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Silence Reading Group

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Join with others on zoom to discuss books about silence based prayer & meditation. 

A slow reading group: we read just a portion of a book for each meeting!

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In September 2024 we'll start a new book:

Erling Kagge's, Silence in the Age of Noise (Random House, 2017).


​We'll probably only take two or at most three months to read and discuss this as it's a short book with quite a few beautiful pages that are pictures. You can read more about the book here.


​Our pattern is usually to meet from 7:30-9:30pm on the second Wednesday of each month (but not always). For a list of dates for the rest of 2024, please scroll down.

​​Sustaining a discipline of silence based prayer is not always easy.
The reading group offers several ways to support you in this:
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  • Meet regularly with others who are also exploring a discipline of silence based prayer to share experiences of what it's like: the struggles and the joys, your questions and discoveries!
  • Read slowly through books about silence, a chapter or a few small sections of a book at a time between meetings, and then gather to discuss what we've found helpful, challenging and encouraging in what we've read.
  • Sharing in periods of silence with others supports our individual practice. So before discussing the latest chapter, we share in 20 minutes of silent prayer together, and then a period of 5-10 minutes at the end of the evening.​
We usually meet on zoom from 7.30-9.30pm on each month's second Wednesday but occasionally this pattern shifts.

Remaining dates for 2024:
  • Wed ​​18th September
  • Wed 9th October
  • Wed 16th November
  • ​Wed 11th December​ ​
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​To inquire further about coming along to this group, please contact Alison Woolley using the contact button, below.
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    • SILENCE
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    • What does SoS offer?
    • What else does SoS offer?
    • Who is SoS for?
    • WHO is the SoS team?
    • Spiritual Accompaniment >
      • Spiritual Accompaniment query
    • COMMENTS about SoS
    • Safeguarding
  • SILENCE QUOTES
    • This week's quote
    • Voices from Silence
    • The Voices Collection
    • A month with ...
    • The Quoting Silence Collections
    • In silence, waiting: Advent 2024
  • EVENTS
    • Meditation: online groups & teaching
    • In person events
    • Virtual events
    • Virtual retreats
    • Residential Retreats
  • RESOURCES
    • Organisations
    • Podcasts and recordings
    • BLOGS re silence & contemplative life
    • Poems & prayers for silence & meditation
    • Virtual, self-guided retreats
    • Virtual courses: self-guided or streamed
    • Books & DVD suggestions
    • New books
    • 50+ Poems for hard times
    • Documents to download
    • Covid Resources
  • WRITINGS & Talks
  • CONTACT
    • CONTACT Seeds of Silence
    • Quoting Silence email Request Form
    • Voices from Silence request
    • Donate to Seeds of Silence
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