Taking Refugio

Refugio is a monthly ‘Reflective Eucharist. ‘ It is hosted by St James, and led by a variety of people from different churches in Edinburgh.

Behind the jargon is an attempt to offer a space where we can engage with word and sacrament with fewer words and more spaces; less with the ear, and more with the eye of the heart.

It is intended to be be ‘reflective’ in that we use some of the forms of prayer and meditation which, in recent decades, have been revived from the historic Christian tradition.

It is also ‘Eucharist’ from the Greek word for ‘thanksgiving’ - recalling that night when Jesus took bread, gave thanks, broke it, and shared it with his disciples.  There are several places which offer reflective prayer in Edinburgh: what is being offered in Refugio is reflective prayer in the context of a Eucharistic service.

This is of necessity experimental - and we don’t always get it ‘right’. But hopefully this is a place where St James folk, and people from around Edinburgh, can learn together new ways of being nourished by Spirit, word and sacrament.

Refugio happens on the last Sunday of each month, at 7.30pm. It lasts about an hour, and you are welcome to stay on in silence, or go backstage for a cup of tea or coffee.