Recent and Previous Events

GAS Day Conference: 19th May 2022 
 
'When a Child has Died'
exploring pastoral, practical and spiritual care for grieving families

Some photos from this recent event are below and you can read two of the talks by clicking the relevant underlined title:
​ ‘Practical and Pastoral Support for Bereaved Families’ 
Dr Margaret Brearley, Trustee of The Compassionate Friends.
​We include a link to the website of The Compassionate Friends, a long-established charity supporting bereaved parents, on the Bereavement Resources  page
‘Liturgies and Spiritual Resources’
Mrs Anne Gray, Trustee of The Guild of All Souls
​ Click the Link to the order of service for a Service of Light  which may be used or adapted  in any way which might be helpful. The service is for those bereaved of a child of any age and of any cause, however long ago, 
The first talk was entitled:  ‘The Pain of Child Bereavement – a Personal Journey’ 
by The Revd Fr Paul Jones, parish priest and Treasurer of The Guild of All Souls. It was given extempore and we hope to include some notes when they have been written up.
Click here for links to The Compassionate Friends and other organisations and charities offering support in bereavement.
We include some photos taken during the conference below.

​AGM and ​Catholic Societies Annual Requiem: 4th Nov 2021
including remembrance of all who died during the Covid pandemic
Preacher was
​The Revd Canon Paul Cartwright, 
Priest in Charge, Grimethorpe (St Luke) with Brierley, Leeds
It was followed by a glass of wine and nibbles at the back of the church.
All Souls' Day -Requiem Mass
2nd November 10.00 am
​livestreamed from the Chantry Chapel, courtesy of the Shrine OLW
Recording  remains available either via
 Facebook:   www.facebook.com/ShrineOLW/  
​or YouTube:  https://bit.ly/36WUrMk 
or click link on the image below:
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Online Conference
​24th June 2021: 
'Living with Dementia'

The annual day conference on this most important subject  was broadcast online via Zoom  from the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.
You can see the three excellent presentations and the Mass which took place beforehand  under the relevant headings below.
 Thanks to Fr Kevin Smith, Caroline Ward and Venetia Davies of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for helping to facilitate the conference.
For accompanying resources - articles, websites, helplines and recommended books kindly provided by the speakers, click here

Mass from the Guild of All Souls Chapel : 24th June 2021

Spiritual and Pastoral Care of those with Dementia
​The Revd Dn Corinne Smith, Former Hospital and Hospice Chaplain for Older People's Medicine

Is your church dementia friendly?
​Maureen O'Neill, Director of 'Faith in Older People'

Living with Loss
Zena Aldridge, Research Fellow, Dementia UK, Hon. Lecturer University of East Anglia

Previous Events

All Souls Day, 2nd Nov 2020
Requiem Mass
 ​from the Guild of All Souls' Chantry Chapel of St Michael and the Holy Souls, Walsingham.

Celebrant and Preacher: The Revd Canon Andrew Greany, SSC, Chantry Priest.
The recording, made on 2nd November,  courtesy of the Shrine OLW, can still be accessed by clicking on the adjacent  image of the Chantry Chapel

Annual Mass at West Tofts
​24th June 2019

The church in Thetford Forest near Mundford, containing a chancel and chapel by Pugin, is under the patronage of the Guild of All Souls.
The village was compulsorily abandoned in WW2, since when it has been part of the Army’s Stanford battle training area. St Mary’s, the only complete building which remains, is usually inaccessible to the public.
Two services are permitted each year; a carol service in Advent arranged locally and the Mass arranged by The Guild each Summer.
The Celebrant of the Mass on a gloriously hot Summer evening was again the President of The Guild, The Rt Revd Norman Banks, Bishop of Richborough and the preacher was Fr Andrew Greany, Chantry Priest of The Guild. The setting for the Mass was Byrd Mass for Four Voices, rendered beautifully by the Horatio SIngers, who once again voluntarily offered their services in helping to make this such an uplifting occasion.
Refreshments kindly prepared by Maureen Howard were served in the churchyard afterwards.
[Photographs below courtesy of Graham Howard.]

2019 Day Conference:
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'Now and at the Hour of our Death'...​ .The Church's Ministry of Healing

*The 2019 day conference at Walsingham was held on 27th June at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Bishop Norman Banks, Bishop of Richborough and President of The Guild welcomed nearly 50 participants.
The following Presentations were given:
  •  ‘Ministry of Healing in the Local Church’  by The Revd Fr Philip Gray SSC, Vicar of Mendlesham, Suffolk;
To read the presentation by Fr Philip Gray, click ​here.*
  • ‘Healing Ministries at Walsingham’ by The Revd Fr Andreas Wenzel SSC, Shrine Priest, Walsingham;
To read the presentation by Fr Andreas Wenzel click here*
  • ​‘Anointing with Holy Oil and the Last Rites’​ by The Revd Fr Peter Needham SSC, recently Chaplain of Barnsley Hospital, now Vicar of Athersley and Carlton, Diocese of Leeds