Today we enter the two weeks of Passiontide when we reflect on the suffering of Jesus for our salvation. The Triduum is too short to give proper attention to all that Jesus experienced so it’s good to give time to ponder each day in Passiontide all the suffering Jesus endured from his agony in Gethsemane […]
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Weekly News from Fr Thomas
This has been the first week of what is commonly called ‘lockdown’; changes to a familiar way of living have not hit the Community in anything like the way that they have hit most people in this country, especially in places where people commute or work at their own businesses. The Community is very much […]
Companions Newsletter – March 2020
From To a Mouse by Robert Burns But Mousie, thou are no thy-lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley, […]
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You can access our daily services on this link NORMAL TIMES Sundays 7.30 am Mattins 8.10 am (approx.) Solemn Mass 12.30 pm Midday Office 6.00 pm Solemn Evensong 9.15 pm Compline Weekdays 6.45 am Mattins 12.00 noon Midday Office 6.00 pm Evensong 9.15 pm Compline (Saturdays: Resurrection Vigil) Books You can download the texts of […]
Lent 2 – Dubai
There is a game a preacher can play with the readings set for any Sunday – that is to see how they can be related to each other. Sometimes it is an easy task. Other times it requires more ingenuity. Today’s readings seem to revolve around Paul’s insistence in Romans that we are justified by […]
The Long and the Short and the Tall, Obituaries of some CR brethren
A review by Canon John Twisleton ‘God never came from an oxygen cylinder. God for Geoffrey was the air he breathed always and everywhere. Whether the air was cloudy with incense smoke or tobacco smoke, it made no difference. Everywhere was the house of God and the gate of heaven’. So wrote Harry Williams of […]
Open Country Visit CR
On Tuesday 25 February an exciting project got underway in the Community’s grounds. CR’s estates team welcomed a group from Open Country’s ‘Wild about Wakefield’ project. Open Country is a Harrogate-based charity with almost 30 years of experience in enabling people with disabilities to access the countryside. They achieve this through a variety of countryside […]
CR Auction 2020
We have received an interesting donation for the auction, which may be of particular interest to any friends of the Community who knew Fr Simon Holden CR, who passed away in 2019.A limited edition etching drawn for Fr Simon by Barry Fantoni is going under the hammer at CR’s auction on Saturday 5 September 2020.Barry […]
Companions Letter February 2020
Dear All, Thank you for the many cheering comments about my Sheffield run. My brother and in-laws came over for the weekend and he and I ran in the British Masters’ Athletic s Grand Prix in the wonderful EIS indoor stadium in Sheffield. We both did rather well in our age groups (me, because I […]
You are the light of the world
“You are the light of the world.” “No, Lord – You are the Light of the World. Look. Come along to Keble College Chapel and see – Holman Hunt has shown you as the Light of the World.” Besides, being the Light of the World sounds really difficult. Today’s readings all touch on this: […]