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Celebrating the Virgen del Carmen in Málaga, Benalmádena and along the coast
The popular feast of the Virgen del Carmen in Málaga takes place on July 16th in honour of this local patron saint of fishermen and sailors - particularly in the more traditional fishing neighbourhoods of the city, such as El Palo, Huelin, and Pedregalejo. The...
Jitterbug Jazz Band, St George’s Church, Saturday 9th August
Music at St George's is delighted to present Francisco Palomo’s Jitterbug Jazz Band. They will be performing on Saturday 9 August at St George’s Church in the historic gardens of the English Cemetery in Málaga. This concert is part of our season of Summer Picnic...
Detaining immigrants is no solution, says the Bishop of Nebraska
A piece appeared in the Church Times last week about the impact that immigration raids in the US were having on people’ lives, as well as a detrimental effect on certain sectors of the economy. It followed a raid on a meat-packing plant in Omaha, Nebraska where 76...
Anglican Archbishop of York and RC Bishop of Middlesborough make pilgrimage together
The Anglican Archbishop of York, the Most Revd Stephen Cottrell (picture above, right) and the RC Bishop of Middlesbrough, the Rt Revd Terry Drainey (above, left), made a pilgrimage together through York, inspired by Pope Francis’ call to “walk together, work...
Bishop of Kharkiv: We are a Church under bombs that loves and defies death
Vatican News last week carried a story from Kharkiv, the city in northern Ukraine which is again facing massive bombardment, in response to the successful attack by Ukrainian forces on Russian air force equipment a couple of weeks ago. The story is based on an...
How many foreigners in Malaga province got Spanish nationality in the last 10 years?
An interesting article appeared in Sur about the number of foreigners in Malaga province obtaining Spanish nationality between 2013 and 2024. Over this period some 1.9 million foreigners obtained Spanish nationality across the country and of that 1.9 million, 56,957...
Priests defying Putin’s war face persecution in Russia
Many of us have wondered how members of the Russian Orthodox Church can justify the church’s pro-war stance in Ukraine, where so many people are suffering as a direct result of Russian brutality. An article in El Pais provides an insight into those clergy who have...
Petertide Ordinations and the need for a strategy to tackle the shortage of clergy
The feast of St Peter and St Paul (29 June) is the biggest occasion in the church’s year for ordinations to the diaconate and the priesthood. Here in the Diocese in Europe we are ordaining six new deacons and eight new priests, as well as a former minister of another...
A beer and a baptism at the local pub – thinking outside the church-shaped box!
Interesting piece in the Times last Saturday about fresh expressions of ministry in the UK - in this particular case, a priest and worshippers from the New Life Church in Bolton, who don’t have a traditional church building, but instead use the local pub, the Mosley...
Daphne Jazznova Brazilian Jazz Quartet, St George’s Church, Saturday 12th July
Music at St George's is delighted to present the Daphne Jazznova Brazilian Jazz Quartet. They will be performing on Saturday 12 July, at St George’s Church in the historic gardens of the English Cemetery in Málaga. This concert is part of our season of Summer Picnic...