Many times at St Ethelburga’s we have witnessed the profound impact that well-communicated personal story can have on others.  We noticed that stories have the power to build bridges between people where discussion and dialogue sometimes fial.  So we set out to explore how stories are being used in community…

Guest blog by Alice Carder, Sacred Activist leadership programme participant. Alice describes some of the impact of volunteering at a camp in Greece. “I feel so acutely aware of my own privilege, sitting here in this family’s space as they share all they have with me. I am privileged to…

Guest blog by Louise Livingstone, PhD Researcher,  Canterbury Christ Church University “The heart has its reasons, which reason knows not of” Blaise Pascal Why does there appear to be so much conflict in the world? This question has dominated my whole life. Growing up in a conflicted home environment, from a…

The team at St Ethelburga’s was very honoured to welcome Cardinal Vincent Nichols on May 10th, who spoke on the theme of hope. Here are some of his inspiring words: “It is a joy to make my first visit as patron to St Ethelburga’s here in the heart of the…

Peter’s Story1 ‘I’m 67 years old and have lived alone since the death last year of both my parents. I never married because for years I belonged to a small home church and so never met a Christian woman of my own age. I hear my neighbours saying mean things…