British diocese lifts remarriage ban. Lord Chancellor's report on Royal Peculiars. All this, and more, in the News Centre. It is rooted in the Rule of St. Benedict while allowing for flexibility for contemporary life. It is open to single and married men and women, lay and clergy, of the Episcopal Church and those who are in communion with Canterbury.
Members have the option of living in community or apart.
Individuals seeking a balanced Benedictine Religious experience between the traditions of the past and the needed flexibility of the future, are welcome to inquire'. Two new books take very different approaches to Francis of Assisi. Scenes From the Life of St Francis', by Valerie Martin, and 'Francis of Assisi', by Adrian House. A new book by Fiona Maddocks about Hildegard of Bingen. Reviewed by Peter Stanford in The Independent and by Margaret Reynolds in The Times .