A new water feature in Southwell Minster will form a central part of the special service this Saturday (January 7th) when the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham will officially launch its year's focus on 'Living Water, Living Well: Encountering God in Prayer and Pilgrimage'.
10 January 2006
The Church of England has supported moves to create a specific criminal offence of 'forcing someone to marry' in its submission to a Home Office review on the issue.
10 January 2006
2006 marks the 75th anniversary of the restoration of the Holy House of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and a year - long series of celebrations is being planned. The theme throughout the year will be the Shrine's motto 'House of God, Gate of Heaven.
04 January 2006
'The real significance of the Christian Christmas lies behind the scene at Bethlehem. Though we are familiar with the scene in the Stable we have to go behind it to fully understand what had happened. God had intervened in this world.
23 December 2005
When those who came first to the Stable at Bethlehem saw with their own eyes the miracle of Christ's birth they believed - but then they moved on ...
21 December 2005
From the monthly Newsletter of the Diocese of Jerusalem
21 December 2005
The Church of England has given an extra push to its environmental issues work with the appointment of David Shreeve, executive director of The Conservation Foundation, as environmental adviser in the Mission and Public Affairs Division.
21 December 2005
Church of England welcomes results of government's consultation on anti-terror legislation Reports that the Home Office has dropped plans to close places of worship linked to 'extremism' following a consultation exercise have been welcomed by the Church of England.
20 December 2005
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd Dr Robin Eames, has today (Sunday 18 December) met officers and soldiers from every county in Northern Ireland and also from the Republic of Ireland, as part of his three-day pastoral visit to the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment currently serving in Iraq.
20 December 2005
Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, is this Christmas encircled by towering walls and militarized fences, turning the 4,000 year old city into a virtual prison for its 160,000 citizens. Bethlehem will soon have only three gates to the outside world, all controlled by the Israeli army.
15 December 2005