On Wednesday 8th October 2025, Growing Old Grace-fully welcomed people to Cathedral Hall, formerly Wheeler Hall, a beautiful, accessible space behind Leeds Cathedral, for a morning of reflection as part of the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year 2025: Pilgrims of Hope. After registration and welcome refreshments, Carol Burns, Growing Old Grace-fully’s… Continue reading
Our Lady and All Saints parish, Otley, is hosting in-person dementia training, focused on how to support people living with dementia, on Saturday 15th November 2025 10.45am – 1.00pm. This free workshop is aimed at parishes and parishioners in the Wharfedale Deanery, but is open to all. It will take… Continue reading
On Saturday 25th October, there is a day trip to the to the Shrine of Our Lady of Doncaster from Mary Mother of God Parish, Bradford, but all are welcome to join. In medieval times, the Shrine of Our Lady of Doncaster was one of the most famous Marion Shrines… Continue reading
On Wednesday 1st October – International Day of Older Persons – there is a special afternoon tea and memory box crafts event in St. Winifrede’s Hall, Wibsey (part of Mary of Mother of God Parish). The event is taking place between 3-5pm and all are welcome. It is being organised… Continue reading
On Wednesday 24th September, 10:30am – 4:00pm, Christians on Ageing are hosting an online free conference ‘Faces of Hope in Later Life’, focusing on the positive horizons of later life as well as its challenges. The keynote speaker will be Revd Michael Jackson, formerly Director of St John’s Winchester Charity and author… Continue reading
Doorways of Hope is a series of three hour long online reflections, hosted by Growing Old Grace-fully. In the three reflections, Paula Shanks and Mgr. Donal Lucey explore the invitation to be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, the theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year of the Catholic Church. In the three reflections,… Continue reading
On Thursday 17th July 2025, we held the third in the Doorways of Hope series of online reflections, Holding Hope, led by Paula Shanks and Mgr. Donal Lucey & Paula Shanks, as part of the Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee year. Holding Hope explores how to notice spaces where hope is held… Continue reading
Growing Old Grace-fully is hosting a half day event offering a chance to reflect on our own journey into later life, as Pilgrims of Hope. This reflects the theme of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year, the theme of which is Pilgrims of Hope. Our aim in gathering together in… Continue reading
The World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated for the fifth time in 2025. The date this year is Sunday 27th July. This special day takes place on the Sunday closest to the Feast of Saints Joachim and Anne, Grandparents of Jesus. This year their Feast is Saturday… Continue reading
The third and final of the Doorways of Hope series of online reflections is Holding Hope, on Thursday 17th July, 7:00pm to 8:00pm. Paula Shanks and Monsignor Donal Lucey will invite you to notice spaces where hope is held out for us in everyday life and the ways in which we do… Continue reading
