Rev Paul Grogan
Diocesan Priestly Vocations Director
Trinity And All Saints College
Brownberrie Lane
Leeds
LS18 5HD
Tel 0113 283 7199
Email dolvocs@aol.com
LEEDS DIOCESAN PATHWAYS GROUP
for young men aged 14-18 years
The group is for lads who want to live their Catholic life in the every day circumstances of home and school, sports and entertainment.
It offers fun plus prayers and a deeper understanding of how to follow Jesus more closely in the 21st century.
The group meets on Saturdays and we will go on outings and get to know each other better. Now and again there will be a talk or discussion. The group will help prepare boys to become good Catholic men who follow God's call.
The group is run by Mgr Paul Grogan, Vocations Director, and Mr John Wood, Pathways Group helper. Safeguarding guidelines are followed at all times
Programme for 2011-2012 SATURDAYS
29th October Trip to Xscape-Laserquest and Toboganning
10th December Winter walk on Ilkley Moor (with tea and muffins afterwards)
11th February Sports morning at Leeds Trinity -real and virtual (Nintendo Wii) with a talk on Blessed Chiara Badano. Pub lunch.
5th May Trip to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace, Osmotherley, (including six-mile walk and fish-and-chip supper).
30th June: Outing to York, discovering more about our martyrs.
Contact: Mgr Paul Grogan Leeds Trinity University College Brownberrie Lane Horsforth LEEDS LS18 5HD Tel. 0113 283 7199
Pope Benedict at World Youth Day, Madrid, August 2011
Listen closely to the words of the Lord, that they may be for you roots which nourish your being. There are words which serve only to amuse, as fleeting as an empty breeze; others, to an extent, inform us; those of Jesus, on the other hand, must reach our hearts, take root and bloom there all our lives.
If you build on solid rock, not only your life will be solid and stable, but it will also help to project the light of Christ shining upon those of your own age
Build your lives upon the firm foundation which is Christ. This wisdom and prudence will guide your steps, and your happiness will influence others, and they will wonder what the secret of your life is.
Blessed Chiara Luce Badano
I have rediscovered the Gospel in a new light. I understood that I was not a real Christian because I was not living it fully. Now I want to make this wonderful book the only goal of my life.
I do not want to be and cannot remain illiterate of such an extraordinary message. Just as it was easy for me to learn the alphabet, so it should also be to live the Gospel."
When Chiara was four her Mum asked her to give some of the toys she had in her room to poor children. Her first answer was ‘no', the toys were hers. But straightaway she thought better of it, and chose some toys carefully, discarding others, saying "I can't give broken toys to children who don't have any. I need to give them the best".
Chiara Luce Badano died in 1990 at the age of 18. She was beatified in October 2010.
