April is now over, and I have been a brother of the Resurrection for seven weeks. We had a really wonderful Eucharist on March 12th to mark this, which incorporated the profession rite. Thank you to those of you who came and also those who prayed in absentia. Please may you continue to do so? […]
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Fourth Sunday of Easter
I am the good shepherd When I was a teenager, in a country far away from here, we young people were often irritated to be called kids by those older and wiser than ourselves. If we dared we would reply, “If I’m a kid you’re a goat and all the dirty slops go down your […]
Easter 3 Year B
“Father, in your great mercy you gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord”. It is difficult not to think of Syria at the moment and wonder what Easter there may be for the Christian communities of Syria. One of the people I met last week has been a regular visitor to Syria […]
Auction latest
We are still receiving donations for the upcoming auction, which is being held on the 23rd June at the Community of the Resurrection. Some of these donations are very interesting and attractive, and some are quite unusual! Pictured left are some WWI shells which have been turned into vases. Pictured right (bottom) is a silver […]
News from CoR
We are very sad to be saying goodbye to the Revd Dr Rowena Pailing after Easter. Rowena joined the staff of the College in 2012 as Dean of Pastoral Studies. This is a complex task that requires some of the skills of a magician, fluent multi-tasking, thick skin, the patience of Job, and the grace […]
New faces at Mirfield
Those of you who visit or contact Mirfield on a regular basis may have noticed a few new names and faces on site since the start of the year. We welcomed Mike Street into our Guest Hospitality Team at the beginning of January – although he has settled in so well that it probably appears […]
Holy Week CoR
Celebrating Holy Week together has been one of the most important features of my time at the College of the Resurrection. Many of the Brethren spend the week in parishes, so from the First Evensong of Palm Sunday the seating in Upper Church is rearranged, and the College shares the obligation of the Community to […]
Lent 5 – Jeremiah 31.31-34 Heb 5.5-10 Jn 12.20-33
Later this morning the Community and our late Brother Roy’s family will inter his ashes in our cemetery. It’s appropriate that we do this as we begin to observe Passiontide with its purple veiling because when he was recently professed Roy had the singular honour of representing Jesus in various parishes in outdoor processions during […]
College welcomes exchange student
On January 22nd I arrived in Mirfield after a long journey from Berkeley, California, where I am in my second year of training for ordination in the Episcopal Church. A new exchange program between my seminary, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the College of the Resurrection was created this past fall, and I […]
Embroidered stool for sale: put your feet up this Easter!
This piece of embroidery was loving crafted by a Brother CR during his prayer time. ‘Pray while you embroider’! The Brother would like to sell it for £65, and hopes that this isn’t too much to ask. We are having to say that it was crafted by a Brother CR because I’m not allowed to tell […]