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Welcome to the UMW Canterbury Club website!

The University of Mary Washington Canterbury Club Episcopal Campus Ministry is a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia and Trinity Episcopal Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia.  We are partnering this year with Christ Lutheran Church's Lutheran Campus Ministry to become the Canterbury Episcopal & Lutheran Campus Ministry.

 

The mission of the Canterbury Club is to offer opportunities for students, faculty, and employees of the University of Mary Washington to rest, study, worship, have fun, serve, and grow in faith.  A big part of the Canterbury Club is the Canterbury House, where most of our activities take place.  The members of the Canterbury Club are mostly Episcopalians/Anglicans, but others come from a variety of denominational and faith backgrounds.  We are male and female, straight and gay, conservative and progressive (and in between).  Some of us are well established in our beliefs, and others are questioning their faith.  All of us are part of a loving and supportive community of disciples who are helping each other follow the Way of Jesus, who calls us to a life of radical hospitality by loving God, loving one another, and loving ourselves.

Our Canterbury House was blessed by the Rt. Rev. David Jones, Suffragan Bishop of Virginia, on September 13, 2008.  Click here to learn more about it (and watch a video of the blessing service), or here, to learn about the Prince of Peace Episcopal Chapel.


 

Episcopal Life Online

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Anglican Communion News

  • Brazil Primate invites the Anglican Communion to commit to Rio+20
    Reflecting on the need to care for the planet and before the groans of nature, every person in their different realities is certain of the need to get involved and take concrete actions to care for the Creation
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    ResPublica has announced the launch of a new research project: ‘Re-Imagining The Church of England: Social Action and Civic Role’. Supported by a number of senior bishops in the Church of England, the project will explore the role and value of the established Church for communities and the national political sphere in Britain today.
  • Uganda Fire visits Bristol Diocese at Pentecost
    From the Bristol Uganda Link website This Pentecost a well known gospel choir from Uganda will be touring the Diocese of Bristol, sharing their music and stories of faith. The tour will coincide with the arrival of the Olympic Flame in the region and with the Chippenham Deanery Mission – Flame of Hope.