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Week of 18 August 2002

Australia
Queensland: Rockhampton, St Paul Cathedral (Rockhampton)
Australian Capital Territory: Hawker, Christ Church (Canberra and Goulburn)

England
Bowes, St Giles (Ripon and Leeds)
Ealing, St Barnabas (London)
Peterborough, All Saints (Peterborough)

Episcopal Elections or announcements
Ongoing
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.

Complete
Africa
The Anglican Church of Kenya has elected the Bishop of Kitui, the Rt Revd Benjamin Paul Mwanzia Nzimbi, as its next archbishop. Details here.

England
The British Government has announced the nomination of the Rt Revd Nigel Simeon McCulloch, for election as Bishop of Manchester.

Events
Australia: New South Wales, Grafton, 24-29 June 2003: Third Annual International Philosophy, Science and Theology Festival
"A Trilogy of Wholeness: Reweaving the Tapestry". Celebrating the wonders of philosophy, science and theology at a popular and practical level, the festival is a forum where questions can be asked, discussed and debated in a friendly, non-threatening environment. This year a featured speaker is the Revd John Polkinghorne, winner of the 2002 John Templeton Prize.

New Zealand
Bishopdale, Bishopdale Community (Nelson)

News Centre
Church and sex in Oxford. New primate for Kenya. ICEL. Bishop visits cows. Obituary. Historic Canadian church being restored. First tempest for newly-designated Archbishop of Canterbury. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

USA
Nebraska: Lincoln, St Matthew (Nebraska)
Pennsylvania: Prospect Park, St James (Pennsylvania)
Rhode Island: Cranston, St David on-the-Hill (Rhode Island)

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
An Unbeautiful Mind: Simon Blackburn, writing in The New Republic, reviews two recent books by John Polkinghorne.

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.)