How to serve your community’s needs without reinventing the wheel in every parish: that is the challenge posed by a new project to be launched by the Archbishop of York at this week’s General Synod.
07 February 2012
A prayer written at The Queen’s Direction by the Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral for Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee has been released.
06 February 2012
Student protests and the debate around Higher Education funding have prompted this year’s Education Sunday theme – learning and serving – which issues a strong challenge about responsibility to others.
31 January 2012
Residents of the Occupy London camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral are challenging church and society to consider their stance on global economics.
30 January 2012
Ministers should not overrule tradition on the issue of same-sex marriages, the Archbishop of York has said.
30 January 2012
The Archbishop of York, The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, will today preach at a service at the Webster Memorial Church in Kingston, to mark the beginning of Jamaica’s celebration of 50 years of independence.
30 January 2012
Thirty-nine parishes discovered last month that 2012 would be a good year for them when they were offered grants by the Church Buildings Council and The Wolfson Foundation to support essential repair works to their church buildings. The works range from major re-roofing projects through essential repairs to towers and parapets to improvements to drainage and rainwater disposal. Funding these works can be a difficult task for small parishes, particularly in rural areas with tiny communities.
26 January 2012
London, 18 January (ENInews). Britain's High Court on 18 January ordered anti-corporate protesters evicted from a camp they have occupied for three months outside London's iconic St. Paul's Cathedral.
19 January 2012
Too many criminals are sent to prison and punishing them in public instead could be more effective, the Anglican bishop for prisons has said.
19 January 2012
Parishes throughout England can apply for a £10,000 prize for the best developed proposal for commissioning a new work of art for their church.
18 January 2012