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Faith in the Family handbook launched at an event with the young illustrators

Faith in the Family - A handbook for parents cover

Faith in the Family is a book of questions and answers which came out of a course run for parents at the Church of the Holy Ghost in Balham in London.

Last week, the book’s authors, Anne Burke-Gaffney and Fr Marcus Holden launched it, explaining its genesis and its possible uses. They said:

“In this Year of Faith, we hope this book will help parents communicate the riches of that faith to their children and perhaps find answers to questions they ask too.”

The real stars of the night however were the children of Holy Ghost primary school, whose fantastic drawings were used to illustrate the volume.

Faith-in-the-family-illustrators-with-copies-of-the-book

The general secretary of the CTS, Mr Fergal Martin presented a copy of the text to each of the children whose art features in it. He said:

“It was a challenge to pick just 11 pictures out of the many fantastic ones we received. We were so pleased when the idea of turning what was a successful course into a book was presented to us. We hope that it will be a great tool for people to know their faith.”

Read an extract from the booklet Faith in the Family – A handbook for parents, and order online from CTS for just £4.95.

Or follow Faith in the Family on Twitter, it has some great ideas for how to bring parents and children closer to Christ and his Church.

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Work and the Christian Family Work and the Christian Family – In a time when life is becoming increasingly expensive and when long working hours are the norm, finding the right balance between the demands of work and of the family is a difficult task. This booklet identifies the most important elements of a work-life balance that allows time for children and space for a life of Faith.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013 11:34

Papal Nuncio calls Young Catholics to Public Evangelisation

At the start of this month, the Evangelium Conference 2012 took place at the Oratory school in Reading. CTS is a proud sponsor of this event and wanted to thank everyone who attended, helped organise it, or made any kind of contribution, large or small, to the undoubted success of the weekend. There follows a press release focusing on the call to action from the Papal Nuncio who celebrated Mass there on Sunday August 6th.

Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain, attended this year’s Evangelium conference with over 150 young adults. He celebrated the principal Sunday mass.

In his homily Archbishop Mennini spoke about the year of Faith, called for by Pope Benedict XVI. He referred to the conference as a blessed time of reflection on the Faith and task of evangelisation. He urged the young Catholics present to consider the calling to priesthood and religious life and stressed the importance of good and generous marriages and families to show forth God’s love in a concrete way. He re-echoed the Holy Father’s call to make the Faith public by saying,

“Nowadays, when we face an aggressively secular and relativist society, our relationship with the Lord is vitally important and should shape and enlighten our words and actions, not only in the chapel but in the marketplace too”.

Evangelium is a conference to enable committed young Catholic adults to become effective evangelists and leaders in the modern world. The event was attended by a wide range of expert speakers including former Anglican bishop Mgr Andrew Burnham of the Ordinariate and the director of the Thomas More Legal Institute for the Defense of Religious Freedom, Neil Addison.

Neil Addison gives his view on the conference in the 17th August’s edition of the Catholic Herald.


To see more photos of the event, click here.

Of related interest:

DO845 YouCat – YouCat is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. The appealing graphic format includes questions and answers, highly-readable commentary and summary definitions of key terms.
EV4 Credo – This new, illustrated, pocket catechism offers a succinct and reliable introduction into the fullness of the Catholic faith.
EV6 Lumen - this booklet summarises the extraordinary fruitfulness of the faith, noting that our university system, art, music, legal tradition, charity and even much of our science arises from Catholic civilisation and Catholic minds.
Tuesday, 21 August 2012 09:09

Snap up the last places at the 2012 Evangelium Conference

Fr Andrew Pinsent at the Evangelium Conference in 2011

There are still places available at this year’s Evangelium Conference at the Oratory school in Reading.

As in previous years, the Conference is one of the stand-out events of the summer’s Catholic calendar in the UK, bringing together speakers and special guests of international fame.

The invitation is to young adults (aged 18-35), and it’s all happening from 3rd – 5th August. A mix of conferences, workshops, Q&A, prayer, worship and fun, this is a great opportunity to grow your faith and meet others who wish to do the same.

The Evangelium Conference will once again be hosted by the Oratory School in Reading

The following are just some of the many events scheduled for this year’s conference*

  • Conference: Fr Jerome Bertram – Orthodoxy: Why Bother Believing the Right Things?
  • Conference: Joanna Bogle – How to Revive Your Faith
  • Workshop: Fr Armand de Malleray – Understanding the Real Presence
  • Conference: Dr Neil Addison – Defending Religious Freedom
  • and many more.

*Taken from a provisional timetable.

Each day there is Morning and Evening Prayer, Mass and many opportunities to socialise including the outstanding meals and the popular evening bar.
Sunday Mass on August 5th will be celebrated by His Excellency Archbishop Antonio Mennini, Apostolic Nuncio to Great Britain.

And all this costs just £95!

The CTS is proud to be sponsoring the Evangelium Conference once again: we will be there with a bookstall, and we look forward to meeting new and old friends.

For more information or to book your place, follow the links.

Tuesday, 17 July 2012 12:54

CTS on TV! Evangelium catechetical course featured on EWTN

Mitch

One of ETWN’s longtime hosts, Fr Mitch Pacwa, interviewed Fr Andrew Pinsent, co-author of the Evangelium catechetical course on EWTN Live Wednesday 27th July.

The interview examined the approach of the course, which is published by CTS and available here and the general challenges and opportunities for the New Evangelisation, including the relationship of faith and science.

Fr Andrew outlines how his work in advertising before he became a priest has taught him to apply the same techniques when presenting the faith, making it attractive and comprehensible. He also points out that the faith can appeal to both sides of the brain: the left being our more mechanistic half and the right is more responsive to music, images and such like. Since Catholicism is based around the Incarnation, Fr Andrew argues, presentations of the faith must appeal to the physical as well as the intellectual side of man.

Lumen, Apologia and the relationship between science and religion also feature in the discussion.

It will be repeated on EWTN on Sunday 4am ET (9am UK).

CTS is delighted that its products are being used increasingly across the world in support of our shared goal to spread the riches of the Catholic Faith.

Watch the whole discussion here.

Evangelium REVISED EDITION – Presenter’s Guide is available from CTS priced £19.95
Evangelium REVISED EDITION – Participants book is available from CTS priced £8.95

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EV6 Lumen – This booklet summarises the extraordinary fruitfulness of the faith, noting that our university system, art, music, legal tradition, charity and even much of our science arises from Catholic civilisation and Catholic minds.
EV4 Credo – This new, illustrated, pocket catechism offers a succinct and reliable introduction into the fullness of the Catholic faith.
Apologia Apologia – The rise of secularism and the new atheists has led to many difficult questions being regularly posed about religion in general and the Catholic Faith in particular.
Friday, 29 July 2011 12:34

Evangelium Conference 2011: Who is speaking and when?

Evangelium Conference

The Evangelium Conference, sponsored by CTS, is taking place over the first weekend of August at the Oratory School in Reading.

For those aged 18 – 35, it aims to help Catholics explain their faith in the modern world. We can now publish the timetable, detailing the speakers and the subjects that will be discussed, other activities include daily Mass, prayer and recreation.

Many of the speakers are CTS authors, the likes of Fr Jerome Bertram and the founders of the Evangelium project, Fr Marcus Holden and Fr Andrew Pinsent.

Here is a rundown of the six major conferences being held across the weekend.

Friday 6th August

First Conference: The Recovery of Sacred Scripture – Fr Marcus Holden and Fr Andrew Pinsent – Founders of the Evangelium Project
Second Conference: Fr Jerome Bertram – Understanding the Old Testament

Saturday 7th August

Third Conference: Steve Ray – Why the Bible is a Catholic book
Fourth Conference : Dr Edmund Adamus – Towards a Civilisation of Love – Parents the Primary Educators and Protectors
Apologetics Panel – Steve Ray, Fr Andrew Pinsent, Fr Marcus Holden, Fr Ed Tomlinson, Joanna Bogle

Sunday 8th August

Sixth Conference: Sr Roseann Reddy – Proclaiming the Gospel of Life

Between now and the beginning of the conference, we hope to talk to some of the prospective speakers, to get a flavour of what their talks and why they became involved in the project. For information visit the Evangelium website.

Tell your friends – and bring them along with you. Full details and booking form here.

Of related interest:

DO845 YouCat – YouCat is an accessible, contemporary expression of the Catholic Faith. The appealing graphic format includes questions and answers, highly-readable commentary and summary definitions of key terms.
EV4 Credo – This new, illustrated, pocket catechism offers a succinct and reliable introduction into the fullness of the Catholic faith.
EV6 Lumen - this booklet summarises the extraordinary fruitfulness of the faith, noting that our university system, art, music, legal tradition, charity and even much of our science arises from Catholic civilisation and Catholic minds.
Monday, 18 July 2011 14:25
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