December news

The building work officially started on December 1st! Pictures will follow.

Some images from the Icon workshop last week.

The community will be on Radio Lancashire between 7 am and 9 am December 19th and on national radio at 8am!

Building work, Radio and icons!

The building work on the en-suite project starts on the 29th November. I hope to post updates of the work each week. The guest house is being emptied at the moment! If you want to use the shop facilities or the chapel, please contact Sr. Mary Bernard as the chapel is still available but the access to the house will be different. This will be a very disruptive project but also very exciting.

Before the work starts properly, Sr. Mary Stella is running a Icon writing day course, pictures will appear this week too.

On Wednesday 17th November we recorded an Advent service with Radio Lancs. It will be broadcast at 8 am on every BBC local station at 8 am, Sunday 19th December. See pictures below!

More news soon!

First professions!

Some photos of Sr. Audrey, one of 2 juniors making their profession today on Friday 1st October. Sr. Audrey made her First Profession at Brownshill and Sr. Annie made hers in Goma. Please pray for them as they continue their monastic journey. Not forgetting Sr. Reina making her Solemn Profession on the 10th October.

Email

Dear all,

our email hyningbookings@yahoo.co.uk is not working properly at the moment. Please ignore whatever comes from there and do not send anything to that email.

If there is anything, just contact us by phone.

Thank you.

News of Goma

Volcanic Eruption – Goma – Democratic Republic of Congo  

Our Bernardines sisters ot the Monastère Notre Dame du Lac in the city of Goma were not directly touched by lava streams of the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo during the night of 22nd to 23rd May. However, since this first eruption, there have been continual aftershocks, some of them very violent. The monastery has many cracks and fissures. Subterranean magma is welling up in the region causing some wide fissures in the city, and the fear that there could be another eruption anywhere; this would be particularly dangerous if it occurs under Lake Kivu because of the toxic gases that would be released.  

On the 27th May, the military Governor of the city ordered the compulsory evacuation of ten districts, including the one in which our sisters live. Along with crowds of evacuees, they travelled towards Sake, where they were met by the Cistercian monks of Mokoto, who are kindly welcoming them for the time being. Our sisters are very grateful for this fraternal gesture.  

Please pray for the inhabitants of the Goma and Gisenyi region.  

Prayer initiative - Thy KIngdom Come...

Hyning is taking part in a national prayer initiative on Friday 21st May at Vigils. Our Vigils is part of a national link for prayer called Thy Kingdom come…

Click here for more details. It will be streamed through the Hyning Chapel page and the website.

Power cuts

There is electrical work in our area, 9:00 - 3:30 pm Friday 7th May. No Stations of the Resurrection and no internet/ phone system for most of the day. Apologies for any inconvenience.

Community Retreat

Vespers is at 5:30 pm till Monday 26th April. Vigils will be at 8 pm. The Community retreat starts today at 4:15 pm, be assured of our prayers during this time.

Phones

Phones will be off 10 am - 12 pm Tues 13th April, apologies for any inconvenience.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all our guests, families and friends. It is still strange with no guests but things are beginning to open up in the country and so also for us. We have some people who come for public worship. If you would like to come to Mass, please contact hyningbookings@yahoo.co.uk for details. Offices are being streamed, usually Vespers and Vigils. All the community are doing well and are safe. Most of us have been vaccinated except the 2 youngest!

Yesterday we had an Easter Egg hunt. How well do you know our garden???

Pamela's funeral

Pamela's memorial service will take place tomorrow at Hyning. The crematorium service is private but the service for the celebration of her life will be streamed at 1:15 pm onwards from the Hyning Chapel page and via the website,

Pamela Wallis R.I.P.

Most of you will know by now that Pamela, a long time friend of Hyning and a former student of St. Bernard’s, Slough passed away in January. Many of you would have been greeted by her at the door or met her in the Dining Room. She will be greatly missed by our community, and she had a special place in our heart as she was the person who found the house for us. Obviously under the Covid restrictions it is impossible to hold a public funeral. There will be a memorial service for her on Monday 22nd February in our Chapel and it will be live streamed through our website and Facebook page from 1:15 p.m. approx. on that day, after the crematorium service. The time may vary by a few minutes.

Stations of the Cross

Each Friday in Lent we are offering Stations of the Cross in Lent. They will be streamed through our Facebook page - add Hyning Chapel as a friend, or join our group, Bernardine Cistercians or like our page, Bernardines. Or through a Zoom link. You need to email or message srmichaelasbc@yahoo.co.uk for a Zoom link. We will let you know which way it will be streamed each week.

11:00 a.m. each Friday in Lent

Lent retreat

Living the Paschal Mystery today – Zoom retreat day

The dates:  Saturday 20th February and Wednesday 24th February 2021

The timetable for the day: (both days)

10.15 a.m.  Welcome and short prayer – Sr. Elizabeth Mary

10.30 a.m.  – 11a.m. “Job and the Mystery of Suffering” … talk by Sr. Michaela followed by 10 minutes for comments or questions.

11.10 a.m. approx. Break

11.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. “Temptation and Redemption” … talk by Sr. Josephine Mary

12.15 p.m. Midday Office, livestreamed from the chapel

The sisters doing the presentations in the morning will also leave you some questions to think about. These questions will be taken up in an informal and optional discussion from 2.15 p.m. - 3 p.m.

3.15 p.m. – 4 p.m.  “Arise” … talk by Sr. Mary Stella and she will leave you with some thoughts to take away with you at the end of the day.

At 4.30 p.m. each day, the sisters pray silently in chapel for all those affected by the Covid crisis. Those who wish are invited to join us for that time, which will be followed by Vespers, both live streamed from Chapel, closing our day together.

We would ask you to book in for the day you would like to follow.                  Please contact Sr. M Bernard on hyningbookings@yahoo.co.uk  or 01524 732684 before Thursday 18th February if possible.

There will be a voluntary contribution of £10 or £15* for the day, but we would not want anyone who wishes to join us to be left out because of finances.

*If you choose the £15 option, we are also offering 2 follow up discussion sessions on 10th March and 24th March on Zoom at 6 – 7 p.m. each evening.  This will be an opportunity to share on Lent and other ideas from the retreat, especially if you need support on your Lenten journey.  These need to be booked when you contact Sr. Mary Bernard.   

Catholic Voice

If you follow this link you will find news about the Diocese of Lancaster.

February news - advert for Boarbank

Living Laudato Si’:

Your Parish and Your Planet

Zoom Retreats in 2021

12th-16th March & 16th-19th April

(led from Boarbank Hall, Cumbria)

WHY? Faith is the place to start.

WHAT? Understanding is the place to start.

HOW? Sharing experience is the place to start.

WHEN? Now is the place to start.

WHERE? Your parish is the place to start.

WHO? Are YOU the place to start?

What will happen? A long weekend of talks and discussions on zoom, and practical activities, on living the message of Laudato Si’ in and through your parish.

Who is it for? Any interested parishioner is most welcome to join us. The weekend is aimed especially at people with parish responsibilities or who are part of or want to start a relevant parish group.

Timings Sessions will be on Friday night, Saturday morning and night, Sunday afternoon and night and Monday night (leaving people free during the day on Monday).

Speakers include:

Trish Sandbach, who worked in Oxfam Education for many years and led St Benedict’s, Garforth, in the Leeds diocese, to winning a Livesimply award. She is also an assessor for the LiveSimply award www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Livesimply-award.

John Paul de Quay and Ellie Margetts, founder members of the Ecological Conversion Group and Journey to 2030 www.journeyto2030.org.

Sr Margaret Atkins, an Augustinian Canoness at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria, a teacher of philosophy and theology, with a lifelong interest in the natural world, and author of Catholics and Our Common Home: Caring for the Planet in a Time of Crisis (CTS).

www.ctsbooks.org/product/catholics-and-our-common-home

Archbishop John Wilson and Bishop Peter Brignall (March) and Archbishop Bernard Longley and Bishop Marcus Stock (April) will begin and end the weekends with prayer and reflection.

Panel discussions with a range of experts for sharing advice on practical projects.

Cost - voluntary donations gratefully accepted, but there will be no fee for the weekend.

To apply, simply email Sr Margaret Atkins on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.

Phone system

Thursday 26th November is the changeover day for the new phone system, we are moving from BT to Jabbatalk. Apologies if there are problems while the transfer is taking place and while we learn a new phone system. The phone number is the same.

Voice online and more sales....

We hope all of you are keeping well in the wet and chilly November weather and keeping your spirits up with the lockdown. Just a brief note to say a newsletter will be coming soon. Also, still crafts and jams etc available to buy.

If you want to keep up to date with events in the diocese, please click for The Voice online.

Advent Retreat day on Zoom

ADVENT RETREAT DAYS…….Zoom!

The dates:  Thursday 3rd December and Saturday 12th December 2020

The overall theme will be HOPE, much needed at this time!

The timetable for the day:  (both days)

10.15:  Welcome and short prayer - S Elizabeth Mary

10.30 – 11am:  S Michaela will give a talk on the Scriptural aspects of hope. This will be followed by 10 minutes for comments or questions.

11.10 am  Break

11.30 – 12 pm:   S M Stella will present “Our Lady of the Sign”.  Again there will be a few moments for comments and questions.

12.15pm Midday Office, livestreamed from the chapel

The sisters doing the presentations in the morning will also leave you some questions to think about. These questions will be taken up in an informal and optional discussion from 2.15- 3 pm.

3.15 – 4pm:  S Josephine Mary will give a talk on Hope in the monastic tradition, and she will leave you with some thoughts to take away with you at the end of the day.

At 4.30 pm each day, the sisters pray silently in chapel for all those affected by the Covid crisis. Those who wish are invited to join us for that time, which will be followed by Vespers, both live streamed from Chapel, closing our day together.

We would ask you to book in for the day you would like to follow. Please contact S M Bernard on     hyningbookings@yahoo.co.uk   or 01524 732684 or 01524 989380 before Monday 30th November if possible.

There will be a voluntary contribution of £10 for the day, but we would not want anyone who wishes to join us to be left out because of finances.

Live streaming

Hopefully Vespers will follow soon but we are now live streaming Vigils. if you are on Facebook you can watch live or after by going to Hyning Chapel which has a public profile to view the Office. if you are not on Facebook you can watch on this site by going to Vigils on the Prayer page. It is not a performance but hopefully an aid to prayer!