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5 Aug 2017

BOOKISH BANTER IN BELGIUM

Annie Bolger,CEMES intern at St Martha and St Mary's in Leuven, Belgium, organised a summer book club. Voting took place to choose the book and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale (recently turned into a major TV series) was selected for the discussion sessions.

2 Aug 2017

DUKE HONOURS BRITISH TROOPS SERVICE IN DENMARK

The Duke of Kent, who is President of Commonwealth War Graves Commission visited Bispebjerg Kirkegaard in Copenhagen to lay a wreath at the Cross of Sacrifice in memory of British and Commonwealth troops who were killed in Denmark during the war.

24 Jul 2017

TWO FAREWELLS AT DIOCESAN OFFICE

 

It has been announced that Adrian Mumford, our Diocesan Secretary, has taken the decision to retire at the end of October.

Catherine Jackson who has been our appointments secretary for nearly five years has left to take up a post in recruiting for the UK Department for International Trade.

20 Jun 2017

LONG SERVING ORGANIST IN FINLAND GIVEN ARCHBISHOP’S AWARD

Paul Dillingham, who has  served  as  organist  and  musician  for decades in  St  Nicholas’ Church, Helsinki has been honoured with the Canterbury Cross award at Lambeth Palace. 

16 Jun 2017

THE EUROPEAN ANGLICAN MAGAZINE - SEEN YOUR COPY YET?

The Summer edition of our quarterly diocesan magazine is now out and copies have been distributed around our churches.

11 Jun 2017

A LIVING MEMORIAL COMES TO FRUITION

An overgrown garden in Rome has been transformed into a living memorial to a former priest in our diocese, after prayer, planning and hard work

9 Jun 2017

CHORAL POWER IN LAUSANNE FOR ANNUAL SWISS FESTIVAL

The traditional annual Swiss Archdeaconry Choir Festival was held in at Christ Church in Lausanne over the weekend of 6/7th May 2017. The joint choir of 40 singers from the chaplaincies in Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne and Zürich led the choral Evensong on Saturday and the choral Communion Service on Sunday Morning.

16 May 2017

LUGANO MAKES MUSIC FOR THE BISHOP’S LENT APPEAL

As the final donations are being received for Bishop Robert’s 2017 Lent Appeal, more reports of innovative fund raising are also coming in.