Good Friday – 2 April
Dear Friends, Welcome to this Companionship Email on Good Friday. Today we continue with our progress through the Easter Triduum. Today is the most solemn, holy and devastating day in our Christian Calendar. Today is…
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Maundy Thursday – 1 April
Dear Friends, Welcome to this Companionship Email on Maundy Thursday. In today’s Newsletter I wrote about how important the next three days are in the Christian Calendar. The Easter Triduum begins with Maundy Thursday…
Easter updates
Good morning, We are entering a time of great significance for the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Jewish festival of Passover begins this evening, with the first seder, a festive meal which…
‘Gifts of nourishment and healing’
Good morning, One further contribution from the Chaplaincy team in the week in which we’ve remembered the coming of the first lockdown a year ago. This is from Barbara Davey, honorary Quaker Chaplain, which she wrote…
‘A promise of good times to come’
Greetings, A further contribution from the honorary chaplaincy team today in this time of the first anniversary of lockdown. This is from Revd Alan McGougan, honorary United Reformed Church Chaplain: This photo is…
‘National Day of Reflection’
Good morning, This is the first anniversary of what has become known as the first national lockdown across the United Kingdom. On Monday 23 March last year, there were addresses by the First Minister of Scotland…
‘The power of the snowdrop’
Good morning, Here is a contribution to our reflections on the first year of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions in the UK from Barbara Davey, honorary Quaker Chaplain. In a recent Companionship from Donald, we…
‘Raisin memories’
Good morning, Today was to have been the rearranged Raisin Sunday, postponed from October. But this has now been cancelled and there are to be no Raisin celebrations today or tomorrow, no gathering of academic…
‘Paths and labyrinths towards happiness’
Greetings, Here is a reflection from Kitty Macintyre, our honorary Pagan Chaplain, as part of our series on the first anniversary of the Companionship emails and of lockdown. Personalising our path through the…
St Patrick’s Day
Dear Friends Welcome to this Companionship Email on St Patrick’s Day. Today is the feast day of St Patrick, Celtic saint and patron of Ireland and Nigeria. Patrick’s historical self, mingled with a number of legends,…