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Senin, 31 Agustus 2020
Another Church in Wales senior appointment
The Archbishop of Wales at the window in HQ which affords distant views of the Salvation ArmyDHQ and the Church of St Mary's The Virgin in Butetown . Source: Church in WalesHot on the heels of the Church in Wales advertisement for a Director of Welsh Language and...
Minggu, 30 Agustus 2020
Florence Nightingale
It was odd that the bishop of Llandaff in her first interview for Wales Online should choose Florence Nightingale as a fellow victim of her alleged prejudice and discrimination.June Osborne:“But isn’t it inspiring that social history is changing in front of us? If you think...
Misogyny, repression and stigmatisation
Source: Church in Wales Diocesan press releasesOne of the less important casualties of the severe weather was the launch of a new book under the category Gender Studies in Wales.Due to be launched at that bastion of inclusiveness, St Asaph Cathedral, it claims to offer "significant...
Don't mention The Sword
This handout picture taken in Carcassone military headquarters in 2018 and released by the Gendarmerie Nationale on March 24, 2018, shows French Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltramewho was killed after swapping himself for a hostage in a rampage and...
Sabtu, 29 Agustus 2020
Sexuality, tolerance and institutional inclusion
Changing attitude in St Davids Diocese Pub talk in Llandaff ...
Women's ministry: laughing all the way to the top
The newly announced Archdeacon of Bangor will be among the story-tellersat an event in St Asaph Cathedral to celebrate 21 years of women priests in the Church in Wales. Source: CinW Press releaseThere is to be another celebration of women using the church...
Lamb to the slaughter
I was not alone in being shocked at the BBC's Countryfile coverage of the plight of sheep farmers last Sunday."Roast lamb is getting rarer" it was claimed, not because of a shortage but "because there is no money in it when no-one buys it." Exports had doubled over the last 30 years. The legs go to the supermarkets but the rest goes abroad, it was...
Jumat, 28 Agustus 2020
Caption please
Source: FacebookIn a previous entry I included a Facebook link to photographic coverage of a 'Grill the bishops' vocations event held in the Llandaff diocese of the Church in Wales.I doubt that you will see the above photo in the Caption competition of the diocese'sCroeso...
Kamis, 27 Agustus 2020
Sense and nonsense
John Sentamu, Archbishop of YorkThe Archbishop of York and the Archbishop of Wales have both been in the news recently speaking about immigration. John Sentamu fled Idi Amin’s regime in Uganda for the UK in 1973 so unlike the Archbishop of Wales he has some experience in...
Conform not to the world!
Here we go again. From Christian Today 'Bishop and senior clergyman join calls for Church of England to lose equalities exemptions':"The Church of England should lose its protections under the Equalities Act that allow it to discriminate against people on the basis of their...
Captions again please
Spotted on Twitter.Archbishop sees the light in the naughty room after his Resurrection blunder?As before, printable captions will be published under Commen...
Rabu, 26 Agustus 2020
The Joy of Easter
The Easter message is the same whether celebrated in the simplicity of an Ethiopian Orthodox tent (above), the magnificence of a Russian Orthodox cathedral, the shared experience of the Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem or in an Anglican church.But there is a difference in sharing that message. It is summed up by Bishop Gavin Ashenden...
Let me tell you
Last night my wife and I settled down in front of the television to enjoy an evening at the Proms. We were in for a shock. The second item was Hans Abrahamsen’s Let me tell you, written specially for the soprano, Barbara Hannigan. She was in good voice with clear diction...
Church in Wales attendance down 5% 2014-2015
Source: The Church in Wales Membership and Finances 2015The average Sunday attendance of worshippers over 18 in the Church in Wales dropped another 5% between 2014 and 2015 according to the latest figures published in The Church in Wales Membership and Finances 2015. That represents...
Selasa, 25 Agustus 2020
Self inflicted pain
The UK’s first LGBTQIA+ chaplaincy has been officially launched by the Bishop of St Asaph. Source:...
A Call to Persevere
The bishops of St Asaph, St Davids, Monmouth, Llandaff (Abp), Swansea & Brecon and Bangor.Credit: South Wales ArgusThe Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of the Church in Wales to "all the faithful" concerning admission to Holy Communion of all the baptised "by virtue of their...
Living with Diversity
From left to right: The Rt Revd Gregory Cameron (Bishop of St Asaph); The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek (Bishop of Gloucester);The Revd Canon Jeffrey Gainer (Chairman, Credo Cymru) The Rt Revd Philip North (Bishop of Burnley); The Rt Revd Jonathan Goodall(Bishop of Ebbsfleet) and The...
Senin, 24 Agustus 2020
Tolerance - Acceptance - Oppression
From Christian Concern : "83 UK evangelical leaders from a variety of backgrounds, churches and organisations have signed a letter to the College of Bishops, regarding The Church of England’s current discussions on the issue of human sexuality. They urge the Church of England...
50th Anniversary meeting
Archbishop Justin Welby with Pope Francis at Vespers in the Basilica of San Gregorio al CelioSome may have thought that the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsay in 1966 was an odd event given the changes...
Minggu, 23 Agustus 2020
The oppressor wins
The Gay Marriage cake Source: MetroChristian bakers have been found to have discriminated against a gay man...
The Welsh language, same-sex and the Church in Wales
Outside St Davids Cathedral "Another First for Canon Joanna, Bishop-elect." Source: Church in Wales"From the beginning, the Welsh language was given equality with English in the constitution and liturgy of the Church in Wales, and throughout the twentieth century...
