It is with sadness that we share the news that Canon Bill Girard died yesterday, Ash Wednesday, 14 February 2018, at Little Gidding after a short period of ill health. He was 82 and had lived at Little Gidding since
Events Calendar 2018
Advance notice of 2018 events. For a list of dates on which events are planned, please follow the link.
Annual General Meeting 2017
The AGM of the Friends of Little Gidding was held on Saturday 2 December 2017, following the annual commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar Day. For a short report of the meeting, including the election of officers and setting of subscription rates, follow the link.
Nicholas Ferrar Day 2017
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.
For more details follow the link.
Eliot Festival 2017
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.
Tickets are now on sale. For details, follow the link.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2017: the addresses
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”.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2017: Sermon at Evensong
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
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2017: the stations
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.
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2017: Sermon at the Eucharist
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
Little Gidding Pilgrimage 2017
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.