Festival churches - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sat, 17 Oct 2015 01:06:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Festival churches - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 UK rural churches future as ‘festival' buildings only https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/10/20/uk-rural-churches-future-as-festival-buildings-only/ Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:05:17 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=77971 Historic Church of England village churches could be closed down except on feasts like Christmas and Easter as a move to cope with dwindling congregations. A committee of senior CofE clerics and laity is recommending many village churches throughout England be designated as "festival" churches. This would be a new category of parish used only Read more

UK rural churches future as ‘festival' buildings only... Read more]]> Historic Church of England village churches could be closed down except on feasts like Christmas and Easter as a move to cope with dwindling congregations.

A committee of senior CofE clerics and laity is recommending many village churches throughout England be designated as "festival" churches.

This would be a new category of parish used only for important celebrations or occasional weddings and funerals.

The idea, already piloted in a handful of dioceses, offers an alternative to the current choice between maintaining a church with almost no congregation and closing it completely.

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