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How is the Home is a Holy Pack Resource Pack being used? What's happening now as a result of producing this new resource? How is it being received? Are any particular issues being raised and if so, what do we do with these? On this page we hope to feature some of the answers to these questions. If you are looking for ideas on how to use your pack you might find something here that will help you. And if you have practical experience of the pack to share we would be very grateful to be able to pass this on. What’s
Happening Now? Announcing two opportunities to learn more about working with the Pack
in schools, homes, pastoral areas and parishes. Are you excited about
using the Pack and want to let others know? Or wondering where to start?
How best to interest others? What might happen when you do use the
materials? Come along and
share your questions and experiences with others.
Good Shepherd, Arnold | St Francis, Maidstone | Flintshire Schools | GCSE studies | St Anne's, Ormskirk | Our Lady and St Teresa, Wirksworth | Good Shepherd, ArnoldMonica Purdue attended the Nottingham diocesan launch of
Home is a Holy Place in May 2008 and has since used the pack in her
parish. We are very grateful to Monica for sharing her experience.
You can read more reports on the Diocese
of Nottingham Family Matters webpages. Parish of St Francis, Maidstone, KentHome is Holy Place is a resource provided by the Bishops of England and Wales through their Marriage and Family Life Team. In a very down to earth way, it looks at the difficulties facing families in the modern world. It asks three questions:
It does not ask how many times you pray or what parish groups you belong to. It does not assume that your family is perfect. In our parish, we are using this resource as a three week programme during Advent. We hope to run the same programme after Christmas for those who missed it the first time. The team preparing for the Mission in October 2009 hope that this will support those wishing to re-kindle their faith and the living out of their faith in their lives. Working through schools in Flintshire - Reports by Sue CoppDiane Hollis and I did our first presentation a couple of weeks ago at our
'Parish Post Mission day'. Diane is hosting an evening at the Ursuline
Convent in Shotton on 27 November and I have promoted it
at our local Catholic primary school, Venerable Edward Morgan. I
gave a short presentation at a school assembly this week and have invited
parents/grandparents to a showing of the DVD next Monday 17 November at The presentation of Home is a
Holy Place
at the junior school (Nov 17) went quite well
although only 5 people turned up but it was interesting to see how the DVD
stimulated the conversation. The people who attended all contributed
their thoughts and feelings, some positive but others not so...just
gathering to watch the DVD drew out personal testimonies and confidences which
took me aback slightly and made me think that there must be many
people who only need an invitation, a word at the right time to
open up and share their thoughts, worries, fears and hurt. There
were good positive ideas about reaching out to more people and I took the
contact details of everyone present so that I can keep in touch.
Because the school serves a wide area 3 of the people were actually from
other parishes ..but they had not heard of 'Home is a Holy Place
' before and I suggested that they could promote
it themselves in their parishes and invited them to support us in our
next parish presentation. I think (and
hope) that the knowledge will spread in this way by small groups taking it
away to other small groups. We have
reported back to our Parish Advisory Council and asked our Parish Priest
if we could have 'Home is'... as a theme at a Sunday Mass.
He suggested the Feast of the Holy Family
so we look forward to that. In Liverpool, Fr Tony Slingo and Veronica Murphy have worked with a 3rd set Year 11 studying Catholic marriage and family life for Edexcel GCSE, using the DVD and reflection around ‘Home’ ‘Family’’ Holy’. They report that it went down really well. Contact Veronica for more information. St Anne's OrmskirkItem from the minutes
of the Pastoral Council meeting 2nd November 2008 Discussions
on Home is a Peter
explained the nature and purpose of the "Home is a Holy Place" initiative
and its exposition in a DVD resource pack. A pastoral area launch was
taking place
on 12th November at
Our Lady and St Teresa, WirksworthNotice from the parish bulletin of November 9th 2008
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