Kensington represents London at National Meeting of Spirituality Advisers
Slapstick, praise and cake in Northolt
Archbishop Tutu visit to Golders Green
Bishop of London unveils plaque commemorating Dietrich Bonhoeffer
New Rector for St Botolph’s without Aldgate
Diocesan Director of Education announced
CofE Launches 7-Year 'Church and Earth' Climate Change Action Plan
New assistant priest for London Bridge
Faith leaders: tackling climate change is a "moral imperative"
NSPCC boost from St Paul’s Cathedral School
Vision/Division Art Exhibition in Harrow Weald
Celebrate Christingle to help children in London
21/10/09
Elections to the five Area Councils in the Diocese take place in 2009. Members of the churches in each Episcopal Area are invited to consider standing for election to their Area Council to take forward together our Christian life in each Area
21/10/09
Following the election of a new Diocesan Synod, members of Synod are required to elect representatives to the Diocesan Vacancy in See Committee. The Vacancy in See Committee meets when there is a vacancy in the See of London, i.e. should the post of Bishop of London become vacant. The Committee prepares a statement of the needs of the Diocese for consideration by the Crown Nominations Commission of the General Synod, and appoints a number of its members to represent the Diocese on the Commission.
07/10/09
The 2009 summer holidays were filled with fun and learning for 42 Hackney youngsters who attended a two week Summer Adventure organised by the St John-at-Hackney and St Luke’s Churches.
25/09/09
The Revd Dr Giles Fraser was instituted and installed last night into a Residentiary Canonry as Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral.
25/09/09
The Diocese of London’s long-serving General Secretary has been made an Honorary Lay Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral to mark his long and dedicated service to the diocese. Keith Robinson is retiring at the end of September after ten successful years at the helm.
24/09/09
A day of celebration took place on Tuesday 22nd September as the Upper and Lower sections of Bishop Ramsey School were joined together on a single site following a multi-million pound building project.
22/09/09
The Church of England's College of Bishops has issued a statement responding to the challenge of climate change in the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
22/09/09
English cathedrals have never been in better condition nor better cared for. Yet they may soon be at risk. That’s the paradoxical conclusion of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England (CFCE) in its Annual Review 2008, published recently.
17/09/09
Count the cost of your carbon footprint for the sake of the developing world is the message from the CofE’s Climate Justice Fund launched, as the College of Bishops meets in Oxford this week, with support from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change, DECC.
14/09/09
Historians and clergy met in East Haringey last week to exchange knowledge and ideas about the history of the Diocese of London and the ways it might inform the contemporary church.
11/09/09
The Bishop of London today announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive and General Secretary for the Diocese of London. Andy Brookes will be responsible for managing the staff in Diocesan House as they support the 479 churches of the Diocese of London and nearly 1000 clergy.
10/09/09
Benedictine Monk, Abbot Edmund Power, has been admitted as an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral.
09/09/09
The Diocese of London has launched an innovative programme of action to meet its target of cutting the carbon emissions of churches across the Capital by at least 20.12% by 2012.
08/09/09
162 new pupils were welcomed to the Church of England Chelsea Academy with a special assembly attended by the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Paul Williams, Councillor Merrick Cockell, Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Councillor Timothy Coleridge, Mayor of Kensington & Chelsea.
04/09/09
More than 170 young people enjoyed a week of free summer activities at Northolt community project the Dovetail Centre.
12/08/09
Responding to attacks in Pakistan in which seven Pakistani Christians were killed, the Bishop of London, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon. Richard Chartres, and the Grand Mufti of Egypt, His Excellency Dr Ali Gomaa, have called on people to join in prayer for those affected by the events.
28/07/09
The Venerable David Meara was officially installed as Archdeacon of London in a Choral Evensong ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday.
24/07/09
Living Water, the 2009 Diocesan Lent Appeal for ALMA, has almost reached its £60,000 target.
22/07/09
The Community Lantern Project was the inspiration of the Revd Paul Davies and led by local artist Donagh Curwen. During the week she worked with five local infant and junior schools, each creating a unique willow and paper swan.
13/07/09
The Bishop of Edmonton launched the Diocese of London’s Fairtrade Day, The Big Brew, on Saturday 11 July 2009, in which churches across London were encouraged to promote the use of Fairtrade goods.
10/07/09
By-Elections of members of the House of Clergy and House of Laity of the London Diocesan Synod are currently taking place, owing to the existence of vacancies following the main election.
09/07/09
The Bishop of Kensington, Rt Revd Paul Williams has presided over his first ordination service following his consecration in March this year - welcoming nine new priests to the Kensington Area.
08/07/09
USPG: Anglicans in World Mission has announced the appointment of the Revd Jonathan Barker, Chaplain to St Pancras International and King’s Cross Stations, as their Associate Mission Adviser in the Diocese of London.
07/07/09
The Bishops of London and Chelmsford have welcomed the excellent first Inspection Report of St Mellitus College, a theological college created through a joint initiative between the two dioceses to offer innovative ways of training in theology and ministry for ordained and lay ministry.
03/07/09
The Bishop of London led more than two hundred children in animal masks and costumes on a 'Noah’s Ark' style journey up the River Thames yesterday (Thursday 2 July).
03/07/09
The work of scores of volunteers who serve their neighbourhood through a church-based community project was celebrated as part of National Volunteering Week.
03/07/09
St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens have reached the semi-finals of The National Lottery Awards 2009, in the Best Heritage Project category.
02/07/09
The Bishop of London attended the Church of St Lawrence Jewry in the City of London yesterday to License the Revd Canon David Parrott as the new Guild Vicar of the church.
02/07/09
There was a wonderful day of celebration at St Matthew's Church Yiewsley on Sunday 28th June as the church celebrated its 150th anniversary.
02/07/09
A number of the clergy of the City Chapter visited Dublin on June 21-23 to gather the clergy together to promote a greater sense of harmony in instances of parochial cooperation, and to enable the clergy to learn something of Anglicanism in another Western English-speaking context.
02/07/09
The Bishop of London has officially opened St Thomas's Church of England Primary in North Kensington.
29/06/09
A lawyer, a city banker and a former nurse are among the 36 new clergy who were welcomed to the Diocese of London at an ordination service in St Paul’s Cathedral on Saturday.
25/06/09
Wednesday 17 June was a day of uplifting double celebration at Twyford as the school community dedicated a new chapel and officially opened its new performance centre.
12/06/09
The St John’s Bible is the first handwritten illuminated Bible commissioned since the advent of the printing press and will be on display at St Martin-in-the-Fields from this weekend.
11/06/09
The Bishop of London and a Government minister today spelled out the importance of the Church of England's role in mobilising action on climate change, as its Shrinking the Footprint campaign unveiled energy saving toolkits for every parish in a bid to create the 20% Church by 2050.
11/06/09
Children from Haringey and Enfield schools joined Christians across the country in celebrating the feast of Corpus Christi today, marking the occasion with a special Eucharistic procession and a visit from the Bishop of Edmonton.
10/06/09
A pioneering project aiming to disseminate fascinating and important new insights into the modern history of religion in London will be launched at a reception at Lambeth Palace Library on 18 June 2009.
05/06/09
Members of eight churches in the Soul in Northolt and Greenford network staged the free event on Northolt Village's Clocktower Green to celebrate the Feast of Pentecost, which marks the birth of the Christian church.
03/06/09
The completion of Islington’s new Church of England Academy has been marked with a special service attended by the Bishop of London.
03/06/09
Sunday Jewoola is one of two archdeacons from the Diocese of Ife in Nigeria currently in London for a three month stay at the invitation of Bishop Richard.
03/06/09
The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging churches to use Environment Sunday (7 June) to pray for the planet and campaign for climate change in the run up to the important UN talks later this year in Copenhagen.
02/06/09
The official re-opening of the restored St George's Gardens was marked by a free family fun day on Sunday 31 May organised by Tower Hamlets Council’s Community Park Rangers and attended by 300 people. The first ever closed churchyard to be turned into public green space, the gardens provide a beautiful setting for St George in the East, one of six Hawksmoor churches in London.
29/05/09
The Archbishop of Canterbury will join the Bishops of Chelmsford, London, Tunbridge and Southwark and representatives from 120 parishes across London at a series of events on 1st June to launch the Greater London Presence and Engagement Network (PEN).
29/05/09
A garden at the front of St Mellitus Church, Hanwell, has been developed with the help of the local community.
21/05/09
Elections of members of the House of Clergy and House of Laity of the London Diocesan Synod are shortly due to take place.
18/05/09
David Shreeve, the Church of England’s Environment Adviser, has been selected as one of the 16 members of the new Third Sector Task Force on climate change, the environment and sustainable development.
18/05/09
The Revd Dr Giles Fraser, currently Vicar of Putney in the Diocese of Southwark, is to be the next Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral.
14/05/09
The Bishop of London recently led an Anglican delegation to Greece to further relations between the Church of England and the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece.
08/05/09
A new website launched by the Church of England today marks a groundbreaking initiative to identify the distinctive values that make Christian schools popular with parents and students, and promote ways of living out those values in the day-to-day activities of a busy school environment.
27/04/09
Eighteen would-be priests attending the Church of England’s first specially organised vocations conference for young people in more than 30 years are to continue meeting on Facebook as they listen to their calling.
24/04/09
The Bishop of Salisbury, Dr David Stancliffe, announced today that Dr Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary’s Islington in the Diocese of London, is to be the next Bishop of Sherborne.
23/04/09
Bishop Richard has written to the Daily Telegraph to mark St George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday.
09/04/09
St Pancras International’s chaplain, the Revd Jonathan Barker, joined Bishop Michael Doe, the General Secretary of international Anglican mission agency USPG, in shining the shoes of commuters at St Pancras Station as an act of Maundy Thursday service.
09/04/09
Saint Silas Church, Pentonville, is set to be the greenest grade II listed church in the Diocese of London. The church has become the first in the capital, and possibly the country, to be granted planning permission to install solar tiles on its roof.
08/04/09
A summary of Christian radio and television programmes from 10-13 April.
08/04/09
Christian Aid have published a prayer about the humanitarian crisis in north-east Sri Lanka, with the suggestion that churches use it on Easter Sunday.
08/04/09
The Bishop of London recently addressed the Hounslow Friends of Faith, a meeting for priests, ministers and spiritual heads from all the places of worship in Hounslow.
07/04/09
On his first Sunday as Bishop of Kensington, Paul Williams led the Sunday School at All Soul’s in St Margaret’s, near Twickenham.
07/04/09
The Diocese of London has underlined its commitment to young people across the capital with the launch of a three year Youth Strategy, which will be delivered in partnership with The Children’s Society.
06/04/09
Volunteers, guests and local councillors are celebrating the success of the first ecumenical night shelter scheme to be run in the Brent area at a special thanksgiving party at St Michael’s Church, Tokyngton.
05/04/09
What is Easter and how is it celebrated in the Church of England? Find out more here.
03/04/09
The new Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Paul Williams, was welcomed into the Kensington Area at a service at St Mary Abbots on Wednesday.
02/04/09
In an inaugural meeting earlier this week, the Bishop of London and His Excellency, Dr Ali Gomaa, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, discussed how to promote constructive relations between the Western and Muslim worlds.
01/04/09
Church members at St Mary The Boltons will be tucking into a homegrown 'loaves and fishes' lunch with the rest of the community this summer as part of the Earls Court Festival.
31/03/09
The Bishop of London chaired a debate today at St Paul’s Cathedral with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, ahead of the G20. The subject for the debate was "My word is my bond? Rebuilding trust - the G20 and beyond" and the discussion focused on the approach the G20 should be taking on the global recession.
25/03/09
The new Bishop of Kensington, Paul Williams, was consecrated at St Paul’s Cathedral today. The service was led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Winchester and the Bishop of Oxford.
24/03/09
The Diocesan Synod met on 12 March in a special session to discuss the Diocese's response to environmental issues.
24/03/09
The Government and the Church of England have published guidelines today to help all religious groups overcome the "squeamishness" they can encounter from funding providers.
24/03/09
In 2000, distinguished British artist Chris Gollon was commissioned by the Church of St John on Bethnal Green to paint 14 ‘Stations of the Cross’ for this beautiful grade-one listed church, designed by Sir John Soane.
17/03/09
The Diocese of London is due to celebrate the success of its schools following their recent Ofsted inspections. Of the 148 London diocese schools 145 have now been inspected and 72% were found to be either “good” or "outstanding". None of the schools are in special measures.
12/03/09
It was a return to Ealing for Steve Newbold when he was instituted as the new Vicar of St Stephen's Ealing last Monday.
10/03/09
Parishes around the Diocese joined the attempt to set a world record for the largest number of Fairtrade bananas eaten over 24 hours.
06/03/09
St John at Hackney Church was turned into a Big Top as children from local primary and secondary schools from Hackney learned new circus skills.
05/03/09
St Paul's South Harrow have offered a warm welcome to their new priest, the Revd Ian Dowsett. Ian, who was previously Associate Vicar at St Helen's Kensington, was licensed at St Paul's by the Bishop of Willesden.
04/03/09
Six people in Harrow have given up all drinks except water for Lent in order to raise awareness of the Diocese’s Lent Appeal.
03/03/09
The Bishop of London today visited the Church of St Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, to lend his support to a four year campaign to restore the sound of church bells across the City of London. In a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Bishop of London consecrated the bells on the floor of the church before witnessing their reinstatement in the church tower.
25/02/09
The Bishop of London today launched the Diocese’s 2009 Lent Appeal at St Gabriel’s Primary School, Pimlico. The Bishop met with primary school children to talk to them about the daily struggle many in Angola and Mozambique face to find and transport clean, fresh water.
25/02/09
Several of the Church of England's bishops have urged urging people to cut down on carbon rather than give up chocolate this Lent.
11/02/09
The people of St Cuthbert’s Wembley are celebrating 50 years of ministry in their current home.
03/02/09
More than 600 people gathered at St John’s Church in Southall to celebrate Commissioned Lay Ministry late last month.
31/01/09
On Wednesday 28th January children and staff of Hackney Free gathered at the edge of the site to what will be their new school.
23/01/09
St John at Hackney Church has teamed up with Homerton Hospital to offer a new safe and confidential environment for people to be tested for HIV, and to receive advice on a number of health issues.
19/01/09
Church youth groups and schools are being encouraged to test out their green credentials - from how they travel to school to their packed lunch habits - as part of this year’s eco-themed Education Sunday, taking place on Sunday 8 February.
16/01/09
An interactive toolkit for developing inclusive youth activities will give youth leaders in London access to the guidance they need has been published by The Children's Society and the Diocese of London.
15/01/09
A conference aimed at helping parishes prepare for Fairtrade Fortnight was held at St Mary le Bow on 10 January.
15/01/09
The Revd Charles Marnham and the Revd Alan Moses have been elected to serve on General Synod in a recent by-election.
13/01/09
The Church of England today launches a new section of its website in celebration of 150 years of the parish magazine.
07/01/09
The Church of England has published two new prayers to comfort people made redundant, and those remaining in the workplace following a round of redundancies, at the beginning of a year in which the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has predicted that at least 600,000 people could lose their jobs.
18/12/08
A summary of Christian radio and television programmes from 20 December to 2 January.
18/12/08
In his Christmas message to the Diocese, the Bishop of London considers the current economic crisis and offers an underlying message of hope for the future.
15/12/08
The next Bishop of Kensington will be the Revd Canon Paul Gavin Williams, Downing Street has announced today. He will be consecrated as Bishop at St Paul's Cathedral on 25 March 2009.
11/12/08
Churches in the North London area are working together to hold a Youth Concert this Saturday, 13th December. The Youth Concert, a positive initiative in response to the spate of gang murders in Edmonton at the beginning of the year, will take place in St Aldhelm's Church, Edmonton at 7pm on Saturday. This is the second initiative to take place this year, with over 500 attendees participating in May.
10/12/08
As promised in his last letter, the Bishop has now written a more substantial reflection on the current economic situation which bears study and discussion.
09/12/08
Leaving the BBC as the sole provider of public service media could lower media standards and provide less meaningful news, information and other content, the Church of England and the Catholic Conference of Bishops in England and Wales warned today in their joint response to Ofcom’s Second Consultation on Public Service Broadcasting.
01/12/08
The Diocese of London is using animated cartoons and comic books to explain the significance of Christmas to school children throughout Advent. The Diocese of London's Christmas Project has been rolled out across London's classrooms with the aim of helping parishes and schools to teach the story of Christmas in a modern and exciting way.
25/11/08
Last Thursday, the Diocese of London hosted a seminar for parishes across the diocese aimed at both the upkeep and development of church buildings for mission.. The seminar was held in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, and was attended by approximately 50 delegates with a number of notable speakers.
13/11/08
The Diocese of London and presenter Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall explore a new land sharing scheme on Channel 4’s 'River Cottage' programme.
31/10/08
A practical guide for parishes considering employing someone to work with children or young people has been released by Church House Publishing.
27/10/08
The nation's most heroic role is that of a parent, according to a national poll of children run by the Church of England and The Children's Society.
23/10/08
The Assistant Bishop of London has issued the following statement regarding the service that took place at St Bartholomew the Great on 31 May.
23/10/08
New figures released today show that regular church attendance in the Diocese of London has risen, in contrast to a fall nationally. According to the latest figures, between 2005-2006 the capital saw church attendance rise by 2%.
21/10/08
Princess Alexandra today returned to St Luke’s Church West Kilburn where fifty years ago she laid the foundation stone of the church building.
21/10/08
The Diocese of London today launched a new online interactive mapping tool, which provides an overview of the major areas of regeneration across the capital. This new initiative represents a significant step for the Diocese in how best to channel their future planning of resources in local communities across London.
21/10/08
A General Synod Clerical By-Election is due to take place shortly. The Church is keen to promote equal opportunities, and particularly so with regard to this General Synod By-Election. Candidates are encouraged to stand that represent the Church in all its diversity.
14/10/08
Two places of worship in very different settings have been chosen as venues for The Fragmented Orchestra, a huge distributed musical structure modelled on the firing of neurons within the brain’s cortex which this year won the PRS Foundation New Music Award of £50,000.
13/10/08
The Bishop of London has sent a pastoral letter to all his clergy, in which he reflects on the recent financial crisis and announces a new appointment.
10/10/08
The Bishop of London attended a service of dedication and thanksgiving to mark the completion of the construction of a £1.4m church and community centre at St Paul’s Church, Finchley.
08/10/08
London’s Senior Staff visited the Diocese of Liverpool to compare notes on city mission and ministry.
03/10/08
St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, was the venue for a Fairtrade wine tasting at which Harriet Lamb CBE, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation was the guest speaker.
26/09/08
The Revd Matthew Stone was licensed as Vicar of All Saints Queensbury this week in a service led by the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden.
24/09/08
Today, Wednesday 24th September, The Bishop of London will undergo his fast ahead of the UN Emergency Summit in New York tomorrow.
23/09/08
A hundred clergy from the Willesden Area return to London following their recent conference in Merville near Lille in France.
22/09/08
A new prayer published on the Church of England website aims to help people caught up in the current difficult financial situation.
22/09/08
The Diocese of London has demonstrated its commitment to implement the Church of England policy ‘Shrinking the footprint’ by appointing its first Head of Environmental Challenge.
11/09/08
The Bishop of London will use the ‘Time for God’s Creation’ service in St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 14 September to launch Think:Fast, a ten day period of prayer and fasting aimed at raising awareness around the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the fight against global poverty.
10/09/08
Church communities and dioceses across the south of England have been invited to come together and re-discover some of their finest cities at Walk & Explore London, Saturday 13 September and Walk & Explore Bristol, Saturday 20 September.
08/09/08
Harrow has two new vicars this week, with the licensing of priests at St Peter’s Church in West Harrow and St John the Baptist Pinner.
08/09/08
The Revd Helen Wilkinson was licensed as Associate Vicar of Eastbury Church last week by The Venerable Rachel Treweek, Archdeacon of Northolt.
05/09/08
London Diocese emerged as the winners in a closely contested Church Times cricket cup final played yesterday at the Walker Ground in Southgate.
03/09/08
Downing Street has announced that Andrew Watson, Vicar of St Stephen's Twickenham, is to be the next Bishop of Aston in the Diocese of Birmingham.
02/09/08
The vibrant, growing, multi-ethnic church has spent the last five years planning a make-over and raising three hundred thousand pounds for the work on the building.
02/09/08
The London Centre for Spirituality has published its latest programme of events for 2008/9.
29/08/08
By-Elections are due to take place to the Two Cities Area Council to fill one clerical and one lay vacancy on the Council. The period of nomination will be from Friday 12 September 2008 to Noon on Friday 3 October 2008.
20/08/08
The Archbishop of Canterbury has given a wholehearted endorsement to the rise and rise of Ordained Pioneer Ministry in on the edge - a new DVD and booklet published today by Fresh Expressions.
19/08/08
St Paul’s Cathedral was filled with people on 13 July celebrating the 10th anniversary of ALMA, the partnership between the Anglican Church in Angola, Lebombo, Mozambique and London.
14/08/08
ACET, the Christian HIV and AIDS charity, has produced a free resource pack to help churches mark World AIDS day in 2008.
14/08/08
Today’s publication of A-level results marks the fifth year in a row that the number of students taking Religious Studies A-level has risen, with an increase of 5.9 per cent since 2007.
08/08/08
The Church of England has published a new prayer to mark the opening of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
24/07/08
The Archbishop of Canterbury has laid down a challenge to world leaders on behalf of the worldwide Anglican Communion and other faith groups: you must keep your promises on aid and development as failure to do so will lead to further starvation, disease and death in the world’s poorest countries.
21/07/08
The Venerable Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex licensed the Reverend Alison Waters to the parish of St Mary Magdalene, Littleton on Saturday 19th July.
16/07/08
The Venerable Stephan Welch, Archdeacon of Middlesex collated the Reverend David Coleman as Vicar of Heston at St Leonard’s Church on Tuesday 15 July 2008 at 7.30pm.
16/07/08
The Filipino Chaplaincy of the Diocese of London was highlighted during the 45th anniversary celebration of the Concordat of Full Communion between the Church of England and the Philippine Independent Church on 13 July 2008 at St John’s Church in Notting Hill. The Chaplaincy was acknowledged as a recent expression of the two Churches’ communion that started in 1963.
11/07/08
The Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, today launched the Diocese of London’s Fairtrade Day, in which churches across London will be encouraged to promote the use of Fairtrade goods.
09/07/08
The Bishop of London has welcomed the decision of the Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Jacqui Smith, to allow the former head boy of a Church of England school to return to the UK from Nigeria.
04/07/08
The Hope 08 London Office and Authentic Media are to produce a London Bible as a resource for local London churches. Children and teenagers can enter a drawing competition to help with this project.
02/07/08
The Bishop of London, The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Richard Chartres and The Bishop of Chelmsford, The Rt Revd John Gladwin today led a service of thanksgiving and commissioning at St Paul’s Cathedral, to celebrate the establishment of St Mellitus College over the past year.
30/06/08
The Bishop of London presided over a packed ordination service in St Paul's Cathedral this weekend. The number of men and women offering themselves for ordination across the 43 dioceses nationwide has been growing over recent years with the Diocese of London providing over 10% of them.
26/06/08
The Church of England has expressed a number of concerns about the Charity Commission’s latest draft guidance on public benefit and the advancement of religion while welcoming the progress the draft represents in recognising the contribution of religious bodies to the public benefit.
19/06/08
The church of St Anne, Limehouse was the venue of an attempted 74 hour non-stop read of the entire Bible which began today. 300 readers drawn from all walks of life and including members of the House of Lords, local vicars, School Head Teachers, English Hymn writers and MP Jim Fitzpatrick will each read for 15 minutes day and night to complete this unique challenge.
17/06/08
London Diocesan Cricket Club made their way into the quarter finals of the Church Times Cup competition after wins against Southwark Diocese and St Albans Diocese.
16/06/08
The Bishop of London has presented Sir Sigmund Sternberg with the St Mellitus Medal, in recognition of his considerable achievements in promoting interfaith relations in the capital over a number of years. He becomes the first Jew to receive the award.
12/06/08
A service to mark the end of two projects was held at St Paul’s Church, Mill Hill, on Sunday 8 June. The church was celebrating the end of a three year project to restore and reorder the church and to build new community facilities in the crypt, whilst St Paul's School officially opened two new classrooms and a suite for year six.
09/06/08
Every weekday morning in the wonderful Georgian splendour of St George’s Hanover Square, there is a five minute musical prelude performed by gifted postgraduate pianists from the Royal College of Music.
09/06/08
The public had the chance to ‘see’ the face of youth homelessness in West London on 5 & 6 June.
05/06/08
Parishes in the Diocese of London have taken part in Corpus Christi processions around the city.
05/06/08
Thousands of couples dreaming of a wedding will find more churches to choose from 1 October 2008 the day when the new Church of England Marriage Measure comes into effect.
27/05/08
Remarkable flourishing of music and art commissioning in a multi-ethnic, deprived, inner-London parish.
23/05/08
The vital role of Christian ministers in building social capital and community cohesion within England and Wales has been recognised in provisional arrangements to secure the future of funding for clergy training, following changes to higher education funding announced last year.
22/05/08
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London welcomed leaders from business, government and civil society to Lambeth Palace on Tuesday 13 May for a Climate Change round table.
07/05/08
What is our message and how should we communicate it? What methods work with different audiences? What are the most effective way of using our noticeboards, parish magazines, church buildings and literature to further the mission of the Church? How can we use the media to promote what the Church is doing?
02/05/08
The Bishop of London presided at a service to commemorate the 350th anniversary of Thomas Bray, a truly remarkable if still little-known figure in history, who founded SPCK and USPG.
01/05/08
Regan O'Callaghan, a priest and artist based at St John on Bethnal Green, has written an icon for the reception of Diocesan House.
24/04/08
In April 2008 St Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square re-opens in renewed and revitalised splendour. After nearly a decade of planning and fundraising and two years hidden behind hoardings, one of London’s most complex building projects nears completion.
22/04/08
Described by The Church Times as "The church equivalent of the BBC Proms", the Festival runs from 10 to 18 May.
21/04/08
Three Christian denominations are urging voters to take a stand against racist and extreme political parties as election day for local councils in England and Wales draws near.
21/04/08
Last Wednesday, the Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Revd Stephen Oliver, went on a post-Easter away-day visit with clergy colleagues.
07/04/08
Her Majesty The Queen has today approved the appointment of Reverend Robert Atwell, vicar of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, as the new Suffragan Bishop of Stockport in the Diocese of Chester.
07/04/08
The Bishop of London ordained Keith Riglin Deacon at St James, Norland on Wednesday 2 April.
07/04/08
This Sunday is Vocations Sunday and the Church of England has produced a set of reflective resources based on four devotional images available on the Church's website to get people talking and thinking.
17/03/08
A selection of television and radio broadcasts for Holy Week and Easter.
17/03/08
A world famous photographer, best known for his iconic images of the Sex Pistols and Bob Marley during the 1970s, has shot a series of photographs that will help Church of England parishes in London to tell the Easter story to primary schoolchildren across the capital.
14/03/08
In an article from Church Music Quarterly, Huw Williams and Mervyn Hogg explore the essential skills and fresh approaches needed by the next generation of music leaders.
13/03/08
St John's Hackney is to host a film and a public meeting on the desperate plight of refused asylum seekers.
13/03/08
The Church of England has welcomed the transitional relief arrangement announced in the Budget for Gift Aid claims by charities over the next three years.
07/03/08
The BBC has now confirmed the scheduling of The Passion, the drama series airing in Holy Week.
07/03/08
Questions about family cohesion, religious identity and equality under the law were just a few of the issues addressed by the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent at a religion awareness seminar for Metropolitan Police Officers.
07/03/08
On Thursday 6 March the Mayor of Harrow, Cllr. Jean Lammiman, launched West London YMCA’s new project, Home Base Supported Lodgings, at Roxeth Gate, Harrow.
06/03/08
An exhibition of the work of Stephane Rene, the foremost exponent of the Neo-Coptic style in the West.
27/02/08
The new installation at Wallspace - the art venue in the City of London's All Hallows Church, London Wall - will help to quieten the jangled nerves of city workers in the wake of the credit crunch and rumours of impending job cuts.
27/02/08
A Shadwell based youth project showcased a new film this week in a bid to boost support for a new club aimed at young people living in East London.
27/02/08
Representatives of the UK’s biggest denominations have urged Christians to welcome the BBC’s forthcoming drama series The Passion.
20/02/08
The Church of England and Premier Christian Radio have joined forces to feature people who are part of today’s Church of England via a series of monthly podcasts.
06/02/08
The Bishop of London today launched the Diocese of London's 2008 Lent Appeal at St John's CE Primary School, Friern Barnet, after a special Ash Wednesday service for pupils at St John's church. The 2008 Lent Appeal is entitled 'Education for All' and aims to raise funds for the building of three primary schools in Angola and Mozambique.
05/02/08
The Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, and the Bishop of Liverpool and Vice President of Tearfund, James Jones, have today joined up with development agency Tearfund in calling for a cut in personal carbon use for each of the 40 days of Lent.
05/02/08
The Bishop of London introduces the Diocesan Lent Appeal, Education for All, and invites members of the Diocese to join him in Tearfund's Carbon Fast this Lent.
04/02/08
On Saturday 2 February a packed Church bade farewell to the Bishop of Kensington, the Right Reverend Michael Colclough, who presided at his final service as Bishop of Kensington. The service at St Mary Abbots, Kensington High Street, was attended by over 600 people who gave over £2,000 to help the people of Mozambique whose lives have been devastated by recent floods.
04/02/08
This Lent, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu, are calling for ‘good neighbours’ - online and offline - to try out daily suggestions to help create a safer and more pleasant environment in the real world.
30/01/08
170 people from 20 parishes in the Kensington Area of London Diocese met on Saturday 26th January to hear about the glass ceiling that prevents church growth in congregations. Focusing on parishes with a usual Sunday attendance of 80 - 140 the Venerable Bob Jackson, Archdeacon of Walsall, spoke on how churches must be prepared to develop a different model of being church if they are to grow beyond the glass ceiling.
18/01/08
Last Sunday, the Archdeacon of Hackney, The Ven Dr Lyle Dennen, licensed the Revd Michael Learmouth as the new Area Dean of Islington Deanery in the Church of England.
11/01/08
This Bishop of London will oversee a confirmation service on 13 January and reopen the building after extensive refurbishment. Visitors will have an opportunity to view an impressive new work in the chancel, created by artist-in-residence Rob Pepper.
09/01/08
A Church of England church in Fulham and the internationally renowned Slade School of Fine Art have been working together to produce new images of the Stations of the Cross to be unveiled in the church next Lent.
08/01/08
The Church of England has compiled a Post Christmas Debt Check for consumers worried about how much their wallets have been hit by Christmas and New Year spending. It has also published a range of prayers for people living with debt.
24/12/07
An eight foot, twenty pointed star now stands upon the tower of St John at Hackney Church, thanks to a new relationship between the church and Maquarrie Bank and Deutsche Bank.
17/12/07
The Bishop of London describes the place of the Incarnation in today's world.
12/12/07
Regular attendance at London’s churches has risen 7% in the last five years, according to new official Church of England figures.
03/12/07
A selection of Christmas greetings cards blessed by the Church of England is set to take the social networking site Facebook by snowstorm this Advent.
27/11/07
The Bishop of Kensington will launch an Internet Advent Calendar this week for the run up to Christmas. The new calendar will uncover a different video for each day in December, right up to Christmas Day.
27/11/07
Two London churches have won prizes in the Church Times Green Church Awards.
27/11/07
On Wednesday 28 November, the Diocese of London will play an active role at this year’s Thames Gateway Forum. The Diocese, along with other churches has organised two seminars at the event, which will explore the role and responsibilities of the faith sector within the Thames Gateway development.
20/11/07
65 musicians and clergy met last month at St Paul’s Cathedral for the inaugural London Church Music Forum to start exploring the use and provision of music in churches in the London Diocese.
14/11/07
The Bishop of Kensington, The Rt Revd Michael Colclough has been appointed Residentiary Canon at St Pauls Cathedral.
13/11/07
The Bishop of Kensington and 75 clergy today went to the Hounslow Jamia Mosque and Islamic Centre for a Study Day to explore in depth the question ‘Who is my Muslim neighbour?’
05/11/07
On 1 November, the feast of All Saints, the Bishop of Kensington licensed the Reverend Ann Clarridge as Associate Vicar of the parish of St Augustine, Whitton.
02/11/07
The London Diocesan Advisory Committee has been refreshed for its next six years’ tenure so that it may offer the best advice possible to parishes in the Diocese.
31/10/07
The Bishop of London has opened a new Church of England housing development of 58 brand new properties in a new All Saints Court site in Tower Hamlets.
29/10/07
A new website from the Church of England to help clergy, readers and all who help plan and lead worship has been launched.
11/10/07
The Bishop of London responds to an open letter from 138 Muslim religious leaders to Christian leaders.
02/10/07
The Right Reverend Graeme Paul Knowles has been installed as Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral. The Chapter and staff were delighted to welcome him to the Cathedral and greatly look forward to supporting him in his new role.
28/09/07
The Reverend Malcolm Herbert was made the new Vicar of Holy Trinity with St Paul and St Mary by the Bishop of Kensington on Sunday 16 September.
28/09/07
The Church of England and The Children’s Society have turned oranges into cubes to help children engage with the Christian message of Christingle in a fun and creative way. More than 600,000 children attended a Christingle service last year.
28/09/07
St Mary’s Church, Stoke Newington is the latest church in the Diocese of London to hold a practical training course aimed at protecting some of the most architecturally significant buildings in London. Local vicar Revd Jonathan Clark will join approximately 50 church wardens and other volunteers from across the city who will gather in St Mary’s on Saturday.
28/09/07
On 10 September the Reverend John Teed became the new Associate Vicar at St Mary, part of the parish of Staines which includes St Peter and Christ Church. John had worshipped at St Mary’s before training for ordination, and he left to serve the Church to serve as curate at All Saints, Hanworth.
27/09/07
Nineteen senior Church figures have joined forces to urge the Secretary of State for International Development to act to ensure that the world’s poorest countries are not forced into new trade agreements that will make them even less able to develop a healthy economy.
26/09/07
The Revd James Mercer has returned to his London roots and has been licensed the Bishop of Willesden as Vicar of All Saints.
26/09/07
The Church of England has published a selection of prayers to help weary workers kick the post-summer holiday blues.
24/09/07
The Bishop of London celebrated the first school Eucharist of term and gave the address to St Marylebone School. The service celebrated the beginning of the new school year and the blessing of the new five storey sports hall and performing arts block which was officially opened just last Thursday by Lord Puttnam.
24/09/07
A long-serving priest in the Diocese of London is set to swap the Parish of Old St Pancras for the streets of Rio de Janeiro to become Priest Missioner in the City of God.
21/09/07
The Bishop of Kensington has licensed the Reverend Stephen Caple as the new priest in charge of St Augustine Queens Gate. At the same service his wife, Sister Eileen Caple, of the Church Army, was licensed as Parish Evangelist. Fr Stephen was also licensed as the Bishop’s Officer for Evangelism.
19/09/07
The Bishop of Kensington hosted a special conference on Saturday 15 September that focused on the subject of climate change and the Church's response to the issue.
17/09/07
St Matthew's Yiewsley was bursting at the seams on 6 September for the installation and induction of the new Vicar, the Revd Richard Young.
17/09/07
The Revd Canon Ronald Herbert has been licensed by the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, as the new Vicar of St Michael and All Angels Stonebridge.
14/09/07
The Bishop of Kensington has opened and dedicated the new undercroft at St Luke's Church, Redcliffe Gardens, which now has a new space to be used by people of all ages within the local community.
13/09/07
The Diocese of London had reason to celebrate recently as its strong links with the Diocese of Angola continue to flourish. Since 1998, through the Angola, London and Mozambique Association (ALMA) the Diocese of London has played an active role in supporting the training of priests in Angola.
07/09/07
Northolt’s popular ‘Soul in Northolt and Greenford’ youth activities returned for its fourth year with a carnival theme. Afternoon workshops of urban street dance, samba band, cricket and football, were on offer for 8-16 year-olds at the Dovetail Centre at St Joseph the Worker Church in Yeading Lane, Northolt.
05/09/07
On Saturday 15 September the Bishop of Kensington will host an Area Conference on climate change and the Church's response to the challenges facing the environment. The conference is co-hosted by David Shreeve, Chair of the Conservation Foundation, and is part of a series taking place in the Church of England.
05/09/07
On Saturday 1 September the Bishop of Kensington instituted The Reverend Simon Brandes into the ancient parish and church of St Nicholas Chiswick.
05/09/07
More than £100,000 has been raised by the Diocese of London’s Lent Appeal, to help set enslaved people free. The “Take the Shackles off my Feet so I can Dance” appeal was launched in January to mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade.
04/09/07
The Revd Canon Duncan Green has been appointed to the post of Church of England Olympics Executive Co-ordinator in a joint initiative between the Dioceses of Chelmsford, London and Southwark.
03/09/07
The St Barnabas Community Fete celebrated its fifth successful festival last Saturday in Wennington Green where the residents of Bow and surrounding areas enjoyed a day full of music, food, sport and culture. The event, organised by the vicar of St Barnabas Church, Bow, Father Brian Ralph, was also attended by the Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Revd Stephen Oliver.
03/09/07
The Bishop of London and the Bishop of Chelmsford, The Rt Revd John Gladwin today announced the formation of a new training college aimed at strengthening the church’s mission in the dioceses of London and Chelmsford.
23/08/07
More than 171,000 GCSE students are opening envelopes to reveal their grades in Religious Education today, an increase of 7.2 per cent in those taking the full course since last year.
13/08/07
In an interview with The Times, Keith Robinson, General Secretary of the Diocese of London, discusses the challenges and rewards of running diocesan finances and explains why the job is just as tough as working in the City.
06/08/07
The Bishop of London will lead the Church of England delegation for the Third European Ecumenical Assembly. The historic city of Sibiu will host some 2000 delegates from churches across Europe to share their vision and hopes for renewal and unity in Europe.
03/08/07
An innovative sculpture named ‘The Sleeper’ was last week installed at St James the Less church, Pimlico. The sculpture, a vision of the crucifix created through the medium of musical instruments, was installed by leading artist Guillermo Monroy.
23/07/07
Advice for guarding against and coping with flooding has been prepared by the Care of Churches Team in the Diocese of London.
20/07/07
On 18 July, the Reverend Rachma Bush became the new priest at Christ Church, and part of the parish of Staines which includes St Peter and St Mary. A packed Church welcomed Rachma to Staines, and the Mayor of Spelthorne, Councillor Andrew Hirst, greeted her warmly on behalf of the Borough.
17/07/07
St Paul’s and All Hallows’ CE Infant School, Park Lane, Tottenham was one of the first stops on a nationwide touring scheme bringing RE to life in primary schools.
12/07/07
Hundreds of people gather to celebrate 21 years of the new church and parish centre at St Stephen’s, West Ealing.
03/07/07
A group of local businessmen trekked in the High Atlas Mountains to raise funds for the Docklands chaplaincy.
01/07/07
The Internet Church for London has launched a new series of Night Prayer filmed in Wren's masterpiece of St Stephen Walbrook and is the very first of a year long internet series providing a means of people praying with the church for every night of the year.
30/06/07
The Bishop of London, Dr Richard Chartres, today presided over a colourful ceremony in a packed St Paul's Cathedral, which saw a record number of candidates ordained in the Diocese of London. Of the 566 who will be ordained deacon in the Church of England this year nationally, the growing church in London produces more ordinands than any other diocese.
29/06/07
On Friday 29 June Father Jack Knill-Jones became the new Vicar of Ss Peter and Paul Teddington with Ss Michael and St George, Fulwell. Before going north eight years ago he had been a priest locally in Hayes.
29/06/07
The Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, Bishop of Willesden, ordained ten new priests today at a service at St John the Baptist Church in Pinner.
26/06/07
The Revd Preb Neil Richardson, Rector of Holy Cross Greenford, is one of 19 former councillors to be made Honorary Alderman by Ealing Council in recognition of their many years dedicated service to the borough.
26/06/07
The Bishop of Kensington ordained eight new priests at a packed service of 600 people at St Mary Abbots Church on Sunday 24 June.
15/06/07
The Revd Ben Humphries has been licensed as Associate Vicar of the parish of St Stephen and St Thomas, Shepherds Bush and St Michael and St George, White City. He will have special responsibility for the congregation at St Michael and St George and the community on the White City Estate.
14/06/07
In an interview with Guardian reporter, Leo Hickman, the Bishop of London explains his views on the relationship between faith and ecology, the environmental responsibility of the Church and how the individual really can make a difference.
13/06/07
The Bishop of Kensington has appointed the Reverend Ruth Lampard as his Chaplain and adviser on environmental issues.
He hopes that she will stimulate awareness of the challenge of climate change and help Churches to equip themselves theologically and practically to meet the challenges that lie ahead.
11/06/07
The value which communities place on the unique role of the parish church at the heart of their neighbourhood is one of the nation’s best-kept secrets, according to the Church of England’s head of research and statistics in a book released today.
05/06/07
The Bishop of Stepney, the Rt Revd Stephen Oliver, ordained five people to the priesthood at St Dunstan & All Saints, Stepney on 2 June.
05/06/07
The Revd James Francis last week passed out of Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth as a Reservist Chaplain. He is based at HMS President on the Thames near St Katherine’s Dock in Wapping.
25/05/07
The Bishop of Kensington has awarded Dr Joan Martin the medal of St Mellitus for over 50 years of service to the community.
23/05/07
An opportunity to stand back and reflect, support from colleagues and peer mentoring are the lynchpins of an induction programme for new Diocese of London incumbents that was formally launched in May 2007.
23/05/07
It may not have been the FA Cup Final, but there was an exciting penalty shoot-out at the Brigade Field in Roxeth on Sunday (20 May) with the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Revd Pete Broadbent, scoring an impressive goal in the fight against global poverty.
20/05/07
The Archbishop of the Philippine Independent Church, the Most Reverend Godofredo David, is currently in London to visit the Filipino Chaplaincy which was set up a year ago in St John’s Church, Notting Hill.
16/05/07
The Bishop of London, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon, Richard Chartres, has opened and dedicated the new premises of the St Mary’s Centre in Primrose Hill. The St Mary's Centre is a Christian youth and community centre for local people living in the Camden area linked to the nearby church of St Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill.
09/05/07
Over 500 men and women from churches of all denominations across London gathered in Regents Park last week to take part in the annual London Churches Football Tournament organised by the Church on the Corner in Islington.
02/05/07
The festival was founded with the principal aim of showcasing recent liturgical music and organ music at the very highest levels, both in the context of services and concerts. This sixth year of the festival includes fourteen world premieres, including new works by Howard Skempton, Francis Pott, Gregory Rose, Ian Wilson and Elizabeth Winters.
27/04/07
Almost 4,000 Christians gathered in London to take part in the Church of England's Walk of Witness to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
24/04/07
From 4 May until 26 July Angela Schütz will be exhibiting works in oil and pastels in the City of London at the Bookshop Gallery of The London Centre for Spirituality at the Church of St Edmund the King in Lombard Street.
23/04/07
A new church based in the Highlands area of Enfield launched on the 22 April with a series of talks aimed at actively engaging local people with the Christian faith.
23/04/07
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has endorsed a booklet published today that encourages Christians to play their part in helping to stop climate change.
Aiming to counter the idea that stark warnings on the state of the environment seem too colossal for individuals to make any real difference, this book argues that Christians not only can have an impact by adapting their lifestyle, but actually have a moral duty to do so.
16/04/07
Archbishop Gregorios (The Greek Orthodox Archbishop for Great Britain) and the Bishop of Kensington launched an exhibition of contemporary icons from Mount Athos in the church of St John, Lansdowne Crescent in Notting Hill on Thursday 12 April.
12/04/07
Keith Robinson, General Secretary to the Diocese of London, has been appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director to the board of virt-x Exchange Limited (virt-x).
04/04/07
The date of Easter Sunday changes every year. In the period leading up to it the Church prepares for this, its most holy day, with traditions based on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Individual churches differ in their customs, and some of the most widely practised are explained here.
02/04/07
The Bishop of Willesden officially opened the new foundation stage classroom at Christ Church Primary School, Willesden Lane on Friday 23 March. Before blessing the classroom, the Bishop watched the children sing and perform their own version of Goldilocks comes to Christ Church! He was then given a tour the school which is currently undergoing a £1.5 million makeover.
30/03/07
The Bishop of Willesden attended the re-opening of the newly re-furbished Oxford and Kilburn Club with local MP Dawn Butler, on 23 March. The Oxford/Kilburn Club is a Christian youth organisation which provides social education activities for children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.
29/03/07
On Monday 26 March the Bishop of Kensington licensed Lesley Perry as a priest in the Parish of St Mary Abbotts with St Philip, Kensington. Her main role will be to work alongside the Associate Vicar, David Walsh, in St Philip’s Church.
23/03/07
The Chapter of St Paul’s is delighted at the appointment of the Right Reverend Graeme Paul Knowles as the Cathedral’s new Dean and greatly looks forward to his installation in the next few months.
14/03/07
London's Church Leaders have joined forces with the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, to launch a new environmental guide to help the capital's churches become greener.
08/03/07
On Thursday 1 March the Bishop of Kensington licensed the Reverend Sue Groom as the Director of Deanery Licensed Ministry. Deanery Licensed Ministry is a distinctive new scheme which will allow vocations to be locally discerned.
22/02/07
It is 200 years since the Slave Trade Act was passed by Parliament, abolished the slave trade in the British Empire. This significant anniversary is being marked in London in myriad ways.
22/02/07
A new exhibition of work by Nick Sargent, ‘Reredos’, opens today at the Sacred Space Gallery, London. ‘Reredos’ contains eight large scale embroidered pieces inspired by Sargent’s exploration of the liturgy and scriptures.
21/02/07
The Diocese of London has had a special link with Angola and Mozambique for eight years. The Bishop of Kensington has written to all the congregations in the Diocese inviting them to join their brothers and sisters in Angola and Mozambique in a spirit of prayer, fasting and generosity to those in need.
21/02/07
The Bishop of London today begins a series of Lent lectures at London’s Internet Church, St Stephen Walbrook in the City, with “God is Missing and not Missed”, a talk which will explore how God seems to be missing from the consciousness of some modern people today.
20/02/07
The Bishop of Willesden led a ceremony on Sunday 18 February at the Wealdstone war memorial at which two soldiers of the Great War were honoured.
17/02/07
English Heritage and the Wolfson Foundation have announced funding for the repair of 24 cathedrals across England as part of a new joint scheme worth up to £6 million.
15/02/07
The Diocese of London has reinforced its commitment to regenerating the capital with the appointment of a dedicated Urban Regeneration Consultant.
06/02/07
Lambeth is set to host thousands of people from across the country as they join the Archbishops of Canterbury and York for an historic event taking place at Kennington Park on Saturday 24 March to mark the Bicentenary of the Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade.
06/02/07
Faith-based social action in London is about to be further enhanced as eight community projects around the city are awarded grants by the Church Urban Fund. The projects benefit a range of groups who are on the fringes of society in areas facing deprivation and issues related to social exclusion.
05/02/07
The first meeting in 2007 of the Bishop’s Council was held on 1 February at London Diocesan House.
02/02/07
Thanks to the initiative of a parishioner in Bristol diocese, an on-line petition is now available on the Downing Street website, encouraging the Government to provide more financial help for repair of Church of England church buildings.
31/01/07
On 30 January West London YMCA celebrated the opening of the extension to their supported housing project in Uxbridge, next to St Andrew’s Church. It brings hope to ten local young people ready for independent living, but in need of support to do so.
30/01/07
Karen Reeves was ordained priest in the parish church of St James, Prebend Street on Sunday 21st January by the Bishop of Stepney, the Right Reverend Stephen Oliver.
29/01/07
Youth are willing to hear about religion, especially Christianity. People aged between 18 and 24 are more open to faith-based dialogue than any other age group in Britain, a recent survey by Premier Media Group revealed.
29/01/07
More than half of those planning to get married in church say that the vicar who will be officiating at their service is just as important a part of their wedding as the setting of the church for their photos.
29/01/07
The season of Lent – a period of penitence in preparation for Easter – has been given an extra twist this year with a multi-media campaign backed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu.
26/01/07
Church Army has launched a free 12-page resource written by Peter Graystone to remind people about the importance of ‘praying, giving and receiving’ at Lent.
24/01/07
On Thursday 11 January the Bishop of Kensington Collated Canon John Record into the Parish of St Peter Hammersmith.
15/01/07
On Thursday 11 January, Faith Leaders from West London met with senior members of the West Middlesex University Hospital management in support of the Hospital Chaplaincy Team.
11/01/07
The Diocese of London Lent Appeal, Take the Shackles off my Feet so I can dance was launched by the London bishops and the Dean of Westminster Abbey, the Very Revd John Hall on Monday 8 January 2007 at the Wilberforce memorial in the North Quire of Westminster Abbey.
10/01/07
Congratulations to Tom Peryer, Director of Education for the Diocese of London who was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to education.
10/01/07
The Revd Rosamond McDowell was ordained priest by the Bishop of Kensington, the Rt Revd Michael Colclough, on Saturday 6 January, the Feast of the Epiphany, which celebrates the visit of the Wise Men to the child Jesus.
05/01/07
The Diocese of London, in partnership with English Heritage, launched this maintenance programme in November 2006 in light of research showing that neglecting to clear church gutters for five years can lead to a minimum repair bill of £25,000.
22/12/06
The Bishop of London will deliver his Christmas message to Londoners via the capital's new internet church, which launches on Saturday 23 December, thanks to a partnership between the Diocese of London and Premier.tv.
21/12/06
The Bishop of Kensington and Bishop Alan Hopes, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Westminster, joined the West Middlesex University Hospital chaplaincy team in their carol service.
20/12/06
St Mary’s, Osterley, recently marked its 150-year anniversary. The building was consecrated on 3 December 1856. The Mayor of Hounslow, Councillor Felicity Barwood, the Bishop of Kensington and former clergy joined in the celebrations.
15/12/06
The Bishop of London has recommended a new book as a study guide for churches looking to refocus their work and mission for the coming year.
15/12/06
The Church of England has launched an online Advent calendar for the first time, drawing together a range of real-life stories about what Christmas means to people today – from a paramedic in Carlisle, to a donkey sanctuary owner in Oxfordshire, to an estate agent in Tunbridge Wells.
05/12/06
The first meeting in the new triennium of the London Diocesan Synod was held on Saturday 25 November at King’s College, London. The meeting was incorporated into a celebration of the Eucharist, presided over by the Bishop of London.
04/12/06
Members of the Bush City Youth Academy wrote and performed a drama on the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people worldwide.
27/11/06
The Bishop of Kensington has made his first visit to the local Buddhist Community at the Vihara in Chiswick. He was welcomed by the Venerable Bogoda Seelawimala.
27/11/06
ChristianFlatShare.org, a website designed to help Christians to find accommodation in the UK, has been officially launched. Those wanting to rent or to let accommodation are able to place adverts on the website.
27/11/06
The Revd Joanna Jepson has been licensed as Parish Priest of St Peter’s, Fulham. Joanna is also to be the first Chaplain at the London College of Fashion – a new and exciting post in ministry.
24/11/06
Today the Diocese of London launched a London-wide gutter clearance service aimed at saving churches across the capital £250,000 in annual maintenance costs.
21/11/06
A historic church in the heart of Kentish Town is to undergo a major £300,000 restoration over the next six months, after receiving substantial funding from English Heritage, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Historic Churches Preservation Trust and the Mercers' Company.
19/11/06
On Sunday 19 November the Bishop of Kensington officially opened and blessed a new Staines youth project, ‘The Crib’. The Crib is open after school two days a week and on Sunday evenings and is used regularly by 60 young people.
09/11/06
The Bishop of London will today chair a meeting of London’s Church leaders at Methodist Central Hall, Westminster where it is hoped a new ecumenical environmental guide for churches will be approved before being rolled out across the capital.
08/11/06
The Bishop of London addressed a service at Grosvenor Chapel on Saturday 4th November as part of the International Day of Climate Protest, before speaking alongside a cross-party array of politicians at a rally in Grosvenor Square. The full text of his Grosvenor Chapel address is given below.
23/10/06
A brother’s tribute to his sister travels from London to Rwanda.
16/10/06
A meeting of the Bishop’s Council was held on 2 October 2006. This is a summary of some of the discussions.
13/10/06
The Economist recently published an article exploring the growth of Christianity and church attendance in London against the national trend.
12/10/06
The Bishop of Stepney today officially launched the start of building work on a new affordable housing development in Tower Hamlets, which will create 58 new homes by September 2007.
11/10/06
Pioneer Productions, a London-based television company that specialises in Science and History programming, is researching a documentary about the history of the Bible in English for Channel 4, one part of which will try to express how important it is to modern Christians to have the Bible in their language.
11/10/06
Recent research shows that neglecting to clear church gutters for five years can lead to a minimum repair bill of £25,000. The Diocese of London, in partnership with English Heritage, has launched a new programme that aims to prevent this.
11/10/06
350 people from parishes in the Kensington Episcopal Area attended a day conference at St Barnabas Church, Kensington to hear the Bishop of Durham, Dr Tom Wright. During the day entitled ‘The Gospel in Tomorrow’s World’ Dr Wright focused on God, Jesus and the Holy Sprit in response to the political and religious climate that the western world faces today and in the future.
05/10/06
The Bishop of London re-dedicated St George’s Bloomsbury in the presence of HRH Prince Michael of Kent on 5th October 2006. The ceremony celebrated the £9m restoration of the church and incorporated the unveiling of a plaque to the late Paul Mellon, whose bequest funded the majority of the restoration.
27/09/06
The Revd Canon Philip Buckler, Canon Treasurer of St Paul’s Cathedral, has been announced as the new Dean of Lincoln Cathedral.
22/09/06
The London Muslim Centre in Whitechapel recently welcomed key representatives from Albania’s main religious groups for a meeting with the Tower Hamlets Inter Faith Forum in an attempt to encourage greater interfaith cooperation throughout Albania.
18/09/06
Bishop Andre and fellow Angolans, along with Bishop Peter Wheatley (Edmonton) marched with ALMA representatives, 3,000 Christian Aid supporters and partners to demand that our government withholds UK payments to the IMF and World Bank until they stop linking conditions to loans and debt cancellation; particularly to allow countries self determination in opening their countries to the free market.
11/08/06
Two community projects in the Diocese of London have been given a boost with grants from the Church Urban Fund.
08/08/06
New web portal brings together a powerful range of sources to help family historians.
08/08/06
The Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund is offering £4.5 million to faith groups across England and Wales.
07/08/06
Church House Publishing's most recent resources concerning church growth, mission and evangelism, contemporary culture and the development of faith and spirituality.
07/08/06
Mervyn Hogg, St Martin's, Ruislip, reports.
24/07/06
The Bishop of London, Rt Revd Richard Chartres, featured on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning speaking about the environment and the Church of England's 'Shrinking the Footprint' campaign.
05/07/06
Fr Malcolm Hunter, St Michael's, Camden Town, In Desperate Fundraising Bid
28/06/06
Key debates on women bishops, Faithful Cities report, further education and major legislative proposals on the agenda
28/06/06
His reflections following the Episcopal Church General Convention
19/06/06
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit thriving church which was facing redundancy ten years ago
14/06/06
yoko ono: makoto fujimura
two site-responsive art installations for the City of London Festival
26 June - 13 July 2006
13/06/06
A further step forward to 'green' the Church
12/06/06
Can a Chat with David Lammy MP Persuade Disadvantaged Pupils to Aim for University?
12/06/06
Dr Chris Hewer's popular course at St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace to be repeated
12/06/06
Updated guide aims to help churches manage their records - and recycle what is not needed
22/05/06
Faithful Cities - regeneration forces many to the margins
19/05/06
Thursday 25 May, 12.45pm
Ascension Day, Sung Eucharist
St Stephen, Walbrook, Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN
17/05/06
This Harvest, the mission agency, USPG, is inviting churches to be inspired by work in Myanmar (formerly Burma). Resources available.
17/05/06
Sunday 18 June
St Mary's Church, Eversholt Street
16/05/06
London Festival of Contemporary Church Music
11/05/06
St Aldhelm's, Edmonton launches innovative energy programme.
09/05/06
A range of resources are available for those trying to sort facts from fiction.
04/05/06
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
28/04/06
Baroness Warnock, Melvyn Bragg and Lord Winston among the speakers
25/04/06
7.30pm, Thursday 27 April, All Hallows by the Tower
25/04/06
Jazz band, Fair Trade and Thought for the Day on the steps of the Royal Exchange
25/04/06
3.15pm, Sunday 14 May, St Paul's Cathedral. All welcome
25/04/06
The Archbishop of Wales to tackle the question at Holy Trinity, Sloane Square
21/04/06
St Mary's Church, Upper Street, N1
Friday 28 April, 2006
10am-4pm
20/04/06
The Revd Dr (Flt Lt) Giles Legood reports on his first year as the sole chaplain.
20/04/06
How you can help the Church Heritage Forum campaign for better funding of church buildings
07/04/06
The Bishop of London leads a meditation for Good Friday on BBC Radio 4
07/04/06
A conference to build skills and knowledge for those developing their church building
07/04/06
Church bells of St Giles-in-the-Fields to - temporarily - fall silent for the first time in 270 years
06/04/06
Take part in the Radio Times readers poll for your favourite faith-based programme
04/04/06
03/04/06
Time Out magazine includes worship at two London churches in its pick of things to do in the capital on Sundays
23/03/06
The Revd Rob Harrison, Vicar of St John's, Hillingdon, reports on the new style of Sunday worship at his church
22/03/06
All Hallows by the Tower
20 March - 19 May, 2006
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
10am-5pm, Saturday, Sunday
07/03/06
Sung Eucharist with Blessing of Oils and Renewal of Ordination Vows
01/03/06
Read the Bishop of Kensington's words from the 5pm service at St Paul's Cathedral
01/03/06
English Heritage and Heritage Lottery Fund Repair Grants
23/02/06
Social action, as well as prayer and church services, can do much to encourage ecumenism
22/02/06
£75,000 raised for health projects in Southern Africa
16/02/06
Launch of the Archbishop Janani Luwum Memorial Trust
26/01/06
Fran Chandler, Kensington Area World Development Adviser reports on the interactive prayer walk and prayer labyrinth she has produced.
23/01/06
The Bishop's lecture series on the Minerva is part of his forthcoming sabbatical, his first in 30 years of ministry.
17/01/06
The media reports on the Bishop of London's forthcoming presentation at General Synod in February
09/01/06
The Telegraph Magazine reported on life for inner city priests - including the Revd Preb Philippa Boardman - on Christmas Eve
06/01/06
A Christmas Eve interview with the Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields
04/01/06
Following the church music survey undertaken by Mervyn Hogg last year, a summary report of the findings is now available for download.
04/01/06
The London Diocesan Year Book 2006 has been published. It contains full details of parishes, chaplaincies and clergy throughout the Diocese. Click here to obtain your copy.
04/01/06
Phil Groom, webmaster, reports on an innovative new church web portal
20/12/05
Poll Says Almost Half London's Adults will Attend Church This Christmas
15/12/05
£250,000 granted from the Community Fund of the Big Lottery Fund
02/11/05
New Book by Gordon Giles offers reflections on music and readings for Advent and Christmas
02/11/05
The Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermon
21/10/05
Bishop of London hails the appointment as 'a very welcome step'
19/10/05
1pm on 2nd November at the Houses of Parliament, arrive at 12.30
19/10/05
St Paul's Institute launches an Autumn programme to equip individuals to play their part in international poverty reduction.
19/10/05
The London Challenge was launched in January 2002 to focus the London Diocese on some common objectives for the five years finishing in December 2006.
11/10/05
The Bishop of London spoke in the House of Lords as part of the debate on the Select Committee Report
11/10/05
The Bishop of London delivered the St Francis Lecture on the Environment at St Mary Woolnoth on 6th October.
07/10/05
At the election held on 5th October, 2005, the following people were elected to represent the Diocese of London in General Synod:
23/09/05
St Mary Woolnoth, Lombard Street, EC3
6.30pm, Thursday 6 October, 2005
22/09/05
Meet Robin Griffith-Jones, Master of the Temple at the Temple Church, to hear the real story.
23/08/05
Mervyn Hogg reports on a memorable afternoon
18/08/05
A one-week follow up to last summer's Soul in the City initiative on Northolt housing estates
18/08/05
Brother Roger, one of the 20th century's leading ecumenical figures was stabbed to death during a service on 17 August.
16/08/05
Remarkable church growth is taking place in the Diocese of Niassa, in northern Mozambique, which has a diocesan link with London.
29/07/05
How do we focus on serving the world, instead of serving ourselves?
19/07/05
Parish Priest to live on bread and water in the Church for a week
15/07/05
Read Rachel Harden's article in this week's Church Times
08/07/05
Prayers are being said in churches across the capital in the aftermath of the bombings.
06/07/05
"London is a whole world in a city. There is no more diverse community on earth and there could be no better place for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Church in London looks forward to joining in the preparations."
25/06/05
The Bishop of London's article in The Times
18 June 2005
26/05/05
Organised by the Friends of the City Churches, this is a unique opportunity to explore many of the capital's architectural gems
20/05/05
Choir to be drawn from parishes across the Diocese - Sunday 31 July
05/05/05
26/04/05
Revd Simon Winn, from St Joseph the Worker Parish Church, visited Israel-Palestine recently and reports on what he found
19/04/05
Information about events and liturgical resources are available for those planning special services
19/04/05
Unique service highlights their achievements and positive contributions to society.
12/04/05
Come and join in JustShare's 'May Day' events for global economic justice.
12/04/05
The Church on the Corner in Islington organises annual tournament. Monday 2nd May at Islington Tennis Club
12/04/05
The Bishop of London will inaugurate a new venture called the Trinity Institute for Christianity & Culture on Wednesday April 20th at St Stephen, Walbrook.
07/04/05
The Revd Regan O'Callaghan from St John Bethnal Green reports on his work with the British Association of Iconographers
24/03/05
Sung Eucharist with the Blessing of the Oils and the Renewal of Ordination Vows.
St Paul's Cathedral
23/03/05
As Easter approaches, in addition to Sunday worship, churches across London will be holding special services. Here are a selection taking place in the City of London and in some, selected central London churches.
21/03/05
Canon Dr Graham Kings, Vicar of St Mary Islington, pays tribute in the Good Friday edition of the Highbury & Islington Express
17/03/05
The Church of England has warmly welcomed the Budget announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, to extend for a further three years the 100 per cent VAT refund for renovation of listed church buildings.
15/03/05
The Revd Dr Giles Legood has been appointed as the first ever Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) Chaplain.
03/03/05
St Barnabas, Pimlico, is one of 165 historic places of worship to receive a share of £17.5 million repair grants
01/03/05
Dads in Ealing will transform their local church into an atmospheric Italian restaurant this Saturday (March 5), and serve up a lavish four-course meal to 100 mums.
28/02/05
Margaret Russell, the London and Essex Coordinator of The Leprosy Mission, tells us about this extraordinary man.
10/02/05
Folowing today's announcement by Clarence House, the Bishop of London commented, "I am glad to hear the news that the Prince of Wales and Mrs Camilla Parker Bowles are to marry in April. I hope very much that the marriage will provide comfort, enjoyment and support for them both."
08/02/05
The Bishop of London explains why Lent has 'fresh relevance' to contemporary society
08/02/05
Downing Street has announced that the Ven Christopher Chessun, currently Archdeacon of Northolt, is to be the new Bishop of Woolwich in the Diocese of Southwark.
08/02/05
The Fairtrade Organisation has put together a Church Action Guide outlining activities churches might like to undertake during this special fortnight.
08/02/05
Lent is traditionally a time when people give something up or take something on in order to focus on God.
02/02/05
How Church Army is partnering with churches and agencies to make its contribution to bring love, justice and hope for the homeless
27/01/05
Around 1500 people took part in what's been described as a 'prophetic mission' to young people in London last weekend.
14/01/05
At a meeting of the House of Bishops in Leeds, Church of England bishops, including the Bishops of London and Southwark issued a statement backing the Make Poverty History campaign
14/01/05
The Reverend Nicholas Henderson, vicar of St Martin's & All Saints in Ealing Common, has won a bursary award from Ecclesiastical Insurance to research and study Third World Christianity.
13/01/05
Ash Wednesday (9 February), St Paul's Cathedral. A Day of Prayer, Fasting and Teaching, led by the Bishops of the London Diocese. All Welcome.
13/01/05
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster is to work on unity with other Christians this Spring.
11/01/05
London's churches have launched a sterling effort to assist survivors of the South East Asian earthquake.
10/01/05
BBC Radio 4's Christmas Day service came from St Mary, Islington, led by the Bishop of Stepney and the vicar, Graham Kings.
09/01/05
Prayer events for young adults in the heart of London, 21st-23rd January 2005
31/12/04
The Bishop of London preached the sermon on Christmas Day in St Paul's Cathedral. Read what he said here.
22/12/04
We list here a selection of services taking place on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the City of London and some central London churches.
22/12/04
As Christmas approaches, in addition to Sunday worship, churches across London will be holding special services. Here is a selection of services taking place in the run up to Christmas in the City of London and in some central London churches.
21/12/04
The Bishop of Stepney has appointed the Revd Dr Fiona Stewart-Darling as his Chaplain to the Docklands.
20/12/04
The Daily Telegraph poll of Britain's 100 Favourite Churches
13/12/04
Want to be inspired? How about attending a Christian festival in 2005? Here are some of the best:
08/12/04
World Council of Churches speaker available, having just returned from three months in the Holy Land
02/12/04
William Shelton's Educational Foundation has sponsored a new translation - with strong London links - of an old European tradition.
30/11/04
Wednesday 1st December from 4pm
Outside Indonesian Embassy, 38 Grosvenor Square
Meet at Marble Arch tube at 4pm
Please bring a candle in a jar and wear warm clothes
30/11/04
The Christmon Tree originated in the Lutheran Church in Virginia, USA, over 30 years ago.
22/11/04
The Reverend Michael Clark won tickets to Jean Anouilh's 'Becket' in a London Diocesan competition. The win turned into an unexpected blessing for his mother.
10/11/04
Buy fairly traded gifts or even send a goat to Bolivia! How to change lives while Christmas shopping.
02/11/04
LICC has launched its Autumn/Winter programme. In the coming months, LICC is running seminars, training courses and events, which explore issues as diverse as secular humanism, asylum and immigration, film culture and spirituality in the workplace.
02/11/04
The Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers exists to promote, encourage and support the ringing of church bells in the Diocese of London.
29/10/04
A Memorial Service for Canon John Halliburton will be held at St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday 17 November at 3pm. All are welcome to attend.
29/10/04
The Church of England is calling for partnership with national, regional and local bodies, as well as government at all levels, to unlock the potential of church buildings as catalysts for regeneration and safeguard their role as centres for a wide and often unacknowledged range of community activities.
12/10/04
From 20 October, the Theatre Royal Haymarket plays host to Becket - a timeless and enthralling play, beautifully capturing the friendship, duty and conflict between Saint Thomas a Becket and King Henry II.
12/10/04
The Bishop of London reported on progress at the Bishop's Council meeting in October:
11/10/04
The Bishop of London celebrated at a Pro-Life ecumenical service on Sunday 10 October.
11/10/04
Diocesan Children's adviser, Mary Hawes, opens new drop-in for the local community
07/10/04
The Bishop of London was interviewed in the Church of England Newspaper on 1st October, 2004. This is what he said:
01/10/04
The Bishop of London has welcomed the announcement from UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, that the UK supports an international treaty to control the deadly trade in arms that claims thousands of lives every year.
06/09/04
Churches across South London are lining up to get involved in what promises to be the event of the summer in South London.
10/08/04
Dr Rowan Williams is to lead a series of dialogues entitled 'The Worlds We Live In' this September.
He will be joined by leading international experts in the fields of politics, economics, the environment and world health for discussions on some of the major moral issues confronting the world in the 21st century.
06/08/04
Whether you are looking for tea, coffee and cookies to serve in church or gifts and cards to give this Christmas, shop with ease using Traidcraft's new fairtrade catalogue.
29/07/04
CHRistians In Secular Ministry (CHRISM) is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first major gathering of Ministers in Secular Employment (MSE).
28/07/04
SOULINTHECITY is 750 of London's churches working with 10,000 young people from across the UK, on community improvement projects within the M25.
28/07/04
A mobile phone with a thought-provoking text message is to form the basis of the UK's biggest annual Christian advertising initiative this year.
20/07/04
Unveiling of the Queen Mother Window marks completion of refurbishment of central London's only Church of England Residential conference and retreat house
15/07/04
Voluntary group raises £17,000
01/07/04
The Revd Mark Oakley remembers one of London's best loved priests who died on Sunday 27 June.
28/06/04
A total of 29 new deacons were ordained for the Diocese of London at the annual Ordination ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral on Saturday 26 June. The new deacons, 10 women and 19 men, were ordained by the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, Bishop of London.
23/06/04
The Bishop of London, at the invitation of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces, went to Normandy on Friday 4 June to take part in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Normandy Landing.
22/06/04
Bible Society celebrates its bicentenary this year and as part of the celebrations is seeking to extend its team of volunteers.
14/06/04
Taking your first communion is always a special occasion, but for eleven year old Daniel Bennett it was “perfect” not just because he got a great new pair of shoes, but also because his grandmother Anita and great grandmother Margaret were confirmed at the same time.
10/06/04
2004 marks the 1400th anniversary of the re-organisation of the Diocese of London.
For full details click here
10/06/04
Spiritual poverty in London was one of the many tough questions put to mayoral candidates in a hustings event at Methodist Central Hall.
10/06/04
In February this year Deacons from the Diocese of London travelled to Gothenburg to meet their counterparts in the Church of Sweden’s Diocese of Göteborg. The London group, which included three Deacons and three aspirants to the permanent diaconate, were able to spend three days looking at and discussing the differences and similarities in diaconal ministry as part of the commitment made in the Porvoo Agreement to learn from each other.
02/06/04
Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 June. A rare opportunity to see some of London's finest churches. Visit independently or as part of a guided tour.
02/06/04
Churches' Commission for Racial Justice (CCRJ) urges Christians to vote on 10 June to keep far-right racist groups out of power
27/05/04
12 June. A day with Ray Simpson, Guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, from Holy Island, Lindisfarne and leading author on contemporary Celtic spirituality.
25/05/04
The Bishop of London has joined others across England to lend his support to The Children's Society Safe and Sound campaign 2004
25/05/04
St Christopher's, Hanwell and 40-bed hostel share one front door
24/05/04
The Bishop of London gave a public lecture as part of the 1400th anniversary celebrations on 26 May at St Paul's Cathedral.
21/05/04
Diocesan Eucharist at St Paul's Cathedral
Saturday 22 May
26/04/04
THE BISHOP OF LONDON
Beloved in Christ,
Earlier this year a remarkable discovery was made. Two small gold crosses were unearthed and the tomb of Saeberht, the first Christian King of the East Saxons was uncovered. The body has long since vanished but in life the king played a vital role in the events of 604 which we are celebrating this year.
24/04/04
St Mellitus Day
21/04/04
Come to join JustShare's 'May Day' events for global economic justice
21/04/04
THE GOLDSMITHS’ COMPANY is holding a spectacular exhibition in celebration of the 14th centenary of the foundation of St Paul’s Cathedral and the re-organisation of the diocese of London. Silver and the Church – Treasures from London Churches, is open to the public, free of charge, from Monday, April 19 to Saturday, May 15, 2004 at Goldsmiths’ Hall, London EC2.
Click here for full details.
20/04/04
Six years ago, over 70,000 Jubilee 2000 supporters formed a human chain in Birmingham to call for the cancellation of the crippling debts of some of the world's poorest nations.
16/04/04
A spectacular shimmer disc 'mural' on the west wall of the church has become a talking point in Bow
13/04/04
Upper Street in Islington, N1, came to a standstill on Good Friday as actor Duane O'Garro, carrying an eight-foot wooden cross, re-enacted Christ's walk to Calvary.
22/03/04
Programe and Events for over 250 Retreat Centres in the British Isles published by the Retreat Association.
19/03/04
Opportunities for prayer, worship and reflection at the Diocesan Cathedral.
19/03/04
Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Award for Nesta Murray of St Ann's Church of England Primary School, Haringey
19/03/04
New catalogue offers ideas for gifts, cards, food and fashion
17/03/04
The date of Easter Sunday changes every year. In the period leading up to it the Church prepares for this, its most holy day, with traditions based on the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Individual churches differ in their customs, the most widely practised are explained here.
17/03/04
The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget reduces tax for church repairs
16/03/04
A decision by Eurostar chiefs to drop the name of St Pancras from the new international terminal is being challenged by a local priest.
16/03/04
Central London's newest Anglican church officially opens on 17 March - and it is on board a ship moored at Canary Wharf!
07/02/04
On Saturday 7 February, the Diocese of London held a special service in St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood.
06/02/04
Historic annual service at St Magnus the Martyr commemorates God's preservation of the Church from fire
03/02/04
Read the full Ash Wednesday story, which is part of our 1400th Anniversary section.
11/01/04
Father Philip Warner of St Magnus the Martyr and Canon Stephen Roberts of Southwark Cathedral jointly conducted the ancient rite of Blessing the Thames from the middle of London Bridge on Sunday.
08/01/04
Click here to read the text of the address given on 7th January at All Souls, Langham Place.
08/01/04
All are welcome to hear the choir's first ever sung service in a London parish church
24/12/03
The Bishop of London and the Bishop of Southwark issued a joint statement at the opening of the 2003 Crisis at Christmas London shelter.
22/12/03
Those living with HIV/AIDS, those who care for them, those who have died, those who mourn them,and those who seek a cure were held before God in a special prayer vigil on 1st December.
22/12/03
Virginia Rounding reports from the annual visit to St Petersburg
22/12/03
Click here to read the Bishop of London's Article for the Illustrated London News
22/12/03
The Cafe in the Crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields has won the Les Routiers London Cafe of the Year 2003.
22/12/03
The London Diocese Celebration takes place at St Paul's Cathedral at 11am on Saturday 7 February.
22/12/03
A day conference exploring Anglican Spirituality
The London Centre for Spirituality
Saturday 7 February
10am-5pm
£20 or £10 concessions
22/12/03
All are welcome at the Spring Lecture Series at St Giles-in-the-Fields, 60 St Giles' High Street, WC2. Tel: 020 7323 1992. Lectures run 6.15-7.15pm
20/11/03
The Bishop of Kensington, representing the Diocese of London, shared in the consecration of the new bishops of Angola and Niassa (Mozambique) in September in the Church of the Resurrection, Wattville, Highveld Diocese.
27/10/03
Canon Paul Jobson, Priest-in-Charge, of St Saviour's, Pimlico sadly died on Sunday 26th October. The Bishop of London said, "This is grievous news. Paul has worked like a Trojan to bring new life to St Saviour's. Our hearts go out to his family and to the parish."
23/10/03
Well known speakers from different aspects of the media will deliver this Autumn's series of lectures at St Giles in the Fields.
23/10/03
More than five thousand Christians are due to gather at the Millennium Dome on the evening of Monday 8 December for a special carol service.
23/10/03
A Conference for
23/10/03
The Bishop of London has launched the London Centre for Spirituality at a service in St Paul's Cathedral. Based at the Church of St Edmund the King on Lombard Street in the City of London, the Centre is the result of a sustained consultation between the Anglican Diocese of London and the many denominations present within the M25.
23/10/03
Leigh Hatts, the former editor of the diocesan newspaper London Link, has teamed up with illustrator and founder of the annual City Churches Walk, Paul Middleton, to produce a fascinating new book, 'London City Churches'.
01/10/03
2004 SEES A SUMMER OF MISSION IN LONDON - a season of witness, social action and evangelism.
Three key components of this season are Soul In The City, Just 10, and the Alpha Initiative.
05/06/03
The Bishop of London, the Rt. Revd, and Rt. Hon. Dr Richard Chartres, is delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Canon Stephen Oliver as the next Bishop of Stepney. He will be consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in St Paul's Cathedral on 8 May 2003.
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