News Desk . . . (Archive)

An archive of earlier stories

This page also contains the material that is currently on the Index page and on the other pages. There is an archive of material from 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 and earlier.

 News Items

Police recover stolen chalice - is it yours?
General Synod Election results for the Diocese
Lay Ministry Programme

Brother Roger of Taizé mourned
General Synod Election Timetable 2005
Prayers in response to the London Bombings
Petertide Ordinations
A diary of a week in Rome- Part 2. Bishop John Flack on the Installation of Pope Benedict XVI.
Cottenham Travellers’ Site – Bishops’ visit
General Election a Christian response by Canon Alan Hargrave

Pope John Paul II - diary of a week in Rome. Bishop John Flack's reflections of a dramatic week in Rome.
Pope John Paul II - Statement from the Bishop of Ely

Pope John Paul II - Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury
2005 Festival Guide
New adult learning officer for Ely Diocese
Bishops back ‘Make Poverty History’ Campaign
Eight new Honorary Canons - The first time since the Reformation
New Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech welcomed
Bishops launch tsunami appeal

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 Press Releases

PR0503 dated 14th January 2005
"Churches respond to Tsunami catastrophe"
PRAYERS FOR VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI
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PR0497dated 29th December 2004
"Churches respond to Tsunami catastrophe"
PRAYERS FOR VICTIMS OF THE TSUNAMI
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PR0492dated 4th December 2004
"New Archdeacon of Ely welcomed"
T he Ven John Beer collated as Archdeacon of Ely
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PR0486dated 24th November 2004
"No easy pickings for church robbers"
Church officials are issuing the warning after a spate of burglaries in villages.
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PR0485dated 16th November 2004
"Ely Cathedral wins architectural awards"
Ely Cathedral has won two architectural awards for recent improvements to the Lady Chapel.
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PR0482 dated 1st November 2004
"New Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech"
Revd Canon Hugh McCurdy named as new Archdeacon
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PR0481dated 25th October 2004
"New Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech"
The name of the appointee will be announced on Monday 1st November 2004.
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PR0480dated 29th September 2004
"Two Deacons ordained"
Michaelmas Ordination – Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge
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PR0478dated 29th September 2004
"High Sheriff's Justice Service"
To be held for the first time at the Cathedral since 1836
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PR0475dated 5th September 2004
"New Archdeacon of Ely"
The Ven John Beer is appointed as the new Archdeacon of Ely
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PR0474 dated 2nd September 2004
"New Archdeacon of Ely"
The name of the appointee will be announced on Monday 6th September 2004.
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PR0471 dated 29 July 2004
"Bridging the divide in a city "
Reshaping the boundaries between the Dioceses of Peterborough and Ely in the City of Peterborough
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PR0469dated 23 July 2004
"New priest brings his congregation with him"
"Church graft" at St Andrew the Less, Cambridge
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PR0468dated 11 July 2004
"‘Good news people’ commissioned"
Ely diocese commissioned its first Parish Evangelists
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PR0465 dated 27 June 2004
"Fond farewell and new beginning"
farewell service for Jeff Watson
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PR0464 dated 27 June 2004
" Petertide Ordination"
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PR0461 dated 14 June 2004
"Diocese poised for new growth"
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PR0453 dated 31 May 2004
"Euro 2004 choristers lead Cathedral worship -
Church endorses FA's anti-hooliganism drive"
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PR0438 dated 4 May 2004
"Bishop appointed President of the Royal Agricultural Society of England"
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PR0432 dated 11 April 2004
"Hundreds of people at Ely Cathedral for Easter"
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PR0428 dated 21 March 2004
"Bishop stresses the importance of the family"
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PR0423 dated 29 February 2004
"Two new Residentiary Canons appointed at Ely Cathedral"
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PR0422 dated 29 February 2004
"Bishop warns against playing God with the environment"
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PR0420 dated 12 February 2004
"Celebrating 10 years of women priests"
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PR0415 dated 08 February 2004
"Seven new Honorary Canons Installed at Ely Cathedral"
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PR0412 dated 21 January 2004
"Parish attendance figures"
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PR0411 dated 21 January 2004
"Bishop of Huntingdon launches new book"
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 From the Archbishop

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 Reports and Papers


God's call to be fully alive
Faith in Action
All Good Gifts Around Us The Ministry Strategy report
Cultivating Hope Confronting and managing change in the farming industry, a Conference organised the Board for Church in Society
The Anglican-Methodist Covnenant - an overview by the Revd Will Adams
A new Introduction for Ecumenical partners to the Church of England and the Diocese of Ely

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 Appointments and departures


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 What's On?

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 The Ely Ensign, the Diocesan Magazine

The Ely Ensign is available here in PDF format. The archive of online editions of the Ely Ensign.

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