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Poppy planting across the Diocese. On Thursday 1st May, the School Council of Shinfield CE School planted poppy seeds to remind us about the First World War and to take part in the Royal British Legion Centenary Poppy Campaign.
A group of curates have described their recent experiences to our partner diocese of Vaxjo in Sweden.
Fr Dag visits St Paul's during October and November as part of his sabbatical, and the service is part of a cultural exchange.
Theresa May joins turf cutting at St Andrew's. THERESA May, the Home Secretary, joined the Rt Revd Andrew Proud, the Bishop of Reading in a ground cutting ceremony at St Andrew's Church, Sonning, Berkshire, last month.
On Friday 15 April, Murle raiders crossed the border into Ethiopia from South Sudan to raid Lare and Niniyang.
Sarah Wearne writes about memorials of the Great War in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
150 years of faith in Wokingham Without. THE Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Andrew Proud, began celebrations at St Sebastian's Church on Pentecost Sunday as he rang the bell in the church's new bell tower, at the beginning of their 150th Anniversary Service.
Christ Church: quite a classroom. CHILDREN are taking time out from the classroom to learn about the rich history of Oxford' s Christ Church Cathedral.
Major grant for science and theology. THANKS to a grant of £128,042 from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, awarded to the Ian Ramsey Centre at Oxford University, the work of Revd Jennifer Brown as Science Missioner at the Churn Benefice will be continued and extended.
Appointment of new principal. THE Rt Rd Humphrey Southern, suffragan Bishop of Repton in the Diocese of Derby, has been appointed Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon.