CPW Member Bill Phillips thanks Professor Monica Grady for a wonderfully informative and stimulating evening at the CPW Autumn Lecture on 22nd October 2020.
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In this article Mike Campbell shares his experience of virtual church: “I am certain God is present at these services, and I have found myself spiritually refreshed and renewed by them. There is a real feeling of community… This lockdown has shown the laity can survive without the Church, but I am not sure how long the laity could survive without the Eucharist.”
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At CPW we embrace this rediscovery of the symbols of Eucharist. We celebrate, give thanks and share with exuberance. For many of us it is one of the most authentic experiences of the sacrament. We are truly a Eucharistic Community. At the moment, our community has never felt more scattered. Though we can see beloved faces and hear each other’s voices, watching others eat is not shared food. So what is to be done?
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Mary Huckfield remembers her mum, Maura Chadwin, who died on the 18th of July 2019, exactly one month after her 84th birthday and less than two months after she and her husband Steve had celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary. Maura began her CPW journey in the early 70s. That first holiday marked the beginning of many, many CPWs and lead to the establishment of lifelong friendships which would enriching her own faith and that of her family.
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“As the last sounds of appreciation for the concert piece died away and we began to prepare for our final night prayer, one young girl turned to her mother and said, “Where are the Thank You’s?” When I heard this story I knew we needed to act. So I’d like you to imagine we are all gathered in the lounge/hall of Malvern, Penmaenmawr, Kintbury or Hyning. We are all in high spirits. The week is ending, tomorrow we go home. I just have a few thank you’s to say…”
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“CPW is my favourite part of the summer holidays, so when I was told that it was cancelled, I was really upset. Then I was told that it was going to be held over Zoom and, to be honest, I didn’t want to do it. I thought it wouldn’t work and I didn’t want to talk to people I miss and can’t hug but, after the first session, I was so happy that I had joined.”
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“What a wonderful week! How so worthwhile it has been for all of us privileged to be part of it. Thank God for people of vision in 1945 who set in motion such a wonderful “CPW Way” for our continuing re-discovery of the beauty and wonder of Him who walks shoulder to shoulder alongside us. This week has been a truly “HUMAN” experience of authentic Incarnation embodied in a Zoomed week in which young and old have celebrated together.”
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“CPW is the embodiment of joy, it is a community which has refused to give into the challenges of a pandemic. I felt myself being lifted up, reminded that God is with me and in that I should feel an overwhelming joy knowing this. I was reminded of the reason I joined CPW, the joy and enthusiasm I experienced through a CPW family in my parish. I found this joy infectious and wanted my family to experience it also.”
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On the 5th day of the virtual week, on a day titles ‘wake up’, three speakers gave us moving and vivid examples of how they are responding to calls for justice, peace, and the integrity of the earth within their own lives and the organisations for which they worked.
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A speaker told us about many families in Leicester who were struggling to survive – refugees and asylum seekers who are now struggling to navigate the UK benefits system, access food points and ensure they are obtaining the assistance to which they are entitled.
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Dr Ally Kateusz is an art historian, specialising in the intersection of women and religion. In her report on Dr Kateusz’s talk, Mary Ring describes how Ally uses her research to depict that Jesus left women followers as equals: powerful leaders who preached, prayed publicly, healed, evangelized and baptised.
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On CPW’s first virtual week, Derek Reeve spoke on ‘The Future of the Church’. In this article Bill Phillips summarises Derek’s thoughts and arguments.
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The first speaker to present at the Virtual Summer week was Diarmuid O’Murchu, a member of the Sacred Heart Missionary Order and a social psychologist who has spent most of his working life in social ministry. Read the report on his input here.
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“I wish you all a wonderful week - Hopefully 7 days from now we will wiser, better resourced, with smooth hands from applause and aching sides from shared laughter. Enjoy yourselves. This is the day the Lord has made… let us rejoice and be glad (Psalm 118:24).”
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When CPW’s summer weeks were cancelled due to coronavirus restrictions, the undeterred CPW team got together to stage the first ever online CPW, using Zoom. In this article Sam Corcoran gives his review of CPW’s first virtual week!
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75 years ago today a group of lay Catholics did something new. They met, as a residential community and poured the resources of theological education into the receptive ears of lay people. 75 years later a group of lay Catholics did something new. They took what they knew, worked within the restrictions imposed and created something that looked and felt a lot like a CPW but was also radically different.
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The prayer wall is a space where we can ask for the community to pray with us about things that touch us, to join us in praise and thanksgiving and to celebrate with us for prayers answered.
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Jesus told his disciples to “Let Our Light Shine Before Others”. Do our faces really make such a difference? One day we will see each other face to face again. And we will have learnt to read faces better, to appreciate the gift we are to each other, to feel the warmth as you shine.
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Peter and Paul were no strangers to the experience of being under lock and key, but their responses differed. Presenting themes of Release, Readiness and Transformation, the readings offer us an initial focus for our own reflection as we come out of lockdown.
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In this period of lockdown the young people of CPW recorded a song for our weekly Wednesday zoom prayer. You can watch it here.
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