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The Society
 under the patronage of St Wilfrid and St Hilda

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The Society is an ecclesial body, led by a Council of Bishops. The purposes of the Society are:
  • To promote and maintain catholic teaching and practice within the Church of England
  • to provide episcopal oversight to which churches, institutions and individuals will freely submit themselves
  • to guarantee a ministry in the historic apostolic succession in which they can have confidence
  • Plans for the creation of the Society were announced by the catholic bishops of the Church of England on 24 September 2010.
  • It is not a membership society but is committed to mission and unity.
  • The Society is supported and financed by Forward in Faith and administered by its Director. 

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Forward in Faith
an association of Catholics and Evangelicals - female and male, young and old - seeking to renew the Church in the historic faith.
  • Committed to the catholic faith as the Church of England received it, and to proclaiming it afresh in this generation.
  • Upholding catholic order and the catholic doctrine of the sacraments, and in particular the threefold ministry in historic succession, which the Church of England shares with the Church throughout the world and across the ages.
  • Longing for the visible unity of Christ's Church, and especially for communion between the Church of England and the rest of the Western Church.
For these reasons, we are unable in conscience to accept the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate.

Forward in Faith is working, through the Society under the patronage of S. Wilfrid and S. Hilda, for an ecclesial structure with a ministry and sacraments in which we can have confidence, so that we can flourish within the Church of England and make our full contribution to its life and mission. This will be possible under the provisions of  The House of Bishops’ Declaration on the Ministry of Bishops and Priests which will replace the Episcopal Ministry Act of Synod 1993 once the Legislation permitting women bishops is in force.

Guild of All Souls

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Praying and caring for the sick, dying, departed and bereaved, the Guild of All Souls, founded in 1873, is one of the Catholic Societies of the Church of England, but is happy to welcome as members any who share its objects.
The Guild publishes cards and literature to help those who are sick or bereaved and organises events such as an  annual Day Conference at Walsingham on a subject within its remit and an annual Requiem at the church of St Stephen, Gloucester Road Kensington.


St Mary's Mendlesham has a branch of the Guild

Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham

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 For over 1000 years Walsingham, in North Norfolk, has been a place of pilgrimage, healing and renewal since 1061 when the lady of the Manor, Richeldis, had a vision of Our Lady, mother of Jesus and as a result built a replica of the house in Nazareth where Mary received the news from the Angel Gabriel that she was to be mother of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Water from the ancient well within the Shrine church is used as a sign of God's healing.
Our parish is only about 60 miles from 'England's Nazareth' and we regularly have pilgrimages to this holy place.
 St Mary's has a cell of the Society of Our Lady of Walsingham

The Suffolk Churches Site

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An online journey through the churches of Suffolk. This website describes Mendlesham as: Suffolk's flagship rural Anglo-catholic church. Big, elegant and beautifully furnished. The county has no other church quite like it.


Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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St Mary's is a parish in the Anglican diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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  • Home
  • What's on
  • Worship & Online Resources
  • This month's newsletter
  • About
  • Who's who & Safeguarding
  • The church building
  • Contact
  • Prayers
  • Donations
  • Mendlesham Heritage Fair
  • Recent News and Events
  • Links
  • Find us
  • Bereavement links
  • The 5 Guiding Principles of the House of Bishops
  • Archive Photo Gallery
  • The USAAF 34th Bomb Group Memorial Dedication