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Finding the Divine in Moss

By Grace Stewart on 27 Apr 2023

Do you remember the first time you noticed moss?

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Frustrated Vocations: Why We Need an Honest Church on Women's Ministry

By SCM on 18 Apr 2023

Rev Martine Oborne reflects on her own experience of ordination in the Church of England and shares the importance of an Honest Church when it comes to women's ministry. 

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When Grace said "...", I thought "..."

By SCM on 17 Apr 2023

Shanika responds to Grace's Prayer Adventure blog series!

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Prayer Adventure Week Six: The End

By Grace Stewart on 5 Apr 2023

Well folks, my Lenten prayer adventure has come to an end. At least for now. During this time, I have cried a lot, learned a lot, and spent a lot of time on trains. I’ve learned that the rosary doesn’t work for me but the examen does, and that I am too Protestant for Marian devotion, but find a lot of inspiration in the lives of female saints.

Here follows a summary of my experiences and my final ratings!

The Examen:

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Meet your General Council election candidates!

By SCM on 5 Apr 2023

At the upcoming AGM, members will have the opportunity to elect representatives to General Council, the decision-making body of the movement made up of students and recent graduates. 

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Prayer Adventure Week Five: Holy Women and Wholly Saints Part 2

By Grace Stewart on 29 Mar 2023

To read part one of this blog, click here.

 

Day Four—St Catherine of Siena

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Imagining a World without Nuclear Weapons

By Naomi Orrell on 27 Mar 2023

Nuclear weapons are one of those issues that many people seem to have forgotten about. For people like me, who were born after the end of the Cold War and can’t remember a time when nuclear disarmament was very much in the public consciousness, it can be a surprise to find that nuclear weapons still exist, let alone that the large historical movement opposing them is still going strong today.

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Prayer Adventure Week Four: Holy Women and Wholly Saints

By Grace Stewart on 22 Mar 2023

This week, I am doing something a little different. We’re going on an adventure here, after all. I’ve spent some time this week reading about the lives of various female saints (and women who maybe should be saints), and I’ve realised that all of them have had quite difficult lives. They lived through wars, pandemics, physical and mental illness, and personal tragedy. So, this week I’m taking inspiration from the prayers of women who found God in difficulty and were often a bit difficult themselves. 

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Prayer Adventure Week Three: A Little Bit of Liturgy

By Grace Stewart on 14 Mar 2023

This whole project was inspired by reading God Loves the Autistic Mind. It’s a remarkable book by autistic Catholic priest Father Matthew P. Schneider that is part memoir, part theological exploration of autism, and part prayer guide.  The second half of the book is a series of devotionals centred around the autistic experience.

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Prayer Adventure Week Two: Round and Round the Rosary

By Grace Stewart on 8 Mar 2023

I’ve always had a fascination with the rosary. Growing up very Protestant (so Protestant I didn’t really know any practicing Catholics until I went to university), they always seemed like forbidden objects. I remember wanting one as a child and being told that they weren’t for people like me.

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