CathSoc Ceilidh

Coming soon: Cathsoc Ceilidh Fri 17th Feb, 8pm Newman Room, entry £5 on the door. Come
along, bring your friends, and enjoy drinks in probably the cheapest bar in Oxford – Barnabas.

Letter of Jean Vanier Jan 2012

Jesus, taking a child in his arms, calls his disciples to become like that small child in order to enter into the kingdom of God, the kingdom of love. Let us learn to welcome this tenderness, these eyes that wonder, this openness, this trust and this love that are the gifts of children. Jesus adds, “Those who welcome a child in my name welcome me”. To welcome Estelle is to welcome God. This God of peace is hidden in the smallest and the most wounded. Let us not try to climb up in the heavens but let us descend, yes, let us descend to meet  ‘Estelle’ and people who have been rejected. It is about meeting them, heart to heart, person to person, with smiles in very gentle moments of communion; not to change them, but to meet them by making room in our hearts.

Read the whole letter.

St Thomas More Lecture

Fr John O’Malley SJ: Trent & Vatican II: Two Anniversaries of Two Misunderstood Councils, St Thomas More lecture, Thurs 2nd Feb, 7pm, CathSoc pasta , 8.15pm lecture, Newman Room. All welcome

Candlemas

Candlemas candlelit Mass of the Presentation of the Lord: 6pm, Thu 2nd February

Christian Unity Week of Prayer 18 -25 January

We will all be changed

Change is at the heart of our Christian faith. Saint Paul said that anyone who is in Christ is a new creation, and we are called to live as children in the light.

The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012 comes to us from the churches in Poland, who have reflected upon their own experience as a nation, and in particular how, as a nation, they have been changed and transformed by the many upheavals of their history, and sustained by their faith.

Change is also at the heart of the ecumenical movement. When we pray for the unity of the church we are praying that the churches that we know and which are so familiar to us will change as they conform more closely to Christ. This is an exciting vision, but also a challenging one. Furthermore, when we pray for this transforming unity we are also praying for change in the world.  Download the week’s prayers and reflections.

A Fond Farewell …

A fond farewell to Fr John SJ as he leaves us to take up the post of school chaplain at St Ignatius, Enfield. With many thanks for everything he has done for the
Chaplaincy. Our prayers and best wishes. Come back and visit us soon!

Terry Eagleton, ‘Jesus and tragedy’

Terry Eagleton, Jesus & Tragedy, Thu 17 Nov, 8pm (Newman Room), pasta (7pm): “Though he was no revolutionary in the modern sense of the term, he has something of the lifestyle of one. He sounds like a cross between a hippie and a guerilla fighter. He respects the Sabbath not because it means going to church but because it represents a temporary escape from the burden of labour. The Sabbath is about resting, not religion. One of the best reasons for being a Christian, as for being a socialist, is that you don’t like having to work, and reject the fearful idolatry of it so rife in countries like the US. Truly civilized societies do not hold predawn power breakfasts.” Reason, Faith, Revolution (Yale University Press: 2009), pp. 9-10.

CathSoc PastaPlus

Thursday 21st October, free, tasty pasta from 7pm plus Mark Dowd, “Pope Benedict XVI – a green pope?” 8pm in the Blue Room. All welcome.

CathSoc

CathSoc Contact julia.schoettl@trinity.ox.ac.uk
Thursday evenings: Pasta from 7.00pm Plus a faith “gym” (guest speakers and discussion) at 8.00pm. This week, ‘Karibuni Africa: Meeting the Faith on the soil of Tanzania’. All welcome.

CathSoc

CathSoc Contact julia.schoettl@trinity.ox.ac.uk
Thursday evenings: Pasta from 7.00pm Plus a faith “gym” (guest speakers and discussion) at 8.00pm. This week, Catholic Freshers’ Fair. All welcome.

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