Jo Siedlecka, ENI, Author at Anglican Journal

London “street pastors” help Olympic visitors

Jo Siedlecka, ENI — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

London – As the 2012 London Olympic Games winds toward its conclusion on August 12, so-called “street pastors” have been helping visitors make sense of an event spread over 13 venues in the British capital. London Street Pastors, an inter-denominational church organization that was formed in 2003 to respond to urban problems by engaging with […]

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Campers in U.K. shun beaches for work on ancient cathedrals

Jo Siedlecka, ENI — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

While many young people in the U.K. are gearing up for a summer of backpacking or the beach, one group is choosing to stay home and spend their holidays in a more unusual way — doing voluntary conservation work in ancient cathedrals, chapels and churches. Cathedral Camps, run by the U.K. charity Community Service Volunteers, […]

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In London, Tutu honoured for support of Palestinians

Jo Siedlecka, ENI — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu, who is engaged in a controversial campaign urging divestment from Israel, in London on July 4 was honored for supporting travel to the Palestinian town of Bethlehem, identified in the New Testament as the birthplace of Jesus. Tutu, who is Anglican Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa and became […]

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Migrant workers must not become scapegoats’

Jo Siedlecka, ENI — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Migrants contribut “not just by their hard work” but also through the “many gifts” they bring to the community, says Bishop Patrick Lynch. Photo: Daniel Korzeniewski London — Migrant workers in the U.K. must not become scapegoats or targets of popular frustration with the economy, a Catholic bishop told worshippers on May 7 at the […]

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