparition. It took place in the early 17th century. The revelations of Our
Lady of Good Success and devotion to Her miraculous Statue have been approved by
the Catholic Church since the beginning. It was the 9th Bishop of Quito,
Salvador de Ribera, who attested in official documents to the miraculous
completion of the Statue by St. Francis of Assisi and the three Archangels – St.
Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael – and presided over the anointing of the
solemn consecration of the Statue in the Church of the Royal Convent of the
Immaculate Conception on February 2, 1611. The devotion and apparitions were
also authorized and promoted by the next Bishop of Quito, Pedro de Oviedo, who
governed the Diocese from 1630 to 1646. Thus this devotion has enjoyed the
support and approval of the Church since its very beginning.
Question: What do these
revelations talk about?
Answer: Many of the
prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success have already been fulfilled. She
predicted the proclamation of the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception and Papal
Infallibility, the consecration of that country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
the martyrdom of a Catholic president of Ecuador by Masons (President Gabriel
Garcia Moreno, assassinated in 1875), and many others things that have come to
pass. (Msgr.
Luis E. Cadena Y Almeida, postulator of the cause for beatification of the
Servant of God, Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, has written a book in Spanish on
the many prophetic messages that have already taken place. Mrs. Horvath
translated his book into English, under the title “Our Lady of Good Success:
Prophecies for Our Times.”)
The most important
prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success, however, spoke of the worldwide crisis
in the Church and society that would begin in the 19th century and extend
throughout the 20th century. During that time, She warned, there would be an
almost total corruption of customs and Satan would rule almost completely by
means of the Masonic sects. In the Catholic Church the Sacraments would be
profaned and abused, and the light of Faith would be almost completely
extinguished in souls. Truly religious souls would be reduced to a small number
and many vocations would perish. Great impurity would reign and people would be
without any care for spiritual matters.
Question: Who was Mother Mariana
de Jesus Torres, the sister who received those
revelations?
Mother Mariana de Jesus
Torres
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Answer: Mother Mariana
de Jesus Torres (1563-1635) was a Spanish Conceptionist sister who traveled from
her country to the New World to help to found the Royal Convent. The life of
Mother Mariana was truly extraordinary. The number of visions and mystical
favors granted to her as well as the miracles worked through her intercession
are numerous. During her live, she was the superior of the Convent three times.
During her first term as Abbess, she suffered persecutions from a group of
rebellious nuns who wanted to relax the Rule. The rebellion grew, and the
“inobservant” sisters put Mother Mariana and the other Spanish Founding Mothers
in the Convent prison. Mother Mariana accepted all this and agreed to Our Lord's
condition to suffer the torments of Hell for five years in order to obtain the
conversion of the leader of those rebellious sisters.
One of the most
extraordinary facts of her life was a mystical-physical phenomenon: her several
deaths and resurrections. Documented records from the Convent and Diocesan
archives show that this truly holy religious died three times. Her first death
was in 1582. Standing before the Judgment Seat, she was judged blameless and
given a choice: to remain in celestial glory in Heaven or to return to earth to
suffer as an expiatory victim for the sins of the 20th century. She chose the
latter. Her second death was on Good Friday of 1588 after an apparition where
she was shown the horrible abuses and heresies that would exist in the Church in
our times. She was resurrected two days later on Easter Sunday morning. She
finally died on January 16, 1635. Miracles worked through her intercession
immediately followed.
The body of Mother
Mariana de Jesus Torres, along with the incorrupt body of another Founding
Mother, is preserved in the lower level of the cloistered Convent. In 1906
during the remodeling of the Convent, the sarcophagus in which she had been
buried in 1635 was opened and her body was discovered, whole and incorrupt.
Today it is preserved in the lower level of the cloistered Convent.
Question: Why haven't I heard of
these apparitions until recently?
Answer: It can seem
strange that such an important devotion has been almost unknown outside of
Ecuador for so long a time. But there is a supernatural explanation for this.
The Mother of God told Mother Mariana various times that only after three
centuries of mysterious silence would the message of the apparitions become
known. Our Lady linked the spread of this devotion to a miraculous and
extraordinary intervention she would make for the restoration of the Catholic
Church when the crisis would be so great that almost all would seem lost. Our
Lady also promised to give her good success to those who had recourse to her
under this invocation during these difficult times. Thus, in a very special way,
this prophecy is for our days.
Question: What is the origin of
the invocation?
Answer: In 1607 Pope
Paul V gave the name Virgin of Good Success to a statue miraculously found by
two Spanish Brothers of the Order of Minims for the Service of the Sick. After
the death of Brother Bernandine de Obregón, its founder, Gabriel de Fontaned was
elected his successor. Accompanied by Guillermo de Rigosa, the new Superior set
off for Rome to plead the case for official approval of their Order before the
Roman Pontiff. As they were passing through the town of Traigueras (in
Catalonia), they were caught in a storm so severe it made them fear for their
lives.
In their fear, they
prayed to Our Lady for shelter and succor. Seeing a soft light in the distant
mountains, they left the path and climbed toward it. They found a cave carved
like a polished stone and fragrant with flowers that enshrined a very beautiful
statue of Holy Mary carrying Her Divine Son in Her left arm, a scepter in Her
right, and a precious crown on Her head. The dress was simple but elegant. They
fell to their knees to venerate the beautiful statue, and wondered how She came
to be in this distant place.
The next day they
traveled to the closest hamlets to make inquiries. None of the inhabitants, not
even the eldest who knew the history of everyone and everything in the area, had
every heard of the cave or the statue. Thus, the Brothers became the owners of
the holy statue, offering Her their warmest thanks and choosing Her as their
special patroness. With this amiable and powerful companion, they continued on
their journey to Rome.
Arriving there, they
told the Sovereign Pontiff what had happened, and Pope Paul V not only
acknowledged the supernatural nature of that discovery, but upon confirming the
new Order, he placed it under the protection of the same Virgin, whom he gave
the name of the Virgin of Good Success.
The statue was placed in
the Royal Hospital of Madrid, and soon became famous for the numerous favors
granted by Heaven through it. In 1641 King Philip III ordered the construction
of the splendid sanctuary in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid. With the passing of
time as the devotion spread, the statue was copied and placed in various places,
sometimes under a different invocation. Today there are a number of localities
in Spain where this image is venerated: Orduña, La Puebla de Gordon, Tudela,
Abla, among others.
The
invocation was not long in making its way across the ocean to the New World. The
Blessed Virgin deigned to favor the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in
Quito in a very special way by means of this particular avocation. In an
apparition to Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres, the Blessed Virgin appeared and
asked that a statue be made of Her under the title of Good Success. She should
be made just as she appeared to Her there, with the Child Jesus in her right
arm, and the Abbess' crozier and the keys of the Convent in her right hand. She
should be placed above the Abbess chair in the upper choir because She desired
to be Abbess of that Convent until the end of time. And so the Virgin of Good
Success of Quito appears with the crosier in Her right hand, instead of the
scepter that She carries in Madrid.
The Sisters of the
Convent of the Immaculate Conception of Quito have always had a great love for
their heavenly Abbess. The Statue of the Virgin of Good Success has been loved
and venerated by the people of Quito for almost three centuries.
Question: How is the devotion
spreading today?
Answer: Today the fame
of this apparition is extending far beyond Quito. Our Lady of Good Success told
Mother Mariana that She wanted to be known and loved throughout the world, and
that the devotion would begin to spread only in the 20th century. This is, in
fact, what has happened. She reserved this devotion for these times because the
Church would be so embattled and suffering that only the divine power and love
of the Blessed Virgin would sustain the faithful.
Question: What is meant by the
words “good success”? In English, it can give the impression that one is asking
for material success.
Answer: That is not the
original Spanish connotation. The invocation of “good success” refers to the
happy development of the gestation of Christ from the Conception to Birth. The
invocation of “good success” was understood by the faithful in its first meaning
as a simple plea for safe childbirth. This easily extended to the invocation of
Mary's meditation and intercession in times of personal need (sickness, travel,
marriage).
The expression later
broadened further to be understood in the sense of good success in various
undertakings. For example, its popularity in the seafaring regions of Catalonia,
Isle of Gomera, and Granada indicates a connection with maritime travel. Sailors
would ask Mary for a safe return to port. The extended meaning can also be that
of a holy death. In short, sucesso, meaning success or luck, refers to
well-being and safety where strictly human means find no issue.
Question: When can the
public see the miraculous Statue of Our Lady of Good Success?
Answer: The miraculous
Statue of Our Lady of Good Success is taken from the cloistered upper choir
three times a year and placed above the main altar of the Convent Church, so
that it can be venerated by the people of Quito. It can be seen by the public at
the following times:
1. During a nine-day
novena in commemoration of the Feast Day of the Purification of Our Lady
(February 2) – from around January 24 to February 4;
2. During the month of
May;
3. During the month of
October.
Mother Mariana: victim for the 20th
century
Mariana Francisca was
born in Spain the province of Viscaya in 1563, the first-born child of Diego
Cadiz and Maria Berriochoa Alvarez. On the day of her First Communion, at age 9,
Our Lady appeared to her and told her she was destined to be a religious of Her
Immaculate Conception in the New World. In 1577, when Marianna was only 13 years
old, she left Spain in the company of her aunt, Mother Maria de Jesus Taboada,
and four other sisters, to found a branch of the Order of the Immaculate
Conception in San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.
In 1582, when Mother
Mariana was praying before the Blessed Sacrament, for the first time she was
given to see the heresy, blasphemy and impurity that would inundate the world as
punishment in the 20th century. Our Lady asked her: “My daughter, will you
sacrifice yourself for the people of this time?” Mother Mariana replied, “I am
willing.” From the violence of the shock of previewing the horrors of our day,
Mother Mariana fell dead.
Historic and documented
evidence record that this holy religious truly died in 1582 and resurrected.
Before the divine tribunal, she was given the choice to remain in heaven or
return to suffer in the world. Following the example of Our Lady, who left the
glories of heaven to protect her children during those difficult first years of
the fledgling Church, Mother Mariana chose to return to life to expiate for the
great sins of our times. (A second death and resurrection happened on Easter Sunday
of 1588.)
The Existence of Hell
The First Secret of
Fatima breaks the myth, the lie of 20th century, that hell does not exist. On
July 13, 1917, Our Lady told three children, ages 10, 8,7, to “pray, pray very
much because many souls go to Hell. Then She opened Her hands and showed the
three children a hole in the ground, a place. That hole, said Lucy, was like a
sea of fire in which we saw the souls of human forms, men and women, burning,
shouting, and crying in despair.” Mary said to the children: “You have seen Hell
where sinners go when they do not repent.” A Roman Catholic dogma: The existence
of Hell.
During her life, Mother
Mariana begged Our Lord to save the soul of an insubordinate sister in the
convent. He agreed that this rebellious sister would be saved, although she
would be required to remain in purgatory until the end of the world. In
recompense, Mother Mariana had to suffer five years on earth the pains of hell.
For five years, she suffered all the tortures of the senses reserved for souls
in that terrible place and the most intense suffering of the sense of the loss
of God.
It seems very clear that
Our Lady wanted 20th century man to realize that hell exists: it is a place, and
it is not empty.
The breakdown of morals and
customs
During Jacinta's stay at
the orphanage of Our Lady of Miracles in Lisbon in 1920, Our Lady told her, “The
sins that lead more souls to hell are the sins of the flesh.” There were other
prophecies She revealed to the little girl: “Styles will come that will offend
Our Lord very much. Persons who serve God should not follow the styles. The
Church does not have styles. Our Lord is always the same.” She said that the
sins of impurity would be so great there would be almost no virgin souls. She
said that many marriages are not good, that they do not please Our Lord and are
not of God. Finally, Jacinta repeated continually to Lucia and Mother Godinho:
“Pray much for priests and religious. Priests should be pure, very
pure!”
Three centuries before,
in Quito, Ecuador, on Jan. 20, 1610, Our Lady appeared carrying a crozier in Her
right hand and her Divine Son in her left arm so that “all will know that I am
merciful and understanding. Let them come to me, for I will lead them to Him.”
She told Mother Mariana that in the twentieth century “the passions will erupt
and there will be a total corruption of customs, for Satan will reign almost
completely by means of the Masonic sects. They will focus particularly on the
children in order to achieve this general corruption. Woe to the children of
these times.” Obviously she is speaking of the secular humanist revolution about
which so much has been written that has completely invaded the secular as well
as religious institutions of our times.
Our Lady continued,
describing the abuses that would attack each of the Sacraments: “Woe to the
children of these times because it will be difficult to receive the Sacrament of
Baptism and also that of Confirmation.” She warned that the devil would
assiduously try to destroy the sacrament of Confession and Holy Communion. She
lamented the many sacrileges and abuses of the Blessed Sacrament that would
occur. The Sacrament of Extreme Unction would be little esteemed and many people
would die without receiving it, thus denied assistance they would need for that
“great leap from time to Eternity.”
The Sacred Sacrament of
Holy Orders would be ridiculed, oppressed and despised. The demon would labor
unceasingly to corrupt the clergy and would succeed with many of them. And these
“depraved priests, who will scandalize the Christian people, will incite the
hatred of the bad Christians and the enemies of the Roman, Catholic and
Apostolic Church to fall upon all priests. This apparent triumph of Satan will
bring enormous sufferings upon the good pastors of the Church.”
About the Sacrament of
Matrimony, which symbolizes the union of Christ with His Church, she said this:
“Masonry, which will then be in power, will enact iniquitous laws with the
objective of doing away with this Sacrament, making it easy for everyone to live
in sin. The Christian spirit will
rapidly decay, extinguishing the precious light of Faith until it reaches the
point that there will be an almost total and general corruption of customs. In
these unhappy times, there will be unbridled luxury that would conquer
innumerable frivolous souls who will be lost. Innocence will almost no longer be
found in children, nor modesty in women. In this supreme moment of need of the
Church, those who should speak will fall silent.”
Our Lady told Mother
Mariana, the religious Conceptionist who received the revelations, that the
souls who would remain faithful in those difficult times would need great
strength of will, constancy, valor and confidence in God. Moments would come
when everything would seem to be lost and paralyzed, but that would be the
moment, she promised, of the “happy beginning of the complete restoration.” “My
hour will arrive” she foretold, “when I, in an amazing manner, will overthrow
proud Satan, crushing him under my feet, chaining him in the infernal abyss,
leaving the Church and the land free of this cruel tyranny.”
Thus, while the message
of Our Lady of Good Success is quite sad and serious, it is also one of great
hope. It is the promise echoed by Our Lady at Fatima in 1917: “In the end, My
Immaculate Heart will triumph.”
Copies of the book
“Our Lady of Good Success: Prophecies for our times” (72 pages) can be purchased
for $7 U.S. each from: Tradition in Action, Inc., P.O. Box
23135, Los Angeles, CA 90023. Add $3 for U.S. orders. Canadian orders should add $2 for each
order.
This article was published in the May-June-July, 2004
issue of “Michael”.
Thursday 12 July 2012
Events at Douai Abbey 14th-16th Sept 2012 Organised by Young Catholic Adults
Events Open to the Public
Saturday 15th September 2012 at 11am –Mass in the main Abbey Church followed by a Marian
Procession around the extensive grounds of the Abbey at 12pm (starting
from the main Abbey Church).
All
ages/Parishes/Church groups are warmly welcome to attend Masses and the
procession. All events are organised by Young Catholic Adults (YCA).
Weekend for 18-35ish Year Olds
If you are in the 18-35ish
age range, there will also be a retreat led by Fr. De Malleray FSSP (head of the international Juventutem
Federation) at Douai Abbey 14-16th September 12.’ Gregorian Chant Workshops will be running this
year led by the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge.
Prices
range from £5-51. To reserve your
place FOR THE WEEKEND (no deposit needed if you are coming for the day on
Saturday), please contact the Guestmaster direct and send a 20 pound deposit (non-
returnable) to Brother Christopher Greener OSB :, Douai Abbey, Upper
Woolhampton, Reading, Berks. RG7 5TQ (Tel: Tel : 0118 971 5399 Email : guestmaster@douaiabbey.org.uk ,
please see:-http://www.youngcatholicadults.co.uk/
for more details.
Friday 22 June 2012
FSSP Vocation discernment weekend: 27-29 July 2012 in Reading
Vocation discernment weekend: 27-29 July 2012 in Reading:
For any English-speaking Catholic men between 18 and 35 years of age (under 18 please contact us).
Starts on Friday 27th July 2012 at 6pm (arrivals from 5pm) – ends on Sunday 29th July 2012 at 3pm.
Led by Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP, assisted by Fr Matthew Goddard, FSSP and Rev Alex Stewart, FSSP.
Location: St John Fisher House, 17 Eastern Avenue, Reading, RG1 5RU, England.
(Picture: FSSP seminarians praying the Divine Office in the FSSP parish church in Rome)
Programme: Spiritual conferences, socials, Holy Mass each of the three days (Extraordinary Form of the Roman rite), silent prayer, and optional private talk with Fr de Malleray, FSSP. Fr de Malleray will explain what a vocation is in general and to the priesthood in particular.
Cost for the whole weekend, 2 days + 2 nights, full board: no set price for students or unemployed – any donation welcome; others: £50 suggested.
Sunday 3 June 2012
Young Catholic Adults Douai Abbey Weekend 14-16 Sept 2012 - The Cottages Accomodation, What to Expect
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- The Cottages accommodate groups of up to 15 young persons in simple 'hostel' type rooms.
- Self-catering facilities include a kitchen, dining room and scullery.
- Two other rooms provide a lounge and chapel, and the whole building is centrally heated.
- The facilities available include the Abbey Church which provides a peaceful, prayerful space for worship. Guests are free to join in all the community services and to enjoy the spacious Abbey grounds.
- Special rate for families.
- Lying deep in the Berkshire countryside overlooking the beautiful Kennet valley to the distant Hampshire downs, the Cottages provide an ideal place for a group retreat for all who seek the refreshment of peace and quiet.
Contact the Cottage Manager - e-mail to: guestmaster@douaiabbey.org.uk
H/t to http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk.
Young Catholic Adults Douai 2012 - the Guest Facilities
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Hospitality has been a special concern of monasteries from the earliest times. St Benedict teaches in the Rule "All guests are to be welcomed as Christ". At Douai we maintain this ancient tradition which is so vital today. At present we have eleven fully en-suite rooms offering single and shared accommodation for guests in the Bl Hugh Faringdon and St Alban Roe building and eleven rooms in the refurbished St Benet Biscop building two of which are fully en-suite, the others are demi-en-suite. | ||||
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One of the comments frequently made about Douai is that it offers an environment and atmosphere of peace and serenity, where the cares of daily life can be left behind. You would be most welcome to share that atmosphere. | ||||
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To make a booking or for further information please e-mail to guestmaster@douaiabbey.org.uk BL HUGH FARINGDON CONFERENCE CENTRE For information about bringing a group to use the Conference Centre. |
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Young Catholic Adults Retreat at Douai Abbey 2012 and the Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge
Photo: Credit http://www.scholagregoriana.org/
The Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge will be assisting in the 2012 Young Catholic Adults weekend in Douai Abbey. They will be providing Gregorian Chant Workshops among other things.
The Schola website states that:- it was "founded in 1975 by Dr Mary Berry, a Cambridge musician and musicologist, in order to ensure that the chant should continue to be taught, and that all those who wished to sing and study this profoundly spiritual and ancient music should be able to do so. It became a registered charity in 1984.The Schola aims to promote the teaching and singing of Gregorian chant and, whenever possible, to foster its study and research."
For more details about the Schola please see http://www.scholagregoriana.org/
Labels:
Catholic Weekends,
Douai Retreats,
Retreats for Young Adults,
Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge,
Single Catholics,
Young Catholic,
Young Catholic Adults,
Youth 2000
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