Series of free Advent talks on offer in Ely

A series of advent talks are set to take place at St Etheldreda in Ely including Portraits of Salvation, Underground Christmas and Music and Faith.

Portraits of Salvation, Joyful Mysteries: the Gospel of Luke by Deacon Paul Raynes (St Etheldreda’s)

December 4, 6.30pm

Luke is a brilliant portrait painter in words, whose Gospel emphasises Jesus’s Good News for the poor and the outsider and introduces the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary. There is great debate over the role Luke gives to women in his Gospel and in its sequel the Acts of the Apostles. Deacon Paul will introduce this Gospel which we will read together during the Church year that begins this Advent, and reflect on its teaching about how missionary disciples should confront money and political power.

Underground Christmas: celebrating the Nativity in Penal Times, by Fr John Morrill (Professor Emeritus of British and Irish History, University of Cambridge, Selwyn College)

December 11, 6.30pm

Father John is a leading expert on the English Civil War and the religious history of early modern Britain, and a former President of the Cromwell Association. He is also The Diocese of East Anglia’s newest priest. He will bring to the city where Cromwell lived the story of Catholic Christmas in a time of religious persecution.

Cultivating attention: Music and Faith, by  Dr Férdia Stone-Davis (St Etheldreda’s, Margaret Beaufort Institute, Murray Edwards College)

December 18, 6.30pm

Ferdia is a specialist in the relationship  between faith and music. Faith involves trust, it is a response to something given. We will explore  music as a practice of attentiveness and faithful response to each other and to God.  

All the talks will take place at 6.30 on Wednesday evenings in the Parish Rooms at St Etheldreda’s, Egremont Street, Ely and last an hour, including time for discussion. Refreshments will be available  and everyone is welcome.

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