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9 Jul 2012

Bishop’s Message After Synod Debate On Women Bishops

Bishop Geoffrey said today (9 July 2012) “The General Synod in a sensitive debate expressing a number of different viewpoints voted to adjourn the Final Approval of the Measure to permit women to be consecrated as bishops until a special November meeting.

7 Jul 2012

Diocesan Changes Given Final Approval In York

Plans to bring the Diocese in Europe into line with the other 43 dioceses of the Church of England with regard to its Diocesan Synod and decision making have moved another step forward with the Draft Measure for Europe being given Final Approval after a debate on Saturday afternoon (7 July 2012) during the General Synod sessions in York University.

2 Jul 2012

Under The Fig Tree - Ordination Memories

Rev Verna Veritie is preparing to serve as Assistant Curate in Athens after her ordination by Bishop Geoffrey in Lisbon on Sunday 1 July On the same day Mrs Dana English and Dr Mary Styles were ordained Deacon by Bishop David in All Saints' Rome where they are to serve as Curates.

2 Jul 2012

Voices For Life In St Raphaël

Shirley Rowson writes; On 24 June 2012, St John the Evangelist Anglican church celebrated the Royal School of Church Music’s designated Music Sunday with a music themed Eucharist, including the hymn When Miriam’s daughters rise and sing by Janet Wootton and John Barnard, which was sung as an anthem by the choir.

2 Jul 2012

Inspired 16 Year Old French Girl Inspires Church Members

Amelia da Gama, who is a young member of the Anglican church in the French city of Lyon, has been so inspired by a visit to an orphanage in Kenya that she shared her experiences with other church members and – in turn - inspired them to raise more than £350 at the annual Church Summer Party and continue their support for the project.

2 Jul 2012

Church Songs Aid Euro-cup Warm Up In Spain

Despite competition from noisy football fans excitedly expecting a victory in the Euro 2012 Cup Final, a crowd of some 70 people from local churches in Nerja and Almunecar gathered on the famous Balcon de Europa, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, to join in a summer Songs of Praise on Sunday 1 July 2012.

1 Jul 2012

Paris Chaplain To Take Over Reins Of Cms

The Church Mission Society has today (1 July) announced that Rev Philip Mounstephen, who is currently Chaplain of St Michael’s Church in Paris, is to take up the post of CMS executive leader.

30 Jun 2012

Celebrating 425+1 Years History In The Hague

Visitors to Europe often think that because the Diocese in Europe was formed in 1980 we are a collection of new churches.