Year of Prayer

Pope Francis has called on Catholics around the world to dedicate 2024 to prayer, in preparation for the Jubilee Year. The Pope has asked the faithful ‘to pray more fervently to prepare ourselves to live properly this grace-filled event and to experience the power of hope in God.’ The Faith Development Group are arranging a series of events/occasions to help us, as a parish community, renew and refresh our commitment to prayer.

If you missed the previous events and would like to read about them please click here for a summary.

New Divine Mercy Group

The new Divine Mercy Prayer Group will be starting in August at St Gregory's Church Hall, Bollington.

We will be meeting on the first Thursday of every month at 7pm (for about an hour).

The format will include the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet (prayed as a Novena), and some spiritual reflections from St Faustina.

The dates until the end of the year are as follows:

2025

Thursday 2 January 7pm

Thursday 6 February 7pm

Thursday 6 March 7pm

Thursday 3 April 7pm

Everyone Welcome

Praying together

We have researched some lovely prayer opportunities online. We hope you find at least one you connect with.

pray-as-you-go.org
Daily Ignatian-inspired reflections and meditations

ignatianspirituality.com
Includes a series of videos introducing Ignatian spirituality

24-7prayer.com
Introduces Lectio Divina – praying through meditating on the Bible
‘Lectio -listening to the Word with the ears of the heart’

the godminute.org
Ten minutes a day of peaceful music, scripture and a short reflection

christian.art
Wonderful selecting of art, secular as well as religious, relevant to the day’s scripture reading accompanied by a short reflection

sacredspace.com
Six stages of daily prayer, including praying with Pope Francis

try.hallow.com
American website offering a 30-day free trial of variety of prayers

www.vaticannews.va

Daily Gospel reading with reflections from Pope Francis