The weekend of 7-9 July 2017 marked the 125th anniversary of the Community, and we were delighted to welcome hundreds of guests from across the country (and beyond) to join the celebrations. A selection of images from the re-hallowing of the Church on the Sunday are available to view by clicking the link below https://mirfield.org.uk/festival/ […]
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The Sower
I have heard quite often that the sower in Jesus’ parable sows the seed in the traditional peasant fashion, casting it from side to side. If this is the way all farmers sowed their seed it is no wonder peasant farming was so bad and famines so frequent. It is a very inefficient way of […]
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CRQ St John the Baptist 2017
“Salvation has come to this house today.” (Luke 19.9) – Re-hallowing of the Community Church
“Salvation has come to this house today.” (Luke 19.9) It was in July 1911 that Charles Gore presided at a service here for the laying of the foundation stone of the Chapel of the Resurrection. He and Walter Frere were not at one on the liturgical arrangements. Gore was “all for incense” but refused to […]
Here’s the church, here’s the steeple, look inside and there’s the people
The gospel tells us that the Church is the people. “You are the body of Christ”. Every church building is for the people, the People of God. Having church buildings is an inevitable consequence of the gospel. In Jesus God entered into human life, taking flesh. And so our relationship with God is not just […]
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Abbots and Abbesses in Lambeth
CR belongs to the Union of Monastic Superiors, the conference of Benedictine and Cistercian Superiors, Roman Catholic and Anglican, and this year’s conference included a day at Lambeth Palace and a meeting with Archbishop Justin. The exchange we had with him was really good and made an impression on everybody. All attended the Eucharist celebrated […]
Doors in memory of the Hostel
Former students at the Hostel of the Resurrection in Leeds, which closed in 1976, raised money for 2 small painted doors which enclose the former double piscina in the Resurrection Chapel. The paintings are by Lorraine Lamond of Glasgow. St Wilfrid is striving heavenwards, while pointing to a shimmering representation of the Hostel, while St […]
Festival Day
Festival Day The Community’s Festival Day (on Sunday 9 July) is fast approaching. It will include the re-hallowing of the Community Church as the culmination of a weekend of celebration of the Community’s 125th anniversary. We will welcome the Bishop of Norwich – also our Visitor – to lead the service. Festival Day is preceded […]