In this video, also available here, Rowan Williams talks of Lent as providing an opportunity to “sweep and clean the room of our own minds and hearts so that the new life really may have room to come in and take over and transform us at Easter.” The Archbishop says: “It’s not about feeling gloomy [...]
From America Magazine: On January 25 Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, accepted the 2009 Campion Award from the editors of America. In his remarks upon accepting award, he reflected on the idea of a “martyrial ecumenism,” mused on the surprising links between Shakespeare and St. Edmund Campion and emphasized the central place of forgiveness in all [...]
A timely message about hope, human cooperation, and charity.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, speaking at a congress in Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, called for a renewed effort in promoting greater visible unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. “Since the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, the Roman Catholic Church has been involved in a number of dialogues with other churches – including with [...]
In a sermon given at All Saints Margaret Street on November 1, Archbishop Rowan Williams reminded his listeners that God does not make himself credible by argument, but by the lives and deaths of faithful people who engage their human journey with courage and hope. Speaking about our “contemporary anxieties” in the Anglican Communion, Rowan [...]
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams gave a series of Holy Week Lectures ‘Growing in Prayer: what the saints tell us about the spiritual journey‘ over 3 consecutive evenings at April 6, 7, & 8. Listen or download the lectures here: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/2373