ELS Newsletter December 2023

The ELS newsletter for December 2023 has been sent to members. A PDF version can be downloaded here.

First performance of canon law play ‘Thrice to Rome’

The inaugural performance of a new canon law play, Thrice to Rome, by Professor Norman Doe, took place in Wales this October. Mari James, St Davids Cathedral Library Development Officer, writes: The evening of Friday 6th October 2023 in the medieval Quire of St Davids...

Thrice to Rome – play at the Temple Church

THRICE TO ROME: Gerald of Wales before the Papal Court of Innocent III 1201-1203 A Play by Norman Doe The Temple Church, London 6.30 pm Tuesday 5 March 2024 This new community play is about the three appearances of Gerald of Wales in Rome before the court of Pope...

2024 Day Conference – save the date!

The date and topic for the ELS 2024 Day Conference have been announced. The theme of the Conference will be ‘The Law of Liturgy in the Church of England: Dead or Alive?’, taking place on 27 April 2024 at St Peter’s, Eaton Square, in London. More...

David Etherington KC gives lecture ‘in Defence of the Chancellor’

On Wednesday 13 September, the Worshipful David Etherington KC, Chancellor of London and Norwich, delivered a lecture to the Ecclesiastical Law Society. This lecture had originally been scheduled for 2022, but was postponed following the death of her late Majesty...