The Julian Shrine with All Hallows Guesthouse, Norwich

The Julian Shrine with All Hallows Guesthouse, Norwich All Hallows Guesthouse is a unique urban retreat in the centre of historic Norwich.

We have a unique connection to Julian of Norwich as part of the Julian Shrine. Guests are welcome to enjoy our private chapel, the large churchyard garden connected to our guest house, as well as study room with Julian of Norwich reference library, or our comfortable sitting room with log fire.

HOSPITALITY AND OPERATIONS ASSISTANT (6-month contract) Visit julianshrine.org/vacancies to find out more and to make an...
14/09/2026

HOSPITALITY AND OPERATIONS ASSISTANT (6-month contract)

Visit julianshrine.org/vacancies to find out more and to make an application. Get in touch with us via [email protected] if you have any questions or want to discuss the position in more detail.

The post is for 35 hours a week at a salary of £28,000 per annum (pro rata £24,000).

The Julian Shrine is seeking a proactive, organised and customer-focussed Hospitality and Operations Assistant to join the staff team at the Julian Shrine in Norwich. Day to day you will support the smooth operation of All Hallows Guesthouse retreat and the running of the visitor centre and gift shop at the Julian Centre next door.

You will play a key role in delivering exceptional hospitality to visitors, overnight guests and pilgrims to the Julian Shrine, a place of international significance and an important part of the heritage of the city of Norwich. With our Hospitality Manager you will ensure a warm welcome for visitors at reception, offering helpful and articulate communication by phone, email or face to face, as well as handling check-ins and check-outs. Working with our housekeeper, you will ensure that our facilities remain clean, welcoming and safe spaces. During holiday cover, sick leave and staff days off you will be responsible for the wellbeing of our guests and volunteers, ensuring a friendly staff presence is available for support when needed. You will also support the developing annual programme of events at the Julian Shrine, and join in with team tasks as necessary.

Applications must be received no later than 23 September 2026.  Interviews will take place on 25 September.  It is expected that the post-holder will commence their role on 5 October or as soon as possible thereafter.

Though this position is for a six-month contract, the charity is intending to conduct a recruitment exercise for a permanent position during the course of the winter, and the holder of this post will be welcome to apply for that role if wished.

P L A G U E B O W L | S E P T E M B E R A R T W O R KTemporal | Spatial | SpiritualArtist in Residence ExhibitionSt ...
12/09/2026

P L A G U E B O W L | S E P T E M B E R A R T W O R K

Temporal | Spatial | Spiritual
Artist in Residence Exhibition
St Julian’s Church

Inspired by the life experienced by Julian of Norwich when the Black Death swept through the city, “Plague Bowl” is intentionally dark and slightly foreboding as it is designed to bring to mind the thousands of people who died from the plague. It also contains small round metal pieces which are the remains from the votive tea-lights lit by recent visitors to the Julian shrine. Part of Debra’s ongoing national project “Bowls in a Fragile World” , “Plague Bowl” is made from junk mail and packaging, it is polluted with residual chemicals and unwanted tiny fragments of plastic. Collectively her work is a comment on climate change and pollution affecting the poorest around the globe the most.

Also on display in St Julian’s is a small display of sketches positioned in front of the Julian cell’s stained glass window. Debra created this temporary installation to showcase work created during her “Sketch with the Artist” workshop which was held earlier in the summer. Participants were asked to each make a 60 second sketch responding to the Julian garden. Small off-cuts of scrap card were provided for the exercise to highlight how art can be created by anyone using freely available unwanted material. Debra then utilised a piece of broken furniture destined for the tip to make a display plinth. The result is a thoughtful visual commentary on how many different responses there are to our small but lovely garden.

Do come and see Debra’s work if you can.

16/08/2026

Julian Art on Tour!

Celebrating four years since we opened to guests at All Hallows Guesthouse. Since then we have hosted more than 2200 gue...
08/08/2026

Celebrating four years since we opened to guests at All Hallows Guesthouse. Since then we have hosted more than 2200 guests for over 5000 nights. Swipe to see the transformation of our much-loved sitting room.

In case you missed it: we are fundraising! We need another £160,000 to reach our goal to turn the loft at All Hallows into liveable space, open up new guest rooms, improve front entry disabled access and install a traditional lych-gate entrance to the upper Shrine areas.

Please share this post to spread the word and donate via the link below.

https://www.julianshrine.org/julian-shrine-building-project

The theme of our artist in residence’s work at the Julian Shrine is ’Temporal, Spatial, Spiritual’ and her most recent a...
18/07/2026

The theme of our artist in residence’s work at the Julian Shrine is ’Temporal, Spatial, Spiritual’ and her most recent art responds to all three concepts in a unique way. Part of her ‘Bowls in a Fragile World’ series made from junk paper and packaging, this month’s ’Time Bowl’ considers the temporal rhythm of the day as Julian might have experienced it.

Speaking about the ’Time Bowl’, the artist commented: ’The rhythm of the day for Julian in her anchorage would have been dominated by day and night, prayer and contemplation. Pondering how to convey this sense of time, I focussed on dawn and dusk, lauds and vespers, dark and light. Eventually I tried to capture the moment when a candle is lit at night, or is not longer needed at dawn. The bowl’s central line is symbolic of this moment.’

The bowl is available to see now - do come and visit before it’s gone!

We had a fantastic walking pilgrimage to Walsingham this week, almost 40 miles from Norwich to the Shrines of Our Lady o...
28/06/2026

We had a fantastic walking pilgrimage to Walsingham this week, almost 40 miles from Norwich to the Shrines of Our Lady of Walsingham. Our intrepid pilgrims braved the heat, sheltering in ancient stone churches, enjoying pilgrim hospitality on the way and at last made it safe and sound to journey’s end.

If you would like to join us this year on pilgrimage to this holy place, there are still a couple of spaces available for our August pilgrimage so don’t delay: visit julianshrine.org/events to register your place!

We have planning approval!Our Phase One project has been approved by Norwich City Council which means we can move forwar...
22/06/2026

We have planning approval!

Our Phase One project has been approved by Norwich City Council which means we can move forward on our plans to expand All Hallows Guesthouse by utilising the empty loft space, as well as making improvements to the upper entrance to the Shrine with new accessible brick paving, visitor centre front door, and traditional lychgate inscribed with the words of Julian of Norwich.

We still need to raise at least £160,000 to reach our goal of £400,000 for all the works. Spread the word and help us make this a reality!

Read more about the project and find out how to support our work by visiting julianshrine.org

A N N I V E R S A R Y B O W L | J U N E A R T W O R K Temporal | Spatial | SpiritualArtist in Residence ExhibitionSt ...
22/06/2026

A N N I V E R S A R Y B O W L |
J U N E A R T W O R K

Temporal | Spatial | Spiritual
Artist in Residence Exhibition
St Julian’s Church
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This July marks the one year anniversary since the start of artist Debra Shipley’s two-year residency at the Julian Shrine. Reflecting on the last year, Debra says:
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‘I can hardly believe that I have been Artist in Residence for a whole year; time has flown by during what has been a hugely positive experience. A year ago I picked and pressed a few flowers and leaves in the Julian Shrine garden which I subsequently incorporated into a paper bowl as part of my “Bowls in a Fragile World” collection. This particular bowl needed to be shallow to support the flattened delicate plants and in the end has turned out to be almost a plate! It is however, I think, very pretty and a joyful reflection of how happy I have been creating art in response to my “Temporal, Spatial, Spiritual” brief”.’
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The ​Anniversary Bowl will be on display throughout late June and July. Do come to the Shrine and see it for yourself if you can. More of Debra’s artwork is on show in our visitor centre, open 10am-3:30pm (closed Sunday and Wednesday).​
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To get in touch with Debra or find out more about her projects, you can find her on Instagram, just search for .artist.

J U L Y C A L L I G R A P H Y R E T R E A TThis summer, 13-18 July, we are hosting a residential retreat themed Callig...
05/06/2026

J U L Y C A L L I G R A P H Y R E T R E A T

This summer, 13-18 July, we are hosting a residential retreat themed Calligraphy and Spirituality led by renowned artist scribe Jane Sullivan.

Join us for five days of contemplative calligraphy, no experience necessary, all set in the tranquil peace and quiet of the Julian Shrine.

Sign up at julianshrine.org/events

This Autumn…Make space in your life to join us on a six day reading retreat discovering the riches of the mystics, moder...
01/06/2026

This Autumn…

Make space in your life to join us on a six day reading retreat discovering the riches of the mystics, modern and medieval.

Expect roaring fires, hot tea, home-cooked food, and a library of books awaiting discovery. What are you waiting for?

5-10 October 2026
To book your place visit julianshrine.org/events

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