The Church and the Virus
In the first of two articles Edward Dowler looks back at responses to the pandemic I’d like to start with two contrasting views of the direction in which the Church might now be heading. The first is from the [...]
Come Holy Ghost!
Martin Warner asks what are we to say about the activity of God the Holy Spirit? Many Christians say that they have been brought to faith by the Holy Spirit through the attraction of gathering for worship in large [...]
Faithful to the end
Harri Williams on the enduring legacy of Father Patten The Revd Alfred Hope Patten was Inducted as Vicar of Walsingham on the 19th January 1921. As is traditional at an induction he rang the Church bell, and rather than [...]
Touching place
JAMES, BARTON-UNDER-NEEDWOOD, STAFFS Barton church is a long and low building in the dark stone characteristic of churches in the area. The window tracery in the aisles is deceptive, as the aisles were rebuilt and widened in 1864. In [...]
Faith of Our Fathers
Arthur Middleton on after lockdown With the ending of lockdown public worship will be restored as churches are reopened, but it will require a good deal of teaching by parish priests to restore in people’s minds the importance of [...]
The Angel of the Lord
John Gayford explores the beauty of the Angelus The French artist Jean-Francois Millet completed his painting later entitled “The Angelus” between 1857 and 1859. It was commissioned by the American Thomas Appleton with the title Prayers for the Potato [...]
June Diary
Thurifer comes out of lockdown One of the modern tropes that I do not understand, among many, is “my truth”. What does that mean? Does it mean perception? Opinion? Outlook? Interpretation of events? And why should I believe your [...]
In our day of thanksgiving
Owen Higgs gives thanks for 150 years of St Augustine’s Kilburn I’d like to begin by saying two ‘thank yous.’ Thankyou Fr Colin for inviting me, and thankyou to the people of St Augustine’s for your welcome. I want [...]
ON SAINTS, RELICS AND DEDICATIONS
Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69 – 155 AD) was a link with the Apostolic age of the church; he knew the Apostle John, who is said to have consecrated him as a bishop. In AD 107 he had an important [...]
Views, reviews and previews
Art Pedro and Ricky come again Jonathan Meades Unbound, £30 As Miss Prism said, ‘Memory, my dear Cecily, is the diary that we all carry about with us.’ This month’s exhibitions piece is about the art shows which [...]