The Bishop of Oswestry will be celebrating the following Chrism Festivals: 10th April - Exeter Cathedral 12th April - Church of the Holy Nativity, Knowle, Bristol 14th April - Lichfield Cathedral The programme for each Festival is: 11:00 Concelebrated Mass of the Chrism (followed by buffet lunch) 2:15 Catechesis 3:00 Benediction of the Blessed [...]
The first edition of the Oswestry Gazette has been sent to all parishes that look to the Bishop of Oswestry for sacramental and pastoral care. This exciting new publication will be produced annually to celebrate all of the wonderful things that are happening in the See of Oswestry. You can download an electronic version [...]
The Bishop of Oswestry, with great excitement, invites all across the See to make it a priority to attend one of the three Oswestry Chrism Festivals this year. The day begins with the Chrism Mass, followed by a buffet lunch. A time of catechesis comes after, and the Festival concludes with Benediction of the [...]
The Bishop of Oswestry will be leading the first ever Oswestry Pilgrimage on 9th March (by kind permission of the Dean and Chapter). The Bishop invites all to attend! Please see the poster for more details and how to register a place
The Society’s Council of Bishops is delighted that Fr Stephen Race SSC has been appointed as the next Bishop of Beverley by the Archbishop of York. Fr Stephen’s service to the Church has been rooted in parochial ministry in the Wakefield episcopal area in the Diocese of Leeds. While firmly grounded in the Catholic wing of the Church of [...]
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 [...]
Sunday 19 June 2022: a red-letter day in the life of All Saints, Shrewsbury, and a day of encouragement and celebration for the Church. We celebrated the ordination to the Priesthood of our curate, Fr James Walton, by Bishop Tony Robinson (Bishop of Wakefield). It was a privilege and joy to welcome Bishop Sarah (Area [...]
Now that the proposed revival of the See of Oswestry has received the approval of both the Dioceses Commission and the Lichfield Diocesan Synod, The Society's Council of Bishops would like to record its gratitude to the Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and their staff for their hard work to [...]
On the afternoon of Sunday 19th June in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Salisbury the question asked as the title of this article was asked of a congregation of about 1,000 people. The person asking the question was the newly inaugurated Bishop of Salsibury The Right Revd Stephen Lake during his [...]