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Living Laudato Si’: Your Parish and Your Planet

Posted on February 12, 2021 by john 21:03

Living Laudato Si’:
Your Parish and Your Planet
Zoom Retreats in 2021
12th-16th March & 16th-19th April
(led from Boarbank Hall, Cumbria)

WHY? Faith is the place to start.

WHAT? Understanding is the place to start.

HOW? Sharing experience is the place to start.

WHEN? Now is the place to start.

WHERE? Your parish is the place to start.

WHO? Are YOU the place to start?

What will happen? A long weekend of talks and discussions on zoom, and practical activities, on living the message of Laudato Si’ in and through your parish.

Who is it for? Any interested parishioner is most welcome to join us. The weekend is aimed especially at people with parish responsibilities or who are part of or want to start a relevant parish group.

Timings Sessions will be on Friday night, Saturday morning and night, Sunday afternoon and night and Monday night (leaving people free during the day on Monday).

Speakers include:

Trish Sandbach, who worked in Oxfam Education for many years and led St Benedict’s, Garforth, in the Leeds diocese, to winning a Livesimply award. She is also an assessor for the LiveSimply award http://www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Livesimply-award.

John Paul de Quay and Ellie Margetts, founder members of the Ecological Conversion Group and Journey to 2030 http://www.journeyto2030.org.

Sr Margaret Atkins, an Augustinian Canoness at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria, a teacher of philosophy and theology, with a lifelong interest in the natural world, and author of Catholics and Our Common Home: Caring for the Planet in a Time of Crisis (CTS).
http://www.ctsbooks.org/product/catholics-and-our-common-home

Archbishop John Wilson and Bishop Peter Brignall (March) and Archbishop Bernard Longley and Bishop Marcus Stock (April) will begin and end the weekends with prayer and reflection.

Panel discussions with a range of experts for sharing advice on practical projects.

Cost – voluntary donations gratefully accepted, but there will be no fee for the weekend.

To apply, simply email Sr Margaret Atkins on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.

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Hyning Monastery Zoom Lenten Retreats

Posted on February 12, 2021 by john 21:03

Dear all

Please can you advertise via your parish bulletins and social media platforms

Living the Paschal Mystery today – Zoom retreat day

The dates: Saturday 20th February and Wednesday 24th February 2021

The timetable for the day: (both days)

10.15 a.m. Welcome and short prayer – Sr. Elizabeth Mary

10.30 a.m. – 11a.m. “Job and the Mystery of Suffering” … talk by Sr. Michaela followed by 10 minutes for comments or questions.

11.10 a.m. approx. Break

11.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. “Temptation and Redemption” … talk by Sr. Josephine Mary

12.15 p.m. Midday Office, livestreamed from the chapel

The sisters doing the presentations in the morning will also leave you some questions to think about. These questions will be taken up in an informal and optional discussion from 2.15 p.m. – 3 p.m.

3.15 p.m. – 4 p.m. “Arise” … talk by Sr. Mary Stella and she will leave you with some thoughts to take away with you at the end of the day.

At 4.30 p.m. each day, the sisters pray silently in chapel for all those affected by the Covid crisis. Those who wish are invited to join us for that time, which will be followed by Vespers, both live streamed from Chapel, closing our day together.

We would ask you to book in for the day you would like to follow.

Please contact Sr. M Bernard on hyningbookings or 01524 732684 before Thursday 18th February if possible.

There will be a voluntary contribution of £10 or £15* for the day, but we would not want anyone who wishes to join us to be left out because of finances.

*If you choose the £15 option, we are also offering 2 follow up discussion sessions on 10th March and 24th March on Zoom at 6 – 7 p.m. each evening. This will be an opportunity to share on Lent and other ideas from the retreat, especially if you need support on your Lenten journey. These need to be booked when you contact Sr. Mary Bernard.