WEEK OF ACCOMPANIED PRAYER
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Week of Accompanied in its various forms. There was a very strong sense of the presence of the Holy Spirit throughout the week. Here are the comments from some of the people who attended the closing ceremony on Saturday evening.
 The Prayer Week was a true blessing. Thanks to my prayer guide “Marie” for teaching me new prayer and bringing me closer to understanding and closer to God.
 To come, helps me so much. Get me out of my ordinary thoughts, my life, it gives me a wonderful feeling of peace and serenity – a new dimension.
 It has been an amazing opportunity to be involved in private and communal prayer, and to pray with the Blessed Sacrament in the church. I loved the talks and the chance to have a Prayer Companion.
 This week has been wonderful. Food for the Soul. Once a fortnight or month would be lovely.
 It has been a pleasure to do Exposition for the whole week for you all and I have prayed foe all involved in the special week.
 A privilege to be asked/invited to be a guide – a very humbling experience and really uplifting.
 Inspirational RETREAT / Inspired by the sharing God’s love
 I found the week most beneficial. It gave me a fresh view of the meaning and art of praying and relationship to God
 As a guide, it was a privilege to experience so much trust and respect (in) the participant and to see God in the person’s life.
 The guided prayer was absolutely marvellous. Is it possible if the guides were willing to continue to meet and grow in God’s love through his words once a month or fortnight.
 The talks by Fr Duffy were really inspiring and uplifting. They were also a great help to pray on.
 Gratitude for the work of the Holy Spirit.
 So, so wonderful
 It was very helpful to slip off the daily treadmill and to reflect on the Hol Scripture with a companion. Thank you for giving of yourself.
 One Word – LOVE. One sentence – It really was a “retreat in everyday life” – while the cacophony of everyday life carried on . I was given a chance to try to single out the “Still Small voice of Calm”
 I kept a prayer diary which will / has helped remind me of each days journey. Thank you.
 This week has increased a longing for me. A hunger – a thirst that I cannot seem to quench.
 A very good week, the Spirit is rollicking away!
 The Week was very rewarding – the opportunity to meet and pray with my prayer guide was a very prayerful experience. Thank you to all who organised the week.
 I wish it didn’t have to end. A most enlightening experience.
 A lovely week where we prayed with poems, paintings, sculpture, Icons and together in silence. A wonderful experience of the gentle movement of the Holy Spirit generating a wonderful sense of peace. Thank you
For those who wish to follow up on this wonderful week we have enjoyed you might like to find out more about

 The Christian Life Community
It is.......
 is a lay organization
 is a world community lived out in a local community of 6-10 people
 has a common way of life based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius
 has members in all walks of life
 provides the space for members to respond more fully to God’s loving desires for them.
 There are two CLC groups in Wimbledon
 Contact Myra Fahy [Sorry, number no longer available]
AC and SS

The Jesuit Community
The Parish Ignatian Group
invite you to explore
the world and spirituality
of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
and to participate in a
Week of Accompanied Prayer
In Lent

The Jesuit Community
The Parish Ignatian Group
invite you to explore
the world and spirituality
of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
and to participate in a
Week of Accompanied Prayer
In Lent

For seven days you are invited to embark upon a Retreat in Daily Life:

wherever you are in your spiritual life, whether you pray regularly or not; starting from where you are now, it is an opportunity to explore your relationship with God. You will have the help, encouragement and support of an experienced director and companion in prayer

Such a DAILY LIFE RETREAT is in the spiritual tradition of St. Ignatius Loyola, who wrote his own experience of discovering ‘God in all things’ in his work ‘The Spiritual Exercises’.

It involves...
Setting aside half an hour a day to pray

Meeting your Prayer Companion if possible each day for five days to share your experiences; what is helpful, what things are hard, what might bring you close to God. You will typically spend up to half an hour a day with your Companion, and all that is shared is confidential. You can meet in the morning, afternoon or evening.

Attending the Opening session on Sunday 21 March at 3 p.m. in Upper Parish Hall to meet the other participants and Prayer Companions and attending the Closing session on Saturday 27 March at 8 p.m.

During that week Father Hugh Duffy SJ will talk on Christ in our daily lives and Ignatian ways of praying and living at the 10 am Mass each morning and on Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 pm in the Parish Halls.

Each morning and evening there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
from 10.30 – 12 noon and from 5 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.

All are welcome to participate in this week as much as you can or wish. Some will be able to make the retreat in daily life and attend the evening sessions. Some may choose simply to pray and meet with the Prayer Companion each day. Others may wish to attend the talks and pray privately without meeting a Prayer Companion. Some may simply wish to take advantage of prolonged periods of prayer before the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Whatever you choose, you are very welcome.

Those who wish to meet with a Prayer Companion each day and make the retreat in daily life are invited to either print off the attached Application form (click here) for the Week of Accompanied Prayer and return it asap or apply On-line (click here). The closing date for applications is Monday 15 March.

Father McMillan would urge as many parishioners as possible to join in this week of Parish Prayer.