Live Simply

Before the summer holidays in June 2016 parishioners from all three of our churches met to reflect on Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’. Central to his message is how we see our role in the world that conforms with the vision of St Francis. The PPC have decided that we as a Parish should work […]

Congratulations and thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm and involvement we had a successful assessment on the 14th May 2018 and have gained a LiveSimply Award for our Parish.  We will shortly receive a wooden plaque for each church plus the report of our assessment from CAFOD, which will be published on the Parish website and on […]

During the time we were working to achieve our Live Simply Award we asked parishioners to complete a couple of questionnaires, one near the beginning of the challenge and one when we submitted our achievement reportOct 2016 – March 2017 QUESTIONNAIREDid you take part in the Reverse Advent Calendar for the Food Bank?  51          32%                                                                                          Did you […]

June 2018 – Live Simply Update. We are one of only 50 Parishes in the UK to have gained a LiveSimply AwardDuring Lent we had a very successful Lent Appeal for CAFOD and parishioners also generously collected items to fill rucksacks with useful household items for the refugees who are lucky enough to make it […]

The following suggestions were compiled during the course of the parish working together to achieve our Live Simply Award December 2016Is that light really necessary?Old clothes? Charity Shop or Clothes BankBuy only what you needLove God, People and CreationI will live simply this yearRecycle Christmas Cards and Wrapping Paper January & February 2017 Keep junk mail […]