On Saturday 3 December 2022 at 12 noon there will be an Advent talk at Holy Cross at St Andrew’s in Much Hadham.
The speaker will be the well known writer, broadcaster, theologian, academic, retreat giver and spiritual director, Sister Gemma Simmonds CJ. She last spoke at the church in 2019 and made a considerable impression.
Sr Dr Gemma Simmonds CJ is a sister of the Congregation of Jesus, director of the Religious Life Institute and senior lecturer in pastoral theology at the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology, Cambridge. She teaches Christian spirituality at the Cambridge Theological Federation. She has been a spiritual director, retreat giver and lecturer for over 25 years, as well as having worked as a prison and university chaplain. She is the author of The Way of Ignatius and Dancing at Still Point (SPCK).
All are very welcome and there will be refreshments served afterwards.