{"id":6648,"date":"2026-01-27T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6648"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:06:38","slug":"the-joy-of-the-gospel-lent-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=6648","title":{"rendered":"‘The Joy of the Gospel’ Lent course 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Paula Gooder\u2019s book forms the basis of our  Lent course this year at St Michael & All Angels\u2019.  The course is based on Pope Francis\u2019 much acclaimed reflections \u2018Evangelii Gaudium\u2019 (meaning \u2018The Joy of the Gospel\u2019).  We hope this time together will allow us to draw on our Advent and Christmas reflections on Christian \u2018Joy\u2019 and how we share that with others through our words and actions.  Our aim is to offer a positive and realistic approach to sharing our faith in world that often feels like it needs a bigger dose of joy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All are welcome to join us, wherever we are on our faith journey.  We may be exploring, be new to faith or we may have been part of church for many years \u2013 we think the course will work for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To find out more, give us a call in the parish office (0191 512 1769) on Tuesdays or Thursdays between 10 and 2 or email us on stmichaelshls@gmail.com<\/a>.  It\u2019s helpful for us to know numbers but also, just turn up if you want to, on Wednesday from 25th<\/sup> Feb to 25th<\/sup> Mar.  We mean it when we say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All are welcome<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paula Gooder\u2019s book forms the basis of our  Lent course this year at St Michael & All Angels\u2019.  The course is based on Pope Francis\u2019 much acclaimed reflections \u2018Evangelii Gaudium\u2019 (meaning \u2018The Joy of the Gospel\u2019).  We hope this time … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t