{"id":3058,"date":"2016-02-03T06:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T06:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=3058"},"modified":"2016-02-01T15:13:53","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T15:13:53","slug":"finding-saint-francis-journey-with-us-during-lent-at-st-michaels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=3058","title":{"rendered":"Finding Saint Francis &#8211; journey with us during Lent at St Michael&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3059 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Francis_of_Assisi_-_Cimabue.jpg\" alt=\"Francis_of_Assisi_-_Cimabue\" width=\"220\" height=\"670\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 220px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 220\/670;\" \/>This Lent we are offering a variety of activities including the <a href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/2016\/join-us-for-the-next-pilgrim-course-looking-at-the-creeds\" target=\"_blank\">Pilgrim Course<\/a> (about the Creeds) and a course on Prayer in the deanery with Bishop Mark. In addition this Lent we will be exploring the life of Saint Francis and how he might inspire our Christian lives today.<\/p>\n<p>There will be three activities to choose from; you may attend one or all of these, feel free to attend the 7pm Eucharist held just before the sessions:<\/p>\n<p><u>Tuesday 16<sup>th<\/sup> February at 7.45pm<\/u> (Kepier Hall Community Room)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Documentary:<\/strong> begin Lent watching a documentary about the life of St Francis followed by a group discussion.<\/p>\n<p><u>Tuesday 1<sup>st<\/sup> March at 7.45pm<\/u> (Kepier Hall Community Room)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film night:<\/strong> watch a new film \u2018Finding Saint Francis\u2019 filmed at the home of the Anglican Society of Saint Francis, Hilfield Friary in Dorset. The trailer can be viewed here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Finding Saint Francis (official trailer)\" width=\"940\" height=\"529\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TW9NUrFSCP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following the film there will be a group discussion.<\/p>\n<p><u>Tuesday 15<sup>th<\/sup> March at 7.45pm<\/u> (Kepier Hall Community Room) OR<\/p>\n<p><u>Friday 18<sup>th<\/sup> March at 2.00pm <\/u>(Space 4) \u2013 same session repeated<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Club:<\/strong> join a group reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/918538.Chasing_Francis\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Chasing Francis: a pilgrim\u2019s tale\u2019 by Ian Morgan Cron<\/a> ending Lent with a discussion group.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chase Falson has lost his faith so he crosses the Atlantic to visit his uncle, a Franciscan priest, where he encounters the teachings of Francis of Assisi and rediscovers his ancient faith. Follow Chase&#8217;s spiritual journey in the footsteps of Francis, and then begin one of your own through the pilgrim&#8217;s guide included in this book.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Please sign up on the sheet at the back of church to order your book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Lent we are offering a variety of activities including the Pilgrim Course (about the Creeds) and a course on Prayer in the deanery with Bishop Mark. In addition this Lent we will be exploring the life of Saint Francis &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/?p=3058\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[254,96,253,115,251,111,252],"class_list":["post-3058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-book","tag-course","tag-documentary","tag-film","tag-francis-of-assisi","tag-lent","tag-saint-francis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3060,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3058\/revisions\/3060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmichaels-hls.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}