Three parishes were to be amalgamated. There was great distress. Christmas was looming and a nativity play was cancelled, with no place to go. And so it was, that for the next seventeen years, a family opened their doors to provide a venue for the play. This play was led by the people, read from […]
Recently, we received an S.O.S. from a bishop who has worked alongside Crown of Thorns for nearly thirty years and promotes the Holy Rosary throughout his diocese.
One of the primary aims of the charity Crown of Thorns is the promotion of the Holy Rosary and of devotion to Our Lady. We print and distribute several publications and prayer materials to achieve this. During the long months of the Covid-19 pandemic we have been particularly privileged to assist in supporting many of […]
It is extraordinary to see what a difference a simple card can make and how much hope it can bring to those in dark places. For ‘Crown of Thorns’, a charity working to give hope through the simplicity of the understanding of the faith, cards are at the very centre of the work. The promotion […]
We have added a few things over the last few weeks to our website, which we hope you find helpful! We’ve started to update the shop, which now has listings for more of our cards, and you can now find pages with our work supporting chaplains in prisons, hospitals and for seafarers. We’ve been busy […]
Our children’s Advent calendar is now on our website. It is ideal for use in school chaplaincies and at home. There are reflections, prayers, actions and craft activities for children to prepare themselves for Christmas. It is available on the resources page or by clicking the link here.
You can now download our 2017 Advent calendar from the resourses page. This was a great success last year, and we have updated it with new activities. You can find these in the resourses section of the website, under ‘Advent Calendar 2017.’ On days marked with a green triangle, there are extra sheets with stories, […]
You can now download our 2016 Advent calendar from the resourses page. This was a great success last year, and we have updated it with new activities. You can find these in the resourses section of the website, under ‘Advent Calendar 2016.’ On days marked with a green triangle, there are extra sheets with stories, […]
This parish was closed some years ago. For the benefit of parishioners now attending other parishes, we have the following report; On closure of the church, most of the furnishings from this much loved place of prayer and worship were sent in our shipments to the diocese of Yendi in northern Ghana. These items were […]
This year we have been loaning Knitted Nativity Scenes to several primary schools, and pupils are taking turns to take them home during Advent. This project started in response to a request from a local primary school, and we would be grateful for donations of further knitted nativity scenes for next year (let us know if […]
