The Margaret Beaufort Lectures
4 January, 2012 – 7:36 am | Comments Off

You are cordially invited to attend a series of lectures being held at Cambridge University, organised by the Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology.
The Crisis of Capitalism and the Common Good. 
5pm, Mondays, 6th February – 12th …

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2011 Ordinations
13 July, 2011 – 11:06 am | Comments Off
2011 Ordinations

Congratulations to the following men from the 2011 graduating class from the Wonersh formation programme due to be ordained as permanent deacons in England and Wales in 2011.
Please pray for the gifts of the Holy …

Bishop Michael Evans RIP
13 July, 2011 – 9:54 am | Comments Off
Bishop Michael Evans RIP

Bishop Michael Evans, Bishop of East Anglia, died peacefully on 11 July at the age of 59. Six years ago he was diagnosed with advanced and aggressive prostate cancer, and continued his ministry throughout his …

National Assembly of Deacons
6 July, 2011 – 6:53 am | Comments Off
National Assembly of Deacons

St Mary’s University College, Twickenham hosted a successful assembly and conference of permanent deacons, their wives and others involved in the formation of deacons from Friday 24th – Sunday 26th June.  Those attending were mostly …

End of Formation Year at Wonersh
6 June, 2011 – 10:44 am | Comments Off
End of Formation Year at Wonersh

Saturday the 4th of June saw the last Permanent Diaconate Formation Day at St John's Seminary Wonersh for this academic year. This is quite a milestone as the men who will be ordained in the …

Maryvale Coordinator of Diaconal Formation
1 June, 2011 – 7:53 am | Comments Off
Maryvale Coordinator of Diaconal Formation

Maryvale Institute is seeking a suitable person for the post of
Coordinator of Diaconal Formation
 
The person appointed to this position will have responsibility for:

Monitoring and developing links with dioceses using the Maryvale diaconal formation programme.
Overseeing the …

Len Matthews
17 March, 2011 – 8:03 am | Comments Off
Len Matthews

The Executive committee of the National Diaconate conference regret to announce that Deacon Len Matthews of the East Anglia diocese died peacefully on Monday 14 March. He was for many years Treasurer of the conference …

First Foundation Degree Graduations
8 March, 2011 – 8:32 am | Comments Off
First Foundation Degree Graduations

The photograph below shows the graduation on 5 March 2011 of the first permanent diaconate students who have completed the new two- year Foundation Degree in Pastoral Ministry awarded by St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, …

Healthcare Allocation and Justice
19 January, 2011 – 6:40 pm | Comments Off
Healthcare  Allocation and Justice

Paul Gately, Professor David Albert Jones (now Director of the Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, formerly the Linacre Centre, and before that Professor of Bioethics at St Mary’s) and Fr Ashley Beck have been involved in …

Roman Missal — the new translation
18 January, 2011 – 6:06 pm | 2 Comments
Roman Missal — the new translation

Introduction in England and Wales
Before leaving England, Pope Benedict XVI asked the Bishops of England & Wales to prepare for the introduction of the new translation of the Roman Missal. The Missal contains the texts …

The Bible and Cultural Unity
12 January, 2011 – 6:28 pm | Comments Off
The Bible and Cultural Unity

THE YEAR 2011 sees the four hundredth anniversary of the publication of the English version of the scriptures known as the ’King James Bible’ or the ’Authorised Version.’ There is no doubt that historically and …

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