Gidea Park Study Day: Catholic Church and the European Project

Fr Ashley Beck

Before and after the 2016 referendum very little consideration was given to the founding principles and fundamental inspiration which lay behind efforts to bring Europe together. As the United Kingdom considers a future outside the European Union. In this Study Day on 'The Catholic Church and the European Project' at Christ the Eternal High Priest Church on 6 October in Gidea Park, Fr Ashley Beck examines the contribution of Catholic thought to the origins and development of the European Project.

Fr Ashley Beck is a priest of the Archdiocese of Southwark, based in the parish of Beckenham in South East London. He is also Dean of Studies of the Diaconate formation programme which covers most of southern England (including the Brentwood diocese) and Senior Lecturer in Pastoral Ministry at St Mary's University, Twickenham. He has degrees from Oxford University in Classics and Theology, and a PhD by publication from Surrey University in the methodology of Catholic Social Teaching. He is currently setting up at St Mary's the first Master's programme in Catholic Social Teaching in the British Isles. In his publications about social teaching he has written extensively about Europe, especially during the 2016 referendum campaign. In September 2018 he is due to become President of the
Catholic Theological Association.

This is the ninth Study Day in Gidea Park. Recent speakers have included theologian Fr Levente Balazs Martos, and the Pope's astronomer Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ.

All are welcome. Admission is free but booking essential by email GPstudydays@gmail.com Coffee will be available from 10.30am. Please bring your own lunch. Local eateries available. Easy access by road from the M25 and Gallows Corner. Ample free parking available at the church. Three minutes' walk from Gidea Park station. Please check the Abellio Greater Anglia website for possible service alterations.

Saturday 6 October 2018 11am - 3pm
Christ the Eternal High Priest Church
410 Brentwood Road
Gidea Park
RM2 6DH