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- This year the Nazareth Trust has raised funds to support renovation work in the Nazareth Hospital’s Maternity Department. Over £60,000 was raised, renovations are well underway. For 2020, the aim is to launch a new International Volunteer Chaplaincy. As a spokesman explains, “At our hospital, we encounter over 300,000 people every year. We want to...The Nazareth Trust – working to heal and improve lives
- The Rectory St James the Least of All My dear Nephew Darren I am sorry I was not alive during that wonderful four-year period when Oliver Cromwell abolished Christmas. Just think! No Christmas parties, no carol services, no cards to send and no frantic last-minute shopping. That man was a hero. Planning for Christmas at...On the best ways for a vicar to disrupt Christmas
- 20 years ago, as 1999 drew to a close, the Church of England marked the Millennium by distributing thousands of young yew trees across England. In all, about 7000 seedlings were given to parishes requesting them. It was explained that the yew tree could be seen as ‘a metaphor for the life of faith in...Millennium yew trees – 20 years on
- The number of schools ignoring Religious Education (RE) laws has risen, according to recent research by the National Association of Teachers of RE (NATRE). In a survey of more than 600 schools across England, it was found that half of academies without a religious character and 40 per cent of community schools do not meet...Don’t ignore RE!
- English Heritage is concerned about our ancient church wall-paintings. It has recently launched an appeal, ‘Save our Story’ to make sure that the rare and ancient wall-paintings in religious and other historic buildings in its care can be conserved for the future. The wall paintings range from the earliest medieval painting in Britain, found in...Paradise and the Final Judgement in danger of flaking
- Editor: As Saints’ Days do not change from year to year, we have offered material on many of these days before. The one with an asterisk is new this year. 1 All Saints’ Day 1 The first martyrs 2 All Souls’ Day 3 Hubert 4 Charles Borromeo – saint for those with a...High Days and Holy Days (all) for November 2019
- All Saints, or All Hallows, is the feast of all the redeemed, known and unknown, who are now in heaven. When the English Reformation took place, the number of saints in the calendar was drastically reduced, with the result that All Saints’ Day stood out with a prominence that it had never had before. This...1st November: All Saints’ Day – the feast day of all the redeemed
- The first martyrs of Rome are recorded in the old Roman Martyrology, which states that: ‘At Rome, the birthday is celebrated of very many martyrs, who under the Emperor Nero were falsely charged with the burning of the city and by him were ordered to be slain by various kinds of cruel death; some were...1st November: The first martyrs – the ‘seed’ of the Christian Church
- Family Debt Beware of taking your dog near water More than 32,000 of us struggle to change a light bulb Put your garden nets away Nits don’t mind mayonnaise The odd nap is good for your heart Accentuate the positive Our hospitals are full of lonely people Exercise can save your life Women dislike a...Looking at You (all articles) for November 2019
- ‘Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.’ Romans 13:8 Supposing you find out that your partner has a serious amount of debt. What do you do? You might have discovered it by seeing a letter or answering the phone or the...Family debt
- With Remembrance Day in mind… They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. – Isaiah 2.4 Fine weapons are none the less ill-omened things…. For to think them lovely means to delight in them, and...Quotes of the Month (all) for November 2019
- First, the sea: palm oil is washing up on beaches across Norfolk, Cornwall and Wales, appearing as white clumps. Councils are warning that such ‘bergs’ can be fatal to dogs. It seems that ships are permitted to dump palm oil into the sea if they are at least 12 miles offshore. But the toxic lumps...Beware of taking your dog near water