The Church is to give every household in Britain a millennium candle at the end of 1999, the Second Church Estates Commissioner said last week. The candles can be lit for a moment of silent national reflection at midnight on 31st December, as the new millennium dawns.
14 November 1997
On the 20th November HM the Queen and HRH the Duke of Edinburgh will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of their wedding. There will be a service of Thanksgiving in Westminster Abbey on that day.
10 November 1997
The West Front of Westminster Abbey in London has had niches standing empty since it was built in the late Middle Ages. On the completion of the restoration of the West Front in 1992, it was decided that these niches should be filled with appropriate statutes. In addition to six statutes of traditional saints and four of allegorical figures representing the values for which martyrs have died are 10 remaining niches.
31 October 1997
Consumer power is forcing British supermarkets to insist on better conditions for Third World workers, the international charity Christian Aid reported this month.
31 October 1997
The Archbishop of Canterbury this week urged the Church of England to continue to adapt and innovate in order to connect more effectively with the spiritual needs of millions of people who feel estranged from organised religion. The Archbishop used his Ashe Lecture in St Helen's Church, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, to set out an agenda for continuing change around the themes of confidence, mission and unity.
21 October 1997
Christian Aid, the relief and development agency of the British Churches, has launched an innovative Internet access scheme to raise money for charity on the Internet. The scheme called SurfAid enables Internet users to contribute towards Third World projects while surfing the Internet.
21 October 1997
The Bishop of Wakefield, the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, last weekend launched Church in Community, a new initiative aimed at highlighting existing links and forging new relationships between the church and community.
21 October 1997
Aid agencies have to adopt a twin strategy to combat poverty, according to Michael Taylor, the outgoing director of Christian Aid, one of Britain's main church-sponsored development agencies. Mr Taylor believes that aid agencies must work to alleviate poverty and at the same time struggle to change the system.
21 October 1997
"A Celebration of the Gospel". Canterbury Cathedral, Friday 19 September 1997
Let me say first of all how delighted I am to be back in the Diocese and to be here at this Celebration Service.
26 September 1997
The Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Revd David Smith, will lead a joint Christian-Muslim visit to Pakistan next month (October 12-27). Travelling with the Anglican Bishop will be Ishtiaq Ahmed, Information Officer for the Bradford Council of Mosques and Director of the Racial Equality Council in Bradford.
26 September 1997