Quest’s Day Conference on Conscience (ACCOMPANIMENT-DISCERNMENT-CONSCIENCE) successfully took place on Saturday 29th June at St. Mary Moorfields, in London. It was planned and organised in collaboration with the Diocese of Westminster together with our good friend and colleague Dr. Clare Watkins (lay Theologian at the University of Roehampton)…… Continue reading Successful Quest Conference on Conscience
Month: May 2019
Quest’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility: Quest is an association established to offer support and fellowship to LGBT+ Catholic adults. Quest’s members typically meet in private homes or public venues such as churches or conference centres. As such, Quest acknowledges that vulnerable adults may be members of Quest or possibly contact us seeking support, fellowship or just… Continue reading Quest’s Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy
Quest’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy
Definition: throughout the policy the use of ‘children’ is shorthand for ‘children and young people’. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility: Quest is an association established to offer support and fellowship to LGBT+ Catholic adults. Quest members typically meet in private homes or public venues such as churches or conference centres. The organisation does not exist to… Continue reading Quest’s Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy
Quest Safeguarding Policies now in place
Earlier this year Quest National Committee approved safeguarding policies in respect of children, young people and vulnerable adults. They are based on best practice and each policy and procedure will be reviewed annually by the Committee at the first full committee meeting of the year. This will include checking for any updates required by a…… Continue reading Quest Safeguarding Policies now in place
Empathy: softened hearts and hopes restored
“A healthy person cannot feel the pains of sickness, nor can one who is well-fed feel the pangs of hunger.” This passage, a popular saying of the time, is quoted by St Bernard (1090-1153) in his first teaching as abbot of Clairvaux (1119). It is a commentary on chapter seven of the Rule of St…… Continue reading Empathy: softened hearts and hopes restored
Quest 2019 Retreat: 17-19 May
Another highly enjoyable Quest annual retreat at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey. A full report will appear in the Autumn Quest Bulletin. Photo courtesy of PaulContinue reading Quest 2019 Retreat: 17-19 May
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