Saying 'yes'

I visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Mount Grace at Osmotherley on the edge of the beautiful North York Moors today and did an eight-and-a-half mile walk in its environs. We have arranged an event for young people (young men and women) aged 15 and over at the shrine for Saturday 5th May entitled "Say 'yes' with Mary." In the publicity materials that has been reduced simply to "Yes" which is much punchier and conveys everything I want to say about responding to our different vocations in the Church. On the long coach journey back from the Flame Congress in London on Saturday night I went round some of the participants to invite them along and, thanks be to God, a good number expressed interest. We will go on a six-mile walk, have a packed lunch, go on a rosary procession to the Shrine, perhaps go to confession, celebrate the Sunday Vigil Mass, have a cup of tea and then have fish and chips en route home. I'm hoping for a minibus-full. Walks are great for catechesis and discernment and building community. We're trying to become more professional so we have got a graphic designer, Joelle Mosslemans, who is a member of the Focolare Movement, to provide us with an eye-catching design for some postcards and posters which are being distributed ot schools and parishes this week. If you would like to join us please go the Leeds Diocesan Pathways Group Page on Facebook. Here's the shrine: