TUESDAY 28th – THURSDAY 30th APRIL The RCCS (Religious Communities Caring for the Sick ECHO Network has met at 08.00 am for one hour, roughly monthly, since April 2019. We were able to continue to support one other throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and we have now met over 60 times in total. Topics …
“To sense each creature singing the hymn of its existence is to live joyfully in God’s love and hope” (Catholic Bishops of Japan, quoted by Pope Francis). You are invited to take time with us in the lovely setting of Boarbank Hall in Cumbria to ponder God’s Creation in an atmosphere of prayer, joy and …
Has Christmas left you needing a bit of quiet?! There are still some places on our Epiphany! retreat, 5th-9th January (including a monster jigsaw of the Magi). Or, why not book a cosy winter cutprice break with us, any time from 1st to 28th February 2026: Single en suite, £90 Single not en suite, £75 Twin/double …
After the busyness of Christmas, why not take some time out to ponder the deeper meaning of the Festal period? Epiphany! offers a unique mix to help you do just this: * Talks on the theme of Epiphany by Sr Margaret Atkins (Boarbank) and Joyce Simpson (Former Senior Lecturer, Trinity University, Leeds) * …
In the light of exciting recent events, we have decided to update the them of our Thinking Faith week to ‘Why Leo?’ The week will explore the background of Pope Leo XIV and his choice of name. Topics will include St Augustine’s Rule, the Augustinian Friars, missionary life in Peru, Pope Leo the Great, Pope …
Thinking Faith Lent Retreat: Good Friday in Poetry and Art. Time out for working Catholics. Zoom sessions, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings only. If you are interested, please email Sr Margaret on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.
Our guest tutors for the weekend were Alison Samuels, a highly experienced Classics tutor, and her husband Robert, who lectures in music for the Open University. Alison led us with great imagination, clarity and humour through the Latin grammar of well known hymns to Our Lady, and Bob provided a superb history of musical interpretations …
Our annual Thinking Faith residential week began on 27th July, on the theme ‘Exploring our Catholic Faith’. Sr Margaret and Fr Richard led most of the sessions, with some shared group explorations. We used two books as our starting-points: G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy and Richard Conrad OP’s The Catholic Faith. Themes included God & Creation, Sin …
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Thinking Faith Advent Retreat: Time out for working Catholics. Zoom sessions, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings only. NEW DATES: 20th-22nd December 2024. If you are interested, please email Sr Margaret on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.
Content We have a lot of visitors to the Guest House who are interested in sharing our life of prayer, and also in birdwatching. Quite a few are just starting to be interested in birds and would like to find out more. So we are offering a few days to combine the two. Open to …
