Category Archives: News from religious organisations

Lenten Observance

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar, the forty-day period of fasting and penance ending on Easter Eve (which falls on 7 April this year), and replicating Jesus Christ’s sacrifice and withdrawal into the … Continue reading →

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Church Growth and Social Action

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

93% of Anglican clergy agree that ‘engaging with the poor and marginalised in the local area is a vital activity for a healthy church’, and yet only 44% admit that ‘tackling poverty is a fundamental part of the strategy of … Continue reading →

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Christian Families

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘Christian marriages are messy but have a higher chance of success’, the Evangelical Alliance claimed on 7 February 2012, in releasing (to coincide with Marriage Week) its latest report in the 21st Century Evangelicals series, entitled How’s the Family? This … Continue reading →

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Catholic School Statistics, 2011

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

A higher proportion of pupils at Roman Catholic schools come from the 10% most deprived areas than those attending English schools as a whole, the Catholic Education Service for England and Wales (CESEW) claimed in a press release on 30 … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitic Incidents, 2011

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Clive D. Field

For the first time ever since reporting began, there were more anti-Semitic incidents in Greater Manchester than in Greater London in 2011, even though the Jewish population of the capital is seven times the size of Manchester’s. This is one … Continue reading →

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Catholic Directory, 2012

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Pope Benedict XVI’s state and pastoral visit to Britain from 16 to 19 September 2010 seems to have done little to improve the religious practice of English and Welsh Roman Catholics, to judge by average weekly mass attendance over four weekends … Continue reading →

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Loyal Subjects

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Churchgoing Christians are mostly (81%) convinced that there is such a thing as a ‘British’ identity, and they retain a strong sense of commitment to the monarchy in general, and the present Queen in particular, according to a Cpanel survey … Continue reading →

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Faith in Research Conference

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

The Research and Statistics Department of the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England and the Oxford Centre for Ecclesiology and Practical Theology will be hosting the next annual Faith in Research Conference at The Mothers’ Union, 24 Tufton Street, … Continue reading →

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Swindon Churches Audit

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

‘Christians are highly motivated to make a difference in their communities, stepping forward in response to need and to fulfil the divine injunction to love our neighbours as ourself.’ So writes Rt Rev Dr Lee Rayfield, Bishop of Swindon, in … Continue reading →

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Anglican Churchgoing in 2010

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Clive D. Field

Attendance in the Church of England continues on its gently declining path, although there are one or two glimmers of hope, according to the 2010 provisional statistics which were released by the Research and Statistics Department of the Archbishops’ Council … Continue reading →

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