Tuesday, July 19, 2011
It seems a long way ahead...
...but it's worth booking the date now. The 2011 TOWARDS ADVENT Festival of Catholic Culture is on Saturday Nov 19th 2011...
WHAT IS...
... the TOWARDS ADVENT Festival ?
It is a gathering together of a wide range of Catholic groups and organisations to celebrate the Catholic Faith. It happens annually at Westminster Cathedral Hall (Ambrosden Avenue, London SW1). There are talks by interesting speakers, there is music, there are opportunities to meet people working in all sorts of different fields,there is a play corner for children, there is food, there is friendship. Entry is free, and tickets for the talks cost £2.00 each. Anyone is welcome - Catholic or not.
We started the Festival in the year 2000 and it is exciting to see how it has quietly become a part of life in the capital for the many people who flock to it each year. It's run by volunteers, and there is a great spirit of goodwill - the Association of Catholic Women provides refreshments, the Catenians run the administration and deal with booking the equipment and so on, the Knights of St Columba hand out leaflets and help with publicity and promotion...school choirs come and sing, guest speakers honour us with their presence, and all sorts of groups and organisations book in and take part.
It is a gathering together of a wide range of Catholic groups and organisations to celebrate the Catholic Faith. It happens annually at Westminster Cathedral Hall (Ambrosden Avenue, London SW1). There are talks by interesting speakers, there is music, there are opportunities to meet people working in all sorts of different fields,there is a play corner for children, there is food, there is friendship. Entry is free, and tickets for the talks cost £2.00 each. Anyone is welcome - Catholic or not.
We started the Festival in the year 2000 and it is exciting to see how it has quietly become a part of life in the capital for the many people who flock to it each year. It's run by volunteers, and there is a great spirit of goodwill - the Association of Catholic Women provides refreshments, the Catenians run the administration and deal with booking the equipment and so on, the Knights of St Columba hand out leaflets and help with publicity and promotion...school choirs come and sing, guest speakers honour us with their presence, and all sorts of groups and organisations book in and take part.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Handbills are now available...
...promoting the 2011 TOWARDS ADVENT Festival of Catholic Culture, which takes place at Westminster Cathedral Hall on Saturday Nov 19th. Organisations taking part in the Festival will receive their handbills this week...and every parish in London and the South East will be sent some in the Autumn for distribution and use on parish noticeboards etc...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
THE 2011 TOWARDS ADVENT FESTIVAL...
...will be held on Saturday November 19th 2011 at Westminster Cathedral Hall.
Special guest speaker: Mgr Keith Newton of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Come and hear about the Ordinariate, a sign of great hope and joy for the Church in England!
There's a special celebration of the life of Blessed John Paul II in drama, music and film featuring members of a youth drama team from Oxford.
The Festival opens at 10.30am, with Archbishop Vincent Nichols and the Gallery Choir of the Westminster Cathedral Choir School.
There are stalls and displays from a great range of Catholic groups and organisations - bookstalls galore, stalls selling crafts, statues, Catholic publications, rosaries and goodness knows what else (last year a chap selling scarves in the new Papal tartan sold out), plus opportunities to meet members of religious orders, charities, and communities, plus home-baked refreshments, and more...
Entry is free. Just turn up. There's a play corner for children alongside the refreshment area. Tea and coffee freshly brewed throughout the day, relays of enthusiasts selling sandwiches and cakes. Tickets for talks are £2, from the Welcome Desk.
Special guest speaker: Mgr Keith Newton of the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Come and hear about the Ordinariate, a sign of great hope and joy for the Church in England!
There's a special celebration of the life of Blessed John Paul II in drama, music and film featuring members of a youth drama team from Oxford.
The Festival opens at 10.30am, with Archbishop Vincent Nichols and the Gallery Choir of the Westminster Cathedral Choir School.
There are stalls and displays from a great range of Catholic groups and organisations - bookstalls galore, stalls selling crafts, statues, Catholic publications, rosaries and goodness knows what else (last year a chap selling scarves in the new Papal tartan sold out), plus opportunities to meet members of religious orders, charities, and communities, plus home-baked refreshments, and more...
Entry is free. Just turn up. There's a play corner for children alongside the refreshment area. Tea and coffee freshly brewed throughout the day, relays of enthusiasts selling sandwiches and cakes. Tickets for talks are £2, from the Welcome Desk.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
COME AND MEET THE BAKED BEANS GIRL!!!
Remember? The placard that you saw in those great crowd scenes on TV? "We love you Papa more than beans on toast" !!! Well, the young lady who organised that, and who was also shown on TV wearing her Papal wellies ("Give it some welly for the Pope in the Park") will be speaking at Towards Advent, and giving us the story of the adventures of her group during those wonderful four days.
Don't miss it! Come to Westminster Cathedral Hall on Saturday November 6th. Doors open 10am, and there are wonderful stalls to visit, a chance to learn how to sing glorious music, a tour of the Cathedral, and more...and young Niamh and her team will be speaking at 3pm. COME ALONG AND JOIN IN!
Don't miss it! Come to Westminster Cathedral Hall on Saturday November 6th. Doors open 10am, and there are wonderful stalls to visit, a chance to learn how to sing glorious music, a tour of the Cathedral, and more...and young Niamh and her team will be speaking at 3pm. COME ALONG AND JOIN IN!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
More details...
...about the 2010 Towards Advent Festival.
The choir of COLOMA GIRLS SCHOOL (Croydon) will be singing. This excellent choir has a fine reputation, and has sung at the Festival before. Come along to enjoy them...they will sing at the Opening Ceremony, where Archbishop Vincent Nicholls will be the speaker, at 10 am...
The choir of COLOMA GIRLS SCHOOL (Croydon) will be singing. This excellent choir has a fine reputation, and has sung at the Festival before. Come along to enjoy them...they will sing at the Opening Ceremony, where Archbishop Vincent Nicholls will be the speaker, at 10 am...
Saturday, September 25, 2010
BE THERE!!
Come and join us at the TOWARDS ADVENT Festival at
Westminster Cathedral Hall
on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6th 2010
all day from 10am (grand opening with choir,ceremony with Archbishop Vincent Nicholls)
ADMISSION FREE.
All day: displays from a wide range of Catholic groups and organisations, sharing the activities of the Catholic Church across Britain. Books, DVDs, Catholic items on sale. Art display by children at Catholic schools. A chance to meet friends and make new contacts. Find out new ways in which you can serve the Church and society. Enjoy discovering what young people are doing.
TALKS and WORKSHOPS:
Glorious Music for Parish Liturgies - an opportunity to learn, sing, and be s[inspired" Led by Jeremy de Satge of The Music Makers
The PAPAL VISIT - an overview - Mgr Vincent Brady from the Apostolic Nunciature.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE CATHEDRAL - come and see the new mosaic blessed by the Holy Father, and excperience the atmosphere of this great place of God in the heart of LOndon, learn its history and absorb oits message.
Admission to talks and tours £2.50p
Come with your parish group - or on your own. Bring the family! Play corner for small children. Refreshments available all day - a chance to sit and chat in friendly surroundings, over fresh sandwiches and home-made cakes.
Westminster Cathedral Hall
on SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6th 2010
all day from 10am (grand opening with choir,ceremony with Archbishop Vincent Nicholls)
ADMISSION FREE.
All day: displays from a wide range of Catholic groups and organisations, sharing the activities of the Catholic Church across Britain. Books, DVDs, Catholic items on sale. Art display by children at Catholic schools. A chance to meet friends and make new contacts. Find out new ways in which you can serve the Church and society. Enjoy discovering what young people are doing.
TALKS and WORKSHOPS:
Glorious Music for Parish Liturgies - an opportunity to learn, sing, and be s[inspired" Led by Jeremy de Satge of The Music Makers
The PAPAL VISIT - an overview - Mgr Vincent Brady from the Apostolic Nunciature.
GUIDED TOUR OF THE CATHEDRAL - come and see the new mosaic blessed by the Holy Father, and excperience the atmosphere of this great place of God in the heart of LOndon, learn its history and absorb oits message.
Admission to talks and tours £2.50p
Come with your parish group - or on your own. Bring the family! Play corner for small children. Refreshments available all day - a chance to sit and chat in friendly surroundings, over fresh sandwiches and home-made cakes.
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