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Ecumenical group says Mission is at the heart of Theological Education

Ecumenical group says Mission is at the heart of Theological Education

Churches throughout Britain and Ireland are asked to look harder at how they communicate the Christian message in a changing world in a new report published 8 October. 

14 October 2002

Education Sunday for the Academic Year 2002-3

Education Sunday for the Academic Year 2002-3

As the academic year gets under way, Churches are publishing resources for Education Sunday 2003. For more than a hundred years, this special Sunday has been recognised, in England and Wales, as a national day of prayer and celebration for everyone in the world of education. Next year, Education Sunday will be 16 February.

10 October 2002

Archbishop of Canterbury's final Michaelmas Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral

On this Michaelmas Sunday, exactly 40 years after my ordination as a Deacon in St Paul's Cathedral, I stand to preach my last sermon as Archbishop of Canterbury in this similarly awe-inspiring place of worship. 

29 September 2002

Scottish churches to remember September 11

Scottish churches to remember September 11

Scottish Episcopal churches will be opening their doors on Wednesday to remember the September 11 attacks and their aftermath. 

10 September 2002

Canterbury Cathedral's commemoration for the 11th September

Canterbury Cathedral's commemoration for the 11th September

Special prayers will be said throughout the day in Canterbury Cathedral on Wednesday 11 September 2002 in commemoration of those who died in the United States of America one year ago. 

06 September 2002

Coals to Newcastle?

Coals to Newcastle?

Exhibition about the C of E comes to Canterbury

06 September 2002

Ancient chapel launches online prayer service

Ancient chapel launches online prayer service

One of Scotland's oldest and most mysterious churches today jumped into the 21st century by launching an online prayer service. Rosslyn Chapel, based just outside Edinburgh, has become the country's first church to take e-prayer requests over the Internet.

06 September 2002

The Quiet Garden Movement celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Open Day at Worth Abbey

The Quiet Garden Movement celebrates Tenth Anniversary with Open Day at Worth Abbey

"Growth is appropriate in anything to do with gardens! The growth of The Quiet Garden movement from 1 to over 240 in ten years, and across 5 continents, is a huge achievement in which many hands have been creatively involved", says Esther de Waal, well known writer and a patron of The Quiet Garden Trust.

06 September 2002

USPG launches special health appeal

USPG launches special health appeal

The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) has recently launched its special Learn to Live fundraising health appeal. 

30 August 2002

Request for information on liturgy and prayers for healing

Request for information on liturgy and prayers for healing

Beatrice Brandon is the convenor of the Steering Group set up by the House of Bishops, with the concurrence of the Archbishops' Council of the Church of England, to support the advisors on the ministry of healing.

20 August 2002