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Week of 11 August 2002

Associations, guilds, etc.
Anglican Library Society: 'Serving the Libraries, Archives, and Websites of the Anglican Communion'.

Australia

Resources
The Julian Centre: Located in South Australia (Mile End) the Centre is a 'ministry in spirituality dedicated to serving people who seek spiritual direction, healing and reconciliation. Individual counselling is available and opportunities for personal and corporate retreat'.

Canada
British Columbia: Kerrisdale, St Mary (New Westminster)
Ontario: Oakville, St Aidan (Niagara)

England
London (Northolt), St Mary Northolt with St Hugh and St Richard (London)
Wimbledon, Dundonald church (Southwark)

Resources
The Church of England web site now has a section devoted to archbishop-designate Rowan Williams.

Episcopal Elections or announcements
ECUSA
The Diocese of Iowa has announced candidates for its next bishop.
The Diocese of New Hampshire invites nominations, until 1 October, for its next bishop.

Essays
Anglicans Online now has Spanish and French translations of Pierre Whalon's popular essay 'What is the difference between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism?'

News Centre
Religious salaries in Britain. Church giving with credit cards. The Pope as Antichrist. Squabble in Sydney. Antiwar activities. Druidful debate in England. Bishop in Nigeria denies allegations. All this, and a wee bit more, in the News Centre.

Theological Resources
'What is the difference between Anglicanism and Roman Catholicism?' Bishop Pierre Whalon's essay is now available in French and Spanish translations.

Fellowship of Word and Spirit: A group 'committed to the propagation, application, and discussion of reformed theology to address our contemporary world'.

USA
Connecticut: Bridgeport. St John (Connecticut)

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? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting
Elderly bishops are revolting: Don Cupitt, writing in The Guardian (London), observes that older and retired bishops in the Church of England are becoming much more cantankerous and visibly soul-searching than has been the custom for such men.

Is slavery anti-Biblical? The Kansas City Star has published two answers to the question 'Leviticus 25:44-46 seems to indicate that slavery is ordained by God. How do you explain this?'

The writings of Rowan uncovered, part 1 and part 2: Alister McGrath, writing in the Church of England Newspaper, reflects on the literary corpus of the newly-designated Archbishop of Wales. (Non-UK readers should note that the Church of England Newspaper has that name because it is about the Church of England; it is not published by the Church of England).

Week of 4 August 2002

England
Burnley, St Catherine with St Alban and St Paul (Blackburn)
Liverpool, Everton, St George (Liverpool) [Note: May crash Netscape browsers.]
Norton, St Mary the Virgin (Durham)
Portsmouth, Copnor Parish Church of St Alban (Portsmouth)
Thatto Heath, St Matthew (Liverpool)

Episcopal elections or announcements
Nomination period
ECUSA: The Diocese of Milwaukee invites nominations for its next bishop, from 1 August to 8 September. The diocese encompasses all of southern Wisconsin, including Madison. See this page for details.

Europe
Darmstadt, Church of the Good Shepherd (Convocation of American Churches)

Ireland
Dublin (Sandymount), St John the Evangelist (Dublin)

News Centre
Bishop of Oxford argues against Iraq war. Church feud in Pennsylvania. Market forces and the church. Fighting primates: two stories. Peacemaking primate: just one. Studying ordained women. First blessing in New Westminster waits for liturgy. Influencing an archbishop's successor: two stories. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

New Zealand
Resources
Council for Christian Nurture (Diocese of Auckland): The Council for Christian Nurture covers ministry resources for parish, youth, and the like for the Auckland diocese in the first instance, and more widely, other NZ dioceses.

Theological resources
Baptismal Integrity: The webmaster of this site in England writes: 'As far as we know the only site dedicated to baptismal theology and practice'.

USA
Florida: Coral Gables, St Thomas (Southeast Florida)
Minnesota: Duluth, St Paul (Minnesota)

Educational resources
Florida: Coral Gables, St Thomas Episcopal Parish School

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? Check out vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion. Visit the Vacancies Centre for more.

Worth Noting

It's time for another reformation: Theo Hobson, writing in The Guardian, argues that 'after the blip of Carey, the Church of England is resuming the course it has been tacitly pursuing for decades, and with new determination'

Pope on a slope: Michael Bronski, writing in the Boston Phoenix, asserts that the papacy has lost its moral authority and asks whether the new Archbishop of Canterbury could become the new voice of Christendom.

The view from above: Tom Bentley, writing in The Observer about Rowan Williams, suggests that no one can live up to the conflicting demands we make of our leaders today.

Why we need heaven (and hell, too): Newsweek, the US weekly newsmagazine, tackles a complex subject in its cover story, wondering 'How can the promise of paradise inspire both good and evil?'