South Wight R.C.Parish, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor
Parish Evangelisation Cell System
South Wight Parish Fr Brian held a small faith-sharing group during Lent 2018. The group members enjoyed the experience so much that they asked if the group could continue to meet. Two of the group members, Julian Martin and Mary Ransom, knew of a system that is particularly good not only at supporting people in their faith journey, but also at encouraging other people to join.
We liaised with Fr Joe (Parish Priest) who had seen the system at work in Africa 20 years before and had been very impressed by the pastoral support it gave people. The idea was put to the small group, it was agreed and we now meet twice a month. Fr Joe and Fr Brian provide the teaching. Our aim (September 2018) is to deepen our faith, support each other in prayer and train leaders so that when our cell is large enough to split, the new cells will each have a leader and a deputy leader. If you are interested, please contact either Mary or Julian via the Parish Office (Contact Us ).
Resources
Video (11 minutes) (link: https://youtu.be/WxjLsQOD0T0)
UK – Orpington Parish – Cell System page
(link: https://www.holyinnocentsorpington.org/pecs.html)
International – Milan – Cell System page (in Italian)
(link: http://www.santeustorgio.it/la-cellula.html)