Convivium Festival 2019
Event Information
Description
Join us for our second annual Convivium Festival, expanded this year to include two days of activities for people of all ages. These include:
- Carolina barbecue with all the Carolina fixins and made from locally sourced food
- Live music by FiddleBop and Sarah Birch that'll give us a medley of Gypsy Jazz and Folk music
- Kids' activities in the Heritage Centre
- Public talks by Dr Matthew Jones and Phil Cope. Matthew will talk about his experience as a medic in South Sudan and Phil about his photgraphy book on the holy wells of Wales
- A Twmpath either in the Cathedral Close or (if it's raining) inside the Cathedral. Don't know what a Twmpath is? Think ceilidh but with traditional Welsh music
- Hands-on sessions on foraging led by Adele Nozedar, an acclaimed author and teacher about the art of foraging
- Pilgrimage Walk from the Cathedral to the ancient church of Llanddew
- and more...
As with last year, the festival is in support of our local environment, heritage, and communities. Convivium seeks to raise awareness about ways of living together that enable both communities, the environment, and their heritage to flourish.
For a timetable and more details, visit us at www.convivium-brecon.com/festival/ or on Facebook and Twitter.
Organiser Brecon Cathedral - Convivium
Organiser of Convivium Festival 2019
Convivium is an initiative of Brecon Cathedral to support strong local communities that connect people with their heritage, the environment, and faith. Convivium is a Latin word that means both to feast and to live together generously.
The three main goals of Convivium are:
- To raise awareness about issues of sustainability and conservation. The focus will be less on renewable energy than on the need for individuals and communities to adopt sustainable lifestyles: to live in ways that are in harmony with God and creation;
- To raise awareness about issues affecting rural and agricultural communities, especially in Wales, and to develop the Cathedral’s relationship with those communities;
- To support strong local communities and identities that will encourage people to connect with their own localities and to foster research and activities that promote Welsh culture and religious heritage.
You can read about our guiding principles here.
Not every person, charity, or organisation that joins in our initiative will be signed-up to all our Principles. Some will be focused more on the environment, some on building strong local communities, some of preserving local heritage and culture, and some on the Christian faith.
All share, in their individual ways, a belief that consumer culture fails to deliver the happiness it promises while inflicting terrible damage to our planet and communities.
