Merlyn Griffiths and his daughter Dolly attended the CPW long weekend at Alton Castle which took place over Halloween and All Saints Day.

Settle down, snuggle in, get nice and comfy and let’s begin….

St Cuthbert and walking in God’s garden in the cool of the day

CPW Walking Pilgrimage 2025 at Ministeracres

Ewa had been encouraging me since Christmas. “You must come to a Catholic People’s Week. We have been going for years, and I know you will love it”.

It was not without trepidation that we rolled up the track to the family CPW this summer, arriving as we were at a week entitled Where is God in the Climate Crisis? in our SUV…But, as ever, we need not have worried.

Around 50 CPW members gathered at the Carmelite Priory outside Oxford to celebrate CPW’s 80th anniversary.

The chair was Carola Geist-Divver with the support of her son Edgar and Cathy Scott. Tim Redmond was our chaplain and Breideen Murtagh the organiser.

Going to Catholic People’s Weeks over the years, one of the long-lasting impacts is a unique view of what Mass can be.

I had never been to Hyning before, and I have to confess that the monastery’s location in north-west Lancashire was one of the things that drew me to this week, or more accurately half-week.

2025 Bookings open on Saturday 8 February

The centre, Scargill House, is set in the beautiful surroundings of the Yorkshire Dales. It is an ecumenical Christian centre, which provided a place of welcome, peace and worship for all attending our joint CPW weekend.

This may sound like another mystery for Cadfael to solve but, almost unbelievably, it was a holiday.  Yes, a holiday!  Who goes on a holiday to discuss old age, dying and the afterlife?