Details
- DateTuesday 14 May
20:00 - 21:00 - Time20:00 - 21:00
- LocationVaughan House, 46 Francis St, London SW1P 1QN
- OrganiserWestminster Youth Ministry
- CategoryWorkshop
About the event
Join us on our exciting new series of RESONATE in preparation for the Jubilee Year in 2025! RESONATE is the essential preparation course for the global Catholic celebration in 2025, and what better way than to prepare with Westminster Youth Ministry!
Our keynote speaker this is world-renowned theologian Dr Pia Matthews, who will deliver the talk and lead us in some Q&A and discussion time. Find out more about Dr Pia below.
Our Holy Father Pope Francis has expressed that, “In this time of preparation, I would greatly desire that we devote 2024, the year preceding the Jubilee event, to a great “symphony” of prayer.” The theme of the Jubilee Year is ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ and so, just as we prepare prayerfully for any pilgrimage, so we will prepare prayerfully to become such pilgrims.
What better way, then, to devote the year to prayer, than to dive into the prayer that God himself taught us through the words of Jesus according to St Matthew (Matthew 6:9-13). Making our way, step by step, through the Lord’s prayer, in this session we arrive at the second petition.
Our Father, who art in heaven, / HALLOWED BE THY NAME
This month, in light of these words we will explore the theme of IDENTITY.
The evening will consist of a talk, discussion time, time for prayer and reflection, an opportunity for socialising, and refreshments (including pizza).
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SPEAKER INFORMATION
Dr Pia Matthews STD, PhD, MA, MA, Bth, BA, FHEA
Dr Pia Matthews is a senior lecturer at St Mary’s University, Twickenham and at Allen Hall Seminary Chelsea. She is also a faculty member of the Pontifical Mater Ecclesiae College and one of the academic directors at Allen Hall. Pia lectures in bioethics and medical law, philosophical and theological anthropology, moral theology and marriage and family life.
Pia studied law at Trinity College Cambridge and then theology at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh. She completed an MA in bioethics, followed by a PhD in theology and philosophy at St Mary’s University. In 2015 Pope Francis appointed Pia as an expert to the synod on the family. Pia has written extensively on disability, healthcare, spirituality and marriage. Pia is married with adult children one of whom is profoundly disabled.
Her books include:
Pope John Paul II and the Apparently Non-acting Person
God’s Wild Flowers: Saints with Disabilities
Discerning Persons: the early Church fathers and the concept of the person in bioethics
Ethical Questions in Healthcare Chaplaincy
Marriage, Family and the Church: A Boat with New Nets
Other-personness and the Person with Profound Disability
CLICK HERE for full information about the RESONATE series.