Thinking Faith 2026 – Mary, Mother of God and of the Church

Thinking Faith is a week-long summer retreat at Boarbank Hall, Cumbria, for working-age Catholics in need of a break! It runs from 1st to 8th August 2026. Boarbank Hall is near Grange-over-Sands, overlooking Morecambe Bay. Thinking Faith was started 21 years ago by Sr Margaret Atkins OSA with assistance from former members of the Lay Community of Blackfriars, Cambridge and several Dominican

Our Lady in Latin

Do you sing Latin hymns to Our Lady? Do you know what the words mean? Our Lady in Latin is a residential weekend retreat designed to enable complete beginners in Latin to learn all the Latin they need to sing three of our best loved Marian Antiphons. It takes place at Boarbank Hall, Cumbria from 10th

A New Programme for Lay People

The Lay Mission project brings people to discover their individual charisms and gifts and discern practical ways to put these to use in the service of the Gospel, in their secular contexts, and so sanctify the world. It encourages participants to explore how their faith can be lived to the full in the domains of