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Week of 8 August 2004

Associations, Guilds
Speak Out! An Initiative for Anglican Laity. A Washington DC-based organisation (connected to the Institute for Religion and Democracy) is 'launching a new initiative to equip and encourage the laity of the Anglican Church ... calling lay people in Canada and the United States to fulfill their God-given call to be active participants in the work of his Church, particularly in this season of turmoil'.

Australia
Queensland: Bardon, St Mary (Brisbane)
Queensland: Birkdale, Birkdale Wellington Point Parish [St George; Wellington, St James] (Brisbane)
Queensland: Brisbane (Wickham Terrace), All Saints (Brisbane)
Queensland: Coorparoo, St Stephen (Brisbane)
Queensland: Hendra, Parish of Hendra/Clayfield [St John; St Colomb] (Brisbane)
Queensland: Sunnybank, St Barnabas (Brisbane)

Canada
Saskatchewan: Spiritwood, Parish of Spiritwood [Christ Church; St Paul, Timberland; St John, Glaslyn; St Philip, Medstead] (Saskatchewan)

Church History
A Discourse of the Pastoral Care, by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, is now available on Project Canterbury. 'Burnet (1643-1715) was a Scot, an important English historian, and Bishop of Salisbury from 1689 to 1715'.

England
Anstey, Anstey Parish Church (Leicester)
Cosby, St Michael and All Angels (Leicester)
Evington, St Denys (Leicester)
Leicester, Holy Apostles (Leicester)
Leicester, St Nicholas (Leicester)
Leicester, St Paul (Leicester)
Loughborough, All Saints with Holy Trinity (Leicester)
Wenlock, Wenlock Team Parishes (Hereford)
Weobley, Weobley & Staunton Group of Parishes [St Peter & St Paul; St Mary, Staunton-on-Wye; St John the Baptist, Byford; St John the Baptist, Letton; St Mary, Monnington; St Nicholas, Norton Canon; St Mary, Sarnesfield] (Hereford)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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Listserves and Discussion Groups
Anglican Community of LGBT. An Anglican email list and group that has 'grown to a global community of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Anglicans and our friends'.

Anglican Boat-Rockers. A new listserve/message board for those who wish to 'rock the boat', for those who see the Church as more than buildings, and want it to be people, people with stories to tell.

New Zealand
Dunedin, Parish of Otago Peninsula [St Michael, Anderson's Bay; St Nicholas, Waverley; St Aidan, Macandrew Bay] (Dunedin)
Mornington, St Mary (Dunedin)

News Centre
Nigerian Primate speaks out. English theological college to admit women. Australian church grapples with sex offender policy. More news about ABY resignation. Protesters seek to stop consecration in Kenya. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
American Anglican Convocation: The American Anglican Convocation is committed to orthodox Anglican faith and worship in a small-church setting. They adhere to the set of beliefs as set forth in the Anglican Church International Communion and the Declaration of Principles.

Reformed Anglican Catholic Church: '...Outgrowth of the Reformed Catholic Church [it is] an autocephalous church...established to offer an affirming Church in the Anglican Tradition, while maintaining the tenets of the catholic faith.'

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USA
Florida: Tampa, St John (Southwest Florida)
New Mexico: Albuquerque, Our Savior (Rio Grande)
New Mexico: Taos, St James (Rio Grande)
Texas: Alpine, Big Bend Episcopal Mission [St James; St Paul, Marfa; Sts Mary & Joseph, Lajitas](Rio Grande)
Vermont: Rutland, Trinity (Vermont)

Vacancies Centre
Three new listings this week:

Canada: Kelowna, Parish of Trail/Rossland (Kootenay) Incumbent and Diocesan Regional Missionary.
Canada: Mississauga, St Thomas à Becket (Toronto) Lay position as part-time Youth Ministry Leader.
England: Trucker's Ghyll, St James (Southwark) Vicar.

For more information on these listings, see our Vacancies Centre.

Worth Noting

The Age of the Cloister: The Story of Monastic Life in the Middle Ages, by Christopher Brooke is reviewed with Saint Francis of Assisi, by Jacques Le Goff (translated by Christine Rhone), by Giles Gasper.

'Father Joe': The Saint and the Satirist: A review by Andrew Sullivan, in the New York Times Sunday Book Review, of 'Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul', by Tony Hendra.

A fragile peace: John Shaughnessy, writing in the Indianapolis Star, comments on how the Diocese of Indianapolis is working its way through sexuality issues.

In the language of Jesus: Martin Wainwright, in The Guardian, argues that Turkey's Christian revival has a message for Iraq's communities.

Week of 1 August 2004

Australia
Capital Territory: Wanniassa, St Matthew (Canberra and Goulburn)
New South Wales: Kurri Kurri, Mount St Vincent (Newcastle)

Canada
Cathedrals
Ontario: Kenora, St Alban, Diocese of Keewatin
Yukon: Whitehorse, Christ Church Cathedral, Diocese of the Yukon

Parishes
British Columbia: Cadboro Bay, St George the Martyr (British Columbia)
British Columbia: North Saanich, Holy Trinity (British Columbia)
Manitoba: Pinawa, Pinawa Christian Fellowship (Rupert's Land)
Manitoba: Winnipeg, St Luke (Rupert's Land)
New Brunswick: Hammond River, Holy Trinity (Fredericton)

Schools
St Michael's University School: Victoria (British Columbia). 'St Michael's University School is a private co-educational, independent day and boarding school of 870 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.'

England
London, Blackheath, St John the Evangelist (Southwark)
London, Burnt Oak, St Alphage (London)
London, Margaret Street, All Saints (London) (Note: A new official website for the famous Anglo-Catholic parish.)
London, St Margarets, All Souls (London)
London, Sloane Street, Holy Trinity (London)
London, South Tottenham, St Ann (London)

Events
USA: New York City, Autumn 2004
Thursday Nights at General Theological Seminary
'What Does Christianity Have to Do with Politics ... and What Does Politics Have to Do with Christianity?' The series begins on September 30 and runs from 7 to 9 pm on four Thursdays before Election Day. The series brings together clergy, laity, and professors for weekly presentations and lively conversation. The fee of US $135 also includes a wine and cheese reception at the home of the Dean and President. Information and an application form here (in PDF): http://www.gts.edu/academic/godeeperfall04.pdf.

Thursday, September 30: The Biblical Prophets as Political Commentators
The Reverend Robert Owens, Professor of Old Testament. Much of the material preserved in Scripture connected with individuals such as Amos, Isaiah, and Jeremiah has to do with political criticism of the government and dominant institutions of their day. This session explores the values and convictions which brought them into harsh and sometimes dangerous conflict with the "establishment."

Thursday, October 7: Religion and the Meaning of America: 1630 to the Present
R. Bruce Mullin, SPRL Professor of Church History. How do religious concepts and understandings contribute to an understanding of what it means to be an American? How have these understandings changed over time? How does this long history affect present day discussions of religion and the social order? These and other questions will be addressed in this lecture.

Thursday, October 14: Can the Church Be Too Political? Reflections on Levels of Personal, Clerical, Parochial and Denominational Political Involvement.
The Reverend William Doubleday, Professor of Pastoral Theology. Both history and contemporary events suggest a variety of approaches to the question of how religious individuals and institutions can or should engage in politics at the local, state, and national level.

Thursday, October 28: Rhetoric, Religion, and the Presidency: Symbolic Dimensions of Campaign 2004.
The Reverend Mitties McDonald DeChamplain, Trinity Church Professor of Preaching. Presidential campaigns are inescapably religious, and this presentation will explore the ways in which candidates use various media to establish their fitness to be high priest and prophet of the civil-religious tradition in America.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Archbishop of York to step down. Radical suggestions for Australian church. Bishop blames church for AIDS stigmatisation. Kenya archbishop calls for sacking of government officials. Ross Parker & Hughie Charles were wrong. Australia preparing to defrock retired bishop. Hymns ancient and modern called too ancient. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Parish Resources
Andy Thornton Ltd. (West Yorkshire, England) They are 'an architectural antiques company based in the United Kingdom specializing in the purchase and removal of church interiors throughout Europe, for onward sale to potential clients worldwide.' It's a rather confusing website, but if you click 'Architectural Antiques & Original Decor' on the left-side menu on the home page, you'll get to the relevant section.

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USA
Illinois: Antioch, St Ignatius of Antioch (Chicago)
New Jersey: Williamstown, St Mark's of the Crossing (New Jersey)
Texas: Coleman, St Mark (Northwest Texas)
Texas: Lubbock, St Christopher (Northwest Texas)
Texas: Pampa, St Matthew (Northwest Texas)

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 Magnificent Collection of Brief Lives: In the Telegraph, Christopher Howse explains why we should all rejoice at the publication of the new Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

The Ancaster Demons, by Norman Russell and reviewed by Virginia Rounding. A whodunit set in 1893.

Music of the Heart: New Psalms in the Celtic Tradition, by David Adam and reviewed by John Armson. An anthology of David Adam's psalm-prayers 'tied into that biblical discipline, as also into the Celtic traditions.'

Respect must be the basis: Bill Bowder, writing in the Church Times, talks to the new Secretary General of the Anglican Communion Office.

Shakespeare and the Culture of Christianity in Early Modern England, edited by Dennis Taylor & David N. Beauregard is reviewed by O J Cockshut. 'This is a collection of 16 specialised essays about Shakespeare’s relation (biographical and literary) with Christian doctrine and practice in his time.'