Photo: The Vallila Centre, Helsinki (Photograph: Amber Jackson)
In this edition of eNews, read about the work being done to support Ukrainian refugees in Helsinki and Budapest. Learn more about our new Head of Communications and see the latest edition of our diocesan magazine - European Anglicans: Annual Review.
How our chaplaincies in Helsinki and Budapest are supporting Ukrainian refugees
Amber Jackson from the diocese communications team and Patrick Comerford from USPG visited our chaplaincies in Hungary and Finland last week to see how they support Ukrainian refugees with funding from the joint Ukraine appeal.
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there has been a steady flow of refugees from Ukraine to Finland and Budapest. Many have seen some of the worst horrors of war. Please continue to pray for them.
It’s a short trip up the A3 from Guildford to our Tufton Street office – but it’s a trip to a very different kind of diocese! Our new Head of Communications, Ruth Blanco, has just made that journey having joined us from the same role in Surrey. Here she tells us a little of her story.
Bishop Robert reviews 2022 in radio interview
The war in Ukraine, the death of Queen Elizabeth, the impact of climate change, and the Lambeth Conference were among the topics covered in the 50-minute interview which was broadcast on UCB1’s Talking Point on 30 December.
You can listen to the interview here. Scroll down to find Talking Point on UCB1 at 9am on 30 December and spool forwards - the interview starts after one hour and five minutes.
European Anglicans: Annual Review 2022
This edition of the European Anglicans is published to coincide with the season of Epiphany. We focus on what has been revealed to us in the birth of Jesus Christ. We marvel with the kings at what has come to pass and with the new year we look ahead to where the light may guide us in 2023. In many ways, all this is reflected in this magazine which both looks back and looks forward.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine
"It was not what I was planning for the week after the New Year break, but nevertheless it was a privilege to be one of the representatives of the Anglican Communion at the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI."
