Tag Archives: A Rocha France

The A Rocha Forum

Posted on 18 June, 2022 by candawalley

On Tuesday last week we drove up to Courmettes for the A Rocha Forum which had representatives from the now nearly 20 organisations. Each organisation was asked to create a simple poster about their work Forums normally occur every two … Continue reading →

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The 2020 conference at last!

Posted on 9 April, 2022 by candawalley

What seems a very long time ago there was the idea of a conference at Courmettes with A Rocha and members of IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students) Europe who were interested in the environment (in fact it turned out … Continue reading →

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A Rocha in the Vallée des Baux

Posted on 3 July, 2021 by candawalley

In the last two blogs we’ve talked about our visit to the big A Rocha France centre at Courmettes. Shortly afterwards, we were able to drive over to Mas Mireille, the other centre near Arles. It’s a very much smaller … Continue reading →

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Back at Courmettes part 2

Posted on 26 June, 2021 by candawalley

We mentioned last week that we had been up at Courmettes for the A Rocha France trustees meeting. Although much of the time was taken up with meetings, there were a couple of forays across the domaine, including one late … Continue reading →

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Back at Courmettes part 1

Posted on 19 June, 2021 by candawalley

After an absence of over a year we finally made it back to the A Rocha France centre of Les Courmettes on the first weekend in June. The reason was a gathering of the trustees of A Rocha France, one … Continue reading →

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Roller ringing

Posted on 27 July, 2019 by candawalley

The other week we went over to the westernmost of the two A Rocha France centres at Les Tourades, ninety minutes drive away. There were two reasons. The first was that Chris, as a member of the conseil d’administration, wanted … Continue reading →

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Courmettes and moving

Posted on 6 July, 2019 by candawalley

June was a busy month. We had a visit to the UK for our younger son Mark’s ordination in York Minster (more about that next week) and have been busy with visitors, doing various things and surviving the heatwave. (The … Continue reading →

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Courmettes in April

Posted on 13 April, 2019 by candawalley

What with UK family crises and winter, we haven’t been up at Courmettes for some months. Last weekend, however, it was the Conseil d’Administration (think Board of Trustees) of A Rocha France, a body which includes Chris. After unseasonably warm … Continue reading →

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Les Tourades

Posted on 13 October, 2018 by candawalley

We have mentioned many times in these blogs the A Rocha France centre at Les Courmettes, because this is the one we lived at and continue to be involved with most. There is in fact a second centre, which came … Continue reading →

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Courmettes Centenary Part 3

Posted on 22 September, 2018 by candawalley

On the Sunday morning of the Centenary there were a variety of small things on offer at Courmettes: with lots of people having church obligations it wasn’t the time to run major activities. The weather having improved from the Saturday … Continue reading →

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