The Appeal has had a flying start. So far (May 7th) twenty-two donors have contributed £795 and this gives a projected 5-year total of £4,954! Both figures take account of Gift Aid. This means that the Trustees are in a [...]

BATH S.John’s, Bathwick (by the Fire Station). A Forward in Faith Church. Sunday: Sung Mass 9.00 am; Evening Prayer & Benediction 6.30 pm on 2nd/4th Sundays. Weekday Masses: T 8.00 am; W 7.00 pm; Th. 10.30 am; F 7.30 pm; [...]

Subscriptions Many thanks to all those Forward in Faith members who have been so efficient and have sent in their annual subscriptions, following last month’s Treasurer’s Report. We hope that all the rest of you are dealing with your subscriptions [...]

George Austin on the responsibility of Power IT is early May and the media is full of allegations of horrific torture, brutality and murder in Iraq both in prisons and outside. Of course in the end it may all prove [...]

Reginald Heber, the great hymn writer, was also an early missionary bishop The idea of the Gentleman Bishop is, to us, either a Barchester joke or a modern, managerial mockery, but it was not always thus. The English Church of [...]

Looking again at the liturgy The Book of Divine Worship Newman House Press, 974pp, hbk 0 9704022 6 0 This American publication, dedicated to Pope John Paul II, comprises ‘elements of the Book of Common Prayer revised and adapted according [...]

Fathers in Law Not long after the ordination of women began in the majority of Australian dioceses, a friend of mine, wanting to be kind and conciliatory, and trying to maintain the ‘highest level of communion possible’, invited the diocesan [...]

The Do-It-Yourself Doctrine Call it Christianity Lite. It's the assertion – no, the insistence – that you can be a Christian in good standing though you reject all or significant parts of the brand of Christianity to which you formally [...]

Gerry O'Brien on the gathering storm Consensus has never been easy to achieve. Some might say that in the fallen world in which we live it is unachievable. Some starry eyed idealists seem to think that if only we could [...]

The Root of all Evil In summer 1965 in a Winnipeg hospital, Janet Reimer's lifelong dream came true when she gave birth to twin sons, Bruce and Brian. But within six months, both boys develop difficulty urinating. The doctors suggest [...]