Clifton Diocese at Greenbelt 2005
Catholics from across the Clifton Diocese embraced this year’s
Greenbelt festival held at the famous Cheltenham Racecourse over the
bank holiday weekend.
Greenbelt is a Christian arts festival which works to express love, creativity and justice in the arts and contemporary culture in the light of the Christian Gospel.
Mass was celebrated at 6.30 pm on Saturday (27 August) by Father Mark Moran, Assistant Priest at Holy Rood Catholic Church in Swindon. A new venue was found for this year’s celebration, because of a capacity crowd last year. CAFOD South West (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) had a significant presence at the festival and organised the Mass.
CAFOD volunteer, Doug Lowe from Taunton said, “I am pleased that again we had a great young music group to enrich our worship. It was fantastic to see so many people and to let them know of CAFOD’s work. I was also pleased with the number of people who wanted to be with us for Mass.”
Father Mark spent much of Friday and Saturday exploring the rich variety of performances and talks. He said, “This weekend has been my first visit to Greenbelt and I’ve really enjoyed the experience. I went to an insightful and inspirational talk by Sister Pamela Hussey about Archbishop Oscar Romero’s life and death as the champion of suffering people in El Salvador. Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan, was also at the festival and gave a talk on spirituality and social action.”
Sunday morning saw Father Mark take part in live broadcasts with BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC GMR (pictured bottom). Mark said, “The BBC had a strong presence at the festival which shows they are engaging in faith and ethical matters.”
Doug also took to the airwaves as a newspaper reviewer for the festival’s own radio station Greenbelt FM.
Many young people, attracted by the mix of music and spirituality coupled with a relaxed atmosphere were part of the 20,000 strong crowd attending the festival.
Charlotte Emblem (pictured middle), a student at the University of Bristol, worked with CAFOD during the weekend to enhance its’ Saturday evening liturgy. She said, “It’s important for Catholics to be present at, and take part in, festivals like Greenbelt. Sharing our rich spirituality is part of what we have done during the weekend. Greenbelt’s also an opportunity for us to receive knowledge from the many other faith groups at the festival.”
Useful URL : http://www.cafod.org.uk
Greenbelt is a Christian arts festival which works to express love, creativity and justice in the arts and contemporary culture in the light of the Christian Gospel.
Mass was celebrated at 6.30 pm on Saturday (27 August) by Father Mark Moran, Assistant Priest at Holy Rood Catholic Church in Swindon. A new venue was found for this year’s celebration, because of a capacity crowd last year. CAFOD South West (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development) had a significant presence at the festival and organised the Mass.
CAFOD volunteer, Doug Lowe from Taunton said, “I am pleased that again we had a great young music group to enrich our worship. It was fantastic to see so many people and to let them know of CAFOD’s work. I was also pleased with the number of people who wanted to be with us for Mass.”
Father Mark spent much of Friday and Saturday exploring the rich variety of performances and talks. He said, “This weekend has been my first visit to Greenbelt and I’ve really enjoyed the experience. I went to an insightful and inspirational talk by Sister Pamela Hussey about Archbishop Oscar Romero’s life and death as the champion of suffering people in El Salvador. Father Richard Rohr, a Franciscan, was also at the festival and gave a talk on spirituality and social action.”
Sunday morning saw Father Mark take part in live broadcasts with BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC GMR (pictured bottom). Mark said, “The BBC had a strong presence at the festival which shows they are engaging in faith and ethical matters.”
Doug also took to the airwaves as a newspaper reviewer for the festival’s own radio station Greenbelt FM.
Many young people, attracted by the mix of music and spirituality coupled with a relaxed atmosphere were part of the 20,000 strong crowd attending the festival.
Charlotte Emblem (pictured middle), a student at the University of Bristol, worked with CAFOD during the weekend to enhance its’ Saturday evening liturgy. She said, “It’s important for Catholics to be present at, and take part in, festivals like Greenbelt. Sharing our rich spirituality is part of what we have done during the weekend. Greenbelt’s also an opportunity for us to receive knowledge from the many other faith groups at the festival.”
Useful URL : http://www.cafod.org.uk
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