When I was first asked to attend a three-day Cursillo in Christianity near Dallas, Texas, I was sceptical but willing to be convinced. The Cursillo (a Spanish word meaning "Little course") Movement has swept through the Episcopal and Roman Catholic [...]
According to its Constitution the first object of the Church Union is to promote and renew Catholic faith and life within the Church of England and elsewhere. It goes on to list seven specific tasks, some of which are also [...]
Each month we will be using this column to highlight either one of the Saints, a Mystery of the Kingdom or a recent "Defender of the Faith". This month we are featuring a writing by Canon Bernard Iddings Bell, a [...]
On September 29 we celebrate the festival of St. Michael and All Angels, whose mediaeval name Michaelmas survives to denote the autumn term in many schools and universities. It is a festival that tends to be overlooked, perhaps because of [...]
The following is a paper presented by the Chairman of Forward in Faith, Fr John Broadhurst, to a meeting of the Samrad pa Kirkens Grunn of the Church of Norway in Bergen in June of this year Theologically Communion (Koinonia) [...]
EPISCOPAL CHARISMATICS "It is Scriptural and Traditional to say that the Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic," a senior bishop of the new Charismatic Episcopal Church in the United States said recently. But "the Church, at least denominationally, has [...]
I'm afraid nothing of interest has happened since I last wrote. Will Rogers once said something like "We're safe! Congress is out of session!". One feels a bit like that about the Episcopal Church in the summer. Many people are, [...]
An item of news about Australia that has received considerable attention in the British media is the debate about the republic. What view does the Anglican Church here take about the question and how is it viewed by ordinary people [...]
WHAT'S WRONG WITH INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE? It is often naively imagined that current conflicts and tensions over what has become known as "inclusive language" are merely familial, if bitter, disputes that periodically take place within the Church. "After all," says the [...]
Something to Celebrate is a title with a certain resonance. 'Celebrate' is a word which neatly bridges the gap between the sacred and the profane. It is vaguely churchy...and yet it sounds quite fun. But what precisely, in the title [...]