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The latest news and features from the Diocese of Oxford. To contact the press office, please call 01865 208 277 (out of hours 07880 716761) or email communications@oxford.anglican.org.

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Newport Pagnell commits to welcoming ex-offenders

First published on: 26th February 2019

The Parish of Newport Pagnell will be among the first to put into practice The Welcome Directory's new training and resource packs for 2018.


Join in the Taplow Psalmathon

First published on: 26th February 2019

Join in the Taplow Psalmathon. THE choir at St Nicholas in Taplow, Buckinghamshire is looking for people to join a Psalmathon - singing all 150 Psalms to an Anglican chant, this September.


Choir boy realises his 1950s dream to see church completed

First published on: 26th February 2019

Choir boy realises his 1950s dream to see church completed. WHEN David Smith sang in the choir at St Michael & All Angel's Church, Summertown, Oxford, in the 1950's, little did he think that his extraordinary dream of the completion of an ambitious building project would come true.


Town centre resounds to centenary celebrations for the RAF

First published on: 27th February 2019

Town centre resounds to centenary celebrations for the RAF. The SOUND of military bandsmen resounded through the town centre, crowds lined the street and Chesham's celebration of the Royal Air Force's centenary got underway.


Stand together against the storms this Christian Aid Week

First published on: 27th February 2019

Stand together against the storms this Christian Aid Week. MORE than 40 million people globally have been forced to flee their homes but remain in their own countries.


Going to Windsor to see the Queen

First published on: 27th February 2019

Going to Windsor to see the Queen. PENSIONERS who were nominated to receive Maundy Money from the Queen have described the experience as "marvellous, uplifting and gratifying".


How to plant an olive tree in Palestine

First published on: 27th February 2019

How to plant an olive tree in Palestine. First, dig a hole with a pickaxe or a mattock.


God in the Life of Nigel Crook

First published on: 27th February 2019

Prof Nigel Crook explains how his life and career evolved from a calling to a become a Carmelite monk to working in robotics.


Finding loving homes for children in care

First published on: 27th February 2019

Finding loving homes for children in care. FOR Elizabeth and Timothy Webber the amazing example of a Romanian orphanage, where children were truly happy because they were loved, inspired them to become adoptive parents.


The Church and disability

First published on: 27th February 2019

The Church and disability. The Door gives a snapshot of projects involving people with disabilities State-of-the-art new centre to be built in Oxfordshire A NEW centre for people with disabilities in Oxfordshire is to be built after Government cut-backs left provision severely lacking.

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