Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth
Sacred Heart Church North Gosforth
‘The Church needs a well-educated inquiring and vocal laity if the new evangelisation is to achieve its full potential.’
Called and Gifted for the Third Millennium USCCB 1995
Adult Faith Formation is the process by which people consciously grow in the life of Christ through experience, reflection, prayer and study.
This is a course for both Sacred Heart and St Charles parishes runs weekly from September to Easter. It is aimed at Catholic adults who want to find out more about their Catholic Faith, and for those who wish to become members of the Catholic church. Currently it is on Wednesday evenings at 7.00pm in the St Charles Parish Centre.
For more information: Contact Fr Michael Weymes or Deacon John Hawthorne (see Home Page), or email the Parish Office at St Charles. office@rcgosforth.net
Have you read a good book (or seen a film or heard a radio programme) recently that you’d like to tell others about? Tell us what it is and why you like it (in under 250 words) and we’ll put it on our web site.
Please note: that we may not be able to list all books and reviews.
Why I like this book
by John Hawthorne
This book is so good I’ve had to buy several copies mainly because I’ve loaned them out and never got them back – it’s that good. Based on the teaching of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Hughes sets out some of the ways we can approach prayer (or how we ‘dig for treasure’ as he puts it), what to do when we come to those ‘dry periods’ when it’s so hard to pray, and how we begin to discern what God’s will for us is. Prayer for Hughes is not just about us talking to God but listening carefully as God reveals the truth of our lives to us. Hughes invites us to delve deeper into the reality of how we live and through prayer take a good long look at the things that hold us back from God make us unhappy and spoil our relationships with each other. The answers we get are often unexpected. Sometimes very unexpected which is why it’s called God of Surprises.
What Hughes writes is not new but his way of explaining it is clear refreshing very accessible and surprising. A good book for private reading or for group study with friends.
Here are some useful links to resources on the web to help you discover more about the Word of God and the teachings of the Catholic Church:
The New Testament Gateway is an award winning web directory of internet resources on the New Testament currently being updated daily. Browse or search annotated links on everything from the Greek New Testament to Jesus in Film.
A complete online version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church which can be searched by keywords, phrases or paragraph number.
This links to the Vatican web site and a list of all sixteen papers produced from the Second Vatican Council.
Home is a Holy Place is about seeing, knowing and responding to God’s presence at home in our families, in the ordinary events of our daily lives, in the deep joys and sorrows we experience together and in our relationships with one another, whether we are children, siblings, parents, spouses, friends or neighbours.
Inspired and energized by one of the most popular spiritual writers of our time, HenriNouwen.org exists to provide resources and encouragement to all those who seek to deepen their spiritual commitments. You can also subscribe to their regular Meditations and E-letters which are sent out by e-mail free of charge.
The crossroads Initiative. An excellent teacher and writer D’Ambrosio deals with many of the problems perplexing Catholics today.
If you know of any spiritual or religious related educational events happening locally please let us know and we will post the details on this site. Send to jjdow2234@gmail.com
Please note: that we may not be able to list all events.
There are a number of events organised by the Diocesan Education Service.