All Saints, Waterden, stands in splendid isolation in the middle of a field in a hidden valley 10 miles from the north Norfolk coast. It is a 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon village church without a village – but even if it has lost its original purpose, it remains picture postcard perfect, a Grade I-listed gem in a landscape that carries those who happen upon it back through the centuries.
02 August 2012
From the Office of the Archbishop of Dublin: A report has revealed that the violence in Nigeria, responsible for hundreds of deaths since January, is due to more than religious tensions alone.
01 August 2012
Canon Andrew White, the vicar of the only Anglican church in Baghdad, said it was "a major miracle" that a bus load of children returning from their First Communion were not killed in a double bomb attack.
31 July 2012
A vicar who is a keen convert to social media, plans to use the full force of the internet to reach out to young people in his new parish.
31 July 2012
A scheme in Norwich Diocese which gives broadband access to remote rural communities has been highlighted as an example of best practice in a report released today from the Lords Communcations Committee, which says the Government’s broadband strategy must not leave communities behind.
31 July 2012
Sunday, July 29th was a day of celebration as Bishop Suheil gave the mandate to The Very Revd Hosam Naoum, Dean of St. George's Cathedral, to formally install the Revd Major John Organ as Residential Canon of St. George’s Cathedral and Bishop’s Chaplain.
31 July 2012
There are just 3 weeks left for nominations to be made for the new sessions of Diocesan Synod which will run for 3 years from 2013-2015.
30 July 2012
The Church of England has published an inspection report on the Lancashire and Cumbria Theological Partnership.
30 July 2012
The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, has appointed Mr Graham Richards as a lay Canon of Armagh. Mr Richards succeeds to the stall formerly occupied by the late Canon J.L.B. Deane. Armagh Cathedral has six Lay Canons – the first were appointed in 1997 and Mr Richards will be the eleventh to take up office.
28 July 2012
The announcement by Minister for Education and Skills, Mr Ruairí Quinn, TD, that the patronage of the new post-primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, has been awarded to the Church of Ireland has been warmly welcomed by the Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson.
26 July 2012