[ENI] Churches in Britain are organizing celebrations and activities in the runup to the London Paralympic Games, which take place after the Olympics, but critics are also wondering whether churches will be inspired to improve their own facilities for the disabled.
A Portsmouth nun has turned to social media to convey her religious messages in between spending time in silence.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex – Prince Edward and Sophie visited the Mediterranean Mission To Seafarers in Gibraltar on 12th June as part of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Speaking in the House of Lords today in response to a statement on the publication of the Government's House of Lords Reform Bill, the Rt Rev Tim Stevens, Bishop of Leicester and Convenor of the Lords Spiritual said: “We on these benches recognise the need for some reform of this House and we welcome the opportunity that this Bill will give for thorough debate about the future of Parliament.
The Bishop of Durham is pleased to announce the appointment of Reverend Dr Miranda Threlfall-Holmes as Vicar of Belmont and Pittington. Miranda will be licensed on 16 September 2012 at 4.00pm St. Mary Magdalene, Belmont.
St Bride's church on Fleet Street has allocated beds to cash-strapped journalists from Togo, Croatia and Romania
[UKPA] Westminster Abbey choir is to make history this week by singing at the Vatican just under two years after performing for Pope Benedict XVI on his visit to Britain.
The Church of England has today published its latest information both about parish income and expenditure and about trends in ministry numbers in Church Statistics 2010/11.
Ground breaking research from the Sheffield Centre has revealed that Fresh Expressions in the Diocese of Liverpool are growing faster, deeper and wider than was previously thought. The research revealed at a major diocesan conference on growth this Saturday shows that Fresh Expressions are now a major part of the growth of the diocese.
Following the end of the consultation period on the draft Reorganisation Scheme for the dioceses of Bradford, Ripon & Leeds and Wakefield, the Dioceses Commission has met to consider over 100 submissions made to it.
[London Evening Standard by Richard Godwin] As the Archbishop of Canterbury bids farewell to his time in office, he tells Richard Godwin he will miss London and as for his successor, they will need ‘the hide of a rhino’, he says
Applications are now open for young Anglican leaders from the UK to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in London this July.
The Church Commissioners have welcomed the award of a knighthood to Tony Baldry MP, Second Church Estates Commissioner since 2010, in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List this year ‘for public and political service’.
In his contribution to BBC Radio 2's Pause For Thought programme this morning, the Archbishop of Canterbury expresses his hope that The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will give people the 'chance to get in touch with the background of their lives, the big context, the things that make this the sort of world it is and give us the sort of values we have'.
The Church of England has welcomed the news that cuts to BBC local radio are to be halved compared to original proposals, saying this it is an endorsement of the importance of local communities.
Archbishop of Canterbury's contribution to House of Lords debate on role and contribution of faith communities
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, made a contribution to Lord Sacks’ debate in the House of Lords today, in which he affirmed how our present-day political and legal settlement owes much to 'a long conversation with the Jewish and Christian intellectual world, with the ethics and theology of the human responsibility characteristic of that world'. He also praised the Department for International Development for their work on protocols for partnership with faith organisations in the field of aid and development.
To celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, ChurchCare – a Church of England online resource – has woven together individual church histories to create a ‘Royal Map’ around England’s churches and cathedrals, celebrating the unique links between churches and the monarchy in this remarkable Jubilee year.
The 2011 edition of the Church Representation Rules – a vital tool for clergy, churchwardens and PCC, deanery and diocesan synod members – is now available free on the Church of England website at http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchlawlegis/churchreprules.aspx
Prayers composed by young children at an inner city Church of England primary school are being used up and down the country as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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It's an important role in our diocese – and the way we train people for it is about to change. Our diocese has 88 Readers, or licensed lay ministers, as well as 39 others who have permission to officiate. They are not clergy but are licensed by the bishop to lead worship, take funerals, preach and offer pastoral support to worshippers.
