Sunday 25 June saw the Community’s annual Family Fun Day, when local families are welcomed in to the grounds to have fun! Supported by a volunteer army of brethren, staff, CR companions and others, the day was organised by Tony Devine, CR’s Head Gardener. The morning saw significant rainfall, but by the time gates opened […]
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Wonder
Looking at today’s readings, I was wondering what I might preach about. As I was doing this, it came to me that the very idea of wondering, even the very word wonder might be worth exploring. When I was a small boy, I was, with my parents, on our way to Norfolk in my father’s […]
New Items in Mirfield Bookshop
New items have arrived in the Mirfield Bookshop – we now stock CR pens, pencils and erasers as well as our wide range of books and devotional items. CR Pencils (box of 6) £2.50 CR Eraser £0.60 Pens £1.50 Available in black, red, blue or grey – all blue ink Pen Pouch […]
School Visits
This year we have developed our work with year 5/6 & G.C.S.E students. We have enjoyed our visits from schools this past year, and would like to take this opportunity to wish students the very best in their exams, and the staff a very blessed and restful summer holiday! Picture: Years 5 & 6 from […]
Archbishop Sentamu Academy
At the end of our bike ride extravaganza, Fr George and I had the privilege of visiting Archbishop Sentamu Academy in Hull. The school is a new build and provides a context of community in an area currently under a process of regeneration. During the visit we met with the school Chaplain and some of the students in […]
Novices go to Hilfield
At the beginning of May, Fabian nCR and I attended the third in a rolling programme of internovitiate study courses. These are principally intended to allow novices from our diverse Anglican communities across the country to meet together in a congenial atmosphere, chew the fat of the common life and engage our minds and hearts over […]
Sponsored Bike Ride
For three days at the beginning of May, a small group alternated between battling and basking in the elements on a sponsored cycle ride from the Dales to Hull. Following the course of the Rivers Swale, Ure, Ouse and Humber, the route represented both ‘returning to the source’ and ‘drawing on the wells’, both features […]
Oldham Fellowship of Priests and Imams
We were delighted to be invited to be the hosts for this well-established fellowship; it was only their second time away together. Eleven people came for 24 hours at the beginning of May, including an imam visiting from Pakistan, and they joined us in Church and at meals. They shared together about practices of prayer and contemplation in the […]
Pentecost
‘Poor, little, talkative Christianity’ – that was E.M. Forster’s somewhat tart observation, and indeed it has to be acknowledged that ours is a religion which is very verbal, and very vocal, and which from the beginning has invested a great deal of energy in the whole business of communication. Today’s celebration and commemoration, ‘the last […]
Lord let me see your footmarks and in them plant my own
When I was an ordinand, a returning student of the College, I found myself at the end of one year at Mass in Lower Church presided over by the then Principal and at which all the others present were leavers preparing to be made deacons. There was a hitch. When it came to the Creed, […]