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Introducing Luigi Gioia who will be leading our Advent on-line retreat

Nov 10 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

Over the past 20 years, Fr Luigi Gioia has been actively involved in a variety of contexts: academia (Oxford, the Pontifical University of S. Anselmo in Rome, Cambridge, St John Collegeville, MN, USA), pastoral (as novice master in France, as abbot in Italy, as assistant priest in St Paul Knightsbridge in London), administrative (as director of the library in S. Anselmo) and organizational (as creator and academic director of the course on Leadership and the Rule of St Benedict and as Director of the Formation Program Quest in St Paul Knightsbridge, London). These experiences have…

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Praying the Parables – this week we are asked to ‘Befriend the Night’

Nov 7 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

In this week’s praying the parables Chris talks about the Night which belongs to the rhythm of our lives every bit as much as day. The book of Genesis describes God creating the two, night and day, the underlying rhythm of being and becoming. In the darkness – whatever its cause and effects might be for you – life goes on growing if only you can be receptive to it. You can’t make light happen; it will come when it comes. And the darkness itself holds its invitation, for God dwells here too. Rest…be receptive…

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On-line retreats at St Augustine’s

Oct 29 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

Chris Chapman talks about when lockdown happened, and we were all thrown out of our routines, St Augustine’s hosted a series of online retreats exploring how we meet God in this experience. Chris tells us further about the College’s online retreats programme 2021 Chris’s video To log in / or register to this free resource:https://staugustinescollege.ac.uk/login

Online Retreat Programme – October 2020-July 2021

Oct 6 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under From the Principal, Virtual Retreat,

We were delighted that so many of you appreciated our trilogy of online retreats, each responding in a slightly different way to the anxieties, griefs, and bewilderments of the global pandemic. On the 18th of October, we launch the first of a year’s worth of new online retreats that take up a number of important themes in Christian life and prayer. As you’ll see from the attached flier, each retreat consists of four weekly sessions. The exception is, of course, the one offered for Lent, which lasts five weeks. Themes include Advent and the strange…

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Changing Times – week 1 now available

Jun 14 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

Week 1 now available – see our Members Area. If you are new to the Members Area (and have not previously registered) register here. If you have already registered for the previous retreat login as normal here.

Changing Times – four weeks of guided prayer and reflection

Jun 13 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

Four weeks of guided prayer and reflection on the changes taking place in our lives. Many of us have begun to question the way we have lived in the past. How do we want our future to be? Amidst all that is happening is there a direction the Holy Spirit might be drawing us, and if so how might we recognise and respond to this invitation? Drawing on the bible, the spiritual wisdom within the Christian tradition, poetry and the rhythms of change within the natural world. Changing Times will explore the impacts, challenges and…

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User Login / Register

Jun 8 Posted by admin. Under Virtual Retreat,

Registration If you are a new member please follow these steps (Once you have registered to the site once, you don’t need to register again): Go to the registration page using this link: https://staugustinescollege.ac.uk/register/ Fill in all the required fields, and press the “Register” button When you register you will be redirected to “Login” page. Also you will get a confirmation email (please check your spam folder if you can’t see it in your inbox) Logging In If you are already registered please follow these steps (“Retreat” and “Members area” registration is the same):…

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Week 6: From lockdown to retreat

May 21 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

This week Chris Chapman will help us reflect on any movements of the Spirit as we look forward to Pentecost. As the retreat enters its final days a useful question to ask is ‘what is beginning?’ Francis of Assisi experienced seeds of new beginnings falling into the brokenness of his life. Might it be the same for us? Chris is an Associate Tutor for St. Augustine’s. He is the author of Seeing in the Dark, Earthed in God and Send my Roots Rain: Refreshing the spiritual life of priests, and a guest director for individually…

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Week 5 – Turn lockdown into a retreat

May 15 Posted by Rebecca Young. Under Virtual Retreat,

Barnabas Palfrey will be leading the retreat this week. Barnabas will be reflecting on the invitation that this inhospitable time may nevertheless bring to us, to become aware of, and respond with care to our ‘imaginings’: the different ways our mind draws pictures about what is taking place in the present or might happen in the future. Inspired by their Scriptures and by Jesus Christ of Nazareth as the image of the invisible God, Christians have often insisted on the vital role that imagination plays in the living body of Christ. But this appreciation is…

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Introducing Luigi Gioia who will be leading our Advent on-line retreat

Praying the Parables – this week we are asked to ‘Befriend the Night’

On-line retreats at St Augustine’s

Online Retreat Programme – October 2020-July 2021

Changing Times – week 1 now available

Changing Times – four weeks of guided prayer and reflection

User Login / Register

Week 6: From lockdown to retreat

Week 5 – Turn lockdown into a retreat

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