by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 24, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Martyrdom Of Guru Tegh Bahá’íadur Sahib (Hind ki Chadar, Shield of India, Mighty of the Sword) (1621-75). Annual commemoration of the 1675 beheading of the ninth of the ten Sikh human Gurus, who built the city of Anandpur...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 23, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Niinamesai (新嘗祭, Japanese Labour Thanksgiving Day). Annual New Autumn Harvest Celebration, a festival of new crops with an ancient Shinto ritual offering of newly-cropped rice to the deities, to express deep gratitude for...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 22, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Xiao Xue (小雪, Lesser Snow). Start of the twentieth of the twenty-four traditional Chinese solar terms, the second of Winter when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 240° and there is the first glimpse of snow as the...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 21, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths The Presentation of the Theotokos (The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary). One of the Eastern Orthodox Church’s Twelve Great Feasts (Δωδεκάορτον). Together with Pascha...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 20, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths St Edmund the Martyr (c841-c869). Commemoration of the death of the model Christian King of the East Angles who, with Edward the Confessor, was regarded as one of England’s patron saints until they were replaced by...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 19, 2021 | COVID-19, Events, News, North Somerset Council
View this in your browser Christmas is around the corner and while this can be a time of excess, there are simple steps you can take to make it more sustainable. Following on from the global climate conference COP26, now might be the time to think more carefully about...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 19, 2021 | COVID-19, Rights of EU and EEA citizens
Rights of EU and EEA citizens Coronavirus (COVID-19): EU Settlement Scheme – guidance for applicants Page summary:Guidance for EUSS applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus. Change made:Overview updated as the...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 19, 2021 | North Somerset Council
New name for the Sovereign centre We are looking for a new name for the Sovereign centre in Weston-super-Mare Open from 18 Nov 2021 to 27 Jan 2022 See https://n-somerset.inconsult.uk/wsmnn/consultationHome
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 19, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Loy Krathong (Night of the Festival of Lights). Buddhist floating lantern festival in Thailand. On the evening of the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month, people gather to release Krathongs (floating rafts) onto...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 18, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths William Wilberforce (1759-1833). Celebration at All Saints Church, Pocklington of the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the November 1771 arrival, as a twelve-year-old boy, in the town fifteen miles east of York of...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 17, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Árpád-házi Szent Erzsébet (St Elizabeth of Hungary TOSF, St Elisabeth of Thuringia, Heilige Elisabeth von Thüringen) (1207-31). Feast Day commemorating the death of the Princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, a religious and...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 16, 2021 | COVID-19, Rights of EU and EEA citizens
Rights of EU and EEA citizensEU Settlement Scheme caseworker guidancePage summary:Guidance for caseworkers considering applications under the EU Settlement Scheme.Change made:Updated version of “EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens and their family...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 16, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths St Matthew the Apostle (Levi, Matthew the Evangelist, Gift of God). Eastern Christianity Feast Day for the First-Century non-Judean Galilean Disciple from Capernaum (כְּפַר נַחוּם, Kfar Nahum) on the north shore of the Sea...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 15, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Shichi-Go-San (Seven-Five-Three). Traditional annual rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and five-year-old boys, who dress in new clothes and are taken for the first time to a...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 14, 2021
Remembrance Day parade leaving Weston High Street for Grove Park at 10:25 am. Weston Town Council will be hosting the Service for Remembrance Sunday at the War Memorial in Grove Park, remembering people from Weston who lost their lives in the Great War and conflicts...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 14, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths Inter Faith Week. An annual event to 21 November, Inter Faith Week 2021 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales: highlights the good work done by local faith, inter faith and faith-based groups and organisations; draws new...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 14, 2021
Inter Faith Week 2021 in England, Northern Ireland and Wales: Highlights the good work done by local faith, inter faith and faith-based groups and organisationsDraws new people into inter faith learning and cooperationEnables greater interaction between people of...
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 13, 2021
A chance to contemplate those we have lost and those who are often forgotten about. Tickets are free but do require pre-booking from clevedonliteraryfestival.uk, Books On The Hill in Hill Road or Clevedon Community Bookshop in Copse Road.
by Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott | Nov 13, 2021 | Multi Faith Education Programme
A daily study of the Network’s diverse faiths San Diego de Alcalá (St Didacus of Alcalá OFM, Diego de San Nicolás) (c1400-63). Feast Day for the Sevillian Spanish Franciscan lay brother, a religious, missionary and confessor who served in the first group of...
