The Thirteenth National Conference for Rural Catholics takes place in Sarum College, 19 the Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EE. The conference takes place 13 – 15 February 2017.
The full conference programme can be found below:
Monday, 13 Feb
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 4:00pm | Arrivals and Coffee | |
| 4:30pm | Talk: The View from the Farm Gate | The Rev Canon Martin Shallcross |
| 5:45pm | Evening Prayer | |
| 6:15pm | Dinner | |
| 8:00pm | Talk: Specialist Seeds and their uses | David Bright – Bright Seeds. |
| 9:15pm | Compline |
Tuesday, 14 Feb
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Morning Prayer & Mass – in St Osmund’s Church – minutes’ walk away | |
| 8:30am | Breakfast | |
| 9:30am | Talk: Whence & Whither the grain? | Simon Prior on import & export |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00am | Talk: The Rural Deacon | Deacon Michael Hughes of Plymouth Diocese |
| 12:30pm | Mid-day Office | |
| 12:45pm | Lunch | |
| 2:00pm | A choice of free time or | |
| 2:00pm | Visit: A Guided Walk round Salisbury or | |
| 2:00pm | Visit: A Visit to a Watercress Farm | |
| 4:00pm | Coffee Break | |
| 4:30pm | Talk: The Rural Headteacher | |
| 5:45pm | Evening Prayer | |
| 6:15pm | Dinner | |
| 8:00pm | Talk: The Rural GP | Dr Patrick Craig-McFeely & Dr Sally Hayes |
| 9:15pm | Compline |
Wednesday, 17 Feb
| Time | Description | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Morning Prayer & Mass – in St Osmund’s Church – minutes’ walk away | |
| 8:30am | Breakfast | |
| Please Vacate your room by 09:30am | ||
| 9:30am | Talk: Ticks and Mosquitos | Alex Vaux: Medical Entomologist Medical Entomology & Zoonoses Ecology at Porton DownRacing Welfare HQ |
| 10:30am | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00am | Talk: The Bishops Rural Parishes & Clergy numbers | Rt Rev Philip Egan – Bishop of Portsmouth |
| 12:00pm | Business meeting and Mid-day Office | |
| 12:45pm | Lunch & depart |