Newman Association Manchester

and North Cheshire Circle

FOR 2008/09 PROGRAMME, CLICK HERE!


USEFUL LINKS

• Newman, National Website

• Shrewsbury Diocese

• St Alban's Deanery

• Pax Christi

• Blackfriars Publications

• Catholic People's Week

• Further links



LOCAL PAGES NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE!

This Circle meets, usually on the first Monday of the month (except during the Summer holidays), at 7:30 pm in the hall of St Benedict’s Catholic Church, 10 Hall Road, Handforth, SK9 3AD. A map is to follow.

All are welcome!

The Meeting starts with a Mass and is followed by coffee and biscuits; the talk itself starts at about 8:15 p.m., and a discussion follows. Click PROGRAMME for the programme for the 2007-2008 season.  

The next meeting is on 6th October. It is entitled “On Being an Englich Catholic: 1951 - 2008” and the speaker will be Paul Vallely, associate editor of The Independent.

• Events for 2008/09
• Map
• Officers of the Manchester and
North Cheshire Newman Circle
Accounts of recent talks:
• Giles Hibbert OP on
Kyrie eleison
• Philip Sumner on
Multicultarism: Is It Now
A Discredited Approach
That Leads Ultimately To
Greater Segregation?
• Teresa Kennedy PBVM on
Spirituality – A Thirst
Of Our Time.
• Rev. Giles Hibbert on
Faithful Opposition from Within.
• Rev. Alan Morris on
Human Sexuality – Need
it divide the Churches?
• Fr Bernard Bickers on
Improving Communications
within the Church
• Denis Wrigley on
Advertising - dangers to the
Young and Vulnerable
• Giles Hibbert O.P. on
The Medium is the Message
• Alison Marshall on
Campaigning: does it work?
• Nick Garbut on Responsible
Newspaper Journalism
• National Conference 2008
• 2006 AGM

In April, we put on a Conference at St Ambrose College, Hale Barns. Its subject was “Catholic Migrants: Opportunities and Challenges”. The two keynote speakers were Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster and Francis Davis from the Von Hugel Institute, Cambridge. Click on Conference for an account of this, kindly provided by Gerry Burke.

A recent meeting, on 4th February was given by Giles Hibbert,OP, who was our Chaplain, and Newman National Chaplain, for many years. It was entitled “Kyrie Eleison” and he has kindly given us a transcript of the talk; click on Giles Hibbert talk. 

The January meeting was a talk entitled “Multiculturalism: is it a discredited approach that leads ultimately to greater segregation?”  This was given by Philip Sumner, a priest of the Diocese of Salford.  He has kindly given us a transcript; Click on Philip Sumner talk. 

A recent meeting (November 2007) was on “Working for Justice and Peace”, a talk given by Joan Sharples, the Peace and Justice coordinator for the Diocese of Shrewsbury.  This got us thinking about how we in the developed world are exploiting the poor, and what we can do about it.  At times during the session we were encouraged to discuss subjects raised with our neighbour, which was a refreshing change to the normal format of talk followed by questions.



Links to these and other talks recently given to the Circle may be found under the heading LOCAL PAGES above.

Details of Circle Officers may be found by clicking OFFICERS.

For more background information about the Manchester and North Cheshire Newman, click 2006 AGM.


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Thanks to Giles Hibbert, O.P.
for his considerable help
in developing this website.

Last updated on 26th August 2008