Rome’s martyrs got what 
was coming to them

It has become a tradition over the past few decades for anti-Christians in politics, the media, and academia to declare open season on the Christian Faith during the run up to the most important festivals in the Church year. So steel yourselves for a barrage of incoming fire that will intensify as Easter approaches.

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 9

Stay-at-home mother 
as prophet of doom

My dental hygienist is a kindly, accomplished young woman with a gentle touch and a remarkable tolerance for a mouthful of sadly abused ‘British teeth’. During a recent visit, we chatted about the state of the economy and the difficulty the average family faced in trying to survive on a single wage.

‘My grandmother . . . → Read More: Stay-at-home mother 
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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 8

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 7

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 6

Elections: Time for pols to
 take God out of the closet

God has been on so many people’s lips in recent months—on TV, on the radio, in newspapers, and periodicals, and even in the public square—that visitors from outer space might be forgiven for imagining the whole nation is caught up in the fervour of a full-scale religious revival.

There’s no fear of that, however. . . . → Read More: Elections: Time for pols to
 take God out of the closet

The English Church and people: 
Portrait of a unique relationship

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The title of the Venerable Bede’s History of the English Church and People is best understood as a compound noun of the type often encountered in German. Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän (trans. Danube Steamship Company Captain) is a classic example of the form. This is not simply an eccentric literary conceit. Bede and his 7th Century contemporaries regarded . . . → Read More: The English Church and people: 
Portrait of a unique relationship

This Week’s Newsletter

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Here is this week’s newsletter: St Stephens News XXVII No 5

Schedule changes

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First, the Shrove Tuesday Pancake supper is at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, February 9th, not at 5:00 PM as announced elsewhere.

Second, there is no 5:00 Evening Prayer service on Ash Wednesday, February 10th. Instead, You are invited to attend the 7:00 PM Choral Eucharist with Imposition of Ashes.

Finally, the Red Cross Blood . . . → Read More: Schedule changes