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Week of 5 September 2004

Australia
Victoria: Burnley, St Bartholomew (Melbourne)

Church History
A Catechism on Confirmation, by the Reverend James DeKoven (1867)
James DeKoven (1831-1879) wrote this High Church catechism for his students at Racine College in Wisconsin; it was adopted by Morgan Dix of Trinity Church, Wall Street and incorporated into his 'Manual of Instruction for Confirmation Classes.'

Tales Illustrative of the Apostles' Creed, by John Mason Neale (1885)
This collection of children's stories by John Mason Neale includes one story for each phrase of the Apostles' Creed. The individual stories are set in places as disparate as Canada, Japan, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, India, Mount Athos and Norway.

The Magnificat: Sermons in St. Paul's, August, 1889, by H.P. Liddon (1890)
This is the second edition of a series of four sermons on the Magnificat preached by Liddon, who was then Canon Residentiary and Chancellor of St. Paul's Cathedral.

England
Ashton, Ashton Parish Church [St Peter and St Paul] (Birmingham)
Birmingham, St Christopher (Birmingham)
Highgate, St Alban the Martyr (Birmingham)
Shenley Green, St David (Birmingham)
Walmley, St John the Evangelist (Birmingham)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
The Episcopal Church in the USA
The Diocese of San Diego announces the nominees for the next bishop. Details here.

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

Miscellaneous
Images of Salvation: The Story of the Bible through Mediaeval Art: From York University (England), a new CD is available for purchase, described as 'A remarkable interactive guide to the meaning of the gospel as expressed in mediaeval art -- fantastic for engaging with culture and building bridges of understanding'.

New Zealand
Devonport, Holy Trinity (Auckland)

News Centre
Upcoming release of Eames report. More sex-abuse claims in Australia. More publicity, little new action, in Los Angeles. Statement from Johannesburg. ABC to have visited Scotland. Greenbelt festival in Cheltenham. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Parish Resources
Mosaic Workshop: 'The UK's most thriving mosaic studio. Established in 1987, the staff includes professional and experienced mosaicists and designers. The workshop both executes mosaic commissions and produces and shows original work in mosaic. Mosaic and related goods are available from our London shops. We also sell mosaic by mail order, from tiles and kits to tools and templates. Our work is internationally known; we have written a number of books on the subject. We are currently undertaking new work at Westminster Cathedral'. There is also a new Mosaic Workshop office in the US, with its own website.

Religious Orders
Friends of St Benedict: Based in Washington, DC, the 'Friends of St. Benedict carries on the work of the Canterbury Cathedral Trust in the area of Benedictine spirituality. The organization will continue to advance an understanding of the Benedictine roots of our Christian faith and support people in translating Benedictine insights and values into their daily lives. Through its programs and other resources, the Friends of St. Benedict will offer spiritual growth and formation to individuals, parishes, dioceses and other organizations'.

Social Justice, Environment
Episcopal Network for Animal Welfare: 'An inclusive and mutually-supportive venue for Episcopal animal advocates with a variety of interests and gifts; and to offer our presence, passion, enthusiasm and resources to help equip the churches to give meaningful voice to every creature under Heaven, especially where neglect, cruelty, degradation and commercial exploitation are concerned'.

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Thanks
To all who have helped us through their gifts. We are deeply grateful to those who allow their names to be listed and those who choose to remain anonymous.

USA
Kansas: Clay Center, St Paul (Kansas)
Kansas: Edwardsville, St Martin in the Field (Kansas)
Kansas: Kansas City, St Paul (Kansas)
Minnesota: Basswood Grove, St Mary (Minnesota)
Minnesota: Kasson, St Peter (Minnesota)
Minnesota: Luverne, Holy Trinity (Minnesota)
Minnesota: Mankato, St John (Minnesota)

Schools
Connecticut: Wooster School, Danbury (Connecticut) Day school for boys and girls, Kindergarten through grade 12
Connecticut: St Thomas Day School, New Haven (Connecticut) Pre-K through grade 6
Connecticut: Salisbury School, Salisbury (Connecticut) College preparatory for young men, boarding
Connecticut: South Kent School, South Kent (Connecticut) Boarding day school for boys, grades 9 through 12
Connecticut: Pomfret School, Pomfret (Connecticut) Boarding day school for boys and girls, grades 9 through post-graduate
Connecticut: The Rectory School, Pomfret (Connecticut) Boarding school for boys grades 5 through 9

Vacancies Centre
One new vacancy this week.

England: Dudley, St Augustine Holly Hall (Worcester) Priest in charge

For more information see our Vacancies Centre, where you can list a vacancy for free.

Wales
Cardiff (Central), Parish of Central Cardiff [St John the Baptist, St Michael and All Angels, St Andrew, and St James the Great] (Llandaff)

Worth Noting

The Business of Virtue, by Clive Wright, is reviewed by Edmund Newell in the Church Times.

Evangelicals are strict, not stupid: Colin Sedgewick, writing in The Guardian, argues against the stereotype that evangelicals are not intelligent.

Feminist Theology, by Natalie K. Watson, is reviewed by David Martin in the Church Times.

Week of 29 August 2004

Australia
Victoria: Bendigo, Parish of Southeast Bendigo [Holy Trinity, Flora Hill; Christ Church, East Bendigo; St Stephen; Emu Creek] (Bendigo) NOTE: Windows/Internet Explorer only; MIDI attack.

Canada
British Columbia: Chetwynd, Chetwynd Shared Ministry [Anglican-Lutheran-Presbyterian-United Church] (New Westminster)
British Columbia: North Vancouver, St Simon (New Westminster)
British Columbia: Sardis, St John (New Westminster)

Church History
The Alaskan Missions of the Episcopal Church: A Brief Sketch, Historical and Descriptive, by Hudson Stuck, D. D. Archdeacon of the Yukon. New York: Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1920. Here is a corner of the Anglican life that doesn't receive too much attention.

Charlotte Yonge: An Appreciation, by Ethel Romanes (1908)
The friend and parishioner of John Keble, Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901) popularized the teachings of the Oxford Movement through dozens of novels and stories. This book includes a biography, a survey of Yonge's works and interaction with Keble, several photographs and an interesting essay entitled 'The Secret of Miss Yonge's Influence,' by Lady Frederick Cavendish.

Doctor Tucker, Priest-Musician: A Sketch which Concerns the Doings and Thinkings of the Rev. John Ireland Tucker, S.T.D., Including a Brief Converse about the Rise and Progress of Church Music in America. By Christopher W. Knauff (1897) (Cross-listed in Music Resources.)

Persecuting Bishops, by the Rev. Sydney Smith (1823)
In this interesting essay ['The longer we live, the more we are convinced of the justice of the old saying, that an ounce of mother wit is worth a pound of clergy...'], Sydney Smith writes on the limits of episcopal authority and Anglican comprehensiveness in response to the then Bishop of Peterborough's attempt to exclude Calvinist clergymen from his diocese.

England
Basildon, St Martin of Tours (Chelmsford)
Chadswell, St Mary Parish Church (Chelmsford)
Chelmer Village, Our Savior (Chelmsford)
Eastwood, St David (Chelmsford)
Fryerning, St Mary the Virgin (Chelmsford)
Galleywood, St Michael and All Angels (Chelmsford)
Gidea Park, St Michael and All Angels (Chelmsford)
Great Clackton, St John and St Mark (Chelmsford)
Great Holland, All Saints (Chelmsford)
Great Ilford, St Andrew (Chelmsford)
Margaretting, St Margaret of Antioch (Chelmsford)
Old Harlow, St Mary (Chelmsford)
Saffron Walden, St Mary (Chelmsford)
Southchurch, Christ Church (Chelmsford)
South Weald, St Peter (Chelmsford)
Stifford, Parish of Stifford [St Mary and St Cedd] (Chelmsford)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Anglican Church of Canada
The Diocese of Montreal has announced the search for a new bishop.

Letters to Anglicans Online
This week: letters about Greek, Latin, Hebrew and the usefulness thereof, in response to our last week's enquiry.

Mailing Lists, Webforums, Discussion
Anglican Prayer Network: '
The Anglican Prayer Network is a fellowship of Christian men and women; we express our faith, as found in the orthodox Anglican tradition; our ministry focuses on praying for men, women, and children who are in need of it.'

Music Resources
Doctor Tucker, Priest-Musician: A Sketch which Concerns the Doings and Thinkings of the Revd John Ireland Tucker, S.T.D., Including a Brief Converse about the Rise and Progress of Church Music in America. By Christopher W. Knauff (1897) (Cross-listed in Church History.)

New Zealand
Devenport, Parish of Devenport [Holy Trinity and St Augustine] (Auckland)

News Centre
Anglican Provincial Secretaries meet. Surge in locusts and in study of Aramaic. More goings-on in the Diocese of Los Angeles. Synod in Kumasi. Retired Australian bishop stripped of holy orders. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Scotland
Brechin, St Andrew (Brechin)
Edinburgh, St James and St Philip (Edinburgh)
Edinburgh (Balerno), St Mungo (Edinburgh)
Edinburgh (Lutton Place) St Peter (Edinburgh)
Invergowrie, All Souls (Brechin)
Lerwick, St Magnus (Aberdeen and Orkney)

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USA
Schools
Florida: St Joseph's Episcopal School, Boynton Beach (Southeast Florida) Pre-K through 8th grade
Georgia: St Martin's Episcopal School, Atlanta (Atlanta) Pre-K through 8th grade
Louisiana: St Luke's Episcopal School, Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Pre-K through 5th grade
Tennessee: Grace-St Luke's Episcopal School, Memphis (West Tennessee) Pre-K through 8th grade
Texas: Holy Spirit Episcopal School, Houston (Texas) Pre-K through 8th grade
Texas: The Parish Episcopal School, Farmers Branch (Dallas) Pre-K through 12th grade
Texas: St John's Episcopal School, Dallas (Dallas) Pre-K through 8th grade
Virginia: St Andrew's Episcopal School, Newport News (Southern Virginia) Kindergarten through 5th grade

Vacancies Centre
One new vacancy this week:

Missouri: Camdentown, St George (West Missouri) New rector.

For more information on this listing, see our Vacancies Centre.

Worth Noting
Death, Liturgy and Ritual, by Paul P. J. Sheppy, is reviewed in the Church Times by Geoffrey Rowell.

A Ministry of Healing: The Episcopal News Service interviews the Revd Dr Nancy Lane, an Episcopal priest with cerebral palsy who operates A Christian Healing Ministry in the Diocese of Central New York.

The Rite Stuff: Ritual in Contemporary Christian Worship and Mission, edited by Pete Ward, is reviewed in the Church Times by Mark Earey.

This is Our Calling, edited by Charles Richardson, is reviewed in the Church Times by Jeremy Sheehy.