In the midst of the summer holidays Ebbsfleet parishes in the diocese of Coventry are supporting school-aged children in various ways. St Luke's Church in Holbrooks is running a Summer Club every Friday of the summer holidays between 9.30am and 11.30am. The club offers free activities, games and refreshments for children of all ages. [...]

Sir John Betjeman once remarked of S. Mark’s, Swindon that “its achievement lay in catholicizing a parish, not merely a congregation”.  Looking back at photographs of my predecessors in past generations, they are often pictured as part of a large staff team.  I am told that there was a time when someone only had [...]