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CHURCHES TOGETHER IN NORTHAMPTON
uniting Churches of varied traditions,
sharing information, action and prayer
Special Extra Edition January
2015
Churches Together Northampton
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Rev. David [email protected]
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Mrs. Lesley Goulbourne
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Joe Story
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Logos has not shrunk!
The February edition will be
out in ten days or so, but this
is an interim special highlighting three ecumenical events
that are coming up.
During the Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity there will
be a Celebration of Ecumenism at the Cathedral on
Wednesday 21st January
and this will be followed on
Sunday 25th by Churches
Together Northampton AGM
and an ecumenical service.
These will take place at the
Abbey Centre.
There is also advance notice
of the AGM of Churches Together in Peterborough and
Northamptonshire ~ Shire
and Soke, in April. The
theme of this will be
'Receptive Ecumenism' and
the speaker will be Dame
Mary Tanner. We will carry
more information about this
in a future Logos but encourage you to put the date in
your diary now.
Joe Story, Editor
A Celebration of Ecumenism 50 years after Vatican II
Wednesday 21st January 2015, 7.30 pm at
Northampton Cathedral NN2 6AG.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton Ecumenical Commission
invites ecumenical guests and friends to join all parishes in the diocese at
a 'Celebration of Ecumenism 50years after Vatican II. The invitation is
from Rt. Rev. Peter Doyle and the preacher is Rt. Rev. Bernard Longley,
Archbishop of Birmingham.
www.northamptondiocese.org
(follow links to The Diocese / Diocesan Departments / Ecumenism)
Since the major gathering of bishops from across the world, commonly
known as the Second Vatican Council, the Roman Catholic Church has
had a policy of ecumenical engagement with other Churches. The Catholic bishops re-affirmed the special claim of the Catholic Church to be the
Church of Christ. They taught that only through Christ’s Catholic Church
can the fullness of the means of salvation be obtained. A major development at the Council, however, was that the Catholic Church recognised
the unity that is created by baptism, by faith, hope and love. The ecclesial
character of other Christian communities was also recognised for the first
time. There were many obstacles to perfect ecclesiastical communion but
the Catholic Church felt impelled to dialogue with other Christians. In succeeding decades, the fruit of this dialogue has been impressive. More recently receptive ecumenism has been part of that fruitful dialogue.
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN NORTHAMPTON AGM & ANNUAL SERVICE
Sunday January 25th 2015
in The Abbey Centre Chapel,
Overslade Close, East Hunsbury NN4 0RZ
4.30–5.30pm: The AGM
6.00pm: Service for the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity
Preacher: Joe Story – minister of the ecumenical Church on the Heath.
Kings Heath, Northampton
Light refreshments will be served after the service
Churches Together in Peterborough and
Northamptonshire ~ Shire and Soke AGM
7:00 pm 21st April 2015
at Kairos Centre, Grange Park
Northampton, NN4 5DW
Speaker - Dame Mary Tanner, Theme - Receptive Ecumenism
Dame Mary Tanner, is a former European President of the
World Council of Churches. She
has been a member of the WCC
Faith and Order Commission
since 1974, serving as its moderator from 1991–98.
Dame Mary has been involved in
various ecumenical conversations on behalf of her church, including the Anglican-Roman
conversation. From 1982–98 she was active within the Church
of England body which ultimately became the Council for
Christian Unity.
She became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British
Empire In the 2008 New Year's Honours List for services to the
worldwide Anglican Communion.
Receptive Ecumenism
In essence, receptive ecumenism is simple. As we engage
with people who belong to Churches other than our own,
we often focus on what gifts our own tradition can add to
the ecumenical treasure trove. That's important. But receptive ecumenism goes further. Instead of looking at
what we can bring, our strengths perhaps, it invites us to
look at our weaknesses and the gifts and strengths of others, to notice what we can learn or receive from them.

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