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Homeless people are at risk from modern slavery
Staff and volunteers at night shelters are being urged to look out for signs of exploitation among clients in a campaign launched by the Church of England’s anti-slavery initiative. More […]
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Call for Cornish churches to open for day of prayer on October 31
Cornish church leaders have called for a day of prayer on October 31, to mark the day that the UK is due to withdraw from the EU. Announcing the initiative […]
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Bishop Philip thanks our helicopter search and rescue team
Bishop Philip has expressed his gratitude for the hugely skilled, professional and courageous work of the helicopter search and rescue teams, on a visit to their Newquay base. Bishop Philip […]
Synod agrees to appointment of new Bishop of St Germans
Truro Diocesan Synod voted to approve the appointment of a new Bishop of St Germans, when it met on Saturday, September 28. The synod was asked to formally give approval […]
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Bishop Philip backs call for respect
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, has urged people to heed calls for debate to be carried out with respect – saying that to do so is […]
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Six go down to the sea
When Revd Anne Brown asked the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, to oversee clergy from Pydar Deanery as they reaffirmed their baptism vows, he was delighted to agree. […]
New ministry in St Fimbarrus, Fowey
The Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen, has appointed the Revd Ian Gulland as interim Priest-in-Charge in the benefice of Fowey. Bishop Philip has chosen to appoint Revd […]
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Revd Mary West, the vicar who promised to leave church if women were ever ordained
“If ever I walk into this church and see a woman behind the altar I shall walk out again!” Words spoken, probably loudly, by Revd Mary West to her long-suffering […]
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A message of thanks from Bishop Chris and Ellie Goldsmith
Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the Vocations day in Truro Cathedral. It was a celebration of personal story-telling as we heard how God has touched […]
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Niggles not mountains in women’s ministry today
Revd Becca Bell, priest in charge of six churches in Southeast Cornwall, firmly believes that women’s ministry has come a very long way in 25 years, but that there’s still […]