Sermon at Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, 18th April 2013 (Fr Peter Groves)
Ezekiel 27. 1-6; Romans 5.1-5; St John 16. 12-15 “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth”. St John 16.13 I think it was about four months after I was first ordained. It was...
View ArticleAnglican Catholic Future Launch: London celebration declared “A foretaste of...
The Bishop of Ely told over 300 people gathered Thursday night in the stately Church of The Annunciation, Marble Arch, that as he entered in procession he felt like it was “a foretaste of heaven”. The...
View ArticleA Low Church Pope and High Church Anglicans
I was amused during the summer to read that some in the Vatican, and elsewhere in the Roman Catholic Church, even in our own church, think that the new pope is too ‘low church.’ There is his simpler...
View ArticleLife Abundant (The Most Reverend Roger Herft AM, Archbishop of Perth)
Acts 2:1-21 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where...
View Article‘It is Easy to Miss Him at the turn of a civilisation’: the Anglo-Catholic...
This talk began with a reading out of ‘A, a, a, DOMINE DEUS’, a poem written by David Jones, Roman Catholic poet and artist half a century ago, which expresses the agony of a Catholic sensibility in...
View ArticleHoly Cross – Reflection (The Very Revd Jane Hedges)
One of the great additions to Norwich Cathedral is the Hostry, completed in 2010 on the site where the Benedictine Monks hundreds of years ago would have welcomed guests into the monastery.Visitors to...
View ArticleNew patrons for Anglican Catholic Future
The Board of Anglican Catholic Future is delighted to announce four new patrons for the network. The four new patrons are Professor Sarah Foot (Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the...
View ArticleCelebrating the Sacraments
As part of our new resource section on this website, Fr Andrew Davidson has provided an accessible ‘chart’ following on from a contribution to the 2014 Festival Life Abundant. The chart and...
View ArticleFr Andrew Davison installed as Canon
The Revd Dr Andrew Davison, Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and Fellow in Theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, was installed as Canon Philosopher...
View ArticleNew Autumn Programme launched
Anglican Catholic Future is delighted to be able to announce a new programme for the autumn and winter 2015. Highlights of the programme include the National Festival to take place in St Peter’s Eaton...
View ArticleGrace upon Grace: Christ, Mary and Human Dignity
We are delighted to be able to offer a paper by Fr Andrew Davison, who teaches Philosophy and Theology at the University of Cambridge. He reflects on the nature of Christ, Mary and their modelling of...
View ArticleNational Festival 2015
On Saturday 7 November, we will be holding the 2015 ACF National Festival. We have an exciting line up of speakers and a very engaging programme for the day. Fr Peter Bradley, Dean of Sheffield, will...
View ArticleStatement on the Seal of Confession
Anglican Catholic Future responds to the current consultation on the seal of confidentiality associated with the ministry of confession and absolution out of a confidence in the abiding worth of that...
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Bishop Rowan Williams to deliver keynote at Festival
The annual Anglican Catholic Future festival will take place from 10am on Saturday 24 September 2016 at St James’s Sussex Gardens: the Parish Church of Paddington. We are grateful to Fr Paul Thomas and...
View ArticleAn ‘uplifting’ and ‘joyous’ Festival day in London
Over 200 people from across the UK came to St James’s Church Sussex Gardens in London to join with each other in a day of reflection, learning, prayer, worship and fellowship at the 2016 Anglican...
View ArticleNational Festival 2017
The 2017 Anglican Catholic Future Festival will take place on saturday 30 September 2017 at St James’s Sussex Gardens, Paddington, by kind permission of the Vicar and PCC. The theme will be ‘Catholic...
View ArticleCatholic Evangelism the focus of the 2017 ACF National Festival
What does it mean to evangelize from a Catholic perspective within Anglicanism? Our keynote speaker, Bishop Philip North, currently the Bishop of Burnley, has a track record as an evangelist and he...
View ArticleGod’s Church in the World: The gift of Catholic Mission
Forward in Faith and Anglican Catholic Future are delighted to announce a major conference in September 2018 to promote, renew and deepen Catholic mission in the world. The following is a joint...
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Catholic Evangelism: “Just do it”
Over 150 people from across England gathered in London on Saturday 30 September for the annual ACF Festival. Under the banner of ‘Catholic Evangelism’, the delegates heard a challenging and uplifting...
View ArticleLearning Christian Living: the task of catechesis
Wednesday November 8th All Saints, Margaret Street, London. 10.30am – 4.00pm Discipleship means learning. The need to teach Christian life and faith in our parishes and communities has never been more...
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