Page 3, 29th June 1990

29th June 1990
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News In Brief

Rosy future THE wife of the Methodist chaplain at Wormwood Scrubs prison this week was given two air tickets to Washington DC by Cardinal Basil Hume for winning Westminster's......

Sit Down In Protest

CONTROVERSY surrounds St Joseph's church in Stonehouse, Gloucester, where parishioners staged a sit-in recently over plans to move the original tabernacle. Fr Peter Slocombe,......

Coming Soon

THE church of St Francis Xavier in Salisbury Street, Liverpool, is the venue for an original performance of Mozart's Requiem on Wednesday, July 11 at 7.30 pm. The Ouseley......

Bishop Promises Care For Divorced

THE church has not always had a good record in her treatment of those who have suffered marriage breakdown, Bishop John Crowley, auxiliary in Westminster and spiritual advisor......

Blood Sports At York Synod

THE rights and wrongs of hunting on church property, conditions in inner cities and the use of traditional language in services will be among the issues debated at the Church of......

Homeless Not Impressed

RECENT government proposals to help young homeless by converting halls and former hospital accommodation into emergency hostels received a cool reception from churchbased caring......

Church Not Enough Poll `green' Shows

A LARGE majority of churchgoers believe that their church is not paying adequate attention to environmental concerns, according to an opinion poll published this week. The poll,......

Durham Jobless Scheme Closes

PASSIONIST priests at a monastery in the north of England have decided to close their government-sponsored training programme for unemployed people because of a series of......

Concern At Break-down Of Family

by Rila Wall IT is a sad reflection on society that half of all British children could have unmarried or single parents within 10 years according to Mgr Michael Connolly,......