Thanks to Jonathan Halliwell for this report on our recent conference . . . A conference retreat organised by the Church of England National Network of Distinctive Deacons held at the Royal Foundation of St. Katherine on Saturday April 25th brought together 26 in person with 30 on line to share and discuss the calling … Continue reading CENDD Conference 2026 Report
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The poems, all available free online (https://www.cruciformjustice.com/) and in his recent book, Lament and Hope, covered topics such as “the slow burn miracle of love”, how “Jesus is a Litmus Test for Orthodoxy” and “how love does not equate to a handout culture”.
I'm delighted to announce that there DDOs on Saturday 1 November, with Rev Jon Swales MBE.
It's entitled 'Cruciform Love in a Broken World: Diaconal Reflections', with Rev Jon Swales, MBE, mission priest at the Lighthouse project in Leeds.
Save the Date:
CENDD 2026 Conference In person & Online:
Saturday April 25th 2026
at the Royal Foundation of St Katherine’s (RFSK) in Limehouse, East London.
Keynote speaker: Revd Canon Rosalind Brown.
Hi everyone, a reminder of our exciting online conference on 2 November! If you haven't yet done so, it's time to book in for a mere £10.
Excitingly, we now have details of our next Distinctive Deacons' conference! It will be online (no battling with Storm Babet, as happened last year!) and it's called Last Orders? Restoring the priority of the Diaconate. Date and time: Saturday, November 2 · 9:30am - 2:30pm GMT It's our chance to meet our new Patron, Bishop … Continue reading Last Orders? restoring the priority of the diaconate
The booking for our annual conference on the 21st October is now open! This conference is a unique opportunity for Distinctive Deacons in the UK and beyond, many of whom work in isolation, to come together for fellowship, teaching and encouragement in the rich vocation to which they have been called. Deacons, deacon ordinands, deacon … Continue reading DEACONS: NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023 “BREAKING NEW GROUND”
Dear Lord, as this new year is born
I give it to Thy hand,
Content to walk by faith what paths
I cannot understand.
A very blessed Christmas to you all, and a peaceful and hopeful new year.
I can do no better than offer you a poem of Ephrem, a deacon of the early church in Asia.
a weekend especially for distinctive deacons, reflecting on aspects of the Ordinal, with Bishop John Pritchard and Bishop James Newcome.
CofE Network of Distinctive Deacons 