Entries categorized as church of england

synod

On February 10, 2010 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
you can follow some of the events of synod, and the ABC’s contributions, on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s website. These include a recording and transcript of his presidential address. More...

Clergy are bullied

On January 4, 2010 / By maggi dawn / 7 Comments
The BBC report on bullied clergy: Workplace bullying of the clergy has become “rife”, according to the union Unite which says priests are being picked on by bishops and parishioners. The union has set up a hotline where the clergy can report abuse, and says it deals with up to 150 cases a year. “Bishops have got More...

The Twurch of England

On December 9, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
For some time now the Church Mouse has blogged and twittered about the Church of England, and has also collected up theĀ  Tweets of other clergy on his own blog. Now, with the help of fellow blogger Peter Ould, the Church Mouse has set up a new website – The Twurch of England. It’s a More...

Women bishops (and related issues)

On November 16, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
A series of papers has been put online at WATCH, concerning the ongoing debate about women becoming bishops in the church of england. Here’s a clip from the latest one, by Rev’d Canon Jackson: “Can we stand back a moment and remember: What is the fundamental question? The Church is trying to resolve one of the most More...

Women bishops – the latest from the revision committee

On November 14, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
Bishop Alan reports: The latest from the rather dry and technical sounding Revision Committee on women in the Episcopate which met yesterday contains one ecclesiologically significant discovery: After much discussion, the members of the Committee were unable to identify a basis for specifying particular functions for vesting which commanded sufficient support both from those in favour of More...

It may be legal, but is it right?

On March 2, 2009 / By maggi dawn / No Comments
Conversation over weekend dinners inevitably included comment on Sir Fred Goodwin's pension. Most people seem to feel the outrage is justified, and back at the desk this morning I read that Harriet Harman is determined to take action.  I also heard several people comment that there is something worrying about the bloodlust with which people set More...