Dear All, This week we are offering you something about journeying, travelling. I think it is because I have an awareness of time passing swiftly at the moment. Very soon we will be celebrating All Saints & then it will be less than a month before the end of the Church’s year & the beginning…
The Community welcome all to join them for Advent reflections and prayer – details as follows: Advent Meditative Reflections Sundays on zoom at 5.30pm for 30 – 45 mins November 28th Learning to Wait December 5th Seeking the Light December 12th Finding Joy December 19th Preparing for the Coming of the Christchild ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88333391691?pwd=SjhrYnFBUEZndVVIMTRRTEJqRVduQT09…
Dear All, I was looking at the reading we will have tomorrow & was struck not by the main texts but particularly by the psalm which is said or sung as a response to the first reading – in this case some verses from Isaiah. The psalm verses are taken from psalm 32 (33 in…
We were delighted to welcome Dr Cormac Begadon to deliver the Foundation Day Lecture 2021 at New Hall. Cormac is Assistant Professor (Research): Sepulchrine Fellow in the History of Catholicism at University of Durham and is researching the Community’s archive. Dr James Kelly, Sweeting Associate Professor (Research) in the History of Catholicism, University of Durham, managed…
On 18 September this year, the eve of the first anniversary of Frances Wood’s death, the Community, family and a few close friends came together to remember Frances (formerly SM Francis) and to celebrate her life. Mary Francis played a pivotal role in the development of the Community’s school at New Hall. Fr Leslie, friend…
Dear All, This coming week is one of prayer for prisoners & their families. Our reflections are in some different loose ways related to that theme. There are two pieces connected to the story of the Prodigal Son & the all-forgiving father. One of these is from Henri Nouwen’s writings, & there is another Nouwen…
Dear All, Time seems to be moving fast and we are into October. The dying down of the year can be a bit depressing but if we can remain mindful that it is all part of the regeneration process that leads though to the spring & to resurrection, then it is all possible. Autumn colours…
Dear All, Some reflections related to Harvest this week – not all necessarily the beauty & bounty of it all but arising from a consciousness of issues that arise at this time. We hope one or more will mean something for you. Amazing to think we will be in October by next Saturday & amidst…
On 14 November, with the help of Prof John McCafferty, we will explore an understanding of why and how different faith-based communities grow, develop, sustain themselves, change, adapt or dissolve. We will discuss the relationship between faith-based communities and the individual and look at new and emerging stories: faith-based communities during and post-pandemic. REGISTER HERE…
On 3 October we welcomed Dr Lea Verstricht, friend and theologian, to explore with us a theology of community and to open our theme for the year: Community: Old Paths and New Directions. Lea’s talk focussed on an understanding of community, as discerned in scripture. Using the New Testament story of the Road to Emmaus,…