WELSH NEWS: Peggy Jackson is installed as Archdeacon of Llandaff
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GENERAL SYNOD votes for the draft legislation to be revised.
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WATCH T-shirt NEWS!
By popular request we now have WATCH T-shirts with the same message as on our Tea Towels. Go to Merchandise for details. We look forward to your orders.

First woman Bishop in Great Britain
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Women and the Episcopate
WATCH has issued a Press Release in response to the Further Report of the Legislative Drafting Group which was published on 29 December 2008. Please go to Press Releases.

The first three women ordained priest in the Province of the Indian Ocean - Madagascar
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NEW MERCHANDISE
WATCH shopper – at the AGM we sold lots of our new sturdy cotton shoppers. These are available by mail order from the Administrator. For details go to Merchandise.

Join WATCH NOW if you want women to be bishops without strings attached. Yes, the Church has agreed to women bishops, but we don't want their ministry to be fenced around with restrictions in order to 'protect' those who will not accept them. WATCH is campaigning for women to be bishops on a par with their male colleagues, and for any arrangements for those who will not accept them to be local and informal. We are working closely with various groups, including Parliamentary colleagues, to make this a reality. Now is the time to join WATCH, and to get a friend to join as well: the more members, the more effectively we campaign, and the sooner we will all belong to a Church that values women and men equally.

WATCH (Women and the Church) is campaigning to see women take their place alongside men as bishops and at every level in the Church of England. This requires the removal of current legal obstacles to the consecration of women as bishops. WATCH believes that the full equality of women and men in the Church is part of God's will for his people, and reflects the inclusive heart of the Christian scripture and tradition.

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