We, the Oblates of Stanbrook, have been mulling over the idea of Synodality. Synodality is very much the buzz word but it is a neologism and no one is quite sure what it means or what Pope [...]
It would seem in the space of two thousand years, everything that could have been written about Easter, has been, except of course our own stories. As children of the Resurrection Easter is [...]
On 18th September, following three intense years of study and training, I had the privilege of being admitted and licensed by our Bishop in Salisbury Cathedral as an Anglican Licensed Lay [...]
The Presentation, forty days after Christmas, is the big liturgical feast of February, when Jesus is brought by his parents to the temple to consecrate him to the Lord, and his significance is [...]
I was asked to write this article about the same time as the Copt 26 event was taking place. The book group that I belong to had chosen David Attenborough’s ‘A Life on our Planet’ as a gesture [...]
My journey to becoming a Benedictine Oblate of Minster Abbey, Kent.
I suppose my journey began in my search for God. My search intensified around the age of 27 although I have always had a [...]
Spring 2021 brought challenges to my husband Andrei and me. In March my 92 year old mother was told that the care home she loved was being closed by its new owner and all residents would have to [...]
I was on holiday on Orkney at the beginning of September and an interesting signboard right next to my cottage caught my attention. It is one of a series of information boards for the stages of [...]
In loco isto dabo pacem (In this place I will give peace) is Pluscarden Abbey’s motto, and the feeling of peace is what is most commented on by those who visit this 13th century monastery, [...]
Quite a few years ago, I spent a weekend in Paris visiting friends. I was having a miserable day on my own, exploring the city or rather, the mid-life crisis I was going through at the time. I [...]
