In the Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius gives us the idea of meeting sacred scripture with one's own life, mediated through Imaginative Contemplation. The aim of these reflections is to do this in tandem with pieces of art. Each month therefore, we will offer a painting in the hope that it will enable you to reflect more deeply on a particular passage of scripture. The idea is that you can return to the painting and scripture and discover more depth throughout the month.

Introduction to Praying with Art

Music used:' Breath of Love' by Suzanne Teng, from 'Enchanted Wind'. Licensed under a by-nc-sa license from Magnatune: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/legalcode

Welcome to our Lent Retreat 2018 in collaboration with Scared Space. An online retreat is an opportunity to journey with God throughout Lent, wherever you are, whenever you would like.

To help and guide our prayer this year, we are reflecting on what it means to journey into the wilderness. Throughout the Bible, the wilderness is a place of preparation; a place of overcoming temptation; a place that God leads many people to, including Jesus before he began his public ministry. The retreat will give us an opportunity to reflect on moments of wilderness from the Old and New Testaments, and also the desert places in our own lives.

Enchanted Wind

Breath of Love

Music

Introduction

As we continue through Lent towards Holy Week, Good Friday and Holy Saturday we are asked not to rush, not to start preparations for the resurrection, but to wait, to understand our own powerlessness. On International Women’s Day, we begin to listen to the voices of women who, on Holy Saturday, are doing just that. They are women of God, who have been present in Jesus’s life; women whose stories are often told but not always heard; strong women, loving women who, even though they do not fully understand what is happening, are waiting, waiting for God to act.

Music used: Mazurka in G minor Op 67 No 2. By Chopin, arranged by Chad Lawson for piano, violin and cello0, from 'The Chopin Variations'. 
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Introduction to Women of the Cross

Music used: Mazurka in G minor Op 67 No 2. By Chopin, arranged by Chad Lawson for piano, violin and cello0, from 'The Chopin Variations'. 
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Photo by mahyar tehrani on Unsplash

Woman taken in adultery

Music used: Mazurka in G minor Op 67 No 2. By Chopin, arranged by Chad Lawson for piano, violin and cello0, from 'The Chopin Variations'. 
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Veronica

Music used: Mazurka in G minor Op 67 No 2. By Chopin, arranged by Chad Lawson for piano, violin and cello0, from 'The Chopin Variations'. 
Music licensed by Magnatune under a by-nc-sa license creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-…a/1.0/legalcode
Photo by cristian-newman on unsplash

Martha

Mary of Bethany

Woman at the Well

Woman with a Haemmorhage

Mary Magdalene

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has visited the Hurtado Jesuit Centre in Wapping, east London, home of the Jesuit Refugee Service in the UK. 

On Thursday 12 July, Cardinal Nichols, President of the Bishops' Conference, met with refugees and learnt more about the challenges they face on a daily basis.

"What the Jesuit Refugee Service sets out to do is to be with people - to accompany them - not pretending that it can solve some of the difficult problems around the presence of refugees in this country.

"This accompaniment is symbolised in a meal that is provided every day  which is shared together... this provision of human warmth and shared food is what those living in destitution most appreciate. 

"In a way it contrasts with the harshness of the way our procedures deal with those that seek asylum. I have heard heart-rending, terrible stories about how some people have been treated."

Cardinal meets with refugees at Jesuit centre in London

Rooted in the rich tradition of our spirituality, Jesuits are contemplatives in action, living lives of service around the world.

Introduction to Praying with Art

Jesuits in Britain