Author Archives: ClareMcE
Experienced Guys meeting
“Servi per amore” – Saluzzo 19th-25th March 2019 From Bruno From 19-25 March in Saluzzo we celebrated the annual meeting of the experienced guys in community. The motto of the meeting was “ eccomi” (Here I am). We started the … Continue reading
Mother Elvira’s Birthday
Also this year the Community gave us the possibility to gather in Saluzzo for Mother Elvira’s birthday: a great gift announced the day before by Fr Cassian with a funny word game of which the solution was “tomorrow we are … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve
After the normal duties in the morning we started very early to prepare the dough for the pizzas and each one of us had the possibility to have one hour of Eucharistic adoration to reflect on the past year. In … Continue reading
Open Day – December 2018
On Thursday we welcomed Fr Michel and Nicky and we immediately involved them in the last rehearsals of the Nativity Play. On Friday, after the usual commitments, we received a great gift from the Community: an unexpected afternoon of meeting … Continue reading
Retreat day in Birmingham
Last week we lived a full week of appointments in our fraternity; Thursday 18th we spent a lovely day in the Salesian school in Bolton; in front of a lot of students we spoke of the charisma of our community … Continue reading
Reasons to celebrate
It was a particular pleasure for the Friends of the House yesterday that, as well as enjoying being present for Mass and sharing a meal with the Lads afterwards, we were also able to join in celebrating where they were … Continue reading
Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady
Those who enter the Cenacolo Community encounter the three foundations of friendship, work and prayer. It is here that they learn again the joys of a simple way of living discovering the rhythms of an ordered life where brotherly love … Continue reading
Festival of Life 2018
Tuesday 10th July: after the daily commitments we left for Liverpool where the flight to Milan brought us to Italy for the Festival of Life. Together with our brothers from the Irish House, who we met up with at the … Continue reading
Farewell to Tiziano
Tiziano Rossi who has been in the Cenacolo fraternity in Kendal for 4 years, the last 2 as Responsible (Leader), has left to open the first Cenacolo House in Asia, in the Philippines. Tiziano will first spend a little time … Continue reading
Choose to love…. my joy becomes a mission of love
Today I can say with certainty that for me two things are really important in life: the first is to love God and to love our neighbour; the second is to understand why God has given me the gift of … Continue reading