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The St. Woolos Mothers’ Union’s May meeting coincided with the arrival of Rev. Richard Kirlew on his tractor, accompanied by his wife, Liz, and their dog, Raife.
We were delighted when Rev. Richard and his wife Liz agreed to join us in the hall for a warming cup of tea and then stay for the rest of our meeting.
The Rev Richard drove the tractor to all six Welsh cathedrals a journey of some 700 miles along the hills and valleys, from St David’s in West Wales to Brecon in Mid Wales – via Bangor and St. Asaph in North Wales and Newport and Cardiff in South Wales. He is driving a borrowed 7.5-tonne JCB Fastrac, towing a caravan, for eight days – at a maximum speed of 40mph, meeting bishops and an archbishop on his way.
Rev. Kirlew is the Church in Wales’ national lead on rural affairs and he hopes to raise at least £3,000 for three charities – the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI); Farm Crisis Network (FCN) and The Colwyn Benefice – a very small group of rural parishes in the Radnorshire Hills where he lives.
Barbara Marsh
The Chrism Mass 3rd April
At the Chrism Mass, oils are blessed for use in parish ministry throughout the year and the clergy renew their ordination vows.
The Bishop's Sermon began: It has been very good this Lent to have visited all but one of the Clergy Chapters to talk about what it means to be a priest in the Church today. The answer of course, is........
read the sermon here
Pictures are on Facebook here
The Installation of Dean Lister Tonge
The Bishop's sermon is here
Press releases are here and here
Pictures are on Facebook here
Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2012
The County Borough of Torfaen was asked by The Welsh Government to be the responsible Authority for 2012, for a week of events, to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day. The climax of the week was a religious service hosted by St Gabriel's, Cwmbran. The Bishop preached at the service. [click here for sermon]
At a service in St Mary's, Priory, the people of Abergavenny with their Chair & Vice Chair of the County Council, AM & MP, remembered the victims of the Holocaust by lighting a candle for those slaughtered in genocide. Having remembered with the help of students and staff from Henry VIII School, those present pledged to ensure it would not happen again.
Thanksgiving Service for the Life of The Very Revd Jeremy Winston: click here for pictures and news of the memorial fund
Bishop appoints Revd Lister Tonge to be Dean of Monmouth
Fr Lister will be installed in Newport Cathedral on Saturday 31st March at 2.30pm.