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Week of 21 March 2004

• Lenten resources •

New: A vegetarian diet for Lent—promoting vegetarianism throughout Christendom. Sponsored by the Christian Vegetarian Association.

Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: Sydney (Church Hill), St Philip (Sydney)
New South Wales: Sydney (Roseville), St Andrew (Sydney)
South Australia: Adelaide, Holy Trinity (Adelaide)

Basics
'Rev. Rebecca's Explanation & Guide to All Things Anglican'. An eclectic set of chapters, including 'Why Liturgy', 'The use of Bells', 'The Passing of the Peace', 'Anglicans & Episcopalians: an explanation', and more.

Canada
Ontario: Ottawa, St Barnabas (Ottawa)

England
Parishes
Birchencliffe, Huddersfield, St Philip the Apostle (Wakefield)
Codsall, St Nicholas (Lichfield)
Codsall Wood, St Peter (Lichfield)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
Diocese of Toronto: Synod members are called to assemble at the cathedral on June 12, 2004 for the election of a Diocesan Bishop. Information about nomination procedures will be available at the Diocese of Toronto’s Web site by March 31.

Essays
Bishop Pierre Whalon checks in from the House of Bishops (ECUSA) meeting being held in Texas this week: Postcard from Camp Allen.

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
British uneasy about organ[ist] transplants. Annual retreat of ECUSA bishops in Texas. Bishop of El Camino Real announces retirement. New director of communications for Church of England. More on the recent Ohio confirmations. Diocese of Virginia names reconciliation panel. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Social Justice, Environment
All Creation Liberation: reflections on animals' rights by a Franciscan Episcopal priest.

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USA
Parishes
Georgia: West Point, St John (Atlanta)
Texas: Dallas, Canterbury Episcopal Ministry (Dallas)

Education
University of Michigan: Canterbury House, the Episcopal Student Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Vacancies Centre
Go ahead: 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
Desmond Tutu warns against fundamentalism: The Associated Press reports that Desmond Tutu, retired Archbishop of Cape Town, warned that religious fundamentalism is on the rise worldwide. The East African Standard (Nairobi), reporting the same event, published this report.

When churches disappear: Gerald Gamm, writing in the Boston Globe, reflects on the effect of the hierarchical top-down structure of the Roman Catholic church on the survival of parishes and church buildings in Boston.

Week of 14 March 2004

• Lenten resources •

NEW: Our friends at Project Canterbury offer several new additions:

The Several Statutes in force for the observation of Lent: And Fish-dayes, at all other times Of the Year. With full and ready notes in the margent, Shewing the effect in brief. Published by a well-wisher to peace, for the information of all persons subject to the violation of the said Laws. London: Printed by Robert White, and are to be sold by him at his house in Warick Lane in Warick Court. 1661.

A Pastoral Letter from the Bishop of Bath and Wells to his Clergy concerning their Behaviour during Lent. By Thomas Ken, D.D. London, 1688.

Blessing and Ban from the Cross of Christ: Meditations on the Seven Words on the Cross. Given in Trinity Church, New York, on Good Friday, A.D. 1894. By Morgan Dix. New York, 1898.

The Temple of His Body: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1905.

The Calls of the Conquero: Being Good Friday Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Edward Allan Larrabee. Milwaukee: The Young Churchman, 1908.

Faith, Works, and Grace: Addresses on the Seven Words from the Cross, by Arthur Chandler, Bishop of Bloemfontein. London: SPCK, 1920.

Some Thoughts about Lent for Busy People, by E. F. Pemberton.

Some Hints for Lent, by the Right Reverend A.C.A. Hall, Bishop of Vermont, no date.

Mothering Sunday, by G.D. Rosenthal. London: Church Literature Association, no date.

The Lenten Fast, by the Rev. Charles T. Stout. Milwaukee: Morehouse, no date.

Australia
Queensland: Rockhampton, St Matthew (Rockhamton)

Schools
New South Wales: Coffs Harbour (Mid North Coast), Bishop Druitt College (Grafton). K through 12 co-educational Anglican day school.
New South Wales: Oakville (outside Windsor), Arndell Anglican College (Sydney). K through 12 co-educational Anglican day school.
South Australia: Murray Bridge, The Cathedral College (The Murray). Co-educational day school. Currently R through 6, they are accepting applications R through 7 for 2005. In 2006 a full Middle School programme is planned.

Canada
Cathedrals
Prince Albert, Cathedral Church of St Alban the Martyr, Diocese of Saskatchewan

Education and Ministries
Callings: Exploring God’s Call to Ordained Ministry: 'A website designed to urge everyone in the church to explore how God may be calling young people to the priesthood. Pages targeted to middle and high school students, college students, parents, youth workers and Sunday school teachers, and clergy — including bishops — with simple practical ideas for action'.

Europe
Netherlands: Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport Ministry (Europe)

Exchanges
Canada (Leamington, Ontario) -> England (August 2004)
Vacation exchange for three or four weeks. Our daughter is teaching English in Nepal this summer and we hope to meet her in England around August 22. We would like a home to use as a base and are willing to offer ours (three bedroom), with car, to another clergy person and family who is interested. There are no responsibilities, unless interested in two Sunday services. We are right on Lake Erie, beside Point Pelee Provincial Park, one of the best birding areas in Canada. Detroit USA is 45 minutes away. House is air-conditioned, as it is hot at times here. We are also interested in 2005, perhaps for extended period anywhere. Contact s.haig@sympatico.ca.

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Or write a letter of your own to us for possible publication. Or both.

New Zealand
Epsom, St Andrew (Auckland)

News Centre
Suburban churches thriving in Canada. First woman diocesan bishop to retire. Conservative Ohio parishes disobey canon law. Bishop of El Camino Real agrees to resign. Wyoming bishop wants priest's license revoked. ABC suggests Philip Pullman in CE curriculum. Pittsburgh bishop's priorities questioned. Canadian police make arrest inside church. South Carolina appeals court remands lawsuit. More on Bishop of Nairobi and his money. Canada General Synod submits same-sex motion. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
California: Davis, Lutheran Episcopal Campus Ministry, University of California at Davis (Northern California)
Pennsylvania: Jermyn, St James-St George (Bethlehem)

Official
The Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church in the USA (2003) are available, in sections or in their entirety, for download in PDF format.

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 near-miraculous triumph': The Archbishop of Canterbury, in an unusual turn as a drama critic, reveals how it felt to see religion savaged and God killed in His Dark Materials.

Anglicanism and the Western Christian Tradition: continuity, change and the search for communion. Edited by Stephen Platten, now Bishop of Wakefield, published by Canterbury Press, and reviewed in The Tablet by David Edwards. This compilation of images and papers is taken from the 2002 conference and exhibition about the history and present character of the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion. Rather than an analysis of the weekly news headlines on the problems of Christianity and the Anglican communion in particular, it is rather a story of pre-1850 Anglican life.

Belief, unbelief and religious education. The Archbishop of Canterbury speaks at Downing Street.

Beyond Belief: The secret gospel of Thomas, by Elaine Pagels. Reviewed in the Independent by Peter Stanford.

The Creed and the Eucharist in the Fourth and Fifth Centuries: A lecture given by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Bonn at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität.

The Cult Of King Charles The Martyr, by Andrew Lacey. Published by Boydell and Brewer. Reviewed in the Church Times by Judith Maltby.

Find your own desert during Lent. In the Guardian on Saturday Jane Shaw considers two central questions for Lent: who is our tempter and where is our desert?

Flesh In The Age Of Reason, by Roy Porter. Published by Allen Lane. Reviewed in the Church Times by Edward Norman.

Public Faith? The state of religious belief and practice in Britain, ed. by Paul Avis. Published by SPCK; reviewed in the Church Times by John Drane.

Why are the churches failing? Muriel Porter, writing in The Age (Melbourne) reports on the rise of 'religionless Christianity' to fill the void left by fading mainstream churches.

Youth
New Brunswick Action Youth (Diocese of Frredericton): A lively and link-filled site that should be interest well beyond its diocesan borders.