Youth Groups
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The Diocesan Centre provides space and opportunity for prayer and reflection, large and small group work, communal social time and many indoor and outdoor activities. Retreats and events are led by a team of volunteers, aged between 18 and 25.
see in mapSPECEast in London's East End
An innovative peer-education local Diocesan centre in the East End of London working with schools, parishes and local community groups.
see in mapAssumption Lay Volunteer Programme
An initiative of the Sisters of the Assumption to enable young people (20+) to share their skills and lives for one year with people who are poor and marginalised, in the UK and in Assumption comunities around the world. We see this opportunity as a building up of the human family across various divides, a way of living the Gospel through service and a mutual learning - a discovery between the volunteer and those he/she encounters. It can be a life-changing experience. Placements are available in the Philippines, Brazil, Rwanda, Tanzania, USA and Newcastle, England.
For further details contact: The Volunteer Coordinator, 23 Kensington Square, London W8 5HN - Tel 020 7361 4752 - email ALVPcoordinator@hotmail.co.uk
Assumption Lay Volunteer Programme
see in mapCatholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
In 1962, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales officially set up CAFOD - then known as the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, but today is the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. Today, CAFOD is still bringing about change as a result of the immense commitment and generosity of the Catholic communities of England and Wales. There are now two Fast Days each year - one during Lent and one during Harvest - and money is raised not only by fasting, but through a wide range of imaginative sponsored events in churches, schools and youth groups across England and Wales. The CAFOD youth team works directly with those who have face-to-face contact with young people, and aims to produce resources to best serve your needs, as well as training and support in all aspects of youth work relating to global justice.
For further details contact; CAFOD, Romero Close, London SW9 9TY - email youth@cafod.org.uk
see in mapCatholic Children's Society (Westminster)
The Catholic Children's Society (Westminster) provides child care services to assist children and families in need, irrespective of race or faith, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. We believe that every child has the right to a secure upbringing in a family.
For further details contact: Catholic Children's Society (Westminster) 73 St Charles Square London W10 6EJ - Tel: 020 8969 5305 - email info@cathchild.org.uk
Catholic Children's Society (Westminster)
see in mapCatholic Underground London
Catholic Underground London
Started in New York where it attracts in excess of 700 people, Catholic Underground is a direct response to JPII's call to convey the Gospel message through the mediums of contemporary culture. The first part of the evening is Eucharistic adoration, and begins with Vespers (Evening Prayer). This is the universal prayer of the Church - prayed by the Catholics throughout the world in every time zone and in every language. The second part showcases Christian artists and includes music, poetry, visual art, dancers, film, drama, etc.
Check out www.catholicunderground.co.uk for more info on our next event or email: catholicundergroundlondon@gmail.com. We are also on Facebook and YouTube.
see in mapCatholics Association for Racial Justice (CARJ)
CARJ envisions a Church and a society that affirm, value, respect and celebrate the equality and dignity of all God's people. Check out 'Youth Carj' for ideas and resources
For further details contact: CARJ Head Office, 9 Henry Road Manor House, London N4 2LH - Tel: 020 8802 8080 - email info@carj.org
Catholics Association for Racial Justice (CARJ)
see in mapChiswick Young Adults Group
Our group meets on a fortnightly basis after the 6.30pm Sunday mass as is for anyone aged between 18 - 39. We alternate the meetings between discussions/reflections and social oriented evenings. For location of the parish see: http://www.rcdow.org.uk/chiswick/ If you would like to know more, please contact Dan Martin on dan_martinnz@yahoo.co.nz
see in mapChristian Life Community (CLC)
This is a world-wide community of lay people who seek to pay attention to the presence of God in their lives. Through the charism of Ignatian spirituality, CLC provides a space for people to grow in an awareness of God in all things, and its three core values are community, mission and spirituality. Members of CLC are part of a local group of between 6-8 people, who meet regularly, usually once a fortnight. The focus of the meetings is not discussion, but rather listening to the experience of each person, without judgement nor comment.
For further details contact: CLC Office, Mount Street Jesuit Centre, London W1K 3AH - email info@clcew.org.uk
Christian Life Community (CLC)
see in mapDivinity & Doughnuts?
Divinity & Doughnuts?
What is Divinity & Doughnuts?
Divinity and Doughnuts is for people in their twenty somethings and thirty somethings who wish to explore their faith in light of the world today. It’s an opportunity to meet together as a group, listen to thought-provoking speakers and discuss the issues over coffee and a doughnut.
How can I keep in touch with what’s happening?
Take a look at our website http://www.divinityndoughnuts.org.uk which has details of our next season of talks.
If you'd like to be added to our e-mail list please e-mail info@divinityndoughnuts.org.uk
see in map'EMMAUS' Friday Group
An opportunity to search for more in your life; explore, meet others, socialise, share, build relationships and deepen your understanding of who we are before God and who God is in our lives. Living our lives to the full in the business of our world today will never be easy. When we come together we are able to support and encourage each other through sharing our faith and human experiences. Praying together and learning about faith in friendship and community, we can grow closer to God and become more fully alive and truly human. Every Friday 7-9pm at Notre Dame de France (French Church), 5 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BX - Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
For further details contact: Anne Marie - info@spiritinthecity.org - tel: 020 7025 1596
see in mapFaith Forum (The London Group)
We offer young Catholics the opportunity to deepen their faith, grow spiritually and meet informally in a friendly atmosphere. A wide range of talks, spiritual and social events are arranged throughout the year. Talks take place at 7.00pm on alternative Mondays at the St. Vincent Centre, Carlisle Place, Victoria.
For furher details contact: Fr. Hugh MacKenzie- Tel 020 8451 6720 - email: mp.faithinfocus@virgin.net
Faith Forum (The London Group)
see in mapFaith Search (The Monday Group)
An opportunity for young adults from all over London (20s and 30s) to share their faith, reflect on scripture, participate in discussions, pray together, listen to talks by guest speakers and group members, socialise, grow as an international young adult community, go on weekend retreats, and work with the wider Carmelite Church parish in Kensington. Faith Serach meets at the Carmelite Church Parish Centre, Pitt Street, off Kensington Church Street, London W8 (nearest tube: High Street Kensington) on Monday evenings, 7pm for 7:30pm
For further details contact: Gary Clarke - Tel 07809 448044 - email garyclarke2006@yahoo.co.uk
Faith Search (The Monday Group)
see in mapFirst Sunday Plus
We gather people in their 20s and 30s together for a regular Mass, with a trip to the pub afterwards. It happens once a month - so you get to make friends with other Catholics in London. A new Third Sunday mass has been added; quieter, more reflective and with a glass of wine afterwards. Many of the people who come along are involved in other communities: faith sharing groups, outdoor activities, children's groups, young Jesuit alumni networks & overseas voluntary work. All are welcome at Farm Street, just off Mount Street in Mayfair. Nearest tubes: Bond St or Green Park. Starts 7.15pm on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, 12 months a year.
For further details contact: Fr Dave Stewart SJ Dave, 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH - Tel 020 74951673 - email: dave@fsplus.info
see in mapFocolare Movement
The Focolare Movement is an international movement, inspired by the gospel, working for unity in all spheres of life. For over sixty years it has drawn together people of all Christian traditions and from many of the world's religions, alongside people with no formal faith, who share the aim of building a more united world.
For further details contact: Centre for Unity, 69 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire AL8 6JG - Tel 01707 323620
see in mapFranciscans of the Renewal
The Community of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal work extensively within the diocese and are present at many events for young adults witnessing to the gospel by their presence.
For further details contact: St. Fidelis Friary, Killip Close, London E16 1LX - Tel 0207 474 0766 - Fax 0207 474 5225
see in mapHere I Am, Lord - Vocations Discernment Group
Here I Am, Lord - Vocations Discernment Group
Here I Am Lord, a group for young adult men and women offering the opportunity for exploring a call to religious life or priesthood.
Meetings are @ 7:30pm @ Newman House Catholic Chaplaincy, Gower Street, WC1E 6AR (in the Staff Sitting Room, First Floor).
For more information contact Joanna gilbert on joziegilbert@hotmail.com
see in mapJesus Christ the Fullness of Life (JCFL)
Jesus Christ the Fullness of Life (JCFL) takes place at 7:30pm on the first Thursday of the month. Young adults from all Christian denominations come together to pray and share a meal in the heart of London.
For further details contact: email: info@jcfl.org.uk
Jesus Christ the Fullness of Life (JCFL)
see in mapKoinonia
An ecumenical (Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox) University Christian group that sponsors evangelism and discipleship on campus, whilst encouraging community and fellowship. Koinonia exists for students in Central London to help them discover the call of God on their lives and to provide environments which allow them to respond to the challenge of that call.
For further details contact: 31 Lynton Road, London W3 9HL - Tel: 020 8992 7170
see in mapLOGOS Prayer Group - Verbum Dei
The Logos Prayer group is based at St Anselm and St Cecilia's Catholic Church, in Holborn WC2A 3JA
For more details, email verbumdei.lon@gmail.com
website www.fmverbumdei.com/uk
Neocatecumenal Way
An itinerary of Catholic formation lived in small communities within the parish. Through the stages of Christian initiation it brings the faithful as well as those who have had little or no contact with the Catholic Faith to a mature Christian life, making them active members of the Church and credible witnesses to the Gospel.
For further details contact: Lorenzo Lees - Tel 07973 226429 - email lorenzolees@lineone.net or Michael Anderson - Tel 07956 281186 - email michael.anderson@htb.org.uk
Notre Dame de Vie
Notre Dame de Vie in the UK organises week-end retreats and a prayer group in London. Its activities are open to all adults who want to deepen their spiritual life and learn how to pray in the Carmelite spirituality, following the teaching of Father Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus, founder of the Notre Dame de Vie Institute.
For further details please contact: Odile Rimbert - email info@ndv.org.uk
Opus Dei
Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1928, by St. Josemaria Escriva.
For further detailscontact: Netherhall House, Nutley Terrace NW3 5SA - Tel 02074358888
Project 2030
The twentysomethings is a Catholic organisation which aims to help develop a sense of community amongst young Catholic adults in Britain and Ireland. They run various social and spiritual activities locally, nationally and internationally throughout the year. Members pray for and with each other during pilgrimages and retreats and via the text a day service. The group also provides opportunities and resources for the development of the Catholic faith.
For further details contact: Jemmy Whelan - Tel 07590 057813 - email jenny@twentysomethings.eu
see in mapSaint Patrick's Evangelisation School (SPES)
SPES was founded in 2002 in response to Pope John Paul II's request to prepare watchman for the new Millennium. Established within St Patrick's Parish, SPES provides students with an opportunity to be part of a local Church where they are called to evangelise and bear witness in an area filled with many challenges.
For further details contact: St. Patrick's Evangelisation School, 21a Soho Square London W1D 4NR - Tel 020 7434 9965
Saint Patrick's Evangelisation School (SPES)
see in mapSoul Food
A Catholic charismatic prayer group of friendly young adults that meet every Thursday night from 7-9 pm at St Charles Borromeo Church in Ogle Street, London. A typical evening at Soul Food includes praise and worship, followed by a teaching or talk, and then some form of response such as intercession, small group discussion, or an opportunity for prayer. Ends at 9pm with a trip down the local pub!
For further details contact: Leona McHugh - Tel 07870 190 891 - email: soul_food-owner@yahoogroups.com
see in mapSt Augustine's Youth Group
For teenagers in school years 9, 10 & 11
Thursdays in term-time, 7-8.30pm
in the parish centre at St Augustine's Church, 55 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, W6 8AU
Contact the parish youth worker, Michela Notarianni at youth@augustinians.org.uk or 020 87483254
St John the Evangelist's Young Adult Choir
If you like singing and praising God through music, come and join our friendly gospel choir for young adults at the St John the Evangelist's Catholic church in Angel, Islington. We rehearse every Friday evening and sing at the mass twice a month on Sunday at 6pm. There's no audition and we will be very happy to welcome you! :-)
We need all voices - sopranos, altos, tenors, baritones and basses and BEGINNERS ARE MOST WELCOME! You don't need to be an amazing singer as long as you can hold the tune! Come and join our community with relaxed, friendly and fun atmosphere! Help us build something good and beautiful! Please get in touch if you are interested and want more information.We're also looking for a guitarist so if you play the guitar and would like to be a part of us please get in touch!
contact Beatrice on happpybee@yahoo.co.uk
see in mapTaize Prayer Group @ Spanish Place
All are invited to this time of prayer which includes Scripture readings, reflections & prayers and Taize Chants. Every Tuesday at 7pm. All are welcome for refreshments which follow afterwards in the parish centre. If you would like to find out more, please just come along on Tuesdays to Lady Chapel, St. James' Church, Spanish Place, London W1.
For further details contact: Penny Boxall - email Penny28HB@aol.com
see in mapTaizé Prayer Group at St Marys, Chelsea
Taize Prayer Group at St Marys, Chelsea
At 19:30 every other Thursday
St. Mary’s Rectory, Draycott Terrace, Chelsea SW3 2QR, in the Bownes Room
FOR MORE INFORMATION contact Natalia on ncontrem@gmail.com
What is Taize?
The Taize Community is an ecumenical Christian monastic order in Taize, Saone-et-Loire, Burgundy, France. It is composed of a little over 100 brothers who come from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions. Over 100,000 young people from around the world make pilgrimages to Taizé each year for prayer, Bible study, sharing, and communal work.
The Taize Community emphasizes that they do not want to create a movement or organization centered on the community and/or the meetings. Rather they want to send the young pilgrims back from the youth meetings to their local churches, to their parishes, groups or communities, to undertake, with many others, a “Pilgrimage of Trust on Earth.”
In June 2009 a group of St. Mary went to Taize to experience the life in community, meditations and prayers. It was such a success that the group wants to continue and pass this wonderful experience to our church.
Taize Prayer
Here are some of the more important elements that go to preparing a Taize Service.
A Psalm
A Bible Reading
Intercessions - Praying for others widens our prayer to the dimensions of the entire human family.
Silence
In the middle of each common prayer, there is a long period of silence, a unique moment for meeting with God.
Meditative singing
Singing is one of the most essential elements of worship. Short songs, repeated again and again, give it a meditative character. Using just a few words they express a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind.
see in mapThe Dwelling Place
The general idea: opening songs & prayer, gospel reading and reflection, adoration, intercessions, ending songs and prayer. Every Thursday at St Augustine’s, Hammersmith W6 8AU from 7:00pm – 8:15pm; with 6pm coffee at Costa Cafe in Hammersmith Broadway beforehand. St Augustine’s Church is 2 mins from Hammersmith Tube Station or Hammersmith & City Line. Contact Esther: estboyle@gmail.com for more details.
see in mapUniversity Chaplaincies
These serve students and staff in the academic institutions in our diocese. Newman House is the central chaplaincy centre and the location of many regular activities for students. Information about regular activities such as Mass, discussions, outings, retreats and other events may be found on our website.
For further information contact: enquiries@universitycatholic.net
see in mapVerbum Dei
Verbum Dei (Word of God) is a worldwide Catholic Community that embraces people from all walks of life. Its members draw their life from the Gospel, building up Christian communities of living faith, deep prayer and dynamic service of the Word in today's society. 1 young adult prayer group and a bimonthly formation on various topics take place within the diocese.
For further details contact: Paula Jordao - Tel: 020 7731 3367 - email: verbumdei.lon@gmail.com
see in mapWestminster Cathedral Young Adults
The Westminster Cathedral Young Adults group meets every Sunday following the 7pm mass. We gather outside the main doors of the Cathedral after mass and generally go to the Cardinal Pub on Francis Street (just behind the Cathedral) for a little socialising. We attempt to create a sense of community amongst young Catholic adults who come to London from all parts of the globe; all are welcome.
For further details contact: please contact John Rainey: johnrainey@hotmail.com
see in mapYoung Christian Workers (YCW)
An organisation run for young people, by young people, among young people all of whom share the conviction to proclaim faith in Jesus Christ, and to live by it. The organisation helps members to become aware of their dignity, to discover their own unique vocation and to become apostles in the community who are actively living life.
For further details contact: Young Christian Workers HQ, St Josephs off St Joseph's Grove (Watford Way), Hendon, London, NW4 4TY - Tel 020 8203 6290 - Fax - 020 8203 6291 Email: info@ycwimpact.com
see in mapYoung Friends of Westminster Cathedral
Young Friends of Westminster Cathedral
The Young Friends of Westminster Cathedral were formed under the auspices of the Friends of Westminster Cathedral in 2008. The group holds a few events each year to evangelise; focusing specially on the young. All Young Adults are welcome to our events.
For more information contact Geraldine. Email: gmtkay@yahoo.co.uk
see in mapYouth 2000
This is an international organisation for young people between the ages of 14 and 35. We meet every Wednesday at 7pm in Corpus Christi church, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden WC2E 7NB for a time of prayer and praise, followed by social time.
For further details contact: Noel Murphy - Tel 020 73700211- email youth2000_london@hotmail.com
Youth SVP
Youth SVP is a voluntary Christian organisation. When you join a Youth SVP group, you volunteer to offer one-to-one help and support to people in need in the local community. It was founded in 1833 in Paris by a 19 year old student called Frederic Ozanam and his university friends. Youth SVP is the largest youth organisation in the Catholic Church of England & Wales. Since 1999, over 10,000 young people have put their faith in to action by becoming a member of Youth SVP.
Youth Map
Youth Locations & Events
Use the map to find out what's going on and where - near you! Events show up green, places are blue.