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Week of 10 March 2002

Africa
Resources
Diocesan College, Diocese of Cape Town: Anglican preparatory school.

Canada
Ontario: Thornhill, Holy Trinity (Toronto)

England
Altcar, St Michael and All Angels (Liverpool)
Formby, St Luke (Liverpool)
Formby, St Peter (Liverpool)
Sefton, St Helen (Liverpool)

Ireland
Cathedrals
Enniskillen, St Marcartin's Cathedral, Diocese of Clogher

Parishes
Kilglass, Parish Church (Tuam, Killala and Achonry)

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Lent resources Our collection of online resources for the season.
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Music resources
Handel's Messiah: Free PDF files of the scores to the choruses of Handel's Messiah.

News Centre
Bishop's palace to become office building in Ireland. Australian candidate for ABC. Wrangling about church and state. English bishop apologises for insulting his clergy, but we aren't entirely sure he means it. God loves us, but not the way we love spaghetti. Mothering Sunday. Violence in Zimbabwe; calm in Nigeria. Rector suspended in Pennsylvania. Clergy pensions could shrink in England. Free Rosicrucian membership offered to priests in Nigeria. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Religious Orders
Community of the Ascension: A new order for women with the Episcopal Church in the USA.
Third Order of St Francis, African Province: The official web site of the African Province of the Third Order.

USA
New York: New York City, Church of the Ascension (New York)
North Carolina: Greensboro, St Andrew (North Carolina)
Washington, D.C.: St Columba (Washington)

NEW Vacancies Centre
Our new offering to the Anglican Communion. Post a vacancy for free until 29 March, details here. In addition, you can browse openings posted on diocesan web sites throughout the Anglican Communion: we've linked all the relevant pages.

Worth Noting
Praying the Hours requires patience: Nancy Haught writes in the Salt Lake Tribune about the ancient liturgy of the hours.

Week of 3 March 2002

Africa
Dioceses
Diocese of Bloemfontein (The Church in the Province of South Africa)

Cathedrals
Bloemfontein, Cathedral of St Andrew and St Michael, Diocese of Bloemfontein

England
Dioceses
Diocese of Liverpool — liverpool.anglican.org

Parishes
Dartford, Christ Church (Rochester)
Droitwich, St Augustine (Worcester)
Kingsland, Kingsland group of parishes (Hereford)
London, Pentonville, St Silas (London)
Teddington and Hampton Wick, St Mark and St John the Baptist (London)

Resources
Faith to Faith: 'Useful C of E related material'.

Episcopal elections

Seeking nominations
The Diocese of Iowa is receiving nominations for its next bishop.

Completed
The Church of Uganda, Diocese of Bunyoro-Kitara The Reverend Canon Kyamanywa Nathan was elected diocesan bishop. Details: http://allafrica.com/stories/200202270409.html

Episcopal Church in the USA, Diocese of Western Kansas: The Reverend James Adams of Wauwautosa, Wisconsin was elected diocesan bishop in October and will be consecrated on 16 March. More information: westernkansas.anglican.org

Episcopal Church in the Philippines, Central Diocese: The Very Reverend Dixie Taclobao, Dean of the National Cathedral, was elected bishop coadjutor on the 21st (!!) ballot. He will succeed Bishop Benjamin Botengan, who steps down next year.

Essays
Is 'pious' the way you'd like to be described? Be honest now. Our own resident bishop-columnist, Pierre Whalon, says it's time to
take the primness out of piety and reclaim a splendid word.

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Lent resources Our collection of online resources for the season.

New
Palm Crosses: A website with clear directions for palm crosses, with photos.
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New Zealand
Diocese of Wellington — wellington.anglican.org

News Centre
Irish archbishop writes about abortion referendum. Remembering the C in ABC. Religion and advertising. Church and state in the USA. Church repairs in England. Dead flowers on your grave. Ethics and stem cells. Ancient school cafeteria to open to public, but food will not be served. Christian mystery plays in London's West End. More on Australia's Governor-General. More on the process of selecting the next ABC, and more about the candidates. Abandoned baby saved by multi-religious cadre. Woman archdeacon in Kenya after 150 years. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
California: San Francisco, All Saints (California)
North Carolina: Greensboro, Holy Trinity (North Carolina)
Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, St Clement (Philadelphia) One of the best-known Episcopal Anglo-Catholic parishes.
Tallahassee: Community of Life (Florida)
Tennessee: Lebanon, Epiphany (Tennessee)
Virginia: Heathsville, St Stephen (Virginia)

Worth Noting
Coventry Cathedral has launched a two-nation search to honour all Irish brickies, plumbers, plasterers, and labourers who helped build it.

How good do you think your parish web site is? If 'quite good', you might well want to have a look at this church web site competition, sponsored by the Ecclesiastical Insurance.