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…
The three little children in the picture above had malnutrition and were cared for at one of the sisters’ Nutrition Centres in Africa. They have now all got better, due to the intervention of the sisters. The sisters say this is because of the support they get from people who give so generously, for example…
Dear All, I have heard several people say that they find November a particularly long & hard month – it isn’t difficult to understand that. In the northern hemisphere it is downhill all the way into winter & the dark & the cold. And in this particular week we are especially mindful of loss &…
Dear All, You will, I’m sure, be aware that at this time, (31 October – 12 November), COP 26 is taking place in Glasgow. Our reflections today are around that theme – Climate Change. One of them is a bit different from our usual ones, in that it makes some statements & asks some questions. …
Dear All, Over these next days we will celebrate ‘All Saints Day’ and then commemorate the dead on ‘All Souls Day’. So, for our reflection today we offer two pieces of writing: ‘For Everyone Born’ – this seems to be a recipe for ‘sainthood’ – if we can be part of making it a reality. …
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…
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…