LiveSimply - Events

LiveSimply - Events

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As we journey to LiveSimply we will have events supporting our aims: living simply; living in solidarity with people in poverty and living sustainably with creation.

Nearly New Fashion Show

Thank You!

 Thank you to everyone who helped to make our Fashion show such a success!   You helped to make it a really enjoyable afternoon and we are delighted to have raised £1444 for Mary’s meals.

Our models and our helpers were all fantastic and we are grateful to everyone who donated items for sale.  Our guests enjoyed their sparkling cream tea and were really generous with their bids and purchases.   Thanks also to everyone who couldn't attend but still contributed.

It really does support our Live simply aims –

  • living simply and sustainably by choosing to reuse rather that to buy new and
  • in solidarity with others by raising funds for Mary’s meals and donating some of our items that haven’t been sold, to Asylum link, Nugent and Jospice.   

It’s always fantastic to see our parish community of all ages coming together to support the event and to have fun. 

Thank you once again and we are looking forward to our Spring event!

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KNIGHT OF ST COLUMBA SPONSORED WALK 2023


Congratulations to all the walkers who took part in the Knights of St Columba Sponsored walk and for their generosity in supporting Marie Curie through this action.   Thank you to all the parishioners who sponsored the Knights.
 
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A WALK IN THE WOODS 23RD SEPTEMBER 2023

On Saturday 23rd Sepember, members of the Live Simply team were joined by their fellow parishioners from Bishop Eton and St Mary's for a guided walk through Childwall Woods.

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At the start of the walk we remembered Susan a member of the St Mary’s and Bishop Eton Women’s Group - and many other community groups.   Eileen Murray (Bishop Eton's resident poet) has written a wonderful poem to celebrate Susan's life. Click here to read it.

WATER AID PRESENTATION 22.8.2023

On Tuesday 22nd August David Bill gave a talk on Water Aid.  WaterAid’s  three pillars are Water, Sanitation and Hygiene  (WaSH)

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Fr Michael, Fr Tim and Fr Casey (our patron all attended), with Fr Casey introducing the evening.  We had a great turn out

RECYCLING CENTRE VISIT

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On Tuesday 25 July, the LiveSimply group across our two parishes organised a visit to the Gillmoss Recycling Discovery Centre. Our party on the day totalled 20, ranging in age from 4 months to 89 years young, and included representatives from our Youth Justice & Peace Group. 

LIVESIMPLY CAFOD FIX THE FOOD SYSTEM LETTER SIGNING

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CAFOD volunteer and Bishop Eton parishioner, Pauline Cook, raised awareness of the Seeds for All message (part of the wider Fix the Food System campaign) during the Family Mass on Sunday 16 July.

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We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with each other.

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‘The world is charged with the grandeur of God’

                    Gerard Manley Hopkins

Thanks  to everyone who came to Hope Park on Sunday to celebrate our local community with volunteer musicians and singers;  crafters, gardeners, cooks and tea makers. A good time was had by all. 

LIVE SIMPLY SPRING FASHION SHOW

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our second Live simply fashion show. a success!

Our models did us proud celebrating Eurovision with their Ukraine colour theme and enjoying our own early Coronation and even a wedding.  Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and we have raised £750 for CAFOD.

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CREATION WALK - SPRING 2023

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On a sunny Spring Saturday morning, parishioners from both St Mary’s and Bishop Eton enjoyed a reflective and spiritual walk between the two Churches, via Reynolds Park and Black Woods. The reflections at each stage of the walk focused on one line in The Lord’s Prayer.

FAIRTRADE COFFEE MORNING AT BISHOP ETON

 
As part of our LiveSimply programme we have recently been raising awareness of Fairtrade and Fairtrade Fortnight, including Fairtrade-themed coffee mornings at both Parishes on the two Sundays within Fairtrade Fortnight.
We created a handout entitled Fairtrade, some facts which we shared with parishioners at all Masses on the relevant Sunday. For the 10:00 Mass on Sunday 5 March at Bishop Eton, we attached a tombola ticket.  
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