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From the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham - Magnificat

From the Shrine of our Lady of Walsingham - Magnificat

Mary's Magnificat! The image of Our Lady of Walsingham, usually to be found in the Holy House at the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham is going, "on the road" nationwide, to visit a range of secular places including a prison, a shopping centre, a school, an airport and a hospital.

13 April 2004

Easter message from the Rt Revd Riah Abu El-Assal

Easter message from the Rt Revd Riah Abu El-Assal

Salaam and grace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ the risen from the dead, and from Jerusalem, the Mother City of our faith, the city of the Resurrection. On behalf of our Episcopal Diocese - the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East - both lay and ordained - I wish you God's richest blessings this Easter-tide and encourage you to continue to pray for us and with us

11 April 2004

Message from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday 2004

Message from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on Easter Sunday 2004

Brothers and Sisters...Christ is risen! Let us rejoice. Let us achieve, with the grace of God, our own resurrection, spiritual and social. As we gaze on the Cross of Christ, we need to ask ourselves some penetrating questions if we would claim to be true disciples. 

11 April 2004

The Easter Sermon of the Most Revd Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury

A good few years ago, I heard a distinguished American scholar of ancient history commenting on the proclamation of the resurrection as it would have been heard in the classical world. 'If an educated Greek or Roman had been told that someone had been raised from the dead', he said, 'his first question would have been "How do you get him back into his grave again?"'

11 April 2004

"God Problems: Why do what we're told?"

"God Problems: Why do what we're told?"

The latest part of Jane Williams' Lent study series

05 April 2004

Ireland Synod to debate Church's ministry

Ireland Synod to debate Church's ministry

The Church of Ireland General Synod meeting in Armagh in May will be challenged to set a new agenda for change in the church's ministry over the next ten years.

01 April 2004

Bishop elected for Argyll and The Isles

Bishop elected for Argyll and The Isles

Canon Martin Shaw was elected as the new Bishop of Argyll and The Isles in the Scottish Episcopal Church at a meeting of the Electoral Synod on March 24 in Oban. He will succeed the Rt Revd Douglas Cameron who retired at the end of October last year.

29 March 2004

US director inspired by Church Army UK

US director inspired by Church Army UK

The national director for Church Army USA is on a fact-finding tour of projects run by Church Army in the UK. Steve Brightwell said in a press release that so far he had been "bowled over" and "inspired and encouraged" by the range and quality of work throughout the UK and Ireland.

29 March 2004

God problems: Is God our security?

God problems: Is God our security?

Jane Williams' continues her Lent course with "God Problems: Is God our Security." 

29 March 2004

Anglicans meet Muslim leaders at Windsor

Anglicans meet Muslim leaders at Windsor

The Soul of Europe, an Anglican organisation aimed at assisting the integration of Islam into Europe, met with the World Islamic Call Society last week at St George's House Windsor on ways to develop joint-peace making activities.

29 March 2004