DT: Fergus Butler-Gaillie reveals what it is like to be a priest
A jovial look at the realities of being a priest in the Church of England
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If the Bishop of Ely’s woke idiocy prevails, he’ll have to demolish his own cathedral | Simon Heffer, the Telegraph
“There is fine architecture: stained glass, sublime wood carvings, roofs adorned by angels, and handsome tombs and monuments. But a church is not merely an education in aesthetics; it is an education in history. It helps furnish a picture of society as it was.”
Letters to the Editor | Church Times
“The answers by the Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich, the Rt Revd Martin Seeley, to the General Synod (11 February) point to the essence of the financial dilemma being addressed by development of an uncosted Vision and Strategy alongside the massacre, through ever more mergers and closures, of parishes that are the source of £1 billion of funding.”
DT letters: The CofE is no longer prioritising its buildings
In fact, when the buildings/land are sold the money goes into diocesan coffers and not to the local parish who, more often than not, financed them in the first place….
DT article: 100 Churches receive funding boost
Campaigners hailed the grants as ‘very good news’ – but warned there was still muchwork to be done Read the original article here
Article Times 05/06/2023
Quarter of churches no longer holding regular weekly services. Congregations in large benefices will not travel far to attend church even if they knew where and when services were being…
The Sunday Programme explores constitutional issues around the Church of England
Bishop of Croydon on alternative uses for church buildings, not least for after school clubs. A lively debate between Chris Loder MP and Dominic Grieve, an erstwhile Attorney-General at about 35…
