LIVE SIMPLY

‘The world is charged with the grandeur of God’

                    Gerard Manley Hopkins

Thanks  to everyone who came to Hope Park on Sunday to celebrate our local community with volunteer musicians and singers;  crafters, gardeners, cooks and tea makers. A good time was had by all. 

The Living Simply stall was a hit with young and old as they wrestled with the Water Challenge and claimed their flower seeds in reward. 

 There was indeed hope in the air in the beautiful gardens, as we listened to the ‘sweet songs’ of  Bob Marley’s ‘ Three Little Birds’ with its good news ‘everything gonna be alright’. 

And hope too when the choir sang the Beatles’ refrain  ‘ and when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer-  let it be, let it be.’ 

 And in the words of the Jesuit poet priest

 ‘For all this Nature is never spent

There lives the dearest freshness deep down things

And though the last lights off the black west went

Oh, morning at the brown brink eastwards springs

Because the Holy Ghost over the bent

World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings'

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with each other.

Thursday 15 June is Clean Air Day. Air pollution is bad for our health and has a huge impact on climate change. Three things you can think about to help reduce air pollution.

1) Use your car less – walk, cycle, or use public transport

2) Eat less meat and dairy (animal agriculture is the largest producer of air pollutants).

3) Plant more trees and greenery.

4) Wood burners and Fire Pits. Do we really need them?

 Let’s live more simply and help protect our environment.

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

For this year's World Environment Day, we are asked to beat plastic pollution.

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the poor.

5^th June is World environment day. 8^th is World Oceans Day. We all know how single use plastics are damaging our oceans. This week think of ways in which your family can reduce its plastic use. Maybe buy fruit and vegetables loose rather than packaged. Remember your shopping bag so you don’t need the carrier bags (even when shopping in town!) And families with babies – have you considered reusable nappies; they are nothing like the old terry nappies older parishioners might remember. If all else fails – Tesco recycles soft plastics (the stuff you can’t put in the council recycling bin). Let’s do what we can to protect our oceans! The webpage for  World Environment Day can be found at https://www.un.org/en/observances/environment-day and for World Oceans Day is https://unworldoceansday.org/

Childwall in Bloom Open Garden Event at Hope University, Sun 11 June, 1:00pm – 4:00pm

Please come along to Hope University – just opposite Bishop Eton – next Sunday between 1:00pm and 4:00pm and join the LiveSimply team to support our volunteer community gardeners and help our local community blossom. Lots to enjoy including garden tours, plant sales, live music, and craft stalls.

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the poor

Send forth your Spirit, O Lord and renew the face of the earth. Celebrate the season of Pentecost and the glories of creation on Sunday June 11th at Hope Park (over the road from Bishop Eton). Support our volunteer community gardeners and help our local community blossom. Renew old friendships and meet new neighbours; enjoy leaf and birdsong, tea, and scones; plants for sale; live music and crafts; garden tours and much, much more. Childwall in Bloom Open Garden Event at Hope University Sunday June 11th 1:00pm-4:00pm.

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty

This weekend marks the end of National Vegetarian Week.

Plant-based food has a much lower carbon footprint, so by choosing more veggie meals, you’re making real carbon savings! The amount of carbon saved by your veggie dinner can be the same as driving long distances in a car.

The National Vegetarian Week recipes are all carbon-calculated, allowing you to see the difference you’re making by swapping even a single meal for a veggie one this week. It’s easy to get involved: check out the recipes, spread the word on social media, eat some delicious veggie food and…make your meals better by miles!

Eat veggie, cut carbon, drive change! Have a look at https://www.nationalvegetarianweek.  

GILBERT SCOTT LECTURES ON SCIENCE AND FAITH:

Liverpool Cathedral Lady Chapel  - Wednesdays at 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY 17^TH MAY 2023

Miracles in Mark: Can science bring us closer?  Revd Canon Dr Mike Kirby

The Revd Canon Dr Mike Kirby;  is Canon Scientist – Liverpool Cathedral; Senior Lecturer (Radiotherapy Physics) – University of Liverpool; Honorary Lecturer (Cancer Sciences) – University of Manchester.

The Gilbert Scott Lectures on Science and Faith are designed to be accessible and  encourage learning, discussion, and reflection on a variety of aspects of science and faith whilst always being sensitive and respectful. All are welcome!

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WEDNESDAY 24^TH MAY 2023

Sand, wind, water and plants: a recipe for coastal dunes and faith

The Revd Paul Rooney; Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Science, Liverpool Hope University; Permanent Deacon and Assistant Director for the Permanent Diaconate, Archdiocese of Liverpool. Member of the Society of Catholic Scientists.

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WEDNESDAY 31^ST MAY 2023

God, Gaia and Goodness: The nature or Nature and of the Divine

The Revd Prof Jeff Astley; Honorary Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion, and Professorial Fellow of St Chad's College, Durham University; Alister Hardy Professor of Religious and Spiritual Experience, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln; Visiting Professor, York St John University

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty

Walk to School Week is upon us (15-19 May 2023).  A challenge for everyone in the family to step up their activity, leave the car behind and simply travel to school, sustainably, on foot and bicycle!

LIVE SIMPLY SPRING FASHION SHOW

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our second Live simply fashion show. a success!

Our models did us proud celebrating Eurovision with their Ukraine colour theme and enjoying our own early Coronation and even a wedding.  Everyone enjoyed the afternoon and we have raised £750 for CAFOD.

Read more: Live simply spring Fashion Show 29th April 2023

LIVESIMPLY IN ST MARY’S AND BISHOP ETON

We care about creation and we care about people living in poverty

 Celebrating the coronation of King Charles III this weekend, we are encouraged that he is a committed environmentalist. Aged 21, he gave a speech to the Countryside Steering Committee for Wales warning against the environmental cost of oil pollution and plastic waste. He has since spoken on environmental issues at the European Parliament and at global conferences. We pray that he will use his position to encourage others to Care for our Common Home.