Journey in hope

“The ecumenical pilgrimage is one of discoveries.

Some are painful discoveries of how we are viewed by others or how we have hurt and harmed others: this requires of all of us the healing of memories.

Our joyful discoveries are what we have in common and what others can offer us.”

Thus writes Bishop Stephen Platten, the Chairman of the Anglican Centre in Rome, in his introduction to a booklet of texts significant in Anglican – Roman Catholic Relations, ranging from King James I, via Lambeth Conferences and Vatican II, up to the present day. The booklet is part of the Anglican Centre’s work of building friendly and informed relations, and helps to put the new ARCIC III conversations into context.

The booklet will be a helpful to those wanting to deepen their understanding of the ecumenical journey, with its joys and sorrows.

It can be downloaded here, obtained from Bill Snelson, Development Officer UK, 6 Abbey Crags Way, Knaresborough, HG5 8EF, or ordered below.

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When the Earl of Halifax visited Rome recently he was retracing the steps of his great-grandfather, the 2nd Viscount Halifax, who as a leading Anglo-Catholic had sought dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church on the subject of Anglican Orders, giving rise to Apostolicae Curae in 1896. Undaunted, the 2nd Viscount had engaged in the Malines Conversations with Belgium Cardinal Mercier in the 1920s.

At a Reception at the Anglican Centre in Rome, the Chairman of the Centre, Bishop of Wakefield Stephen Platten, presented the Earl of Halifax with Journey in hope, containing historical references to the 2nd Viscount.