Jane Kennedy, a leading church architect who has responsibility for several cathedrals, gave an illustrated lecture on how and how not to furnish churches. We had moved the time from the morning to the evening, with a supper available, and as a result the attendance was the highest yet. There was great appreciation of the […]
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CR Poet in Residence
“The Tent of Meeting” Quiet Day on October 28 offered those who came time to reflect on images and quotations that helped to expand an understanding of “Tents of Meeting” in our “ordinary” lives today. Maggie Jackson (CR Poet in Residence) shared some of her poems with the group and some participants wrote their own […]
CoR New Students
As our new students begin to settle into College life, one student shares his experience of arriving at College and explains how he has settled into the routine; ‘I arrived on a grey afternoon, the famous Yorkshire silver skies were in evidence. My Mum and Dad had gone ahead by about ten minutes in the […]
CR Oblates
Oblates of CR are men who accept a vocation to celibacy and live it out wherever they are, either working or in retirement. Some are priests; some are lay men, but all wish to live by the charism of CR and deepen their life of prayer with God. This October, six of the […]
Us and Them
When I was a schoolboy, each August my mother would take me and my brother to Smith’s department store in Leicester to buy new blazers. Putting on the new blazer was always magic, but there was another bit of magic I always looked forward to. The store was equipped with a vacuum tube payment system. […]
19th after Trinity
It all comes down to the money. That seems to be the consensus of political commentators this week on the Brexit negotiations after the latest EU leaders’ meeting. The future relations between neighbours sharing one continent and centuries of entwined cultural development depend on ‘how much?’. Later this week we’ll be commemorating the Christian King […]
“And then the end will come.” Matthew 24 1-12
What did Jesus mean by all this talk of war and rumours of wars; of enduring to the end? Over the centuries these verses have convinced many that the end of the world is about to come. This past century has been a particularly rich time for those who like to give this warning and […]
Book Launch
Wednesday 11 October will see the launch of three books at CR – one of four launches taking place across the country. The titles featured are all either edited or authored by Stephen Platten, former Bishop of Wakefield and a longstanding friend of the Community. Details of the launch are given below, and the books […]
Internoviciate Conference: Destination Oxford
At the beginning of September, Fabian nCR and I were off on our travels once more – I’ve never gone south so much! This visit had us heading to the dreaming spires of Oxford with accommodation provided at the home of the Sisters of the Love of God, Fairacres. They are a delightful group of […]
New Advent items arrive in the Bookshop!
We have a selection of Advent books and seasonal items in stock. All are available from our website shop, from the bookshop in the retreat house, or by telephone – 01924 483348. Click the images for further information