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Spiritual Page
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Our lives can, on occasion, be very full and busy. It is all too easy to become stressed, forgetting that it is also important to sometimes stop. We invite you to take some time out, and look through what this Spiritual page has to offer.
Here you will also find regular updates on the Congregation of Jesus, the Mary Ward Association, and forthcoming Spiritual Events.
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Online Help to Prayer
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We wanted to introduce AOGs to two different websites that offer a different angle to daily prayer:
'Sacred Space' began in Lent a few years ago, as an experiement. In the first 24 hours 2,000 people from all over the world had logged on; running it is now an important Jesuit mission envolving a permanent team of Jesuits.
'Pray as you Go' is a much newer site and is produced, daily, by the English Jesuits.
Both sites set a person praying as they sit at their computer; they are not 'about' prayer, but give an opportunity and inspiration for prayer itself here and now that can be used for about 10 mins each day. The success of both sites has amazed people and they are now used daily by millions in every continent. Why not give it a try?
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Contact Sisters who once lived at St Mary's
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If you would be interested in contacting any of the sisters of the CJ Community, please contact the AOGA Secretary who would be happy to help.
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The Congregation of Jesus
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Many of you will remember Sr Gemma Simmonds from your time at St Mary's. She wrote an article on the I.B.V.M.'s name change to the Congregation of Jesus, which was printed in The Tablet, and we thought many of you would be interested to read it.
The Congregation of Jesus has its own website, where you can learn much more about the order. Please click here to visit their website.
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Events for Diaries
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Saturday 15 March 2008
AOGA Spiritual Day
Time tbc, Venue: St Mary's School
Following the success of the AOGA Spiritual Day held in October this year, Father Dermot has very kindly agreed to run another day for us during Lent.
They day will only go ahead if there are sufficient numbers, so if you are interested please contact the AOGA Office.
MARY WARD & IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY - Saturday 10 May
2.00pm - 4.30pm, Farm Street, 114 Mount Street, Mayfair, London (click here for a map)
Members of the CJ and members of the Mary Ward Association will be running an afternoon discussion on the above subject. All are welcome, but it would be appreciated if you could inform Margaret Harvey if you are coming. Tel: 020 7482 0093
Whitby Guided Retreats - Summer 2008
Organised and directed by Sr Pia Buxton
On the cliff top at Whitby, looking out to sea from the Yorkshire coast. A garden. A small chapel. Home cooking and no washing up.
Sunday 22 - Monday 30 June
Tuesday 1 - Thursday 10 July
Thursday 17 - Saturday 26 July
Retreatants are asked to arrive between 4.00 and 6.00pm and to leave by 10.30am on departure day.
These are silent retreats. Each person is offered individual direction daily. The thinking and experience supporting this type of retreat is the belief that God is at work in each person and that people often need help to recognise God in their lives. Each evening there is an optional time of guided reflection.
To apply for a place, please contact Sr Pia Buxton CJ, 39 St Georges Avenue, London N7 0HB, Tel: 020 7700 3256. A donation of £35 per night is the norm, but this is negotiable.
Sr Pia also gives retreats at Clare Priory in Suffolk (Mondays to Sundays).
These very quiet retreats, with the opportunity for daily guidance, take place in the beautiful setting of Clare priory, an Augustinian Priory founded in the 15th C and revived in the 20th C. The priory is on the edge of the little town of Clare, on the river Stour, in a bautiful part of rural Suffolk. There is daily mass, offered by the current Augustinian community.
2008 Dates
August 11th to 17th
August 18th to 24th
Enquiries/booking: Clare Priory, Tel: 01787 277 326, Clare Priory, Clare, Suffolk CO10 8NX
If AOGs living in East Anglia would like to form a group for an inspiring guided visit to NORWICH CATHEDRAL, just contact Sr Colett CJ and she will give you one. Tel: 01603 630734
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Spiritual Guidance
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If you would like help, several CJ sisters are now trained in the ministry of Spiritual Direction. It can be very life giving to find a good listener who can help you with your prayer, your faith journey, your doubts and joys.
If you would be like to get in touch, please see the contact details of the following CJs who are experienced guides:
(Cambridge) Armine Radley
(London) Mary Ann Flood, Anne Stafford, Pia Buxton, Amadeus Bulger, Gemma Simmonds
(Norwich) Colette Flynn
(York) Cecilia Goodman, Louise Le Marchand
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The Mary Ward Association
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The inspiring Yorkshire woman who founded the Congregation of Jesus has left us a legacy, which the CJ want to share with the lay people. We feel Mary Ward has much to offer of suppeort and insight to those trying to live Christian lives in a busy world today.
More details on the Association will be posted here soon, but in the meantime, for further information, please contact Sr. Francis North, 30 Constitution Hill, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 4BU
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Book on Catholic Church Architecture
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A Glimpse of Heaven: Catholic churches of England and Wales was published just before Christmas 2006 and is the first very readable - and beautifully illustrated - summary of the expansion of the Catholic Church in this country after the first Catholic Relief Act in 1791 (when it became possible to start building chapels again), through Emancipation and up until the present day.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor has written the Foreword and the book is a joint production of English Heritage and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
Please see attached leaflet for further information and for details of how to order your copy.
You can also order your copy by one of the following methods:
Tel: 01761 452966 quoting code CCO
Email: ehsales@gillards.com quoting offer code CCO and product code 51083
Online: www.english-heritage-books.org.uk
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