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When employing a member of staff there are legal responsibilities to consider. While CTE does not offer advice in these areas it is important to be aware of them. If you have experience in these areas that may be of...
New start for the English Anglican – Roman Catholic Committee (English ARC)
The English group which works for unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics has begun a new stage of its life. Meeting at Canterbury Cathedral from 23 to 24 March in a context of prayer and worship, the members of the...
English and Welsh ARC Meeting at Mirfield, March 2013
On 15 and 16 March 2013, English and Welsh ARC met at the Anglican monastic Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield which is also home to a theological college training ordinands for the diaconate and priesthood. If there was a...
Walking Together: Mapping Anglican-Roman Catholic Relations 2018
Published in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 2018Quoting from an Introductory letter from the Co-Chairs of the English and Welsh Anglican Roman Catholic Committee (English and Welsh ARC), the Rt Revd Timothy Thornton (Anglican) and Most Revd Bernard...
English and Welsh ARC 100th Meeting
The English and Welsh Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee (English and Welsh ARC) celebrated its 100th meeting with a special event held at Lambeth Palace on 2 July 2018. English and Welsh ARC was established in 1970 as an official dialogue group between...
Eucharist and Spiritual Communion
3 March 2019 Eucharistic sharing has been a topic considered at several meetings of English and Welsh ARC. Some members have given personal reflections taking as a starting place the question:“How has your experience of spiritual communion with Christians of...
Introduction to English and Welsh ARC
The English and Welsh Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee is the official bilateral instrument for monitoring and promoting the relationship between the Church of England and the Church in Wales, and the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales. Its work complements...
History of EWARC
The first meeting of the English Anglican-Roman Catholic Committee took place on Monday 20 April 1970 in Westminster Cathedral Library. The origins of this bilateral body follow the 1964 Vatican II Council statement opening the Roman Catholic Church to the...
Membership 2018-2023
Anglican Church of England: The Rt Revd Christopher Foster, Bishop of Portsmouth (Co-chair) The Rt Revd Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster The Rt Revd Dr Mike Harrison, Bishop of Dunwich The Revd Canon Dr Andrew Davison, Starbridge Lecturer in...
EWARC resources and reports
Praying for Unity leaflet This is a leaflet produced when the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, met Pope Francis. Download the leaflet (PDF). The Joy of the Gospel study course This was written for the English audience by Paula Gooder...
Links and contacts – EWARC
The main web links for the English and Welsh Anglican Roman Catholic Committee are to the external websites of the Vatican and Anglican Communion: Anglican Roman Catholic International CommitteeIARCUMM: Anglican Communion The Anglican Roman Catholic Committee for the English and Welsh churches...
Joint Anglican-Roman Catholic Schools
English and Welsh ARC has supported joint Anglican – Roman Catholic schools over many years. In 2010, the Committee commended guidelines on joint schools to the bishops, clergy, education specialists and parents in our two Churches. Much has changed, however,...
Sharing Church buildings on an informal basis
Circumstances may dictate that a building is shared without a formal agreement, for example, if it is a temporary arrangement or if one of the denominations concerned is not covered by the Sharing of Church Buildings Act (1969). Alternatively, congregations may...
Sharing Agreements under the Act
Whilst the book Under the Same Roof – Guidelines to the Sharing of Church Buildings Act 1969 published by CCBI in 1994 is now out of print, the information it contained has been summarised and is available for download here and below. All references...
A Shared Building Local Ecumenical Partnership
A Shared Building LEP exists when two or more congregations permanently share a building but do not become a single congregation, continuing to worship separately, particularly where Eucharistic celebrations are concerned. This is always the case when the Roman Catholic Church...