Canon Philip Mounstephen, Executive Leader, Church Mission Society...When I was at primary school in the North East of England back in the 1960s our school (which was not, note, a church school) initiated a house system.

The pilgrimage with a theme “Intentional Discipleship in a World of Difference” which took place on 24th June to 4th July, was directed by Archbishop Josiah, and led by Canons John Peterson and Iyad Qumri respectively.

In all our different cultures and societies it looks like we have a long way to go before our attitudes and behaviours organically demonstrate a truth that is writ large in a core tenet of our faith

It is often difficult for one to imagine a world outside one’s own experiences. One tends to depend on pre-conceived ideas to inform the imagination. 

When I left home to be a residential member of the Community of St Anselm at Lambeth Palace, saying goodbye was hard not because I was going far away from home

I spent the week before last introducing seminarians to St. Thomas Aquinas as a “spiritual master,” whose manner of teaching the faith remains both lucid and accessible nearly 750 years on.

Last year I met  ‘Binyamin’, a young refugee from Afghanistan, who had  fled to Europe when he was just 15.