Commemorating Nicholas Ferrar : helping preserve Little Gidding : remembering T S Eliot
The Rt Revd Frank Griswold presided at the annual commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar at Little Gidding on Saturday 2 December 2017. Bishop Frank is a former Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the USA, and a long-time member of the Friends of Little Gidding.
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This year’s T S Eliot Festival is on Sunday 9 July, and celebrates the centenary of the publication of the poet’s first collection, Prufrock and Other Observations.
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This year’s addresses were given by Dr Bridget Nichols and the Revd Canon Tim Alban Jones, who took as their theme “An Exploration of the Psalms”.
There is at the heart of Christianity something of split – a dichotomy, if you’d prefer between the opposing forces of individualism and community. These two tendencies which pull in opposite directions are also strongly and markedly at work in
Reflections on the Psalms by Canon Tim Alban Jones and Bridget Nichols at the 2017 Little Gidding Pilgrimage. To read the reflections, follow the link.
There is a narrow passage in Cambridge, running between Gonville and Caius and Trinity Colleges. It is called Garrett Hostel Lane, and someone, perhaps one of the enterprising young men who lure tourists into very expensive punts, regularly refreshes a
Saturday 20 May The 2017 Pilgrimage is on Saturday 20 May and will be led jointly by Canon Tim Alban Jones and Dr Bridget Nichols.
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The annual commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar takes place at Little Gidding on the Saturday closest to his feast day, Saturday 3 December 2016, with a celebration of Holy Communion at 10.30am. The Rector, the Revd Mary Jepp, will preside and afterwards Canon Jessica Martin will give the address. The AGM of the Friends of Little Gidding will follow after lunch.
This year’s Little Gidding Pilgrimage is just a few weeks away, on Saturday 21 May. Further details of the programme are now available and we invite you to let us know if you are coming.