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Chelmsford Diocesan House of Retreat at Pleshey together with the Evelyn
Underhill Association USA and Hampstead Parish Church invite you to:
A CELEBRATION OF
EVELYN UNDERHILL
14TH - 18TH JUNE 2021
80th Anniversary
A WOMAN OF HER TIME AND OUR OWN!
A CELEBRATION OF EVELYN UNDERHILL
(6.12.1875-15.06.1941)
June 15th 2021, marks the 80th anniversary of the death of
Evelyn Underhill. She was a remarkable woman, particularly in
the life of the Church. A woman ‘of her time’ -and yet ahead
of her time, Evelyn Underhill is a woman who, we believe,
speaks into our current context with both challenge and
encouragement.
Outwardly, she was simply a middle class married woman supporting her lawyer
husband and taking advantages of the culture of Edwardian society.
However, beneath this exterior, was a woman with a passion for God and a deep
commitment not only to her own faith journey but also to encouraging others to be
‘soaked with the Spirit.’
That encouragement came through her ministry of conducting retreats for lay people
but also for male clergy – almost unheard of for a lay woman of her time! It came
through her ministry of spiritual direction, often through letters written to individuals
and to groups. It came through her academic writing, leading to her being made
Honorary Fellow of Kings College in 1913 and awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity
by Aberdeen University in 1939.
The Retreat House at Pleshey joins with the Evelyn Underhill Association in the USA
and Hampstead Parish Church (where Evelyn is buried) to present a full week of online
events to:
Celebrate this remarkable woman.
Thank God for the legacy she has given us.
Explore her links with the Retreat House Pleshey.
Gain insights from the latest scholarship into her life and ministry and her writing.
Discover how her writings speak to us today.
Those leading the sessions have a passion and expertise in various aspects of Evelyn’s
life. They have been drawn from around the world to make this a truly international
week. Our hope is, that by joining with us, you will be enriched and encouraged to
explore further.
BOOKINGINFORMATION
Booking is by Eventbrite from 5th May
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebration-of-evelyn-underhill-tickets-152072451797
Each session is priced at £10
The Diocesan Retreat House at Pleshey, with the Evelyn
Underhill Association in the USA and Hampstead Parish
Church (where Evelyn is buried) presents a full week of
online events.
https://www.retreathousepleshey.com
Any donation to Retreat House welcome
SESSIONSBYTOPIC Sessions on Pleshey, Worship and Party EVELYN AND PLESHEY Mon 14th June THE CELEBRATION PARTY Tue 15th June SERVICE OF CELEBRATION Fri 18th June Sessions on Books PRACTICAL MYSTICISM Mon 14th June PARTICIPATING IN GOD’S WORK. EVELYN Wed 16th June UNDERHILL’S PRAYER BOOK MUSIC OF ETERNITY Fri 18th June Sessions on Christian Formation and Prayer THE INNER LIFE IN THE EVERYDAY WORLD Tue 15th June LETTERS OF COMFORT AND HOPE Wed 16th June Sessions on Scholarship SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP: EVELYN AND Thu 17th June LUCY MENZIES KEY-NOTE ADDRESS: PROFESSOR JANE Thu 17th June SHAW CONTEXTS FOR EVELYN’S SPIRITUALITY— Thu 17th June NEW EXPLORATIONS
OVERVIEW-MON MON 14TH JUNE 10am - 12noon (BST) Video will be available for later viewing EVELYN AND PLESHEY An introduction to our celebration week and an opportunity to ‘visit’ the Retreat House and join worship in the chapel Canon John Howden John has been the Warden at Pleshey and has a continuing love for the retreat house and Evelyn’s contribution to its life. John is a film maker of some renown. 3pm - 5pm (BST) PRACTICAL MYSTICISM Its continuing relevance Sarah will explore how this book written on the eve of WW2 has accompanied her through this pandemic. Sarah Kinch Sarah has journeyed with Evelyn Underhill since she was a teenager. Her dissertation was on Underhill and she continues to research and conduct retreats on her.
OVERVIEW- TUE TUE 15TH JUNE 3pm - 5pm (BST) THE INNER LIFE IN THE EVERYDAY WORLD ‘The complete life of the Christian worker, must be, in a more than metaphorical sense a continuous life of prayer.’ How do Evelyn’s words speak into our current context? Bishop Frank Griswold Bishop Frank has been studying Evelyn Underhill since he was given a copy of Light of Christ, aged 16. He is a writer and retreat conductor. Frank was Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church from 1997-2006 5.30pm - 9pm (BST) OUR CELEBRATION ONLINE PARTY! Invitation and full details in programme below After Dinner Speaker: The Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King Dean of Kings College London Ellen is the first woman to hold the post of Dean in the 191 years of the College’s life.
OVERVIEW- WED 10am – 11am (BST) PARTICIPATING IN GOD’S WORK. EVELYN UNDERHILL’S PRAYER BOOK ‘Hear the story about how Evelyn’s lost prayer book was discovered at Pleshey and join with Robyn in praying some of Evelyn’s prayers. Robyn Wrigley-Carr Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College and Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles StuartUniversity Australia. She is also a spiritual director and retreat conductor 3pm - 5pm (BST) LETTERS OF COMFORT AND HOPE IN LIVING OUR FAITH As relevant today as when Evelyn first wrote them Val Thompson Val is a Spiritual Director, a Chaplain to the House of Retreat, Pleshey and an Underhill scholar gaining her MA in Christian Spirituality in 2019.
OVERVIEW-THU THU 17TH JUNE 1pm - 2pm (BST) SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP: EVELYN AND LUCY MENZIES Robyn Wrigley-Carr Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College and Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles StuartUniversity Australia. She is also a spiritual director and retreat conductor William Hyland William is a Benedictine Oblate and lecturer in Church History at the University of St Andrews. 4pm - 6pm (BST) KEYNOTE ADDRESS Professor Jane Shaw Jane is Principal of Harris Manchester College Oxford, Professor of the History of Religion and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Oxford. 7pm - 9pm (BST) CONTEXTS FOR EVELYN'S SPIRITUALITY — NEW EXPLORATIONS Dana Greene Dana is Dean Emerita of Oxford College of Emory University and renowned author on Underhill. Todd Johnson Todd is vice president of the Liturgical Conference USA and is currently completing a book on the evolution of the Theology of Underhill. James H Thrall James directs the religious studies programme and co-directs the peace and justice studies programme at Knox College in Galesburg Illinois
OVERVIEW-FRI FRI 18TH JUNE 10am - 12noon (BST) MUSIC OF ETERNITY AND THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF EVELYN UNDERHILL Learn about Robyn’s new book on Evelyn due to be published in August 2021 and this years Advent Book for the Archbishop of York Robyn Wrigley-Carr Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College and Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles StuartUniversity Australia. She is also a spiritual director and retreat conductor 3pm - 5pm (BST) IN CELEBRATION OF EVELYN UNDERHILL a final time in the Retreat House at Pleshey with a service in the chapel Canon John Howden & Bishop Frank Griswold John was warden at the Retreat House and has been deeply involved in researching Evelyn’s associations with this place of prayer. Bishop Frank has been ‘journeying’ with Evelyn since he was 16. He is a retreat conductor and writer. He was Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church from 1997-2006
FULLPROGRAMME EVELYNANDPLESHEY CANONJOHNHOWDEN MON 14TH JUNE 10AM - 12 NOON BST COST: £10 The opening session of the week will cover the history of Evelyn at Pleshey. Award winning film maker John Howden will present several films bringing together the history of Evelyn at Pleshey, her work with the Retreat House and her experiences while teaching. There will be plenty of glimpses of the Retreat House, allowing you to be immersed in the place that Evelyn loved so much and to experience the sense of prayer and spiritual continuity that Evelyn felt was so special to this place. Canon John Howden is uniquely placed to present this session. He is a former Warden of the Retreat House and a film-maker of some renown. He can present a very personal history of Evelyn and her relationship with the Retreat House, born over many years exploring the legacy she left at Pleshey.
FULLPROGRAMME PRACTICALMYSTICISM: ITSCONTINUINGRELEVANCE SARAHKINCH MON 14TH JUNE 3PM - 5PM BST COST: £10 Practical Mysticism was written and published on the eve of the Second World War. In the introduction Evelyn posed the question—why publish such a book on the eve of war? This question and its subsequent answer has a great deal of resonance for us today in the wake of the global pandemic and all the upheaval that has brought to so many lives. Sarah will explore how Evelyn has accompanied her throughout the pandemic because “she is one of those writers who understands our humanity when faced with such enormous upheaval and trauma yet, with gentleness, she also understands our spirits continuing need to be fed in meaningful ways and not to hide away from the challenges presented to us.” Sarah invites you to take time to reflect in Evelyn’s company on your experiences and journey through the pandemic. Sarah Kinch has been journeying with the work of Evelyn Underhill since she was a teenager when she was given a copy of the ‘Spiritual Life’. In recent years she studied Underhill’s connection to the philosopher Henri Bergson for her MA in Christian Spirituality. She continues to research Underhill and has led several retreats based on Underhill’s writing.
FULLPROGRAMME THEINNERLIFEINTHEEVERYDAYWORLD BISHOPFRANKGRISWOLD TUE 15TH JUNE 3PM - 5PM BST COST: £10 In 1926 Evelyn Underhill, “an ordinary lay woman," conducted her first retreat for members of the clergy. The retreat addresses were subsequently published, and in one of them she observed, “The complete life of the Christian worker must be, in more than a metaphorical sense, a continuous life of prayer. It requires a constant inward abiding in God’s atmosphere; an unhesitating response to His successive impulsions; a steady approximation to more and more perfect union with His creative will.” Times may change, but the urgency to abide and respond to God’s creative will is ever before us, and especially for those called to ministry. In the midst of the chaos and uncertainty that surrounds and impinges upon us, how can we live a life of continuous prayerful availability to the One “who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish far more than all we can ask or imagine?” Frank Griswold first encounterd Evelyn Underhill at the age of 16 whilst a student at an Episcopal boarding school. One of the priests on the faculty lent him Light of Christ,and from that point on she became an important guide as he went on to Harvard and Oriel College, Oxford where he read Theology, and of which he is an honorary fellow. Returning to the United States, he was ordained and served parishes in and around Philadelphia. In 1984 he was elected as bishop in the Diocese of Chicago, and in 1997 he was elected Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church, completing his term of office in 2006. He has taught and given retreats in many parts of the world, including the U.K. He is the author of various articles and several books. Among the latter are, Praying our Days, A companion and Guide Tracking down the Holy Ghost,Reflections on love and Longing. He and his wife, Phoebe,presently live in Philadelphia.
CELEBRATIONSATHAMPSTEADPARISHCHURCH
http://hampsteadparishchurch.org.uk/
“IF GODWERESMALLENOUGH TO BE UNDERSTOOD, HE WOULDNOT BE
BIGENOUGH TO BE WORSHIPPED.”
TUESDAY 15TH 12NOON IN HAMPSTEAD :DEDICATION OF NEW
HEADSTONE FOR EVELYN UNDERHILL ON THIS 80TH DAY OF THE
ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH.
Why a new Headstone?
Evelyn Underhill is buried in the Additional Burial Ground of Hampstead Parish Church.
Followers from all over the world come looking for her grave, but it is hard to spot
because she is described simply as ‘Evelyn’, ‘the wife of Hubert Stuart Moore’ and ‘the
daughter of Sir Arthur Underhill’. There is no reference to her achievements.
Hampstead Parish Church is creating a more fitting memorial for her, to provide a
focus for those coming to honour her. A ledger stone to be has been designed by Lois
Anderson, a well-known local artist. Around the edge will be the words “Evelyn
Underhill 1875 – 1941 – Christian – Scholar- Spiritual Guide – A Christianity which is only
active is not a complete Christianity”
https://history.hampsteadparishchurch.org.uk/mon_info/abg_p_080b.php
Celebratory Services at Hampstead Parish Church
Sunday 13th June: Celebratory Eucharist Preacher: The Rt Rev. the Lord Harries of
Pentregarth DD .The Dean of Kings College, London will also be taking part
Sunday 13th June - 5.00 pm Celebratory Evensong – a guest preacher has been invited
All these events will be live on the facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/HampsteadPCFULLPROGRAMME
ANONLINEPARTYINCELEBRATIONOF
EVELYNUNDERHILL!
HOSTED BY THERETREATHOUSE, PLESHEY
TUE 15TH JUNE 5:30PM - 9PM BST
COST: £10
Evelyn loved the finer things in life, despite her image of austerity.
To celebrate her life and work you are invited to join in an
international virtual party with guest speaker:
The Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King
Ellen was made Dean of Kings College London in 2020, the first woman to hold this
post in the 191 years of its history. Evelyn Underhill was made an Honorary Fellow of the
college in 1913, which was highly unusual for a woman of her time.
Ellen has degrees in history ( University of Cambridge) and Christian Spirituality (
London University) before gaining a PhD in Practical Theology and Feminist Spiritualty
with a thesis interrogated by the voices of white working-class women (Lancaster
University). She trained for the Anglican priesthood in Oxford and has ministered in
parish, cathedral and higher education settings in UK, Canada and US.DINNERWITHEVELYN-GUESTINVITATION We gather at 5.30pm for pre-dinner prayers. Guests move to their own dinner tables to eat privately. We come back at 7.30pm After-Dinner Speaker: The Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King Dean of Kings College London Toasts: The Rev. Susan Dean Executive director of Underhill House, Seattle Washington USA http://www.underhillhouse.org and Kathy Staudt President of the Evelyn Underhill Association in the US http://evelynunderhill.org (please bring your own coffee and liqueurs) Continue the conversation with international friends: ‘How do you know Evelyn?’ Our evening finishes at 9pm
SUGGESTEDMENU
(please purchase prepare and cook in your own home or find something else you like!)
Suggested wines
Frascati or Valpolicella
Primi
Fritelle di zucchini
Secondi
Risotto Alle Verdure(v)
Pollo All Marengo
Contorni
Insalata
Frutta
Dolci
Zabaione
Granitadi LimoneFULLPROGRAMME PARTICIPATINGINGOD’SWORK: EVELYNUNDERHILL’SPRAYERBOOK ROBYNWRIGLEY-CARR WED 16TH JUNE 10AM -11am BST COST: £10 Hear the story of how Evelyn’s lost prayer books were found and how they were published. It is the stuff of legend! Robyn will also lead you in a time of prayer and reflection, using prayers from Evelyn’s books. Robyn Wrigley-Carr is the author of The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill (2020), Music of Eternity: Meditations for Advent with Evelyn Underhill(published 19th August , 2021), and editor of Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book(2018). As well as being an academic, she is a retreat leader and spiritual director. Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College, Australia, and an Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is on the Editorial Board and Book Reviews Editor for the Journal for the Study of Spirituality, and on the Executive Committee for the International Network for the Study of Spirituality.
FULLPROGRAMME LETTERSOFCOMFORTANDHOPE VALTHOMPSON WED 16TH JUNE 3PM - 5PM BST COST: £10 Evelyn wrote copious letters. Many have been published in collections. Val will dip into these letters on a daily basis , concentrating on the letters that Evelyn wrote to her prayer group formed at the beginning of the Second World War, a time when physical meeting was difficult and when the members of the group prayed remotely but together. These letters brought comfort and hope to a people facing a national crisis and a time of much uncertainty, giving a real insight into Evelyn’s enduring faith in an ever- present God. The letters are still relevant to us today, especially in our current time of crisis in a global pandemic. Val Thompson is a Spiritual Director, a Chaplain to the House of Retreat, Pleshey and a tutor of the course in spiritual direction in Chelmsford Diocese. She is an Underhill scholar gaining her MA in Christian Spirituality in 2019 in which she explored Evelyn's influence on others in both her own time and also in our present time within Chelmsford diocese and Pleshey.
FULLPROGRAMME SPIRITUAL FRIENDSHIP: EVELYNANDLUCYMENZIES ROBYNWRIGLEY-CARR WILLIAM HYLAND THU 17TH JUNE 1PM - 2PM BST COST: £10 Hosted by the Evelyn Underhill Association http://evelynunderhill.org Learn about the enduring friendship between two remarkable women who both left an incredible legacy in spirituality. Robyn Wrigley-Carr is the author of The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill (2020), Music of Eternity: Meditations for Advent with Evelyn Underhill (coming 19th, 2021), and editor of Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book (2018). As well as being an academic, she is a retreat leader and spiritual director. Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College, Australia, and an Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is on the Editorial Board and Book Reviews Editor for the Journal for the Study of Spirituality, and on the Executive Committee for the International Network for the Study of Spirituality. William P. Hyland is a Benedictine Oblate and holds a BA from Emory University and an MA and PhD from Cornell University; he is a lecturer in church history in the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews. He has previously taught at several American universities, including Cornell University, Benedictine College, and St. Norbert College, where he was the first Director of the Center for Norbertine Studies and held the Clarence Heidgen Chair of Catholic Studies. He has edited Custody of the Heart: Selected Spiritual Conferences of Abbot Martin Veth, OSB; and Panhausen: Two Sixteenth-Century Premonstratensian Treatises on Religious Life. He has had numerous journal articles and book chapters published on a wide range of topics in medieval church history and Christian spirituality.
FULLPROGRAMME KEYNOTEADDRESS PROFESSORJANESHAW THU 17TH JUNE 4PM - 6PM BST COST: £10 Jane Shaw is Principal of Harris Manchester college, Oxford, Professor of the History of Religion and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Oxford. She is the author, most recently, of Pioneers of Modern Spirituality: The Neglected Anglican Innovators of a “Spiritual but Not Religious Age’’. Previously she was Professor of Religious Studies and Dean of Religious Life at Stanford University, and Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
FULLPROGRAMME CONTEXTSFOREVELYN'SSPIRITUALITY—NEW EXPLORATIONS DANA GREENE / TODD JOHNSON / JAMES H. THRALL THU 17TH JUNE 7PM - 9PM BST COST: £10 Hosted by the Evelyn Underhill Association http://evelynunderhill.org Listen to some of the foremost Evelyn scholars as they present and discuss their latest research. Dana Greene is dean emerita of Oxford College of Emory University and author or editor of nine books including Evelyn Underhill: Artist of the Infinite Life, Evelyn Underhill: Modern Guide to the Ancient Quest for the Holy, and Fragment from the Inner Life: The Notebooks of Evelyn Underhill. Todd Johnson is currently completing a book on the evolution of the theology of Evelyn Underhill. Johnson recently completed a study on the effect of embodied practices on the depth and duration of spiritual formation through those practices with seminary students and is now researching the history of worship music in the past century through the lens of the field of sound studies. He is a vice president of the Liturgical Conference, a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Academy of Homiletics, the American Academy of Religion, the American Society of Church History, and the Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality, and he serves as an editorial board member for Questions Liturgique. James H. Thrall directs the religious studies program and co-directs the peace and justice studies program at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he is the Knight Distinguished Associate Professor for the Study of Religion and Culture. He studies religion primarily as a social phenomenon, especially as communicated through cultural products of film, and other media. He is the former Deputy Director of News and Information for the Episcopal Church and served as Communications Officer for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. He is author of Mystic Moderns: Agency and Enchantment in Evelyn Underhill, May Sinclair, and Mary Webb.
FULLPROGRAMME MUSICOFETERNITYANDTHESPIRITUAL FORMATION OF EVELYN UNDERHILL ROBYNWRIGLEY-CARR FRI 18TH JUNE 10AM - 12NOON BST COST: £10 Robyn discusses and presents her forthcoming Archbishop of York’s advent book and talks about her seminal work The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill. Robyn Wrigley-Carr is the author of The Spiritual Formation of Evelyn Underhill (2020) Music of Eternity: Meditations for Advent with Evelyn Underhill (published 19th August , 2021), and editor of Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book(2018). As well as being an academic, she is a retreat leader and spiritual director. Robyn is Associate Professor in Theology and Spirituality at Alphacrucis College, Australia, and an Associate Professor of the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre (PaCT) at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is on the Editorial Board and Book Reviews Editor for the Journal for the Study of Spirituality, and on the Executive Committee for the International Network for the Study of Spirituality.
FULLPROGRAMME CELEBRATIONOFEVELYNUNDERHILL CANON JOHN HOWDEN BISHOPFRANKGRISWOLD FRI 18TH JUNE 3PM - 5PM BST COST: £10 You are invited to an act of worship, especially written for the occasion, to celebrate Evelyn Underhill, in the Retreat House Chapel. The Chapel was consecrated in 1933 and Evelyn attended that consecration. The atmosphere of prayer and the feeling of the presence of the Holy Spirit are palpable. It was a very special place to Evelyn and continues to be so today, 88 years later!
OURTHANKS
This week has been made possible by the many people who are passionate about
Evelyn Underhill’s writings and ministry.
Among them we thank:
The Evelyn Underhill Association USA http://evelynunderhill.org
Hampstead Parish Church http://hampsteadparishchurch.org.uk
Sarah Wilson and Jo Hall from the Retreat House at Pleshey
St Mellitus College: technology support https://www.stmellitus.ac.uk
Diocese of Chelmsford https://www.chelmsford.anglican.org
Planning Team for Hampstead Parish Church
The Revd Canon Jeremy Fletcher, Sheena Ginnings and Barry Orford
Planning Team
Kathy Staudt President of the Evelyn Underhill Association, Dana Greene, President
Emerita of the Evelyn Underhill Association,
Val Thompson spiritual director and tutor in spiritual direction and the Revd Ann
Coleman: spiritual direction coordinator and spiritual companionship course leader in
the Diocese of Chelmsford and member of the Advisory Board of the Retreat House.
The House of Retreat, The Street, Pleshey, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 1HA
The Diocesan Retreat House for Essex and East London
retreathouse@chelmsford.anglican.org www.retreathousepleshey.com
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