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Resources for Weeks of Guided Prayer and Retreats

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Image by Elizabeth Wang two people standing on cliff overlooking the world holding a scroll

A booklet designed to help a person through their week of guided prayer, originally created by Ruth Holgate, Paul Nicholson SJ and Steve Hoyland.

All illustrations are by Elizabeth Wang, copyright © Radiant Light 2003 – 14, www.radiantlight.org.uk with kind permission. 

The resources in this booklet has been designed for those accompanied by a prayer guide, but if you wish to do use them on your own then please do so.

 

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