News

Fr Nicolas is continuing to add new videos to his YouTube series. This week Fr Nicolas talks on ‘The Promise of Eternal Life’, and previously added a video discussing, ‘Distractions in prayer’. Fr Charlie nCR has also contributed to the series with his video, ‘The sayings of the Desert Fathers’. There are many videos to […]

Refurbishment Project We were greatly encouraged by the news that the Community has been awarded a grant by the Number 1 Trust towards the cost of our library refurbishment project. We are hoping work will begin on the project in the next couple of months. In order to protect and preserve the library collection and to […]

The Requiem Mass for Fr Eric Simmons CR will be held in the Church of the Resurrection, Mirfield, at 11.00 am on Thursday 4th February. You can access the service as it is live-streamed with this link:https://www.facebook.com/Mirfieldservices or you can find a link on our streaming page:https://mirfield.org.uk/live-streaming/ The conditions of lockdown and the safety of […]

Our dear brother Eric CR died on Tuesday 19th January, after a short illness (non Covid-19 related). Eric was in his 91st year and the 58th year of his profession in the Community. Eric served as Superior of the Community from 1974 until 1987. We give thanks to God for our brother, for his faithfulness […]

Fr Nicolas has started a new YouTube series. There are currently four videos to view, covering a range of interesting topics. You can watch any of his talks here; https://youtu.be/bG2kSK921EU Please subscribe to the channel to receive notifications of new videos. Fr John has also produced a talk for Advent which can be viewed here; […]

The College is warmly welcoming enquiries and applications from prospective students. If you, or anyone you know, is interested in preparing for ordained ministry then The College of The Resurrection could be the place for you. We are currently offering a “Zoom Tour” and can organise conversations with current students. You can also obtain an […]

You can still nominate us in Ecclesiastical’s 12 days of giving, your nomination could be the one that helps us win £1,000! Open to eligible charities in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man, Ecclesiastical will be donating a total of £120,000 to 120 charities over 12 days in December and […]

Join with us is the title of our new page on Facebook dedicated to live-streaming our services to the wide world. Usually the numbers watching are in the hundreds, while a smaller group of regulars send in comments, and now even greet each other as they come on line. Throughout the spring and summer we […]

Great news! There are now two ways in which you can help raise money for the Community or the College (Frere Educational Trust) at no additional cost to yourself. We’ve registered with easyfundraising, it’s a great site where you can help CR or the Frere Educational Trust raise funds simply by doing your everyday online […]

Few Mirfield students think their time here quite complete until they have returned for Deacons’ Week. It was our privilege, last month, to welcome back seven deacons who left the College in 2019. Their visit allowed us to trial our social distancing measures for the new term and so it was with some confidence that […]