Posts by Julianne Chatfield

Elements of Family Prayer

Wednesday 14 December 2011

Continuing with extracts from the “Praying with children” booklet, here is the section that suggests some of the elements that parents can think about when planning family prayers: “When thinking about praying with children, whether is it something that already happens regularly or are thinking of starting, there are some things that might be considered: […]

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Advent 2: Lost in the Wilderness.

Friday 9 December 2011

Our second Advent session focused on this Antiphon: O key of David and sceptre of Israel, what you open no one else can close again; what you close no one can open. O come to lead the captive from prison, free those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. To start with, […]

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Praying with our Children 2: Practical Issues

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Children are constantly changing and so, therefore are their spiritual needs. When thinking about Family prayer this awareness means that routines and practices will need to be changed to keep up with the differing needs of you children. Here is an excerpt from the booklet “Praying with our children” which gives some of the things […]

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Advent Group

Friday 2 December 2011

On Friday 2nd December a group of people from the Ordinariate gathered at St Agnes for the first of our Advent sessions. We are using materials from the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton as a starting point and making it accessible to both adults and children. The materials focus on some of the “O” Antiphons […]

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Praying as a Family

Sunday 27 November 2011

When we first had children we were pretty clueless in lots of ways (how to fold a nappy for example took quite a bit of mastering) and how to develop the spiritual lives of our children was no different. At the time there seemed to be little literature around that would help, so we ended […]

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Recollections

Friday 15 July 2011

We have now had two masses at St Agnes at our new time of 4pm. Afterwards we have tea and cake followed by teaching. We ended each session with “Recollection”, a version of the Ignatian Examen. This practice came out of St Ignatius’ own experience of the spiritual life. He had been badly injured in […]

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