Hospice
The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice specialising in palliative care for the
dying is situated in the Parish. One of the Friars
(Fr Donald Walsh OFM) is the Catholic Chaplain. He also has some input into
the spiritual side of training in this special field.
SVDP
The Society of St Vincent de Paul began in Paris in 1833. A young student,
Frederic Ozanam, challenged by the jibe: 'Show us the results of your faith!'
got together with five other students and went to bring food and firewood to the
poor of Paris. With a foundation in prayer, they called themselves
'The Conference of Charity'. Later they took St Vincent as their Patron.
Now numbering over a million members in over a hundred countries, our little group
meets in the Greyfriars Centre on a Thursday after the 10am Mass. They go wherever
there is sickness or need. |
