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Stir up! Kathleen's talk from our Advent Reflection
I’m tired. I usually am, this time of year. All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. Myself included. All...
Nov 27, 20245 min read
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Into the Deep
July's Quiet Day was led by Rachel Carr and explored the call of Peter. Our thanks go to Rachel, as well as to John Fells and Fiona...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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Filled with the Spirit: Ely 38 brings many blessings
A week after Pentecost, seven pilgrims gathered at the Diocesan House of Retreat in Pleshey in Essex, welcomed by an enthusiastic staff....
May 29, 20241 min read
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Sharing Sustenance: Fifty Ways to Pray
I used an exercise from this book in Sunday's Refugio - but actually, the whole thing is so useful that I wanted to share it with you....
Jan 17, 20241 min read
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Stables and stability: Kathleen's reflection from the Advent Refugio
I’ve been down on the Isle of Wight this week. Apparently it made the national news – not my visit, but a huge landslide on Sunday night...
Jan 12, 20244 min read
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Sunshine on Medway: UK Ultreya 2023
BACC Rep Lesley Bowring reports: Canterbury Cursillo hosted this year's National Ultreya. On the Friday evening, prior to the main event,...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
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Follow the path: labyrinth study day
An open space, two sacks of cracked maize, tent pegs, rope, and empty lemonade bottles sounds like an unusual recipe. But that's what...
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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Welcome back!
It was great to welcome new Cursillistas from Ely #37, along with a host of old friends. Alongside an encouraging witness talk from Helen...
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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Journey
Kathleen's reflection from the Epiphany Refugio Of all the figures in the nativity set, it’s the kings that I identify with the most. Not...
Jan 24, 20233 min read
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The Peace of Christmas
Every year as I put up my Nativity Advent calendar and light my Advent Candle, I pray and hope that I can prepare my heart, mind and soul...
Dec 22, 20222 min read
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Joyful, uplifting and dazzling: UK Ultreya 2022
Ely Cursillo's BACC Rep Lesley Bowring reports on the annual gathering of UK Cursillistas: A large crowd gathered at St Paul's Cathedral...
Sep 25, 20222 min read
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Thank you to Julie!
Olivia writes: Kathleen and I managed to take Julie Hughes out for a coffee to say thank you on behalf of all of us. Julie stepped down...
Sep 17, 20221 min read
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Lammas: the beginning of the harvest
One of the most interesting people on the internet is Dr Eleanor Parker, a medievalist who tweets as @ClerkOfOxford. This week she was...
Aug 5, 20223 min read
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Three summer updates from Ely Cursillo
First - maybe most importantly? - bookings for our next Cursillo weekend, Ely #37, are open. We already have some pilgrims signed up, but...
Jul 18, 20222 min read
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Reconnecting and moving forward: BACC Conference 2022
Kathleen Jowitt writes: At the beginning of May I attended the BACC (British Anglican Cursillo Council) conference and annual general...
Jun 5, 20222 min read
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Time for faith to grow: a poem
Many thanks to Pauline Swinden for this verse reflection on our recent study day. We're always looking for words and pictures to put on...
May 29, 20221 min read
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Walking steadily with God
Thanks to Sue Reynolds for writing this piece about our May study day. As you'll see, Sue hasn't attended a Cursillo weekend - but that...
May 25, 20223 min read
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Ely Cursillo AGM 2022
It was a great blessing to be able to have our annual general meeting in person for the first time in two years - and on a beautiful...
May 2, 20221 min read
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Back to Basics: the Cursillo Leaders' Workshop
Over the weekend of 18-20 March, Rev Olivia Coles (spiritual director for Ely Cursillo) and Kathleen Jowitt (BACC rep) attended the...
Mar 27, 20222 min read
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Encouraging one another: Cursillo small groups
Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but...
Jan 29, 20222 min read
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