Diocesan Dates 2019 Additions and amendments to these dates can be notified to the Diary Secretary at any time (email: suzanne.rogers@rochester.anglican.org). If you are planning a diocesan event, please feel free to check whether anything has been added since this edition of the diary was circulated. Times, venues of meetings and any other necessary details (if not listed) will be circulated at an appropriate time by the diocesan officer responsible for the event/meeting. JANUARY 1 Bank Holiday 15 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) 15 Training Incumbents' Training Day (St Benedict's 0930 Weds 16 Bishop s Council (Diocesan 1730 21 College of Bishops' Meeting 22 DBE Finance & Resources Committee 1430-1630 Thurs 24 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Sat 26 KIME Curates' Day (London) 28 ) Archdeacons' Conference Wed 30 ) 28 ) Children & Young People's Ministers' Retreat (The Wed 30 ) Oasts, Northiam) FEBRUARY 1 ) Lay Ministers' Residential (Aylesford Priory) Sun 3 ) 1 1WON Diocesan Young People's Ice Skate (Planet Ice, Gillingham) 2300-0100 4 DBE Board Meeting (Diocesan -1600 1 (As at 2018-11-08)
Sun 10 Racial Justice Sunday Thurs 14 Formation & Ministry Team Meeting (St Benedict's 18 ) General Synod (London) Sat 23 ) 0930 26 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Weds 27 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) MARCH 1 Investment Property Sub-Committee (Diocesan 1 ) Curates' Residential (Aylesford Priory) Sun 3 ) Sat 2 Diocesan Synod (St Andrew's Church, Paddock Wood) 5 Clergy Houses Committee (St Benedict's Centre, 5 Lay Ministers' Training on Vacancies (Diocesan Weds 6 Ash Wednesday Thurs 7 DBE Heads & Chairs Breakfast Meeting (Holiday Inn, Wrotham) Thurs 7 DBE Schools Effectiveness Committee (Diocesan 8 DBE Heads & Chairs Breakfast Meeting (Diocesan Sat 9 Spiritual Direction Training (Yr2) (St Benedict's Sun 10 Commissioning of Employed Workers and Volunteers (Rochester Cathedral) 15 DBE Leadership Conference (Mercure Hotel, Maidstone) 15 ) Licensed Lay Ministers' Pre-Licensing Retreat (St Sat 16 ) Columba's House) 15 ) Licensed Lay Ministers' Selection Sun 17 ) 1000 1800-1600 0915-1530 19 DBE Board Meeting (Diocesan -1600 2 (As at 2018-11-08)
22 ) Curates' Residential (Yr3) (Bruges) Sun 24 ) 25 Inter-Diocesan Finance Forum 26 Finance Committee (Diocesan 1000 Thurs 28 Bishop s Council (Diocesan 1730 APRIL Weds 3 Tonbridge Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Thurs 4 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Sun 14 Palm Sunday Thurs 18 Maundy Thursday 19 Good day Sun 21 Easter Day 22 Bank Holiday 29 ) Diocesan Bishops' Meeting 30 ) MAY Weds 1 Diocesan Bishops' Meeting Thurs 2 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) 6 Bank Holiday 7 DBE Finance & Resources Committee (Diocesan Thurs 9 Formation & Ministry Team Meeting (St Benedict's 10 ) Bishop s Council Residential (Venue TBC) Sat 11 ) Sat 11 Spiritual Direction Training (Yr2) (St Benedict's Sun 12 ) Christian Aid Week Sat 18 ) 14 ) New Posts' Programme (The Oasts, Northiam) Thurs 16 ) 1430-1630 0930 3 (As at 2018-11-08)
Weds 15 ) House of Bishops' Meeting Thurs 16 ) Thurs 16 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Sat 18 Licensed Lay Ministries' Service (Rochester Cathedral) 20 DBE AGM (Diocesan -1600 21 Finance Committee (Diocesan 1000 27 Bank Holiday Thurs 30 Ascension Day JUNE 3 Rochester Archdeaconry Tea for Licensed Lay Ministers with PTO/PTM (Venue TBC) 4 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) Weds 5 Tonbridge Archdeaconry Tea for Licensed Lay Ministers with PTO/PTM (St John, Hildenborough) Wed 5 ) Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Wed 12 ) Sat 8 Thy Kingdom Come Beacon Event Sun 9 Whitsunday (Pentecost) 11 ) Church Schools' Celebrations 14 ) Weds 12 Bromley & Bexley Archdeaconry Tea for Licensed Lay Ministers with PTO/PTM (Christ Church, Chislehurst) 18 Clergy Houses Committee (St Benedict's Centre, 18 ) Formation & Ministry Team Residential (Venue Thurs 20 ) TBC) 1500 1500 1500 Weds 19 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Weds 19 Tonbridge Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Thurs 20 DBE Heads & Chairs Breakfast Meeting (Holiday Inn, Wrotham) 21 DBE Heads & Chairs Breakfast Meeting (Diocesan 4 (As at 2018-11-08)
Sat 22 Diocesan Synod (Venue TBC) Weds 26 Education Service and Garden Party (Rochester Cathedral and Bishopscourt) 28 PTO Clergy Service and Garden Party (Rochester Cathedral and Bishopscourt) JULY 1 Ordinands' Day 2 Finance Committee (Diocesan 1000 2 Celebration of Learning Lay Ministers (Bishopscourt) Weds 3 Safeguarding Service and Garden Party (Rochester Cathedral and Bishopscourt) Wed 3 ) Pre-Retirement Programme (The Oasts, Northiam) Thurs 4 ) 5 ) General Synod (York) 9 ) 1930 Weds 10 Bishop s Council (Diocesan 1730 Thurs 11 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) Thurs 11 Employed Youth & Children's Workers' Day (Allington Church) Thurs 11 DBE Schools Effectiveness Committee (Diocesan Sat 13 Spiritual Direction Training (Yr2) (St Benedict's Weds 17 DAC (Diocesan 1430 1000- -1600 Thurs 18 DBE Board Meeting (Diocesan -1600 Sat 20 Interfaith Conference AUGUST 26 Bank Holiday 5 (As at 2018-11-08)
SEPTEMBER 3 Finance Committee (Diocesan 1000 3 Clergy Houses Committee (St Benedict's Centre, Weds 4 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Weds 4 Tonbridge Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Thurs 5 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) 6 ) Diocesan Youth Council Residential (Kingswood, Sun 8 ) Ashford) 10 Training Incumbents' Training Day (St Benedict's Weds 11 Bishop s Council (Diocesan 1730 Sat 14 Curates' Day School (Canterbury) Sat 14 Richborough Festival (Rochester Cathedral) 16 ) College of Bishops' Meeting Thurs 19 ) Thurs 19 ) Spiritual Direction Training Residential (France0 Sun 22 ) Sun 22 Celebration Service for Overseas Companion Links (St Peter & St Paul's Church, Bromley) Wed 25 ) Ordination Retreat (Venue TBC) Sat 28 ) Sat 28 Ordination Services (Rochester Cathedral) 30 ) Rochester Leadership Programme (Venue TBC) 4 ) 1800 OCTOBER Weds 2 Inter-Diocesan Finance Forum 7 ) Bishop's Leadership Team Residential Meeting Weds 9 ) (venue TBC) Weds 9 Boost Conference (Emmanuel Centre, London) Thurs 10 DAC (Diocesan 1430 11 ) Curates' Residential (Aylesford Priory) Sun 13 ) Sat 12 Diocesan Synod (Venue TBC) 6 (As at 2018-11-08)
NOVEMBER Sun 3 Adoption Sunday Weds 6 Tonbridge Archdeaconry Mission & Pastoral Sun 10 Remembrance Sunday 11 Finance Committee (Diocesan 1000 12 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) Thurs 14 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Sat 16 Spiritual Direction Training (Yr2) (St Benedict's 19 ) New Posts Programme (Venue TBC) Thurs 21 ) Weds 20 Bishop s Council (Diocesan 1730 25 ) General Synod (London) Contingency Dates Weds 27 ) 29 Cathedral Call-Over (Rochester Cathedral) DECEMBER Sun 1 Advent Sunday 3 Clergy Houses Committee (St Benedict's Centre, 9 ) House of Bishops' Meeting 10 ) Weds 11 Bishop's Leadership Team Meeting (Bishopscourt) Thurs 12 DAC (Diocesan 1430 Weds 25 Christmas Day Thurs 26 Boxing Day 7 (As at 2018-11-08)