The First Professed Conference was held at Mirfield in September this year, and was a very happy occasion. There was a day of prayer together led by Fr Richard Bastable, providing excellent food for thought, and a very good talk on Conversation by Mikala Richards. Not all those in Temporary Profession were able to be here […]
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Trinity XIV 2017
This is the third time that I have read these words from this lectern in the past month, I don’t quite know what that means except that I, at least, am familiar with this very Dickensian text, Dickensian because Dickens wrote so much about the poor and afflicted alongside the affluence so abundant among the […]
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College of the Resurrection
College of the Resurrection Welcome back to all the returning students, and welcome to those beginning their formation at the College. Two previous CoR students are being ordained deacon at Michaelmas, please pray for: Lee Taylor (Diocese of Chelmsford) Alex Hobbs (Diocese of Exeter)
CIR Gathering – Casteller Ring
CIR Gathering – Casteller Ring It sounds incredibly romantic: a medieval castle on top of a hill in Bavaria, and indeed it was beautiful. Here Nicolas and Jacob CR met with nearly sixty monks and nuns, brothers and sisters from all over Europe, to celebrate the religious life that we all share across our denominations. […]
Book Launch of: ‘Oneness – The Dynamics of Monasticism’
Book Launch of: ‘Oneness – The Dynamics of Monasticism’ (edited by Stephen Platten and published 2017 SCM Press) ‘The Monastic Tradition and the Contemporary Church’ Wednesday 11th October 2017 4.00pm – 6.00pm Short lectures will be delivered by Fr George Guiver CR and Rt Revd Dr Stephen Platten. “Oneness” considers the role small-group monastic life […]
St Hild College receives A Rocha Bronze Eco-Church Award
St Hild College receives A Rocha Bronze Eco-Church Award St Hild college has announced this week that it is the first theological college to be presented with an Eco Church Award at bronze level. The award, presented at St Hild’s recent commendation weekend, is part of charity A Rocha’s Eco Church initiative. It highlights a […]
The Sixth Annual Walter Tapper Lecture
Church Furnishings: Do we need them? Tuesday 17 October 2017 at 7.30pm ‘Discovering quality and meaning in sacred places and how we are affected by furnishings’ Guest Lecturer: Jane Kennedy Jane is architect to Christ Church Oxford, Ely and Newcastle Cathedrals and has extensive experience of restoration and conservation as well as delivering […]
High Altar
Those who attended July’s celebration weekend at Mirfield – and, indeed, those who have read the new Church of the Resurrection book – will be aware that the one major commission outstanding for the Community Church is a new High Altar. The process of identifying the stone and the craftsman to work it has been […]