Catholic Peoples Weeks getting underway for 2019

Some of the young people at CPW

The first Catholic Peoples' Week of 2019 is taking place this weekend at Boars Hill Carmelite Priory near Oxford. The theme is: 'Church at the Crossroads - Responding to Challenging Times'. Participants are hearing from the 'Divine Renovation' Team UK and also from a parish priest currently implementing the Divine Renovation programme. They are learning about a range of different and contrasting visions of the Catholic Church of the future.

An Easter Long Weekend - 18-22 April at Plas Caerdeon in the Snowdonian National Park in Wales - will encourage family participation in the celebrations of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. Titled, 'Yearning to sing our Alleluias: Celebrating the Easter liturgies together', children, young people and adults will be encouraged to prepare, participate and enter into the activities. The programme will be participatory, creative, prayerful, joyful, musical, physical and meditative. It will include breaking bread, lighting fires, washing feet, watching and praying.

Other events this year range from a walking week in Derbyshire in June to a cycling week in August. Two Summer all-age weeks at Kintbury and Malvern in August will explore 'Living Eucharistically' and 'The Challenge of Parenting in the 21st century'.

CPW is a not-for-profit volunteer-led organisation that has been running holidays for Catholic people for nearly 75 years, with a mix of study, prayer and fun. From weekend retreats to week-long holidays, events aim to nourish faith, ignite the intellect, inspire social action, challenge understanding, and invite laughter and creativity. Prices are inclusive of all meals and accommodation. New members of all ages are warmly welcomed. CPW provides a genuine experience of community life and the opportunity to make life-long friendships.

Bursaries of £50 per person are available for some weeks. Contact treasurercpw@gmail.com.

A full list of all 2019 events is available at: https://catholicpeoplesweeks.org/events