The Big Silence
A three-part series screened on BBC 2 in October and November 2010.
Following the widely acclaimed series of The Monastery, The Convent and The Retreat, this series followed the experiences of five ordinary people on a life-changing journey into silence.
Further details and information are available on these sites:
Growing into Silence — The official Big Silence website offering resources, mini articles and links for those interested in exploring the themes and issues raised in the series.
BBC 2 website — includes further links and a short preview clip
BBC Press website — contains full overview of the series including backgrounds of the five volunteers.
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The selected five may be uncomfortable with organised religion but share in common
a deep desire to re-connect with their past, themselves and God though silence and
contemplation.
The consequences are far reaching. As one participant explained, "I
was hit with such a profound sense of wonder, awe, wellbeing that I'm lost for words
to describe it."
A team of highly experienced spiritual mentors from St Beuno's Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Denbighshire, Loyola Hall in Merseyside, The Ignatian Spirituality Centre in Glasgow and Campion Hall in Oxford shared the journey and helped the participants to find the silence of their hearts.
The narrator was Fr Christopher Jamieson from Worth Abbey in Sussex, who was featured
in
The Monastery and was a guest speaker at the 2008 Retreat Association Conference.
