CTiW Annual Meeting: The Spiritual Health of the Nation

The 2021 Churches Together in Westminster Annual Meeting will take place online on Monday 18 January 2021 at 6.30pm. 

After the Annual Meeting, there will be a Panel Discussion on the subject “The Spiritual Health of the Nation”.

To book free tickets see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ctiw-agm-the-spiritual-health-of-the-nation-tickets-133327701745. All are very welcome.

Covid has been a time of huge upheaval and an opportunity for soul-searching. What are we learning as individuals and as society? Fr Dominic Robinson will chair a discussion on the spiritual health of the nation with Fr Roger Dawson SJ and Ann Morisy.

Fr Roger Dawson SJ is a Jesuit priest and is Director of St Beuno’s Jesuit Spirituality Centre in North Wales. He trained as a clinical psychologist and worked in adult mental health in the NHS before entering the Society of Jesus in 1996. He continues to be interested in ‘positive psychology’ (the psychology of flourishing and ‘what makes life worth living’) and sees many connections between this and Ignatian spirituality.

Ann Morisy is an internationally acclaimed lecturer and writer. She was the Director of the Commission on Urban Life and Faith which produced the report ‘Faithful Cities’. She has written on numerous themes: religious experience (with David Hay), inter-generational fairness, community ministry. In her book ‘Bothered and Bewildered’ she re-envisions theology for troubled times.

Fr Dominic Robinson, SJ. is Parish Priest, Farm Street Church of the Immaculate Conception and Chair, Justice and Peace Commission, Diocese of Westminster.

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CHURCH LEADERS PLEDGE TO THE NATION

With Easter this weekend, HeartEdge partners YourNeighbourhood.org want to get the message far and wide that the Church is here for the nation. So, this Easter, together with them we are asking 1000 UK Church leaders to publicly commit to supporting their local communities, to bring a message of hope, so that no-one will be alone, without the help they need, during the COVID-19 crisis.

Here's a message about the pledge from Russell Rook:

Dear friends,

Please sign our YourNeighbour.org pledge to the Nation and encourage church leaders in your network to sign too.

Our nation is suffering, daily life is out of balance, the Covid-19 crisis is making life a challenge for everyone across the UK. For Churches in the UK this will be an unusual Easter. However, while our celebrations may look different, our message of hope remains the same.

This Easter we want to bring Churches together to send a united message to our nation; our pledge as church leaders across the UK. Our pledge is that we are committed to playing our role, alongside other groups, institutions and organisations, to bring hope to our communities.

With Easter this weekend, we want to get the message far and wide that the Church is here for the nation. We would like 1000 UK Church leaders to publicly commit to supporting their local communities, to bring a message of hope, so that no-one will be alone, without the help they need, during the COVID-19 crisis.

We are working with press and media to publish this pledge this weekend. Join us in spreading good news this Easter. You can read, and sign the full pledge here

Whatever the future holds, churches in the UK stand ready, willing and able to serve. We are praying for our country and our communities, and committed to caring for our neighbours in days and years to come.

Thank you for everything you are doing to support local churches at this time of crisis

Many blessings,

Russell Rook

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