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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 […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

The Community were delighted to welcome Br Ryan, who was received as a novice on Tuesday 18th March 2025, at Evensong. Very many congratulations and welcome, Br Ryan!

Images – Wakefield Cathedral https://www.facebook.com/wfdcathedral On Saturday 22 February, the Community had the pleasure of welcoming visitors from the Diocese of Skara in the Church of Sweden, along with Dean Simon and Canon Kathryn from Wakefield Cathedral. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn about and from each other and rejoice in our shared experiences […]

Dear Companions and friends of the Community of the Resurrection, particularly those living in or near the Diocese of Norwich, please take note of the meeting proposed by Fr Ben Bradshaw on 12 April. I will be in Norfolk at that time as I will be accompanying Fr Carl Melville and his parishioners as we […]

Fr John’s Run for Tariro Dear all, thank you for your help by prayer, donations and encouragement. The big event is drawing near 22nd February is the day. I am registered for 60m, 200m, and 400m though the jury is still out as to whether I run all three. The event, held in the Lee […]

During February to May, we will be busy in the New Library (one of the library rooms at CR) with a big scale decorating project. As you can see from the photos, we have started to box up the books and get the shelves and surrounding walls ready for painting. The whole library room won’t […]

Over 40 of the Sheffield Curates led by the Reverend Tim Fletcher joined us for their annual January residential. We were pleased that the snow and ice had subsided just in time! It is always a pleasure to welcome them and we look forward to the next time.