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		<title>The Margaret Beaufort Lectures</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Ordinations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>End of Formation Year at Wonersh</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday the 4th of June saw the last Permanent Diaconate Formation Day at St John&apos;s Seminary Wonersh for this academic year. This is quite a milestone as the men who will be ordained in the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Maryvale Coordinator of Diaconal Formation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 07:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maryvale Institute is seeking a suitable person for the post of
Coordinator of Diaconal Formation
&#160;
The person appointed to this position will have responsibility for:

Monitoring and developing links with dioceses using the Maryvale diaconal formation programme.
Overseeing the ...]]></description>
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		<title>First Foundation Degree Graduations</title>
		<link>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2011/03/first-foundation-degree-graduations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s University College, Twickenham, ...]]></description>
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		<title>Southwark Ongoing Formation in Purley</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 5 March there will be a day of on-going formation for the deacons of the archdiocese of Purley at St John the Baptist in Purley. 
There will be a special Mass at 12 ...]]></description>
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		<itunes:summary>On Saturday 5 March there will be a day of on-going formation for the deacons of the archdiocese of Purley at St John the Baptist in Purley. 

There will be a special Mass at 12 noon to which all St John the Baptist parishioners are warmly invited to celebrate the ministry of deacons in the diocese. This will be a Votive Mass of Our Lady and will celebrated by Fr Stephen Wang of Allen Hall Seminary who will also be lecturing in the morning.

A recording of the psalm of the day can be found below.

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		<title>Prayers for Bishop Michael Evans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Michael Evans, Bishop of East Anglia, has written to the people of  his diocese informing them that the cancer from which he has been suffering for over five years is now in its ...]]></description>
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		<title>New Candidates for Diaconal Ordination</title>
		<link>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2011/01/new-candidates-for-diaconal-ordination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2011/01/new-candidates-for-diaconal-ordination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the December 2010 formation day at Wonersh, His Grace, Peter Smith, Archbishop of Southwark conferred Candidacy on nine men in their last year of formation. These men had previously been admitted to the minor ...]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Contemporary Diaconal Ministry</title>
		<link>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2010/12/exploring-contemporary-diaconal-ministry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2010/12/exploring-contemporary-diaconal-ministry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘Making Connections’
Exploring Contemporary Diaconal Ministry
ADVANCE CONFERENCE NOTICE &#38; CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
 
The Wesley Study Centre would like to give advance notice of a forthcoming conference on diaconal ministry in the contemporary church, and invite proposals for ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pastoral Leadership Role of Deacons</title>
		<link>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2010/05/pastoral-leadership-role-of-deacons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diaconate.org.uk/2010/05/pastoral-leadership-role-of-deacons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 15:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Rennie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deacon Philip Pond of Southwark is conducting some research into the permanent diaconate for his MA in Pastoral Theology. If you are able to help, please download the questionnaire from the bottom of this page. The ...]]></description>
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