It is one of those weekends in Walsingham when showers and gusting winds set in with a ferocity which must eventually spend itself. The tempest seems to wash the sky and earth, leaving them sharp and cleansed. I am here to pray and reflect with the leadership of two apostolates dear to my heart: Grief to Grace and Rachel’s Vineyard.
Often people tell me that they have heard of Rachel’s Vineyard, but as I start talking about it enthusiastically I realise that they are actually thinking of Martha’s Vineyard, the island playground of wealthy Americans off the coast of Massachusetts. Rachel’s Vineyard is, in fact, a programme of healing for women (and men) whose lives have been damaged by abortion, and which is now operating all over the world – even underground in China.
