Past News

Laura, one of the young people attending the Impact Retreat, writes of her experiences: “When we went to Castlerigg with Impact when we arrived we had some food then we took all of our bags up to our room and had some free time, during this free time we were able to do play in [...]

Aoife and Úna Hogan, two of the young people, write about their experience: ‘It was 4:15pm, 21st October and St. Clare’s car park was filled with nineteen young people, two minibuses, a shed load of parents, a Priest, a Deacon and a Lay School Chaplain. This sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it [...]

This was an opportunity for young people, aged between years 7 and 9, from across the diocese, to hone up their survival skills and learn all about bushcraft, adventure, and tribal instinct – and learn how these skills can help us to understand our faith. The weather could not have been more perfect with bright clear [...]

Baby changes everything!
Advent is always a special season of its own and doing our best to resist  the mad dash for Christmas, we tried our best to respect this special season and discover Advent as a time of expectant waiting, hopeful anticipation and cheerful preparation! As part of these preparations, a weekend open retreat was [...]

This was a wonderful day. The weather mercifully cleared and the sun shined at least some of the time so we were able to enjoy the barbeque outside on the lawn and the inflatable slide. Inside the Castlerigg team organised a treasure hunt and different games for the many families and children that attended, whilst [...]

This summer’s pilgrimages have been plagued by bad weather: the persistent rains clinging to the Pyrenean foothills at Lourdes, the electric storm breaking over the all night vigil in Madrid at World Youth Day, and the tail-end of Hurricane Katia which struck British shores just as 23 intrepid young people set off on the Big [...]

 Heartbreak as Lancaster lose in extra time! On 11 June 2011 Lancaster took part in the third inter-diocesan football tournament in St Helen’s, looking to bring the trophy home which they lost in 2010 to Leeds.  Dave Nutter, team captain, writes, ‘After celebrating Mass at Lowe House in St Helen’s, teams from Lancaster, Liverpool, Leeds [...]

This past summer a group of 90 young people from across the diocese participated in the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes. Despite the lousy weather, the pilgrimage was a wonderful opportunity to be together and make new friends, experience our faith in a new and refreshing way and there can be no doubt that the young [...]

At Castlerigg this Pentecost we are welcoming anyone who is preparing for or who has just received the sacrament of Confirmation. Already we have a few parish groups booked in for the weekend retreat. The weekend will be an opportunity to work with our young team of volunteers and others around the Diocese to help the [...]

Damian Horton came on the family weekend retreat and Castlerigg and has written up this report:
In this hectic world we now live in, let’s be thankful that there is a place where you can escape, at least for 48 hours, and contemplate on the real things in life. There are not many places where as [...]