CR Impact Report 2025/2026 As summer draws to a close and autumn is just around the corner, our new financial year is also just beginning on 1st September. We’d like to take this opportunity to reflect on our achievements and to thank each and every one of our donors for your support in this past […]
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STREAMING IS WONDERFUL, BUT …
We and our longsuffering viewers are having quite a hard time at the moment as our streaming has been thrown into great difficulties by an unannounced update of the software we use. We are working hard to find a solution, but it will take a while. We are sorry we can’t stream to our website […]
Retreat House Library
In celebration of 100 years of the Common Room at the Retreat House – the home of the Retreat House Library – we undertook a complete reorganisation and full cataloguing of the entire collection. The Library is used daily by guests, retreatants, students from the College of the Resurrection plus brethren, and this project marks […]
Mirfield Girl Guides Visit
In May, we were delighted to welcome the Mirfield District Guides to our site. Accompanied by our Estate Manager, Paul, the girls spent time exploring our estate and learning more about the importance of protecting and encouraging biodiversity. Their visit formed part of their work towards the Girlguiding Biodiversity interest badge, an activity award for members […]
The HandleBards Macbeth
A Fantastic Evening with the HandleBards at Mirfield We were delighted to welcome so many people to Mirfield in August for the HandleBards’ wonderfully entertaining production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. This was certainly Macbeth like you’ve never seen it before! Forget the tears and tragedy—this hilarious, high-octane performance was packed with mishaps, mayhem and mirth, bringing […]
College News – September 2026
The College is pleased to be welcoming three new members of staff as the new academic year begins. Each of them brings a wealth of academic and pastoral experience but each is also returning to Mirfield with their own personal slice of its heritage. The Revd Dr Steffan Mathias, is a former student of the […]
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 30 August 2026
Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. In the name of the Father… Reality, it has been said, is an acquired taste. And, like all acquired tastes, there will always be those who say to us “Why […]
Housekeeping Assistant – Job Vacancy
We are looking for a temporary, flexible staff member in our housekeeping dept. Experience of working in an educational facility, hotels and B&Bs is welcomed. Excellent cleaning skills and attention to detail – an absolute. This vacancy will be term-time only, fitting with The College of the Resurrection’s timetable (similar to university). Working pattern: Monday […]
Fr John’s sermon, 16 August 2026
, 29-32; Matthew 15. 10-20, 21-28 The Dog’s food. Today’s gospel is not an easy one. A woman cries to Jesus for help and first he ignores her and then he insults her with a remark that would be read today as politically incorrect and racist. To call anyone a dog would be insulting. To […]
Fr Nicolas’ sermon, 2 August 2026
FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND Today we have one of the best known stories from the Gospels to think about: the Feeding of the Five Thousand. It is a wonderful story and I am sure it is a historical story. It really happened. But it is one of those stories that can also be read as […]