https://aleteia.org/2020/07/24/watch-this-inspirational-elderly-irish-couple-talk-about-marriage-covid-19-and-faith/ With a total of 198 years between them, this elderly couple from Ireland has the right attitude toward life. In this six-minute video, Seán Máirtín, who is 101 years ol

Why spending time with elderly relatives has been so good for me Theresa Civantos Barber – published on 02/24/23 My grandma thanks me for our visits, but my children and I are the ones who benefit most from her time and presence. As we bustled around the house cleaning up and ge

A course for Lent. What do you believe? Sycamore is an informal course about the Christian faith and its relevance for life today. It gives you space to meet other people, share ideas, explore your beliefs, and think about questions that really matter. Each session involves a short fi

What do we do when we deny  ourselves by Fr Luigi Maria Epicoco The Gospel answer isn’t what we think. “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”  Every time we read this passage we face the same temptation: thinki

  The Synod 2021 – 2023 The title of the 2023 Synod of Bishops is “For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission.”  But why has the Holy Father, Pope Francis called for the synodal process An explanation by the Roman Catholic Bishops of England and Wales   LI

  Three ways we wouldn’t have Jesus without St Joseph The above article is from the Aleteia website. ALETEIA (Aleteia.org) is a Catholic social networking site that gathers together “seekers of the truth” to look for, share and disseminate the best answers to th

Rome Congress The First International Meeting on the care of the elderly, will take place in Rome on 29 – 31 January 2020 The first International Conference on the pastoral care of the elderly “The richness of many years of life” is the response of the Dicastery for

The 9th World Meeting of Life Ascending International (MCR/Vie Montante International) took place in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, during 19 – 23 November 2018.  The theme of this meeting «Elders, actors of evangelization in a mul- tigenerational and multicul

Monique Ptak has sent news of our movement in France and Europe.  Do read more on the International page of this web site.  It is interesting to hear of plans and initiatives being prepared by other countries, as we can always learn from each other

Retreat North at The Briery, Ilkley, West Yorkshire is a beautiful three days away from it all.  A time to relax, listen, meditate, pray and unwind in the quiet atmosphere of The Briery Retreat Centre.  The all-in cost is £190 and takes place from Monday 22 October to Thursday 25th Oc