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 …
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. Celebrating Creation will be similar to this year’s Care for Creation. New additions include Magnificat!, a follow-up to a Our Lady in Latin, a Crafts & …
Following our successful series of Zoom weekends ‘Your Planet and Your Parish’, we decided to hold a residential week for anyone interested in caring for God’s creation together as a Church. The week was based on the themes of the chapters of Laudato Si’, with sessions entitled Gospel, Roots, Connections, Dialogue and Spirituality. Sr Margaret …
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.
When: 14th September 2024 Sister Margaret Atkins spoke about Christian hope at the Adoremus National Eucharistic Congress held at Oscott College. In this talk, Sr Margaret examines how belief in God changes our idea of hope, and looks at Christian Hope – with a capital ‘H’ – and how this shapes our smaller Christian …
It has been a busy few months since our last web news! As usual we have had the delight of welcoming lots of guests to the Community. These have included: a group of young French volunteers who help the work of the Sisters in Thibermont, along with Sister Jean Thérèse ; John and Gaby for …
When: 9th August 2024 Sr Margaret was interviewed about the life and vocation of a Canoness of St Augustine on Radio Maria. Listen here to the podcast.
The 300 Club raises over £2000 for Boarbank each year! Ably run by Sheila, she tells us there are still a few numbers available. Membership is only £13 per number per year, and gives you 2 chances of winning £10 once a week and a chance of winning £100 every 8 weeks! If you are interested …
Recent Events at Boarbank Hall Our annual birdwatching retreat, Two Wings and Some Prayers, took place at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria from 13th-18th May, led by Sr Margaret Atkins and Dr Margaret Phillips. Participants joined the resident Community for Mass and sung Daily Office, and enjoyed birdwatching trips to the nearby Leighton Moss, especially for …