On December - 18 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
We were very lucky to have Santa visit us on the final day of our Advent Retreat! He came to give us all our affirmations and he very kindly agreed to have a photo with everyone!
Enjoy!
25th Annual Briars Golf Tournament
On Friday 11th June, over 180 keen golfers gathered at Chevin Golf Club, Duffield to compete in the 25th Briars Am-Am.
‘LIVE IT’ – The story so far…
'LIVE IT' are a series of events taking place all across the Nottingham Diocese. They are a chance for young people in different areas to meet each other to share and celebrate their faith. This is the story so far....
Special 6′s 2010
Held again this year at the Moorways Centre in Derby, we saw our biggest ever turn out! This year saw around a thousand year 6s from all over the diocese gathered together to reflect on taking the big step up to secondary school.
Search for the light 2010
Well it was an amazing week, and finally here are the photos! Leave your comments on the post and thank you to all those who made this a really special Holy Week.
Advent retreat 2009 – The Photos
The photos from Advent 2009 are finally up, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
The Briars 40th Anniversary Reunion
October the 9-12th saw the biggest ever reunion of past and present Briars team members. In part of a series of events to mark the 40th Anniversary of The Briars over 150 people dropped in at some point to make this weekend a truly memorable celebration.
The Relics of St Therese
As part of the visit of St Therese’s relics to our cathedral in Nottingham, the Youth Service led an All Night Vigil. Starting at 11.00 on Monday 5th October and finishing the next morning with Mass at 6.30, it was split into three parts, each focussing on a different aspect of St Therese’s spirituality.
On December - 18 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
We were very lucky to have Santa visit us on the final day of our Advent Retreat! He came to give us all our affirmations and he very kindly agreed to have a photo with everyone!
Enjoy!
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Well the photos are finally here! We had about 500 to sort through, and these are just a few of them that will hopefully give you a picture of what happened. (Santa’s Grotto pics will be uploaded soon!) A big hello and thank you to everyone who made it a truly memorable and enjoyable end to our term and to 2008! It was a brilliant way to prepare for Christmas, and it was fantastic to see some new faces on our open retreats, including some from our recent missions to St Thomas More and St Mary’s Grimsby. Also don’t forget to check out the guest book page and leave your comment!
As promised there is a DVD of a few bits from the weekend, available free upon the reciept of an SAE (big enough and suitable for a DVD) to:
Advent retreat DVD
The Briars Youth Retreat Centre
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On December - 8 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
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On December - 7 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
Today Reach4 were back in Buxton after a very long time, one of the first jobs of the year and now the last one of 2008. We focused on our thoughts on Advent and how it is apart the preparation that makes the celebration of Christmas amazing. We made boxes to hang on our trees, then we made some very decorative advent calendars for the parish with promises inside for th eparish to attempt to help us prepare for the coming of Jesus. We ended our celebration with an amazing mass to top off and amazing day and hopefully it won’t be the last time Reach4 se buxton.
On December - 7 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
Today Reach4 were back in Buxton after a very long time, one of the first jobs of the year and now the last one of 2008. We focused on our thoughts on Advent and how it is apart the preparation that makes the celebration of Christmas amazing. We made boxes to hang on our trees, then we made some very decorative advent calendars for the parish with promises inside for th eparish to attempt to help us prepare for the coming of Jesus. We ended our celebration with an amazing mass to top off and amazing day and hopefully it won’t be the last time Reach4 se buxton.
On December - 5 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
Another week closer to advent and another Journey out to focus on the idea, but also linking in with our calling with God. Today the Reach4 team brought 3 more team members out to brave the colds of Boston and we were also joined by Fr. David Cain who helped us think about the vocation part of our day. We worked with the year 6 from St. Mary’s and the Year 7’s of St. Bede’s we made group contracts, decorated canvases to make the look beautiful and prepared for our final gathering as a whole school community in mass. The singing was beautiful and the altar really look amazing after the offertry. A long and definitley worth while day.
On December - 5 - 20082 COMMENTS
Another week closer to advent and another Journey out to focus on the idea, but also linking in with our calling with God. Today the Reach4 team brought 3 more team members out to brave the colds of Boston and we were also joined by Fr. David Cain who helped us think about the vocation part of our day. We worked with the year 6 from St. Mary’s and the Year 7′s of St. Bede’s we made group contracts, decorated canvases to make the look beautiful and prepared for our final gathering as a whole school community in mass. The singing was beautiful and the altar really look amazing after the offertry. A long and definitley worth while day.
On December - 5 - 2008ADD COMMENTS
Thursday we went to St Mary’s Hyson Green which was so much fun!! Fr David Cain was also with us along with Sister Bernadette. We started off with an assembly and lots of talking about Reindeers which was lots of fun along with a singing practice which you guys rocked at especially with all the clapping!! Then we worked with the year6s while all the other classes prepared something. The boxes we made looked great along with you all making a promise! Then we finished with mass with the whole school, the year6s did all the prayers and a drama for the gospel which was really good and all the other years bought up the things that they had made. Overall it was a great day and i think that it was a great way to prepare for advent! Hope you all enjoyed it!!
