Paul Hewitt examines the pre-history of the present crisis in Pennsylvania I serve in a parish in the Anglican Province of Christ the King not fifteen miles from the renowned Church of the Good Shepherd in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. From 1976 [...]

Three wise men At the time of writing, Advent is in view: as you read this, your eyes may be rising towards Epiphany. In between, the mighty festival of the nativity of our Lord. Three seasons, then, which often overlap [...]

John Richardson on recent developments When it was founded in 1993, Reform attracted a great deal of initial interest. Within a few years, however, many felt it had rather lost its way. Perhaps the low point came when proposals to [...]

Christopher Idle has difficulty communicating ‘Lovely service, Vicar!' So began a feature in a church weekly. It wistfully recalled those appreciative words, spoken so often in the afterglow of midnight, or Carols by Candlelight, by someone who would not step [...]

Hugh Baker responds to John Richardson John Richards (‘Was Wesley "Converted"’, October 2002, New Directions) obviously remembers far more of his reading about John Wesley than I do. All these years later, my main recollection was Wesley reading his Bible [...]

Aidan Nichols OP speaks to the FiF Assembly 2002 Right reverend bishops, reverend fathers and sisters, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ: it is a great honour for me to be invited to say a few words [...]

As the supermarkets turn on the Jingle Bells, and the programme schedulers at the BBC wonder whether ‘The Bells of St Mary’s’ is due for another outing, readers of New Directions will be immersed in the solemnity of Advent and [...]