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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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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.


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".


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


The Revd Canon Anthony Williamson b.1933 - d. 2019

First published on: 14th February 2019

The Revd Canon Anthony Williamson b.1933 - d. 2019. The Revd Canon Tony Williamson Tributes have been paid to a respected 'worker priest' who went on to become an innovative Director of Education for the Diocese of Oxford.


How Al-Anon and the Church can change lives

First published on: 13th February 2019

How Al-Anon and the Church can change lives. Much is written about the impact of alcoholism and drug abuse on the individuals it affects, but the consequences for those closest to them are just as devastating.


Keeping Christianity's heritage alive

First published on: 13th February 2019

Keeping Christianity's heritage alive. TWO major projects are set to keep our region's rich Christian history and heritage alive for generations to come.

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