Trinity 1. Gadarene Swine. The story we have just heard is history. It is a story of a real man possessed by evil. He is torn apart by that evil and tears others apart. He is endlessly destructive and lives in a place of death apart from life, and love and compassion and all the […]
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Br Patrick’s sermon, 15th June 2025
(Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5: John 16:12-15) ‘When he marked out the foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master worker, and I was daily his delight rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the human race.’ For reasons I don’t quite understand at Mirfield, we […]
Ordinations 2025
Before going down, we celebrated a final College Mass (with the blessing of ordination stoles) with the eight students who will leave us to be made deacon in the dioceses of Oxford, London, Southwark, Manchester and St Edmundsbury & Ipswich. We ask you to pray for them in their new ministry along with another student […]
Retreatant – A Photo Essay, 2025
Please see the links below for some wonderful posts and photos of CR, created by Keith, a guest who visited the Community as part of a residential retreat group in May 2025. Retreatant a photo essay part 1 Retreatant a photo essay part 2
Fr Charlie’s sermon, 1 June 2025
Until now[…]I have spoken to you in figures… In the name of the Father… Today’s gospel is taken from what has come to be known as the great “High Priestly Prayer” of Jesus at the end of Chapter 17 of St John’s gospel. It comes at the very end of the so-called “Farewell Discourses” of […]
Fr John’s sermon, 18 May 2025
Jenny kiss’d me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in;Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in!Say I’m weary, say I’m sad, Say that health and wealth have miss’d me,Say I’m growing old, but add Jenny kiss’d me What is it is it that we remember about people that we […]
Dr Jo Kershaw’s sermon, 11 May 2025
I had a rather surreal experience on Thursday night. As some of you know, I’m a member of the General Synod – which means that I’m also part of the “Vacancy in See Committee”, who are part of the process which will appoint the next Bishop of Leeds (I’ll spare you the details, other than […]
A Week Together
The brethren enjoyed their Week Together last week, beginning on Low Sunday. It was an opportunity to spend time as a family at the beginning of the Easter season, and to have some fun. We took a sunny walk to Bennett’s Egg Farm in Liversedge, with ice creams, emus and some entertaining goats, and a […]
Library Update
In the February edition of the CR newsletter, we highlighted a big decorating project. It involved 4 Brethren, 10 Library Volunteers, 6 College Students and 1 College Tutor who all worked with the Librarian to remove the books off the shelves and get the library ready for decorating. We then unboxed the books, put them in […]
Fr Oswin’s sermon, 27 April 2025
“Jesus came and stood among them and said, ‘Peace be with you.’” ************************************************* “A week later his disciples were again in the house”. And here we are, a week after our varied experiences of celebrating the one universal mystery. And what is this Easter life, this life lived by the Resurrection of Christ, supposed to […]