n 2005 the MU will be backing the MakePovertyHistory campaign, a mass coalition of activists committed to eradicating poverty through the three critical areas of trade, debt and aid.
02 February 2005
Do you have strong memories related to times when you have heard this prayer or made this prayer? Does it particularly comfort or inspire you? Do you remember a time when you recited this prayer for a special reason? Perhaps you have a story about Kyrie Eleison
01 February 2005
The General Synod of the Church of England will debate a Christian vision of a greener world at its forthcoming meeting in London on Thursday 17 February.
28 January 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, attended solemn vespers on Friday 14 January at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral and preached at the service at the invitation of the Cardinal Archbishop of England, HE Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, to mark Christian Unity Week. It was his first official visit to the cathedral
17 January 2005
In a move that marks a renewed vision and vigour and renewed enthusiasm and optimism for its work, Affirming Catholicism, a progressive Anglican Catholic organisation in the Anglican Communion, has appointed the Revd Richard Jenkins as its first full time director
12 January 2005
want to take this opportunity to thank you all for all you have been doing, and continue to do, in encouraging giving and the offering of prayers during the last two weeks.
11 January 2005
Thought-provoking new research reveals the economic and social value of England's Anglican cathedrals. New research has revealed that nearly nine million people visited England's Anglican cathedrals in 2003 - two million more than visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach, five million more than went on the London Eye and almost twice as many as visited the British Museum in the same year.
15 December 2004
'Justice and celebration belong together, in the prophets and the Gospels.' 'God's plan is one in which all human beings are called to be both givers and receivers.' Two brief examples of remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, as he addressed the World Mission Conference held 23-25 November 2004 in Swanwick, England
14 December 2004
Further to your 2 December 2004 pre-budget report, I am writing to you, in my capacity as Vice Chairman for Community and Public Affairs of the Church of England's Mission and Public Affairs Council, regarding the Government's plans for the focus of the UK Presidency of the 2005 G8.
10 December 2004
Muslims and Christians will meet to debate the 'war on terror' at a ground-breaking meeting aimed at building bridges between the two communities 26 November in Leeds. Taking part in 'Trust or Terror', being held at the Building Blocks Centre in Beeston, will be two leading religious leaders, the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, and the Chair of the Leeds Muslim Forum.
22 November 2004