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Diocese of Jerusalem

Diocese of Jerusalem

The whole Diocese, both clergy and laity, is distressed by the current state of affairs in our Land of the Holy One. Naturally we extend our condolences to all the bereaved families and our prayers for recovery and healing to the thousands of victims and their families who have been injured in body

04 October 2000

Speech given by Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales

Speech given by Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales

In July, nearly eighty members of the Church in Wales spent ten days in the Holy Land on the Pilgrim 2,000 trip that was planned in connection with the launch of our Jubilee Fund. 

27 September 2000

2000 years in 2000 minutes

2000 years in 2000 minutes

This message comes from St John in the Wilderness, a small but beautiful 14th century church, in Exmouth, Devon in England. On Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October 2000 we are holding a millennium event called "2000 years in 2000 minutes". It starts at 8.00am GMT on the Saturday and finishes at 5.20pm GMT on the Sunday

25 September 2000

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

The House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland, meeting in Dublin, in considering the publication of the Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Dominus Iesus on the "unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church" has issued the following preliminary response

11 September 2000

Getting together

Getting together

The Church Mission Society (CMS) and Mid-Africa Ministry (MAM) have confirmed that they intend to integrate, with the first stage of the process to be completed by January 2001. A statement agreed by the governing bodies of both agencies was released on 28th July 2000

01 September 2000

Prizes for headlines

Prizes for headlines

St Peter's in St Albans, England, is the most media-friendly church in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. The parish won an award of £50 recently for the extensive news coverage it had achieved for a number of projects during 1999.

01 September 2000

Welsh clergy golf in two countries

Welsh clergy golf in two countries

The clergy of the Church in Wales held a golf competition recently at a course that has fifteen holes in Wales and three in England. The unique fourth hole starts in Wales and ends in England!

01 September 2000

England My England

Anglican Communion Office Director of Communications, Canon James M Rosenthal, has published a guide recently that is aimed specifically at Episcopalians from North America who want to ensure that a visit to England is the best experience it can be. "England My England" is essential reading for Episcopalians in this Millennium year.

31 August 2000

Response to submarine tragedy

Response to submarine tragedy

The priest and people of the Anglican parish at Rawreth Essex made an immediate response today to the media coverage of the Russian Submarine disaster. 

23 August 2000

Coventry Cathedral condemns ten years of sanctions against Iraq

Coventry Cathedral condemns ten years of sanctions against Iraq

Today is the tenth anniversary of the imposition of UN sanctions against Iraq. It is also the tenth anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. With the Gulf War a decade behind us the devastating effects of that war continue to this day, that is for the people of Iraq

10 August 2000