Ministry

David Chambers on February 21st, 2010

Thought I would share this with you. It is my editorial for this months Church Magazine.  Although it refers to my own Church of St. David, Liverpool, I am sure it applies equally to other Churches. This month sees the celebration of two Celtic Saints, David (our patron) on the 1st March and Patrick on [...]

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David Chambers on January 4th, 2010

 So we have another Reader in ordination training joining us at St. David’s. It seems these days that Readership is just a jumping off point for Ordination. I can’t say that I am surprised as most of the ‘vocational’ material and meetings organised by the Diocese has concentrated on Ordained Ministry as if it were [...]

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David Chambers on December 31st, 2009

Over the years quite a few people have asked me about the Franciscan Third Order and the Franciscan lifestyle.  Well, last week I received a message with a link to Patrick Comerford’s  blog site which contains an excellent article which I believe will answer a number of those questions. Patrick is a priest in the [...]

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