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The Chrism Mass 3rd April
At the Chrism Mass, oils are blessed for use in parish ministry throughout the year and the clergy renew their ordination vows.
The Bishop's Sermon began: It has been very good this Lent to have visited all but one of the Clergy Chapters to talk about what it means to be a priest in the Church today. The answer of course, is........
read the sermon here
Pictures are on Facebook here
The Installation of Dean Lister Tonge
The Bishop's sermon is here
Press releases are here and here
Pictures are on Facebook here
Holocaust Memorial Day 27 January 2012
The County Borough of Torfaen was asked by The Welsh Government to be the responsible Authority for 2012, for a week of events, to mark international Holocaust Memorial Day. The climax of the week was a religious service hosted by St Gabriel's, Cwmbran. The Bishop preached at the service. [click here for sermon]
At a service in St Mary's, Priory, the people of Abergavenny with their Chair & Vice Chair of the County Council, AM & MP, remembered the victims of the Holocaust by lighting a candle for those slaughtered in genocide. Having remembered with the help of students and staff from Henry VIII School, those present pledged to ensure it would not happen again.
Thanksgiving Service for the Life of The Very Revd Jeremy Winston: click here for pictures and news of the memorial fund
Bishop appoints Revd Lister Tonge to be Dean of Monmouth
Fr Lister will be installed in Newport Cathedral on Saturday 31st March at 2.30pm.