This year the church celebrates a Special Jubilee Year for St Francis of Assisi, marking 800 years since his death. 

St Francis, known for his love of God, creation and the poor, lived a counter-cultural life of simplicity and poverty. His detachment from material goods, status and power brought him the graces of freedom of heart, inner peace and a confidence that came from complete trust in God’s merciful love. 

This weekend offers an opportunity for us all to focus on our own relationship with God and to ponder on those aspects that prevent us from deepening that relationship. We reflect on St Francis’ lifestyle – how he changed from a profligate youth to a man of deep humility; and we take time to consider how we too, might receive the graces that St Francis embodied so powerfully.

Our reflections will be guided by Sarah Gardner – an ecologist with a background in agriculture and environmental economics and Catherine Nelson – a practising Christian skilled in movement and meditation techniques which help bring people into the presence of God.  Following a life-threatening illness, Catherine left her job in financial media and volunteered for 20 years in an inter-faith mission in India helping to raise a local village out of grinding poverty.

Suggested offerings £ 225

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