Thanks for a fantastic week and making our first retreat of 2010 amazing!
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This year 'Search for the Light' - our open Easter retreat, is taking place from Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th April. Download the booking form here!
We are now taking applications for young people 16 – 18 (years 11 – 13) who are not in a Catholic school but want to go on our Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. This is a great opportunity to celebrate our faith and serve members of our diocesan family on pilgrimage.
Live it Derby is working with the parishes of Derby to put on a musical interpretation of The Stations of the Cross. Click here to find out more.
The Briars and Reach4 are seeking applicants for next years residential and outreach team.
The photos from Advent 2009 are finally up, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
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.
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.
Thanks for a fantastic week and making our first retreat of 2010 amazing!
If you want to leave us a message, please do so by clicking “add comments” above.




January 9th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
had an absolutely amazing time, thankyou so much everyone who went+worked there for making it so fab!<3
big daves team! <3
January 9th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
thanks for an amaaazing week!
loved everything we did there, and all the people we were with!
joes group we’re blaitently the best!
ah i really wanna go back! i miss everything about it.
love everyone that was there & made it so gooood:)!
xxxxxxxxx
love for joes group! miss you all(L)!:)
January 9th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Thankyou to all the team, had such a great week!
Would love to come back, loved every minute of it and know everyone else did too!
Loved Steph’s small group ‘Back to the name’ woooooo!:)
Thanks again
Fran xxxxxxxxx
January 9th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
BRIARS 2010 WAS AMAZING, THANKYOU TO EVERYONE WHO MADE IT WICKED!
January 9th, 2010 at 6:27 pm
My week at Briars was seriously the best week of my life!!,
,
thanks for everything,
i enjoyed every second of it and love all the people i met there
Ghost Busterss(conor’s group) were the best group, lovees to you all <33
Conor kirkland is a legeend
xxxxxxxxxxx
January 9th, 2010 at 11:03 pm
oh, briars, whats occurin?
briars was ‘big time’ legendary!
honestly an experience i’ll never forget:)
love for joe and all the team!
and the camel:’)
taught my family the graces, i dont think my dad anytime soon is going put his hood up and start doing the dance with me one:L
thanks briars, bigtime♥
‘yeah, life can get cheesey,
but who doesnt love a bit of cheese?’
January 10th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
thanks for an amazing week!
one of the best in my life tbh
staff were so friendly and i really want to go back
stephs group was amazing!
miss you all
miss all the grimsby lot too!
hope to see you sooon!
January 10th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Thank you sooo much for an amazing week
I want to be back at briars, I had such a fun time! I’ve made some great new friends from St Mary’s and I just loved every second of our week at the briars. The team were really great and it has been a week to remember
Thank you once again, Laura
January 10th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Thanks for an amazing week. Joe I cant believe you Dave is not even welsh haha. I was going round telling everyone he was as well x thanks for the week everyone it was bigtime
haha thanks again i miss it already. x
January 11th, 2010 at 11:28 am
dint wanna leave cryed my eyes out love it were coming back again for a week and so as st peters best week of my life thankyou so much amazing.
January 11th, 2010 at 11:42 am
Thank you to Joe and all the team for such a fantastic week. We really loved it! I am so impressed with how wonderful our students were and you all really brought out the best in them. Thank you for making us feel so welcome-we will all remember this week forever!
Miss Fahy
January 11th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
had such an amazing time!
!
it was the best week ever(:
i miss you all loads + i reaaally wanna come back(:
i loved my little group + everything about briars is just amazingggg!!
thank you all so muchhh
xxxxx
January 11th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
BRIARS WAS AMAZINGG! LOVEYOU ALL
)))xxx
January 12th, 2010 at 2:25 pm
thankyou to all the leaders who made our week worth while, and to all of St, Marys who made it so fun for all of us

TEAM ICE COLD! alright big daveee
missing you allll!
“talk to the finger, cause what?”
“huh?”
“YOUR A MINGER!!”
haha hope to come back sooon<3
January 12th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Thank you for the best week of my life
. Conor’s group, GHOSTBUSTERS, were the best group. Thank you to the team, who made it the best school trip I have ever neen on. Wish I could start it all over again. Conor Kirkland is a LEGEND.
Thank you xXX
January 12th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
best week of my lifeeee


thanks to all the leaderss and every one who made it so good
hope to see you all againn
thankss
olivia xx
January 17th, 2010 at 6:53 pm
Thank you for a amazing week! one of the best of my life! the people where great and i learnt i lot from it!
i miss you all! Team, you are amazing and thank for for making this week one to remember!
chloe
xxxx
January 18th, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Thanks for the best trip ever and one of the best weeks of my life.
The Briars was immense and I made so many friends some new ones from my school but lots of new ones form the other school who were amazing in a million ways. The staff were fantastic, my leader was Dave who was grear at keeping the ideas fun and sensible. Steph was really friendly and Sinoia gave me a great tour but all the leaders were great in individual ways. Steph, Dave, Matt and Sinoia were great singer, Joe rocked on his guitar, Connor was hilarious and Don was amazing. All the spiritual activities were great, especially on Tuesday night, I’ve still got the bracelet on Steph.
Tuesday night was really life changing and Monday night really helped unite the team. Wednesday’s discussions were really interesting and made the memories so much better. Every activity we did was amazing and the grub was delicious. I would love to come and work here for my Gap year it’d be so much Fun but I’d have stiff competition. ON this trip we all had our individualities and no one questioned them, we were all who we wanted to be which made people happier. The Briars really helped Mine and everyone elses confidence so I want to say Thanks for Maybe the best week of my Life.
January 18th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
P.S. Want to see you all again and what cooler than being cool.
ICE COLD
January 21st, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Briars was aaawwwwwwwwwweeeeesssssoooooommmmeeeee
January 28th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
thank you to all the team who made it so amazing!one of the best of my life!
i miss everyone loads and would love to come back!
conor’s team was the best ‘ghost busters’:)
thanks
grace:)xxxxx
January 28th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
WOW the briars was aaaamazing
it was so fantastic, it couldnt have been better
every moment was so enjoyable, its hard to find the words :p hope to god that we can go back again some time soon
WE BETTER!! big daveesss groupp! whats cooler than being cool?? ICE COLDD!!
seriously though it was fantastic! definatley the best week of my life
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