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The latest news and features from the Diocese of Oxford. To contact the press office, please call 01865 208 277 (out of hours 07880 716761) or email communications@oxford.anglican.org.

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Royal Honour for Chair of ODBF

First published on: 29th June 2021

Current Chair of the Oxford Diocesan Board of Finance, The Revd Canon John Tattersall, has been made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO)


Diocesan Synod Summary

First published on: 24th June 2021

Saturday 19 June saw the final Diocesan Synod meeting of this triennium.


Biodiversity loss and climate change

First published on: 18th June 2021

Bishop Steven speaks at the Lords Select Committee for the environment and climate change about COP26, poverty and pandemics.


Queen's Birthday Honours 2021

First published on: 16th June 2021

ODST Chair, Kathryn Winrow, awarded an MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours for services to education.


Big Clean Switch

First published on: 9th June 2021

Big Clean Switch. A very simple step that we can take to reduce the carbon footprints of our homes is to switch to a renewable - otherwise known as a "green" or "clean" - tariff.


Causing a buzz at St Thomas's

First published on: 3rd June 2021

Causing a buzz at St Thomas's. THOUSANDS of honey bees have been given a home in a church yard in central Oxford.


Parking Restrictions - St James the Less, Dorney

First published on: 3rd June 2021

Congregation of St James the Less, Dorney seek support to oppose parking restrictions that could prove catastrophic for the church.


New Resourcing Hub receives Church Commissioners' funding to grow intercultural mission and ministry

First published on: 2nd June 2021

St Paul's Church in Slough is to become a resourcing hub for the diocese, with a heart for intercultural mission and ministry


Pentecost Prayer Stations

First published on: 20th May 2021

St Michael and St Mary Magdalene's in Easthampstead launch outdoor prayer stations for their local schools and community in Pentecost.


Expanding the work with families in Sandhurst

First published on: 14th May 2021

Expanding the work with families in Sandhurst. For Angela Harper, going from a part-time to a full-time role as a Family Worker at St Michael's, Sandhurst, is already bearing fruit.

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