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Looking to 2020

Weybridge Deanery Looking to 2020
http://www.weybridgedeanery.org

The era of mass when and where you want in a parish ‘run’ by the priest is ending. There aren't enough clergy for that. And (just maybe) that’s a good thing. It forces a re-think.

Who are the Church? We are – all of us. What is the priest’s role? Pastor, not janitor; preacher, not administrator; serving people, not a building; steeped in the Christian Tradition, but without having all the answers. 

The place of the Eucharist in the life of the community is also put in question. It is indeed ‘the source and summit’ of our Christian life and prayer (Vatican II), but it shouldn’t be the extent of either – and there may even occasionally be moments when (in solidarity with so many Catholics in the Third World) we yearn for mass but cannot share it. Then how shall we pray?

Pope Francis has invited us to learn again how to be ‘missionary disciples’, people on a journey, filled with the joy of the Gospel. Now we must work out how to do that. Discuss it, pray about it, and offer to get involved. It’s your parish, your life, your calling.

Please find links to the Bishop's letter and to our Looking to 2020 leaflet

bpk_pastoral_message_weybridge2020_.pdf
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looking_to_2020_leaflet.pdf
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feedback.pdf
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summary_of_feedback_sept_14.pdf
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Please print out the List of Ministries form, complete it and return it to the Church Office
list_of_ministries_form.pdf
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We had more than 200 responses to our feedback questionnaire. Have a look at the findings which highlight your concerns and the fantastic opportunities.

The First St Erconwald's Looking to 2020 Forum will be held on Sunday 5 th October at 10.30-11.00 am between the two Sunday morning masses.

Here are some questions which might help guide your thoughts

1. “The number of priests will certainly reduce, and, the laity, will have to be more active in parish life and in 
promoting the Good News.” How do I respond to this? Is it opportunity, or threat, or both?

2. What formation and support shall I need to prepare for change?

3. Do I have any practical suggestions concerning how I/we could work together better as a parish and with other local 
parishes? 

4. What other information do I need?
st_erconwalds_looking_to_2020_forum_5_october_2014.pdf
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      • Anointing the Sick
    • Exposition and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
    • Mass Intentions
    • Are you interested in becoming a Catholic or learning more about the faith?
    • Garden of Remembrance
  • Rotas
    • Altar servers
    • Readers
    • Eucharistic Ministers
      • For Eucharistic Ministers
    • Baptism Courses
  • Get Involved
    • Sacristans
    • Children's Liturgy
    • Church Cleaning
    • Parish Office
    • Coffee after 9.15 Mass
    • Play a special role in the Liturgy of the Mass
      • Children's Liturgy
      • Reading
      • Music
        • Traditional Choir
        • Folk Group
        • St Erconwald's Singers (Primary School Children)
        • Youth Masses
      • Altar Servers
    • Volunteers managing the Church
      • Church Cleaning
      • Flower Arranging
      • Gardening
      • Counting
    • Mothers and Toddlers
    • Youth
      • Red Shirts
    • Link Group
    • APF (Red Boxes)
  • Outreach
    • Phone a friend
    • Home Visiting
    • Chapliancy
  • Social Concern
    • The Call, The Journey and The Mission
    • Cafod
    • Fair Trade
    • Food bank
  • Websites for Children
  • Links
    • Schools
    • Other Parishes in the Weybridge Deanery
      • Addlestone
      • Chertsey
      • Cobham
      • Egham
      • Esher
      • Hersham
      • Molesey
      • Sunningdale
      • Thames Ditton
      • University of London (Royal Holloway Egham)
      • Weybidge
      • Deanery Web Page
    • Diocese of Arundel and Brighton
    • Societies and Associations
      • Taize
      • The Catenian Association
      • APF, The association for the propogation of the faith
      • House of Prayer
      • Parish Charity
      • Medjugorje Prayer Meetings
  • Contact
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