Scottish Laity Network
Since May 2020 the Scottish Laity Network have hosted a series of online events during which we have sought to reflect on the ‘signs of the times’. To help us do that we have been blessed with some wonderful companions.
If you click on the images below you will get fuller information.
The Scottish Laity Network has a YouTube Channel for recent videos/events:
Issue 6
Issue 5
Issue 4
Issue 3
To Hope and Act with Creation
Season of Creation 2024
Thursday 19th September
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Online 7:00 - 8:30pm [UK Time]
Register at:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0scO2hrzwtE9E8gDiyJLbQZJ1rbdLXja36
Sharing Insights on Timothy Radcliffe's Synodal Meditations
This year in June 2024, in response to our members expressing an urgent need for formation in Synodality/Conversation in the Spirit we will be hosting 4 sessions in June to share insights and discuss the meditations that Fr Timothy Radcliffe delivered during the retreat given to Synod delegates before the October 23 Synod in Rome.
A programme outlining the format of the sessions is attached.
In participating in these sessions we would ask that you read or listen to the relevant meditation detailed in the programme resources.
We have also attached suggestions to help you to get the most out of reading/listening to the meditations and conversations in the Spirit sessions. However it is not compulsory. Read and take note in whatever way feels comfortable and natural to you.
More information can be downloaded here.
To register for the events, please complete the registration form here.
Laudato Si Week 2024
This Laudato Si’ Week and Pentecost, we are invited to gather in community to contemplate and nurture seeds of hope for our “suffering planet” (LD 2). In our broken and divided world where ecocide flourishes seeds of hope are desperately needed. Such seeds are found within Sarah Augustine and Sheri Hostetler’s new book, So We and Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis.
On Thursday 23rd May, Sarah Augustine will share her thoughts on Imagining a Christian Response to the Climate Crisis. After sharing her insights there will be a Q&A session. The session is online 7.00-8.30pm and is organised by Laudato Si´ Animators Scotland and co-badged with Eco-Congregation Scotland, Justice and Peace Scotland, Open House, Pax Christi Scotland, SCIAF and the Scottish Laity Network.
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUscOugpz0sGNw0EGFoebny2Sv_vvLyWdwb
Link to article: https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/49583
Our Journey of Hope -
Engaging with the Synod?
This year for Lent 2024, we will be alternating sessions with our Companions with small group sessions, in which we offer the opportunity to participate and experience the Synodal method of Conversation in the Spirit, relating to themes from the synthesis report and responding to the insights of our Companions.
The copanions are Bishop Brian McGee and Massimo Faggioli.
More information can be downloaded here.
To register for the events, please complete the registration form here.
Advent Journey 2023
Our Advent Journey begins on Thursday 30th November.
Please click for Programme and Information about our companions.
To register please complete our Registration Form
Please share information with anyone you think may be interested.
Season of Creation 2023
Let Justice and Peace Flow
like a Mighty River
Online evenings of
Prayer - Reflection - Conversation
7.00pm - 8.30pm (UK time)
Resources for Sunday Masses
These resources have been sent to all Scottish dioceses by the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland.
Please click Resources for Sunday Masses to download (pdf).
Alternatively a Word (.doc) verson is available
here.
Again we invite you to share with anyone you think may be interested.
The Synodal Journey
What has the Spirit been saying?
What are our Hopes and Fears?
Online evenings of
Prayer - Reflection - Conversation
7.00pm - 8.30pm (UK time)
Towards Pentecost 2023
Signs of the Spirit
Details of our next 'journey' in May for four weeks leading up to Pentecost are now available.
There are full details of the events and our companions available to download here.
You can download a 'publicity' poster here.
As we read and discern how to respond to the 'signs of the times' the UK Government's Illegal Immigration Bill has prompted us to offer a time of Prayer and Reflection this Good Friday.
We are delighted to welcome back our friend and companion Alison Phipps who will facilitate our session.
Alison holds the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow where she is also Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies, and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNET).
A full programme and details of our companions can be downloaded (pdf) here.
Please share this information with your diocese and parish.
To register for these events please use this link: https://forms.gle/uwnKfFp8pjJVPuEq7
Season of Creation 2022
Listening and Responding to the
Voice of the Earth and the
Voice of the Poor.
Thursday evenings at 19.00 BST
from September 1st
Full details of this series and are companions are available here (pdf download).
Registration for the Zoom events can be made using the registration form - link here.
Towards Pentecost 2022
Listening and Responding to the
Cry of the Poor and the
Cry of the Earth.
Full details of this series and the partners and speakers are available here (pdf download).
