
Week of 21 October 2001
Australia
Queensland: Gold Coast, Gold Coast Deanery (Brisbane)
Canada
Labrador: Cartwright, Anglican
Parish of Cartwright (Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)
England
Finedon, St Mary the Virgin (Peterborough)
Millbrook, All Saints (Truro)
St John-in-Cornwall, St John the Baptist (Truro)
Woodley, Emmanuel Church (Oxford)
Resources
Campaign for the Reform of Ordinand Selection: seeking to reform the Church of England's selection
procedures so that far fewer will be rejected. Curiously, this website provides no way to respond except by snailmail.
Come to the Feast: a book to be published soon by SCM-Canterbury Press that is a companion
and reader's guide to Common Worship Holy Communion. This is a web page for that book.
Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Missouri has announced
the names of the four candidates for Bishop Coadjutor.
Complete
We have a report that the Revd Bob Gepert has been elected 8th Bishop of Western Michigan. We have not yet confirmed this report with
official sources.
Europe
Germany: Bonn, St Boniface
(Diocese in Europe)
Germany: Cologne, All Saints (Diocese in Europe)
Events
4 November 2001, Worldwide
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Over 200 million Christians are persecuted throughout the world, up to 150,000
killed per year for their faith in Christ. See http://www.persecutedchurch.org/.
10 November 2001, Rhode Island, USA
Requiem Mass and Annual Meeting of the American Branch of the Guild of All Souls.
14-27 July 2002, Oxford, England
The CS Lewis Summer Institute. Over 2000 conferees from around the world are expected to gather
at this triennial event to consider the life and legacy of C.S. Lewis and explore the larger implications of that legacy in the realms
of both mind and spirit.
Music
Coventry Music: a record label 'dedicated to creating premiere recordings of timeless music of
the Christian faith, recorded around the world.'
Recorded Anglican Cathedral Music. 'This site is the catalog of a large collection of
recorded Anglican cathedral music.'
Starshine Music: 'A recently established venture specialising in quality music for schools and youth
groups. Our Christmas musicals and our new Christmas Songbook are proving to be very popular across the UK.'
New Zealand
Resources
Nelson Night Shelter: a short-term emergency shelter in the Diocese
of Nelson. The web page is clearly for people who want to donate money to it and not people who need to stay there.
News Centre
Edward Norman on church leadership. Archbishop Eames on the IRA. Judge rules that South Carolina law awards church to congregation, not diocese.
A discussion of the name 'Osama'; a report on an Arabic-language RC service in London. Obituaries of Elizabeth Hoare and Lord Hailsham. Much
discussion of the bones of the saints. More light on the words of the Bishop of Chester. George Carey meets Yasser Arafat. Anthrax scares
reach Anglican places. More riots in Nigeria. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Odds
and Ends
Anglican Prayer Network: 'The Anglican Prayer Network is a fellowship of Christian
men and women; we express our faith, as found in the orthodox Anglican tradition; our ministry focuses on praying for men, women, and children
who are in need of it.'
USA
Arkansas: North Little Rock, St Luke (Arkansas)
Virginia: Burke, Good Shepherd (Virginia)
Virginia: Chancellor, Messiah (Virginia)
Virginia: Charlottesville, Church of the Cross (Virginia)
Virginia: Falls Church, Potomac Falls Church (Virginia)
Virginia: Louisa, St James (Virginia)
Virginia: Millwood, Cunningham Chapel Parish (Virginia)
Resources
Military Prayer: a site encouraging prayer for members of the US and allied military.
Don't miss the 'Noon prayer challenge' linked from its front page.
Vestments
Augsburg Fortress Online: Dealers in education resources, books, worship resources, music, ecclesiastical
arts, and gifts. Owned by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
C M Almy: makers of fine church goods and furnishings.
Worth Noting
Waging an unholy war: A review by Geoffrey Moorhouse in The
Guardian of Warriors of God: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade by James Reston Jr.
The
Muslim Jesus: Sayings and stories in Islamic literature: A review by
Saad Souissi in the Church Times of a book by Tarif Khalidi published by Harvard University Press.
Youth
Noon Prayer:
web page of the All Angels Chapter of the Junior Daughters of the King
and Christians In Action (CIA) Youth Group, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
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