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Minster choir to sing world premiere of Wallen’s latest work
CROYDON CHRONICLES: Minster archivist DAVID MORGAN looks to the futurethis week and a world premiere performance by the church’s choir to take place at Southwark Cathedral Croydon Minster’s choir, which already has a substantial list of musical achievements, will add … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Music, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged BBC Proms, Bishop of Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster choir, David Morgan, Errollyn Wallen, Jerusalem, Last Night of the Proms, Master of the King's Music, Missa Brevis, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Southwark Cathedral
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Former Sutton vicar to become 106th Archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally, once the country’s leading NHS nurse, later a trailblazing vicar in Sutton, has today been named as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to be appointed to the position in more than 1,400 years. “Sarah’s brilliant,” one … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Dame Sarah Mullally, Rosemarie Mallett, Sutton Council
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Bishop of London, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, Dame Sarah Mullally, House of Lords, Justin Welby, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Sarah Mullally, St Nicholas Church
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Bishop condemns march for ‘co-opting and corrupting’ crosses
The Bishop of Croydon and the founder of Oasis, the foundation which runs a multi-academy trust of schools, including several in Croydon, were among almost 40 senior church and charity figures to sign a letter which condemned the “co-opting and … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Church and religions, Crime, Live Facial Recognition cameras, Policing, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Croydon, Metropolitan Police, Oasis Academy, Rowland Williams, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Steve Chalke, Tommy Robinson, Unite the Kingdom
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Elianne memorial mural removed during Wellesley roadworks
The memorial mural and bench installed outside the Whitgift Centre last year, on the first anniversary of the death of Croydon schoolgirl Elianne Andam, have been removed. Sources suggest that this is to save them from any possible damage during … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Crime, Knife crime, Rosemarie Mallett, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Bishop of Croydon, Croydon, Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Elianne Andam, Elianne Andam mural, knife crime, Wellesley Road, Wellesley Road pedestrian underpass, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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Welby’s resignation could yet have consequences in Croydon
The alleged cover-up of the Church of England’s abuse scandal is echoed in the handling of events at £55,000 per year private school in Croydon, where there was a Met Police investigation last year. By STEVEN DOWNES The Archbishops of … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Charity, Christopher Ramsey, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Rosemarie Mallett, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Addington Palace, Archbishop John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, Catfishing, Church of England, Croydon, Dinal De Alwis, Dr Kevin Ralley, John Smyth, Justin Welby, Makin Review, Old Palace, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, St Mary's Church, Suicide, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Memorial mural unveiled of Elianne Andam on first anniversary
A memorial bench and mural, close to the spot where she had been killed a year earlier, was a fitting tribute for “a beautiful soul taken to soon”. Those were the words of the Bishop of Croydon, Rt Rev Dr … Continue reading
Canon Bishop to take on historic post as the Vicar of Croydon
By DAVID MORGAN For more than a thousand years there has been a Vicar of Croydon. We know that Elfsie was a priest here in AD960. Gaps in our knowledge of the post-holders means that we have to jump forward … Continue reading
Charity Commission alerted to problems at Whitgift Foundation
CROYDON IN CRISIS: No chief exec in place for 12 months, accounts later than usual to be filed, and £50m wiped off its funds in five years. Now the borough’s biggest landowners are subject to a formal complaint to regulators. … Continue reading
Posted in Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Old Palace Parents' Alliance, Rosemarie Mallett, Schools, Stiles Harold Williams, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Charity Commission, Charity Commission for England and Wales, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Parents Alliance, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, Sarah Jones MP, Trinity School, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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Croydon mourns: Stormzy joins thousands for Elianne’s vigil
Early estimates reported by the BBC suggested “hundreds”. But with the northbound carriageway of Wellesley Road closed to traffic for the evening, gradually people began gathering in their thousands near the spot of the latest, shocking tragedy to befall Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Rosemarie Mallett
Tagged Croydon, Elianne Andam, knife crime, Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre, youth knife crime
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Mayor acts on a wing and a prayer to give Bishop council role
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, suggests that the ceremonial Mayor may have created an unfortunate precedent when she exceeded her Town Hall powers last week It wasn’t just the unreformed Newman numpty Karen Jewitt who lacked disciplined self-control at last week’s … Continue reading
Bishop in call for calm after police shooting of Chris Kaba
The Bishop of Croydon has appealed for calm ahead of a demonstration to be held later today that will call for justice for Chris Kaba, the young black man who was shot dead by police in Streatham earlier this week. … Continue reading
Archbishop attends ‘uplifting’ consecration service for Croydon
The new Bishop of Croydon, the Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, has been consecrated in what she described as a “spiritually uplifting and joy-filled” service at Southwark Cathedral. Among those officiating at the service was the Archbishop of Canterbury, the … Continue reading
Church in Croydon after covid: new bishop outlines her vision
Dr Rosemarie Mallett was recently named as the next Bishop of Croydon. Ahead of her consecration service this month, for our latest episode of our Under The Flyover podcast, iC editor Steven Downes conducted a wide-ranging interview in which the … Continue reading
Energetic Bishop’s first move is to guide the community
DAVID MORGAN on the appointment as Bishop of Croydon of a woman already very familiar with the borough’s many social challenges, and a professed loyal reader of Inside Croydon… A neighbour passed me as I went in my front gate … Continue reading
Church appoints Mallett as first woman Bishop of Croydon
The Bishop of Croydon is, for the first time, to be a woman, after it was announced this morning that the Queen has approved the appointment of the Venerable Dr Rosemarie Mallett, who becomes the Church of England’s second black … Continue reading
