“The goal of the Christian Life is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit”- St Seraphim of Sarov
St Seraphim, a monk, is Russia’s most beloved, joyful saint; Dostoyevsky one of its greatest, if troubled, novelists; and, Mother Maria, a social activist (and nun), who died in Ravensbruck concentration camp, having helped people fleeing persecution in Paris, and an exemplary witness to what unites all three; namely, a searching exploration to live out the second commandment, “to love one’s neighbor as oneself”, truly living in the Spirit that makes us one.
They are three lives rooted in faith, nourished by meditation, enriched in a living community of prayer, liturgy, and study. None of their lives were easy, all three endured much, as they sought to fully embrace what it might mean to be a human person living in community, at one. The weekend will explore these lives and how we might learn from, and be inspired by them, in our own journeys in linking meditation to other resources of faith and expressing them in communion with one another.
Contribution for the Retreat – £135
Schedule:
Thursday 17, Friday 18 and Saturday 19 February 2022 – (times listed below are local French time)
- 10:00 – 10:50 talk with Nicholas Colloff
- break
- 11:00 – 11:30 Q&A
- break
- 12:15 meditation led by Nicholas Colloff
- break
- 15:00 – 15:50 talk by Nicholas Colloff
- break
- 16:20 – 17:00 small groups (40 minutes)
- 17:00 – 17:30 Q&A with Nicholas Colloff
- break
- 18:00 meditation led by Nicholas Colloff
