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Southwark Spirituality
Commission
Just as the disciples on the Road to Emmaus
said “were not our hearts burning with us
while he talked with us on the road and
opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32), it
is our vision that all people may experience a
transforming personal relationship with God.
To this end the Spirituality Commission, a small group of
volunteers, with an interest in spiritual development has
sought to support the Archbishop to strengthen spiritual
development activity in the Archdiocese.
Just prior to the pandemic we had been seeking to
promote our “Ways into Prayer” pack across the diocese.
It is a pack designed to be delivered in parishes or with
various groups, in order to deepen the experience of
prayer.
In common with others, our work was “disrupted” by the
Covid pandemic, and yet being physically unable to meet
http://www.southwarkdsc.org.
uk/ways-into-prayer
brought new life and innovation to the way we work, and
in 2021 we delivered our first ever online retreat, “Follow
me”, in which over 1000 people participated. Many said
they had not participated in a retreat before! This gave
birth to a further online retreat in 2022 and it is likely to
become a regular feature.
For those who would like to know more about having a
spiritual director or accompanier to help them develop
their spiritual lives – we offer this short video on how
spiritual direction might help, and also the opportunity
to request one to one spiritual direction: http://www.
southwarkdsc.org.uk/spiritual-direction
In 2021 we also continued to deliver our
daily Lent and Advent reflection email – a
short aid to prayer and reflection on the
daily bible readings. Over 1500 are on the
mailing list and it is growing, so keep an eye
on our website here www.southwarkdsc.org.
uk and sign up to hear about opportunities
and resources to help both individuals
and parishes develop their prayer life and
relationship with God.
https://youtu.be/waiwpT3kwmE
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