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Welcome to the website of the St Catherine's Trust, a charitable trust set up in 2004 to promote Catholic education in accordance with the traditional teachings, liturgy and devotions of the Roman Catholic Church. Our main activity at present is the organisation of annual week-long Summer Schools for young Catholics aged 11 to 18, and annual weekend Family Retreats for Catholic families, usually around Easter.
Please see our Spring 2010 Newsletter for the latest news.
ERRATUM! The advertisement on the back cover of the February 2010 issue of the Latin Mass Society's magazine Mass of Ages for our events for 2010 unfortunately contains two errors. * The dates for the Summer School and the Latin Course for Adults are 1st to 8th August (not 8th-15th as in the advertisement); * The address to write to is 58 Thornton Road (not 52 as in the advertisement). Forthcoming Events
2010 Family Retreat - Easter Friday 9th April to Low Sunday 11th April 2010Gregorian Chant Course - concurrently with the Family Retreat2010 Summer School - Sunday 1st August to Sunday 8th August 2010Latin Course for Adults - concurrently with the Summer School2010 Family Retreat - Easter Friday 9th April to Low Sunday 11th April Our Family Retreat 2010 will be in a new
venue: the Oratory School, in Berkshire, outside
Reading (RG8 0PJ). This is a well established Catholic school with two chapels and all the facilities one would expect, set in beautiful countryside not far from Oxford.
We are delighted to be using a Catholic venue; the Oratory School have been very friendly and we look forward to a long association with them. We hope that this will prove convenient for those wishing to come to the Family Retreat. The Retreat will include Daily Sung Mass, with spiritual conferences from our Chaplain Fr Andrew Southwell, and activities for children of all ages. The Retreat is designed to enable parents to attend accompanied by their children, although adults not accompanied by children are also welcome.
The cost is £95 for a single adult, £150 for a married couple, under-18s free.
Gregorian Chant Course, Friday 9th April to Sunday 11th April 2010 Once again this year, we will be hosting a Gregorian Chant course at the same time (and in the same place) as the Family Retreat - the Oratory School, Reading. This will be directed by Nick Gale, Director of Music at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, with the assistance of Mr Mark Johnson.
Singers will be divided into beginners and the more advanced for teaching purposes, and will be able to take part in the spiritual activities of the Retreat as well as enjoying an intensive chant course. Mr Gale studied under Dom Daniel Saulnier at the Abbey of Solesmses, and he teaches using a semiological approach based on modern scholarship and the Gradule Triplex. A description of last year's Chant Course and a brief biography of Mr Gale are available on our 2009 Family Retreat webpage.
The cost of this is £80 per person, all inclusive (but free to members of a family attending the Family Retreat).
2010 Summer School, for Ages 11-18, Sunday 1st August to Sunday 8th August 2010 This will take place at Ardingly College, near Haywards Heath, as last year. This “jubilee” Summer School, marking
five years since our first in 2005, will
see all the features which have made it
such a success over the years.
We have a high staff-student ratio thanks to our volunteers, making for a varied set of subjects and small class sizes. Our Chaplain, Fr Southwell, gives all the students catechesis; this year we will be joined by at least one seminarian as well. Each day begins the Rosary in the chapel, and ends with Sung Compline; we have Sung Mass every day before lunch. In addition to the lessons there is a variety of outdoor activities, sewing and drawing, altar serving training for the boys, and a trip to a local place of interest. Please see the links on the left or below for descriptions of our previous Summer Schools. Our Summer School is entirely unique in what it offers, and unique also in not charging a fee to parents. It is genuinely open to all. All our staff are CRB checked, and the school is covered by our public liability insurance.
To apply please use our downloadable application form, or apply online.
Latin Course for Adults, Sunday 1st to Sunday 8th August 2010This new initiative will take place at Ardingly College concurrently with the Summer School. It will have its own accommodation and staff, but participants will be able to attend the liturgical functions (Sung Mass and Sung Compline) of the Summer School each day.Under the direction of the well-known Latinist Mr Philip Goddard, this is the only Latin Summer School with a focus on liturgical Latin. It is an intensive course with classes for beginners and the more advanced. Latin courses and books abound but few have a focus on the Latin of the Church, which has its own characteristics, and certainly none can be studied in a week-long course in the context of daily Traditional Sung Mass and Compline, which is provided by our Summer School. The course will aim to give adult beginners an introduction to Latin, and more advanced students a boost in relation specifically to liturgical Latin. In both cases it should set up students to pursue independent study before perhaps coming back in future years to take their knowledge further.
The Latin Course is open to people aged 16 or over. The cost is £150 (£75 for students in full-time education). Reports on our past events
The St Catherine’s Trust is a Registered Charity, no. 1110417. |