The minutes of the Parish Council meeting of 19 May 2008 are now online here.

If you're unfamiliar with textspeak, that's 'Why faith?' not a word in Welsh. Here's the rest of the story:

The creators of a pioneering evangelistic website for children, www.yfaith.co.uk,  have high hopes that it will help support and form a new generation of confident, grass roots, faith-filled evangelisers.

The new site is designed to cater for 10 – 13 year olds who have questions to ask and want to learn more about their journey of faith. It features more than 20 interactive pages covering music and film, ‘Girls only’ and  ‘Boys only’ sections, book reviews, the Bible and a questions area. ‘

Since we have two representatives of the parish, Fr Damian and Elizabeth Coleman, going to the World Youth Day in Sydney in, now, a matter of a few days, we should pay particular attention to this story.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, JULY 6, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The upcoming World Youth Day will be a new Pentecost, Benedict XVI says. And he is asking the whole Church to participate, at least spiritually, if not physically.

The Pope made this invitation today before he prayed the midday Angelus with crowds gathered at the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He emphasized the importance of Catholics worldwide joining in prayer for the July 15-20 event, to be held in Sydney, Australia.

To follow the adventures of Fr Damian and parishioner Elizabeth Coleman, plus many more young people from the diocese of Westminster, at World Youth Day down under, bookmark the World Youth Day blog.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, JULY 7, 2008 (Zenit.org).- Even though Benedict XVI’s letter “Summorum Pontificum” on the traditional form of the Mass has been in effect less than a year, it has already made an impact, says an expert on liturgical translations.

Father John Zuhlsdorf, a former employee of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, is a noted authority on both liturgical translations and the 1962 missal. He also writes the “What Does the Prayer Really Say?” column in The Wanderer newspaper, and is the author of a popular blog by the same name.

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