Fr Peter CSWG reflects on the call to the religious life Instructing His disciples at the Last Supper, the Lord gave them this reminder: ‘You did not chose me, but I chose you' (John 15.16). For some whom He calls, [...]
A homily by Jeffrey Gainer on the ministerial priesthood This homily was preached at the mass of thanksgiving for Fr Martin Williams's Golden Jubilee of priesthood at Petertide 2015. We apologise for the delay in publication. A few miles to [...]
The Bishop of Fulham on John Donne and the date of Easter In the year 1608, a remarkable alignment occurred in the Calendar. Easter Day fell early: not quite as early as it possibly might, but early nonetheless, on Sunday [...]
New Directions congratulates all those who have been elected to serve on the General Synod in the recent elections. It will not surprise readers, however, that we offer our loudest cheers for those who will constitute the Catholic Group when [...]
ST MARY, WARWICK Many large towns and cities have a dominant mediaeval church in their centre – just think of St Peter Mancroft in Norwich, or St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol. From a distance the tower of Warwick church is [...]
Tom Sutcliffe considers questions of life and death In the theatre we find that death is generally taken more seriously than life. This thought occurs because a few weeks ago I went to the first night of a new production [...]
FATHERS IN GOD? Resources for reflection on women in the episcopate Edited by Colin Podmore Canterbury Press Norwich, 272pp, pbk 978 1848258266, £19.99 Since I cannot claim to be an impartial reviewer of Fathers in God?, let me begin by [...]
Christopher Smith’s column this month is not to be shared with the children The number of people around who appear to be perpetually outraged seems to grow and grow. Private Eye printed a cartoon last month showing some ropey-looking demonstrators [...]
Arthur Middleton Silence and Prayer Silence and the Single Phrase The question many people ask today is not ‘why do we pray?’, but ‘how can we pray in a world that has become so busy and noisy in a culture [...]
Developing Capacity Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House Edward King, the saintly Bishop of Lincoln from 1885 to 1910, taught that the communion with God which we call prayer was natural to humanity. His approach to spirituality [...]