Marie-Elsa Bragg

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Marie-Elsa Roche Bragg (born in July 1965) is an English writer, Anglican priest and therapist. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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She has written a novel, Towards Mellbreak (Mellbreak is a mountain in Cumbria next to Crummock Water), and a book, Sleeping Letters, which she wrote during a silent retreat and describes as "a mixture of poetry, prose and fragments of un-sent letters to both her mother and father", on the death of her mother when she was a child. [5]

Early life and education

Bragg describes herself as "half French, half Cumbrian", but was born and spent her childhood in London. Her parents are novelist and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and his first wife, writer and artist Marie-Elisabeth Roche, who died when Marie-Elsa was aged six. [1]

In the late 1990s early 2000s, Bragg studied aspects of Judaism at Leo Baeck College, Karl Barth and systematic doctrine at King's College London, philosophy and theology at the University of Oxford, and studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon. She has an MA in prose fiction from the University of East Anglia. [6]

Work

Bragg is a spiritual director, working with groups or individuals. She has been part-time assistant to the Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons; has been a programme director in leadership development at the Said Business School in Oxford; is a director of a coaching and leadership company Westminster Leadership; and has led an interfaith women's project on the difficulties of religious life, among other work. She is a duty chaplain at Westminster Abbey, and has a connection with Sénanque Abbey in southern France, and with the religious and literary traditions of the Lake District. [6]

Selected publications

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References

  1. 1 2 Thomas-Corr, Johanna (30 November 2019). "Marie-Elsa Bragg: 'There really is no shame to suffering'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Halsall, Martin (1 September 2017). "Towards Mellbreak by Marie-Elsa Bragg". The Church Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Fiona (8 April 2017). "Marie-Elsa Bragg: 'I'm not aware of having lost ten years of memories'". The Times. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Stanford, Peter (4 December 2019). "Marie-Elsa Bragg – Bound in grief". The Tablet. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sleeping Letters". marie-elsabragg.com. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Biography". marie-elsabragg.com. Marie-Elsa Bragg. Retrieved 19 August 2020.


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