About this Event
The Lens of Renewal – Listening for the Still Small Voice
An online retreat from the chapel and gardens of The Royal Foundation of
St Katharine, with Steve Radley.
Saturday 20th July 2024
10.15am - 12.30
All BLURB TBC
Both cost and time can make it hard to travel away for a retreat, so St Katharine’s
bring this retreat into your home. Join us for 2 hours to explore how your
smartphone can help you notice God within the ordinary, build relationships and
quieten our minds, centring us in the present moment. We can only ever meet God
in the present which is where God’s renewal always starts and progresses from.
Timings
10:15am Please log onto the retreat from this time
10:30am Introduction and Welcome
10:35am Opening Prayers
10:45am Reflection: The me I bring on this retreat
10:55am Individual exercise
11:15am Reflection: The lens of renewal
12:20pm Closing thoughts
12:25pm Closing Prayers
12:30pm We depart in peace to love and serve the Lord
Stephen Radley is an Anglican priest, professional photographer and members ambassador for the Guild of Photographers. A military veteran, he found healing from his military experiences through photography. In 2021 he was awarded the Amateur Photographer Magazine Unsung Hero Award.
Steve grew up in the Lake District and has a love of the outdoors and fell walking. He is a keen sailor and accredited RYA buddy sailor with Sailability (sailing alongside people with disabilities). His working life started in agriculture followed by service on the Lee Abbey Community, a short career in business, training for ordination in 1993. Steve joined the RAF Chaplains branch in 2000. His experience of war left him with a passion to help people find peace by seeing in new ways. This desire saw Steve pioneer a new direction in his ministry using image to promote resilience and build relationships through his organisation, Soulful Vision.
Steve is a doctoral student, researching healing after trauma through photography, has a BTh (hons) in theology, holds a MSc in Psychiatry & War and certificates in counselling and MHFA. He has personal experience of mental health having suffered from depression, anxiety and moral injury, the latter following his last deployment to Afghan. Soulful Vision brings together this study and experience.
Steve has led retreats and workshops across the UK and Ireland including: Sheldon, Devon; Launde Abbey, Leicestershire; The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, London; Shepherds Dene, Northumbria; Cliff College, Derbyshire; & Manresa, The Jesuit Centre of Spirituality, Dublin.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine, 2 Butcher Row, London, United Kingdom
GBP 20.00