Faith featuresYou are in: Beds Herts and Bucks > Faith > Faith Features Faith  Ian Pearce visits a very special holiday play scheme.  Michael O’Rourke is in training for the Roman Catholic priesthood. He told us how he got the "call". Michael O’Rourke is in training for the Roman Catholic priesthood. He told about his training.  The new head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales spoke to us as he visited St Albans.  A new community opera tells the story of Alban the first English martyr.  Listen to the Easter Sunday service from Dunstable Downs and see the pictures.  Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor celebrated Thanksgiving Mass in St Albans ahead of his retirement.  Parishioners in Steeple Morden are planning to hold a sponsored bible reading marathon!  What's the significance of the arrival of a new cow at Bhaktivedanta Manor.  How YouTube announced the appointment of the new Bishop of St Albans.  The new Bishop of St Albans has been named as the Rt Rev Alan Smith.  St Albans youngsters have been making paper star lanterns to celebrate Diwali.  Did you know that the 2nd October is Old Man's Day? Well, it is if you live in Braughing anyway!  Ian Pearce looks on as eight bells are lowered from the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Olney.  Iconography is a major feature of the Orthodox Christian demoninations, Ian Pearce finds out more.  Ian Pearce catches up with local participants at the Essex International Scouting Jamboree.  The ninth Bishop of Bathurst visits the church where one of his predecessors was baptised.  Bishop Ulysses Prendes from Cuba has been staying in Letchworth ahead of the Lambeth Conference.  People of all faiths joined the 12th annual Faith Walk in Luton.  The weather didn't dampen the spirits at the annual Albantide festival.  The open air Tree Cathedral at Whipsnade is the setting for a mid summer service.  Ian Pearce joins the congregation at a Hertfordshire church with fewer than ten worshippers .  Bats are protected by law but for many churches they are a curse rather than a blessing.  A sacred space in Keysoe allows for burials which care and do not cause harm to the environment.  Ian Pearce joins the first picnic at a special place in Maulden Woods.  Dr Fiaz Hussain from the Luton Council of Mosques helps put the Sharia law debate into perspective.  Work starts on the new Cow Protection Centre at Bhaktivedanta Manor, the Hindu Temple in Herts.  Ian Pearce walks in the footsteps of Jesus in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.  Ian Pearce joins local sixth formers on a trip to the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau You are in: Beds Herts and Bucks > Faith > Faith Features |
