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Bishop Erik Varden and Kim Samuel on community and belonging in the post-COVID world

March 29, 2023

I cannot now remember the number of times that I have sat in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or black according to the occasion. This time, however, it was Kim Samuel who was in red; the Trappist Bishop Erik Varden wore a thick black scapular over a white

People like us: Kim Samuel and Bishop Erik Varden on community, belonging and togetherness in a post-Covid world

March 05, 2023

I cannot now remember the number of times that I have sat in the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, wearing an academic gown of either red or black according to the occasion. This time, however, it was Kim Samuel who was in red; the Trappist Bishop Erik Varden wore a thick black scapular over a white

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