Church of the Most Sacred Heart

Renew Programme

Introducing Most Sacred Heart, Ruislip, RENEW Programme

We're off! At the start of Easter, we in Ruislip started the programme of Spritual and pastoral
renewal which the Holy Father has asked to be put in place in every diocese worldwide.
You will already have seen, in a recent parish newsletter, a brief description of what the Renew
programme entails.In this first issue of our special RenewS newsletter, you can learn more about what will be happening, and how you can be involved.

It’s for YOU!

For every single parishioner in Ruislip, RENEW is a unique
opportunity to:
Deepen your personal relationship with God
Review how you put your faith into practice
Review your role as a Christian in the world
The programme will be working at a number if different levels, renewing the SPIRITUAL life and PASTORAL care of YOU personally, of your immediate COMMUNITY, of our
PARISH and the DIOCESE, and indeed of the whole CATHOLIC CHURCH

Aiming High
Specific aims of Renew are:

To help us to know and love our neighbour
To discover how we can care for our neighbours
To learn to pray together
To help us reach out to those who have turned away
from the church
To help spread the Good News of God's love and care
for his people.

In Touch
Keeping in touch with each other will help us make our
Renew Programme a success. This is how: Our regular Renews newsletter - will keep you up-to-
date with what's happening, and we hope you will send your contributions telling us how it's working for you.

Online - Details very soon
In Person - Each pastoral area will have a team of
coordinators who will be making RENEW happen in your
community (it could even be YOU!): we'll publish contact
details when we have them.
Your RENEW contact in the meantime for any general queries or
for sending your news and views for Renews is Pat Lobo,
email patbrenlobo@aol.com

So What do we actually Do.... The idea of RENEW sounds great but what, you will probably
be asking, does it all mean: what are we actually going to be doing? All is explained on Page 2
- what can we each do personally, what we can do as small communities, an as a parish.
...and when?
The Renew Programme is set to take place over a three year period starting in October this
year. It includes five six-week "Seasons", each having a theme which is taken for the Sunday readings.
The first two Seasons will focus primarily on personal and spiritual renewal and then in
Seasons 3-5 we will look at revitalising out pastoral care through our parish
organisa+ions, and move towards Christian unity and a better understanding of other faiths.The five Seasons and their themes are given in full on Page 2