News!
As Vocation Expo 2009 was such a success, we have been persuaded to run it again in 2010, for four days, from October 21st to October 24th. Watch this page for further news, as we move from planning to doing!
Aim
To share the experience of vocation in the Church and the world today in order to inspire people to explore what it means for them to live out their own vocation.
Objectives
- To engage people to reflect on their own personal call
- Provide information on vocational choices that exist in the Church today
- To provide formative experience
- To provide spaces and forums for formative experiences in prayer and Christian life
- To illustrate various kinds of vocation within the Church and the world
How to Find Us
- Address
- Botwell House, Botwell Lane, Hayes, Middlesex. UB3 2AB.
- Tel
- 020 8573 2065
- Open
- Day 1:– Thu., 21 October 2010
Day 2:– Fri., 22 October 2010
Day 3:– Sat., 23 October 2010
Day 4:– Sun., 24 October 2010 - Map
- Click here to see a map using the Multimap service, which should give also you driving directions.
- Parking
- Parking is available free on-site and beside the swimming pool opposite, where a pay and display scheme operates during the day, but parking is free from 6:30 p.m. Please consult the London Borough of Hillingdon for latest details.
- Trains
- Hayes and Harlington Station is less than 5 minutes away by foot on Station Road. Frequent service is provided throughout the day by Heathrow Connect to Heathrow Airport and by First Great Western from London Paddington via Ealing Broadway to Slough, Reading and beyond. Timetables and other information are provided by National Rail.
- Buses
- Most bus services serving Hayes stop nearby, including the 140 from Harrow to Heathrow, U4 for Brunel University and Uxbridge, E6 for Greenford, 195 for Southall, H98 for Hounslow and 90 for Hatton Cross and Feltham. Information from Transport for London.
Competition
A competition is being held in the run up to Vocation Expo 2009. Participants are being asked to interview a person working in the Catholic Church and create the most interesting biography in the medium of their choice or design an A3 poster to portray religious life. Some exciting prizes have been donated for the competition and the winners will be announced during the Expo. More information can be found at the competition page.
Press Release
Please read the Press Release dated 27 September 2009 for more information.