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A powerful new Lent course for Bible study groups and individuals, based on the Oscar-nominated 2021 film West Side Story. Popular author, and former Catholic nun, Lavinia Byrne and Jane McBride, a Northern Irish Protestant, present an interactive course that reflects on the Lenten experience of the Gospels alongside some of the key themes of this much-loved musical tale of immigration, segregation, love found and lost, betrayal, repentance, and tragedy leading to new resolve. Includes poetry by Phil Lane.
Lavinia Byrne is the author of many books including Woman at the Altar and The Journey is My Home. She worked at the Institute of Spirituality at Heythrop College and taught ordinands as a tutor at Westcott House, Cambridge. She broadcast regularly as a Catholic contributor to Radio 4’s Thought for the Day and the Daily Service. Lavinia now lives in retirement in Wells, Somerset.
Jane McBride was born in Northern Ireland. She lives in Belgium where she works as a conference interpreter for the European Commission and Parliament. She is also studying at Leuven University for a doctorate in feminist practical theology, telling the stories of missionary women religious. Brought up in the Church of Ireland, Jane is now a member of the Episcopal Church.
