From father.mansfield at johannite.org Tue Jan 6 05:43:11 2009 From: father.mansfield at johannite.org (Rev Fr Tim Mansfield) Date: Tue Jan 6 05:43:14 2009 Subject: [st uriel's] Stroud Monastery - Retreat Weekend - 6th - 8th February 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <35565cab0901060343kaa2d6a2ld598c5684be2ce00@mail.gmail.com> Gentle brothers and sisters, Today was the festival of Epiphany, but you're rescued from yet another of my meditations on the hidden meanings of traditional church festivals by the boundless compassion of Sister Trish Nowland of the Order of St Esclarmonde. Trish is known to many of you and for the last few months she's been planning to organise a meditation and prayer retreat a few hours out of Sydney. I'll let her tell you all about it: Greetings all, Today, January 6th, is celebrated as 'The Epihpany' in both Eastern and Western Christian churches. Epiphany is a Greek word, meaning 'to manifest' or 'to show'. It's a date where the Catholic church in the West celebrates the coming of the three Magi with the beginning of an eight-day feast, and in the Christian East a festival of the baptism of the Lord Christ in the River Jordan takes place. On this day, in antiquity, before the days of the Hallmark calendar, it was the duty of bishops and priests in both arms of the Christian church to solemnly announce the dates of the coming Easter period. To vary the announcement tradition, just a little, this email is sent to you announcing not Easter, but a forthcoming retreat, on the weekend of February 6th - 8th 2009. The retreat is being held in Stroud, north of Newcastle, at a monastery built by the Anglican Sisters of St Clare. The spirit of the weekend is to provide a taste of communal monastic life, with the inclusion of practices and activities that would otherwise usually be a part of a slow-paced, contemplative life. All other details and registration information can be obtained from this website: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/225221644 Please come along and join in on a weekend outside of the ordinary bustle of everyday life, and spend some time nurturing your own closer relationship with the Divine. If you have any queries, need any help with transport, or would like some further detail, please call Trish Nowland on 0404 84 94 38. With blessings at the completion of the twelve days of Christmas, And with warm wishes for a peaceful and contented 2009, Trish -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/announce/attachments/20090106/078df7a8/attachment.htm From father.mansfield at johannite.org Thu Jan 8 03:24:03 2009 From: father.mansfield at johannite.org (Rev Fr Tim Mansfield) Date: Thu Jan 8 03:24:07 2009 Subject: [st uriel's] Gatherings and Events for Jan-Feb 2009 Message-ID: <35565cab0901080124l72b48af5xe0529e3591f67f18@mail.gmail.com> Beloved Friends, We'll continue our meetings on Sundays, 6pm at the Unitarian Centre, 15 Francis St, Darlinghurst. Most Sundays this is a discussion based around the book "Living Gnosticism" by Father Jordan Stratford in which we discuss the book chapter by chapter, bring our own reading and thinking to the ideas in the book and discuss how we can bring those ideas to life in our own lives. Copies of the book are available from the usual places or from me directly at the meetings. Anyone is welcome at these meetings whether you've read the book or not. Once each month we celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist a service of thanksgiving, healing and Divine Reunion. All are welcome and we usually stay for a cup of tea afterwards or dinner at a nearby restaurant. Many of us will be in Stroud for the prayer retreat that Sister Trish has organised for 6-8 Feb, so there will be no meeting on Sun 8 Feb. Here is the timetable for January and February: 11 Jan - Liturgy of the Eucharist, Feast of Epiphany 18 Jan - Living Gnosticism discussion 25 Jan - Living Gnosticism discussion 1 Feb - Living Gnosticism discussion 8 Feb - no meeting - Stroud retreat 15 Feb - Liturgy of the Eucharist, Holy Valentinus: Bishop of the Church, teacher of the Gnosis 22 Feb - Living Gnosticism discussion My blessings upon your coming year. I hope you choose to come and share some of your journey with us at St Uriel's. Reverend Father Tim Mansfield Rector, Parish of Saint Uriel the Archangel , Sydney, Australia Apostolic Johannite Church -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://laika.gnusto.com/pipermail/announce/attachments/20090108/4b607d28/attachment.htm From timbomb at gmail.com Thu Jan 22 20:49:33 2009 From: timbomb at gmail.com (Tim Mansfield) Date: Thu Jan 22 21:38:52 2009 Subject: [st uriel's] "Living Gnosticism" continued Message-ID: <7F3BF736-188B-4FDB-874C-4D0929D11C88@gmail.com> Hi folks, This Sunday we'll continue our discussion of Gnostic traditions via Fr Jordan's "Living Gnosticism". All welcome and copies are available at the meeting. Bring your inquiring mind and your experience along to contribute. Next Sunday will be the same format, but Sunday 8 Feb most of us will be at the retreat, so there will be no meeting. Sundays, 6pm Unitarian Centre 15 Francis St, Darlinghurst Father Tim Mansfield Parish of St Uriel Sydney, Australia