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 Sundays of the Month Editor:  You might find it helpful to know what the Sundays of each month are called… 2nd March       Last Sunday before Lent 9th March        1st Sunday of Lent 16th March      2nd Sunday of Lent 23rd March     3rd Sunday of Lent 30th March     4th Sunday of Lent – Mothering...

Time for daffodils 1st March is St David’s Day, and it’s time for the Welsh to wear daffodils or leeks. Shakespeare called this custom ‘an honourable tradition begun upon an honourable request’ – but nobody knows the reason. Why should anyone have ever ‘requested’ that the Welsh wear leeks or daffodils to honour their patron...

The recycled bishop Chad should be the patron saint of any modern bishop whose consecration is questioned by another bishop. Chad was consecrated a bishop, then deposed – and then re-consecrated! It all began about the middle of the 7th century, when Oswiu, King of Northumbria, made Chad the bishop of the Northumbrian see. But...

Godly king of Poland Casimir is a good patron saint for anyone whose father drives them crazy. For Casimir did not let an unhappy background stop him from becoming the person he wanted to be. Yet Casimir’s father, the King of Poland back in 1458, was no picnic as a dad. For if you think...

Friend of St Jerome       Eusebius is the saint for you if you believe in the Bible, and also in providing hospitality. He was born of a good family in Cremona, Italy, in the fourth century, and felt called to become a monk. As Eusebius was ascetic by nature, he sought out St Jerome in Rome,...

All in the month of March Time for the Great Daffodil Appeal Liberty or death! A tribute to Alexander Fleming Remembering Dave Allen The Gulf of Mexico? Or America? The crisis in our A&E departments And still the potholes grow Watch out for house spiders – some can bite! The latest in flower fashion?  Go...

Joyful martyrs of Africa This story could come straight out of modern Africa. Perpetua was a young married woman of 22 who had recently become a Christian. But the authorities had forbidden any new conversions, and soon she and some other catechumens were arrested and sentenced to death. This was not under Islamic State, nor...

Small talk by the Riverbank 2025 – time for a new Church Electoral Roll Labour slashes funds for repairing ancient churches Open The Book celebrates 25 years of Bible storytelling Dioceses deserting X Taking books to Christians everywhere Pope calls on journalists to look for good news Church in Wales grant sparks revival in youth...

Bishop of Goma calls on Christians to pray for peace Top of the World Watch List for 2025 How do we find the next Archbishop of Canterbury? House of Bishops decides to ‘update’ Synod in July, but without any vote Comment on the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme announcement Hundreds of churches are part...

Bringing love with cigarettes and the Bible Here’s a ‘saint’ that the Church of England remembers from the 1st World War – the Revd Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC, or ‘Woodbine Willie’, as everyone knew this popular, much-loved army chaplain on the Western Front. Studdert Kennedy (27th June 1883 – 8th March 1929) had been born...

“… The next day we went on to Neapolis. From there we travelled to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city of that district of Macedonia. And we stayed there several days. On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to...

Apostle to East Anglia East Anglia is blessed with a rich Christian heritage. Just two examples: at more than 650, Norfolk has the greatest concentration of ancient churches in the world, and at 500, Suffolk has the second greatest density of medieval churches. And that is not to mention all the churches in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Bedfordshire and...