Our third weekend of Our Lady in Latin took place on 11th-13th July. These weekends were designed to enable complete beginners in Latin to learn all the Latin we need to sing three of our best loved Marian Antiphons. They are led by Alison Samuels, a highly experienced teacher of Latin, Ancient Philosophy, and other …
Are you passionate about linking your faith with the care of God’s Creation? Can it feel like hard going? Re-Creation offers revitalisation and hope, this year with the special inspiration of St Francis. Stay in our comfortable Guest House with like-minded people and renew your energies to continue your mission in God’s precious world. /*! …
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The singing was great – and that was just the birds! Our annual birdwatching retreat, Two Wings & Some Prayers, was blessed by good weather and some very obliging avian singers, who helped an enthusiastic group of human beings sort out their willow warblers from their tree pipits (pictured above). /*! elementor – v3.15.0 – …
The Sisters wish all our readers and your families a blessed and peaceful Christmas and a happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you in 2026, if not before. Times of Christmas services in Boarbank Chapel: Christmas Eve Evening Prayer 3.30 pm Office of Readings 5.30 pm Mass 10.00 pm Christmas …
The new programme of residentials at Boarbank is now available. Several of our popular events are repeated: Thinking Faith, Two Wings & Some Prayers, and Our Lady in Latin. Recreation! will be similar to this year’s Celebrating Creation. Credo is a follow-up to a Our Lady in Latin; our Crafts & Arts weekend will run again, …
As we approach the start of a new liturgical year with Advent, it seemed a good moment to update you all on news from Boarbank. A Year of Celebration If we had to pick one highlight of the year so far, surely for any Augustinian it has to be the election of our Augustinian …
What better than a post-Christmas retreat to recover from the celebrations? Join us for Epiphany!from 5th-9th January. For more see: https://boarbankhall.org.uk/magnificat-5th-9th-january-2026/ There are still also places for our Hope in Health weekend retreat, 5th-7th December, on the theme ‘Places of Healing’. This is open to anyone involved in caring for anyone sick or at risk, whether professionally, as …
A big thank you to everyone who has donated via Gift Aid or Just Giving. The Gift Aid has raised several thousand pounds for us. We also thank all those who have recently paid their 300 Club subscriptions – and a gentle reminder to those who may be a bit late with theirs!
The Sisters would like to wish all of you a very Happy Feast of St Monica and of St Augustine! We have been busy this summer with lots of visitors, including for our residential weeks Thinking Faith: Why Leo? and Augustine’s Confessions. Our new residents include ten three-week old harvest mice! We hope to …
