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If you want an example of someone who can show you their faith through their works,  Caroline Chisholm is a saint for you. This doughty little 19th century English woman had such a compassionate heart that she helped tens of thousands of people, from India to Australia. Caroline was born in Northamptonshire in May 1808....

The Pain of Ukraine The Ascension From the Vicar Christian Basics No 5: Understanding the Bible Christ’s Legacy There, but for the grace of God, go I Reflected Faith Series: The Meaning of Colours – part 1 The story behind ‘Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son’ ** Editor:  The Revd William Mather is a...

The Church of England Diocese in Europe and USPG, the mission agency, have launched an emergency appeal to get aid to people in desperate need because of the invasion of Ukraine. Funds raised by the appeal will support Christian charities and churches carrying out humanitarian work both in Ukraine and responding to the arrival of refugees...

Should you insure your stall at the fete? Packed lunches are back in style Out and about on the roads? Remember the NEW Highway Code Make time for your older relatives Older mums Time to take some responsibility for our health Where is the best place to get engaged? Something to think about if you...

Dunstan (909-988 AD) stands out as an example of what just one person can achieve when they follow the call of God on their life. Dunstan was born near Glastonbury, of a noble family with royal connections and church connections; his uncle was Archbishop of Canterbury. But in 935, at the age of 26, he...

Bible Society is appealing for funds to send more Bibles to Ukraine. It says that Christians in the UK “can speak hope” into the crisis by providing Ukrainian pastors and churches with more Bibles with which to share “the love and power of God’s Word.” Oleksandr, who leads the Bible Society team in Ukraine, tells...

Here is a saint for all primary school teachers who have a passion to help children learn to read and write. Alcuin was born near York in about 735. His family were of noble stock, and they sent him to York Cathedral School, which had the best teachers in the land. They soon realised that...

John Rutter, the composer, has written a new choral work in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Funds raised from ‘A Prayer for Ukraine’, are going to the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine appeal. Rutter explained: “How can a composer respond to a global tragedy? I suppose by writing music: like everybody I have been shocked...

All in the month of May Remembering Bertrand Russell Coventry Cathedral – 60 years on Knit a corgi for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Time to welcome your slugs and snails Why a Russian novelist is so popular just now Nature threatened by dog poo Our addiction to plastic English is becoming, like, less formal maybe,...

It is a lovely sunny day for the village fete, and you have booked a stall to raise funds. Just as you are unloading, one of the organisers comes over and asks if you have your own insurance for the fete, and then gives you a list of things that cannot be sold. You wonder...

The Church of England has published a ‘toolkit’ of resources for parishes seeking to help refugees and evacuees from Ukraine in the wake of the Russian invasion of the country. The material, available at https://www.churchofengland.org/resources/community-action/war-ukraine-responding brings together advice on how churches can welcome people arriving from Ukraine through giving, longer-term practical support such as community...

By William Mather Ideas for paintings come in all sorts of ways. The awfulness of the Soviet Aggression in Ukraine has been in all our thoughts and prayers. For me, it was that early image of the block of flats hit by a missile causing death, destruction and a gaping hole. With it came a...