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
"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
The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) has recently launched its special Learn to Live fundraising health appeal.
30 August 2002
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
The Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales, was today (5th August 2002) honoured by being admitted to "Gorsedd y Beirdd" at the National Eisteddfod currently being held at St Davids in Pembrokeshire.
12 August 2002
Dr Isabel Wollaston of the University of Birmingham gave a recent guest lecture at Canterbury Christ Church University College. Her subject: 'Christianising the Holocaust: Auschwitz and the Politics of Sacred Space.'
07 August 2002
The Church Mission Society has welcomed the appointment of Archbishop Dr Rowan Williams as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury as a decisive move that will bring thoughtfulness, new energy and depth to the mission of the Church. In a statement issued today, CMS General Secretary the Revd Canon Tim Dakin says:
25 July 2002
Bishops' Appeal has sent €20,000 to relieve the hunger currently afflicting Southern Africa.
24 July 2002
The Dean of Canterbury, the Very Revd Robert Willis, said today "I am delighted that the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams has been chosen by Her Majesty the Queen to succeed Dr George Carey as Archbishop of Canterbury.
24 July 2002
The head of the Scottish Episcopal Church today welcomed the appointment of Rowan Williams as the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
23 July 2002