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Anonymous, John Moorman Franciscan Library (S. Deiniol's), September 1989
Anonymous, The Moorman Collection (S. Deiniol's), January 1991
Anonymous (An Anglican Sister), Community grief observed, January 1994
Anonymous (a CSCl Sister), The Community of S. Clare, January 1993
Anonymous, Befriending the Refugee January
2003
Vocations Team, Encouraging growth, May 1991
Alan John SSF, Patterns of death, January 1994
Alison Francis OSC, A Clare perspective, September 2000
Alistair SSF, Money, taboo & magic, September 1994
Alistair SSF, Reflecting Religious Life, January 1998
Alistair SSF, Money, taboo & magic, September 1994
Anderson, Andrew, William of Ockham, May 1995
Andrew SSF, The quick brown fox . . . May 1994
Angelo SSF, Saint Francis and Brother Ass, January 1996
Anselm SSF, New Bishop Protector (Philip Goodrich), September 1990
Anselm SSF, S. Francis School, September 1992
Anselm SSF, Early memories (of Freeland), January 1993
Anselm SSF, Discerning the Vision, September 1995
Anselm SSF, Why I Stayed, January 1997
Anselm SSF, A Vocation within a Vocation, September 2001
Anselm SSF, Francis and Human Liberation, January 2006
Asghar, Asghar's Story, January 2003
Ashdown, James, An ecumenical black spot?, May 1992
Atherton, John, Canon, God's instrument in the 1990s, May 1990
Atherton, John, Christianity & the Market, September 1994
Austin SSF, Franciscan Studies, January 1995
Bagott, David TSSF, London's sharp end, May 1989
Barnabas SSF, That blessed word Blessed, January 1991
Beatrice CSF, Polish connections, May 1991
Benjamin SSF (interviewed), Birmingham reflections, May 1989
Benjamin SSF (interviewed), Resources for youth, May 1993
Bernard SSF, The Bible alive today, May 1989
Bernard SSF, Decade of Evangelism, January 1990
Bernard SSF, The mission of the Friars & Sisters, September 1993
Bernard SSF, Reading about mission (review article), September 1993
Bernard SSF, Francis & money, September 1994
Bernard SSF, Empowering the People: The Church and Broad-based Organising, May 1995
Bernard SSF, Truth and Love: a Franciscan in Inter-Faith Dialogue, September
1997
Bernard SSF, Two Domes, One God?, May 1999
Bernard SSF, Enneagram Spirituality, May 1999
Best, Richard, The politics of housing, September 1991
Biddington, Terry, Why on Earth is Gender still such an issue? May 2005
Bonney, Janet, Something Missing?, September 2002
Bradley, Peter, Strategies for Preaching God's Judgement, May 2004
Brooks, Greta, Practising peace, May 1993
Brothers and Sisters, 'His ministers a flaming fire ..., September 1995
Buchanan, Colin, What is the Gospel for today?, January 1991
Bucknall, Valerie TSSF, Spirit of Assisi, January 1989
Butler, Barbara, Third World Debt - what do we do, September 1994
Butler, Barbara, Pilgrimage for Change and Justice, May 2006
Carey, George, Archbishop of Canterbury, Walking with Christ, January 1995
Carleton Paget, James, Where is biblical criticism going?, September 1996
Catherine Joy CSF, A Hermit in the City, September 2005
Cathie, Sean, Freeing the Body, January 1996
Cavanagh, Lorraine, A Mutual Agreement: The divine in parent and child relationships, January 1998
Cecilia CSF, Call & Response, January 1995
Chartres, Richard, Changing Mind Sets, May 1999
Chetwynd, Tom, Zen Body, Zen Mind, January 1996
Chris NCSF, Hearing the deaf, May 1991
Chris NCSF, Where is the sea?, May 1992
Christine James CSF, Community of Communities, January 1993
Christopher John SSF, Principled living, September 2000
Christopher John SSF, Australia-New Zealand Province, SSF 'Down Under', January 2004
Clapperton, Carolin, Greyfriars Canterbury, May 2002
Clark Berge SSF, Tools of transformation, September 2000
Claydon, Graham, Mind, Heart & Will, May 1999
Coleman, Ann, Vocation, gift & ministry, September 1989
Colin Wilfred SSF (interviewed), AIDS: CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH, September 1989
Colin Wilfred SSF, Imprisoned Splendour, January 1996
Colin Wilfred SSF 'Pass on Peacefully, Longing for Home' May 2006
Conway, Martin, Christian unity world-wide, May 1992
Conway, Martin, The Walter Wink Trilogy (Review Article), May 1995
Cotter, Jim, Small Pilgrim Places, May 2006
Cooper, Niall, A co-ordinated church response?, September 1992
Cooper, Niall, Listen, hear - poverty close at home, May 2001
Coulter, Elizabeth TSSF, It Happened Here (the Holy Land), May 1989
Coyle, Adrian, Prejudice against Asylum Seekers: Reinstating the Person, May 2004
Croft, Steve, One Story, Two Endings, May 1996
CSF Sisters & SSF Brothers, The Ministry of the Word, May 1998
CSF Sisters & SSF Brothers, Listening to Each Other, September 2001
Daggers, Jenny, A Rehabilitation of Eve: the British Christian Women's Movement, May 2005
Damian SSF, Oh that we might see better times (Glasgow/Prague), September 1992
Damian SSF & Hugh SSF, To Belgrade & Zagreb with love, May 1994
Damian SSF, Becoming who we are, September 1995
Damian SSF, Penitence in Northern Ireland, January 1999
Daniel SSF, SSF in the Solomon Islands, January 2004
David SSF Novice, Power & Powerlessness in Stepney, May 1995
David Columba SSF, Inner City Christ, May 1989
David Jardine SSF, Healing in Nigeria, September 1992
David Jardine SSF, Spirit Power, May 1995
David Jardine SSF, A Light Shines in the Darkness and the Darkness never Extinguishes it, September 2005
David Stephen SSF, Understanding people (Myers-Briggs), September 1990
Dennis TSSF, John & Dorothy, Marriage, January 1998
Dennis, Trevor, New questions, fresh insight, January 1992
Desmond Alban SSF, Of the mouths of babes and comedians ..., May 2000
Desmond Alban SSF, In the city: interviews, September 2000
Desmond Alban SSF, Assisi, May 2002
Desmond Alban SSF, Galaxies, Goldilocks and Little Green Men. September 2004
Donald SSF, Reaching out in Sussex, January 1989
Downing, Sister Frances Teresa, OSC Clare the Pilgrim May 2006
Dunstan, Petà, Psychological understanding & spiritual direction, May 1994
Dunstan, Petà, The Wounds of Choice, January 1997
Dunstan Petà, Hinduism and Jesus, interviewing Tamal Krishna Goswami,
January 2001
Dunstan, Petà, Bartlemas, Oxford, May 2002
Easton, Robert, Ethics and Vulnerability, May 2001
Echlin, Edward P., Sustainability: Theology and Practice, May 2003
Edwards, David, Church & State, May 1990
Elizabeth CSF, Looking at General Chapter, January 1989
Elizabeth CSF, Discerning the way, May 1991
Elsie Felicity OSC, Spirituality and Ageing, September 1998
Eyre, Ronald, Thomas in Notting Hill, January 1992
Figueiredo, Annette, Acton Homeless Concern, September 1992
Ford, David F Anglican Identity in England, January 2000
Frances Teresa Downing, OSC, Clare the Pilgrim, May 2006
George, Kathleen, Sixty years on ... , May 1997
Geysens, Father Jean, OSB Religious Life - A Catholic Perspective, January 2005
Gillian Clare CSCl, Clare & her charism, January 1993
Gillian Clare CSCl, Contemplating contemplatives, September 1993
Gillian Clare OSC, Francis and the
Incarnation, January 2001
Gillian Mary SSC, Hawks and Hunting: Images of Religious Life, January 2000
Gladwyn, John, Setting the Agenda, January 1989
Gloucester Tertiaries, Sharing the Franciscan Way, May 1996
Gorringe, Tim, Alive in India: THE BIBLE & THE POOR, May 1989
Goswami, Tamal Krishna, Hinduism and Jesus, [interviewed by Dr Petà Dunstan], January 2001
Gray CSC, Judith, How Fundamentally Male is God? September 2003
Greeves, Roger, A Twist in the Tale, January 2003
Gregory SSF, Loving with Christ's Love, May 2001
Griffiths, Petra, A spirituality for new times, January 1990
Grundy, Malcolm, The DNA of a Growing Church, September 2002
Guite TSSF, Malcolm, This is My Blood: Sacrament and community on an outer estate, September 1996
Hagger SFO, Michael, God on the Internet, May 1998
Hall, John Christian education: where are the nation’s children going to find faith?, January 2000
Halliwell, Alison, Patterns, January 1993
Hall-Matthews, Clare, Living in L'Arche, September 1992
Hall-Matthews, John, Soul Friend or Psychotherapist? January 2002
Hare Duke, Michael TSSF, The problems of peace, May 1993
Harvey, Graham, The tragedy behind the smile, May 2000
Harvey, Jeremy, Finding the right path, September 1989
Haslam, David, The need for sanctuary, May 1997
Heap, Pat, Taking the Walls off the Church, May 1998
Helen CSF, Victim Support, September 1992
Helen Julian CSF, Koans in the Bible, January 1992
Helen Julian CSF, Peace & justice, May 1993
Henderson CSP, Maureen, Faith at Work?, September 1997
Hill, David W, Saint Francis’ Eye Trouble, January 1996
Horgan, Ann, Dangerous Memory, January 2003
Houlden, Leslie, Power in the New Testament, May 1995
Houlden, Leslie, The soul of a liberal Christian, May 1999
Hubert SSF, Research resources (S. Deiniol's), September 1992
Hugh SSF, Settling Wayfarers, January 1995
Hugo SSF, Letter from Haruro, September 1991
Hugo SSF, The final account - C/SSF & finance, September 1994
Hussain, Asaf, Does Extremism have Islamic Legitimacy?, September 2003
Hutchison, Eric, Gospel & Psyche, May 1994
Ingram-Smith, Norman, Facing Death, September 1998
Irons, Richard, Death, faith & a doctor, January 1994
Jacobs, Michael, Power in the Pastoral Relationship, September 1995
James Anthony SSF, Out of Africa, September 1990
James Anthony SSF, Masasi Mkesa, January 1991
James Anthony SSF, A Passage to India, September 1998
James Edward SSF, Living with the dying, September 1994
James, Sarah, Learning Ways, May 1996
Jamieson, Bishop Penny, The Fire and the Rose, May 1995
Jean Te Puna CSF, All roads lead to . . ., May 1993
Jeff, Gordon, A Balanced Spirituality?, January 1993
John NSSF, Back to school (Hooke), September 1990
John Francis SSF, New chapter A.Y.P.A. . ., January 1990
John Francis SSF, Brum Doors (Ladywood Estate), September 1992
John Francis SSF, Holy Places, Holy People: An account of a visit to
Egypt, Israel and Palestine, January 1997
John Nicholas NSSF, Knot only, but also . . ., May 1990
John Nicholas NSSF, Muslim friendships, September 1990
John Nicholas SSF, Changing hearts, May 1993
Jones, Robert, Living Life to the Full, January 2002,
Joy CSF, Creative response, January 1990
Joyce CSF, Till we all attain to a Perfect Man, May 2005
Jude SSF, God within, May 1994
Judge, Alison, Bun-running, September 1991
Judith Ann CSF, Fool for Christ, January 1991
Julian Michael SSF, Equal in the sight of God?, September 1991
Justus SSF, Impressions of Papua New Guinea, January 2004
Kasibante, Amos, Death & dying in Africa, January 1994
Keys, Henry, Is God an Ulster Protestant? September 2003
Kitchen, John, The Witness of Life, May 1998
Lawrence, James, Men: the Challenge of Change, September 1999
Leech, Kenneth, The time of no room, September 1991
Leo Anthony SSF (interviewed), The challenge of honesty, September 1993
Leonore CSF, Home, September 1991
Lewis, Antony, S. Francis School (its closure), January 1993
Lewis, Philip, Let Demonising of British Muslims end, September 1997
Lovatt, John, TSSF,For God's Kingdom: a Tertiary viewpoint, September 2000
Lundy, Damian FSC, Discerning the mystery, September 1989
Lundy, Damian FSC, A man born blind, January 1992
Lunn, Leonard, Separation loss & healing, January 1994
MacInnes OLM, Elaine, From Silence to Peace, September 1997
Macquarrie, John, The Morality of Forgiveness, January 1999
Magonet, Jonathan, How a Rabbi reads the Bible, January 1992
Maitland, Sara, Glorious Things, January 1991
Manketelow, Michael, Seeing St Francis, January 2006
Marcus SSF, 'Morning Vicar', May 1990
Martin, Sally, The Twelve Steps, September 1999
Martineau, Jeremy, Rural homelessness, September 1991
Masseo SSF, Lasting impressions , May 1992
Matthews, Melvyn, 'And God saw that it was good . . .', January 1990
Matura, Thaddee OFM, Clare, a free woman, January 1993
McFarlane, Graham, Fundamentals and Fundamentalism, September 2003
McGrath, Margaret, FMSJ, Doing Penance, What did Francis mean?, January 1999
McLeod, Elizabeth, Witness in South Africa, September 1990
Michael SSF, Why They Left, January 1997
Moyra CSF, Learning teaching, January 1993
Moyra CSF, First Impressions (of Freeland), January 1993
Mulholland, Seamus, OFM, Incarnation in Franciscan Spirituality: Duns Scotus and the meaning of Love, January 2001
Mulholland, Seamus, OFM, The Last Greek Father of the Church, The life and thought of Bonaventure, January 2006
Naylor, Vivien, The Theology of Touch, January 1996
Nelson, Julie, How I wept to hear your hymns and songs, September 1996
Nicholas Alan SSF, novice, Why I Came, January 1997
Nicholas Alan, SSF, Francis and Creation, May 2003
Nolan Tobias NSSF, Archbishop's Chaplain, January 1995
Nolan Tobias SSF, African Christians, September 1999
O'Brien, Terry, Why I Left, September 1997
O'Sullivan, Sister Ann, Instruments for growth, May 1991
Oxbrow, Mark Mission Moves On, January 2000
Pamela Clare CSF, In Beauty we Walk: The spirituality of the Navajo Indians, September 1999
Panaitescu, Father Christofor A Cry, A Question, an Answer January 2005
Paschal SSF, House of bread, September 1991
Paschal SSF, This Little Room, January 1999
Pat CSF, Justice & Peace Links, May 1993
Pat CSF, To the ends of the earth, September 1993
Pearson, Hilary, TSSF The Canticle of the Creatures: A basis for a spirituality of matter for today. September 2004
Perham, Michael, Communicating God through Liturgy, May 1998
Peter SSF, A new way of being church, January 1991
Phyllis CSF, Anglican Franciscan spirituality, May 1991
Piper, Graham, Spirituality in the congregation, September 1999
Platten, Stephen, Catholic Evangelicalism the mission of SSF, September 1993
Polkinghorne, John, Seeing with Two Eyes, September 2004
Pollerman, Sandra, Clowning and outreach, May 2000
Potts, Ann, Flame of Faith, January 1994
Pryce, Mark, Praying as a Man? May 2005
Quash, Ben, Et verbum caro factum est . . ., January 2001
Ramon SSF, The Kingdom's Paradoxical Priorities, January 1989
Ramon SSF, Hermit Friendship, January 1998
Ramon SSF, Reading, Writing, Praying, May 1999
Randall, David, Pointing the Church to love, September 1992
Raws, Chas, Torture: A Moral Contagion, September 2005
Reed, Esther, Out of control: Theology in a Postmodern Age, September 1996
Robson, Michael OFM Conv., Ministry of the Franciscans in the Thirteenth Century, September 1995
Rose CSF, 'One of the least ... ', May 1997
Rosemary CHN, The humour of Jesus, May 2000
Rowan Clare CSF novice, The Witness of Life: Interviews with brothers and sisters of CSF and SSF, September 1998
Rowan Clare CSF, One minus one is nun!, May 2000
Rowan Clare CSF, Retreat from Reality? The retreat in fiction, January 2002
Russell, Anthony, The Crisis in the Countryside and the Church's Response May 2003
Russell, Brian, Servant, Sacrament, Pilgrim People, September 2002
Russell, Gillean, Listening together, May 1991
Ryan, Catherine M. OSM, Sharing Power in Religious Communities, May 1995
Sagovsky, Nicholas, The Immigration and Asylum Act (2002): What is won't do, January 2003
Samuel SSF, Strengths of weakness, January 1991
Samuel SSF, Gospel and Culture, September 1996
Samuel SSF, Why, January 1997
Samuel SSF, Hilfield, May 2002
Santer, Mark, The new Europe, May 1992
Saward, Michael, Proximate pessimist, ultimate optimist, September 1996
Selwyn Suma SSF and Anselm SSF, PNG-UK: A Conversation, January 2004
Sentamu, John, A Vision for the World, January 1991
Seraphim SSF, Egyptian Christians (torture allegations), September 1991
Seraphim SSF, We are Anglicans but Egyptians, September 1992
Seraphim SSF, Islam in the UK & around the world, January 1995
Shakespeare, Tom, Make level paths for my feet, May 1997
Shaw, Martin, This Great Absence, January 2002
Shells, Charles, Theme retreats, May 1991
Silas SSF, Being an alien, September 1990
Silas SSF, A Church of pigs?, January 1992
Silas SSF, Images of Community, January 1995
Silas SSF, Loved into Shape, May 1996
Silas SSF, When the stranger is your brother, May 1997
Simmonds, Gemma, IBVM, Religious life for a new Millennium, September 2001
Slee Nicola, Praying like a woman, May 2005
Smith Oliver, Jo, Complementary Therapies, September 1999
Stanton, Helen, Nature is the New Poor, May 2003
Sue CSF, Hospitality: to strangers and friends, May 1997
Sue CSF 'The Best Kept Secret'? January 2005
Sullivan, Emmanuel SA, Living dangerously, September 1990
Sweet, John, Judgement in the Revelation of St John, May 2004
Taylor, John V, The mission of God in the world & the Church, September 1993
(Tastard) Terry SSF, Instruments of Peace, January 1989
Tastard, Terry, Peace & violence, May 1993
Tetley, Joy Dawn, Servant Ministry, A New Testament Perspective, September 1995
Thomas Anthony SSF, Ontario to Islamabad, September 2005
Thomas of Celano, Francis's Bethlehem, January 2001
Thomas Carey SSF, American fireworks, January 1993
Thomas SSF, Franciscans in the Midst of Empire, January 2004
Thomas, David, The Light which enlightens everyone, September 2002
Thompson, Ian, Faithfulness and Responsibility: towards a theology of human sexuality, May 2001
Thompson, Bishop Jim, Confrontation or dialogue?, September 1990
Tolstoy, Margie, Reconciliation, January 1998
Townroe, John, The Practice of Penitence, January 1999
Tristam SSF, Resisting Tyranny, May 1990
Tristam SSF, Father Algy 100 - Sermon, January 1995
Tristam SSF Church and State, January 2000
Tutu, Archbishop Desmond, Seeking Reconciliation in South Africa, January 1999
Tyler, Alison, Signs of Hope, September 2005
Vanstone, Dr W.H., The orientation of retreats, May 1991
Venner, Stephen, On The Way, May 1996
Walker, Peter, The boys with no birthdays (SA street children), May 1993
Watkins, Sue, Managing time, September 2000
Watts, Fraser, Starbridge Spirituality, May 1994
Watts, Fraser, The Human Capacity for Religion: Scientific and Theological Perspectives, September 2004
Wayne Martin SSF, Franciscan Studies at Canterbury, September 2001
Welsh, Mary, Theology in the pew, September 1996
Wild, Jennifer, Divergent worshipping communities, May 1992
Wild, Jennifer, Though we are many, January 1996
Wilkinson, Alan, Jesus and the Drains, January 2001
Williams, Rowan, Making Commitments, January 1995
Woodhall, Ralph, SJ, Death and Ageing: How shall we face the biblical challenge?, September 1998
Worsfold, John (Bruce), Caring for Older People, September 1998
Wroe, Martin, An Historical Moment?, September 1999
Young, Frances, Judgement in the New Testament, May 2004
Zahn, Sister Miriam, CCB A Gleam of Hope for our Church January 2005
POEMS
Ashdown, James, Streetlife, May 2000
Carr, Kate, SSF Friary, Alnmouth, Saturday Evening, May 1989
Culver, P.A.J., The Sanctuary Chapel, Alnmouth, May 199
Frost, Thelma, Before retreat, May 1990
Frost, Thelma, Eucharist, January 1991
Frost, Thelma, Corpus Christi, May 1994
Frost, Thelma, Saint Pega's, September 2000
Gateau, Jenny, One Small Miracle, September 1995
Hannah, Patricia, Dichotomy, January 1995
Huddie, Patrick, Credo, January 1990
Levering Kern, Alexander, Of Francis, Film and Fathers, May 2005
Michaela CSCl, Communion, January 1992
Michaela CSCl, For Epiphany, January 1994
Michaela OSC, Julian, September 2004
Noel Thomas SSF, Some of our neighbours, September 1991
Rosemary CHN, Mary to Elizabeth, May 2001
Scott, David, The Surplice, September 1990
Thomas Carey SSF, Poem, May 1993
Vodden, Clifford David, (low IQ, ? schizophrenic), September 1993
Waldram, Ruth, The burning tree, May 1992
OBITUARIES in order of the departed
Damian SSF Aidan SSF, January 2002
Anselm SSF, Alban SSF, September 1989
Elizabeth CSF Alison Mary CSF May 2003
Elizabeth CSF, Angela Mary CSF, September 1998
Hilary CSF, Barbara CSF, January 1999
Anonymous, Barnabas SSF, January 1992
Damian SSF, Cecil SSF, January 1996
Michael SSF, David SSF, September 1994
Samuel SSF David Stephen SSF January 2004
Michael SSF, Denis SSF, May 1990
Anonymous, Desmond SSF, January 1993
Victor SSF, Frederick SSF, September 1990
Anonymous, Eastaugh, John, Bishop, (Bishop Protector) May 1990
Damian SSF, Edgar SSF, September 1995
Gwenfryd Mary CSF, Gabriel CSF, May 1999
Damian SSF, Gordon SSF, January 2000
Damian SSF, Goodrich, Philip, Bishop (Bishop Protector) May 2001
Damian SSF, Harry SSF, May 2000
David Jardine SSF, Hubert SSF September 2003
Anselm SSF, Ian SSF, May 1991
Peter SSF, John Nicholas SSF, January 1994
Samuel SSF, Justin SSF, May 1996
Anonymous, Kenneth SSF, January 1992
Anselm SSF, Lawrence (Christopher) SSF, January 1990
Elizabeth CSF, Leonore CSF, September 1997
Elizabeth CSF, Mary Francis CSF, January 1994
Damian SSF Michael SSF May 2004
Anonymous, Patrick SSF, May 1992
Damian SSF, Paul SSF, January 2002
Ieuan Lloyd, Ramon SSF, September 2000
Anonymous, Richard SSF, May 1992
Benedict SSF, Robbie Asaph SSF, January 1999
Samuel SSF, Thaddæus SSF, May 1995
Jude SSF, Timothy SSF, January 1994
Samuel SSF, Tristam SSF May 2003
Elizabeth SSF Veronica CSF January 2002