As we live out the Single Consecrated Life many of us have experiences that enrich our lives. We share these with others in the hope that we will have a deeper understanding of each others lives and spirituality.
Like many people I had always felt rather dubious about the Charismatic Movement. I had seen programmes about it on TV and it all seemed much too emotional…
I have always been drawn to silent prayer myself and one year when I was not able to go my usual retreat at Fairacres, I went on a Contemplative Outreach…
Singleness is something that needs a positive image. Much of our terminology presents it in a bad light; one is an old maid, left on the shelf, alone.…
Sr Liz OCV gave us a stimulating talk on the consecrated single life in the medieval Church. She began by commenting on the parallels between SCL and…
I imagine that to say that prayer is the way to become ‘what you are’ would surprise most of us. Most people, if they do think about it…
A Community of nuns was shrinking in numbers. They were growing older together; younger women were not coming forward to join them. They were really…
When do we stop growing? Physically, we start as tiny, helpless babies and actually grow very quickly in our first year, and continue till we start…
Marion Rebecca Hughes (1817-1912) was the first person to make a religious profession in the Church of England after the dissolution of the monasteries.…
One of the first words a child learns to say is, “NO!” with, “why” quickly following! None of us if we are honest likes…
It is many years since I was able to use the Underground, but when I did, I remember a voice saying ‘Mind the Gap. Please, mind the gap’…
The Church has seen many revolutions. People have heard God calling them, and have been led into an ever increasing variety of life-styles. In this…
If we are to be Guardians of the Gap and to have space for Dreaming Prayer, it may not be sufficient simply to make a few judicious cancellations in…
Have you ever felt this tired? This is one for all of us who have been burning the candle at both ends. The blissful look on the cat’s face says…
At a recent day conference, Patricia Hellier introduced the spirituality of St Augustine and led a discussion about the implications of his teaching…
While the rite for the consecration of virgins is perhaps well known to us, not least because of its active revival in the Roman Catholic Church after…
‘In response to the exceeding greatness of the gift of God, we dedicate ourselves to loving Him with all our heart, mind, soul and strength, and…
I am writing to introduce you to the vocation of the Single Consecrated Life ( SCL ) which I am living. I hasten to add however that celibacy is a calling…
I recently took a trip to Abbots Ann, a village just south of Andover, and therefore not very far away from where I live, to see the rather unusual…
I travelled to India just after my consecration on St Mark, 25th April. Part of the reason for the journey was a fact-finding mission for the Malabar…
Symbols are one of the major ‘tools’ in spirituality – they sometimes speak to us with greater ability to touch our hearts than words.…