Did you know? (Sunday, June 5, 2022)
Today is the Feast of Pentecost. It is celebrated fifty days after Easter and ten days after the Ascension. Pentecost marks the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, May 29, 2022)
The Psalm appointed for today belongs to a category of psalms that celebrates God’s universal kingship. All of creation can rejoice because “justice and righteousness” are fundamental to the way […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, May 22, 2022)
Thursday of this week is Ascension Day. The statue in the All Souls’ Chapel commemorates this Feast. The statue is called Christ Ascending. It was made by Laura Facey-Cooper, and […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, May 15, 2022)
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Mental health is a state of well-being in which we realise our own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, May 8, 2022)
Mother’s Day has its origins in the Christian celebration of Mothering Sunday, observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent. The contemporary observation of Mother’s Day has its origins in America […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, May 1, 2022)
Throughout Eastertide, Anglicans take a break from reading a text from the Old Testament at Masses (and at Morning Prayer on Sundays). Instead, we read from Acts of the Apostles, […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, April 24, 2022)
The word “suffragan” is from medieval Latin suffraganeus meaning “assistant (bishop).” As such, a Suffragan Bishop has no jurisdiction but performs episcopal functions for or on behalf of a Diocesan […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, April 17, 2022)
The date for Easter is not fixed. It moves every year. For this reason the earliest Christians celebrated the Lord’s resurrection on different days. The church has always maintained a […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, April 10, 2022)
The collect for Palm Sunday dates back to the second oldest liturgical book in the Christian West, the Gelasian Sacramentary (8th century). Archbishop Cranmer made some alterations to the collect […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, April 3, 2022)
A common devotional practice during Lent is known as “The Stations of the Cross.” The practice began in the 1500s and was popularised by the Franciscans. The exercise helps participants […]