The fifteenth National Conference for Rural Catholics takes place from Monday 25 February 2019 – Wednesday 27 February 2019. It will be held at the Sarum College, 19 The Close, Salisbury, SP1 2EE.
The full conference programme can be found below:
Monday 25 February
Time | Details |
15:30 | Arrivals and Coffee |
16:00 | The View from Parliament – Neil Parish MP, Chairman, EFRA Parliamentary Committee |
17:00 | TBC |
17:45 | Evening Prayer |
18:15 | Dinner |
20:00 | The Rural Post Office – Ed Rigg (Tisbury PO) |
21:15 | Compline |
Tuesday 26 February
Time | Details |
08:00 | Morning Prayer & Mass – St Osmund’s |
08:30 | Breakfast |
09:30 | Sarum College’s pastoral training programme for rural ministry – The Rev. Paul Burden |
10:30 | Coffee |
11:00 | The Changing World of Farm Machinery – Colin Smart, MD Smart Agricultural Services Ltd. (John Deere & JCB) |
12:30 | MDO |
12:45 | Lunch |
14:00 | Fish Farm visit, guided tour of Salisbury, or leisure. |
16:00 | Coffee |
16:30 | TBC |
17:45 | Evening Prayer |
18:15 | Dinner |
20:00 | Bruce Tozer: Agricultural Finance & the Environment |
21:15 | Compline |
Wednesday 27 February
Time | Details |
08:00 | Morning Prayer & Mass – St Osmund’s |
08:30 | Breakfast (please vacate your room by 9.30) |
09:30 | Lord Talbot, The Paper Farmer |
10:30 | Coffee |
11:00 | David Waters: Reintroducing the Great Bustard to Wiltshire |
12:00 | Business Meeting |
12:30 | Angelus and lunch |