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Walking Together in Faith multimedia course, starts September!
Starting this September, St George's is offering the multimedia course, Walking Together in Faith, to members of our congregations and others who might be interested. This is a course which covers the core themes of the Christian faith. If you are new to the faith,...
June 16th-22nd is Refugee Week. What are UK churches doing to help?
An interesting article appeared in this week’s HeartEdge newsletter about a new project initiated research organisation Theos that dives into how churches are helping refugees and other forced migrants integrate in the UK. But while much of the ongoing debate about...
Celebrating 30 years of women’s ordination to the priesthood
Women were first ordained priest in the Church of England in 1994. Our own Diocese in Europe now has 34 licensed women - one of whom, Mother Doreen, is a member of the Malaga clergy team - and numbers are steadily increasing. You are very welcome to join us for a...
Paul McCartney’s Catholic pulse?
There was an interesting piece for Beatles fans in this week’s Catholic Herald, basically identifying Catholic themes behind some of the Beatles’ songs. Is ‘Let It Be’ a tribute to the Virgin Mary? Or just a gentle plea for peace? Is ‘Eleanor Rigby’ better regarded as...
Newly elected Chaplaincy Council meets, 8th June 2025
The new Council met on Sunday 8th June after church. Important points to emerge: Finance – good progress so far this year. We are on track and ahead of budget and have already raised 38% of the year’s income. Buildings – A report of the forthcoming refurbishment was...
Gibraltar deal – what does it mean?
So it seems like a deal has been done between the EU and the UK Government to allow Spanish border guards to assist in passport control within Gibraltar airport/seaports, in what they are calling “dual border control checks”, and likening to French police operating...
Women who survived Spain’s Franco-era centres disrupt Catholic apology
Reuters reported on Tuesday a protest in Madrid by women who had survived Franco’s rehabilitation centres, who disrupted an event held by the Catholic church to apologise for its role in supporting the centres. Protesters - many in their 60s and 70s - held up banners...
Trinity Sunday, our Nicene Creed Celebrations and Bishop Geoffrey’s hymn!
This coming Sunday is Trinity Sunday, and our Diocese in Europe is encouraging us to sing a hymn written by former Diocesan Bishop, Dr Geoffrey Rowell. Why? This year the whole Christian world has been celebrating the 1700th anniversary of the first full ecumenical...
Austria`s energy redistribution – A new Robin in the Hood?
Do you generate more electricity from solar than you need? Are you frustrated by the lousy feed-in tariff you get from your supplier? Then read on. A great, and very simple, idea popped up in today’s European Correspondent. Those of us who, for some of the year at...
Malaga’s economy will grow more than the provincial average in Spain this year
Sur published figures on Thursday to show that the economy of Malaga province was growing faster than of the Andalucía region, Spain as a whole and the European Union! The article quoted a variety of sources of data, which agreed the headlines even if they differed...