From the editor
Welcome to the summer issue of In Touch. We’ve had a busy few months in the parish, with Confirmation, First Holy Communion, the Art Exhibition, Fr Barry’s Silver Jubilee and the parish’s own birthday celebrations. There are quieter months ahead - as you can see from the parish diary!In this issue - take a look at the feedback on the diocesan vision consultation in ‘Facing the Future’ on page 8. Also, please note the reminders about the Ahotokurom 100 club on page 4, and APF boxes on page 19.
Thanks to all our contributors - we hope you’ll want to write for us again. My personal thanks, as always, to the editorial team for their cheerfulness and hard work!
Tricia Steel
tricia_steel@hotmail.com
Contents
From the pastor's desk Fr Barry shares some thoughts on the vision for our diocese
Making sense of prayer In the first part of a two-part article, Albert Khayyat shares his thoughts on petitionary prayer with us. The second part of this article will appear in the Autumn edition of In Touch…
Facing the future Deacon Philip summarises our input to the important Diocesan consultation process
Prayer on the web a collection of useful web links on the subject of prayer
The adoption dilemma a personal view on a difficult issue facing Catholic children's societies
Art Group Exhibition Two views on one Parish activity - the recent Art Group exhibition. First, the outsider’s view as we hear from Helena Coffey on her visit. Then, an insider’s view from Jacquie Syms
Celebration at the Cathedral Rene Barrett looks back on a special day for many couples from the Diocese with a ‘big’ wedding anniversary falling during the year
Liturgical matters Deacon Philip brings us up to date with some changes in the celebration of the liturgy at St Columba's
The parables David De Souza sets out his thoughts on the parables, and his classification of their main topics
The lighter side a few 'one liners' to finish ...