I'm not going now sadly. Have a meeting instead that's rather important. 

I need to get some portrait prints of Pope Francis for the day job. as far as I can tell, they're not available yet.

And, yes, I know I can print one out etc etc, but we want some proper, official ones.

Any ideas?

 

Hi Hannah... I'm Jack. We E-mailed yesterday.

Great to have you on the site. I'm also a Chaplain and an ex-Castlerigger, so you're in good company. Hoepfully

I've got good memories of All Saints too. Say hi to Joe Gee for me if he's still there 

Well, maybe so. He certainly looks more frail.

I'll keep him in my Holy Week prayers...

I was way off on all 3 measures.

I also lost my tenner on Dolan

What I love about this is that Penn is basically telling Piers Morgan that he's not a proper Catholic. Which he's really not...

Canizares was always referred to as 'the little Ratzinger,' so yeah maybe...

Pretty much everyone in Catholic Youth Ministry must know when I am really busy... it's the times when nothing much appears on the site for days on end.

Over the last week or so, it's been pretty chocka (English slang for busy!) and the next week is going to be pretty similar.

That said though, it's a nice time. Busy, but we're getting a lot of good stuff done. And, as ever, I'm learning a thing or two as I go along. Here is some of what I have learned lately...

I've learned that when working with short attention spans, short sharp bursts of info/ talks/ video work better than long talks.

I've learned that five minutes is as long as a video clip should be - unless it's really good.

I've learned that publicising events is a must. Always. Never take your foot of the gas!

I've learned that I need to be less last-minute and prep better!

I've learned that I should remember that new leaders aren't that comfortable with small group work. They need support, encouragement and tips...


What have you learned lately?

I think Tim Vine is an evangelical, but I might be wrong.

Here's some that spring to mind for me...

Tim Tebow (American Football player, protestant)
Delia Smith (very serious Catholic)
Mark Wahlberg (Actor, Catholic)
Jack Dee
Julie Etchingham (Newsreader)

Thanks folks.

All in all, this saves me a lot of work 

I found one in the CYW dropbox too!!

Apologies for the fact that this podcast contains so much of... well, me.

I mean... it's not nice when you're having your tea

Just to add...

I just pre-ordered 2 copies from Amazon. I thought I might as well take a punt!

The delivery estimate is April 10th. I might run a sweepstake on when they actually land on my mat 

I've been playing with this since I downloaded it and I'm really impressed.

If you like it, don't forget to go review it