Dear All, October 8th – a big day for us – our Foundation Day! 380 years ago today our community was founded in Liege, present day Belgium: a very brave couple of Englishwomen who had had to go to another part of Europe in order to become Religious owing to the troubled post-reformation times in…
Dear All, Another week has gone by & we are into October! Nationally, September has been a momentous month with the death of our Queen, the accession of King Charles III & a new Prime Minister. The reflections following the Queen’s death that came to us from all kinds of individuals & groups were very…
Dear All, Time is passing so quickly: the last Saturday in September. I expect the events of the last couple of weeks have given you much to reflect on – they certainly have done for me. If you have any more ‘space’ for further reflection here are some things that focus on ‘Harvest’. …
Dear All, I hope you have had a good week. I suspect we are all conscious of the move into Autumn & that awareness surely brings with it varied feelings. Our theme this week is Autumn & we hope amongst the attachments you will find something that resonates. We have included the much loved &…
Dear All, Hello again! Good to be back with you. We hope you have had a good August – away or at home. We are starting again with a familiar theme: that of peace. The gospel reading we will have tomorrow focusses on Jesus giving the disciples the mission of being his Messengers of Peace.…
LISTENING TO OURSELVES We were delighted to welcome Laurence Freeman OSB, monk and teacher, Director of The World Community for Christian Meditation, Bonnevaux. Laurence addressed us on the following topic: Our conversation is in heaven (Phil 3:20) With the disastrous breakdown of social discourse in our time, the rediscovery of contemplative silence in the…
On Sunday 26 June, we gathered at Howe Close for a liturgy and afternoon tea, to celebrate with those who had taken part in our series Community: Old Paths and New Directions. It was a happy occasion and for some people the first time they had met each other in person! For those who were…
LISTENING TO EACH OTHER In our first session of the new theme – ‘Do you hear what I hear?’ – we explored the matter of listening to each other. We were very pleased to welcome Rose Stokes. Formerly a teacher and psychodynamic counsellor, Rose is writing a training manual for Catholic Listening & Prayer…
Dear All, Forgiveness & Healing are, I think, perennials, in that we are never done with them & so we come back to them again & again. However, maybe by choosing different reflections, we get new perspectives on them. I hope so. There are a couple of pieces written by the gifted Joyce Rupp &…
Dear All, We hope you have had a good week with much of the peace & joy we reflected on last weekend. This weekend we have the Parable of the Good Samaritan so our readings are in & around that theme. It is a very familiar story, maybe too familiar, so it is good to…