Participants

Participants registered for the symposium come from a  wide variety of backgrounds: 

Other Christian communities 
Dioceses 
Organisations & associations

We are expecting parents, children, grandparents, husbands, wives, single people, separated and divorced people, priests and religious. We'd like to have more young people and especially young families.

Participants are travelling from Australia, America, Belgium and Ireland as well as England and Wales.

Symposium Team

Representatives from other Christian communities include members of:

Archbishops Council, Church of England
(see also Organisations)

Dioceses represented by employees or episcopally-appointed volunteers include:

Arundel & Brighton
Birmingham
Brentwood
Cardiff
Clifton
Hallam
Hexham & Newcastle
Lancaster
Leeds
Liverpool
Menevia
Northampton
Nottingham
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Salford
Shrewsbury
Southwark
Westminster
Wrexham

Organisations, institutions, agencies and associations represented so far include:

Association of Interchurch Families
Bethany Family Institute
Care for the Family
Catholic Agency for the Support of Evangelisation
Catholic Education Service
Catholic Children's Society (Arundel & Brighton, Portsmouth & Southwark)
Catholic Children's Society (Westminster)
Catholic Youth Services
Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology
Marriage Care
Mother's Prayers
Mothers' Union
National Board of Catholic Women
Networking Catholic Education Today
Our Lady's Catechists
Rainbows for all God's children
Retrouvaille in England and Wales
St Bede's Institute
Teams of Our Lady
Verbum Dei Community
Worldwide Marriage Encounter

Symposium Team

The photo shows facilitators preparing for the symposium at a briefing meeting on September 16th. 

Symposium Facilitators:
Mrs Christian Smith
Mgr Andrew Faley,

Management Team:
Alex Anderson
Elizabeth Davies
Veronica Murphy

Speakers:
Kathleen Chesto
Thomas Knieps-Port le Roi
David Thomas
Rick McCord (additional session)  

Small Group Facilitators:
Pat Brown

Roberta Canning
Fr Eddie Clare

Clara Donnelly

Liz Dutton
Mark Dutton

Fr Chris Fallon

Rosemary Moffat

Sharon O’Donnell

Jane Perryman

Charles Perryman

Breda Theakston
Susan Tym
Fr Peter Verity

Angela Wills

Liturgy:
Fr Philip Gillespie
Tim Harrison

Sound Recording:
Archie & Cathy Cameron

Administrative Support:
Diana Russell

Welcomers:
Teams of Our Lady in Hexham & Newcastle