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Fact File: What is Holy Saturday?

Why is Holy Saturday significant? How does the Church commemorate it? What is the Saturday before Easter Day called?

06/04/2023
  • News & Stories
Bishop leads dawn vigil outside Durham Cathedral Kieth Blundy

My fascination with DNA raised questions about being human and made in God's image

Rev Keith Fox, a former professor of biochemistry who was ordained earlier this year, speaks about how scientific research deepened his faith.

16/08/2024
  • News & Stories
Keith Fox wearing deacon stole

Fact File: What is Palm Sunday?

Why do churchgoers carry palm crosses? Why will there be processions through towns and cities this Sunday? Why will donkeys be seen in churches and cathedrals this week?

 

31/03/2023
  • News & Stories
The congregation at St Peter’s Church, Bethnal Green mark Palm Sunday with their annual procession along Columbia Road Diocese of London

Fact File: What is Good Friday?

What does Good Friday commemorate? What happens in churches and cathedrals on Good Friday? Where does the name originate?

05/04/2023
  • News & Stories
Jesus on the cross in sculpture at Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral

Fact file: What is Maundy Thursday?

What does it commemorate? What does Maundy mean? Why do Christians wash feet? What is Maundy Money?

 

04/04/2023
  • News & Stories
Clergy washing feet at Maundy Thursday service Ripon Cathedral

‘Responding to housing need is an integral part of the mission and ministry of the Church of England’

'Our hope is that others will catch this vision and be willing to share our mission – to provide homes and build communities where people love to live'

Bishop Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Church of England's Bishop for Housing, looks back on a year since the publication of Coming Home, the report of the Archbishops' Commission on Housing Church and Community.

 

14/03/2022
  • News & Stories
Bishop Guli

Pilot swaps a life in the skies for parish ministry

A former airline pilot who saw the ‘face of Christ’ in the people he met after landing in some of the poorest areas of the world has been ordained a deacon.

29/06/2023
  • News & Stories
Joshua Pollard with the Bishop of Fulham and the Bishop of Southwark

“For too long, we have felt squeamish about talking about death."

FEATURE / A priest from the Diocese of Liverpool is supporting the work of funeral directors and parishes by offering professional, pastoral and compassionate ministers to listen carefully to families who seek to celebrate a life in a unique and bespoke way.

16/05/2019
  • News & Stories

GDPR – What’s it all about?

FEATURE / You might have noticed a new acronym popping up all over the place of late – GDPR – or the General Data Protection Regulation. It’s EU legislation that comes into force in May this year. 

13/03/2018
  • News & Stories
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'Being a blind priest has not detracted from my ministry but added a unique and personal dimension to it'

Rev Prebendary John Beauchamp has been blind for more than 30 years as a result of the eye condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa. He describes how his blindness has brought a unique dimension to his ministry.

18/06/2024
  • News & Stories
Rev Prebendary John Beauchamp

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