A beautiful song from Anna Raine – ‘Aidan’s Song’ – to accompany us as we remember the example of St Aidan (31st August). Through simply ‘being who he was’, and with a willing heart, Aidan brought a unique expression of Celtic Christian spirituality to the land of Northumbria and, as such, also became a key […]
In September 2021, Catherine Askew, Sarah Hay and Sarah Pillar spent a few days with Kev Grimley and family at the Bethany Community, Leicestershire, to learn how to build a coracle… Brendan, and other Irish monks, would have set out in this kind of small, round boat to find their own ‘desert in the sea’, […]
Recorded specially for St Brendan’s Day – 16th May, 2022 – The Story of Brendan the Fisherman is taken from an unpublished book ‘Field of the Saints’ by Clare and Ant Grimley and read by their daughter, Katie. We invite you to join in with St Brendan’s Day, which you can do by following this […]
Catherine Askew, Sarah Hay and Sarah Pillar introduce the key themes and provide orientation for the Easter 2022 journey with the Northumbria Community. Please note that the pathways that are referred to have been emailed out to all of the Companions, Novices and Friends on our Northumbria Community database. However, even if you are not […]
Easter 2022: GLIMPSING GOD’S GLORY – IN TIMES OF CHANGE
A message from Nether Springs, Mother House of the Northumbria Community – with Carolyn Howard.
Sarah Pillar reflects on the pivotal words from the bible, contained within the prophecy of the coming of Christ: ‘never-the-less’ becomes ‘always-the-more’
Hold the candle high, let the flame rise in the silence Let our heartbeat fill the stillness as we lean into the dawn. Hear the laughter rise, bringing hope and expectation In the brightness of the morning, as the New Year comes in. Let us offer up a welcome, as we share a cup of […]
In this Advent contemplation, Jayne Bartholomew – a Companion in Community – reflects on incarnation. The contemplation is split into three, separate meditations and we would invite you to press pause at the end of each one for a few minutes. May God encircle you with love this Advent.
Each year The Northumbria Community celebrates Antiphon Day. The Advent antiphons are ancient prayers traditionally used from 17 to 23 December. On Antiphon Day (17th December) a pilgrimage walk would be planned, breaking the journey occasionally to say the next of the antiphons in turn, and saying or singing the accompanying verse of the popular […]