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Week of 14 April 2002

Books, bookshops, magazines, etc.
Christian Book Exchange: An online retailer of new and used Christian books, Bibles, and music.

Canada
British Columbia: Duncan, St Andrew's Cowichan Station (British Columbia)

Discuss
Magdalen: A new email list, whose information page says: 'A place for conversation, fellowship, and friendship. One might think of it as an English pub, where folk come to find food to sustain their bodies, drink to cheer their spirits, and friends to share their lives. Or, if one doesn't frequent pubs, one might imagine that Magdalen Herbert, mother of the Anglican poet George Herbert and the person for whom the list is named, has invited us all into her parlour. John Donne describes "her high intelligence and 'sharpness of wit', as well as her devotion to the Scriptures and to the services of the Church: 'her house was a cort in the conversation of the best'." The List's name also alludes to Mary Magdalen, one of the most devoted followers of Jesus. Most of those gathered here are Anglicans, but that is not a requirement for belonging to the List.' The web site provides information about how to subscribe.

England
Benton, St Bartholomew (Newcastle)
Marks Tey, St Andrew (Chelmsford)
Verwood, Parish of Verwood: St Michael and All Angels in Verwood and All Saints in Three Legged Cross (Salisbury)

Events
USA: New York City, 7-9 June 2002
Mary Magdalen: Prophet and Apostle in the Miriamic Tradition, June 7 to 9 at St Bartholomew's Church and the American Bible Society in New York City. Information, schedule, and online registration: www.stbarts.org/cri.htm#mary Questions? Email conference organiser Deirdre Good. For brochures, email tufts@stbarts.edu.

Exchanges
Canada -> England or Scotland
'Canadian organist from Owen Sound, Ontario, situated on beautiful Georgian Bay is interested in an exchange to England or Scotland for the month of July or August 2002. My duties would include one Sunday service with soloist. Presently, I am organist of a Presbyterian Church but my experience has been in the Anglican tradition and am comfortable in both Prayer Book and modern rites. Downtown historical home with car in exchange for above-average accommodation and car. Email David Tupper or 'phone him at +519 371-4190'.

News Centre
Freemasonry not free in Sydney. On the evolution of funeral ceremonies. On peace in the Holy Land. Possible church remarriage for Prince Charles. Archbishop envoy pleads for body of Muslim in Bethlehem. Bishops speak up for evolution. Wales archbishop speaks up on controversial topics. More ABC candidate profiles. Virginia bishop refuses to censor speaker. Uganda bishop to eject squatters. Anglican primates meet. Heresy trial underway in Ireland. Uganda clergy speak out. On the Queen Mother's funeral. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Cathedrals
California: Fresno, St James Cathedral, Diocese of San Joaquin

Parishes
California: Atascadero, St Luke (El Camino Real)
Missouri: Warrensburg, Christ Church (West Missouri)
New Jersey: Chatham, St Paul (New Jersey)
South Carolina: Surfside Beach, Church of the Resurrection (South Carolina)

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish or diocese that you'd like to advertise internationally? List your vacancy for a month at AO for only US $80 (convert that to your currency here). Browse openings round the Anglican Communion. Check out listings on diocesan web sites throughout the Anglican Communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more information.

World
Dioceses
Africa: Diocese of Luweero (Anglican Church of Uganda)

Parishes
Bahamas: Nassau, St Matthew's Anglican Episcopal Church (Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands)
Japan: Kobe, Kobe Mariners' Centre, a joint Mission to Seafarers / Apostleship of the Sea centre, St Andrew's Chapel offers the only English-language service in the Diocese of Kobe.

Worth Noting
Familiar Words, Revised and Updated: Francine Parnes, writing in the New York Times, discusses inclusive language. Meanwhile, Jane Lampman, writing in the Christian Science Monitor, discusses people who are angry at this.

A jealous God: Jasper Griffin, writing in The Spectator, muses about whether monotheism is intrinsically warlike.

Desert Songs: The Coptic monasteries of Egypt were plundered by the Victorians for their priceless early manuscripts. Now the texts are being restored and reunited—as a virtual collection. Stuart Jeffries, writing in The Guardian, is entranced by their timeless beauty.

Week of 7 April 2002

Australia
Resources
Bush Church Aid Society of Australia: An Anglican mission to the church in the outback: isolated, rural and regional and remote people of Australia, particularly through support to bush parishes.

Canada
Ontario: Toronto, Bellwoods, St Matthias (Toronto)
Manitoba: Winnipeg, St Bartholomew (Rupert's Land)
Manitoba: Winnipeg, St Michael and All Angels (Rupert's Land)

Christian education
Episcopalian Homeschoolers email group: Primarily directed to people in the Episcopal Church in the USA, this list provides a place where 'homeschooling Episcopalian parents offer each other support and resources. Some typical topics are: adapting curriculum from other faith perspectives, using or adapting secular curriculum, experiences with various resources, Montessori homeschooling, First Communion preparation, and other religious education at home'. (Cross-listed under Discussion.)

Discussion, mailing lists, web forums, etc.
Episcopalian Homeschoolers email group: Primarily directed to people in the Episcopal Church in the USA, this list provides a place where 'homeschooling Episcopalian parents offer each other support and resources. Some typical topics are: adapting curriculum from other faith perspectives, using or adapting secular curriculum, experiences with various resources, Montessori homeschooling, First Communion preparation, and other religious education at home'. (Cross-listed under Christian Education.)

England
Halewood, St Nicholas (Liverpool)
Liverpool, Garston, St Michael (Liverpool)
Liverpool, Stoneycroft, St Paul (Liverpool)
Pagham, St Thomas a Becket (Chichester)
Warrington, St Ann (Liverpool)
Winslow, St Laurence (Oxford)

Events
USA: Texas, Austin —11 May 2002
C.S. Lewis Conference at St Edward's University: The Rediscovery of Evil: A Christian Response.
The conference features three speakers: Dr Stan Mattson, President of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, Dr Peter Kreeft, Professor of Philosophy, Boston College, author and Lewis scholar and Dr James Houston, founder of Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, author and speaker on Christian spirituality. Includes worship, music, liturgical dance, featured artists and a play in the evening, as well as Texas barbeque. For more detail, see the web site for the conference.

News Centre
Legalising prostitution? Order of service for the Queen Mother. Primates to gather in Canterbury. Edinburgh church posts, then obliterates, offensive mural. English seminary in danger. Desmond Tutu unhappy with SA government acceptance of Zimbabwe election results. Australian archbishop wants surplus embryos placed for adoption. Sexual harassment by clergy in Nigeria. Church and State in Uganda. The races for ABC and ABK. Bishops do their job. Survey finds not all Christians believe in the resurrection. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Texas: Fort Worth, St John (Fort Worth)

Resources
The Bishop Mason Retreat and Conference Center: Retreat facility of the Diocese of Dallas located just north of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Vacancies Centre
Browse openings round the Anglican Communion in our Vacancies Centre. Or check out listings on diocesan web sites throughout the Anglican Communion. Have a post to fill in your parish or diocese? List your vacancy for a month at AO for only US $80 (convert that to your currency here). Visit the Vacancies Centre for more information.

Vestments
Sources for Clerical Costume: A good, concise history of clerical vestments, from the staff at Lambeth Palace Library.

Worth Noting
The Ajayi Crowther story: This Day (Lagos, Nigeria) reviews a play being produced in Lagos about the life of the first black bishop and his treatment by Canterbury.

Managing sacred sites: Service provision and visitor experience: Martin Warner, writing for the Church Times, reviews the new book by Myra Shackley.

Pilgrim's progress: William Cook, writing in the New Statesman, follows the footsteps of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims to Canterbury on this 1,400th birthday of that shrine.

The truth about hymns: Emma Tennant, writing for The Spectator, reviews Favourite Hymns, a book by Marjorie Reeves and Jenyth Worsley.

A scientific theology: Volume 1, Nature: John Habgood, writing for the Church Times, reviews the book by Alister McGrath.

A bishop unafraid to make enemies: Alex Beam, writing in the Boston Globe, profiles the Rt Revd Thomas Shaw, Bishop of Massachusetts.