If the Archbishop of Canterbury abstains from too much hectoring about the sins of the past or the present, and encourages the faithful few in the parishes, then her six years in the post will not have been wasted.
The Church of England’s General Synod met in London last week for its February group of sessions, the first under the presidency of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally. Here’s our report from the sessions.
In praise of vicarages stresses their special importance as homes-cum-workplaces, reflecting the unique insider-outsider status of a parish priest, and suggests that dioceses should view them differently.
Emma Thompson has written this piece for The Rectory Society to help those who value the parish system and want to keep it.
The Rt Rev’d Esther Prior, Bishop of Aston was our keynote speaker at our conference last week. Here is her speech.
From spirited church family to empty church building – what went wrong with the diocesan processes in Liverpool?
From a church in the North West – Fight to keep your own parish and involve your local community and your congregation will grow.
Hearty congratulations to Bishop Sarah Mullally as she becomes our new Archbishop of Canterbury. I really wish her all the luck in the world as she takes the tiller to…
Sir James Burnell-Nugent writes in The Times this week of his hopes that the Crown Nomination for the next Archbishop of Canterbury will be pro-parish.
A Parish is for Life Saturday 18th October 2025St James the Greater, 219 London Road, Leicester, LE2 1NE We hope to welcome many of you to our annual conference, just a…
For example, can a diocese say that a parish or benefice will not receive a priest unless they pay a certain amount of parish share, or if it does not…
The Diocese of Truro are proposing to place 23 churches in the Lizard Peninsula into a single benefice with two stipendiary clergy – a Rector and a Vicar and maybe some Curates. Please help Save the Parish Cornwall to oppose these plans by making a Representation.