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Week of 23 December 2001

Canada
Ontario: Peterborough, All Saints (Toronto)

Christian Education
Caledonia School of Mutual Ministry: A service provided from the Diocese of Caledonia, with courses and resources.

Churches in Full Communion with Canterbury
Mar Thoma Church of India

England
Chester, St Michael (Chester)
Westbury, All Saints (Salisbury) Please note: This site does not display in Internet Explorer on a Mac.

Episcopal Elections
AFRICA
Grahamstown, South Africa: the East Cape News reports that Archdeacon Thabo Makgoba has been elected as the next Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of Grahamstown.

IRELAND
Connor, Ireland: The electoral college for the Church of Ireland Diocese of Connor yesterday elected the Ven Alan Harper (archdeacon of Connor and rector of St John, Malone, Belfast) as Bishop of Connor in succession to the Rt Revd James Moore who retired last month.

Ireland
Killiney, Holy Trinity Parish (Dublin and Glendalough)

New Zealand
Cathedrals
New Zealand: Diocese of Auckland, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

News Centre
Archbishop scandal heats up in Australia. An ordained woman goes where she is wanted. An M-16 to offer have I; land-mines own a Deity nigh. Alfred Newman Gilbey. Bishop heckled in Uganda. Irish priest suspended. Church membership is up. Church and state in Zimbabwe; church and bats in Uganda. Online religious sites becoming more popular. Update on residential schools in Canada. New York cathedral damaged by fire. Uganda priests sacked by bishop. Martial arts training for clergy, or perhaps not. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Odds and Ends
Senior Anglicans On-Line: Provides on-line links and other references for issues associated with pastoral, social service, medical, and spiritual journeys. Included in the site are parishes in the Diocese of Southeast Florida who currently have ministries to senior citizens.

USA
Massachusetts: Boston, Roxbury, St Cyprian
Massachusetts: Danvers, Calvary
Massachusetts: Hudson, St Luke
Massachusetts: Lawrence, Grace
Massachusetts: Lynn, St Stephen
Massachusetts: North Andover, St Paul
Massachusetts: Randolph, Trinity
Massachusetts: Salem, St Peter
Massachusetts: Somerset, Our Saviour
Massachusetts: South Dartmouth, St Aidan's Chapel
Massachusetts: Whitman, All Saints
Pennsylvania: Wyncote, All Hallows

World
Hong Kong: Pokfulam, Emmanuel (Hong Kong Island)

Worth Noting
Religious backlash: In today's era of globalization, religion has become a primary force of backlash against economic and political change. In The Guardian, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor writes a counterpoint, 'Reasons to be cheerful'.

Christmas: a period of joy or sorrow?: This Day (Lagos, Nigeria) writes about December 25.

In tune with the seasons: The Times (London) notes that Christmas carols provide what few common quotations that most people in our multicultural society still know by heart.

Quiet monk takes on a resounding mission: The Boston Globe profiles the Rt Revd Thomas Shaw, Bishop of Massachusetts.

This Christmas in New York, by the Reverend Roger Ferlo, rector of St Luke in the Fields, writing for The Tablet. 'New Yorkers keep Christmas this year under the shadow of the terrorist attacks of 11 September. An Episcopalian priest records how the city feels the loss of the Twin Towers like an amputation. But this is still the festival of hope'.

There are many dozens of stories worth noting in the BBC's compendium of religious features for this week. It is nearly Christmas, it is the end of the year, and it was a memorable year. Nearly everybody is writing a reflection on it. Rather than try to link more than a few of them, we shall refer you to this larger unculled source. See also the Anglican Communion News Service, which this week has 'Christmas Statements' from many bishops.

Week of 16 December 2001

Advent resources
We add new links every week. Know of one? Tell us.
An Advent calendar from St James in the Diocese of Los Angeles. This is beautiful and we wish we'd known about it before today.

Canada
Alberta: Edmonton, St Margaret (Edmonton)
Newfoundland: Grand Falls, St Alban (Central Newfoundland)

Europe
Portugal: Algarve region, St Vincent's Anglican Chaplaincy (Diocese in Europe)

News Centre
Big scandal in Australia embroils the Anglican Church. Moral regeneration summit in Pretoria. Anglican Church of Canada sells its national headquarters. Frescoes unearthed under Siena cathedral, none burnt. Anglican and Methodist churches move towards merger in England. US study critical of Episcopal renewal movement. A parish chooses not to break away. Controversy over new bishop in Uganda. Little scandal in Leicestershire. More on the budgets of England's bishops. Nigerian student claims Sharia court has no jurisdiction over him because he is Christian. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Continuing Anglican United States Episcopacy: 'We are a new jurisdiction in the Continuing Anglican movement. We are under the oversight of The Most Revd Bishop Gregory Godsey. We are looking for anyone that would like to share in our worship services, and especially those men that feel they are called of God to serve him in ministry. If you feel God’s call, please contact us.'

USA
Illinois: Mt Prospect, St John (Chicago)
Maryland: Catoctin Furnace/Thurmont, Catoctin Parish (Maryland)
Michigan: Grand Blanc, St Christopher (Eastern Michigan)
Michigan: Royal Oak, St John (Michigan)

World
Uganda: Diocese of West Buganda

Worth Noting
Birth of a notion: Martyn Percy, writing in The Guardian, muses about baby Jesus and training for natural childbirth.

Week of 9 December 2001

Advent resources
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PETALS. (Parents Existing To Always Lend Support): 'Materials and a contact for an ecumenical Christmas Memorial Service for parents (grandparents, godparents and friends) who have lost babies due to miscarriage or death following birth. Therapeutic, this pastoral service of poetry, scripture, music and meditation helps parents in the Christmas season deal with their grief in a wholesome and redemptive manner'.

Canada
Ontario: Mississauga, Holy Spirit (Toronto)
Ontario: Mississauga, St Thomas à Becket (Toronto)

England
Abthorpe, St John the Baptist
Aldbrough St John, Forcett, and Melsonby, Stanwick Churches (Ripon and Leeds)
Billing, The Ark (Peterborough)
Garforth, St Mary (Ripon and Leeds)
Halton, St Wilfrid (Ripon and Leeds)
Harrogate, St Mark (Ripon and Leeds)
Harrogate, St Wilfrid (Ripon and Leeds)
Harrogate, Christ Church (Ripon and Leeds)
Holbeck, St Luke (Ripon and Leeds)
Kippax, St Mary (Ripon and Leeds)
Leeds, Roundhay, St John
Ripon, Holy Trinity (Ripon and Leeds)
Springfield, Holy Trinity (Chelmsford)
Torquay, Ilsham, Parish of St Matthias, St Mark and Holy Trinity (Exeter)
Uppingham, St Peter and St Paul (Peterborough)

Resources
Canons of the Church of England (As our submitter noted, 'they are well hidden on the site'.)

Episcopal Elections
Complete
The Diocese of The Murray (Australia) has elected its third bishop. The Ven Ross Owen Davies was elected unanimously on 6 December to succeed Graham Walden, who retired in August this year.

Liturgical Resources
Alcuin Club: A web site for this well-known liturgical resource.
PETALS. (Parents Existing To Always Lend Support): 'Materials and a contact for an ecumenical Christmas Memorial Service for parents (grandparents, godparents and friends) who have lost babies due to miscarriage or death following birth. Therapeutic, this pastoral service of poetry, scripture, music and meditation helps parents in the Christmas season deal with their grief in a wholesome and redemptive manner'.

Music
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music

News Centre
Alpha in Montreal. Bishops' budgets. Praying for revival. Sharia is a problem in more places than just Nigeria. Wonky web sites. A visit to Elmore Abbey. Forward in Faith looks for a bishop. Irish bishop says 'churches are not museums'. Ethiopian artefact to be returned. More on residential schools in Canada. Queen invites Cardinal to sleep over. Priests as magicians. Who is young enough to be the archbishop? All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Connecticut: New Haven, St Thomas (Connecticut)
Nevada: Boulder City, St Christopher (Nevada)
Tennessee: Collierville, St Andrew (West Tennessee)

Vestments
The New York Times has written a compelling profile of Patrick Boylan, master vestment maker.

World
China: Hong Kong, St Matthew (Hong Kong Island)

Worth Noting
In search of a gentle God: Geraint ap Iorwerth writes in The Guardian 'Who does God listen to when He is bombarded with the prayers of different nations and religions, all equally convinced that He is on their side?'

Something in the way he died: Libby Purves writes in The Tablet about the death of George Harrison.

The real roots of terror: Jack Beatty writes in The Atlantic that the autocratic regimes of Saudi Arabia and Egypt distract their citizens from repression at home by directing their anger toward the U.S.