Vincent Nichols began as a college chaplain and parish priest in Liverpool, and held a number of educational posts; he was a special adviser to Cardinal Basil Hume, and was given temporary charge of the Westminster diocese on the latter's sudden death in 1999. He became Archbishop of Birmingham, and was appointed to succeed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor early in 2009. He will open the 3rd season of Silence in the City talks (Thursday 22 October 2009).

The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault is an author, lecturer, hermit, and scholar. She is also a retreat and conference leader, teacher of prayer, writer on the spiritual life, and Episcopal priest. Passionately committed to the recovery of the Christian contemplative path, she has worked closely with Fr Thomas Keating and Fr Bruno Barnhart and other Christian contemplative masters. She has studied Sufism, the teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, and the inner traditions of Christianity.

This is the live recording of the second visit by Cynthia.  There are 3 CDs in the series.

1: Carrying Centring Prayer into Daily Life.                            2: The Welcoming Prayer Practice Part 1.                             3: The Welcoming Prayer Practice Part 2

In this series of two CDs , Jean Vanier sets out to share how we can  experience finding Jesus and the Father.   Our service of and care for , our brother and sisters , help us find the place within from which divine tenderness and compassion flow.

In 2007 Jean Vanier was invited to come to Southport in Lancashire by Father Chris Thomas of the Irenaus Project for spirituality .   In the four talks he gave Jean shared his experience of the importance of a practice of prayer that helps us to allow our inner attitude to be changed.   The talks are entitled     1: Our broken World and the Message of Jesus   2: Relationships and Transformation.   3: The Woman at rhe Well.  4: We are called to rise up in trust