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2024 Posted on the 2nd December 2023 in the category Events
Advent Sunday 2023
The Council of Nicaea, held in the year 325, marked a crucial point in the development of the Church's doctrine. So much so that the text of the Nicene Creed, which we affirm at Mass each Sunday, emerged from the deliberations of the Council.
The year 2025 will mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council and, in common with Christians throughout the world, The Society will be celebrating its anniversary with a series of events, booklets and on-line videos, running from the start of the Church's year on Advent Sunday 2024 in a year’s time through to the end of the Church's year on the feast of Christ the King 2025.
The Society's programme will be badged 'We Believe: The Year of Faith' and will have a joyful focus on the importance of credal orthodoxy and its centrality within the life of the universal Church. The Society will encourage existing festivals in the Anglo-Catholic calendar to adopt the theme of faith for that year's celebration.
As part of The Society's exploration of the theme, there will be materials relating specifically to baptism and confirmation as sacraments of initiation and the critical role they play in enabling Christians to live out the Christian faith so clearly expressed in the Nicene Creed.
Further details will be shared as The Year of Faith approaches. Your prayers are asked for all those involved in this initiative and for us all as we seek to live out our call to orthodox Christian witness in this country.
Posted on the 30th November 2023 in the category Announcements
Feast of St Andrew, 2023
After nine years as the Chairman of The Society’s Council of Bishops [Note 1] and as the Chairman of Forward in Faith [Note 2], the Right Reverend Tony Robinson, the Bishop of Wakefield, has chosen to step down from both roles.
The bishops of The Society have chosen the Right Reverend Jonathan Baker, the Bishop of Fulham, to succeed Bishop Tony as the Chairman of The Society’s Council of Bishops.
The trustees of Forward in Faith have chosen the Right Reverend Paul Thomas, the Bishop of Oswestry, to succeed Bishop Tony as the Chairman of Forward in Faith.
Bishop Jonathan commented:
Bishop Paul commented:
Prayer for The Society
Heavenly Father, Bless the bishops, clergy and people of The Society. Bind us together in love and faith. Renew us in service and witness. And by your Holy Spirit Guide our future and make plain your purposes. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us. Saint Andrew, pray for us. Saint Wilfrid, pray for us. Saint Hilda, pray for us.
Note 1 The Society is an ecclesial body, led by a Council of Bishops. The purposes of The Society are to:
Note 2 Forward in Faith is a registered charity which:
Posted on the 15th October 2023 in the category News
The Society bishops are deeply alarmed by recent events in Israel and Gaza and particularly by the escalation of violence in that region. They ask that you continue to pray for peace and urge you to join with the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem in a Day of Prayer and Fasting on Tuesday (17 October).
Posted on the 16th August 2023 in the category Statements
The Society's Council of Bishops has responded to the Government's consultation on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse.
Posted on the 23rd June 2023 in the category Statements
The Society is delighted to learn that Liz Paver has been awarded the Cross of St Augustine for her many years of service to both the Anglican Communion as a Vice-Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council over a seven-year period and also to the Church of England as Vice-Chair of the General Synod’s House of Laity for a six-year period out of a remarkable 30-year stint on Synod. In terms of the latter, Liz was a member of the Catholic Group and served as its Vice-Chair. We are overjoyed that Liz's loyal witness to the Catholic Faith as received by the Church of England has been recognised in this way.
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