Just before Canon Mary left us in February 2025 as Canon for Arts and Reconciliation – our first for Arts, but our seventh for Reconciliation - we sat down to talk to her about her own time here and what wisdom she has to share.

November usually marks our Season of Reconciliation, a time for reflecting on what reconciliation truly means and what it asks of each of us. This past November in a series of seasonal sermons, our clergy explored the essential qualities of both a reconciler and a reconciling people: vulnerability, imagination, and courage.

In this clip, Dean John explains what it can mean to be a CCN partner.

What happens after you've received your Cross of Nails, and how can you keep enthusiasm and energy going behind your partnership with us over the years to follow? Read our reconciliation toolkit, which gives you lots of ideas for keeping the momentum going.

ICONS is a growing network of primary and secondary schools – of all shapes, sizes and backgrounds – around the world, that have recognised the opportunity for introducing principles of peace, forgiveness, conflict transformation and reconciliation into their school communities.

From Destruction to Memorial: The Ruins in the Community of the Cross of Nails" is the first in a new series exploring themed groups of our CCN partners. Click below to read and discover how these sites transform history into a powerful call for reconciliation.

More to come soon!