Our learning library

Below, you will find highlights from our extensive collection of films, podcasts and written resources.

Search keywords in our library to find exactly what you’re looking for – or use the filters to find resources by audience, theme and type.

Audience
An image from the online conversation with Paula Gooder on screen alongside Tom McLeish
Film and video
Bible
Faith
Questions
Science
Truth
Physicist Tom McLeish and Biblical scholar Paula Gooder talk about the relationship between science and faith, and how much each has to learn from each other.
Sharon Prentis on a busy street in Birmingham town centre
Written reflection
Christ
Hope
Hope
Sharon Prentis reflects on how we can live a life grounded in biblical hope.
Paula Gooder and Bishop Lusa in an online conversation
Film and video
Bible
Easter
Prayer
Race
Resurrection
Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy and Dr Paula Gooder in conversation about the resurrection and all things hopeful, including the movements for social and racial justice and contemplative prayer.
older children pointing class tour listening
Information sheet
Cathedral
Our Secondary School Brochure which details the range of Guided Visits available for KS 3-5.
Information sheet
Cathedral
Our Primary School Brochure which details the range of Guided Visits available for EYFS and KS 1&2.
Ayla Levine stands inside the National Gallery
Written reflection
Art
Easter
Holy Week
Lent
Ayla Lepine reflects on paintings in the National Gallery which illuminate our Lent, Holy Week and Easter pilgrimage.
Paula Gooder and Anna Rowlands in an online discussion
Film and video
Common Good
Faith
Roman Catholicism
Social justice
Theologians Anna Rowlands and Paula Gooder explore Catholic Social Teaching, including its foundations in the Gospels and its universality for all Christians. It can help us, they say, find hopeful transformative stories in dark times, and inspire us to work for justice, freedom and the common good.
Paula Gooder and Catherine Fox in an online discussion
Film and video
Bible
Faith
Novels
Stories
Novelist Catherine Fox and Biblical theologian Paula Gooder talk about the importance of stories in understanding ourselves, the world, faith and even God. They talk about their writing lives, the power of good stories to change us, and explore some of their favourite Bible stories.
Mark Oakley speaking in St Paul's Cathedral
Film and video
Faith
Poetry
Poetry
Mark Oakley says that poetry is faith’s native language: a language of wonder, beauty and mystery that enlarges the mind and heart. In this talk about his book The Splash of Words, he introduces why and how to read poetry and some of the poems that he loves.
Brother Sam outside Hilfield Priory
Written reflection
Pandemic
Sabbath
St Francis
Brother Sam SSF reflects on what we might learn from the pandemic about how to live life more slowly, more sustainably, and more enjoyably.