The St. Peter's St Vincent de Paul group are working together with the Salvation Army to provide hot soup and some sandwiches to the homeless on Wednesday nights from 6.30 - 7.30pm. We are looking after one evening per month. If you would like to help please phone Maureen at the office on (01224) 626 359, or send her an e-mail using the "Contact Us" page.

Visiting the Sick & Housebound

Our Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) makes regular visits to those who are sick or housebound, ensuring that they do not feel forgotten. Alongside this our Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion take communion to members of the congregation who are, due to illhealth, unable to make it to Mass.

Knowing & Defending Your

Catholic Faith 

(Apologetics) 

Responding To Dawkins

For those of you who have read Dawkins' book, "The God Delusion", you may want to have a look at one of these books to recover your perspective (Dawkins is exptreamly anti-catholic and his arguments don't actually hold much water when held up to scrutiny). 

• "The Dawkins Delusion" - Alister McGrath (goes for the jugular).
• "Deluded by Dawkins" - Andrew Wilson (goes for the jugular).
• "Is God a Delusion" - Nicky Gumbel (typically firm but fair!).
• "The Language of God" - Francis Collins (deals with the broader issues of the debate with only well-aimed swipes at Dawkins).
• The recent BBC2 programme "Did Darwin Kill God?" (he didn't by the way!) Tue 31 Mar 2009 7pm was presented by Conor Cunningham was brilliant but has a go at fundamentalists on both sides of the debate.

 I hope you find this helpful.

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 Radio 

Download podcasts of this live show from Catholic Answers which features some of the most prominent men and women in the Catholic Church answering caller's questions.

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John Martignoni - Bible Christian Society

Here are a group of talks to help you know more about your Catholic faith and defend it. they have been provided with the kind permission of John Martignoni of the Bible Christian Society which is a non-profit organisation providing free apologetics resources for Catholics.

Talks are 13-15 MB in size and download times will depend on the speed of your Internet connection. Over a dial-up connection, you can download a talk in about an hour.

Introduction to Apologetics

Prepare to discuss, defend, and share our Faith

Apologetics for the Scripturally-Challenged

Basic apologetics strategies and techniques.

1. The Communion of Saints

Biblical foundations and explanations to common questions

2. One Church

What the Bible says about the one true Church founded by Jesus

3. Apostolic Authority and the Pope

Biblical support for Pope and Apostolic Authority

4. Once Saved, Always Saved?

Learn how to defend against this false and dangerous doctrine

Two-Minute Apologetics

19 different topics in short Q&A format.

Catholics and the Bible

What the Church teaches regarding Biblical study and interpretation

Sola Scriptura - The Bible Alone?

Does the Bible support "The Bible Alone"?

Sola Fide - Salvation By Faith Alone?

Using the Bible Alone to refute Salvation by Faith Alone

Debate: Sola Fide (Are We Saved by Faith Alone?)

A debate on salvation between John Martignoni and Dr. James Saxon

The Sacraments and the Bible

The Biblical foundations for three Sacraments

Infant Baptism and Original Sin

How to defend the Church's teachings regarding Infant Baptism and Original Sin from the Bible.

Marriage & the Eucharist: The Two Shall Become One

Explore the parallels between these two sacraments

Mary & the Bible; plus Purgatory & the Bible

Learn the Biblical foundations to many Marian teachings of the Church

The Rapture and the Bible

What will really happen on "The Last Day"

Baptist Minister Becomes Priest

This is the conversion story of Fr. Gray Bean.

My Conversion Story

John's personal journey of Faith

Was Hitler Right?

This is an apologetic aimed at atheists and social liberals.

Which Came First, the Church or the Bible?

Discussion of the Bible and how it was authored by the Church

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Peter Kreeft, Ph.D.

Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and at the King's College (Empire State Building), in New York City. He is a regular contributor to several Christian publications, is in wide demand as a speaker at conferences, and is the author of over 45 books including:
Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Christianity for Modern Pagans
Fundamentals of the Faith

Here are three of his lectures:

1. How to Win the Culture War — A call to arms, identifying the real enemies and mapping key battlefields
2. 10 Uncommon Insights Into Evil from Lord of the Rings — Calls attention to Tolkien's great words reminding us about forgotten wisdom on evil
3. A Refutation of Moral Relativism — TRANSCRIPTION ADDED 1/27/07 — Not just a strong case against it, but a refutation of the philosophy that no society has ever survived

This is only an appetiser, but there is a lot more ...

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Feeding The Homeless