Events archive
Welcome to our archive of past events. This page illustrates the wide range of topics and the wealth of distinguished speakers that we have been fortunate to engage with.
We recently updated our website. The list below shows past events up until May 2022. You can use the controls to scroll through the pages of the embedded PDF and access recordings of all these past events where they are available. A list of all forthcoming events can be accessed here along with past events from May 2022 to the present day which is here.
2022
‘Christian Imagination in Wales’ – a Reflective Study Day
Three talks given by Rt Revd Dr Rowan Williams:
‘Celebration and Instruction: the art of faith in Wales from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century’
‘The Golden Age of Welsh Hymns: 1750-1900’
‘Faith in the Crucible: modern Welsh writers of faith and doubt’
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 14 May 2022 recordings:
Talk 1: ‘Celebration and Instruction: the art of faith in Wales from the Middle Ages to the Seventeenth Century’
Talk 2: ‘The Golden Age of Welsh Hymns: 1750-1900’
Talk 3: ‘Faith in the Crucible: modern Welsh writers of faith and doubt.’
‘Life Remains a Blessing: Lent with W H Auden’
An online retreat led by Revd Canon Dr Mark Oakley, Dean of St John’s College, Cambridge, and Canon Theologian of Wakefield Cathedral. [ recording ]
Date(s): 26 Feb 2022
Collected Poems and Meanderings
A Book Launch for Ben Simpson. Written in memory of his wife Revd Georgie Simpson, who founded OCSG in 2009 after 20 years of Parish Ministry in Oxford. Georgie died of cancer on 30th October 2020.
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate [ recording ]
Date(s): 06 Jan 2022
2021
St Teresa and the Garden of our Souls
An online retreat, given by Sister Clare-Louise SLG, a great lover of St Teresa, she appreciates gardens, literal and metaphorical, as important places of prayer. [ recording ]
Date(s): 23 Oct 2021 [ recording ]
D H Lawrence: the poet revealed
Led by Professor Valentine Cunningham, this afternoon online session will present the Poet
‘as the great poet of memory, wrestling with the serious Christianity he was brought up in…’
Date(s): 10 Jul 2021 [ recording ]
Saving Beauty: Cultivating an abundant heart in a time of pandemic
An online retreat with Dr Mark S Burrows
Date(s): 01 May 2021 [ recording ]
How the Light Gets In – a short retreat with Angela Tilby
An afternoon online retreat reflecting on Leonard Cohen’s quote
‘There’s a crack, a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’.
Date(s): 13 Feb 2021 [ recording ]
2020
St Teresa and the Garden of our Souls
Mary, Mother of Justice – a short retreat with Pádraig Ó Tuama
An afternoon online retreat exploring Mary, Mother of Justice, through poetry, language, and prayer.
Date(s): 15 Aug 2020 [ we regret the recording was unsuccessful ]
Interior Pilgrimage a Quiet Day for Friends of Christ Church Cathedral
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson & Canon Robin Gibbons [ not recorded ]
Venue: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Date(s): 13 Mar 2020
Innocence and Experience: William Blake’s Spiritual Vision
A Reflective Study Day led by Grevel Lindop, Poet, biographer, critic, essayist and writer
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 15 Feb 2020 [ recording – session 1 only ]
2019
The Return of the Prodigal Son: Lost and Found
A Quiet Day in Preparation for Advent Led by Revd Georgie Simpson and Revd Canon Robin Gibbons
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 30 Nov 2019 [ no recording ]
Exploring John Bunyan’s Journeys
A Reflective Study Day led by Dr Roger Pooley (Honorary Research Fellow, Keele University &
Former President of the International John Bunyan Society) and Professor Valentine Cunningham
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 19 Oct 2019 [recordings: session 1 session 2 session 3 ]
Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality: ‘Repeat Event’
A Reflective Quiet Day led by Tim Stead
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 18 May 2019
Reasons of the Heart: A day with Meister Eckhart
A Meditative Exploration of the Meister’s mystical vision led by Professor Mark S Burrows
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 04 May 2019 [ recordings: session 1 session 2 session 3 ]
‘Only the Song’ – An evening of Poetry – Rainer Maria Rilke and friends
A Reflective evening of poetry led by Revd Mark S Burrows
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 03 May 2019 [ not recorded ]
Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality: ‘Making Space for God’
A Reflective Quiet Day led by Tim Stead
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 23 Feb 2019
Letters from America, 1865: An English Quaker and the ‘emancipated negroes’
A talk by Ben Simpson, on his grandfather’s enquiries into the problems of the freed slaves
Venue: Wolfson College, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Date(s): 14 Feb 2019
2018
Thursday Lunchtime Talks – My Top Ten
11 October Auden, the Psalms and Me given by J. Chester Johnson, Poet, Essayist, and Translator
18 October My Top Ten …. Stories Jesus told given bySteven Croft, Bishop of Oxford
25 October Understanding China today – can Confucius help? Given by Rana Mitter, Director of Oxford University China Centre
1 November Three Thousand Years of Christian Writings given by Richard J Ounsworth OP, Lecturer in Scripture at Blackfriars
8 November Engaging Emptiness given by Matthew Steven Carlos, Zen Monk, Oxford Monastic Institute
15 November Pertinent Questions. Provocative answers. Given by Penny Faust, Broadcaster and Education consultant
22 November Buddhist stories to ponder given by Isabel Smith, Senior member of Shoboan Zen Temple, London
29 November Stories of the Prophets given by Monawar Hussain, Imam & Founder of The Oxford Foundation
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 29 Nov 2018
An Evening with Laurence Freeman OSB: Christian Meditation in a Secular Age –
Rediscovering faith and belief
Venue: Wolfson College, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Date(s): 25 Oct 2018 [ talk and short meditation ]
The Song of Songs – through Word, Music and Silence
Wisdom’s Song of Love through Word, Music and Silence led by Revd Graeme Watson
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 20 Oct 2018
Theme 1 – Longing for Love
Theme 2 – The Elusive Lover
‘Just’ by David Lang [link to Youtube MP3 (opens with advert)]
Chagall’s ‘Song of Songs’ Images [Link to Youtube video]
Theme 3 – The Heart Awake
Musical Interlude
Theme 4 – Love is Strong as Death
Exhibition of Paintings and Thursday Talks at St Giles
Paintings by Nick Mynheer and Robert Wright; event supported by OCSG
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 20 May 2018
Stanley Spencer, painter; Christ in the Wilderness
Study Day will be led by Rt Revd Bishop Stephen Cottrell (Bishop of Chelmsford)
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 24 Mar 2018 Recordings: Talk 1 [1:00 hr] Talk 2 [31 min] Talk 3 [54 min]
[ The fourth session was not recorded ]
Art & Prayer – an evening talk in preparation for Easter
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: St Mary the Virgin, Kirtlington
Date(s): 28 Feb 2018
Enneagram Days Winter 2017 & 2018
Led by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): Commencing 10 Feb 2018
2017
Advent Quiet Day 2017 ‘Mary: Mother of Tenderness, Ark of God’
Led by by Revd Georgie Simpson and Revd Canon Robin Gibbons
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 13 Dec 2017 [ not recorded ]
Thursday Lunchtime Talks – Building Community
12/10/17 The Dynamics and Psychology of Building Community Anne Holmes
19/10/17 L’Arche Community – showing the way George O’Neill
26/10/17 Forming an ethos of community in a college Clare Hayns
2/11/17 Making and Breaking Community in 20th Century India Judith Brown
9/11/17 Grenfell: Why we need a Parish Church Alan Everett
16/11/17 Creating a Community of Different Faiths Bruce Gillingham
23/11/17 Nurturing the life of a Community Tricia Brant
30/11/17 Church & Community nourishing each other? Andrew Bunch, Tom Albinson & Georgie Simpson
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 25 Nov 2017
The Poetry of the World Wars
A reflective study day led by Tim Kendall, Professor of English at Exeter University and editor of Poetry of the First World War: An Anthology.
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 11 Nov 2017 (Armistice Day)
Reflections on The Dream of Gerontius
The evening will include a conversation between Stephen Darlington (Director of Music at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford) and Angela Tilby (Broadcaster, Writer, Canon Emeritus at Christ Church), and a talk by Keri Thomas (specialist in end-of-life care).
Venue: Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Date(s): 12 Oct 2017
Sermon at St Paul’s Cathedral
Given by Revd Georgie Simpson
Date(s): 30 Jul 2017
Enneagram of Contemplative Styles
An event supported by OCSG
Venue: St Barnabas Church, Oxford
Date(s): 07 Jul 2017
The Art of Faith – a day of reflection on Faith, with the paintings of Eularia Clarke
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson and Canon David Mahy
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 21 Jun 2017
Two Enneagram Days Spring 2017
Facilitated by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): Commencing 25 Mar 2017
Reflections in Lent – a Quiet Day
An exploration into The Lord’s Prayer: enriching our relationship with God in a sacred space
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson and Revd Canon Robin Gibbons drawing on poetry by Malcolm Guite
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 08 Mar 2017
Crisis! from Chaos to Creativity
19th January The Dynamic of Crisis Beau Stevenson
26th January Getting Cancer John Davey, Polly Holbrook & Tom Darby
2nd February The Experience of Homelessness Jayson Marc-Frater
9th February Thank God I’m Gay! Jayne Ozanne
16th February 7/7 and its Consequences: a Personal Journey Ian Blair
23rdFebruary Retirement Tony Phelan
2nd March Old Age, Dementia and Death Brian Woolnough
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 02 Mar 2017
The Art of Caravaggio; genius and rebel
A reflective study day exploring the work of Caravaggio, led by Fr Geoff Wheaton SJ, and Revd Georgie Simpson, by courtesy of Professor Valentine Cunningham OBE.
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 25 Feb 2017
[ talks and images not recorded for copyright reasons]
[ recording: Musical Interlude given by Matthew Faulk on the Theorbo, accompanied by Andrew Grant. ]
2016
Enneagram Subtype Days Autumn 2016
Facilitated by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 03 Dec 2016
The Golden Age of Eighteenth-Century Hymn Writers
A reflective study day exploring the work of Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, and other 18th Century great hymn writers, led by Professor Valentine Cunningham, with spiritual reflection led by Revd Georgie Simpson, and music of the period.
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 12 Nov 2016
Session 1 Valentine Cunningham [1hr 11mins]
Session 2 Georgie Simpson – reflections [15mins]
Session 3 Valentine Cunningham [1hr 7mins]
Session 4 Georgie Simpson – reflections [14mins]
The Love of God: Insights into the Kingdom
A series of talks by priests of the Benefice of St Margaret and St Giles
13th October Love: The Heart of the matter – Andrew Bunch
20th October Forgiveness: How love changes lives – Georgie Simpson
27th October Compassion: What motivates love – Andrew Bunch
3rd November Mercy: What facilitates love – Georgie Simpson
10th November Living in love: The dynamic of love Tom Albinson
17th November Humility: The prerequisite of love – Stuart Brand
24th November Generosity: The product of love – Tom Albinson
1st December The Incarnation: Love embodied – Stuart Brand
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 13 Oct 2016, 20 Oct 2016, 27 Oct 2016, 03 Nov 2016, 10 Nov 2016, 17 Nov 2016, 24 Nov 2016, 01 Dec 2016
The Mercy of God in Scripture and Art
Led by Fr Geoff Wheaton SJ of The Mount St Jesuit Centre
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 29 Sep 2016
Retreat Day at St Marks, London: Body, Mind & Wholeness
Supported by OCSG
Venue: the Meditatio Centre St Marks Church, Myddelton Square London EC1R 1XX
Date(s): 07 May 2016
The Gift of Meditation – A Pearl of Great Price
28th April The Present Moment: an Introduction to Mindfulness, Chris Cullen
5th May Light sitting in Light: Zen Practice Sandie Chubb
12th May Mindfulness and Prayer of the Heart in the Orthodox Church Kallistos of Diokleia
19th May Body, Mind and Wholeness Josephine von Zitzewitz
26th May Mindfulness within Buddhism Chris Cullen
2nd June Finding the Way through Meditation Liz Watson
9th June Carmelite Contemplatives: St John of the Cross and St Teresa Cyprian Blamires
16th June The Path to Theosis Keith Ward
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Bandits & Camel Drivers: The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers & Mothers
A Reflective Study Day on the Wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers.
Led by Fr Brendan Thomas, of the Benedictine Community at Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire.
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 14 Apr 2016
Session 1 [42mins]
Session 2 [44mins]
Session 3 [46mins]
Session 4 (Reflections) [45mins]
Good Friday Reflection at Iffley Church
Seven Last Words From The Cross – A Reflection for Good Friday
based on the music by James MacMillan, with Canon Edmund Newey, Sub Dean, Christ Church
Venue: St Mary the Virgin, Iffley
Date(s): 25 Mar 2016
2015
Enneagram Days Autumn 2015
Facilitated by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): commencing 05 Dec 2015
Advent Quiet Day 2015
Led by by Revd Canon Edmund Newey (Sub-Dean, Christ Church Cathedral)
and Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 28 Nov 2015
Mysticism and Poetry in the 17th Century
Led by Dr Carl Schmidt with spiritual reflection and music of the period.
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 31 Oct 2015
Session 1 (Carl Schmidt) [1hr 18mins]
Session 2 (Matthew Faulk instruments & Betty Mahkeninski Soprano) [not recorded]
Session 3 (Reflections led by Revd Georgie Simpson) [23min]
Session 4 (Carl Schmidt) [58mins]
St Teresa of Avila: Doctor of the Soul
A Reflective Study Day – Led by Dr Peter Tyler and Julienne McLean
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 30 Sep 2015
Session 1 (Peter Tyler) [1hr]
Session 2 (Peter Tyler) [45mins]
Session 3 (Matthew Faulk – Lute) [18mins]
Session 4 (Julienne McLean) [45mins]
Session 5 (Julienne McLean) [56mins]
Glimpses of the Divine: Some Personal Encounters
| 30th April 7th May 14th May 21st May 28th May 4th June 11th June 18th June | Fr Robert Ombres OP, Blackfriars, Oxford Revd Angela Tilby, Canon of Christ Church, Oxford Revd James Hanvey SJ, Master of Campion Hall, Oxford Sr Francisca OSC, Abbess of Poor Clares, Arkley, Hertfordshire Revd Canon Beau Stevenson, Pastoral Psychologist Nicholas Mynheer, Fine Artist in Paint, Oil and Stone Very Revd Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Fr Paul Stonham OSB, Abbot of Belmont Abbey, Hereford |
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 30 Apr 2015, 07 May 2015, 14 May 2015, 21 May 2015, 28 May 2015, 04 Jun 2015, 11 Jun 2015, 18 Jun 2015
Enneagram Days Spring 2015
Facilitated by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 21 Mar 2015
A Continuing Journey to the Source: Exploring the Wisdom of the Mystics
22nd January The Desert Fathers and Mothers Kallistos of Diokleia
29th January St Augustine of Hippo: Our hearts are restless Margaret Lane
5th February Mother Teresa: Responding to the thirsting Christ Kathryn Spink
12th February Hadewijch and the Beguines Saskia Murk Jansen
19th February Dante Poet/Mystic? David Bowe
26th February Marjorie Kempe: The Gift of Tears June Boyce-Tillman
5th March John Cassian: Foundation stone of Western Monasticism William Cooper Bailey
12th March Evelyn Underhill: The Making of a Mystic Liz Watson
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
2014
Talk on Dominican Spirituality by Fr Peter Hunter
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 24 Apr 2014
Celebrating the Gift of Prayer
A Quiet Day led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): 29 Mar 2014
Tour of Blackfriars
By courtesy of Fr John O’Connor OP, Prior of Blackfriars
Venue: Blackfriars Priory
Date(s): 13 Mar 2014
Dominican Spirituality
23rd January Fra Angelico: An illustrated talk Dr Nicholas Gendle
30th January St Dominic and the Spirituality of Preaching Simon Gaine OP
6th February The Spirituality of Dominican Government:
why Dominicans love voting Timothy Radcliffe OP
13th February St Thomas Aquinas: God as the Ground of Being Peter Hunter OP
20th February St Catherine of Siena: Compassion and Mysticism Robert Ombres OP
27th February Meister Eckhart: the birth of God in the soul Carsten Barwasser OP
6th March St Thomas Aquinas: The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, especially Wisdom Richard Conrad OP
13th March A Tour of the Dominican Priory and Church, Blackfriars, and Midday Prayers with the friars John O’Connor OP, Prior of Blackfriars
Venue: The Parish Rooms, St Giles Church, Oxford
2013
led by Revd Georgie Simpson & Revd Jean King
Venue: St Marys Church, Kidlington
Date(s): 14 Dec 2013
An Evening with Bishop Richard, Lord Harries of Pentregarth
Venue: Wolfson College, Leonard Wolfson Auditorium
Date(s): 28 Nov 2013
A day with John Donne
Courtesy of Professor Valentine Cunningham with academic input by Professor Peter McCullough, (Lincoln College, Oxford) and spiritual input by Canon Chancellor Mark Oakley (St Pauls Cathedral).
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 23 Nov 2013
A Reflective Study Day on the Irish Celtic Saints by Ray Simpson
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 16 Nov 2013
A Reflective Study Evening on the British Celtic Saints by Ray Simpson
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 15 Nov 2013
Labyrinth Prayer Evening
Offered by the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS), and supported by OCSG
Venue: Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, St Philip & St James Church
Date(s): 09 Nov 2013
The Art and Spirituality of Sieger Köder
Given by Sister Magdalen Lawler & Tom McGuinness SJ
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 19 Oct 2013
17th October ‘St Patrick and the Origins of Celtic Christianity’ Sr Elizabeth Rees (Scholar and Writer)
24th October ‘Things needful to know: the spirituality of the Lindisfarne Gospels’
Michelle Brown (Professor Emerita Mediaeval Manuscripts)
31st October ‘Building the New on Foundations of Old’ Philip Mader-Grayson (Northumbria Community)
7th November ‘The Spirituality of the Iona Community’ Tony Phelan (Iona Community)
14th November ‘St Hilda, the Synod of Whitby and the Great Emergence’
Ray Simpson (Founding Guardian Community of Aidan & Hilda)
21st November ‘The Celtic Vision of Thomas Merton’ Esther de Waal (Scholar and Writer)
28th November Celtic Monasticism’ Sr Francisca (Poor Clare, Scholar and Writer)
5th December ‘Celtic Spirituality Today’ Simon Reed (Guardian Community of Aidan and Hilda)
Venue: The Parish Rooms, next to St Giles Church, Oxford
Franciscan Spirituality: Embracing Creation with Love
25th April Franciscan Origins: Francis and Clare and the world in which they lived Sr Francisca, Poor Clares, Arkley
2nd May Peacemaking and Franciscan Spirituality Revd Jonathan Herbert, Hilfield Friary
9th May The Relevance of Franciscan Spirituality Today
Fr Seamus Mulholland, Franciscan International Study Centre, Canterbury
16th May Franciscan Prayer and Contemplation BrNicholas Alan SSF, Glasshampton Monastery
23rd May The Origins of Franciscan Theology: Bonaventure, Master of Paris, Disciple of Assisi
FrPaul Rout OFM, Heythrop College, University of London
30th May Ecology and Franciscan Spirituality BrSamuel SSF, Hilfield Friary
6th June The Life of St Francis in Renaissance Italian Art
DrNicholas Gendle, Art Historian, University of Oxford
13th June Francis and the Papacy Fr Tom Reist, Franciscan International Study Centre, Canterbury
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Finding God in all things: The Way of Love with St Ignatius
17th January ‘Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality: Praying with the Scriptures’
Nicholas King SJ, New Testament teacher at the University of Oxford
24th January ‘Being a loved & forgiven sinner’ Gemma Simmonds CJ, theologian, lecturer at Heythrop College
31st January ‘Do Teddy Bears make good Spiritual Directors?: Ignatius the Psychologist’
Brendan Callaghan SJ, Psychologist of Religion and Master of Campion Hall
7th February ‘Living in the heart of Christ’ Bruce Batstone CJN, Anglican priest, tutor in Ignatian Spirituality
14th February ‘St Ignatius and his reflections on the love of God’
Kenneth Boyd Browne, Psychotherapist, Spiritual Companion & Supervisor
21st February ‘Reviewing the Day: Earthing our Spirituality’
Gerard W Hughes SJ, author of God of Surprises, God in all things, etc.
28th February ‘The Spiral Gospel: the dynamic of the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius’
Antonia Lynn, spiritual director, supervisor, tutor in Ignatian Spirituality
7th March ‘Living the Ignatian Way in everyday life’
Kate Stogdon, Cenacle Sister, theologian, tutor in Ignatian Spirituality
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Facilitated by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: The Music Room, The Gables, Eynsham
Date(s): commencing 23 Feb 2013
2012
Time, Rhythm and Balance for busy people: Insights from Benedictine Spirituality
A Quiet Day of Reflection for Advent and beyond, led by Revd Georgie Simpson & Revd Jean King
Venue: St Marys Church, Kidlington
Date(s): 08 Dec 2012
Benedictine Wisdom: Timeless Guidance for Today’s World
11th October ‘Benedict: his gift to the world’ Dom David Foster, former Prior & Novice Master of Downside Abbey
18th October ‘Holy Listening: the Sound of Silence’ Dom Stephen Ortiger, Monk and former Abbot of Worth
25th October ‘The Prologue: A clarion call for discipleship’ Esther de Waal, Writer on the Monastic Tradition
1st November ‘Benedict: Human and Holy’ Dom Brendan Thomas, Novice Master of Belmont Abbey
8th November ‘Liturgy and Monastic Prayer’ Dom Paul Stonham, Abbot of Belmont
15th November ‘Benedict’s Rule outside the cloister – balancing the active and contemplative life’
Emma Pennington, Parish Priest, Scholar of Mediaeval Christian Spirituality
22nd November ‘Lay Monks? You must be joking!’ Michael Woodward, Poet, Publisher, Photographer, Lay Benedictine
29th November ‘Rooted and Grounded in Love: Benedict’s legacy for us today’ RevdCanon Dr Vincent Strudwick Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Strange Delights and Millions of Surprises
A reflective day, exploring the work of George Herbert, with Professor Valentine Cunningham and Revd Canon Mark Oakley
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 17 Nov 2012
Led by Josephine Seccombe
Venue: St Michael at the North Gate
Date(s): 13 Oct 2012
The best of times, the worst of times: Charles Dickens – a man for our times
26th April ‘Why Dickens?’ Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
3rd May ‘Dickens by the Clock’ Dr Matthew Bevis
10th May ‘Dickens’ Style’ Professor Helen Small
17th May ‘Great Expectations and the Unconscious’ Professor John Carey
24th May ‘Dickens and Education: Dombey and Son’ Professor Sally Shuttleworth
31st May ‘Dickens and his Critics’ Dr Freya Johnston
7th June ‘Dickens and Shakespeare’ Professor Michael Slater
14th June ‘Dickens and London’ Dr Daniel Tyler
21st June ‘Dickens on Dickens’ Gerald Dickens
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Exploring Spirituality
closed sessions for parish members, held during Spring 2012
Venue: St Margaret’s Church, Oxford
Date(s): 26 May 2012
The Poetry of Mary Oliver and the Art of Georgia O’Keeffe
A day of Poetry, Art & Meditation, with Anne Long and Margaret Gill.
Venue: Oxford Quakers Meeting House
Date(s): 21 Apr 2012
23rd February Revd Dr Andrew Gregory
St Luke University College, Oxford
1st March Revd Dr John Muddiman
St Mark Mansfield College, Oxford
8th March Professor Markus Bockmuehl
St Matthew Keble College, Oxford
15th March Fr. Peter Edmonds SJ
St John Campion Hall, Oxford
22nd March Revd Robin Griffith Jones,
St Paul The Temple, London
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Given to members of The Wives’ Fellowship by Rev’d Georgie Simpson.
Venue: St Andrews Church, Linton Road, Oxford Date(s): 20 Feb 2012
2011
Advent Quiet Day: Meditations on Living the Waiting
with Revd Jean King and Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: All Saints Convent, Oxford
Date(s): 03 Dec 2011
Deanery Retreat
Venue: Stanton House Retreat Centre, Oxford
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Date(s): 30 Nov 2011
T S Eliot’s Four Quartets: Explorations and Meditations on Unheard Words and Timeless Moments
Led by Professor Valentine Cunningham
Venue: Corpus Christi College
Date(s): 26 Nov 2011
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: All Saints Convent, Oxford
Date(s): 14 Aug 2011
Residential retreat for Franciscan Third Order
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: Freeland Convent
Date(s): 28 Mar 2011
2010
Letting Go… from Crisis to Growth
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: Begbroke Priory
Date(s): 23 Oct 2010
A Quiet Day led by Revd Canon George Pattison
Venue: Christ Church College, Oxford (The Priory Room)
Date(s): 02 Oct 2010
Interactive Exhibition – ‘Expanding our Vision’
Supported by OCSG
Venue: St Giles Church, Oxford
Date(s): commencing 30 Sep 2010
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: Begbroke Priory
Date(s): 13 Mar 2010
The Practice of Spiritual Direction in East & West »
Contribution by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: St Theosevia CSG
Date(s): 23 Jan 2010
2009
Meditations on Waiting and Trusting
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: Lincoln College, Oxford
Date(s): 12 Dec 2009
Meditations on ‘The Light of the World’
Led by Revd Georgie Simpson
Venue: Keble College, Oxford
Date(s): 07 Nov 2009