St Mary’s Newsletter 13th October 2019

October 11, 2019 in Newsletters

Gibbs: independent body will supervise Church’s safeguarding
INDEPENDENT trustees will hold the National Safeguarding Team of the C of E to account, the lead bishop of safeguarding, Dr Jonathan Gibbs, has confirmed. In addition, an independent panel will be set up to approve support packages for survivors. ...
Cottrell steps into William Temple’s shoes in York
THE Archbishop of York, newly enthroned in York Minster, has spoken of the “hope, relief, and practical help” that the Church has brought to communities affected by the coronavirus. In the sermon during his enthronement service on Sunday, he refer...
Anglican Primates warn Government over ‘disastrous’ Bill
ALL five Anglican Primates of the UK and Ireland have warned the Government that its UK Internal Market Bill will set a “disastrous precedent” and “further undermine trust and goodwill” between the home nations if it is passed unamended. The Bill ...
Everybody Now: Climate emergency and sacred duty
Everybody Now is a podcast about what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and runaway pandemics. Scientists, activists, farmers, poets, and theologians talk bravely and frankly about...