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Publications
The Guild has always been noted for its publications. In the past it produced a number of booklets and leaflets on a wide variety of subjects to do with the ministry of healing. Some of these remain ‘classics’, and in their time filled important gaps - with teaching on neglected or controversial subjects, such as anointing and exorcism. The Guild also provided forms of service for use when the ministry of healing was administered, and books of prayers for those who were ill. Times have changed. Not only is there a wealth of literature available on many aspects of the healing ministry, but the Church has also acted in its official capacity. The report A Time to Heal and its companion handbook The Development of Good Practice in the Healing Ministry, fill many of the gaps which formerly the Guild sought to fill. And the new services for Wholeness and Healing in the Common Worship: Pastoral Services provide ample liturgical material for most occasions. In this changed situation the Guild has tended to focus on teaching. There is still a dearth of good material about healing from within the catholic and sacramental tradition, and the Guild has endeavoured to fill this gap. It has always had a reputation for serious theological thinking and tackling subjects in depth, and its present publications are continuing that tradition.
Here is a list of our main publications
Published half-yearly in March and September, and widely read by many people who are not Guild members, Chrism is our main channel of communication when it comes to covering in depth the many facets of the healing scene. Click on Chrism for a full description of current and past issues, and on Topics for many of the articles that have appeared in it down the years.
This is our 'in house' journal which comes out at the same time as Chrism and goes to every Guild member. It contains news and views, and a single page teaching article on some aspect of the ministry of healing.
The Henry Cooper Lectures The full text of many of these is still available from the relevant copies of Chrism. Enquiries to the Guild Office or to bishhack@btopenworld.com. Prebendary Henry Cooper was Editor of Chrism from 1954 until his death in 1982, and the author of a number of booklets on various subjects connected with the ministry of healing. He was a very influential figure in the Guild. The Henry Cooper Lectures were instituted in memory of him, and were given annually from 1983 until 2001 Here is a list of Lecturers and titles:- 1983 - Elizabeth Moberly: Towards Wholeness in Christ. 1985 - Canon Ronald Wynne: Healing and Evangelism in the Third World and the West. 1986 - Canon Norman Autton: Healing - Crisis and Challenge, 1987 - Bishop Michael Marshall: The Person of Christ and the Power of Healing. 1988 - Canon Jack Nicholls: The Sins of the Fathers. 1989 - Fr Benedict Ramsden: The Healing Ministry in Psychiatric Illness. 1990 - The Revd Peter Speck: On the Edge. 1991 - Archdeacon Trevor Nash: Healing and Evangelism; Being Set Free to Love and Serve. 1992 - The Revd Barry Newton: Sin and Sickness. 1993 - Bishop George Hacker: The Back of the Loom. 1994 - Canon Peter Johnson: Salvation and Creation. 1995 - The Revd Stephen Parsons: Facing Fears in the Christian Healing Ministry. 1996 - Professor David Metcalfe: A Mechanism for Miracles? 1997 - Professor Robin Gill: A Matter of Life and Death. 1998 - Bishop Rowan Williams: On Being a Human Body. 1999 - Professor John Grange: The Owl and the Pussy-cat. 2000 - Professor Frances Young: The Human Condition. 2001 - Professor Michael Reiss: Should We Make People in Our Own Image? Other Publications A variety of other publications are available from the Guild Office. Also available are Penelope Turing's Prayer Group Meditations. Penelope was Editor of Chrism from 1982 until 1991 and Organising Secretary to the Guild from 1984 until 1991. They have now been printed privately by a friend under the title: And Now Let Us Say Together . . . Copies can be obtained from Mrs Marie Cowell, Room 10, Abbeyfield House, 6 Luton Avenue, Broadstairs CT10 2DH; E mail mariecowell@onetel.com. A useful resource comes from St John the Baptist Epping, where they have pioneered a very comprehensive course on the ministry of healing, which was tried out in Lent 2006. Dr Diana Lowry and the parish priest, Fr Geoffrey Connor, are the co-authors. Subjects covered include: Bargaining and Acceptance, Medicine and Miracles, Guilt and Repentance, Suffering and the Cross, Loss and Fulfilment, From Wholeness to Holiness. The Course comes in the form of leaflets, and is worth having as a resource alone, even if not used as a course. For further information contact: Dr Diana Lowry, 12 Bury Road, Epping, Essex CM16 5EU; Tel: 01992 56091; E mail: lowryepp@googlemail.com = |
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Guild News
Subtitled, A Contribution from the Guild of
St Raphael, this is a 48 page booklet containing a number of essays by
different members of the Guild Council. Recently reprinted by
popular demand, it is an admirable booklet for
introducing people to the thinking of the Guild on many matters to do
with the ministry of healing. Price £3 from the Guild Office.