A Study Day with Joyce Simpson 'What seek ye?', or 'What do you want?' are the first words Jesus utters in St John's Gospel.  Julian's reply is direct and firm: 'God of your goodness give me yourself'. How does Julian, an anchorite in 14th-century Norwich, challenge and support pilgrims in the 21st century? Just as

Leader:  Jill Benet  Rooted in the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and the Cloud of Unknowing for its renewal, Centering Prayer prepares us for the gift of contemplation. When we sit in Centering Prayer, we are told that by our willingness to renew our intention to consent to God’s presence and action within, moment by moment,

Tutor:  Hugh Parry The plays range from Athens to Windsor, Ancient to Modern, Protestant to Catholic to pagan, urban to rural - all coloured by the different spiritual outlook of each and the kaleidoscopic nature of their cast, sceptical or credulous, pious or impious. We meet demons, fairies, ghosts and Olympian gods: omens loom;  we