26th – 30th July 2010
Hayes Conference Centre,
Swanwick, Derbyshire
FORGIVENESS
Julie Nicholson
Forgiveness: Simple Truths and Complex Realities
"Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea
until he has something to forgive."
Julie Nicholson is an ordained priest in the Church of England. Her career has spanned nursing, teaching and more recently writing and broadcasting. Julie is a devotee of the arts and has had extensive experience working with communities in the field of theatre arts. Until 2005 Julie was Priest in Charge of an East Bristol parish. Following the death of her eldest daughter Jennifer, in what has become known as the 7/7 London Bombings, Julie stepped aside from parish ministry and is currently working as Theatre Arts Director in the Diocese of Bristol. This work provides creative space for people to meet with other people and to engage with questions of life, death, fall and redemption, love and betrayal. In 2008 she co-authored and presented a programme for Radio 4 In Search of Forgiveness which explored the meaning of forgiveness from varying perspectives, ranging from the theological to the psychological to the sociological. The programme also engaged with people who have faced the challenge of forgiveness in their personal lives.
Julie’s first book - ‘A Song for Jenny’ is due to be published later this year.
Fr Edmund Power OSB
Reconciliation with oneself, the tension in the human heart, sin and its place in Divine Providence, reflections on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, weakness and strength in spiritual growth.
FR EDMUND POWER OSB, born in 1952, entered Douai Abbey and gained degrees in philosophy and theology as well as a PhD in theology. In 1978-89, he was involved in teaching and pastoral work at Douai School and from then until 1991 his ministry was in youth work in the Catholic diocese of Portsmouth. From 1991-93 Fr Edmund taught monastic theology and was active in monastic formation at the international Benedictine university of Sant'Anselmo in Rome. 1993-1997 saw him as headmaster of Douai School and in 1997 he became prior of Sant'Anselmo where he remained until 2004.
From 2005 to date, he has been abbot of St Paul's outside the Walls in Rome.
Fr Edmund is the author of two books - "Blessed Be God", 2009 (a short collection of meditations on texts of St Paul) and " In Viaggio con San Paolo: Riflessioni Dell'Abate di San Paolo fuori le Mura", 2008 - a longer series of reflections, not yet published in English.
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