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Wales: Bishop's Lent Appeal to help three charities

Children scarred from burns, people with drug  or alcohol addictions and repressed communities in Zimbabwe will benefit from a six week appeal launched by a bishop this week to mark Lent, which starts today.

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Wales: New Dean for Theological College

A minister from the United States will help train clergy in Wales following a senior appointment at a theological college.

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Archbishop of Wales blesses centre for autistic children

Children with autism welcomed the Archbishop of Wales to their new state-of-the-art school centre on Monday 20th Feb.

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Archbishop challenges worshippers to read Bible in a year

From the Church in Wales

The Archbishop of Wales is inviting people to make a New Year’s Resolution to read the whole Bible in 2013.

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Wales: Bishop calls for Community Response to Floods

The community spirit of the people of St Asaph will help the city cope with floods which have forced 500 people from their homes, the Bishop of St Asaph said yesterday.

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Rule out smacking children - Archbishop of Wales

Smacking children demeans and devalues them, the Archbishop of Wales will say at a vigil service tomorrow (Tuesday Nov 20) dedicated to ending legalised violence against children.

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Christ brings light in the darkness of death - Cardiff hit-and-run funeral address

Christ’s light shines of those of us who are in darkness and in the shadow of death, a vicar told the children and family of a mother killed in a tragic hit-and-run incident in Cardiff.

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Families' loss is shared by whole community - Bishop tells mourners at fire tragedy funeral

We live in a real world where evil takes place but God gives us the strength to cope and brings healing and peace, the Bishop of Monmouth told mourners at the funeral  (Thursday 25th) of three generations of one family killed in a house fire last month.

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Parents campaign to protect children from sex on TV

Parents are being urged to protest against unsuitable pre-watershed programmes in a campaign being launched in Wales (Wednesday 24th).

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Banana farmer joins Church campaign for fair trade

A banana farmer from Cameroon visited a farm in Usk at Harvest time (Oct 23) to promote the use of Fair Trade products in Welsh churches.

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Vicar Academy - BBC Wales series shows year in the life of trainee priests

Ever wondered how priests are trained to serve in today’s communities? There’s a lot more to it than studying the Bible and learning how to compose sermons, as a television crew discovered when they spend a year following ordinands from across Wales training for ministry at St Michael’s College, Cardiff.

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Church structure mustn't stifle Gospel message - Archbishop of Wales

The Church in Wales must be prepared to change if it is to serve God effectively, the Archbishop of Wales said today.

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Olympic medallist's hometown to receive first church heart machine

By Anna Morrell with additional reporting by Tarsila Burity

The local church is at the heart of many communities across Wales, but St James' Church has taken ‘heart’ one step further. The village of Wick is not only hometown to former Beijing Olympic cyclist and gold medallist Nicole Cooke, it is now the first village in Wales to install Public Access Defibrillators (PADS) on its church building for use on cardiac arrest victims.

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Vicar plans social media campaign for new parish

By Anna Morrell, Church in Wales

A vicar who is a keen convert to social media, plans to use the full force of the internet to reach out to young people in his new parish.

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Welcoming the Olympics: All the Bells

Churches across the UK are being urged to join together on the first day of the Olympics by ringing their church bells to welcome the games.

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Steel-worker's son is new vicar at Port Talbot

The son of a former steel-worker is coming back to serve as a vicar in Port Talbot this week.

Revd Mark Williams will be inducted as vicar of St Theodore, Port Talbot, by the Archbishop of Wales on Thursday.

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Archbishop of Wales launches Living Faith course

The Archbishop of Wales is inviting people to take part in a course aimed at helping to explore spirituality and faith in today’s world.

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Call for participants to apply for young peacebuilders' scheme

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.

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Aircraft engineers win Church-sponsored award

A company that makes aircraft engines has won a Church sponsored award for gearing up its community work.

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Bishops respond to gay marriage consultation

The Church in Wales Response to:
EQUAL CIVIL MARRIAGE:  A CONSULTATION
(Government Equalities Office, March 2012)

Introduction
This is a response from the Bishops of the Church in Wales.

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