Guild of St Raphael
A Church commited to sharing Christ's ministry of healing which it does through prayer, laying-on-of-hands and anointing.
This ministry is available during our main acts of worship or from members of the healing team on request.
The Guild of St Raphael was founded in 1915 and is dedicated to promoting, supporting and practicing Christ’s ministry of healing as an integral part of the life and worship of the Church.
Originating from within the Anglican Communion, but now including a growing number of people from other Churches, it has over one hundred branches throughout the world.
Its main emphasis is on the actual practice of the healing ministry through its local branches, and this is where its strength lies. Its members observe a simple rule of prayer, study and work for this ministry. Their aim is always to promote Christ’s ministry of healing—looking not just for physical healing, but for the healing of the whole person.
The Guild looks too for the healing of communities and of God’s creation itself—taking into account those many social and political factors which cause ‘dis-ease’ in our broken and divided world.
Prayer for healing is at the heart of the Guild’s work, as are the sacraments of healing—anointing and the sacramental act of the laying on of hands. But members make use of other healing actions as well—the ministry of listening and silence, counselling, informal liturgies and simple symbolic actions.
The Guild also engages in extensive theological education and research. In particular through its half-yearly periodical, Chrism, it endeavours to explore different facets of the healing scene.
In this and in all its activities the Guild has always stood for the closest co-operation with members of the medical profession and others engaged in the work of healing.
This ministry is available during our main acts of worship or from members of the healing team on request.
The Guild of St Raphael was founded in 1915 and is dedicated to promoting, supporting and practicing Christ’s ministry of healing as an integral part of the life and worship of the Church.
Originating from within the Anglican Communion, but now including a growing number of people from other Churches, it has over one hundred branches throughout the world.
Its main emphasis is on the actual practice of the healing ministry through its local branches, and this is where its strength lies. Its members observe a simple rule of prayer, study and work for this ministry. Their aim is always to promote Christ’s ministry of healing—looking not just for physical healing, but for the healing of the whole person.
The Guild looks too for the healing of communities and of God’s creation itself—taking into account those many social and political factors which cause ‘dis-ease’ in our broken and divided world.
Prayer for healing is at the heart of the Guild’s work, as are the sacraments of healing—anointing and the sacramental act of the laying on of hands. But members make use of other healing actions as well—the ministry of listening and silence, counselling, informal liturgies and simple symbolic actions.
The Guild also engages in extensive theological education and research. In particular through its half-yearly periodical, Chrism, it endeavours to explore different facets of the healing scene.
In this and in all its activities the Guild has always stood for the closest co-operation with members of the medical profession and others engaged in the work of healing.
