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.
No we did not raffle off Carlos and Emma Bonixo's three boys. They are pictured getting ready to help sell tickets having receiving instructions from PGP Mike. The second photo shows them drawing the winning tickets at the Circle's PRESIDENT'S SUNDAY AND LADIES DAY. This was the first time that children had been invited to attend and it will now become a regular feature following the same format as our very successful Family Christmas Lunches.
One of the charities supported by the Circle for the year 2022/23 was LET THE CHILDREN LIVE!. This was PGP Mike O'Malley's charity (we had two Presidents that year). It was also the charity of PGP Tony Godden in his role in leading St Annes Rotary during the same period. Unfortunately Tony couldn't be there that evening
The charity was set up to help the homeless and uncared for children living on the streets of a town in Colombia. The photo shows Pauline Allan from the charity receiving a cheque for £1,000 from Mike .
