Due to the current situation we sadly cannot welcome guests, visitors or friends to share our Festival weekend with us this year. We do still intend to hold the Festival, to thank God for all that he has given us and to thank him for our wider family. We would also like to thank everyone who supports the life and work of CR here at Mirfield and further afield, and so we would like to welcome you to join with us virtually. We intend to stream our services, and hope that you can join us if not for all, then for some of the weekend. Please see below for our proposed timetable, the final version will be published in the June Quarterly, and will be available on our Website and Facebook so please check for updates.
Virtual Festival Day Timetable
Friday 10 July:
| 4.00pm | – | Silent Prayer in the Community Church (Live Stream) |
| 5.00pm | – | Meditation – Fr John (Pre-recorded) |
| 6.00pm | – | Solemn Evensong (Live Stream) |
| 9.15pm | – | Compline – Greater silence begins (Live Stream) |
Saturday 11 July:
| 7.30am | – | Mattins (Live Stream) |
| 10.30am | – | Talk from the Superior (Live) |
| 11.15am | – | Talk on Benedictine life – Fr Nicolas (Pre-recorded) |
| 12.00pm | – | Solemn Mass with Sermon (Live Stream) |
| 2.30pm | – | Stations – Various talks and a virtual garden tour (Live) |
| 4.00pm | – | Exposition and Benediction (Live Stream) |
| 5.00pm | – | Solemn Evensong (Live Stream) |
| 9.15pm | – | Resurrection Vigil – Greater silence begins (Live Stream) |
During Festival Eucharists it is customary for our Companions to renew their Commitments. This year Commitment cards will be put on the altar at the offertory and Fr John will say a prayer on behalf of the Companions, we hope that Companions will affirm their commitment at home either at that moment or at some time during the day.