In 1638 John Milton produced a pastoral elegy for a fellow student, a young clergyman, whose death prompted his criticism of the Anglican bishops of the time. He saw the young clergy as living their lives in response to the Gospel value of pastoral leadership and yet lacking the support of the episcopate. The model of the Good Shepherd was a staple of the Gospels and the comparison with those shepherds who did not know their flock and its needs was a constant in Jesus’ teaching.
- Written by: Alex Walker
PLEASE BOOK FOR OUR SESSION THIS EVENING AT 7.00 pm>
- Written by: Alex Walker
The mini-series is led by Dr Peter Coughlan and will be lecture, discussion, and smaller breakout group based. The cost is only £50 for 3 afternoons 4 to 6 PM, on October 6, 13, and 20th and all by Zoom online.
More information can be found here, with a link to Eventbrite for payment.
The Margaret Beaufort Institute of Theology
- Written by: Frank Callus
CARDINAL NICHOLS SENDS “PRAYERS AND BEST
WISHES” TO ACTA AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL
CONFERENCE.
The National Conference takes place via Zoom on
Saturday 16th October with a central theme of
Synodality.
The Board of Trustees have issued an invitation to all the Bishops of England and Wales to its National
Conference on 16th October. We recognised that in many cases, the diocese might wish to send a representative of the Bishop’s office. The Conference occurs at exactly the moment that dioceses will begin their individual synodal process and it was felt important that dioceses have the chance to hear about the process from our speakers.
Cardinal Nichols wrote to explain that the date of 16th October was when the Archdiocese of Westminster was launching its own synodal process. He sent his “prayers and best wishes” on the occasion of the National Conference.
- Written by: Frank Callus
Trustees Welcome New Groups
The pandemic has had a devastating impact on so much of the Church’s activity in the last eighteen months. The Sunday Obligation suspended, limits at weddings and funerals, social distancing in church. The regularity of Mass attendance and face-to-face meetings were lost.