The Justice of God – a talk given in the Week of Prayer for Unity I am a child of the Sixties – that wonderful decade when we thought we could reinvent the world. Justice, freedom, peace were the battle cries of the day. I grew up in what was then Rhodesia and we protested […]
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Br Marc’s Companions Letter – January 2019
Greetings and a very happy new year to all our friends! I feel as though I am finally beginning to settle back into something resembling normal again after my three months in Trier. I have spent time completing a German course there and living alongside the brothers of St. Matthias’ abbey with whom we have […]
Water become wine
“When the steward of the feast tasted the water now become wine he said to the bridegroom…..you have kept the best wine until last.” This miracle is close to many of our hearts. You could say it is not that unusual: every year, all over the world water, grapes, sunshine and some human skill produce […]
Companion’s Letter – January 2019
Dear Friends and Companions, I hope that you have all enjoyed a Christmas full of blessings and that the New Year will bring joy to you and through you to everyone that you know.I am using this chaplain’s letter to flag up reminders of a few of the many super events that will take place […]
Monasticism and Vocation: Christ our Call
Newcastle Cathedral Saturday 23 March 2019, 10.30am – 4.00pm Christ is calling you! From our place in Monastic life, we offer to the Church ‘Stations of Vocation’ that help us to respond to Christ and live our primary vocation together as Church: the praise and worship of God. Join brothers of the Community of the […]
A new chapter for A Theological College like no other…
Fr Peter Allan CR has announced his retirement as Principal of the College of the Resurrection at the end of the academic year. Fr Peter has been in post since 2011, having previously taught in the College alongside monks of the Community and other academic staff. Fr Oswin Gartside CR, Superior of the Community and […]
Epiphany 2019
Through my own fault I missed the quiz at recreation on St Stephen’s day, so let me take this opportunity to create another quiz. The first question is: where will you find a horse that has a connection with the burial of Jesus, wearing high-heeled shoes? And then, three short extracts from sermons preached on […]
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Sam. 2: 18-20, 26; Ps. 148; Col. 3: 12-17; Luke 2: 41-end
His mother said, “… your Father and I have been searching for you in great anxiety.” Jesus said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?”’ This morning we meet the boy Jesus in the temple following his parents’ anxious search for him […]