Faith in Action
Recognising, rewarding and celebrating the active faith and service of young people
11-18 years
Our parish is organising a trip to 'FLAME UNSTOPPABLE - Fan the flame of hope' at OVO Arena Wembley, London on Saturday 15th March 2025 with Clifton Diocese, available for all our youngsters aged 13+. The event organised by the Catholic Youth Ministry Federation (CYMFED) and involves live music and Gospel inspiration. Two DBS checked leaders will escort our group. We travel by coach. More information at https://cymfed.org.uk/flame/. If your child is interested in going, please let us know soon at catechists.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com so that we can benefit from Early Bird tickets. The cost is likely to be around £60 each - some financial support may be available from the parish.
Flame is the largest Catholic youth gathering in the UK, and we can’t wait for it’s return in March 2025! Most recently, in March of last year, Flame 2023 welcomed over 8,000 young people to the OVO Arena, Wembley for a day of inspirational speakers, world-class Christian musicians and moments of prayer and Adoration.
Reflections from young people and group leaders have highlighted the transformative experience that Flame has provided young people. In his welcome address, Fr Dominic Howarth, chair of the Flame organising group, reminded young people that this is “Church as you’ve never seen it before, Church as you’ve never been it before. But have no doubt, this is Church.”
The atmosphere within the crowd was fantastic, everyone joined in and it felt like a big community coming together to celebrate what they love most in the world. It was the best experience I have had and I would love to go again. I will never forget it.
Year 9-11 student after Flame 2023
Hello everyone,
We would like to say ‘thank you’ to the people who supported the Faith in Action project, which took place on Saturday 29th June, whether it may be donating money to any of the stalls, participating in the event, or providing additional aid during the event. We hope the people who participated enjoyed the event and we are incredibly thankful for the support that you have provided us to ensure that the project runs smoothly. We raised £462.70. The Faith in Action team
Faith In Action Project Morning -
Saturday 29th June 10am – Noon
The youngsters in the faith in Action will be presenting a project to raise money for various charities as part of our award. We hope you come along and enjoy our event that will be occurring. We will greatly appreciate your presence and support.
The events that will be are:
Car washing by Noah
Toy stall by Kathleen
A range of board games by Elija
A musical performance by Mary and Jasmi
A cake Bake-off competition by Mesarch
There will also be a range of Refreshments available. It will be great fun and we can’t wait to see you.
Contact Catherine or Tom for more information about this group
Mini Vinnies are the junior branch of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) for children aged 7-11 years. Their motto is to 'See, Think and Do!' All children are invited to attend once a month prior to the Children's Mass in the church hall at 10:15am. Activities are fun and include arts and crafts, prayers and opportunities to see, think and do in relation to their faith. For more information please email: catechists.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com.'