Lenten Quiet Day

with

Mother Barbara Crafton

Saturday,  March 12, 2011

10:00 am - 3:00 pm

in the Parish Hall and Common Room

The Quiet Day is a miniature retreat, compacted into a single day, but offering some of the features and taste of a retreat at a monastery. We gather for the Angelus and Morning Prayer, as monks and nuns have for centuries. There will be a couple of talks, and then another office of prayer at noon. We will have a nice lunch (provided by the parish at no cost) and then another couple of talks. The day will conclude with the Eucharist. There will be ample time for silence, prayer and meditation. There will be books available, a copy of the list of the names of those who have asked our prayers will be available, and people can trace the Stations of the Cross. When the notice is posted, please sign up for the Quiet Day so that those planning it will know how many people to welcome.

Leader: The Rev’d Barbara Cawthorne Crafton is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and author. She is honorary associate rector of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Metuchen, NJ. She was rector of St. Clement’s Church in Manhattan’s Theatre District. She was also a chaplain on the waterfront of New York, and served both historic Trinity Church, Wall Street and here at St. John’s for five years. She was a chaplain at Ground Zero during the recovery effort after the WTC bombing.

An actress, director and producer, she has worked for many years in combining the lively arts and the life of faith. Her books, articles, and radio scripts have won many awards, including numerous Polly Bond Awards from Episcopal Communicators and the coveted Gabriel Award for religious broadcasting. She is seen frequently on television both as a preacher and as a commentator on Hallmark’s “New Morning” and “America at Worship,” and has been profiled extensively in electronic and print media throughout the world.

Barbara is married to Richard Quaintance, sometimes better known simply as “Q”, a professor of English literature. She has two children and two grandchildren.