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President John Lea presents cheque from Longridge Circle Natalia reports
From
Krakow with love and prayers…
After a 37 hour coach
journey we got to the accommodation, only to get less than an hour to ourselves,
to find our rooms, get refreshed and changed. However, we did not mind one bit because
we laughed a lot, travelled through some stunning countries and made a lot of
new friends on the coach.
The weather was very hot
during our stay in Krakow and every evening we made a dash for the showers
competing with some French girls to get there first. The reason being that
during the day the temperatures would rise up to 30˚C in the shade and sweat
was dripping down our faces.
We were able to go and
visit some important places, one of them being Auschwitz. We were touched by
what we saw after all these years since it had been liberated.
After a night under the
stars our group walked back 16km to where we were staying because the trams had
been stopped. On our way home the heavens opened and we got drenched. Yet, our
spirits were up.
Pope Francis celebrated
mass with us and what he had to say to us made us cry and rethink our lives.
His words made us realise that some changes had to be made to our lives.
Kerryann (the taller of the two girls) commented
that the trip to the World Youth Day was amazing, the best time in her life and
that she is so grateful to everyone who has supported us to go with Youth at
the Manor, at Castlerigg, to Krakow. A sincere Thank you from both us.
A
testimony by Natalia Pilecka
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The Catenian Association is an international body of proudly Catholic laymen and permanent deacons who meet at least once a month in local groups called Circles, to enjoy each other's company and thereby strengthen their family life through friendship, faith and fun! It is open to practising Catholic laymen from the age of 18 years. Many of the Circles’ activities involve the members’ wives and families.
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