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International Peace day
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
"None of us can do everything but all of us can do something" Romero.
On Sunday, September 21, 2008 the International Day of Peace Vigil was observed by thousands of religious and spiritual communities in churches, temples, mosques, public parks and private homes around the globe in support of the United Nations' International Day of Peace and global ceasefire.
In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly established the International Day of Peace (IDP) and seven years ago modified the resolution and fixed September 21st as the annual date of the IDP. The intention of the new resolution is to have the entire world observe a full day of "...global c
Evening Prayer at St Peter-on-the-Wall
Evening Prayer at the Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall, Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex - the oldest church in England
On 24th August 2008 many of the Community together with lay people linked with us, and other friends, led one of the summer Sunday evening prayer series which this year were based on Ecclesiastes 3.
We took TIME as our theme and moved from 'the circle of time' to personal reflection on time in our own personal lives - 'for me, this is a time to.....'
It was the final day of the Olympics and you can see from the pictures below that the five circles of the Olympic logo were used in various ways, ending as symbols of prayer on the altar.
As always on these summer Sundays a goo
Bradwell Pilgrimage
The Bradwell Pilgrimage this year had the theme of ‘Water' - but despite the forecast the sun shone and the only water was in the sea sparkling around the Dengie Peninsula.
A large group of pilgrims were welcomed by Bishop Laurie Green at St Thomas's church and after an opening liturgy followed the cross carried by Revd's Margaret & Laurence in procession to the Chapel of St Peter on the Wall.
All day there were events - from speakers to a Saxon re-enactment - with stalls and refreshments - and opportunity for quiet reflection in the beautiful Chapel.
At the closing Liturgy the Footsteps mission team were commissioned and set off following the example of St Cedd to bring the Good News to all they would meet in the next week - but others too left feeling refreshed and renewed in thei
A Day with St Augustine
Sr Kristina CRSS & Sr Emmy OSU travelled from Belgium to lead us in a day full of reflection and new insights into the writing of Augustine of Hippo on Saturday 24th May 2008 in Chelmsford
Sr Emmy set the scene of Augustine’s place and time with maps and pictures illustrating the history and geography to emphasise what important influences these were on his work and life.
Sr Kristina focused particularly on book 10 of the Confessions reminding us that the first 9 books are history whereas book 10 gives us the reflections of the mature A
Final Profession of Sister Alice Bellord
25th November 2007 - Final Profession of Sister Alice Bellord in the church of St James the Less, Colchester.
This was a ‘first’ for us, a profession in a parish church.