News and Events
The Changing Attitude Group for London and Southwark invites you to the launch of
James Alison’s latest book
“Broken Hearts and New Creations: Intimations of a Great Renewal”
Tuesday, 3rd August, 2010
St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Trafalgar Square
Join us at 5.30 pm to eat together in the Crypt Café, then at 6.30 pm, enjoy a glass of
wine in the Crypt Bookshop and hear James Alison and his DLT publisher speak about his
latest work. From 7.30–8.30 pm, join us in the Dick Sheppard Chapel for a discussion and
interview with James. Come and hear this exciting gay Catholic theologian talk in more
detail about his work, with space to ask questions yourselves. Suggested donation £3 to
cover costs.
Changing Attitude welcomes LGBT Christians and searchers, families and supporters
• to make new friends
• to discuss questions of faith
• to exchange news about LGBT events and resources
• to work for changed attitudes within the Church of England and beyond
For further information call Michael at 078 1026 1686
Silence In The City
A three-part series coming to BBC 2 in August 2010.
Following the widely acclaimed series of The Monastery, The Convent and The Retreat, this series follows the experiences of five ordinary people on a life-changing journey into silence.
The selected five may be uncomfortable with organised religion but share in common a deep desire to re-connect with their past, themselves and God though silence and contemplation. The consequences are far reaching. As one participant explained, "I was hit with such a profound sense of wonder, awe, wellbeing that I'm lost for words to describe it."
A team of highly experienced spiritual mentors from St Beuno's Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Denbighshire, Loyola Hall in Merseyside, The Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Glasgow and Campion Hall in Oxford share the journey and help the participants to find the silence of their hearts.
The narrator is Fr Christopher Jamieson from Worth Abbey in Sussex, who was featured in The Monastery and was a guest speaker at the 2008 Retreat Association Conference.
A religious journey beyond our own selfish ends
An article in The Times on April 30th, 2010 by Bess Twiston Davies
Linking coming on retreat at St Beuno's, with a mention of the BBC 2 programme above and the publication of a book"Time to Change" by Michael Campbell-Johnston SJ Bess Twiston Davies had a thoughtful article published in the Faith section of The Times on Saturday. Read it for yourself.
If you would like to track the silence, the following DLT titles could help you along:
to receive regular news updates on DLT just REGISTER on the website - see menu bar at top of page.