PolySteel's Sponsored CharityHCPT Visit to Lourdes - Easter 2008 PolySteel helped to sponser this visit to Lourdes which gave the children who have varying needs the opportunity to see a different country and enjoy a break from their carers. The visit to Lourdes was very successful and the whole party was moved by the prayers and singing which took place over the Easter celebrations.
PolySteel HCPT Official Photograph Lourdes 2008 Here are some recommened links which will give you more indepth information about Lourdes. http://www.ascpg.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_McDonald http://www.hcpt.org.uk/pilgrimages/easter2008.php "Tell the priests that people are to come in here in procession and to build a chapel here." This was the message given to little Bernadette on the 2nd of March, one hundred and fifty years ago this month. And here we are! Today as we wander around the domaine looking for shelter from the incessant rain we are part of throngs of people moving around the Grotto, As we move, churches large and small, ornate or severe surround us. One chapel was never going to be enough for the endless throng that gathers around Mary’s special shrine. On Tuesday night we walked in a procession, faces lit by glowing candles; the air filled with prayer and song. The torchlight procession is a great common expression of hope and faith in light. It is to honour Mary but, in so doing, it fills us with a sense of worth and the togetherness we share with all our companions on this special journey of the heart. Today we gather again as the family of the Trust to celebrate. We gather in the vast underground Church and transform this bare concrete bowl into a warm colour-filled living Church. We are the people of God. We are Church. Church among other things means people called and formed by God to be the family of God. Mary is the mother of this family and she expects her children to praise, thank and honour our heavenly Father. So we gather and, in word and song, we praise and thank God for all the wonderful gifts of this week, for the new friends we have made, for the love we have created and shared, and for the joy that overcomes even the wettest of days. That joy, these songs are our worship as we sing at the beginning of our mass "Come, now is the time to worship, Come, now is the time to give your heart. Come, just as you are to worship, Come, just as you are before your God". As Mary was able to teach Bernadette, God’s love for us is without limit and so, while we gather to sing the praise of God, God comes to us in the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Jesus. This is to show us there is no greater love than that of God for us. This we discover as we join all our voices and energy in loving thanks and praise. We come in answer to Mary’s invitation and she shows us gifts beyond our imagining. Rain may dampen our days, but the time spent with Mary and her Son ensures that nothing can dampen our spirit or our shared love. Tatler : Thursday 27 March 2008 © HCPT 2008
Steve Mc Donald at Lourdes
The Dunkirk Spirit 21st July 2007 With the extremes of weather which are lashing the county, what better way could there be to cheer up over 140 guests who attended the PolySteel UK DEMOB Charity Ball at St Gregory’s School, Knapp Rd, Cheltenham (used during the war for many tea dances). With a theme set to represent the ending of World War 2 many dressed up in period costume. The event raised over two thousand pounds for charity HCPT with a night of big band sounds of Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra and others played cheerfully by the PolySteel Brass Band. Whilst the rest of the county was a ‘wash out’, locals rallied round to raise enough to send 4 local disabled or needy children on a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France next Easter.
David & Louise Duruty de Lloyd are seen soaking up the atmosphere after doing the jive!
"Hello sailor" Steve Burgess and Lynne Smith enjoying the evening's fun!
The revellers sit waiting for their rashioning meal to arrive!
The "Three Musketeers" Paul Boyce, Steve Burgess and Clive Austin.
Everyone is enjoying their meal whilst listening to Glen Miller's memorable music, played by The PolySteel Brass Band. |
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