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Events
Programme
2022
Welcome
to Parcevall Hall
Parcevall Hall warmly welcomes residential We don’t charge a single supplement, and
guests and day visitors all year round. you won’t be asked to share your room.
Individual private guests and groups of Alternatively, bring a friend or partner
to share time, companionship and peace
many kinds, secular and religious, have come
in beautiful surroundings.
here to experience peace and tranquillity
since the Hall opened as a Retreat House Food
in 1963. Educational, music, art, yoga,
One of the pleasures of spending time away
singing and parish groups come to the
is the joy of good food with none of the
Hall for the space, calm and comfort
work. Our guests are very complimentary
they’re seeking for their time together.
about our delicious home-cooked food,
Private bookings from groups and individuals made with high quality fresh ingredients,
can be made for a day or more of peace locally sourced wherever possible. You
away from the busyness of daily life. won’t go home hungry! We can cater for
any dietary requirement.
Individual guests
We regularly welcome guests who choose Programmed events
to come away on their own for rest and We run a variety of events, details of which
relaxation. They often make new friends you’ll find in this programme. In addition
during their stay, and enjoy the freedom to the popular music, art and literature
to explore the surrounding countryside appreciation events, walking breaks, led
and villages from the comfort of the Hall. retreats, and Open Quiet Days, we add
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new events each year. As the majority time, which you’ll find on our website and
of the 2020 programme was cancelled, Facebook page, or you can join our mailing
most of the new events which couldn’t list to receive offers and news from us by
go ahead last year and in 2021 are included email. Please contact the office for details
for 2022, plus one or two more. of how you can do this.
Will Poulter talks about Chiang Yee, author
Things to do and see
of The Silent Traveller, who stayed at
Parcevall in the 30s and penned The Silent Parcevall is surrounded by its lovely gardens,
Traveller in the Yorkshire Dales; a workshop and the scenic beauty of Wharfedale and
led by Dr Cathy Brown, Building Resilience, the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
using reflection, evidence, insight and The Dales Way is on our doorstep, and
experience; a study day on Julian of walkers regularly visit this part of the
Norwich with Joyce Simpson; Birdwatching world to enjoy the stunning scenery
with Chris Bradshaw, which will include of this valley, and the challenges of
the option to rise early and hear the dawn Wharfedale’s hills. Fly fishing in the River
chorus; a two-day retreat to enrich our Wharfe is excellent, widely considered
understanding of Islam, its history, tradition to be one of the best brown trout rivers
and present-day challenges for Christians in the country. Day tickets for fishing can
and Muslims, led by Dr Phil Lewis; be purchased from nearby Bolton Abbey,
a retreat led by Jill Benet, focussing on Burnsall and Kilnsey.
the contemplative method of Centering A short drive away are the attractive
Prayer, which was developed in the 1980s towns of Grassington, Harrogate, Ilkley,
by Thomas Keating; and Exploring Christian Skipton and Pateley Bridge and in the
Meditation, an opportunity to learn about other direction, the wild limestone
the many benefits and try out different landscapes of Littondale and beyond.
techniques of meditation with Revd There are numerous activities and places
Elizabeth Brown. More details about these of interest, (not to mention possibly one
events are included in this programme. of the finest ‘real’ pubs in England!), all
We may add other events from time to within easy reach.
Barden Moor The Craven Arms,
Appletreewick
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Facilities The Solar Lounge is one of guests’
favourite gathering places, a welcoming
Parcevall Hall has 17 charming, simple
and comfortable room where you will find
and comfortable bedrooms which can
the bar. The door from the Solar leads
accommodate up to 28 people. Most
onto a private terrace, where you can sit
guests stay on a full board basis, but if you
and look out over the gardens to the rocky
prefer to explore during the day, you can
peak of Simon’s Seat.
stay on either a dinner, bed and breakfast
or B&B basis. If you let us know in advance, Parcevall has an indoor and an outdoor
we can provide a packed lunch for a picnic. Chapel. All are welcome to our services –
All meals are served in the Dining Room, please see ‘Religious Services’ below.
which is one of the oldest parts of the Hall. All guests have free access to the gardens
We have a small gift shop selling greetings during their stay.
cards, notebooks, chocolates and toiletries. If you would like to see the full selection of
We also sell a selection of our homemade photographs of the bedrooms and public
jams and chutneys. areas, please visit the Gallery on our website.
The Milner Room is the largest meeting
Booking
area, which has a high quality audio-visual
system and is situated downstairs with There is usually a high demand for spaces
easy access from the archway entrance. at our programmed events, and so bookings
Upstairs, there is the writing room and are on a first-come, first-served basis.
a smaller, more intimate meeting room Booking forms for either events or private
for smaller groups or relaxation. stays can be downloaded from our
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website and you will also find one in the your booking. We also understand that centre of this programme. These can be you may need to change or cancel your posted or emailed to us. However, please booking with us if you are subject to contact us before sending a booking Covid-19 restrictions or requirements. form to check availability. Once this is In these cases, we will offer you the confirmed, a non-refundable deposit will option to either cancel, postpone or roll secure your booking. forward your booking to another date. Most events and private stays begin at For as long as there are recognised and 4pm on your arrival day, unless alternative recommended measures against Covid-19, arrangements have been made with us we will send you our current guest in advance. guidance on booking, outlining what Exclusive use of the Hall is available for mitigations we have in place to help us groups of 17 or more, or for smaller groups keep you and our staff safe, and what paying the equivalent amount. we ask of you in return. Covid-19 Religious Services Please note that if Covid-19 restrictions A service of Holy Communion is held and requirements are current when an in the inside Chapel each Tuesday at event in this programme is due to take 10.15am, followed by coffee and biscuits place, we may need to change or cancel served in the Solar Lounge. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 5
The Friends of Parcevall Hall If you would like to join the Friends
The Hall does not receive any grants or you can use the form in the centre of
external funding, and so we’re fortunate this programme, download one from
to have the support of a substantial and our website or call the office, and we will
very active group of Friends. send one to you.
The Friends support the work of Parcevall The Parcevall Hall Team
Hall through prayer, practical help and an We have a small and dedicated team
annual subscription, which has provided of cooks, housekeepers, front of house
funds over the years for refurbishment and backroom staff who keep the Hall
and new equipment. The Friends also running smoothly. They make an invaluable
provide bursaries to assist anyone in need contribution to the atmosphere of welcome
who might benefit from the peace and and comfort our guests come to enjoy.
tranquillity the Hall offers.
Many of you will know Parcevall Hall’s
The Friends come together at the Hall long-serving Chaplain, Canon Graham
several times each year, and receive Bettridge. He is available for quiet days
a bi-annual newsletter with details of and services, and time with Graham can
forthcoming events and news. usually be arranged through the Hall for
confession, prayer or a confidential chat.
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The History
of the Hall
The Hall was built on land which once create the door latches and hinges of the
belonged to Bolton Priory and is Grade II* period which are still in place.
Listed, its oldest part dating back to 1586. He had a passion for plants and a strong
Records show that Persevall’s Ferme was aesthetic sense, which he expressed in the
bought by Sir John Yorke and occupied design of Parcevall’s gardens, the planting
by his two sons at different times before of rare species collected in Western China
coming into the possession of Christopher and Tibet, and in his co-founding of
Lowson and his wife Elizabeth, who made Harlow Carr Gardens near Harrogate.
additions to the house in 1671.
The work on the Hall began during the
For the next two hundred years the house time of the 1920s depression. For local
was occupied by a succession of farmers labourers, the generous wages paid by
and tenants, including the Yorke family Sir William and the secure employment he
who returned for a short period in the provided earned him gratitude and respect.
19th century.
In her history of the Milner Family,
Sir William Milner, the eighth baronet Dr Heather Beaumont notes that
of Nun Appleton, bought the house in ‘…Parcevall Hall is probably one of the
1927 from a Skipton antique dealer, Frank last country homes to be created by an
Laycock. Sir William was a godson of English Gentleman’.
Queen Mary and an architect by profession,
Sir William was a deeply religious and
and having acquired the house he set
a shy man. He never married, and when
about restoring it with great skill and
vision, taking care to preserve its original he died in 1960 he bequeathed Parcevall
features. He reproduced these faithfully Hall to the Guardians of the Shrine of
when he extended Parcevall, salvaging Our Lady of Walsingham.
timbers from 17th-century buildings and The Guardians now manage the estate
employing local master craftsmen to and gardens, and the Hall is leased and
cut and dress the stone, supply suitable run by the Church of England Diocese
leadwork, re-cast plaster mouldings and of Leeds.
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Events
Programme
2022
There are four Open Quiet Days in 2022 at Parcevall Hall. Breaking with the tradition
of the last few years, we’re now asking you to book in advance by email or phone. We’ve
been glad to see the popularity of these days increase, but with higher attendance
has come a lessening of the quiet and peace, and so on reflection, we are reluctantly
restricting numbers to 25.
Each of our Open Quiet Days this year has a different leader. Revd Nicholas Mercer
was ordained in 2011 after twenty-five years as a solicitor. He is now the Rector of
Bolton Priory, and will lead the January Open Quiet Day.
Lynn Parker leads our April day. She has led several retreats at Parcevall Hall for the
Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer, is a Reader for the Church of England, and also
leads Bible Study retreats for her local church.
The third will be led by Katharine Cheney. Katharine is a confirmed member of the
Methodist Church and the Church of England, and lives a spiritual unity. She is a long-
time friend of the Hall.
The final Open Quiet Day this year will be led by Revd Canon Ailsa Newby. Ailsa
served in the Diocese of Southwark before moving north, where she is now Spirituality
and Spiritual Direction Co-ordinator for the Ripon Episcopal Area.
24 JANUARY songs and rounds are sensitively taught
Monday 10am-4pm using call and response.
Quiet Day I Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural
voice practitioner. She has worked as
Leader: Revd Nicholas Mercer a music specialist in primary and special
‘The Subtle Violence of Busyness’ school settings and leads a number of
community singing groups, including Ben
Revd Nicholas Mercer leads us in a reflection Rhydding Community Choir. She organises
on the lockdown during Covid-19. monthly events of music and the spoken
Nicholas Mercer was ordained in 2011 after word. Keely is committed to sharing the
twenty-five years as a solicitor. Following sense of well-being and soulful connection
a curacy in Dorset and three years as that singing with others can bring and
a school chaplain, he was appointed as helping those who have not sung before
the Rector of Christ Church Cathedral to discover their unique voice.
in Stanley in the Falkland Islands which There is a second Heart & Soul Singing
included South Georgia, South Sandwich retreat from 13-15 July, and a third from
Islands and British Antarctica. 14-16 October.
During his tenure, he conducted a service Price: £188
at the whalers’ station in South Georgia
where he preached on the ‘silent land’.
This retreat explores, in the light of the 21-25 FEBRUARY
various lockdowns during COVID-19, what Arrive Monday 10am, depart Friday 10am
it might mean to enter the silent land and
how God may be encountered.
Clergy Reading Week
Leader: Revd Canon Andrew Tawn
This is a free event, but please note,
booking is now required. Please email or An opportunity to take time away from
phone the office to book your place. the parish to read, reflect, walk, chat, rest
and sleep. You are invited to bring along
Please bring your own lunch. books of your own choice of a theological
Freewill offering or spiritual nature. All who are present
share with the group which books they
have chosen and why. This often leads to
18-20 FEBRUARY
conversations with each other during the
Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm
retreat about books of mutual interest.
Heart & Soul After that introduction, apart from meal
Singing Retreat I and prayer times, the remainder of this
retreat is relaxed and unstructured – a time
Tutor: Keely Hodgson of refreshment for body, mind and soul
Combine singing in harmony with rest, in a place of beauty and peace. The cost
nurture and inspiration. No previous can be paid from your CMD retreat grant.
singing experience, or the ability to read If you have not been involved in this event
music, is required. A varied repertoire of before and would like to know more,
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please contact Revd Canon Andrew Tawn. 7 MARCH
For bookings, please contact Parcevall Hall. Monday 11am-3pm
Andrew Tawn is Director of Clergy
Development for the Diocese of Leeds.
Friends of Parcevall
Before that he was rector of Addingham. Hall Eucharist & Lunch
Once upon a time he was a secondary The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for
school teacher, and his interest and a time of worship and fellowship together
enthusiasm for how we learn has always over lunch.
been an important strand in his ministry,
being involved in training ordinands, Coffee and biscuits will be served from
readers and curates before his present 10.30am.
full time training role. He loves reading, Price: £21
walking and good food – all of which
ingredients are part of the Clergy Reading
15-17 MARCH
Week at Parcevall Hall.
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
Price: £316
Recorder Players’
1-4 MARCH Workshop I
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm Tutor: Hilary Oliver
Lent Retreat Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly
atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at
God’s Creation inspiring experienced adult players who ideally offer
us through Lent two instruments and are able to swap
between them. The ability to hold your
Leader: Revd Ruth Harris
own part in a group and good sight-reading
Journeying with Christ is the theme for skills are key. Expect a wide variety of
the Lent Retreat this year. Using images interesting music and technique tuition,
of individual encounters with Christ, we as required.
will explore our own spiritual journeys.
Hilary is a retired music teacher who has
Ruth is retired and previously served a vicar played recorder for over 50 years. She
in Skipton with Carleton, and was Area started conducting and teaching whilst
Dean for the Skipton Deanery. Originally in the school 6th form, then continued her
from the Wakefield area, she has served musical studies at the Birmingham School
as a part time FE College Chaplain as well as of Music. She has worked as a peripatetic
a parish priest. Ruth is a Spiritual Director woodwind tutor for more than 25 years.
for the Diocese and serves as part of the Playing in a local consort as well as an early
Diocesan Tanzania Link Committee. Before music wind ensemble, she also conducts
ordination, Ruth worked as an archivist for SRP meetings to indulge her passion for
the West Yorkshire Archive Service. both ancient and modern recorder music.
Price: £247 Price: £190
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as a Communities Librarian. His career
has included several roles in specialist
departments. He is currently a Librarian
for the Business & IP Centre.
Prior to 2001, he studied art, design,
illustration and photography at Leeds
College of Art, and later completed
a degree in Philosophy and Creative
Writing. Alongside his love of art, philosophy
and literature, he has a particular passion
for Oriental art and thinking, with a special
interest in Zen and Ch’an ideas. William
trained as a bookbinder and now volunteers
in this capacity at the private Leeds Library.
You can choose to come either for the
Parcevall Hall in the moonlight by Chiang Yee morning option, which will include lunch,
or for the afternoon, which will include
28 MARCH afternoon tea. Please specify which session
Option 1: Monday 11am-1.30pm you would like to attend when booking.
Option 2: Monday 2.30pm-4.30pm Price:
Morning option including lunch £21
The Silent Traveller Afternoon option including
in the Yorkshire Dales: afternoon tea £16
Chiang Yee
Tutor: Will Poulter
Chiang Yee left China and came to England
in 1933. He travelled much of the country,
and was a regular guest of Sir William
Milner at Parcevall Hall. He documented
these times with writings and paintings,
observed through the lens of a different
culture and in a distinctly Chinese style.
His book The Silent Traveller in the Yorkshire
Dales is one of a series he wrote whilst
living in England in the 1930s and 40s. Join
Will Poulter as he talks about Chiang Yee’s
life, writings and paintings, and his intriguing
depictions of the Yorkshire landscape.
Since 2001, William has worked in a variety Kilnsey Crag by Chiang Yee
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 11will be here for a part of your stay to provide
spiritual leadership for those who would
like to participate.
Our second walking break this year is from
24-27 October.
Price: £247
4-8 APRIL
Arrive Monday 4pm, depart Friday 10am
Anglican Association
Retreat (part silent)
Conductor: Canon Andy Hawes, SSC
The Passion According to Luke. Services
will be in accordance with the Book of
Common Prayer and the Authorised Version
of the Bible. It is not necessary to be
a member of the Anglican Association to
come on this retreat, and all are welcome.
All bookings should be made through
Mrs Rosemary Hall. Rosemary is also the
29 MARCH-1 APRIL contact for questions and enquiries relating
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm to this event. Telephone 0191 285 7534 or
Spring Walking email hallrosyhall@gmail.com.
Price: £322
in Wharfedale
Wharfedale has a variety of landscapes;
12-14 APRIL
wild moorland, limestone uplands,
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
wooded valleys and gentle farmland,
with the uninterrupted beauty of Upper
Wharfedale visible from the hilltops.
Literature Appreciation I
We offer a choice each day of either short
Chaucer
or longer walks with our guides, returning Tutor: Hugh Parry
to the welcome and warmth of the Hall. Chaucer now seems to be treated as the
Packed lunches are provided, but if at any purveyor of rollicking pseudo-Medieval
time you would rather take a stroll around romps, flattened of course in to modern
the gardens, lunch can be served for you English: not a fate which genius deserves.
in the dining room. This course will sidestep the favourites
Our chaplain, Canon Graham Bettridge, beloved of travelling players and setters
12 PA R C E VA L L H A L Lof school syllabuses, and give a glimpse 14-18 APRIL
of his quality through some of his less Arrive Thursday 4pm, depart Monday 10am
familiar Canterbury Tales, as well as taking
you on a journey to some strange places Easter Retreat
of the imagination where you will meet Leader: Canon Graham Bettridge
duchesses, goddesses, bird, good women
– and not so good women. Join us at Parcevall Hall for this most
special week of the year. The programme
Hugh Parry has offered adult education will be led by our chaplain, Canon Graham
classes in literature for over 30 years. Bettridge, taking time to reflect on the
Although loyal all his life to Shakespeare, significance of Holy Week, and celebrating
he has over the years given courses together the triumph of Easter Day.
on a diverse range of topics, including
detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories, Price: £320
Cowper, Swift and R S Thomas.
The second Literature Appreciation event 19-21 APRIL
this year is from 27-30 September. Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
Price: £182 Art Appreciation I
Cartoonery:
WELLCOME COLLECTION
English Attitudes
Tutor: Tim Stimson
Many artists discovered that humour
is the key to winning the hearts of
the English! Caricature, satire and the
cartoon have given pleasure, satisfaction,
amusement and relief, whilst drawing
down censure and puncturing pomposity
across class divides since the 18th century.
From the witty and genteel to the vicious
and scurrilous, these pithy encapsulations
of the recognisable continue to have
relevance today. They are miniature
masterpieces, ephemeral yet enduring
through time. From the Georgians; Gillray
and Rowlandson, to Punch and Strand
cartoonists, Tenniel, Sambourne, Leach
and Dickie Doyle and from Thelwell to
An aged anatomist selecting his dissection Scarfe, these virtual drolleries have lost
instrument while a young woman tries to warn
none of their appeal.
that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by
Thomas Rowlandson, 1811. Tim’s involvement in art began with the
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 13practical. For a number of years, he was 26-28 APRIL
a professional painter and ceramicist in Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
Scotland and Wales, before returning
to university to study literature and the Building Resilience
history of art. Tutor: Dr Cathy Brown
For the last 30 years he has been Life can be stressful but, whilst we can’t
a freelance cultural/art historian, eliminate stress completely, we can
specialising in 17th- and 19th-century change how we respond to it. During this
art and society. He now lectures for the two-night retreat you will learn about
University of Cambridge, the WEA, the our human stress response and how to
Art Fund and the Arts Society (formerly begin to develop habits to help build your
NADFAS), and presents residential study physical, mental and emotional resilience
courses in Britain and Europe. Tim has to such stress. It will also support you
now completed two lecture tours of to discover how best to respond to
Australia, the last in 2016, and presented challenging circumstances, enabling
a lecture of Hull City of Culture 2017 you to regain a sense of self, and to stay
on T E Ferens, patron of Hull’s newly grounded and present.
refurbished gallery.
Cathy will guide you through a carefully
The second Art Appreciation event this year balanced blend of facilitated discussion,
is from 9-11 August. practical activities and personal reflection,
Price: £207 informed by research evidence, insight
and experience.
25 APRIL Time will be built into the schedule to
Monday 10am-4pm relax and explore Parcevall Hall and its
beautiful gardens.
Open Quiet Day II Cathy’s aim is to leave you nourished,
Leader: Lynn Parker strengthened, and with an understanding
Spring into Prayer is the theme for the of how you can build resilient practices
April Open Quiet Day. Lynn is a reader into your daily life.
in the Church of England and was Dr Cathy Brown is a Chartered
previously a teacher in Business Studies Occupational Psychologist and has
& IT. She has led many Fellowship of supported individuals, teams and
Contemplative Prayer and Bible Study organisations to manage transitions and
retreats, and has a long and active change for over 20 years. She is passionate
association with the Hall. about her work and feels this is her true
This is a free event, but please note, calling. She runs her own business and has
booking is now required. Please email published a series of practical transition
or phone the office to book your place. guides, Testing the Water.
Please bring your own lunch. Price: £210
Freewill offering
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the office to check availability. If you wish to book for another event there is a second form on
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Please note that bookings are not deemed complete until we have received a signed booking
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Please see overleaf for cancellation policy. A corkage charge of £5 applies to each bottle of wine or
spirits brought into the Hall for consumption on the premises. The Hall has a well-stocked bar.
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Programmed events and individual bookings: Group bookings:
Within 4 weeks of arrival: 50% of full price Within 6 weeks of arrival: 50% of full price
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Within 1 week of arrival: Full payment Within 2 weeks of arrival: Full payment
We ask any group or individual making a booking to note that in the case of snow or bad weather, unless you are notified
by us that your booking/event has been cancelled, the cancellation policy above will apply. If you need to cancel because of
restrictions, self-isolation or infection related to Covid-19, the cancellation fee will not apply.
Please note that the Hall has uneven floors and spiral staircases, so we recommend suitable
footwear. We look forward to seeing you. If you have any queries please do let us know.
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Leeds Diocesan Board of Finance is a registered charity (number 1155876) and a company limited by guarantee, registered
in England and Wales (number 8823593). Registered office: Church House, 17-19 York Place, Leeds LS1 2EX3 MAY Joyce Simpson, retired Head of
Tuesday 10am-8.30pm* Humanities at Leeds Trinity University,
for many years taught medieval literature
Julian of Norwich: to undergraduates, and has a particular
‘within listening distance interest in Julian of Norwich, who lived
through ‘an age of adversity’, characterised
of the silence we call God’ by epidemic, war, civic conflict, and harsh
A Study Day with Joyce Simpson struggles for social justice. The day is
a quest to discover for ourselves the truth
‘What seek ye?’, or ‘What do you want?’
of her insight that ‘Love was his meaning’.
are the first words Jesus utters in St John’s
Along the way we will ponder ‘Julian and
Gospel. Julian’s reply is direct and firm:
Desire’, ‘Julian and Fear’, ‘Julian and Trust’,
‘God of your goodness give me yourself’.
and consider the encounter between
How does Julian, an anchorite in 14th-
Julian and that flamboyant pilgrim,
century Norwich, challenge and support
Margery Kempe.
pilgrims in the 21st century? Just as from
the window of her cell Julian gave comfort Arrival at 10am for Holy Communion at
and counsel to the burdened and perplexed, 10.15am. The price includes coffee, lunch,
so many have found that to spend time in afternoon tea and evening meal.
the company of her book, The Revelations *There is the option to stay overnight on
of Divine Love, is to find strength for the Tuesday 3 May.
journey through life.
Price: £50
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4-6 MAY
Arrive Wednesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm
Beginner’s Birdwatching
& the Dawn Chorus
Leader: Chris Bradshaw
Join us on a relaxed birdwatching break
aimed at people new to birdwatching,
or those just wishing to enjoy commoner
birds in a tranquil location. We will have
a programme of short birdwatching walks
which focus on learning how to identify
and understand more about the life
histories of the commoner resident and
migrant birds that occur in the area. There
will also be the opportunity to experience
one of nature’s most delightful spring
events; the dawn chorus.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 1924-27 MAY
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Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm
Fellowship of
Contemplative Prayer
Retreat I
A silent ‘listening’ retreat. Contemplative
life is the expression of the desire to seek
stillness amid the rush of life, to hear ‘the
still small voice’ amid today’s clamour; to
search for and listen to God. Experienced
with others in a group, silence is deeper
and more powerful than when alone.
By making a space for yourself and your
relationship with God, you are giving
yourself and Him a wonderful gift.
For more information on any aspect
Chris Bradshaw has been working as of this FCP Retreat, please contact
a freelance ornithologist and birdwatching Sue Davies on 01924 255129/07749 592858
tour guide for over 20 years. Although or email susandavies367@gmail.com.
frequently to be found overseas, he For more information about the
runs customised birdwatching trips in Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer visit
the UK and finds great joy in watching www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk. Bookings
and passing on his knowledge of the should be made through the Hall.
commoner British birds which first
The second Fellowship of Contemplative
inspired his interest as a child.
Prayer Retreat this year is from
Price: £195 28-30 October.
Price: £237
18 MAY
Wednesday 4pm-9pm
27-29 MAY
Friends of Parcevall Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm
Hall Eucharist Recorder Players’
& Annual Dinner Workshop II
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for Tutor: Mary Tyers
a time of worship and fellowship over Ensemble playing in a relaxed and
a three course dinner, served with wine. friendly atmosphere, this workshop is
Dinner: £24 aimed at experienced adult players who
Dinner, bed & breakfast: £75 ideally offer two instruments and are able
20 PA R C E VA L L H A L Lto swap between them. The ability to 20-22 JUNE
hold your own part in a group and good Arrive Monday 4pm, depart Wednesday 3pm
sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide
variety of interesting music and technique For the Peace of the
tuition, as required.
City: Christian-Muslim
Mary is well-established in the north of
England as both teacher and performer.
relations in Britain today
In addition to teaching at her home near Tutor: Dr Phil Lewis
Durham, she has busy schedules in Cumbria, This retreat presupposes no knowledge
Newcastle, North Tyneside and at the of Islam. After a brief introduction, there
Early Music Shop, Saltaire. Mary also are four sessions: the first will look at
teaches online. She founded, and continues ‘Worship in Islam’ where worship will be
to be the Musical Director of the Durham the lens through which we see how the
branch of the Society of Recorder Players, Islamic tradition developed over time.
and is regularly invited to guest conduct It is appropriate to begin with a focus
at other SRP branches and festivals. She on worship since Islam literally means
also tutors at the Early Music summer surrender/submission to God.
schools, NORVIS and HISS.
The second session will look at how
Price: £190 first Jesus, and then Muhammad, is
understood in the Qur’an and, briefly,
in the Islamic tradition. This will draw
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attention to both similarities and radical
differences in how shared religious
categories are understood across both
traditions, for example, prophecy,
martyrdom and God/Allah.
Our third session will delve into how
religious leaders – ’ulama – who provide
mosque personnel, as well as legal
specialist, are trained in the more than
20 Islamic seminaries in Britain. This will
make clear the crisis in religious formation
and attempts to address this crisis.
Finally, we will look at the enormous
social and religious, challenges facing
Muslims as a minority in British society,
and how Christians are responding to
such challenges and creating a more
hopeful, shared future.
There will be plenty of opportunities
during this retreat to chat informally
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 2113-15 JULY
Arrive Wednesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm
Heart & Soul Singing
Retreat II
Tutor: Keely Hodgson
Combine singing in harmony with rest,
nurture and inspiration. No previous
singing experience, or the ability to read
music, is required. A varied repertoire of
songs and rounds are sensitively taught
using call and response.
Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural
about issues which interest or concern voice practitioner. She has worked as
retreatants about Islam. a music specialist in primary and special
After six years researching and lecturing school settings and leads a number of
at an ecumenical Christian Study Centre community singing groups, including
in Pakistan, Dr Phil Lewis spent over Ben Rhydding Community Choir. She
twenty-five years advising Anglican organises monthly events of music and
Bishops of Bradford on Christian-Muslim the spoken word. Keely is committed to
relations, as well as lecturing in the sharing the sense of well-being and soulful
Peace Studies Department at Bradford connection that singing with others can
University on Islam in the West & Religions, bring and helping those who have not
Conflict and Peacemaking. His passion sung before to discover their unique voice.
is how Christians and Muslims might live The first Heart & Soul Singing Retreat this
well together, while acknowledging that year is from 18-20 February, and the third
both remain missionary religions with is from 14-16 October.
often difficult, intertwined histories.
He was part of the national Christian- Price: £188
Muslim forum set up in 2006 and sat on
the European Council of Churches’ Islam 2-4 AUGUST
in Europe committee. He has written three Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
books on Islam in Britain, the last with
a Muslim friend, entitled British Muslims: Friends of Parcevall
new directions in Islamic thought, creativity
and activism (Edinburgh University Press,
Hall Annual Gathering
2018). In retirement, he continues to & AGM
write, review for the Church Times, and The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for
teach ordinands about Islam in Britain a time of fellowship and sharing together
and Christian-Muslim relations. at the Hall. The AGM takes place on
Price: £200 Wednesday 3 July.
22 PA R C E VA L L H A L LFull gathering: £158 insight into the minds and hearts of our
Day guest – AGM & lunch only: £25 forefathers. We will also find that Sherlock
Day guest – AGM, lunch & dinner: £41 Holmes’ deductive reasoning works with
these pictures, and we learn to ‘read’
them on their own terms.
9-11 AUGUST
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm Tim’s involvement in art began with the
practical. For a number of years, he was
Art Appreciation II a professional painter and ceramicist in
Scotland and Wales, before returning
Every picture tells to university to study literature and the
a story – Victorian history of art.
narrative painting For the last 30 years he has been
a freelance cultural/art historian,
Tutor: Tim Stimson
specialising in 17th- and 19th-century
Entertaining, thought-provoking and art and society. He now lectures for the
historically significant; the visual equivalent University of Cambridge, the WEA, the
of chapters by Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray Art Fund and The Arts Society (previously
– these pictures provide a fascinating NADFAS), and presents residential study
courses in Britain and
Europe. Tim has now
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completed two lecture
tours of Australia, the last
in 2016, and presented
a lecture for Hull City of
Culture 2017 on T E Ferens,
patron of Hull’s newly
refurbished gallery.
The first Art Appreciation
event this year is from
19-21 April.
Price: £207
The Pinch of Poverty
by Thomas Benjamin
Kennington, 1889, Art Gallery
of New South Wales
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 2319-21 AUGUST This is a free event, but please note,
Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm booking is now required. Please email
or phone the office to book your place.
Recorder Players’ Please bring your own lunch.
Workshop III Freewill offering
Tutor: Terry Smurthwaite
Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly 16-18 SEPTEMBER
atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm
experienced adult players who ideally
offer two instruments and are able to Consenting to the
swap between them. The ability to hold
your own part in a group and good
Presence & Action of
sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide God: How does that
variety of interesting music and technique
tuition, as required.
work in daily life
Leader: Jill Benet
Terry regularly conducts Society of
Recorder Players’ meetings at Leeds, Rooted in the Desert Fathers and
Bingley and York. He also conducts Mothers, and the Cloud of Unknowing
a group which meets weekly in Ilkley for its renewal, Centering Prayer prepares
and has recently founded and conducts us for the gift of contemplation. When
The Rombalds Recorders, a group set up we sit in Centering Prayer, we are told
to perform early music. In addition to that by our willingness to renew our
bringing a wide range of music, he is able intention to consent to God’s presence
to offer advice on the techniques of and action within, moment by moment,
ensemble playing and musicianship. our core of goodness is affirmed, and our
Price: £190 consciousness restructured.
What does that mean in practice?
Drawing on the extensive work of Thomas
22 AUGUST
Keating and Cynthia Bourgeault, we see
Monday 10am-4pm
how current psychological understanding
Open Quiet Day III resonates with the teaching of the mystics
in practical ways. What might appear
Leader: Katharine Cheney to be obstacles to our spiritual life turn
Ready for all thy perfect will is the theme out to be gateways to greater freedom.
for the third Open Quiet Day this year. This weekend will allow us to explore
Katharine will lead us in discerning the the nuances, and deepen our practice of
will of God in the present moment and Centering Prayer. There will be extended
contemplating this through the life of Mary. periods of prayer, teaching and silence.
Katharine Cheney is a confirmed member Jill is a teacher of Centering Prayer. She is
of the Methodist Church and the Church the London Co-ordinator of Contemplative
of England, and lives a spirituality of unity. Outreach, founded to teach the method
24 PA R C E VA L L H A L Lof Centering Prayer and to support The Sibyl showing Aeneas the Underworld
Centering Prayer groups and communities. Charon’s boat by Jacob van Swanenburg,
She has studied in-depth the conceptual c.1620, Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden (detail)
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background and has attended several
retreats led by its founder, Father Thomas
Keating, as well as retreats led by Cynthia enable writers to invite some unsavoury
Bourgeault and Richard Rohr, among characters to pay us a visit. A course
others. She has trained in the US and UK in 2021 looked at creepy and demonic
and leads groups, introductory days, quiet spiritual intruders in early drama, from
days and retreats. Jill is a co-founder of the the miracle plays to Christopher Marlowe
Silence in the City series of talks on the and early Shakespeare. In 2022 we will
contemplative life. look at later Shakespeare and his Jacobean
Price: £200 contemporaries to examine some more
sophisticated devilry on stage.
27-30 SEPTEMBER Hugh Parry has offered adult education
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm classes in literature for over 30 years.
Although loyal all his life to Shakespeare,
Literature he has over the years given courses
on a diverse range of topics, including
Appreciation II detective fiction, utopias, ghost stories,
More Tales from Cowper, Swift and R S Thomas.
the Underworld The first Literature Appreciation event this
year is from 12-14 April.
Tutor: Hugh Parry
Price: £245
The borderline between Earth and Hell
has always been permeable enough to
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 253 OCTOBER over lunch. Coffee and biscuits will be
Monday 10am-4pm served from 10.30am.
Price: £21
Open Quiet Day IV
Leader: Revd Canon Ailsa Newby
11-13 OCTOBER
Thank God for Mother Earth. In the Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
week that we celebrate St Francis,
it is good to explore and celebrate Recorder Players’
our relationship with God’s creation.
Surrounded by the beauty of the natural Workshop IV
world, this quiet day will offer ways Tutor: Terry Smurthwaite
to explore our inter-relatedness with Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly
creation and our responsibility for it as atmosphere, this workshop is aimed
we give thanks for all that God gives at experienced adult players who ideally
us in his world. offer two instruments and are able
Canon Ailsa Newby is Canon Pastor to swap between them. The ability to
at Ripon Cathedral with responsibility hold your own part in a group and good
for mission and pastoral care. Ordained sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide
in Southwark in 1998, she served in that variety of interesting music and technique
Diocese in various roles until moving tuition, as required.
to Ripon Cathedral in the summer of 2017. Terry regularly conducts Society of
Part of her ministry has always involved Recorder Players’ meetings at Leeds,
spiritual direction and retreat leading, Bingley and York. He also conducts
and she is now also serving the Diocese a group which meets weekly in Ilkley
of Leeds as Spirituality and Spiritual and has recently founded and conducts
Direction Co-ordination for the Ripon The Rombalds Recorders, a group set
Episcopal Area. up to perform early music. In addition
This is a free event, but please note, to bringing a wide range of music, he is
booking is now required. Please email able to offer advice on the techniques of
or phone the office to book your place. ensemble playing and musicianship.
Please bring your own lunch. Price: £190
Freewill offering
14-16 OCTOBER
5 OCTOBER Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm
Wednesday 11am-3pm
Heart & Soul Singing
Friends of Parcevall Retreat III
Hall Eucharist & Lunch Tutor: Keely Hodgson
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for Combine singing in harmony with rest,
time of worship and fellowship together nurture and inspiration. No previous
26 PA R C E VA L L H A L Lsinging experience, or the ability to read 24-27 OCTOBER
music, is required. A varied repertoire of Arrive Monday 4pm, depart Thursday 3pm
songs and rounds are sensitively taught
using call and response. Autumn Rambling
Keely Hodgson is a composer and natural in Wharfedale
voice practitioner. She has worked as
This is the second of two walking breaks
a music specialist in primary and special
in 2022.
school settings and leads a number of
community singing groups, including Ben Wharfedale has a variety of landscapes;
Rhydding Community Choir. She organises wild moorland, limestone uplands, wooded
monthly events of music and the spoken valleys and gentle farmland, with the
word. Keely is committed to sharing the uninterrupted beauty of Upper Wharfedale
sense of well-being and soulful connection visible from the hilltops. At this time
that singing with others can bring and of year, there’s the added pleasure of
helping those who have not sung before autumn colours.
to discover their unique voice. We offer a choice each day of either short
The first Heart & Soul Singing Retreat this or longer walks with our guides, returning
year is from 18-20 February, and the second to the welcome and warmth of the Hall.
is from 13-15 July. Packed lunches are provided, but if at any
time you would rather take a stroll around
Price: £188
the gardens, lunch can be served for you
in the dining room.
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PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 27Our chaplain, Canon Graham Bettridge, Experienced with others in a group, silence
will be here for a part of your stay to is deeper and more powerful than when
provide spiritual leadership for those who alone. It is greatly helpful and encouraging.
would like to participate. By making a dedicated personal space for
Our other walking break this year is from yourself and your relationship with God, you
29 March-1 April. are giving yourself and Him a wonderful gift.
Price: £247 A Dominical saying is taken for each
exercise and contemplated. We listen
to God. In intercession towards the end
28-30 OCTOBER of each exercise we bring others, family,
Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm friends and world events into the silence
so that they too are enfolded in God’s
Fellowship of purposes and healing.
Contemplative Prayer For more information on any aspect
Retreat II of this FCP Retreat, please contact
Sue Davies on 01924 255129/07749 592858
I know the plans I have for you
or email susandavies367@gmail.com.
Plans to prosper and not to harm
For more information about the
Plans to give you hope and a future
Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer visit
Jeremiah ch 29 v 11
www.contemplative-prayer.org.uk. Bookings
Contemplative life is the expression of should be made through the Hall.
the desire to seek stillness amid the rush
The first Fellowship of Contemplative Prayer
of life, to hear ‘the still small voice’ amid
Retreat this year is from 24-27 May.
today’s modern clamour; to search for and
listen to God. Price: £158
28 PA R C E VA L L H A L L4-6 NOVEMBER to welcome and embrace the coming
Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm of Christ in the lights of Christmas. This
retreat however will focus more on what
Exploring Christian Darkness itself may have to say to us
Meditation about the reality of God, its (necessary)
uncertainties, and the many valuable
Leader: Revd Elizabeth Brown insights and experiences Darkness can
Suitable for both beginners and old hands, offer us.
this retreat will allow participants to try Canon Adrian Botwright was Rector of
out different Christian meditation styles Holy Trinity Skipton for almost 20 years.
and find those best suited to them. Group He now lives in Thirsk and focuses on
taster sessions will explore using words, leading retreats, quiet days, offering
music, pictures, objects, scripture and spiritual direction and serving as Chaplain
silence as an aid to meditation, as well in various places, including four weeks
as myth-busting, and giving handy tips each year on Bardsey Island. He enjoys
and techniques. Along with the benefits hugely music, poetry, walking, trains,
of relaxation and peace that meditation a campervan, and scuba diving.
can bring, there will also be a chance
to feed back and discuss experiences Price: £251
in a safe space.
Elizabeth is an experienced retreat, 2-4 DECEMBER
worship and meditation leader, having Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Sunday 3pm
led Christian retreats for engaged couples
nationwide as part of Engaged Encounter Recorder Players’
since 2009 and, since 2016 in the North Workshop V
East and Yorkshire, for knitters and
Tutor: Hilary Oliver
crocheters. Her day job is as a Hospital
Chaplain in the NHS. She is married to Ensemble playing in a relaxed and friendly
an NHS Clinical Scientist and is the mum atmosphere, this workshop is aimed at
of two university students. experienced adult players who ideally
Price: £185 offer two instruments and are able
to swap between them. The ability to
hold your own part in a group and good
29 NOVEMBER-2 DECEMBER sight-reading skills are key. Expect a wide
Arrive Tuesday 4pm, depart Friday 3pm variety of interesting music and technique
tuition, as required.
Advent Retreat
Hilary is a retired music teacher who has
Leader: Canon Adrian Botwright played recorder for over 50 years. She
Darkness, Doubt and Discovery – a 3D started conducting and teaching whilst
journey in Advent? Advent is often seen as in the school 6th form, then continued her
a time of waiting patiently in the darkness, musical studies at the Birmingham School
a time of preparation, so that we are ready of Music. She has worked as a peripatetic
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS 2022 29woodwind tutor for more than 25 years. 23-27 DECEMBER
Playing in a local consort as well as an Arrive Friday 4pm, depart Tuesday 10am
early music wind ensemble, she also
conducts SRP meetings to indulge her Christmas Houseparty
passion for both ancient and modern
recorder music.
& Retreat
Spend a traditional Christmas in the warm
Price: £190
and welcoming surroundings of Parcevall
Hall. Home-cooked food, traditional
15 DECEMBER games and times for reflection shared
Thursday 11am-3pm in good company, all help us to rediscover
the true meaning of Christmas in this
Friends of Parcevall special celebration.
Hall Eucharist & Price: £384
Christmas Lunch
The Friends of Parcevall Hall meet for
a time of worship and fellowship together
over a traditional Christmas lunch. Coffee
and biscuits will be served from 10.30am.
Price: £29
30 PA R C E VA L L H A L LGroup Bookings and Private Stays Groups and individuals are welcome to stay at the Hall all year round, whether joining an event on our programme, or for private individual or group bookings. For further information and to make a booking, please contact the office.
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