Southwark Catholic Youth Service

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Want to uncover the hidden history of St George’s Cathedral?

Join us for a guided history tour led by Joanna Bogle Thursday, September 26! Discover the stories behind the icon of Waterloo, built by the great Victorian architect Augustus Pugin, who designed numerous Catholic churches throughout England, including Oscott College.

++ Please assemble at the entrance of the Cathedral at 6:30 PM. Tour will be followed by social at Three Stags Pub.

Just as we venerate Jesus’ Name on 3 January, the Catholic Church honours the Holy Name of Mary on 12 September.

Happy feast of the Holy Name of Mary!

Here is the latest Southwark Catholic Youth Service newsletter, containing news of our recent events and details of what’s coming up! 🗞️

Newsletter can be found here | www.tinyurl.com/Scysnews

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BOOK NOW! We have some spaces left on the coach to Birmingham! If you would like to join us, pm me or sign up via the link below! ☀️

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We would like you to join us for Adoremus National Eucharistic Congress 2024 – Birimingham- on Saturday 14 September. ❤️‍🔥 It will be a day event for young people to renew and deepen devotion to the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament at St Mary’s College, Oscott. St Mary’s College, Oscott was the venue for the first Eucharistic Procession since the Reformation, and in 2024 the Procession will help lead the Church in preparing for the Jubilee Year. 🏃‍♀️

We will take a coach from Amigo Hall at 6:30 am and return to London at around 8 pm on the day.

Sign up here | https://tinyurl.com/adoremus24

Mother Teresa dedicated her whole life to the mission of serving the poor, the sick and the dying in Calcutta, India. To respond to the calling from Jesus, she founded the congregation of the Missionaries of Charity in the Archdiocese of Calcutta in 1950. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 in honouring her great works for the poor of the poorest.

St. Teresa of Calcutta, pray for us!

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St. George’s Young Adults is looking forward to having you over at our Welcome Back Meal next week! 🌟

Join us for a chill evening of good food and community next Thursday, 12 September 7 PM at Market Halls Oxford Street. 🍜

Don’t forget to book at QR code or via this link: https://tinyurl.com/welcbmeal

Here’s to new beginnings, strong faith and great memories ahead!🥂

Rose was born in Italy in 1234, an unsettling time when Viterbo, the city where she was born, rebelled against the Pope. Rose and her family were banished from Viterbo until the Pope restored his influence.

From a young age, Rose was devoted and strong in faith. She received instruction from the Blessed Virgin Mary to enter the Third Order of St Francis at the age of 10. She evangelised tirelessly of penance and obedience to the Catholic Church.

Rose was excellent in preaching as she once converted a town which was controlled by a sorceress. Everyone in the town including the sorceress herself repented as they witnessed Rose standing unscathed on a burning heap for 3 hours.

When Rose reached the age of 15, she was rejected by the Monastery of the Poor Clares due to the destitution of her family. Not being put off, she lived a life of prayer and penance with her father, and died in 1251. St. Rose’s body was found to be incorrupt and is put in the Monastery of St. Mary of the Roses, which she wished to enter.

Southwark Catholic Youth Service is delighted to announce “An Evening for Young Adults with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati” on Thursday 31 October 2024. It will be an uplifting evening with Eucharistic Adoration, with praise and worship, led by One Hope Project from 6:30 PM, followed by a talk by Archbishop John on Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life at 8 PM. Afterwards, we will have a social at Amigo Hall - All are welcome!

Take advantage of this opportunity to connect and pray with other young adults and to hear about the great works of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati!

St John the Baptist was martyred because he upheld the sacredness of marriage.

We ask for his intercession so that we may love God with same fervour and radical commitment.

St. John the Baptist, pray for us!

Southwark Catholic Youth Service is delighted to announce “An Evening for Young Adults with Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati” on Thursday 31 October 2024. It will be an uplifting evening with Eucharistic Adoration, with praise and worship, led by One Hope Project from 6:30 PM, followed by a talk by Archbishop John on Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life at 8 PM. Afterwards, we will have a social at Amigo Hall - All are welcome!

Take advantage of this opportunity to connect and pray with other young adults and to hear about the great works of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati!

Southwark Catholic Youth Service Southwark Catholic Youth Service (SCYS) is an agency of the Archdiocese of Southwark.

Despite the efforts of his mother St Monica to raise him in Catholic faith, Augustine as a young child was a trouble-maker. He did not find the Catholic faith alluring as an adolescent and young adult, and instead turned to Manichean sect, astrology and Platonism.

When he was sent to a nearby city to further his education, he lived with a young woman and had a child with her. One day, Augustine heard a voice which asked him to pick up the Bible next to him. Augustine did, opened it, and found the following verse, “…let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, not in or**es and drunkenness, not in promiscuity and licentiousness, not in rivalry and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.” (Romans 13:13-14). He experienced a great conversion.

Under the influence of his good Catholic friends and a devoutly Catholic mother, Augustine was baptised by his friend St Ambrose at age 32. In his next 43 years as a Christian, he wrote extensively and became one of the most distinguished theologians in the Church.

St. Augustine, pray for us!

Come as you are!

Join us this Sunday, 1 Sept, at 6 PM for our Young Adult Mass. Come and enjoy an uplifting evening of faith and community!

📆Sunday 1 September, 6 PM
📍St. George’s Cathedral, Lambeth Rd, London SE1 7HY
👱🏻‍♂️Canon Michael Branch
🎶Indonesian Youth Choir

Confessions will be available! All are welcome! See you on Sunday!

It is believed that St Bartholomew is the Nathanael mentioned in the Gospel of John, who Jesus referred to “an Israelite… incapable of deceit”.

He was believed to be beheaded and flayed alive when he went preaching in Armenia. Let us remember his courageous martyrdom for the love of our Lord Jesus.

St Bartholomew, pray for us!

Happy Feast of the Queenship of Mary!
Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us!

Do you want to learn more about praise and worship? If yes, then the One Hope Project Academy is for you!

It is a 6 month online worship school to help train and invest in budding Catholic worship leaders. This formation provides teaching on a range of topics including leading worship, music for liturgy, building teams, being an authentic leader, listening to God and many more.

Check out this link: https://www.onehopeproject.co.uk/ohpacademy to find out more!

St Pope Pius X is often commemorated for his promotion of constant reception of the Holy Communion, particularly by children.

In 1904, Piux X started compiling the 1917 Code of Canon Law, which was later finished by his successor, Pope Benedict XV.

In 1905, Pius X refused to come to terms with France’s renouncement of previous agreement with Rome and the threat of confiscating church property if state control over Church matters were not permitted.

St. Pius X, Pope, pray for us!

Our next Youth Retreat is two months away! It will be a great opportunity for young people ages 13-17 to explore prayer: what, why, and how? Have you ever realised that prayer is important for our everyday happiness and flourishing? ✨

The day will consist of talks, workshops, questions and discussion, and some time of Eucharistic Adoration. The retreat will be guided by Dominican brothers. Don’t miss out! 📿❤️‍🔥

Sign up now | http://tinyurl.com/retreat12oct

Happy Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary!

On this Holy Day of Obligation, let us remember that death is not our final end – but rather a pathway to lead us to heaven, just as we recall Our Lady’s glorious assumption, body and soul, to heaven to be with her beloved son at the end of her earthly journey.

Join us for the solemn Mass at St. George’s Cathedral at 6 PM, celebrated by Bishop Philip Moger.

St Maximilian Kolbe

Raymund Kolbe was born in 1894 in Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. As a child, Kolbe had a vision of Mother Mary which had much influence on the rest of his life. The Virgin Mary appeared to him holding two crowns, one red and one white. Mother Mary asked him if he was willing to take either of the crowns: the red symbolising martyrdom and the white symbolising purity. Kolbe accepted both.

A year later, Kolbe and his elder brother joined the Conventual Franciscan seminary. He was given the religious name Maximilian. After witnessing attacks to Pope St. Pius X and Benedict XV, he set up the Army of the Immaculate One to combat the negative influence of the Freemasons.

Kolbe also established monasteries in both India and Japan, where the latter is still an important hub for Roman Catholic faith in Japan. In 1941, Kolbe was captured by German Gestapo and was imprisoned in Auschwitz.

In his last days at the concentration camp, Kolbe offered to take the place of a man with family to be killed by the Germans. He died on 14 August.

Along with the Blessed Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist, St Radegund was one of the patron saints of Jesus College, Cambridge as the site was used to known as the Priory of St Mary and St Radegund, which was dedicated to St Radegund.

Radegund was forced to marry King Chlotar I, who was brutal and unfaithful. In around 550 AD Chlotar I reportedly killed Radegund’s brother unjustly, leading her to flee away from her husband and seek refuge from the church. It was then Radegund was able to become a nun, with the permission from Médard, the Bishop of Noyon.

St. Radegund established the monastery of the Holy Cross, where she gathered monks and nuns to live together and grow intellectually.

St. Radegunde, pray for us!

St Teresa Benedicta is venerated as a ‘Martyr for Love’. St Teresa Benedicta’s name was originally Edith Stein, who was born into a Jewish family. However, she left Judaism when she was a teenager. She experienced conversion by reading the autobiography of Carmelite nun St Teresa of Avila, which eventually led to her baptism in 1922. She wished to enter the Carmelite convent right after her baptism but she had to wait for 11 years before doing so.

Edith was gifted in philosophy. She was a student of the distinguished professor Edmund Husserl. In 1933, the power of the N***s grew, Edith was forced to suspend her teaching. Soon after, she became a Carmelite nun and took the name St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, symbolising her undertaking her sufferings.

In face of the increasing persecution of the Jews, St. Teresa Benedicta was relocated to the Carmelite monastery in Netherlands in 1938. Both St. Teresa Benedicta and her sister, who was also a nun, were killed in the concentration camp in Auschwitz, Poland. She was beatified and canonised by St. Pope John Paul II.

The next Young Adult Mass is this Sunday, August 4th!

Join us at St. George’s Cathedral for Mass at 6 pm, followed by social at Amigo Hall. Our very own Chaplain, Fr Dermott O’Gorman, will celebrate Mass for us 😊 The Indonesian Youth Choir will provide music at the Mass!

See you there 😉

Y O U T H D A Y 7 J U L Y

We had our very first Youth Day in Kent on 7 July! Around 100 children from parishes across the county, including Rochester, Chatham, Rainham, Maidstone and Dover, alongside some from London, joined the Youth Day at St. John Fisher School, Rochester.

The children had a very full day including talk, games, sports, crafts, and Adoration. The highlight was most definitely the insightful talk on “What are the Sacraments and why do we need them?” given by Rev Stephen Trafford, who was recently ordained to the Diaconate.

Many thanks to Eoin and Elaine, who led the children in praise during our Eucharistic Adoration. It is a privilege to spend time with the Lord in such a beautiful chapel.

For the Question Box session, the children had a number of deep questions about their faith which were answered by the clergy present.

It was such a beautiful and blessed Youth Day!

Happy feast of St Anne and Joachim!

In 2021, Pope Francis initiated the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly to be held on the fourth Sunday of July, the Sunday closest to the liturgical memorial of St Anne and Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus.

Today, Let us offer a prayer for all the elderly and grandparents, for the gifts that they bring to our generation.