by Anne-Marie Walker | Nov 16, 2019 | Events
Lillian Yen Yen Walker attended the recollection on 8th November. Here are her reflections on the day. Recently I have been finding life quite tough and have sensed a spiritual dryness. Attending the recollection helped to enrich my faith. The scenic drive and being... Read more 
by Anne-Marie Walker | Nov 14, 2019 | Retreats
As the nights draw in, the temperature plummets and the leaves fall from the trees, nature seems to communicate to us that this is a good time of year to reflect on life’s bigger questions, such as what is the meaning of life? What is our purpose? What happens to us... Read more 
by Anne-Marie Walker | Nov 8, 2019 | Conference
To accompany his lecture Dr Paul Shrimpton, provided us with the some thoughts and sayings from the writings of St John Henry Newman. Excerpts from the Idea of a University: defining a liberal education: “This process of training, by which the intellect, instead of... Read more 
by Anne-Marie Walker | Nov 1, 2019 | Conference
Visions of Education Conference: October 2019 a lecture by Roy Peachey. Since this is a conference dedicated to the educational vision of St John Henry Newman, I have naturally decided to base my talk on an essay by … Dorothy L Sayers, partly, no doubt, because... Read more 
by Anne-Marie Walker | Nov 1, 2019 | Conference
Visions of Education Conference: October 2019 a lecture by Paul Shrimpton. The fame of John Henry Newman – St John Henry Newman – in education is almost entirely due to the discourses and lectures (composed in the 1850s) that comprise The idea of a university (1873).... Read more 
by Anne-Marie Walker | Sep 19, 2019 | Conference
Michael Merrick presented this lecture at the Perennial Truths in a Time of Change Conference. Aspects of this piece are reprinted with kind permission of the Catholic Herald and Unherd. Why Are We Absent? In the summer of 1786, a young Cumbrian lay dying with fever.... Read more
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