An Italian Trappist convent and us In 2016 CR began a friendship with the sisters of the Trappist convent of Vitorchiano in Italy. There have now been several visits, and we have discovered in them a relationship with Anglican religious communities that goes back a long way, including with CR. Sister Gabriella writes here about […]
News
Companions Letter – April 2019
Dear Companions and friends, It seems a long time since I wrote to you all. As I said in January there is now quite a lot more activity for much fewer Brethren. The work is more exciting than ever but it does mean that we are sometimes under pressure and I am very slow at […]
John 12. Mary Anointing Jesus
Back in January there was a very bad outbreak of violence in Zimbabwe. Party thugs went around beating up the opposition. Probably the opposition did some beating up too. In the small township of Tafara, outside Harare the people had a very hard time. Police and soldiers dragged young men and women out of their […]
Library Volunteer Team
Have you wanted to volunteer but not all the time? Why not join the ‘On Call’ volunteer team. The Librarian is looking to recruit volunteers who can be called upon as and when needed for small projects, throughout the year. ‘On Call’ volunteers will not be required to help all year round, just when small […]
Face the different
Sometimes it is worth to step out of the familiar and face the foreign. There is a lot to learn. About God, about the world, about ourselves. Here in England I just can’t stop feeling that everything is so different. At home, in Hungary I am Pastor Novotny Dániel, a respected Lutheran priest for 20 […]
Walsingham Pilgrimage 2019
Recently a party of 9 students, accompanied by Fr Thomas CR made a weekend pilgrimage to Walsingham. Taking all the prayer requests from the board in the College Oratory to include whilst on pilgrimage, we put them alongside our own supplications at the shrine. With the other pilgrims we entered fully into the life of […]
Upcoming Book Launch
Il giardiniere invisibile: credere, non credere, cercare, EDB, 2019. (The Invisible Gardener: Belief and Unbelief in Dialogue ). The Revd Dr Tony Carroll has published a new book which will be launched at Mirfield in June. The book attempts to think anew about the God-World relationship in the context of our Secular Age. It builds […]
Tallis Consort Concert
On Saturday 30 March the Community opened its doors for an evening of music provided by one of the finest vocal ensembles in Yorkshire. The Tallis Consort is a semi-professional ensemble of 10 singers who specialize in the performance of Renaissance Polyphony. Directed by Chris Why they performed Tomás Luis de Victoria – Tenebrae Responsories […]
Prodigal Son
“I will get up and go to my father and say to him, Father I have sinned against heaven and in your sight and am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.” It’s a fine little speech. It is deeply touching. It seems to show penitence, […]
Companions Letter March 2019
CCR News Lady Day 2019 Yesterday (25th) we kept the wonderful feast of our Lord’s Annunciation to Blessed Mary, and were reminded again of the word in Hebrew, Hineni, Here I am.’ We give thanks for Mary, Samuel, Jeremiah and all the holy ones past and present who respond to the call of their God […]