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This page last updated 16 September 2001
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Week of 16 September 2001

(Owing to the tragedy in America, we received very few new web site notices this week.)

England
Hartford, St John (Chester)

News Centre
Every newspaper in the world has carried the same news this week. We haven't tried to compete. We have, as usual, gathered the week's Anglican commentary and news, which includes a note that the Pope wishes he had a Hurd commission, that Bishop Tutu says that ageism is replacing racism, that London's police commissioner says that prayer is the best way to fight crime, and that violence in Nigeria is escalating seriously.

Not in the Communion
Filipino Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches: 'The FCEEC is in communion with the Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, USA'.

USA
Alabama: Birmingham, St Mary's-on-the-Highlands (Alabama)
California: Long Beach, All Saints (Los Angeles)
Illinois: Park Ridge, St Mary (Chicago)
New York: Chenango Bridge, St Mark (Central New York)

Cathedrals
Diocese of Central New York: St Paul's Cathedral, Syracuse

World
Philippines: Episcopal Church in the Philippines — philippines.anglican.org

Worth Noting
Religion turns into history: A review by Michael Gove in The Times of the new third volume of Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England by Maurice Cowling.


A review by Prof Edward Norman in the Church Times of the Cowling book (see above).

A review by Canon Eric James in the Church Times of Theology Through Preaching: Sermons for Brentwood by Colin E. Gunton.


Week of 9 September 2001

Australia
New South Wales: Anglican Parish of Wingham (Newcastle)
South Australia: Adelaide, Kensington Gardens, St Edward the Confessor (Adelaide)

Biblical resources
iTanakh: A comprehensive listing of Hebrew Bible resources available online.

Canada
Manitoba: Winnipeg, St Chad (Rupert's Land)

Cathedrals
Diocese of Edmonton:
All Saints Cathedral, Alberta

England
Marsden, St Bartholomew (Wakefield)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Alabama (ECUSA) has posted information on the election of a Bishop Suffragan.

Events
Switzerland: Geneva, 26-28 October 2001
Tyndale Conference: Books for Burning? Vernacular Bibles in the 16th Century

The 1560 Geneva Bible: The Shocking Truth Professor David Daniell, Emeritus Professor of English, University of London, Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford and St. Catherine’s College, Oxford
The Progress of Vernacular Bibles from Tyndale and Luther to the Present Day: St John’s Gospel as a Case Study in the Textual Tradition The Revd Professor Carsten Thiede, Professor of New Testament Times and History with Papyrology and Archaeology, Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule, Basel, Switzerland
The Printing of Bibles in 16th Century Antwerp Dr Guido Latré, Senior Lecturer, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
The Discovery of Richard Hunne’s Wycliffe Bible Dr. Steve Sohmer, Hon. Fleming Fellow, Lincoln College, Oxford, and Research Associate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of California (Los Angeles), USA
Danish and Icelandic Folio Bibles from the 16th and 17th Centuries Paul Rosendahl, Director, Rosendahl Printing House, Denmark; Peter Raes, retired Danish educator

For more information, contact Valerie Offord at telephone / fax +41 22 777 18 58 or by email at offordv@cmu.unige.ch.

Music
Chorus Angelorum, a choral group in Houston, Texas, USA that supports liturgy and music in the Anglican tradition.

News Centre
Tremendous uproar in Britain over the role of church and Christianity in modern life. Bishop's paintings, Promise Keepers, evangelising in Ibiza. Church schools, music at funerals, bishops against Sharia. Church and state in England and church advertising. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Holy Cross Episcopal Church: 'We are an independent Anglican/Episcopal church, holding fully to the teachings of the church as passed down through scripture and tradition. We are, however, not rigid or strict in our methods. We believe that each parish should not at all times be the same in formality or decorum. Our clergy have the right to exercise great freedom in vestments, style and worship. We affirm the 39 Articles of Religion. We use the 1928 Book of Common Prayer as our liturgy and our rules of order and structure. We affirm the Nicene Creed as a significant statement of our faith'.

New Zealand
Auckland, Cambells Bay, St John the Evangelist (Auckland)

Scotland
East Kilbride, St Mark (Glasgow and Galloway)

USA
Alabama: Dothan, Church of the Nativity (Central Gulf Coast)
Florida: Tequesta, Good Shepherd (Southeast Florida)
Maine: Caribou, St Luke (Maine)
Maine: Fort Fairfield, St Paul (Maine)
Maine: Hope, Bishopswood Camp (Maine)
Maine: Limestone, Advent (Maine)
Maine: Mars Hill, St Anne (Maine)
Maine: Presque Isle, St John (Maine)
Maine: Gardiner, Christ Church (Maine)
Massachusetts: Amherst, Grace Episcopal Church (Western Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Boston, Common Cathedral (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Cambrige, Lutheran-Episcopal Ministry at MIT (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Greenfield, St James (Western Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Lexington, Our Redeemer (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Millville, St John (Western Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: North Adams, St John (Western Massachusetts)
Massachusetts: Shrewsbury, Trinity (Western Massachusetts)
Michigan: Bay City, St Alban (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Beulah, St Philip (Western Michigan)
Michigan: Detroit, St Cyprian (Michigan)
Michigan: Grand Rapids, St Paul (Western Michigan)
Michigan: Howell, St John (Michigan)
Michigan: Inkster, St Clement (Michigan)
Michigan: Lansing, St David (Michigan)
Michigan: Lansing, St Michael (Michigan)
Michigan: Novi, Holy Cross (Michigan)
Michigan: Paw Paw, St Mark (Western Michigan)
Michigan: St Joseph, St Paul (Western Michigan)
New York: Croton-on-Hudson, St Augustine (New York)
South Carolina: Greenville, Church of the Redeemer (Upper South Carolina)

Worth Noting
Harry Potter has the magic key to Christian life: A review by Jonathan Petre in The Sunday Telegraph of The Spirituality of Harry Potter, a new book by the Revd Dr Francis Bridger.


Week of 2 September 2001

Australia
South Australia: Mitcham and Torrens Park, Parish of Mitcham (Adelaide)

Discussion
Anglican/Episcopal Board on Beliefnet: The submitter's comment: 'I've enjoyed this board immensely. Very well-trafficked and a relatively broad range of viewpoints'. (AO editors had a quick look and agree.)

England
High Coniscliffe, St Edwin (Durham)
Mistley with Manningtree, St Mary and St Michael (Chelmsford)
Selly Park, St Stephen's Church Centre (Birmingham)
Wellingborough, St Mary The Virgin (Peterborough)

Europe
France: Grenoble, St Marc (Diocese in Europe)

News Centre
Selling the Bishop's paintings. Pierced like me. Diplomat in a dog collar. Ruth Gledhill visits Buckfast Abbey. About belief in miracles, fighting the occult, and doing business on Sunday. Richard Holloway in the news again. Church of England demands removal of a headstone. On churches visited by Queen Victoria. Tanzanian police uncover protest plot. Muslim Sheikh says that condoms are evil. Trache sues ECUSA people. +Liverpool asks to see the money. Musings on godparents, deathwatch beetles, female bishop candidates, Durham Cathedral, and the Russian Orthodox Church. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Bruce Pellegrin Art: 'Stunning reproductions of many of the church icons that are displayed at St. John's Anglican Church; St. John's Columbarium; Christ Church (Dartmouth), the Atlantic School of Theology (AST) and the Cathedral Church of All Saints, all located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada'.

Saints' Badges: Free image files of saints' badges for use on parish notice boards, letterheads, websites, and the like.

Religious Orders
Missionaries of Divine Compassion: A new order in the States, 'e
stablished to provide a place for Anglican women to live out the principles of classic religious life in the context of active ministry, with a focus on prayer, community, and mission. ... It upholds the traditional orthodox and catholic faith, which we received from Christ, as the Anglican Church has received the same'.

Scotland
Dalbeattie, Christ Church (Glasgow and Galloway)

Dalmahoy, St Mary (Edinburgh)
Dumbarton, St Augustine (Glasgow and Galloway)
Edinburgh, Morningside, Christ Church (Edinburgh)
Gatehouse of Fleet, St Mary (Glasgow and Galloway)
Glasgow, Clarkston, St Aidan (Glasgow and Galloway)
Glasgow, Pollockshields, St Ninian (Glasgow and Galloway)
Kirkudbright, Grayfriars (Glasgow and Galloway)

USA
Florida: Valrico, Holy Innocents (Southwest Florida)

Wales
Roath, St Edward's Church, Roath Parish (Llandaff)

World
Greece: Corfu, Holy Trinity (Europe)

Worth Noting

'The Devil's in the Detail': A review by Tim Adams in The Observer (London) of a new museum exhibit of the work of Hieronymous Bosch.

'Don't Mess With Aslan': In the New York Times, Judith Shulevitz writes that 'If Christianity is an obstacle, then the publisher of The Chronicles of Narnia has a problem. C. S. Lewis's novels are Christian through and through'.

'Homer’s Odyssey of Faith': Rachel Boulding reviews The Gospel according to The Simpsons: The spiritual life of the world’s most animated family, a new book by Mark Pinsky, in The Church Times.

'Spreading the Word': The Sunday Times (London) discusses the evolution of the English-language Bible.

'The Word Made Fresh': Yet another review, this time by Constant Mews in the Sydney Morning Herald, of the book In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How it Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture, by Alister McGrath.


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