User:Petermadden/How can I contribute

User:Petermadden/How can I contribute? Friendlier Catholic Churches! Would not it be wonderful if Catholic Churches were centres of friendship, love and goodwill? So, if you have not got a friend in the world if you go to a Catholic Church you will make dozens! This was the case 2000 years ago when the Christain Church started. In the Acts of The Apostles we read " See, how these Christains love each other! (Inviting each other round to each others homes for the breaking of bread, sharing what they owned in common and giving to the less well off! My late Father Gerard Madden (when he was studying to be a Catholic Priest before his health broke down) often used to tell us children when he was alive they would ask one another out for a cup of tea, a meal or a drink after Mass. So let us have a greater Value Mass where people mix and get to know one another. At Saint Edwards Roman Catholic Church in Romford Essex the congregation is encouraged to introduce themselves to the person who is sitting next to them at Mass if they do not know them! Married couples could invite single people round for a meal (not just other married couples) and bachelors could be friendly with spinsters! Paul Mc Cartney wrote a song " Eleanor Rigby " in which he mentions all the lonely people! But surely if we mix up with those people all around us we will not be lonely! And so lonely people are often phoney people! Mass Parties should be held whereby the whole congregation is invited to join in! Faternal Societies and Social Clubs are ofter sidetracked, misguided and taken over by established groups so isolated people are still left out! The devil is having a field day and millions of church goers are leavin g to join secular non religious organizations for company! But what about the fellowship of The Holy Spirit! I have written to Arch Bishop Vincent Nicols about this and he replied showing an interest! I suggested he commission a Project into how to make Catholic Churches centres of Love, Friendship and Goodwill! I have just E mailed The Editor of The Catholic Paper The Universe on this subject! We do not want Catholic Churches to be hell holes desserts barren of companionship do we? I hope you agree! Please disscuss this amongst yourselves.