Join us on Sunday 8 April at 9.00am for the Community’s Car Boot Sale! Come along to browse for a bargain or sell off some unwanted goods. There will be a £10 charge per car for sellers, and refreshments will be available. Pre-booking is essential, please contact Leanne O’Sullivan 01924 483302 losullivan@mirfield.org.uk
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Sponsored Bike-and-bus ride in Galilee
Israel–Palestine is such an extraordinary country that it is difficult to know what to say about my recent visit, under my own steam, and partly by bicycle. Jerusalem is a surreal mixture of black-hatted Jews on every street, frequently on electric bicycles or even pushing prams, and often boisterously singing rhythmic Jewish music, while very […]
Auction Stations
It is hard to believe it but we are now on the final run in to the auction. We are doing very well. In previous auctions I have had over a year to campaign but this one really only began around September and was slow getting off the ground; however by Christmas things were hotting […]
The College of the Resurrection is Recruiting!
Dean of Pastoral Studies We are looking to appoint the right person to join our staff team Location: Mirfield Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent The person appointed will: Have successfully completed doctoral studies Be a priest of the Church of England Have experience of teaching to M-Level Understand and value the specific ethos of […]
Election and Installation of the next Superior
CR elects a Superior every 5 years. Fr George had served 15 years in the role, and now has leave to take a sabbatical (see the next article). The brethren expressed their enormous appreciation for the faithful and imaginative ways in which George has drawn the Community to a closer walk with God over these […]
Poetry Book by Poet in Residence, Maggie Jackson
Offertory Foreword by Oswin Gartside CR ‘What is a poet-in-residence?’ asked one brother. We didn’t quite know. But our monastery has been enjoying residencies by artists for a number of years, and each time our eyes have been opened afresh, and we’ve made new friends. And we knew Maggie, and knew that she wrote and […]
News from the College
Holy Week 2018 Watch this space for more details about Holy Week 2018. The Holy Week lectures will be given by the Revd Canon Professor John Rodwell on the theme of ‘the Tissue of his Kingdom’. John Rodwell has worked as an Anglican priest and scientist for over 40 years, was Professor of Ecology at […]
Inaugural St Hild Lecture
St Hild College welcomed Professor Richard Bauckham to Mirfield for the Inaugural St Hild Lecture on 13th January. Around 90 St Hild students and staff were joined by 40 guests for Professor Bauckham’s lecture, What Makes John’s Gospel Unique. Richard spoke of John as ‘the gospel of love’, making explicit what is only implicit in […]
Pre-Profession pondering…
‘Who has known the mind of the Lord…?’ is one of the apostle Paul’s searching questions addressed to the church in Rome. It is an entirely mysterious postulation, not least to one contemplating the next three years of his life as a member of CR! Lord, what is going on? Religious life is still a […]
George’s Sponsored Bike-and-bus ride in Galilee
I depart for Israel on Friday 9th of February and will be staying for a week in the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion, the home of a German Benedictine community. Then they are holding a Superior’s election (déjà vue!) chaired by our friend Br Ansgar from Trier. So I have to go away for a […]