Away Weekend 2025

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Friday 31st January - Sunday 2nd Feb 

Ladywell Convent  GU7 1ST

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In preparation for our time together

As you will see, our theme for the weekend is: 'The changing face of Church , Faith in the future'. 

We'd like to ask everyone to think about this both before and during the weekend. If you want to bring something pre-prepared to put on display that would be great. It could be a poem, a drawing, a phrase or quote. Anything that sums up your vision, hope or dream for the shape of the future church. To get you thinking here is a quote from the theologian Karl Rahner: "The Church of the future will be one built up from below."

 

If anyone would like to bring a cake or biscuits for us to share over coffee on Saturday and Sunday that would be appreciated.  We will have drinks and nibbles available for the evening social times and any contributions would be gratefully received.

 

Here is some information from the centre:

Bedrooms are available from 4:00pm. If for reasons beyond your control and you cannot arrive on time, please let us know. Check-out of the bedroom on the day of departure is by 10:00am with keys returned to the reception office, even though the group will be staying on for lunch on departure. There’s a room next to our reception office where guests can safely store their belongs.

 

You will receive a tour of the Centre, which also includes a mandatory health & safety talk, when you arrive. Please keep in mind we provide bed linen and towels, kindly bring your toiletries.

 

If you are driving, the postcode to our centre is GU7 1ST, Ladywell Convent. Please do not park in La Verna/Ladywell carpark that is located on the right when you come down our main drive. Please park in our Franciscan Centre Car Park - come down the main drive and turn left, go down the side drive and follow the signs to the Franciscan Centre Car Park, which is then located on the right.  

 

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