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Week of 5 May 2002

Africa
Cathedrals
South Africa: Capetown, The Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr (Diocese of Capetown)

Parishes
South Africa: Observatory, St Michael and All Angels (Diocese of Capetown)

Associations, guilds
The Society for Ordained Scientists: This dispersed ecumenical preaching order of priest-scientists, of Anglican origin, is 'open to all whose own discipline does not prevent them from participating in an Anglican Holy Eucharist'. The Society has a new web site and some additional material.

Canada
Archdeaconry of Labrador: 'Events and sharing of news and information between the six parishes located in the vast Archdeaconry of Labrador, Canada'. (Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)

England
Colchester, St Peter (Chelmsford)
Liverpool, Wavertree, Holy Trinity (Liverpool)
Sprotbrough, St Mary (Sheffield)
Sturminster Marshall, Kingston Lacy, and Shapwick: United Benefice (Salisbury)

Liturgical Resources
A mediaeval requiem mass: 'On the 20th of April 2002, All Saints (York, England) hosted a reconstruction of a medieval requiem mass, according to the pre-Reformation use of York. Nearly two hundred people attended the mass, which was celebrated in honour of Nicholas Blackburn junior, a benefactor of the church who died in 1448. The service, which was organised by the Gild of Parish Clerks, was reconstructed as accurately as possible'.

Music
The Organist and Choirmaster Web Page: A South African site for organists and choirmasters 'to post pictures, advertise their services, vote on their favourite Hymn of the Month. Includes a live chat facility'.

News Centre
Representing the triune God. Pram services. ABC visits Ambridge, gets applause. Church in Gambia joins war against AIDS. Pew poll shows USA is a religious, Christian nation. Many Canterbury contenders thought too young. More layoffs at Church of England. Church of Uganda worries about clergy retirement. Diocese of Rochester suspends link with Diocese of Harare. Canadian council asks pay rises for clergy. Uganda bishop speaks out on marriage breakups. Church and state in Kenya. Breaking up in Tampa. Apartheid in Israel? Brazilian Cardinal questions celibacy. US church celebrates 30 years of covenant with nearby RC parish. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Georgia: Cartersville, The Church of the Ascension (Atlanta)
Missouri: Lake Saint Louis, Church of the Transfiguration (Missouri)
Virginia: Orange, St Thomas (Virginia)
Virginia: Woodbridge (Lake Ridge), Christ Our Lord Church (Virginia)

Vacancies Centre
Have a post to fill in your parish? A vacancy on your diocesan staff? Advertise beyond your own national church. List your opening for one full month at AO for only US $80 (your currency here). Looking for a position? Browse openings round the Communion. Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting

All we know of heaven and need of hell: Victoria James, writing in the Japan Times, notes that the preoccupation with the more fearful of mankind's purported afterlife alternatives isn't the exclusive preserve of Christian preaching.

The Link between Religion and Health: Psychoneuroimmunology and the Faith Factor. Michael Saunders reviews in the British Medical Journal the new book edited by Harold G Koenig and Harvey Jay Cohen.

Sex and the Church, a Case for Change: Jon Meacham, writing for Newsweek, argues that beyond the current scandals, it's time to rethink sexuality and the sacraments. (Meacham is a practising American Episcopalian.)

The Vision of Saint Randy: Matthew Engel, writing in The Guardian, observes that a waning Christianity in England is being replaced by something he calls 'ethicism'.

Week of 28 April 2002

Associations, guilds
The International Order of Saint Vincent: 'A worldwide fellowship of lay ministers associated with liturgy and sanctuary service in the western branches of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. Men, women, boys and girls dedicated to servanthood, discipline, cooperation, education and the preservation of liturgical knowledge, preparation for service, responsibility and reverence. Members follow a rule of life that includes daily prayer, reading of Scripture, and regular participation in and reception of the sacraments'.

Australia
Queensland: Anglican Parish of Burpengary, Deception Bay, Narangba (Brisbane)

Canada
British Columbia: Vancouver, St David (New Westminster)
Newfoundland: St John's, St Augustine (Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)

England
Blyth Valley Team Ministry (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Liverpool, Anfield, St Columba (Liverpool)
Shottermill, St Stephen (Guildford)
Wakefield, St John (Wakefield)

Events
July 2002, England
The Meaning of Pilgrimage, Canterbury Cathedral, 20–27 July 2002
Explore pilgrimage from its roots in the journey and arrival of St Augustine at St Martin's Church, Canterbury, to the world of Chaucer and Medieval Pilgrimage in Canterbury Cathedral and the living of Pilgrimage today. For more information, contact: Courses Officer, International Study Centre, The Precincts, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH, UK.
Phone: +44 1227 865 276 Email: magalir@canterbury-cathedral.org

Music
The Choir of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California: You can listen to webcasts of weekly choral services, which at present include an Evensong on Thursday and a Sunday Choral Eucharist. Can't listen live? Grace Cathedral tells us that their services are archived for a week, but we can't find these archives, and their web site is so complex it makes our head spin. If you manage to find their archives, maybe you could tell us, so we can update this listing.

News Centre
The Times profiles a bishop who is not a candidate for Archbishop. Musings about what to do with empty seminaries and theological colleges. National peace conference proposed in Nigeria. Woman candidate withdraws from Kenyan bishop search. ABC speaks out in favour of established church. Action plan released from recent primates' meeting. Bishop of Jerusalem writes another letter that we need to read. Tampa priest leaves ECUSA for AMiA. Various church figures weigh in on women's fashion. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Maryland: Bethesda, St Dunstan (Washington)
Missouri: Kansas City, Church of the Good Shepherd (West Missouri)
Ohio: Ashtabula, St Peter (Ohio)

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 communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more information.

Wales
Resources
Evangelical Fellowship in the Church in Wales

World
Cathedrals
Barbados: St Michael's Cathedral, Diocese of the West Indies

Worth Noting
Religion and politics in Zimbabwe: an editorial by the Harare Daily News about the morality of church involvement or non-involvement in national politics.

Theologians must tune in to the spiritual power of great music: Antony Bye writes for The Times (London) about the role of music in worship.