Читать книгу Wakefield Diocese - Kate Taylor - Страница 4

Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword by the Bishop of Wakefield

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: The First Fifty Years, 1888–1938

The Origin of the Diocese

The Diocese

The Bishops

The Cathedral

A House for the Bishop

The Principal Administrative Bodies

Other Diocesan Organizations

New Churches, New Mission Rooms and New Parishes

The Union of Benefices

The Two Religious Communities

Missionary Work Overseas and at Home

The Diocese in the First World War

District Visitors, Women Workers and Deaconesses

Moral and Social Responsibility

Anglo-Catholicism and the Gradual Acceptance of Ritualist Practices

Patronage

The Sanderson Bequest

The Golden Jubilee and the Death of Bishop James Seaton

Part II: The Diocese between 1938 and 1967

Introduction

The Bishops

New Churches and an Old Chapel

Bishop Hone’s Primary Visitation

The Impact of the Second World War

The Call to Worship and Witness

The End of the War, the Diocesan Appeal for £250,000, the Renewal of the Cathedral Bells, and Bishop Hone’s Retirement

More New Churches, Dual-Purpose Buildings, and Mission Halls

From Fire and Flood

Reordering at St Thomas the Apostle, Heptonstall

The Union of Parishes, and Redundant Churches

New Parsonage Houses

The Diamond Jubilee

Other Festivals and a Celebration of Television

The 250th anniversary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel

The Industrial Christian Fellowship

Other Evangelizing Efforts

The Parish and People Movement

Christian Stewardship

Deaconess Aglen and the Board of Women’s Work

The Introduction of Further Anglo-Catholic Features and Practices

New Secondary Schools

Some Other Post-war Changes

Ecumenical Moves

The Wakefield Diocesan Committee for Religious Drama

Part III: Years of Challenge and Change, 1968–2013

Introduction

The Bishops

Bishop Treacy’s Primary Visitation

The Change to Synodical Government

Local Government Reorganization

The Changing Position of Women: Readers, Deaconesses, Deacons and Priests, and other Appointments

New Forms of Ministry

Campaigns and Celebrations

Ecumenical Steps

Social Responsibility and Community Service

The Link Dioceses – Mara, Faisalabad and Skara

Catholic and Charismatic Renewal and New Forms of Worship

The Reordering of Churches

The Cathedral

The Mirfield Centre

Changes to the Parish Structure

Parsonage Houses

Redundant Churches

The Dioceses Commission

Appendix: The Diocesan Journals

Bibliography