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St Joseph’s Chapel

It was a crisp Autumn October day; it had been three months since the whole family had
‘upped sticks’ and moved to our new home St. Josephs, a 10-bedroom house on the Mount
St. Bernard Abbey estate.
The days were getting shorter and colder the
four grandchildren were coping well
living in the middle of countryside
after being used to busy streets -
tree climbing making dens and
hiding. It was a strange feeling even
though there was nine of us living
together, sometimes it felt isolated
and lonely place.
We were all outside clearing the
garden ready for the Winter.
In the garden there was an old coach house
where Kevin had stored his tools and
coracles and at the end of this, another room looking out over St. Joseph’s field. Kevin
decided to set out to clear this room. There were old tyres and all sorts of stuff including
mud, hay and a layer of dust, so he took his spade and dropped it down and after hearing a
thud, he realised he had hit a cobbled floor. He started to clear the floor with a measure of
excitement, he thought, ‘could this be our chapel our place where we could come together
and share our little prayers together’.
As the day unfolded, the grandchildren joined him and then the rest of the family, to continue to clear the floor.
Ant said, it reminded him of the
church at St. Peters on-the-wall in Essex.
The children really got into it, and we all felt part of something much bigger than we could
imagine. We kept digging and clearing until the floor was cleared leaving an old tree trunk
on the floor which later Kevin made into our altar. That evening we bought fish and chips,
and all sat eating them around the television watching a film of the story of St Francis and
the rebuilding of the church of San Damiano. After, we sat in our little ‘San Damiano’, our
new chapel and said our first prayers.
The little chapel of St. Joseph’s has served us well for the last fifteen years and many pilgrims
have called by.
Sadly, this year in the bad storms one of the windows was ripped out and
everything got soaked and damaged.
Part of telling this story is to start an appeal for us to rebuild the chapel again and this time to open a small doorway in the wall so those that
struggle to walk upstairs can still access the chapel.
We prayerfully are asking for £1350 to
complete the works.
God Bless

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We have drop in sessions today as part of mental health awareness week

IT IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK

We have Drop-in taster sessions today, 11am - 2pm
We are participating in mental health awareness week as part of Northwest Leicestershire's series of events over this week. We are having an open day today from 11am - 2pm when everyone is welcome to drop in and try a few wellbeing taster sessions or just come and have a chat with our wellbeing team and have a drink and biscuit. The tearoom is not open.

Wellbeing sessions include:
Hand massage
Partial body massage
Nail painting
Yoga for movement
Mindfulness Walk
Who am I? Personality type activity

A few more places available.

A few more places available

Wonderful day with YMCA North Staffs. Thank you Fr Terry for joining us

Loved supporting YMCA North Staffordshire and Nnaeto Onwuzurumba’s pilgrimage team on Holy Island. Well worth the drive there and back in one day!!! Enjoy the rest of your time in the North East.

Although we can often overdose on quotes, I love this one, although Stoism without the providence of God can be risky!!

Happy Feast Day to those connected to the Bethany Community both at Monos and beyond…Mary, Martha and Lazarus pray for us.

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We are running a mental health awareness course on the 11th of July.

This is a great course If you have a family member, friend or colleague you are supporting through mental health difficulties, or if you just want to raise your own awareness.

£49 for half a days course receiving an accredited certification on completion.

Limited spaces available.

Refreshments provided (SCONES)

Just taken our first booking for a church group on the 24th June. Get your stakes on boys!!!!!

Happy Easter from all at Monos

Remembering Clare Grimley this week on her anniversary. Her life lives on in the fabric and ethos of all we do in Monos.

Finally all over, PhD complete!!!!

🌟 Super Star Steph 🌟

Many of you will recognise Steph. She came to volunteer at our tearoom with YMCA Derby in 2019, and wowed us with her hard work and kind heart. She has had many personal struggles but has pushed through to excel in all she undertakes.
You may have also noticed that Steph hasn’t been in the tearoom for a while. She has been training to be a 999 call handler.
Once again she has out done herself by passing all her tests and is now fully qualified. ⭐️

Well done Steph. We are so proud of you, and can’t wait to see what’s ahead in you new journey.

There is one thing the photograph must contain, the humanity of the moment.📸

Yesterday, staff, volunteers and young people regularly visited Monos Org UK to rest, reflect and take a break from their busy day-to-day lives.🤗

Thank you so much for your kind donations.

We are re posting our crowd funding link to connect with anyone that may have missed our previous posts. Please read and share and donate if you feel moved to.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-support-st-josephs-centre-and-tearoom?fbclid=IwAR1yPCV1RoS4mDmNvk0H9WlNFr0eF8k0pLt_i1BdpP0LtMyNfwxB6gh8Tx8&fs=e&s=cl

Here is our story.

Please click on the link below to see how to support us in the work we have been doing for many years.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-support-st-josephs-centre-and-tearoom?fbclid=IwAR3LiWrd2EmAkt3Xhqj2zGFQL4bygESDDOmJCxK7C7AKbJheVrP7Lj4-ytg

Help support St Joseph's Centre and Tearoom The aim of the project is to raise funds to secure the immediate and long term future of the Centre and Tearoom.

Glad to be able to support the Northumbria Community in this special feast day.

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