A beautiful video produced by the Church in the Netherlands to encourage parishes and chaplaincies to run Sycamore groups in their communities. Includes testimonies form participants and leaders. With English subtitles.

A testimony from Canon Chris Vipers, Parish Priest of Pimlico Parish and Director of the Agency for Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Westminster.

A testimony from Sr Mary Sarah, headteacher in a Melbourne school, about how Sycamore has been used with school staff.

A testimony from Chris, from the English-speaking parish of St. Anthony, Kraainem, in Brussels, who was recently received into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church (7 May 2026).

A testimony from Ilenya about how Sycamore is being used with diocesan staff in the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

A testimony from Fr Joe Antony OP, from the English-speaking parish of St. Anthony, Kraainem, in Brussels, who has been using Sycamore with their “Step-In” RCIA programme this year (7 May 2026).

A testimony from Joy about how Sycamore has been used with a staff group in her Melbourne school, August 2026

A testimony from Jessica, from the English-speaking parish of St. Anthony, Kraainem, in Brussels, who was recently received into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church (7 May 2026).

A testimony from Gabrielle and Olivia about how Sycamore is being used with school staff in the Archdiocese of Melbourne

A testimony from Adelyne about the Sycamore group in Brussels in Belgium (Ash Wednesday, 18 Feb 2026)

A testimony from Owen about the Sycamore group in Brussels in Belgium (Ash Wednesday, 18 Feb 2026)

A testimony from Fr Jude from Ipswich about his experience using Sycamore in his parish, 12 November 2025

A testimony from Fr Dong Nguyen, parish priest in Cowra parish, Bathurst diocese in Australia, about how Sycamore is being used in their parish, 12 October 2025.

A testimony from Danielle about a workplace Sycamore group that has taken place in the education department of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, August 2026

Two testimonies from Perry and Kat who have been working as catechists in St Hugh’s parish in Lincoln, UK, 29 October 2025.

A testimony from Mgr Paul Grogan, a parish priest in Bradford, UK, 31 October 2025.

A testimony from Jane in Highgate Parish (Westminster Diocese) about how they use Sycamore in their RCIA group (2 November 2025)

Here’s what some of our group leaders have shared about the SycamorePlus films:

“The Prayer films are fantastic. We’ve been using them with our home group, and we now have over nine people attending regularly from six different parishes. I look at the questions beforehand and prepare my answers, which helps the discussion along. When we watched the film on the Mass, I prompted people to think about their memories of particular masses — and the stories that came out were amazing.”  (SycamorePlus Forum, 2026)

“The engagement with the Prayer films has been huge. You need to trust the material, and Sycamore is so good from this point of view — Fr Stephen is very trustworthy. People can relax into it; the bedrock is sound.” (SycamorePlus Forum, 2026)

 

From a Parish in Salford Diocese, UK

I have recently used some of the suggested videos for my Confirmation group. I just had two children going through the program and their mum came along… It wasn’t possible for them to join a bigger established group and the small group sessions suited them. Their responses and feedback were heartening and powerful. I used the You Cat as well but tailored the sessions according to what I felt they needed or as a result of their questions or responses previously. I found the videos enlightening, real and down to earth. The young people really enjoyed the videos and they were impressed when I told them I had met Fr Stephen at a local event…. Even their mum admitted that she had learnt new things. The boy, who had started to lapse recently from church attendance has started to attend mass every week. Thank you so much for the work you do and the excellent quality of videos and resources. Tremendous. It was great to be able to find support through Sycamore for the confirmation sessions as I had never been called upon before to lead them and was a bit at a loss at first as to what to use…. Both the two young people and their mum admitted that they will really miss the regular sessions so maybe I could suggest we have a few others through the year where we use a other Sycamore videos. Keep up the good work. I hope to attend We Believe at Oscott later in the year….. Evidence indeed that the church is growing, is alive and is active….Thank you for helping to encourage discussion, for helping to revive and inspire and educate us all in the faith and for bringing many people back to the church.. XX Mary Farmer

 

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