The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging the people of Britain to pop into a church or cathedral to say thanks for the Queen and her Diamond Jubilee.
Speaking on Radio 2’s Pause For Thought… Dr Rowan Williams said he hoped this weekend’s Jubilee celebrations would give people the “chance to get in touch with the background of their lives, the big context, the things that make this the sort of world it is and give us the sort of values we have”.
Dr Williams, who retires at the end of the year, said: “I hope the Jubilee prompts us to see what we can do to get back in touch with the big background picture. Like the monarchy ”” it’s still there, and it still means something, and dropping into a church or a cathedral is a good way of connecting with it, and perhaps saying thanks ”” for the Queen and the Jubilee and for lots more besides.”
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([London] Times) Pop into church and say thanks for the Queen, suggests Archbishop Williams
The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging the people of Britain to pop into a church or cathedral to say thanks for the Queen and her Diamond Jubilee.
Speaking on Radio 2’s Pause For Thought… Dr Rowan Williams said he hoped this weekend’s Jubilee celebrations would give people the “chance to get in touch with the background of their lives, the big context, the things that make this the sort of world it is and give us the sort of values we have”.
Dr Williams, who retires at the end of the year, said: “I hope the Jubilee prompts us to see what we can do to get back in touch with the big background picture. Like the monarchy ”” it’s still there, and it still means something, and dropping into a church or a cathedral is a good way of connecting with it, and perhaps saying thanks ”” for the Queen and the Jubilee and for lots more besides.”
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