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Updated: Monday, 9 November 2009, 15:59 (GMT)
Sunday, 22 July 2007
Mission to Seafarers supporters are getting themselves into shape ahead of this year's Tour Pour La Mer cycle challenge to raise vital funds for the mission organisation's work with seafarers and shippers.
The Shipowners' P&I Club, a maritime insurer, is the latest cycling team to sign up for the sponsored cycle starting in Southampton on 28 September. The 100-mile route will take the cyclists through the stunning New Forest before returning to Southampton to cross the finishing line.
The Shipowners' team will be led by the company's Commercial Director Simon Swallow who inspired some of his colleagues to join him in the latest challenge following last year's successful cycle from Greenwich to Le Touquet in France.
Tuesday, 24 July 2007
An alleged spokesman for the Taliban announced Monday that the Islamic militant group has extended its deadline to free 23 South Korean Christian hostages to Tuesday evening.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor welcomes largest ever Pilgrimage from the Diocese of Westminster to Lourdes.
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Monday, 23 July 2007
Thirty new Salvation Army officers (ministers) were commissioned in a service at packed Methodist Central Hall over the weekend.
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Monday, 23 July 2007
Pope Benedict made an appeal for peace on Sunday, saying nations should halt bloody conflicts around the world to create a heaven on earth.
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Sunday, 22 July 2007
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has visited the York-based Family Fund, a national charity working with severely disabled children and their families.
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Saturday, 21 July 2007
'More Cake, Vicar?' One mission group certainly hopes so, as it encourages churches to bake and sell cakes to raise funds for Anglican mission abroad.
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