Monday 31 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 23

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 23: Silence This week might seem like a bit of a cop-out on my part, but all I would like to suggest for this week's prayer is that you si...

Saturday 29 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 22

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 22: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see Monday's post here. Be someone else for a change When Jesus saw the crowds,...

Friday 28 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 21

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 21: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see Monday's post here. Memory Book An exercise that is sometime used to help...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 21

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 21: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see Monday's post here. Memory Book An exercise that is sometime used to help...

Thursday 27 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 20

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 20: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see Monday's post here. Draw an outline of a cross on a piece of paper. Fi...

Wednesday 26 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 19

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 19: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see  Monday's post here. A letter to God Today's suggestion is just what it ...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 19

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 19: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see  Monday's post here. A letter to God Today's suggestion is just what it ...

Tuesday 25 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 18

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 18: Creative prayer To read more about Creative prayer see Monday's post here. Here is the second suggestion for creative prayer... Pra...

Monday 24 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 17

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 17: Creative prayer God the Creator made us in his image according to the Book of Genesis (Gen 1.26). That means that we are creative too. It ...

Saturday 22 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 16

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 16: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian Meditation For more detail about Ignatian Meditation see here . Be still and quiet. Thank God for being...

Friday 21 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 15

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 15: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian Meditation For more detail about Ignatian Meditation see here.http://sealpeterandpaul.blogspot.com/2014/0...

Thursday 20 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 14

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 14: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian Meditation For more detail about Ignatian Meditation see here.http://sealpeterandpaul.blogspot.com/2014/0...

Wednesday 19 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 13

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 13: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian Meditation For more detail about Ignatian Meditation see here . Be still and quiet. Thank God for bein...

Tuesday 18 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 12

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 12: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian Meditation For more detail about Ignatian Meditation see here . Be still and quiet. Thank God for being...

Monday 17 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 11

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray 11: Praying with the Bible: Ignatian meditation St Ignatius Loyola was a 16th Century Spanish nobleman who, as a young man, had something of ...

Friday 14 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 9

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 9: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina  (For more about this technique see here.) Sit quietly and be aware of coming into the presence of G...

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 9

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 9: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina  (For more about this technique see here.) Sit quietly and be aware of coming into the presence of G...

Thursday 13 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 8

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 8: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina   (For more about this technique see here.) Sit quietly and be aware of coming into the presence of ...

Wednesday 12 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 7

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 7: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina (For more about this technique see here) Sit quietly and be aware of coming into the presence of God...

Tuesday 11 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 6

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 6: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina ( For more about this technique see here ) Sit quietly and be aware of coming into the presence of G...

Monday 10 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 5

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 5: Praying with the Bible: Lectio Divina This technique of pondering the Bible originates with the Benedictine monastic order. Lectio Divina ...

Saturday 8 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 4

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 4: Ready to pray...? A time to pray   My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast;    I will sing and make melody.    Awake, my so...

Friday 7 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray:3

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray:3: Ready to pray...? A place to pray But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; a...

Thursday 6 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 2

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 2: Ready to pray? Starting where we are "I have calmed and quieted my soul,    like a weaned child with its mother;    my soul is li...

Stations of the Cross at St Luke's Gillingham

Lent 2014 - Stations of the Cross @ St. Luke the Evangelist, Virginia Road, Gillingham. ME1 7PB
Come and join us for this traditional Lenten devotion, as we make our way around the sacred space of our great barn of a Church!  A short but reverent service (with a hymn or two), pausing for a Bible reading, brief meditation, and prayer, at each of the Stations depicting Our Lord's journey towards the Cross of Calvary.  These service, whether on Saturdays or Sundays, are followed by refreshments and an informal time of fellowship.  Contact 01634 818649 (Ian - Parish Reader) or 07876 594207 (Father Paul's mobile) for more details.

Saturdays 8th + 25th March/5th April:
930am Mass followed by Stations of the Cross
Sunday 16th March
5pm Stations of the Cross followed by Benediction
Sunday 30th March

5pm Stations of the Cross followed by a short Celtic/Iona service

Wednesday 5 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 1

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: 1: Ready to pray...? Why pray? You who live in the shelter of the Most High,  who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,  will say to the L...

Tuesday 4 March 2014

St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: Introduction

Daily ideas for prayer through Lent on Seal Church blog. Call back each day for a new post - I will add a link here, or you can follow on Seal's facebook  or twitter accounts. Today there is an introduction.



St Peter and St Paul, Seal: Teach us to pray: Introduction: Teach us to pray:  introduction The disciples of Jesus asked him "Lord, teach us to pray..."

More events from the London Spirituality Centre


Updates and Reminders

More events at the London Spirituality Centre

Developing Direction series - another date added.
Our series of Author's Evenings - two more dates added.
We offer workshops, short courses...

And remember...

Find out about training to become a spiritual director, come to a concert,
converse with authors - free. 

We're also excited about a conference in July organised by Modern Church
(please scroll down).
And by the way, thanks for all the books! Please keep them coming...
Lunchtime Concert
The Seven Last Words
from the Cross

by Joseph Haydn
Thursday 17 April
12.15pm
Complete details here
Free
Meet the Author:
Father Bernard Lynch

Monday 28 April 6.30 - 8.30pm
In an informal and relaxed setting meet the author who will discuss his remarkable work and his latest book
If It Wasn't Love. Light refreshments will be provided
For more information and to book,
click here
Free
Meet the Author
Dairmuid O'Murchu

Monday 19 May 6.30 - 8.30pm
In an informal and relaxed setting, meet the author, who will discuss his latest book The Meaning and Practice of Faith. Light refreshments will be provided.
For more information and to book,
click here
Free
Workshop
Consider the Lilies

with Kenneth B Browne
Wednesday 14 May 6.30 - 8.30pm
An evening of poetry, silence and flowers to help cultivate the divine in us.
Full details here

Cost is £20
Developing Direction Series
Fridays 11am - 4pm
14 March - Julienne McLean
11 April - Sr Cecilia Goodman
16 May - Dr Peter Tyler
6 June - Mark Oakley
4 July - Mark Godson
£40 per session - click on the date for more information and to book
Open Evening
Encounter:
Training as a Spiritual Director

Thursday 1 May 6 - 7.30pm
If you are thinking of joining the course in the autumn, join us this evening and find out all about it from Encounter Director Julie Dunstan.
For more information, click here
For the course brochure, click here
Free
If you can't make this date, there will be another open evening 16 October
Workshop
Introduction to Myers-Briggs
with Sue Wilson

Four Monday evenings, 6.30 - 8.30pm
12 & 19 May, 2 & 9 June
This introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator includes the processing of a questionnaire for each participant by Sue Wilson.
Full details here.
Registration deadline: 28 April
Cost: £60
Short Course
Listen With Your Eyes
with Antonia Lynn
Six Monday afternoons, 2 - 4pm
2 June - 7 July inclusive

Prayer engaging the heart and imagination through the sense of sight. Each week there will be an encounter with a painting from the Christian tradition. Full details here.
Cost is £100 

Modern Church annual conference:
A Liberating Spirit? Exploring Spirituality for the 21st Century
 
Monday 14 July – Thursday 17 July 2014
 High Leigh Conference Centre
Chaired by Canon Prof Martyn Percy
Speakers include: Revd Mark Oakley, Prof Grace Davie, Revd Dave Bookless,
Dr Abby 
Day, Dr Rachel Muers, Revd Dr Emma Percy

What might be a “liberal” approach to spirituality?  This conference will be an opportunity to explore some of the contemporary approaches to spirituality through the lens of open minded and well-informed enquiry.

download the Modern Church conference leaflet here
Books, books, books

The Centre accepts donations of second hand books in reasonable condition. These are sold on our book table or online. Funds raised go to support the work of the Centre.

Appropriate subjects include: Architecture, Art, Classic Literature, History, Poetry, Psychology, Spirituality and Theology.



Please contact us if you would like more details.
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