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?

 

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

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

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

 

COMMENT / Revd Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer speaks about new guidance to Church schools on tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullyin

A prayer ahead of Racial Justice Sunday this week written by Revd Dr Anderson Jeremiah, a member of the Archbishops’ Anti-Racism Taskforce.

St Mark’s Church, Broomhill hosted a glorious celebration of holy Communion on the evening of Ascension Day, during which ten adults were confirmed.

Churches are marking the annual Mental Health Awareness Week amid a year of intense pressure on mental health services.

Chaplains have continued to serve vulnerable and dispersed communities throughout the pandemic, including those in industry – like Ewen Huffman. 

In just a few years, a patch of once unused land in the middle of the Quarrendon estate in Aylesbury, Bucks, has been transformed into the beating heart of the community by the local church.