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Silent Retreat - Praying with Julian of Norwich

Sun, 25 Oct

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Sister Eveleen Retreat House

A guided silent retreat with daily spiritual direction led by Glenda Prosser.

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Silent Retreat - Praying with Julian of Norwich
Silent Retreat - Praying with Julian of Norwich

Time & Location

25 Oct 2020, 7:00 pm – 31 Oct 2020, 1:00 pm

Sister Eveleen Retreat House, 6 Whitewash Head Road, Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

About the retreat

In this retreat, we will consider some of Julian’s insights into God’s desires for us, and our call to grow into spiritual maturity. The retreat will be silent and individual spiritual direction will be available daily.

About Julian of Norwich: Julian of Norwich, a 14th Century anchoress, is recognised as the author of the oldest surviving book written in the English language by a woman. She was a contemporary of Chaucer and lived through the tumultuous times of the Bubonic Plague (all 3 waves), the Peasants Revolt, and the first printing of the Bible in the vernacular rather than in Latin. In the midst of this social upheaval, when Julian was seriously ill and near death, she experienced 16 visions (which she called “Showings”) of Christ and was healed of her illness. Sometime later she entered the anchor-hold attached to St Julian’s Church in Norwich. Over the next 20 years,…

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