Anglican Communion News Service - Digest - England

Prayers, liturgical material for 60th anniversary of Queen's coronation

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:08:00 GMT

From the Church of England

Prayers and liturgical resources for the nationwide celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty The Queen are released online today, at http://www.coronation.churchofengland.org. [More]

Central Readers' Council - Readers are Refreshed

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:40:00 GMT

The 9,000 Church of England Readers are being refreshed! To reflect current trends, their badge and logo has been given a make-over and is being launched at the annual meeting of the Central Readers’ Council in London in April. [More]

Archbishops' Council and Durham University sign historic agreement

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:32:00 GMT

The Archbishops’ Council has linked with Durham University in an historic partnership to provide a suite of higher education awards for ordinands, lay ministry students and others studying in colleges, courses and dioceses in England. [More]

Good News in a nutshell, Cosmos in a Hashtag

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:28:00 GMT

Almost 6 million people were reached by the Church of England's (@c_of_e) Easter 2013 twitter campaign according to figures released today. Official figures from Twitter showed a cumulative reach of 5.8m users from the 8,527 tweets sent over the East... [More]

Bishop builds links between Portsmouth and Ghana

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:35:00 GMT

From the Diocese of Portsmouth

The Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth will make his second visit to Ghana in two years when he flies out today. [More]

Men and Women in Marriage - new document from Faith and Order Commission

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:32:00 GMT

The Church of England's view of the long-established meaning of marriage has been outlined in a new report - "Men and Women in Marriage" - published this week by the Church's Faith and Order Commission. [More]

Bishops shine shoes for Maundy Thursday

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:59:00 GMT

Church of England Bishops will be taking Easter to the streets of towns and city centres as they get on their knees to shine the shoes of passers-by on Maundy Thursday (March 28th). [More]

Coventry's bombed cathedral crypts discovered

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:27:00 GMT

[BBC] Restoration workers have discovered nine secret crypts hidden under the ruins of Coventry's bombed cathedral. [More]

Four out of five believe in the power of prayer

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:47:00 GMT

Four out of five British adults believe in the power of prayer, according to a new ICM survey in the run-up to Easter. Holy Week and Easter are the most important period in the Christian calendar, marking the last days of Jesus' ministry, his death o... [More]

Archbishop of York Invites Headteachers to Community Conference

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:33:00 GMT

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu has invited Headteachers from schools and academies across the North of England to Bishopthorpe Palace on Wednesday 24 April 2013 to hear about the Young Leaders Award, which has been developed by his Youth Tru... [More]

Archbishop of York welcomes New Zealand's Archbishop

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:20:00 GMT

From the Office of the Archbishop of York

The Archbishop of York Welcomes Appointment of New Archbishop of New Zealand [More]

New Bishop of St Germans

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:25:00 GMT

An announcement from Downing Street has confirmed the appointment of the Reverend Christopher Goldsmith as the new Bishop of St Germans. He will be installed as a Bishop by Archbishop Justin Welby at a service in Southwark Cathedral at 11am on Tuesda... [More]

Bishop Mouneer visits TVH development

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:11:00 GMT

The Rev Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis was able to get a first hand view of the new development at Orchard Grove in Darwen. [More]

Year Long Initiative to explore how faiths in UK can collaborate for Social Justice

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:41:00 GMT

A year-long ecumenical initiative backed by leading figures from the Catholic, Anglican and Free churches in the UK launches today to explore how faiths can work better together for social justice amidst unprecedented economic crisis and inequality. [More]

Finnish Academic and English Bishop to lead Anglican-Lutheran Society

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:40:00 GMT

The Rev Dr Jaakko Rusama, a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland and a previous General Secretary of the Finnish Ecumnenical Council, has been elected Lutheran Co-Moderator of the Anglican-Lutheran Society, and his Anglican Co-Moderat... [More]