It can happen to us that we are staying in a strange boarding-house and need to get up in the middle of the night. We fumble our way along the corridor looking for a light-switch, and fail to find it. But we make our way by the moonlight streaming through the windows. Next day in […]
News
Fr Nicolas’ sermon, 14 December 2025
The Poor have good news preached to them. (Matt 11:5) What is that good news? In this story it is that “the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up.” Luke’s version at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, in the synagogue in […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 23 November 2025
“May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power”. ****************************** It is often remarked that many today long for the simplicity, resolve and effectiveness of the strong man, almost whatever the aim and whatever the methods. Christ the King – celebrated for the 100th time this year – puts […]
CRQ October 2025
Fr George’s sermon, 9 November 2025
Luke 20.27-38 Beethoven wrote nine symphonies. His ninth is so stupendous that you couldn’t imagine what could possibly follow it. Imagine someone discovers a long-lost score of his 10th Symphony, and a friend of yours has just been to the first performance. Your friend tries to describe to you what the music is like. The […]
Monastic Taster Day
Steven and Ryan were part of a team that hosted a Monastic Taster Day in Lincoln on the 11th of October. With representatives from a number of our Anglican Religious Communities from across the UK, we heard stories from four religious about their sense of vocation and what it has meant for them to live in communities of […]
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 26 October 2025
Two men went up to the Temple to pray… In the name of the Father… Two men went up to the Temple to pray, and one prayed badly and one prayed well. Two men went up to the Temple to pray, and one went home justified and the other went home unjustified. Two men went […]
Br Jude’s sermon, 19 October 2025
Sermon Proper 24. 2 Timothy 3.14-4.5; Luke 18.1-8; Genesis 32.22-31 “Continue in what you have learned and firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it.” In today’s reading from the Second Letter to Timothy, Paul reminds us that our faith is hereditary. We learned it from someone who learned it from someone, who eventually learned […]
New Horticultural Apprentice
CR has recently recruited a new Horticultrual Apprentice, Paul Hatfield (Estates Manager) oversaw the process. Paul writes,“Earlier in the year I met with Rebecca, from Kirklees Council Employment and Skills Service; she came to the Community to speak about the Local Supported Employment scheme. I found this very interesting, as it aligns closely with the […]
Salvation Army Donation 2025
Last month, Br Jude CR and Paul Hatfield (our estates manager) visited the Salvation Army in Mirfield. They presented Church Leader Major Andrew Spivey with a cheque for £939.29! This money was raised at CR’s Family Fun Day earlier in the year. Thank you to everyone who donated tombola/raffle prizes, attended the Fun Day, or […]