“There’s also something extremely counter cultural in the fact of finding what we
need on our doorstep. While our bodies can be fed in vast, soulless out of town
shopping centres, our souls not only can be fed locally but are often best fed
there. Even when we’re a guest in a community, joining the wonderful, warm,
half-sozzled mass of humanity for Midnight Mass is an entrance ticket like little
else.”
Churches are as important as key workers in a pandemic Covid-19 has highlighted the vital role churches play in community life, yet they face a crisis in funding CATHERINE PEPINSTER19 October 2020 • 6:00am Sixteen Read more…
Priests need to be replaced as soon as they leave the parish and the Church should spend more money training priests. Approximately 20% of priests are due to retire in the next 5 years. Read more…
The Bishop sets his case but does not explain where the lay volunteers are going to come from: 105 local leaders, 30 pioneers and 20 leaders for young people as well as 142 church wardens. Would Read more…
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