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Calgary Herald
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Calgary Herald
Today in history: Muhammad Ali stripped of heavyweight boxing title
Article content On this date, April 28, in history: Article content Article content In 1220, Bishop Poore laid the first five stones of the famed Salisbury Cathedral in England, one each for himself, Archbishop Stephen Langton, Pope Honorius III, Earl William and Countess Ela of Salisbury. Article content In 1559, the English parliament approved the Church of England's Book of Common Prayer. Article content In 1789, the mutiny on the Bounty occurred when British Captain William Bligh was cast adrift with 18 loyal crewmen by mutineers led by the ship's mate, Fletcher Christian. The mutineers settled on the isolated Pacific island of Pitcairn. The Bligh party sailed 6,400 kilometres in their open boat to Timor, where they were rescued. Article content Article content In 1817, the Rush-Bagot treaty was signed by Canada and the U.S. It limited the number of warships the two countries could maintain on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. In 1871, the Treaty of Washington completed disarmament. Article content Article content Article content In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, his mistress, and 16 other Fascists were executed by a partisan firing squad near Milan. Also, the British and U.S. governments received a message from Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler guaranteeing an unconditional German surrender to western Allies but not Russia. Winston Churchill responded that surrender must be to the 'Big Three' — Britain, United States and Russia. Article content Article content In 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight boxing title after refusing induction into the U.S. army on religious grounds. Article content Article content In 1968, Walter Stitch was believed to have become, at the age of 98, the first great-great-great-grandfather in Canada. His great-great-granddaughter gave birth to a son in Halifax. Article content In 1969, Charles de Gaulle resigned as president of France when his proposed constitutional reforms were defeated in a referendum. Article content In 1986, the Soviet Union informed the world of the nuclear accident two days earlier at Chernobyl. Article content In 1996, a hockey era ended as the Winnipeg Jets lost their final game. The visiting Detroit Red Wings beat the Jets 4-1 to win their playoff series in six games. The Jets moved to Phoenix for the next season and were renamed the Coyotes. (In 2011, the Atlanta Thrashers franchise relocated to Winnipeg and was reborn as the Jets.)
RNZ News
26-04-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Hymns on Sunday, 27 April 2025
This week's programme features resurrection-themed hymns for Eastertide, an atmospheric rendition of Amazing Grace by the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, and a benediction from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Holy Trinity Cathedral Glassworks Photo: supplied Artist: Cambridge Singers, John Rutter (dir) Words/Music: George Woodward/Trad Recording: Collegium CSCD 500 This joyful Eastertide, away with care and sorrow! My love, the crucified, hath sprung to life this morrow. Refrain: Had Christ, that once was slain, ne'er burst his three-day prison, our faith had been in vain; but now is Christ arisen, arisen, arisen, arisen. My flesh in hope shall rest, and for a season slumber, till trump from east to west shall wake the dead in number. Refrain: Death's flood hath lost its chill, since Jesus crossed the river: Lover of souls, from ill my passing soul deliver. Refrain: Artist: Choir of St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Edinburgh, Dennis Townhill (dir), Peter Backhouse (organ) Words/Music: William Chatterton Dix/Rowland Prichard Recording: Priory PRCD 376 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; his the scepter, his the throne; Alleluia! His the triumph, his the victory alone! Hark! The songs of peaceful Zion thunder like a mighty flood: "Jesus out of every nation has redeemed us by his blood." Alleluia! Not as orphans are we left in sorrow now; Alleluia! He is near us; faith believes nor questions how. Though the cloud from sight received him, when the forty days were o'er, shall our hearts forget his promise: "I am with you evermore"? Alleluia! Bread of angels, here on earth our food, our stay; Alleluia! Here the sinful flee to you from day to day. Intercessor, friend of sinners, earth's redeemer, hear our plea where the songs of all the sinless sweep across the crystal sea. Alleluia! King eternal, Lord omnipotent we own; Alleluia! Born of Mary, earth your footstool, heaven your throne. As within the veil you entered, robed in flesh, our great high priest; here on earth both priest and victim in the Eucharistic feast. Artist: City of Dunedin Choir Words/Music: Colin Gibson Recording: Private CD 810 He came singing love and he lived singing love; he died singing love. He arose in silence. For the love to go on we must make it our song: you and I be the singers. He came singing faith and he lived singing faith; he died singing faith. He arose in silence. For the faith to go on we must make it our song: you and I be the singers. He came singing hope and he lived singing hope; he died singing hope. He arose in silence. For the hope to go on we must make it our song: you and I be the singers. He came singing peace and he lived singing peace; he died singing peace. He arose in silence. For the peace to go on we must make it our song: you and I be the singers. Artist: Choir of Selwyn College, Cambridge/Sarah MacDonald (dir), Daveth Clark (org) Words/Music: Christan Gellert trans Cox/Henry Gauntlett Recording: Priory PRCD 714 Jesus lives! thy terrors now Can, O Death, no more appal us; Jesus lives! by this we know Thou, O Grave, canst not enthrall us. Alleluia! Jesus lives! henceforth is death But the gate of life immortal; This shall calm our trembling breath, When we pass its gloomy portal. Alleluia! Jesus lives! for us He died; Then, alone to Jesus living, Pure in heart may we abide, Glory to our Saviour giving. Alleluia! Jesus lives! our hearts know well Naught from us His love shall sever; Life, nor death, nor powers of hell Tear us from His keeping ever. Alleluia! Jesus lives! to Him the throne Over all the world is given: May we go where He is gone, Rest and reign with Him in Heaven. Alleluia! Artist: Viva Voce/John Rosser (dir), Michael Bell (org) Words/Music: Shirley Murray/Colin Gibson Recording: NZ Hymnbook Trust 941300 Honour the dead, our country's fighting brave, honour our children left in foreign grave, where poppies blow and sorrow seeds her flowers, honour the crosses marked forever ours. Weep for the places ravaged by our blood, weep for the young bones buried in the mud, weep for the powers of violence and greed, weep for the deals done in the name of need. Honour the brave whose conscience was their call, answered no bugle, went against the wall, suffered in prisons of contempt and shame, branded as cowards, in our country's name. Weep for the waste of all that might have been, weep for the cost that war has made obscene, weep for the homes that ache with human pain, weep that we ever sanction war again. Honour the dream for which our nation bled, held now in trust to justify the dead, honour their vision on this solemn day: peace known in freedom, peace the only way. Artist: Mormon Tabernacle Choir Words/Music: John Newton/Trad arr Edwin Excell Recording: Bonneville 519602 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found. Was blind but now I see. Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved: How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. The Lord has promised good to me. His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first begun. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound. Artist: Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge Words/Music: Cyril Alington/Hubert Parry Recording: Priory PRCD 721 Ye who know the Lord is gracious, Ye for whom a Cornerstone Stands, of God elect and precious, Laid that you may build thereon, See that on that sure foundation Ye a living temple raise, Towers that may tell forth salvation, Walls that may re-echo praise. Living stones, by God appointed Each to an allotted place, Kings and priests, by God anointed, Shall you not declare his grace? Ye, a royal generation, Tell the tidings of your birth, Tidings of a new creation To an old and weary earth. Tell the praise of him who called you Out of darkness into light, Broke the fetters that enthralled you, Gave you freedom, peace, and sight; Tell a tale of sins forgiven, Strength renewed, and hope restored, Till the earth, in tune with heaven, Praise and magnify the Lord. Artist: Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia, John Rutter (conductor) Words/Music: Book of Common Prayer/John Rutter Recording: Collegium CSCD 522 The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you and remain with you always. Amen.
Telegraph
28-03-2025
- General
- Telegraph
Safeguarding courses for flower arrangers? The Church of England is heading for oblivion
It's a church that dates back to the 12th century. St Andrews, handsomely cast in limestone and rebuilt in the 14th century, stands proud in the village of Pickworth in Lincolnshire. And it's like so many churches across the country; centres of the community, which, for centuries, have gathered folk to rejoice, mourn, pray and sing among the wooden pew seats. At least, that was until recent decades when the presiding Church of England set itself on a path to empty its churches rather than fill them. In its bid to modernise, to become relevant, most churches have dispensed with those nice old prayer books, bound in black, that you often find on shelves by a church's entrance. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer which, along with Latin, has influenced and merrily tortured generations of children, can now mostly be found gathering dust in secondhand bookshops. And in its place are bits of paper, hastily printed, distributed and invariably blown by a gust of wind when the big door opens, fluttering like a wandering angel over the altar. Then there are the nice old vicars, now kicked out at the age of 70 (which was the new 60 when I last looked), who – with no leader in the midst – see further dwindling of congregations. And there's the enforced secular informality, which to me removes the charming mystery of religion, its poetry and its charming obscurity. When the machinations of church are made as obvious as the rules of a Saturday night TV gameshow, it becomes less, rather than more, appealing. For isn't the very challenge of church stimulating, my view being that to earn your pre-Sunday lunch sherry, you need to sit through a sermon. Which is especially the case on Christmas Day; no pressies in our house 'til you've done church. And now, I hear – from the charming village of Pickworth – there's a more dreaded axe falling on parishioners. 'I was approached about becoming a church warden for my church,' a local tells me, 'something I thought might be worth doing for my community.' Church wardens help to organise services, care for the buildings, support the priest and are often the first faces you see on entering a church, welcoming one in, handing out those bits of paper. There's a shortage across the country of such volunteers and without them a church literally cannot function. Without them a church might have to close. But, my correspondent tells me, 'having expressed strong interest I was privately told, 'It's not worth getting involved.'' And why? You might ask. Safeguarding, of course, specifically the courses all volunteers are now expected, nay must, attend, online or otherwise. 'I was immediately put off,' the villager tells me. 'One course I was told I needed to take catered for safeguarding in care homes, which I couldn't fathom as being either relevant or appropriate for a church warden role.' He then added what seemed a final hammer blow: 'It seems flower arrangers have to do it too.' And, indeed, Church of England policy is now that all such volunteers must undergo safeguarding training. For which there is, of course, an online learning portal. So, not so fast Grandma, with your secateurs and cuttings, your vases and your Oasis floral foams. Before you tackle the old front door with its dodgy, clanking bolts, you need to get yourself in front of a computer, then wail that familiar cry for help as you look about you for that username and password. The Church of England's National Safeguarding Team tells those steeling themselves for the course that: 'The resources and training you can access here will equip you and your church to engage positively with the protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults in both a practical and theologically informed way.' Now, of course, these learning portals are being brandished in the faces of well-intentioned country folk following safeguarding scandals, specifically that involving the prolific child abuser John Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s and who committed physical, psychological and sexual abuse against more than 100 boys and young men. A scandal that, following a report published last November, saw the resignation of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Safeguarding courses for flower arrangers? The Church of England is heading for oblivion
It's a church that dates back to the 12th century. St Andrews, handsomely cast in limestone and rebuilt in the 14th century, stands proud in the village of Pickworth in Lincolnshire. And it's like so many churches across the country; centres of the community, which, for centuries, have gathered folk to rejoice, mourn, pray and sing among the wooden pew seats. At least, that was until recent decades when the presiding Church of England set itself on a path to empty its churches rather than fill them. In its bid to modernise, to become relevant, most churches have dispensed with those nice old prayer books, bound in black, that you often find on shelves by a church's entrance. The 1662 Book of Common Prayer which, along with Latin, has influenced and merrily tortured generations of children, can now mostly be found gathering dust in secondhand bookshops. And in its place are bits of paper, hastily printed, distributed and invariably blown by a gust of wind when the big door opens, fluttering like a wandering angel over the altar. Then there are the nice old vicars, now kicked out at the age of 70 (which was the new 60 when I last looked), who – with no leader in the midst – see further dwindling of congregations. And there's the enforced secular informality, which to me removes the charming mystery of religion, its poetry and its charming obscurity. When the machinations of church are made as obvious as the rules of a Saturday night TV gameshow, it becomes less, rather than more, appealing. For isn't the very challenge of church stimulating, my view being that to earn your pre-Sunday lunch sherry, you need to sit through a sermon. Which is especially the case on Christmas Day; no pressies in our house 'til you've done church. And now, I hear – from the charming village of Pickworth – there's a more dreaded axe falling on parishioners. 'I was approached about becoming a church warden for my church,' a local tells me, 'something I thought might be worth doing for my community.' Church wardens help to organise services, care for the buildings, support the priest and are often the first faces you see on entering a church, welcoming one in, handing out those bits of paper. There's a shortage across the country of such volunteers and without them a church literally cannot function. Without them a church might have to close. But, my correspondent tells me, 'having expressed strong interest I was privately told, 'It's not worth getting involved.'' And why? You might ask. Safeguarding, of course, specifically the courses all volunteers are now expected, nay must, attend, online or otherwise. 'I was immediately put off,' the villager tells me. 'One course I was told I needed to take catered for safeguarding in care homes, which I couldn't fathom as being either relevant or appropriate for a church warden role.' He then added what seemed a final hammer blow: 'It seems flower arrangers have to do it too.' And, indeed, Church of England policy is now that all such volunteers must undergo safeguarding training. For which there is, of course, an online learning portal. So, not so fast Grandma, with your secateurs and cuttings, your vases and your Oasis floral foams. Before you tackle the old front door with its dodgy, clanking bolts, you need to get yourself in front of a computer, then wail that familiar cry for help as you look about you for that username and password. The Church of England's National Safeguarding Team tells those steeling themselves for the course that: 'The resources and training you can access here will equip you and your church to engage positively with the protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults in both a practical and theologically informed way.' Now, of course, these learning portals are being brandished in the faces of well-intentioned country folk following safeguarding scandals, specifically that involving the prolific child abuser John Smyth, a barrister who ran Christian summer camps in the 1970s and 1980s and who committed physical, psychological and sexual abuse against more than 100 boys and young men. A scandal that, following a report published last November, saw the resignation of Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. But as an ancient prep-school headmaster thrashes the entire school as retribution for a single misdemeanour, so the Church of England relishes its chance to wield power, abandon common sense and set in a metaphorical stone tablet an eleventh commandment even: 'Before thou ironest the altar cloth or polisheth the silver, thou shalt complete an online safeguarding course.' So flower arrangers and church wardens pay the price with these ludicrous demands to undergo courses which, believe me, will simply – as with my correspondent from Lincolnshire – dissuade them from such honourable efforts. And, doubtless, if an abuser wants to inveigle their way into a church, they'll master the online portal anyway. These barriers will only ever stop the innocent. While recent figures show an increase in Church of England attendance following Covid, the general trend is sadly of decline (falling from around one million in 1990 to 693,000 in 2023). And, free of flowers, of friendly welcomes, church attendance will dwindle further. While modern priests, attempting to entice a new generation, proffer a guitar at the entrance, advertise 'messy church' and treat congregations like school assembly or a Christmas panto ('How are we all? I can't hear you. Once more with feeling!'), the actual congregation cringes, yearning for some good old-fashioned high church matins, a sermon brimful of complex theology, a Nunc dimittis, some psalms to struggle through and a good hymn as reward. Meanwhile, the humble volunteers are shown not the path through the church yard but an internet portal. The only get-out clause being they can't access the internet anyway as the Lincolnshire district of South Kesteven has some of the slowest broadband speeds in the country. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Yahoo
30-01-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Neighbourhood News for Carleton
St Mary's services: each Sunday at 11.15am. 3rd and 5th Sunday – Bread, Wine & Worship. 2nd & 4th Sunday – Parish Communion. 1st Sunday of each month: 8am Book of Common Prayer Communion. St Mary's 'Coffee Pot' is open each Friday from 2pm – 4pm.
