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Uplifting Retreat from Dominican Brothers, May 2025

🙏 A huge thank you to the Brothers at the English Province of the Order of Preachers who led an inspiring retreat on prayer in Chatham for young people from our Kent parishes!

The day included:
🗣️ Inspiring talks & workshops
⛪ Eucharistic Adoration & Confessions
🍕 Pizza, 🎲 games, and ⚽ football
A joyful and grace-filled day — thank you to everyone who came!

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The Archdiocese of Southwark is blessed with many commissions carrying out a variety of work, from Education to Ecumenism and Safeguarding to Spirituality. They all play an active role in the life of our Catholic community.

Agency for Evangelisation and Catechesis

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Southwark Catholic Charismatic Renewal

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Archdiocesan music

The Southwark Diocesan Music Committee promotes sacred music across the archdiocese, offering training and advice to musicians, teachers and clergy.

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Education Commission

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Commission for Promoting Racial and Cultural Inclusion

Listening to the voice of God and the voice of the Church we build equal love for all

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Higher Education Chaplaincy

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Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation

Do you share our vision of a world in which people live in peace and harmony with one another and with nature, where our common humanity is respected and all can contribute freely to the common good?

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Liturgy Commission

The diocesan Liturgy Commission has a responsibility to the Archbishop for the promotion of the liturgy and other acts of public worship. Its work encompasses the buildings in which we worship, the music with which we praise God and training for those involved in the liturgy in different ways.

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Marriage and Family Life

The Southwark Marriage and Family Life (MFL) team is responsible for initiating, fostering and supporting activities in the diocese that will enable married couples more fully to live out their sacrament of matrimony by enriching their relationships.

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Safeguarding

Welcome to Safeguarding within the Archdiocese of Southwark.

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Southwark Spirituality Commission

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Southwark Catholic Youth Service

Southwark Catholic Catholic Youth works with young people in parishes within the Archdiocese, helping them to nurture and grow their faith in Our Lord Jesus Christ, and live life to the full.

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Southwark Deaf Service

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Caritas Southwark

Caritas Southwark is a Catholic social action agency which addresses the needs of the most vulnerable people in society by putting the love of Christ into action

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Christian Unity Commission

The Christian Unity Commission for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark has been in existence for over forty years. Our main task is to encourage Catholics within the Archdiocese to work and pray for Christian unity.

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Pilgrimage

Although it has not been possible to undertake any pilgrimages until very recently, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it is ordinarily a regular part of Catholic life. The Christian life is a journey towards God, and in this simple act of outward physical travel, whether on foot or by aeroplane, we inwardly seek to draw closer to Christ by putting time aside to consider our relationship with the Lord, and ask where he is leading us.

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