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Week of 7 March 2004

• Lenten resources •
Our collection of Lent and Holy Week resources.
NEW: Two sites devoted to Stations of the Cross. One is in 360-degree 'virtual reality' format; the other contains much good background information about each station.

Canada
Ontario: Ottawa (Deep River), St Barnabas (Ottawa)

England
Greenford, Parish of Greenford Magna (London)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Gene Robinson invested as diocesan bishop. Church of England creates 'virtual parish'. South Carolina votes to affiliate with Network. Australian dean urges premarital cohabitation. Archbishop of York decries women bishops. Ten years of women priests in England. Canadian video conference unites conservatives. Melanesian Brotherhood wins awards. ACT passes human rights laws over bishop's objection. Cancellations in episcopal travel. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
Resources
Community of Anglican Marianists: A nonresidential community of men and women of all ages heeding the 'call of devotion to the Mary, the Mother of Christ'.

Parish Resources
Ascalon Studios: Based in Berlin, New Jersey, USA, Ascalon provides art and architectural designs and materials, including stained glass windows, mosaics, sculptures and memorial and donor projects.

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USA
North Carolina: Erwin, St Stephen (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Huntersville, St Mark (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Rocky Mount, St Andrew (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Southern Pines, Emmanuel
 (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Winston-Salem, St Timothy (North Carolina)
Ohio: Medina, St Paul (Ohio)
Texas: Richardson, Epiphany (Dallas)

Vacancies Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO for free. Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Vestments
Yvonne Bell, a Christian artist and vestment maker: 'She uses modern and traditional themes and techniques to illustrate the Christian message and provides churches, ministers, and priests with tools to aid their ministry'.

World
Italy: Milan, All Saints (Europe)
South Africa: Grahamstown, Cathedral of St Michael and St George, (Grahamstown)

Worth Noting
Silence on sex is no answer: Marilyn McCord Adams, writing in The Guardian (London), asserts that the most serious threat to the Anglican communion is the spirit in which the debate about sex is conducted.

Standing Commission on Episcopal Church Communications: The commission was created at General Convention 2003, and, before the committee could be convened, ECUSA launched a new website at http://episcopalchurch.org/. The standing commission would like your help in assessing how well this new site meets the needs of the church. You can help in one of two ways, depending on how much or how little time you are able to spend. See http://scecc.ecusa.anglican.org/assessment/ to learn how you can participate.

Who's in charge of leaking tub? Christopher Howse uses his column in The Telegraph to comment further on the Chancellor of York Minster announcing that he is becoming a Roman Catholic.


Week of 29 February 2004

• Lenten resources •
New:
Times and Seasons: Working drafts for Lent: The Church of England published some of its latest drafts from 'Times and Seasons', a forthcoming Common Worship book. Drafts relating to Lent, Holy Week and Easter are available in PDF format on the website of a voluntary body, Praxis. Another version is available here, with links to the CofE draft noted above, as well as a version in Rich Text Format. Using any word processor, you can format this to fit your requirements.

Australia
Cathedrals
Western Australia: Bunbury, Cathedral Parish of St Boniface — Diocese of Bunbury

Parishes
Western Australia: Denmark, St Leonard (Bunbury)

Schools
New South Wales: Wahroonga, Abbotsleigh (Sydney). K through 12 Anglican boarding and day school for girls. 'Overcoming the frequent disadvantage of beginning their education in isolated areas and having to live away from home, Boarders earned results even better than Day Girls.'

Canada
Ontario: Dunnville, St Paul (Ontario)
Ontario: Ottawa, Trinity (Ottawa)

Resources
Saskatchewan: Christopher Lake, Okema (Society for Christian Development). 280-acre summer camp serving the dioceses of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan. The site includes an extensive list of birds, rodents, bats and carnivores among the wildlife at and around the camp, as well as information about age- and subject-specific camp sessions during the course of the summer.

Essays
Pierre Whalon, Bishop in Charge of the American Churches in Europe, looks at the question of church unity — and at why squabbling may be necessary to becoming one in Christ — in his latest essay ,'The Conflicts of Apostles'.

Exchanges
Canada (Vancouver Island) --> English or Spanish speaking countries
Vacation exchange of one to three weeks. Large three bedroom home on the coast of beautiful Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Vibrant and growing Anglican parish combining faithful traditional Anglicans and those touched by renewal. Priestly duties are negotiable, as an associate priest is on staff. Those desiring to officiate must be able to obtain permission to officiate from the Bishop of British Columbia. Housing in exchange country needed for three. Contact: K0DKK@ARRL.NET

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Mel Gibson's movie opens in the States. Australia looks for a primate. Kenya cathedral said built on stolen land. One year with Rowan Williams. Desmond Tutu visits ACO. York Minster chancellor swims Tiber. Kenya HOB grills pray-for-pay bishop. Questioning Kenya's questioners. Church growth in Scotland and Australia. Tutu attacks RC condom stance. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
California: Twentynine Palms, St-Martin-in-the-Fields (Los Angeles)
Georgia: Dublin, Christ Church (Georgia)
Tennessee: Germantown, Church of the Redeemer (West Tennessee)

Schools
Connecticut: Kent, Kent School. Boarding grades 9 through 12. College prep, classical liberal arts preparation for college and university.

Vacancies Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO for free. Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Worth Noting

A People's World: Alternatives to economic globalisation, by John Madeley, Published by Zed Books
Reviewed by Peter B. Price
Reviewed with Against the Stream: Christianity and mission in an age of globalisation, by David W. Smith

Contemporary Images of Christ: The Cathedral of St Paul in London has opened a major new exhibit that is the first in a linked series of different events that will take place in six cathedrals throughout Britain in 2004. Click here for news coverage.

Gift choices prove Magi were women: Willy Trolove, writing in the New Zealand Herald, pokes fun at one of the more widely-publicised segments of the recent General Synod of the Church of England.

Njoka case has another dimension: Kingori Choto, writing in The Nation (Nairobi) discusses cultural background issues related to the pay-for-prayer charges against the Bishop of Nairobi.

Standing Commission on Episcopal Church Communications: The commission was created at General Convention 2003, and, before the committee could be convened, ECUSA launched a new website at http://episcopalchurch.org/. The standing commission would like your help in assessing how well this new site meets the needs of the church. You can help in one of two ways, depending on how much or how little time you are able to spend. See http://scecc.ecusa.anglican.org/assessment/ to learn how you can participate. The deadline is 12 March 2004.

The most Christian of virtues: In the Philadelphia Inquirer Walter Cronkite reflects on the upcoming US Presidential elections and the Christian virtues that seem to be missing so far and that should be central to this, and (by extension) to many conflicts.

Times and Seasons: Working drafts for Lent: The Church of England published some of its latest drafts from 'Times and Seasons', a forthcoming Common Worship book. Drafts relating to Lent, Holy Week and Easter are available in PDF format on the website of a voluntary body, Praxis. Another version is available here, with links to the CofE draft noted above, as well as a version in Rich Text Format. Using any word processor, you can format this to fit your requirements.

Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In our lifetime, by Elinor Sisulu Published by Abacus, reviewed by Trevor Grundy.


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