In at least one parish of the Diocese there is an ever-growing band of Thérèse fans. This is the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea in St Annes; here parishioners and priests have been working hard to learn more about Thérèse's life and message, and to prepare for the visit by prayer and catechesis. A travelling statue of St Thérèse has been going from house to house, and also stopping at the primary school. Seemingly the classes have been very reluctant to let it move on!
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In the entrance to the church there is a board displaying information about Thérèse. Fr Michael Docherty, assistant priest in the parish, has produced a document called 'A parish prepares'. It gives further information about the great work that has been going on at Star of the Sea and provides many ideas which could be used in other parishes. The document can be found
here. The parish is also hosting a talk: "The Spirituality of Saint Thérèse in the Year of St Paul" by Raymond de Souza (19 May, 7:30pm in the Parish Social Centre, St Alban's Road). More events can be found listed
here. If you know of an event which we haven't listed, or would like us to share what is being done in your parish to prepare for the visit, please
get in touch.
In at least one parish of the Diocese there is an ever-growing band of Thérèse fans. This is the church of Our Lady Star of the Sea in St Annes; here parishioners and priests have been working hard to learn more about Thérèse's life and message, and to prepare for the visit by prayer and catechesis. A travelling statue of St Thérèse has been going from house to house, and also stopping at the primary school. Seemingly the classes have been very reluctant to let it move on!.JPG)
In the entrance to the church there is a board displaying information about Thérèse. Fr Michael Docherty, assistant priest in the parish, has produced a document called 'A parish prepares'. It gives further information about the great work that has been going on at Star of the Sea and provides many ideas which could be used in other parishes. The document can be found here. The parish is also hosting a talk: "The Spirituality of Saint Thérèse in the Year of St Paul" by Raymond de Souza (19 May, 7:30pm in the Parish Social Centre, St Alban's Road). More events can be found listed here. If you know of an event which we haven't listed, or would like us to share what is being done in your parish to prepare for the visit, please get in touch.
