Visiting the elderly in a nursing home
How to start a group
- Use the YMA information pack.
- Read the life of Catherine McAuley – Daring to be Different.
- Number for the group can vary from 6 – 26. Age range is up to the leaders.
- Build up a prayer file.
- Resources, e.g. artifacts, activites etc.
Group Meeting
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Prayer topic
- Activities
- Group work
Making a programme for the year
- September
Our Lady’s Birthday ( 8th September)
Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Mercy (24th)
Venerable Catherine’s birthday (29th)
Icons completed by YMA
- October
Rosary – Making a rosary
Blessed roses to the sick
Harvest festival
All Hallows – Celebrate the saints who have gone before us
- November
All saints
Pray for the |Holy souls
Thanksgiving – Feast of Christ The King
Compile and Advent Calendar -
December
Advent Calendar
Advent wreath
Service of Light
Jesse Tree
Foundation Day – 12th December
Carol Singing -
January – August
Follow the Liturgical Year – Lent, Easter, Pentecost
25th March Feast of the Annunciation and Foundation Day of YMA
May – The month of Our Lady
Input for Liturgical year
- Make a liturgical calendar to include the main feasts of the year. Example – December:
- Service of Light
- Mary’s Candle
- Advent Wreath
Input from various speakers
- Spiritual development – retreat days, talks, sharing scripture
- Social concerns – CAFOD, Missions, Save the Children fund
- Physical activities – rounders, bag packing, games
Preparation for gatherings
- Mass/booklets
- Prayer activities
- Themes for celebrations: Light, Water, Joy
- Resources
Enrolment of group in Broughton Hall, Liverpool
Using own locality
- Cathedrals and Churches
- Patron Saints
- Local Saints
- Bede’s World
- "Holy Hand" in the church of St Oswald, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan
- The English Martyrs
- Holy Places
- Holy Island
- The Tower of London (St Thomas Moore)
Annals/Diaries/Journals
- Keep diary of events
- Make a journal of events
Use of Media
- Awareness of advertising
- Information packs/videos
- Communication
- Public speaking/reading
- Email/fax
- Website
Using skills of the group
- Leaders' skills
- Children's talents
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