Priests’ life peerages and other Honours
THE Revd Dr Russell Rook OBE, a partner of the Good Faith Partnership, is among the many 30 life peers to be nominated by the Prime Minister shortly before Christmas. Among the six Conservative nominations was the Revd Dr Nigel Biggar CBE, Regius Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology within the University of Oxford. Appointed LVO within the New Year Honours (News, 3 January) were the Revd Neil Gardner, Domestic Chaplain to the King in Scotland and Parish Minister of Canongate Kirk; and Canon Edmund Newell, these days Chief Executive of Cumberland Lodge, the education and conference centre in Windsor Great Park. The Revd Ann Hitchiner, Chaplain to the Forces (Third Class), Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, Army Reserve, an Anglican priest in Herefordshire, was appointed OBE. Among the BEMs was Dr Derek Gallagher, these days vice-chairman of the Friends of St George’s Memorial Church, Ypres, in Belgium, for services to charity.
Ted Harrison, author and artist, dies
THE author, broadcaster, and artist Ted Harrison died, aged 75, in Aberystwyth last week. Mr Harrison, an occasional contributor to the Church Times for several many years, worked with BBC Radio 4 for 20 years, presenting Sunday and Does He Take Sugar? He was the BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent and a reporter on The World at One and The World Tonight. He went on to grow to be a television producer, working together with his daughter Caroline Gilson on programmes including Redcoats for ITV and Elvis and the Presleytarians for BBC1. He wrote 25 books. He also illustrated books, most recently Richard Coles’s series The Lives of Improbable Saints.
Obituary to follow
Faith into Action learning series launched
CHRISTIAN AID is hosting a recent online learning programme, “Faith into Action”, to assist people to know the causes of world poverty and campaign for change. The Campaigns and Organising Officer, Jess Hall, said that, within the monthly sessions, which begin on Monday, “We will hear from people speaking up for change of their churches and communities within the UK and from communities standing as much as injustice all over the world. Together we’ll spend an hour connecting our faith with ways we are able to take impactful motion for global justice.” Last 12 months, greater than 600 people downloaded Christian Aid’s guide “Breaking Bread”, on learn how to lobby MPs on issues resembling prioritising peace or cancelling low-income countries’ debts.
jason bryantToasty posty: This post-box topper was spotted opposite St Mary’s, Bridport, in Dorset, this week. A post-box topper is a crochet or knitted hat or bonnet for a pillar box, designed as a tribute, commemoration, or just for public enjoyment
Correction: a story last week a couple of meeting of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (News, 3 January) misquoted the communiqué as saying that the Anglican Communion was moving “from a season of raw and antagonistic division to one in every of reckoning with what’s going to likely be an extended means of revolution”. In fact, the communiqué said that there “will likely be an extended means of resolution”. We apologise for the error.
