Walking Away
Categories: franciscan, third-order-society-of-st-francis, retreats, first-order-society-of-st-francis
Tags: Compton Durville
Date: 23 May 2010 14:38:31
We're newly back from spending a gloriously sunny weekend in Somerset. The main purpose of which was to say goodbye to my long-term retreat place CSF Compton Durville. As I may have mentioned elsewhere, sadly, it's having to close, with the community being dispersed (the Miffy imagination visualises brown-clad sisters wafting gently on the breeze to the far corners of the kingdom!) to other houses in the province. About 130 people, all of whom, like myself, will each have their own stories to tell about their encounters with God in this very special place came to an open afternoon, concluding with a farewell Eucharist. The photo of my good self was taken, courtesy of Mr M* in the convent's wild garden, one of my favourite haunts. More, perhaps, on my other blog. As I said to Mr M on the drive back, I'm not sure at the moment exactly how I feel about it all. I am glad, though, that we went.
* Apologies for the none too flattering view here. For reasons beyond my (admittedly limited) technical ken, the beloved's memory card refuses to let me 'shrink' the snap to medium.
** Nope, you're in luck. What a relief!