Over Holy Week and Easter we shared pictures, resources and reading material that helped us reflect and celebrate. We have gathered all the images, reflections and resources here. With love from everyone at CPW
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In Anne, we have lost a wonderful talent, a gifted artist and a creative chair, but most of all, we have lost a great friend. Rest in peace Anne, until the choirs of Angels come to greet you.
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Slowly at first, and then gathering momentum, beloved, familiar faces began to fill my screen. We talked over each other in a cacophony of voices. It was just like that moment on the first day of a CPW when everyone starts arriving. We were so excited to see each other. How would we ever be able to make this prayerful?
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Although we are not able to meet in person, many members have been in contact to offer prayers, table liturgies and links to further resources which will help us stay connected to one another in shared prayer and celebration during the Coronavirus outbreak. You can access the resources here.
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When it became impossible for the icon commissioned for CPW’s 75th year to travel to the homes and parishes of our CPW community, the icon was placed in a place of prayer. Each evening the candle is lighted and prayers are offered for all members of our CPW family. The thoughts which follow were inspired by these prayer times.
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Our tradition tells us to seek wisdom. CPW, when gathered, can be part of our discernment process. For those with ‘ears to hear’, there is wisdom in abundance in the words, thoughts, actions and experiences of those who gather and give generously of themselves.
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Michael Campbell reports on the Winter Weekend and 2020 Dora Turbin lecture: “Overall a great weekend and a great start to CPW’s 75th anniversary year of events!” Read more here.
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This year’s Dora Turbin Lecture was given by David McLoughlin, Emeritus Fellow of Christian Theology at Newman University, Birmingham. David spoke about a vision of the future which is filled with hope, but also asks us to change our ways. Read the full lecture here.
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Those we call ‘Prophets’ have a hard time of it; the nearer they are to us, the more reluctant we are to be convinced by their message. Let us consider the environmental issues which have been presented to us with increasing urgency since the 1970s. Why has it taken us so long to listen?
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It is possible to find the divine hidden in the smaller lights only visible when the main stage lights are extinguished. May your Christmas be filled with starlight and may the Christ-child ‘bring you home.’ The wait is over. Christmas is here. God is with us. Merry Christmas.
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The first year of our three-year cycle of study into Priesthood, Prophesy and Kingdom, has come to a close and our Chair, Anne Dixon, offers some observations on the year’s events.
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Over the course of the weekend we descended into the underworld (where we found both buried treasure and things that are meant to be hidden away forever) before journeying on to build the heavenly Jerusalem.
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It's not easy to be out of step with everyone around you. They’ve all started the party and we’re still getting ready. Now is the time to hold our nerve. Take some time, just a little, to reflect on where we are.
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Beginning in Advent we are inviting CPW members to host CPW’s 75th Anniversary Year Icon for their area - opening up an opportunity to invite people to come and pray in their homes or parishes and to enjoy the unique CPW hospitality.
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The first year of our three-year cycle of study into Priesthood, Prophesy and Kingdom, has come to a close and our Chair, Anne Dixon, offers some observations on the year’s events.
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It’s not what we achieve that makes us Saints, it’s the love of God, reflected in us and channelled to others, that brings about the transformation. Once you realise this and look around, we really are surrounded by a ’communion of saints’. Saints of CPW, past, present and to come - Happy Feast Day!
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Anne Dixon reports on CPW’s inaugural Autumn Lecture, which was given by Mike Kane MP, Shadow Minister for Schools on Tuesday 8th October. Anne writes that Mike delivered “a personal and empowering talk which resonated with many members of the audience. His themes were over-arching, deliberately avoiding a politically polarised position, and opting instead for a wider interpretation of Gospel values.”
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CPW member Dave Yates write about the Kintbury all-age week: “We were invited to discover how we could live our lives more eucharistically. Various stimulating sessions challenged us to be more blessed, broken, poured out, and shared, and how they could be woven into our daily lives.” Read more here.
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Our summer adventures are over. The reports of the summer weeks are being drafted as I write and we are left with the books of notes, the photographs, the artefacts and the humming of songs half-remembered from beautiful shared and inclusive liturgies. Oh the tales we could tell, if only they would listen!
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A first-time summer week participant recounts their family’s experience at Malvern. From a reluctant start, the writer recounts that, “All the children showed an enthusiasm for everything they did and not once did they use the word ‘bored’. As a parent I felt rested, refuelled, and genuinely as if I had been given a new lease of life.” Read more about their experience here.
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