Home News Site Map About Us Contact Us

News

September 2010
The third edition (August 2010) of the Faculty Office booklet Anglican Marriage in England and Wales: A Guide to the Law for Clergy can be ordered by email or by post, price £7.50.
Email: faculty.office@1TheSanctuary.com
Post: 1 The Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3JT
Cheques should be made payable to The Faculty Office.
January 2010
The fee payable on lodging a Faculty Petition was increased to £146.00 on 1 January 2010. (In the Diocese of Peterborough, this will only apply to private faculty applications, as faculty fees for church applications are dealt with through the diocesan budget.)
January 2010
Fees payable to clergy and Parochial Church Councils for Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals, Burials, Memorials and Searches of Records are set out in the Parochial Fees Order 2009, and in a separate Table of Parochial Fees prepared by the Church Commissioners.
April 2009
On 1 April 2009, the fees payable for a Common Licence for marriage were increased to £85.00.
January 2009
The Ministry of Justice has issued some Guidance (January 2009), together with some Questions and Answers, regarding the safety of memorials in churchyards.