SATURDAY REFLECTION – 13th November
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 6th October
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…
Saturday Reflection – 30th October
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 23 October
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 16th October
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…
FOUNDATION DAY LECTURE 2021 – Dr Cormac Begadon
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…
Remembering S. M. Francis Wood
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 9 October 2021
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 2 October
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…
SATURDAY REFLECTION – 25 September
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…