The Church in Wales is split into six dioceses – Llandaff, St David’s, Bangor, St Asaph, Swansea and Brecon, and Monmouth.
The Diocese of Monmouth covers the south east corner of Wales, from Monmouth south to Chepstow, westwards along the M4 corridor to Newport and the outskirts of Cardiff, northwards into the south eastern valleys and east into the rural areas around Usk, Raglan, Abergavenny, and the Herefordshire border.
www.churchinwales.org.uk/monmouth
The Diocese of the Highveld, South Africa. On November 19, 2003, Bishop Dominic Walker of Monmouth and Bishop David Beetge of The Highveld signed an agreement linking our two diocese for five years. Since then visitors – including four from St Mary’s – have travelled between the dioceses and parishes have formed their own individual links.
St Dunstan’s Cathedral, in Benoni,, just outside Johannesburg is one of the youngest cathedrals in the Anglican Communion, being declared the cathedral of the Diocese of the Highveld in 1999. St Dunstan’s and St Mary’s linked as part of the diocesan link in 2007 and, since then, have exchanged informative and enjoyable visits.
www.stdunstanscathedral.org.za
Forward in Faith is a worldwide organisation which affirms the faith of the Church as revealed in Scripture and Tradition and whose members are unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women as priests or as bishops. Forward in Faith UK was founded in November 1992. Its members are to be found in all parts of the British Isles, as well as in mainland Europe, in the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe.
Credo Cymru- Forward in Faith Wales is a voice for traditional believers in the Church in Wales which upholds the faith handed down from Christ by the apostles, the faith of St David and all the saints of Wales, the faith of the historic mainstream of Anglican Christians.
There has probably been a religious community on the site of Newport Cathedral since the soldier-prince Gwynllyw answered God’s call to a life of prayer in the late 470s and built his ‘cell’ on Stow Hill. A wooden church was built over his grave after he died in 500AD, rebuilt in stone in Saxon times. In 1929 the church, dedicated to St Woolos: King and Confessor (Woolos is the anglicised version of Gwynllyw), became the Pro-Cathedral of the new Diocese of Monmouth, attaining full cathedral status in 1949.
www.churchinwales.org.uk/monmouth/people/cathedral/
The Additional Curates Society is a missionary society which helps the Church to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus to the people of England and Wales by providing parishes with priests and by encouraging vocations to the priesthood.
Cadw is the historic environment service of the Welsh Assembly Government. 'Cadw' (pronounced cad-oo) is a Welsh word meaning 'to keep'. It welcomes over a million visitors to their sites every year and aims to protect the historic environment of Wales by working with partners and private owners. St Mary’s has received much financial help from Cadw, for which we are very thankful.
Abergavenny is the traditional gateway to South Wales and, to the incomparable Brecon Beacons National Park, as well as to the important World Heritage Site at Blaenavon. This ancient town is bordered by the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains and nestles in the famous Usk Valley. As well as being an excellent centre from which to explore this beautiful area, Abergavenny also has a thriving business community. This website has been established both for the benefit of visitors and also as a valuable resource for local people and businesses. For more about the town and the area, please contact the Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre, Swan Meadow, Cross Street, Abergavennny, Monmouthshire NP7 5HH (01873 857588, or email abergavenny.tic@monmouthshire.gov.uk).
The Brecon Beacons National Park spans 519 square miles (1,344 square kilometres). Established in 1957, it is located in south-east and mid-Wales, and contains some of the most spectacular and diverse landscapes in Europe. The area is home to Pen y Fan, with its distinctive red table top summit - the highest Old Red Sandstone summit in Britain.
Gwent Wildlife Trust covers the area from the lower Wye to the Rhymney river valley in South East Wales. The Trust was set up in 1963 to purchase its first nature reserve, Magor Marsh and now has over 30 nature reserves. The Trust has set up a Living Churchyards Project to increase awareness of Gwent’s churchyards, cemeteries and sacred grounds as sites of great value for wildlife, and provide support and advice to help local communities learn more about the wildlife and heritage of churchyards wildlife, and how to conserve it.
Ship of Fools, dubbed "the magazine of Christian unrest", was first launched in 1977 as a printed publication but sank in 1983, leaving a gap never filled in publishing circles. The growth of the Internet, particularly with its international dimension, makes feasible a minority webzine of this kind. "We're here for people who prefer disorganized religion to the organized kind," says ship-of-fools.com editor Simon Jenkins. "From a position of commitment, we try to look objectively at religious trends in an accessible rather than cynical way. We commend as well as debunk. But we are not a campaign, we're a conversation."
ship.saintsimeon.co.uk/Below/index.html