Chapels
There's chapels and then there's chapels. In the UK the word chapel could be used as a badge of Nonconformity ('I'm chapel') but a medieval chapel conceals an amazing variety of meanings. Usually it meant simply a space for a [...]
Vision glorious – our hope
The Bishop of Pontefract explains that the Anglican Church is basically and inherently catholic A bishop told me the other day apart from the ordination of women issue we are as catholic as each other. I didn’t realize it was [...]
Lest we forget
Aidan Mayoss CR reflects on the war dead and our hope for life after death We sometimes forget when we wrestle with different translations, compare gospels, consult commentaries and generally get ourselves into a tangle preparing for an essay or [...]
The priest
Peter Mullen on the duties of the priest and the nature of the authority conferred at ordination The priest is not a social worker or any kind of quaint parochial nice guy appointed to cheer up the locals. He is [...]
The Society
The Bishops of the Society write to members about the future The Society is intended to address a situation that does not yet exist and, following the failure of the Women Bishops Measure last November, will not exist for two [...]
Over – and out?
If you thought the joy at the Royal Wedding was exuberant, you ain’t seen nutting yet. That’s if you believe Watch. After November’s Synod we must. Wait, Watch says, until you see the national rejoicing when the first woman bishop [...]
The name of Jesus
Andy Hawes reflects on the power of the name of Jesus The year begins with the feast of ‘The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus.’ The name of Jesus is Lord’s first gift to us. The giving of the name is [...]
LEAD STORY
Vision glorious – the future Dr Colin Podmore explains why the Catholic Group and Forward in Faith are backing the new package for the women bishops legislation, and what this means for The Society In the summer and early autumn [...]
Thought of the day
No leap in the dark I was on the train and was disconcerted to overhear two businessmen discussing family members who’d turned religious. They both lamented it as something highly undesirable. Their conversation summed up to me the false enlightenment [...]
editorial
It is hard to believe that a year has gone by since the women bishops’ legislation was defeated in the General Synod and, once again, as this magazine goes to press the Synod is meeting to discuss more proposals to [...]