The sisters are grateful to all those who give so generously through our Advent appeal, and at other times during the year. You can read more about the life and work of our African sisters in our latest Africa Newsletter 2024. Here is how you can donate: ONLINE: Use the DONATE button – Donations –…
You are invited to join the Community Meditative Reflection for Advent at 5.30pm on Zoom Sunday 1st December – “Come now O Prince of Peace” Sunday 8th December – “A voice cries out in the wilderness” Sunday 15th December – “Gaudete” Sunday 22nd December – “Emmanuel” And IN PERSON at Blessed Sacrament Church, Melbourne CM1 2DU…
The Community invites you to join them for a talk by Dr Cormac Begadon and Evening Prayer (for the beginning of Advent) on Saturday 30 November at 3pm at 74, Howe Close, Colchester CO4 3XD. 3pm – talk 4pm – tea followed by Evening Prayer for the beginning of Advent followed by mulled wine and…
We are recruiting – please see job outline below: Cook (Full-time) – Howe Close Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 12.00- 19.00hrs Required to work in a unique position within a small religious community, based in Colchester – The Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre. Pay negotiable depending on experience, qualifications, and availability. If…
We are celebrating the Annual Mass for our deceased relatives and friends, in particular those buried in our cemetery, on Saturday 2 November (All Souls’ Day) at 2pm at New Hall in the School Chapel. The celebrant will be Fr Martin Hardy who is one of the team serving the Chelmsford parish and chaplain at…
You may be interested to read the article written by Dr Cormac Begadon, about our Community and school in Liège. It appeared in the Tablet in September 2024. ENLIGHTENED ATTITUDES
We began a second year of our series ‘Today’s Big Questions: towards a Christian Response’ with a fabulous in-person talk at New Hall by Prof Tina Beattie. The talk was entitled We need to talk about gender: Christian approaches to challenging questions for changing times. Tina tackled the complex issue of gender and sexuality, and…
We are inviting applications for Senior Carer position as per below: Recruitment – Senior Carers 2 x part-time Experienced Senior Carers required to work in a unique position within a small Religious Community based in Colchester – The Canonesses of The Holy Sepulchre. We are looking for individuals that are warm-hearted, professional, compassionate…
Dear Friends, Good to be back with you & Saturday Reflections. We hope these last weeks have been good ones for most of you, though I am sure amongst us there will be some sadness & distress. Today’s blessing comes from Sacred Pathways & is called ‘Deep Peace’ May those of us who have had…
We were happy to see that Cormac Begadon’s research was featured in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday 29 June. Christopher Howse’s piece was partly based on a forthcoming publication by Cormac – ‘A case for continuity? From Liège to New Hall: the English Canonesses of the Holy Sepulchre’ – in which the cultural continuity from…