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 …
Event facilitators: Eleanor Petch, a regular visitor to Boarbank and amateur sewer, and Sr Margaret Atkins, of the Boarbank Community. Content: Bring your own handcraft or art projects to work on together in the beautiful surroundings of Boarbank Hall – sewing, knitting, drawing, or whatever. We can also provide some materials if you want …
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.
Theme Health in Mind, Body & Spirit Content A weekend to provide friendship, refreshment and relaxation for anyone who is working in healthcare or caring for someone sick. It will offer time in the garden and the chapel, reflection on healthy eating and lifestyles, and a focus on joy and hope. Speakers Sr …
Content Do you sing Latin hymns to Our Lady? Do you know what the words mean? Our Lady in Latin is designed to enable complete beginners in Latin to learn all the Latin we need to sing three of our best loved Marian Antiphons. Magnificat! is a follow-up weekend, using the Canticles from St Luke, …
Our Lady in Latin – 18th-20th (21st) July 2025; Magnificat! 25th-27th October 2025 Read More »
Content A week to explore how to care for creation joyfully in our personal lives and within the Church. We will be using Pope Benedict’s book In the Beginning as a starting point for talks and discussions. There will be opportunity to: * Join Mass and sung Prayer of the Church with the Community …
1600 years after he wrote it, St Augustine’s Confessions remains an intriguing and inspiring text. A book-length prayer, a spiritual autobiography, a reflection on his own epoch, a study of timeless themes of philosophy and theology, a commentary on Scripture – it is all of these things and more. Sr Margaret Atkins will lead us …
St Augustine’s Confessions – 18th-22nd August 2025 Read More »
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 …
Theme: Why Leo? Time out for working Catholics. Do you want a holiday? And a retreat? And stimulating conversation? And some fun? With only one week to spare? Thinking Faith offers a rich mix of social activity, prayer and discussion, hosted in our comfortable Guest House and beautiful grounds, on the doorstep of the …