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 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
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
Following the explosion at the Buncefield Oil Depot at Hemel Hemsptead, the Bishop of St Albans said, "My prayers and thoughts are with the injured and with the emergency services who are continuing to fight the fire and support the many hundreds of people whose lives have been affected by this explosion.
15 December 2005
The Spirit you have received is not a spirit of slavery, leading you back into a life of fear, but a Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry 'Abba! Father!' (Romans 8.15)
17 November 2005
To begin by asking this audience, 'Why are you here?' may sound just a bit negative (shades of the wartime challenge, 'Was your journey really necessary?'). But it's meant as a serious and an open question.
17 November 2005
Hundreds of members of the new Synod of the Church of England join with Her Majesty the Queen, for a Communion Service to mark the opening of the 'church's parliament'. The synod is re-formed every 5 years and the Queen by custom attends the Eucharist and speaks at the opening session, in her role of Supreme Governor of the Church of England
15 November 2005
[Inverness, California] Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attended All Saints Sunday services at the Parish Church and Retreat House of St. Columba's in the quaint California seaside town of Inverness
11 November 2005
The Queen has approved the nominations of the Reverend Canon Anthony Porter to the Suffragan See of Sherwood, in the Diocese of Southwell, in succession to the Right Reverend Alan Wyndham Morgan and the nomination of the Reverend Canon John Frank Ford to the Suffragan See of Plymouth, in the Diocese of Exeter, in succession to the Right Reverend John Henry Garton.
08 November 2005