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	<description>I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth.</description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/08/quote-day-138/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to be inspired. I love sharing my life with others, and supporting them with their endeavours and being supported in return. These are important aspects of my church experiences and I have not managed to find other groups here at university that fill those roles in my life. Finally, I think I just really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Wednesday, Week 5 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/08/gospel-reading-wednesday-week-5-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 7:14-23 Alleluia, alleluia! Your word is truth, O Lord: consecrate us in the truth. Alleluia!Jesus called the people to him and said, ‘Listen to me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that goes into a man from outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let us receive the light whose brilliance is eternal</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/02/receive-light-brilliance-eternal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a sermon by Saint Sophronius, bishop In honour of the divine mystery that we celebrate today, let us all hasten to meet Christ. Everyone should be eager to join the procession and to carry a light. Our lighted candles are a sign of the divine splendour of the one who comes to expel the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, Wednesday week 4 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/02/01/gospel-reading-wednesday-week-4-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. Alleluia! &#160;  Gospel Mark 6:1-6 Jesus went to his home town and his disciples accompanied him. With the coming of the sabbath he began teaching in the synagogue and most of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gutted: Meeting between Pope Benedict and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kiril not on the cards in the near future</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/31/gutted-meeting-pope-benedict-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kiril-cards-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ugh, I&#8217;m gutted to read of this. As long time readers will know, I dream of the day the two great lungs of Christendom finally join together once again, to breath deeply of that wondrous and tantalising aroma of full and joint communion. It&#8217;s the only way forward to truly re-evangelise Europe in my opinion. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Tuesday week 4 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/31/gospel-reading-tuesday-week-4-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; No one can come to the Father except through me. Alleluia! Gospel Mark 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered round him and he stayed by the lakeside. Then one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reading from St Thomas Aquinas Priest and Doctor</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/reading-st-thomas-aquinas-priest-doctor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cross exemplifies every virtue Why did the Son of God have to suffer for us? There was a great need, and it can be considered in a twofold way: in the first place, as a remedy for sin, and secondly, as an example of how to act.  It is a remedy, for, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Saturday 3rd week of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/28/gospel-reading-saturday-3rd-week-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son: everyone who believes in him has eternal life. Alleluia! Gospel Mark 4:35-41 With the coming of evening, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Let us cross over to the other side.’ And leaving the crowd behind they took him, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Friday, 3rd week of year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/27/gospel-reading-friday-3rd-week-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 4:26-34 Jesus said to the crowds, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man throws seed on the land. Night and day, while he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Readings  &#8211; The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/25/scripture-readings-conversion-st-paul-apostle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Reading Acts 9:1-22 Saul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He had gone to the high priest and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of the Way, men or women, that he could find. Suddenly, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/25/good-links-53/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Future Shape of Church &#8211; Ecumenical Matters Parchment and Pen &#8211; When God Does Not Show Up Center for Law and Religion &#8211; Can the State Order a Church to “De-Baptize” Someone? Chelliah Laity &#8211; Bishops Accused of Not Being So Christian Slate &#8211; That’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading Tuesday,Week 3 of the Year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/24/gospel-reading-tuesdayweek-3-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 3:31-35 The mother and brothers of Jesus arrived and, standing outside, sent in a message asking for him. A crowd was sitting round him at the time the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Monday, week 3 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/23/gospel-reading-monday-week-3-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Teach me your paths, my God, make me walk in your truth. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:22-30 The scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, ‘Beelzebul is in him’ and, ‘It is through the prince of devils that he casts devils out.’ So he called them to him [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, 3rd Sunday of year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/22/gospel-reading-3rd-sunday-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The kingdom of God is close at hand: repent, and believe the Good News. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 1:14-20 After John had been arrested, Jesus went into Galilee. There he proclaimed the Good News from God. ‘The time has come’ he said ‘and the kingdom of God is close at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/quote-day-129/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funny story, while I think of it. Colm Toibin tells a story of Midnight Mass in Enniscorthy, long ago. Baptismal promises were renewed. The priest asked &#8216;Do you reject Satan and all his evil works?&#8217; A drunk at the back roared out, &#8216;I do, the F*cker!&#8217; SOURCE: A series of Tweets by ThirstGargoyle]]></description>
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		<title>Changed by the Lord’s victory over evil &#8211; Christian Unity Day 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/changed-lords-victory-evil-christian-unity-day-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overcome evil with good (Rom 12:21) Readings Ex 23:1-9 Do not follow the majority in wrongdoing Psalm  1 Happy are those whose delight is in the law of the Lord Rom 12:17-22  Overcome evil with good Mt 4:1-11 Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only &#160; Commentary  In Jesus we learn what ‘victory’ really means for human beings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading, Saturday week 2 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/21/gospel-reading-saturday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us the news that they are reconciled. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel Mark 3:20-21 Jesus went home, and once more such a crowd collected that they could not even have a meal. When his relatives heard of this, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caroline Farrow (Catholic Voices) Radio Kerry Interview about Denum Ellarby</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/caroline-farrow-catholic-voices-radio-kerry-interview-denum-ellarby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Caroline &#8211; Who represents Catholic Voices &#8211; blogged yesterday on the controversy generated by a Daily Mail article, which revealed that a Catholic Priest had postponed Holy Communion preparation classes for a seven-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome. I won&#8217;t re-hash all of the intricacies surrounding this case, as you can hop over to the Daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Unity, Friday, Day Three: Changed by the Suffering Servant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christ suffered for us (cf. 1 Pt 2:21) This day calls us to reflect on the suffering of Christ. Following Christ the Suffering Servant, Christians are called to solidarity with all who suffer. The closer we come to the cross of Christ the closer we come to one another. &#160; Readings  Is 53:3-11  The man of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Octave of Christianity Unity- We will all be changed by the Victory of our Lord Jesus Christ.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/octave-christianity-unity-changed-victory-lord-jesus-christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gosh, how quickly time flies, we are once again in midst of the eight days of Christian unity. Apologies for being a little late, but here are the themes for each day. &#160; Day One: Changed by the Servant Christ The Son of Man came to serve (cf. Mk 10:45) On this day we encounter Jesus, on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Gospel, Friday, week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/20/todays-gospel-friday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Through the Good News God called us to share the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:13-19 Jesus went up into the hills and summoned those he wanted. So they came to him and he appointed twelve; they were to be his companions and to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel Reading for Thursday week 2 of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/19/gospel-reading-thursday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life; you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 3:7-12 &#160; Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lakeside, and great crowds from Galilee followed him. From Judaea, Jerusalem, Idumaea, Transjordania and the region of Tyre and Sidon, great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gospel for today, Wednesday week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/18/gospel-today-wednesday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! The word of God is something alive and active: it can judge secret emotions and thoughts. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel  Mark 3:1-6 Jesus went again into a synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand. And they were watching him to see if he would cure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel Reading &#8211; Tuesday, Week 2 of year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/17/gospel-reading-tuesday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel  Mark 2:23-28 One sabbath day Jesus happened to be taking a walk through the cornfields, and his disciples began to pick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gospel Reading for Monday, Week 2 of the year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/16/gospel-reading-monday-week-2-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation  Alleluia, alleluia! The word of God is something alive and active: it can judge secret emotions and thoughts. Alleluia! &#160; The Gospel Mark 2:18-22 One day when John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, some people came to Jesus and said to him, ‘Why is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/15/quote-day-124/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;&#8230;the Church of England is now in some sense reaping the mess it has created by constantly trying to fudge this issue. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham &#8211; One Year Old Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday to the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham which was established on 15 January 2011 and provides a place within the Catholic Church for Anglicans in England and Wales to enter into full communion, in accordance with the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus of Pope Benedict XVI. It has not been the easiest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Gospel Reading</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/15/todays-gospel-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! We have found the Messiah – which means the Christ – grace and truth have come through him. Alleluia! &#160; Gospel John 1:35-42 As John stood with two of his disciples, Jesus passed, and John stared hard at him and said, ‘Look, there is the lamb of God.’ Hearing this, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For prayerful reading, today&#8217;s Gospel.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/14/prayerful-reading-todays-gospel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gospel Acclamation  Alleluia, alleluia! Bend my heart to your will, O Lord, and teach me your law. Alleluia! &#160;  The Gospel Mark 2:13-17 Jesus went out to the shore of the lake; and all the people came to him, and he taught them. As he was walking on he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US: Marriage and Religious Freedom &#8211; An Open Letter from Religious Leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interestingly, I&#8217;ve just learned from CyberBrethren that a large number of American religious organisations have published an open letter on the subject of &#8216;gay marriage&#8217;: MARRIAGE AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Fundamental Goods That Stand or Fall Together An Open Letter from Religious Leaders in the United States to All Americans Released January 12, 2012 Open letter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark Driscoll can naff off&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:23:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no Mark Driscoll fan as it happens, but this comment is beyond the pale: “Let’s just say this: right now, name for me the one young, good Bible teacher that is known across Great Britain. You don’t have one – that’s the problem. There are a bunch of cowards who aren’t telling the truth.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But frustrations should not be permitted to draw us, even subtly, toward a posture that practically speaking severs our union with the bishops. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Scripture Reading for today&#8217;s Gospel.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Because of your love give me life, and I will do your will. Alleluia! &#160; &#160; The Gospel  A leper came to Jesus and pleaded on his knees: ‘If you want to’ he said ‘you can cure me.’ Feeling sorry for him, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sacred Scripture &#8211; Readings for Tuesday of Week 1 of the Year.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/10/sacred-scripture-readings-tuesday-week-1-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; First reading 1 Samuel 1:9-20 After they had eaten in the hall, Hannah rose and took her stand before the Lord, while Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to the Lord with many tears and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Readings for 9th January</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First Reading 1Samuel 1:1-8 There was a man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the highlands of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives, one called Hannah, the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children but Hannah had none. Every year this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church man in attack on wife</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/07/church-man-attack-wife/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the headline that caught my attention in the local Coop emblazoned on the front page of one of my local newspapers: Church Man in Attack on Wife This is a grim story of a man who physically attacked his wife in the street, who it seems, was delivering clean washing to him and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therese J Borchard (Beyond Blue) &#8211; Depression: It’s Spiritually Incorrect</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;m always blathering on about mental illness in relation to the church but this issue needs addressing again and again and as loudly as possible; in fact, shouted from the church spire. Therese J Borchard (Beyond Blue) over on Beliefnet has written on this topic and does so forcefully, articulately and succinctly, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious Trauma Syndrome &#8211; Surviving Biblical Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/03/religious-trauma-syndrome-surviving-fundamentalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt in my mind that there are many &#8216;churches&#8217; in this country which would fall easily under the definition of a cult. From my experience they practice scriptural literalism and are in effect their own Magisterium. Oddly enough this &#8216;literalism&#8217; doesn&#8217;t tend to stretch to the Sacraments. They are &#8216;independent&#8217; in that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Squaring up to what the faith embraces and for being on the journey</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/01/02/squaring-faith-embraces-journey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had the privilege of meeting Richard Collins &#8211; Linen on the Hedgerow -  twice now and the second time he was with his lovely daughter, who kindly put together prayer cards for us bloggers. Here&#8217;s the prayer: God our Father, source of life and freedom, through Your Holy Spirit, you gave the Carmelite, Titus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clergymen fight with brooms at Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/28/clergymen-fight-brooms-church-nativity-bethlehem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This embarrassing episode is in the news: Riot police were forced to restore order inside the basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem after rival groups of Orthodox and Armenian clerics clashed in a dispute over the boundaries of their respective jurisdictions inside the church. About 100 clergymen from the Greek Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rev Nick Howard Publicly Accuses Rev Stephen Sizer of Anti-Semitism</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/27/rev-nick-howard-publicly-accuses-rev-stephen-sizer-antisemitism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To be honest with you, I tussled over posting this. Anti-Semitism is a grave accusation indeed and that is exactly what Rev Nick Howard accuses Rev Stephen Sizer of today over on Harry&#8217;s Place. Although it goes without saying that Sizer is an anti-Zionist, I don&#8217;t believe I have seen the open accusation of anti-Semitism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishops Christmas homilies poorly received and rightly so, but there was one good one</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/27/archbishops-christmas-homilies-poorly-received-rightly-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would seem that the Christmas homilies of both the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Catholic Archbishop have been used as an opportunity for political attack and this has not been well received. Firstly the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams caught some flak for this comment: The most pressing question we now face, we might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/19/good-links-47/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: The Biblical World &#8211; The Theology of Snoopy Elizaphanian &#8211; Of Strategy, Smallbone and the Spanish Train Gordon&#8217;s Blog &#8211; Do evangelicals choose their religious faith based on their pre-existing extrinsic values? Barna Group &#8211; Top trends 2011 The Vernacular Curate &#8211; Trolls and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Carol: Starring The Rev Dr Peter Mullen as Ebenezer Scrooge</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/13/christmas-carol-starring-rev-dr-peter-mullen-ebenezer-scrooge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ChurchAds have revealed their new Christmas 2011 poster: ChurchAds had this to say about their new campaign: We are asking individual Christians and church fellowships to donate towards a National Christmas Advertising Fund. Every penny of this will be spent on advertising in national newspapers, on posters in major shopping centres and on radio. Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, urges lapsed Catholics to leave the church.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/10/archbishop-dublin-diarmuid-martin-urges-lapsed-catholics-leave-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Different: The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has urged the country&#8217;s lapsed Catholics to have the maturity to leave the church. Over the past two decades, rising numbers of &#8216;a la carte&#8217; Catholics simply turn up at the altar for the sacraments like baptism, communion and marriage. But in a new documentary on the future [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Week of Advent, Saturday&#8217;s readings</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/10/2nd-week-advent-saturdays-readings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10th December First Reading Ecclesiasticus 48:1-4.9-12 The prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch. It was he who brought famine on the people, and who decimated them in his zeal. By the word of the Lord, he shut up the heavens, he also, three times, brought down fire. How glorious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/quote-day-108/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Church should fear the sin of its own members more than hatred against Christians, Pope Benedict XVI said. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>O, Virgin by whose blessing, all nature is blessed!</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/virgin-blessing-nature-blessed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:02:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sermon from the St Anselm  Blessed Lady, sky and stars, earth and rivers, day and night – everything that is subject to the power or use of man – rejoice that through you they are in some sense restored to their lost beauty and are endowed with inexpressible new grace. All creatures were dead, as it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Week of Advent, Thursday&#8217;s Readings</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/08/2nd-week-advent-thursdays-readings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; First Reading  Genesis 3:9-15,20 &#160; After Adam had eaten of the tree the Lord God called to him. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St Ambrose</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/07/23154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we celebrate St Ambrose Bishop and Doctor (Teacher) of the Church. &#160; &#160; A letter from St Ambrose (339-347AD) &#160; You win the people over with the grace of your words &#160; The Church of the Lord is built upon the rock of the apostles among so many dangers in the world; it therefore remains unmoved. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd week of Advent, Wednesday&#8217;s Readings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; First Reading Isaiah 40:25-31 ‘To whom could you liken me and who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One. Lift your eyes and look. Who made these stars if not he who drills them like an army, calling each one by name? So mighty is his power, so great his strength, that not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Week of Advent, Tuesday&#8217;s Readings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we continue to prepare here&#8217;s the link back to the Jesuit pointers for prayer reading. &#160; First Reading Isaiah 40:1-11 ‘Console my people, console them’ says your God. ‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her time of service is ended, that her sin is atoned for, that she has received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/12/05/good-links-45/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few links I found interesting for one reason or another: Thirsty Gargoyle: L&#8217;esprit de l&#8217;escalier: Third Thoughts on Redefining Marriage Daydreamer: The truth about depression Church Mag: The 5 best toys of all time Countercultural Father: Mass on Saturday Evening or Sunday Morning? The Atlantic: Is Iran already under attack? BioLogos: The miracle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Week of Advent, Monday, Readings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we head on into the week, and preparing to make straight our paths, take a few moments of quiet to help sanctify the day and ourselves with the Jesuit method of prayer reading of Scripture. First Reading Isaiah 35:1-10 Let the wilderness and the dry-lands exult, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom, let it bring forth flowers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd Sunday of Advent, a call to preparation and the Wilderness</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing in prayerful reading of Scripture, we move into the 2nd Sunday, it is still a time of waiting and wonder, but now we hear the call to the Wilderness, to prepare and make straight our paths, so we may see the saving presence of God. Having visited the Sahara Desert, apart from the vast [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Christmas Church Service Attendance Statistics</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[British Religion in Numbers have all the stats.]]></description>
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		<title>Scripture Readings, Saturday, 1st Week of Advent</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I thought along with using the Jesuit method for praying Scripture, I would post a brief commentary for the Gospel, from Ireland&#8217;s Dominicans Goodnews.ie  as it was challenging yet edifying. &#160; First Reading Isaiah 30: 19-21, 23-26 Thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:   People of Zion, you will live in Jerusalem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advent, a time of waiting, preparation and renewal</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/27/daily-readings-advent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Wifey Today as well as being the First Sunday of Advent, it is also the start of the our new liturgical year.  Over the next few weeks with all the Christmas preparations, it can be a somewhat hectic time for most of us. During this period we are called to wait for Lord, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advent</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/26/advent-wreath-wifey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is written by Wifey for the benefit of folk like me that are endeavouring to learn and engage with the Catholic Advent traditions: In our home the start of Advent is an exciting time, as I decorate the hall and the kitchen, in greenery, pine cones, red berries and bows, even my beloved Icons are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help the Nuns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Go on, hop over and help the nuns raise funds to buy a house in Didcot to convert into a monastery. You can go direct to their donations page here. You know you want to&#8230;.]]></description>
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		<title>There are one billion, 160 million Catholics, with 34,000 added daily</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the annual &#8220;Status of global mission&#8221; report produced in 2011, the Catholic Church has one billion and 160 million faithful around the world, with 34,000 new people joining every day. The figures from the study, released by the agency Analisis Digirtal, say that there are two billion people in the world today, out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Threshold: Catholic Church Re-Evangelisation of Lapsed Catholics in England and Wales</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/15/crossing-threshold-catholic-church-reevangelisation-lapsed-catholics-england-wales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgive the brevity of this post, I have an Interview with the palliative care team to determine my role this morning. Prayers gratefully received. Did you know that non-Church going (lapsed) Catholics number around 5 million in the UK? That is rather a lot. Anyway, a new initiative is being started called: Crossing the Threshold, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Exeter Protesters Set Up Camp at Cathedral &#8211; Why? #occupylsx</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/14/occupy-exeter-protesters-set-camp-cathedral-occupylsx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously why? Why are the Occupy protesters setting up camp outside another bloomin&#8217; Cathedral? Can anyone enlighten me? The group calling themselves &#8220;Occupy Exeter&#8221;, in tribute to similar movements which began in New York and spread around the world, staged a protest march from the High Street in Exeter to the Cathedral on Saturday. Video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Internet Nemesis: Stop calling yourself a Christian you&#8217;re Catholic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, time for one of my &#8216;Internet nemesis&#8217; blog posts. How I enjoy these. To give you some background, a Fundy declared on the Premier Forum: &#8220;The pope isn&#8217;t even a Christian&#8221;, which sparked a new discussion thread, to which I attempted a humorous first-strike response: OK, the first priority must be one of &#8216;containment&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Craig and the Gaystapo controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday morning I was alerted on Facebook to a blog post written by Alan Craig, entitled: Confronting The Gaystapo. Many of us will be familiar with Alan as the head of the Christian Peoples Alliance and from his fierce opposition to the proposed &#8216;Olympic Mega-Mosque&#8217;. There&#8217;s even a website dedicated to this cause: MegaMosqueNoThanks Anyway, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>76% London finance professionals don&#8217;t want Church interference #occupylsx</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kicking back and letting the excellent British Religion in Numbers (BRIN) website take the strain and sort through the stats, is becoming something of a habit for me. I must repent of my sloth, I know. Anyway, following on from my earlier post, if you followed the link to +Nick Baines, you would be aware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/08/quote-day-103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So my proposal, gentle ones, is that modernistic, ocarina-playing, gooey-gushy worship is not feminised. It is denatured. The heat of indivualism, the unnatural solution of modernism and the random radiation of post-modernism has broken down its secondary and higher structures . The relationship with God &#8211; the peptide link, if you will, of our worship [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sometimes I find the Catholic Church macabre: The heart of St John Vianney to visit England</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/07/find-catholic-church-macabre-heart-st-john-vianney-visit-england/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must confess that at times I find the Catholic Church rather macabre. James notifies us that the heart of St John Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, is to be brought to the Diocese of Shrewsbury next summer. I guess the reasons I find this practice a little odd and macabre are two-fold. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Office publishes draft regulations to allow civil partnership registrations in religious premises.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/02/home-office-publishes-draft-regulations-civil-partnership-registrations-religious-premises/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, I don&#8217;t have a link to these draft regulations, but have learned today from the blog Changing Attitude: The Home Office has today published the draft regulations to allow civil partnership registrations to take place in religious premises. The document summarises the responses received to the consultation process to which Changing Attitude contributed. Lynne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/11/01/quote-day-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The communion of saints is something I never tire of meditating on. The thought that you and I are saints by virtue of our membership of the Church is always uplifting. Weak, fallible, crotchety creatures that we are, there is something about us that is infinitely more important than the sum of our failures. Add [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dean of St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, Rev Graeme Knowles, has resigned over #OccupyLSX</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/31/dean-st-pauls-cathedral-rev-graeme-knowles-resigned-occupylsx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So another victory for the &#8220;Protest the London Stock Exchange&#8221;, the Dean of St Paul&#8217;s cathedral, Rev Graeme Knowles, has just resigned citing his position had become untenable. My congratulations to #occupylsx for securing another fine victory in their fight against, erm, a cathedral. Here&#8217;s some of my fav Twitter responses for your edification: So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How did a critique of capitalism turn into a debate about the church? #occupylsx</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/29/critique-capitalism-turn-debate-church-occupylsx/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I know I&#8217;m blathering on quite a bit about the St Paul&#8217;s protests and am getting a little obsessive, so you&#8217;ll have to forgive my foibles on this one. I want to draw attention to two excellent blog posts on this matter. The first is written by Richard Littledale and looks at the dangers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crappy Quote of the Day &#8211; #occupylsx Edition</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/29/crappy-quote-day-occupylsx-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen some crap on the #occupylsx Twitter stream, but this one takes the biscuit: I&#8217;ve also seen today Christians &#8216;despairing&#8217; that the CofE won&#8217;t support the protests; the question I&#8217;d like to ask them is what about the superb work the church does for the poor and oppressed, day in, day out, all year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon gets picketed by Westboro Baptist Church in Scotland!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, that was slight exaggeration; Westboro Baptist Church are not picketing Gordon himself, but the offices he works in. Yep, the Westboro mob of &#8220;God hates fags&#8221; fame are gracing Edinburgh with their presence and are picketing the Church of Scotland Ecumenical Autumn Conference. Here&#8217;s Gordon&#8217;s account of events: So I arrived at work this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Giles Fraser Canon of St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral resigns over #occupylsx</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/27/dr-giles-fraser-canon-st-pauls-cathedral-resigns-occupylsx/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the left-leaning Canon of St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral, Dr Giles Fraser, has martyred himself resigned over the Occupy St Paul&#8217;s Cathedral Occupy the London Stock Exchange protests. Apparently he is upset at plans to forcibly remove protesters from St Paul&#8217;s steps, saying he could not support the possibility of &#8220;violence in the name of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shock. Surprise. Catholic Church is not anti-science anti-stem-cell after all</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:35:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I&#8217;ve said in the past: It&#8217;s all in the phraseology. There&#8217;s an article in the Los Angeles Times entitled: Vatican signs deal to collaborate on adult stem cell research. So far so good. The second heading reads: The unusual agreement with NeoStem allows the church, which opposes embryonic stem cell use, to be seen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Society of St Pius X (SSPX) Bishop Richard Williamson rants against Jews again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I blogged about the potential reconciliation between the Vatican and the Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and highlighted some of the concerns voiced by Jewish groups. Amongst those concerns is the fact that a bishop within the society &#8211; Richard Williamson &#8211; is a noted Holocaust denier. Well, I learned today that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do the Church hierarchy view bloggers?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/19/church-hierarchy-view-bloggers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Keen &#8211; Opinionated Vicar &#8211; has an interesting blog post in which he notes that an increasing number of outspoken blogging Anglican vicars are ending up &#8216;between jobs&#8217;. I&#8217;d noticed this trend, and in the past have ventured the question if blogging itself was perhaps one of the reasons inhibiting some landing a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC: Church steps up gay rights attack. Or maybe not.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/10/09/bbc-church-steps-gay-rights-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a BBC article on their website entitled: &#8220;Church steps up gay marriage attack&#8221;. Here&#8217;s a snippet: The Archbishop of Glasgow, Mario Conti, has written to every parish in Scotland, urging all Catholics to oppose the planned legislation. Gosh I didn&#8217;t know this was &#8220;planned legislation&#8221; but thought it was planned for consultation. Am I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Bloggers in Blackfen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m now returned from London and back online after attending the first official Catholic Bloggers meeting of the Guild of Blessed Titus Brandsma on Saturday, and it was superb. Between you and I, I&#8217;d never previously attended a Solemn High Mass (Extraordinary Form) and it was breathtaking; a whole new level for me. The quartet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Russia With The Love Of God. First Russian Orthodox Sacred Liturgy Service Held in Gloucestershire</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I live in Gloucestershire I asked Philip to write a few words for me on the first ever Russian Orthodox service held in Gloucestershire: Babushkas (grannies), young mums with babes in arms, youngsters and families made up the list of worshippers to Gloucestershire&#8217;s newest Christian community &#8211; a county due west of London, famous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confessions of a Lapsed Charismatic</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, I confess, I&#8217;m a lapsed charismatic. My church is doing some sessions exploring the charismatic gifts and the work of the Holy Spirit. To be honest with you, having witnessed some of the madness in some pentecostal charismatic circles, I feel rather resistant. I get the feeling that folk that have never been around [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few good links</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/21/good-links-41/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really can&#8217;t summon the will to blog today, so I&#8217;m simply linking to a few bits and pieces that I found interesting: Theos &#8211; Nearly half of people are prepared to change their vote for moral reasons. io9 -Why Intuition Makes People More Likely to Believe in God Maverick Philosopher &#8211; Could the Mind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage briefly revisited &#8211; A few thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My &#8220;I don&#8217;t give a crap about gay marriage&#8221; was a bit of a Marmite blog post, but it did spark some good debate on Twitter. I thought I&#8217;d briefly flesh out &#8211; and clarify &#8211; a few of my thoughts on this matter. The first is that I feel us Christians are at risk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jewish groups concerned at Vatican reconciliation with Society of St Pius X (SSPX)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago it was announced that the traditionalist breakaway group: Society of St Pius X (SSPX), had been handed an olive branch by the Vatican in the form of a “doctrinal preamble”. Within this preamble are principles that the Society must adhere to before moving into full reconciliation with the Catholic Church. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve got email</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An email just received in response to this post: &#8220;I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth&#8221; It is extremely unfortunate that instead of your misleading caption above, You are out of your mind and frothing at the mouth with disingenuous pontifications to sabotage true Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clergy is the number one happiest job in the world</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Forbes working as Clergy is the number one happiest job. And the happiest of all clergy are those that are least worldly. So there you go. Hat-tip: Fr Stephen And the worst jobs can be found here.]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Day</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/15/quote-day-88/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict&#8217;s &#8216;Impelling Duty&#8217; is to rebuild the full and visible unity of this Church. It will be forged through orthodoxy (right teaching) and orthopraxy (right practice) but it will be lived within a legitimate diversity of expression within the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. SOURCE]]></description>
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		<title>Inching towards a reversal of the Great Schism of 1054</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is at the heart of the Christian cry to unify, the very heartbeat of the prayer of Jesus. Pray obstacles are removed for an historic meeting between Pope Benedict and Patriarch Kirill: Russian Orthodox Metropolitan (Archbishop) Hilarion, urged the Vatican to show &#8220;some signs&#8221; of readiness to resolve a decades-long conflict between Orthodox and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Shatter, Ireland’s Minister for Justice, climbdown over breaking seal of confession</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good: Alan Shatter, Ireland’s Minister for Justice, has admitted that despite voicing his adamant commitment in July to force priests to break the seal of confession that legislation released this autumn will not include any reference to the sacrament of Confession. &#8230;.continue]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams might resign next year</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[And who could blame him? It&#8217;s an impossible job, in which one ends up derided and disparaged by both the evangelical and liberal wings of the church; or at least, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve witnessed happen to Williams. He seems to please nobody with the via media approach. I reckon Williams watched his good friend, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Russia: Number of Orthodox Christians rises, non-believers decline, priest to run for president</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always satisfying to chart the growth of the Kingdom of God, and Russia&#8217;s where it&#8217;s happening right now. 69% of the Russians define themselves as Orthodox Christians, and 5% say they are Muslims. No more than 1% are Catholics, Protestants, Judaists or followers of other religions, the Yury Levada analytical center told Interfax on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ken Ham: Once again spouting on about how crap our churches are</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ken Ham is once again spouting on about how crap our churches are, and why does he believe that they are in this &#8216;unbelievable&#8217; condition? This is why: How can we witness to the world when much of the church and even many Christian schools have adopted the world’s anti-God religion of evolutionary beliefs, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protect the Pope Blog cited as one of the fruits of UK Papal Visit</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/08/protect-pope-blog-listed-fruits-uk-papal-visit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Donnelly&#8217;s superb Protect the Pope blog has been cited as one of the official fruits of Pope Benedict’s UK visit and impact on the Church in this country. And rightly so! I&#8217;m thrilled for this recognition of Nick&#8217;s hard work and am proud that back in July last year, I played my very small part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Serbian Orthodox Church consider inviting Pope Benedict XVI to celebrate Constantine’s edict</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/06/serbian-orthodox-church-inviting-pope-benedict-xvi-celebrate-constantines-edict/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although my blog posts charting the warming of relations between the Orthodox and Catholic Church are not widely read, nor particularly popular, I still love to observe and write about this. My last post on this topic can be found here. I hope to one day witness the reversal of the Great Schism and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know in Catholicism there&#8217;s such a thing as In Utero Baptism?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/04/catholicism-utero-baptism/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/04/catholicism-utero-baptism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn&#8217;t, but find the concept so fascinating I had to share it. Jimmy Akin has the details: In Utero Baptism Jim&#8217;s not impressed, but you have to hand it to the Catholic church, they really do think of everything. What do you make of this? Hat-tip: Blondpidge on Twitter]]></description>
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		<title>What type of Catholic are you? Take the test.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/03/type-catholic-test/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/03/type-catholic-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lisa Graas notifies us of a survey hosted by BeliefNet which purports to identify the &#8216;type&#8217; of Catholic you are: Take the test Rather bizarrely, I was categorised as: You Are a Daily Rosary (Very Traditional) Catholic You&#8217;d like the church to revive the time-honored devotions, liturgical practices, and strong institutional discipline that prevailed before [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charity Commission Issues New Guidance On Exceptions For Religious Charities</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/02/charity-commission-issues-guidance-exceptions-religious-charities/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/02/charity-commission-issues-guidance-exceptions-religious-charities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Britain&#8217;s Charity Commission announced the issuance of new, more detailed guidelines under the Equality Act 2010 clarifying when charities may restrict their benefits to persons on the basis of their religion, gender, age and various other protected characteristics. The Guidance (full text) has special rules for charities that limit their benefits to members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does this sound olde worlde or what?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/01/sound-olde-worlde/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read all manner of obscure stuff online relating to the church, but rarely do I come across an announcement that sounds like it could have been lifted from the pages of the Church Fathers. As far as I can make out, this is announcing that Orthodox Patriarchs will meet to discuss the Middle East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Women’s Ordination has dropped its appeal against the Charity Commission’s refusal to register it as a charity</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2011/09/01/catholic-womens-ordination-dropped-appeal-charity-commissions-refusal-register-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news will make many Catholic folk I know very happy indeed: Support group says it lacks the resources to take its case to the charity tribunal Catholic Women’s Ordination has dropped its appeal against the Charity Commission’s refusal to register it as a charity. The regulator ruled in May that the group, which supports [...]]]></description>
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