Cathedrals promote their stained glass on social media
A NEW social-media campaign showcasing among the finest stained glass in England’s cathedrals, Divine Light, has been launched, based on a volume of the identical name by Janet Gough, an architectural historian who was formerly secretary of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission. The campaign, run by the Association of English Cathedrals, includes one in all the earliest stained-glass schemes in Canterbury, to mark the murder of Thomas Becket; Portsmouth’s Dunkirk and D-Day windows; Liverpool’s great west window, which depicts the Liver Building and the Mersey Ferry; and Coventry’s baptistery window. The virtual campaign will run on daily basis through Advent and Christmas. www.facebook.com/engcathedrals
C of E’s Chief Education Officer to maneuver on
CANON Nigel Genders is to step down after greater than a decade because the Church of England’s Chief Education Officer and chief executive of the National Society. He will take up a recent appointment because the Government’s Chief Schools Adjudicator in February. Since 2014, he has overseen work with greater than 4700 C of E schools educating a couple of million children. Under his leadership, the Church updated its educational vision document Deeply Christian, Serving the Common Good.
Drink-driving vicar crashed his Bishop’s automobile
A PRIEST within the diocese of Lincoln has been convicted of a drink-driving offence after crashing his Bishop’s automobile right into a Skoda belonging to the partner of the actress Heather Bell, who plays Clarrie Grundy within the Radio 4 serial The Archers. The Daily Mail reported this week that the Revd Sion Hughes Carew, 40, was handcuffed and arrested in front of his own parishioners, while the vehicle belonging to the Bishop of Lincoln, the Rt Revd Stephen Conway, was left wedged in a garden wall. Fr Hughes Carew worked for ten years at Church House, Westminster, within the Legal Office and elsewhere. He was ordained priest in 2022, and have become of Vicar of All Saints’, Lincoln, and Priest-in-Charge of St Mary-le-Wigford, Lincoln, in February. A diocesan statement said: “Pastoral support and guidance is being offered to all concerned, and can all the time be available for many who need it. We pray for all those that are affected by this news, mindful of our calling to like and serve each other in Christ’s name.”
Commissioners announce £275m bond
THE Church Commissioners last week announced the issuance of a £275-million bond, with the proceeds to be invested to generate returns to support the ministry of the Church of England. The First Church Estates Commissioner, Alan Smith, said: “Our first bond issue in 2022 supported an investment strategy that enabled record distributions to the Church of England. We are taking this chance to boost funds inside the prudent leverage limits set by our board to speculate as we support the mission of the church. Issuing one other bond will give us the agility we want to speculate correctly as we navigate an uncertain global economy.” The Commissioners issued their first bond in 2022, raising £550 million in two tranches.
Pilgrimage pair raise money for West Bank orphans
TWO women have accomplished a two-year pilgrimage to each Anglican cathedral in England. They began in 2023 with York Minster and concluded last week with Ripon Cathedral. Clare Slator, 65, and Dorothy Gray, 72, were raising funds and awareness for Palestinian pupils on the orphanage Jeel Al-Amal School, near Bethany (News, 9 August, 2024). Ms Slator, from Kirby Hill, near Boroughbridge, told the BBC: “It’s taken two years, and it’s been a completely incredible experience.” Ms Slator and Ms Gray, from Ripon, estimated that they’d raised about £2000 to permit pupils to go on to school.
University Church café, served notice in 2023, closes
THE Vaults & Garden café on the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, opened for the last time this week. An eviction notice was served in 2023 on the corporate that had run it for the past twenty years (News, 8 September, 2023), and the PCC has plans to develop the positioning on the Radcliffe Square side of the church. Will Pouget opened the café in 2003 is within the Old Congregation House, which is believed to this point from 1320 and the oldest university quite than college constructing.
St Paul’s opens first boarding house for ladies
ST PAUL’S Cathedral School has opened its first boarding house for ladies, meaning that, for the primary time in its 900-year history, girls will give you the option to board on the Cathedral’s choir school.
Church Commissioners win planning permission for 350 Hereford homes
PLANNING permission from Herefordshire Council for 350 homes in Three Elms, Hereford — the primary phase of a recent 1000-home community — has been secured by the Church Commissioners. The Commissioners have secured approvals for nearly 5000 homes across England in 2025. “[This] announcement marks a very important step in delivering a recent community in Hereford,” the Commissioners’ strategic land asset manager, Victoria Barrett-Mudhoo, said. “The scheme will help meet an area need for housing of all tenures and kinds, including providing land to the council to deliver a recent reasonably priced care home. The Church Commissioners worked closely with Herefordshire Council and consultees to make sure the scheme is of the best quality.”
