Blog & News
Welcome to CPW’s blog and news page. On this page you’ll see all of our latest articles - from articles written by our members, to blogs about upcoming events, to news and announcements from our trustees.
Death at the Monastery
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?
Helpers Weekend Report
The helpers and and prelpers weekend was a great chance to catch up with CPW friends while also learning about being a helper.
Report on Walking Week
This was my very first taste of CPW, though I first heard about it years ago through a friend. It sounded good and I wanted to go deeper, but an opportunity never seemed to present itself.
Autumn Lecture Catch-up
An opportunity to catch-up on the recent Autumn Lecture with Dr Carmody Gray
Vigil with Bishops
On Monday 14 November, members of Catholics for Christian Climate Action were joined by a number of Bishops as they kept vigil outside on the first day of the Bishops of England and Wales Autumn Plenary Meeting at Hinsley Hall, Headingly, Leeds.
Bill Philip's Report on the Annual Gathering of the Conservation of Precious Water & Woodland Trust
This report on the proceedings of the CPWWT was over shadowed by the crisis of management of the organisation.
CPW Walking Weekend Report
As fairly hardened CPW members neither Greg nor I had really given this weekend much thought before we set off for the Gower Peninsula.
Synod Consultation
On 27 February, CPW members gather on-line to consider what CPW would say in its submission to the Global Synod.
Report on the Autumn Lecture 19 October - Jeffrey Boakye
Since the murder of George Floyd, cases of institutional racism have often been the news. In only the latest example, papers are full of the crisis at Yorkshire Cricket Club because of way it has dealt with racism revealed by a former player Azeem Rafiq.
Report: AMOS - A Prophet For Today?
A personal response to the study day by Anna Gibson…
CPW’s latest Zoom study gathering was led by Teresa Saunders and enabled by the technological expertise of Mike Willcox and Tom Dawkes.
Report: Autumn All-Age Weekend
From the enclosed, built-up cities or the spreading flatlands with their immense skies, why would you travel over two hundred miles to gaze on moorland hilltops enveloped in cloud and to listen to falling rain and leaves scuttling from a chasing wind? Well, why wouldn’t you?
Searching for a Chair - An Update
As members will know CPW has been without a chair since Anne Dixon stepped down earlier this year.
Camino to COP - A Walker's Reflection
Barbara Wilson spent two weeks on Camino to COP, a 500-mile pilgrimage from London to Glasgow, arriving in time for the start of the COP26 Summit in November. Parting from the pilgrimage when they reached Birmingham, Barbara shared some of her memories and reflections on her experience.
One person’s reaction the Root and Branch Synod in Bristol
I only head about the Bristol Synod at the CPW meeting on Synodality in June 2021 led by Greg Ryan. Jacinta and I booked in late but were lucky to get places to be there.
Steps to a Synodal Church - Reflections on the recent CPW conference
Synodality (an awkward sounding word) is set to become a defining concept for the Catholic church in the coming years. And it will be the guiding principle for CPW as it explores how it is to re-form itself in its next stage of life.
Blog June 2021: CPW in Conversation with... Ellen Teague
Ellen Teague is known to many of us. As well as an active participant on both All Age and 18+ events, Ellen had also chaired many a week sharing her passion for Justice and Peace and knowledge of Catholic Social Teaching.
In this month's blog she tells us more about her work and involvement with CPW.
Chairs blog May 2021: CPW BGM Report
It has been an interesting 4 years and if you are like me, as I begin to recount where we were at the last BGM, you may feel as though I’m describing events from a very long time ago. So much has changed, but many of the things that matter remain. We have had the opportunity to learn a great deal about ourselves, about our priorities and about our mission.
Chairs blog April 2021: Talking about Freedom
Even when our freedoms are limited, we have the power to do good. In this month’s blog, CPW Chair Anne Dixon reflects of freedom (with the help of camper vans, Reith Lecturers Law Lord Jonathon Sumption and Mark Carney, and writer and theologian Teresa Forcades I Vila) to ask: What does our faith teach us about the meaning and purpose of Freedom? And what is our response?