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Week of 20 March 2005

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Lenten and Holy Week Resources

Resources
Anglicare Australia: 'Anglicare Australia is the national network of care and social justice agencies of the Anglican Church. Anglicare members invest in excess of $500 million in assistance each year to needy families, youth and children, the aged, unemployed and homeless Australians, as well as working with Indigenous Australians to overcome disadvantage.'

Anglicare South Australia: 'Anglicare SA is a South Australian agency which works to give people a fair go. All sorts of factors: age, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, can marginalise people in our society. Anglicare SA works to help them reach their full potential'.

Canada
Ontario: Brockville, Trinity (Ontario)

Resources
Church Lads' Brigade, Newfoundland: 'The CLB has a long and glorious history. It was founded ... in 1891 in the Parish of St. Andrew's Fulham in London, England by Walter Mallock Gee. Just one year later, it was started in Newfoundland due to the efforts of a young man named Harold Blackler. Our history has been uninterrupted since that date'.

Church History
Medieval Wall Painting in the English Parish Church: This site, developed by Anne Marshall of The Open University, presents photographs of wall paintings in English churches.

England
Hartshorne, St Peter (Derby)
Hayfield, St Matthew (Derby)
Rugby, St Andrew (Coventry)
Yeovil, Parish of Preston Plucknett [St James, St Peter] (Bath and Wells)

Resources
Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade: A uniformed organisation operating within the Anglican Communion. The Church Lads' Brigade was founded in 1891 and the Church Girls' Brigade was founded in 1923. In 1978 these two organizations combined to form The Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade. Branches can be found all over the UK.

Korean Anglican Church Centre meets at St Mary Magdalen, Munster Square, London.

Korean Anglican Community Centre, London: 'Serves the Korean community in conjunction with the Anglican Communion Worldwide, the British Government Bodies such as Camden Council and Kingston Council and the Korean Embassy'.

Essays
Pierre Whalon writes about the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops and the shade of James Pike in his latest essay.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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Liturgical Resources
White Street Bead Company: Custom-made Anglican prayer beads.

New Zealand
Resources
Anglican Social Justice Commission of New Zealand: The SJC 'supports and encourages Anglicans in understanding and
practising "social justice", and in integrating it into the centre of our faith journey. The Commission seeks to do this through various educational and training initiatives. Secondly the Commission also functions as a public voice of the Church on social issues, and makes representations on issues to Government, media and wider New Zealand society.'

DEFT Seminars: DEFT is the Distance Education, Formation and Training Unit of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia. It 'promotes open learning for contemporary Christians, connects those in education and personal growth and spiritual exploration and stimulates new ventures in thought and practice.'

The Kinder Library: This library serves the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia and the Methodist Church of New Zealand. It is located at St John's Theological College/Trinity Methodist Theological College in Auckland.

News Centre
Report from Toronto on Dromantine. Pastoral letter to Nigerians. New plan of action for South African church. US House of Bishops issues Covenant. Ten new bishops consecrated in Nigeria. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Not in the Communion
FCE (Evangelical Connexion)/A Connexion of Covenanting Churches: Formed in 2004 to adhere to the 1927 union of the Free Church of England (est. 1844), and the Reformed Episcopal Church of Great Britain and Ireland (est. 1876). Unlike the Free Church of England, this group rejects Freemasonry as incompatible with Christianity. Its doctrinal standards are the 39 Articles of Religion (revised) and the 1785 Book of Common Prayer.

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USA
California: Altadena, St Mark (Los Angeles)
California: Corona, St John (Los Angeles)
California: Fontana, St Luke (Los Angeles)
California: Menlo Park, St Bede (California)
Colorado: Breckenridge, St John the Baptist (Colorado)
Colorado: Lafayette, Santiago (Colorado)
Colorado: Ouray, St John (Colorado)
Colorado: Thornton, Intercession (Colorado)
Maine: Brewer, St Patrick (Maine)
South Carolina: Columbia, Good Shepherd (Upper South Carolina)
Virginia: Charlottesville, St Paul (Virginia)

Independent Organizations
American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: 'The American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem is a non-profit, non-political partnership nurturing the Church in the Holy Land ... Our efforts support the work of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem in two major hospitals, several schools, 29 parishes and 35 service organizations in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, an area of 121,000 square miles'.

Resources
Associates of Holy Cross: A discussion, fellowship, and support group for Associates and probationary Associates of the Order of the Holy Cross.

The Bishop's Task Force on Marriage and Blessing of the Diocese of California: Includes a Resource Guide and list of online resources on blessing of gay couples.

Episcopal Forum of South Carolina: 'The vision of the Episcopal Forum of South Carolina is to seek unity with diversity through the loving inclusion of a broad range of scriptural understanding and belief within the Episcopal Church of the United States of America.'

Sheltering Arms Foundation: Successor foundation to the Sheltering Arms Orphanage, founded by Episcopalian Deaconess Annette Relf in 1883. It is now 'a grantmaking organization that supports programs benefiting Minnesota children and families. The foundation's mission is to enhance the lives of children and help them reach their full potential, especially those children experiencing barriers to success.'

Via Media USA: An alliance of associations of laity and clergy, Via Media USA 'is committed to promoting and protecting the faith, unity, and vitality of The Episcopal Church as the American expression of Anglican tradition.' A list of alliance members can be found on their site.

Vacancies Centre
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Worth Noting
Bombay to Bloomsbury: A Biography of the Strachey Family, by Barbara Caine, is reviewed in the Church Times by John Whale. 'The Strachey family fostered the changed view of the aptitudes of women that gradually opened to them the Anglican priesthood.'

Liturgy: An Encounter with the Divine, by Keith Pecklers, is reviewed in The Tablet by Rowan Williams. This readable, attractive and theologically alert book is one of the more impressive items in what has so far been a rather uneven New Century Theology series from Continuum.

The Passion, by Geza Vermes, is reviewed by Anthony Harvey. [This is the Lead Book Review, so the URL will not be good after this week.] '“What really happened?” is the question he [Vermes] claims to be answering. The implication, of course, is that the gospel accounts on which any reconstruction must be based, along with the interpretations offered by most modern commentators, have hitherto concealed rather than disclosed the truth.'

One Electorate Under God: A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr, Jean Bethke Elshtain and Kayla M. Drogosz, is reviewed in the Church Times by Kenneth Leech. 'The book is one of the dialogues on religion and public life initiated by the Pew Charitable Trust, and consists of a series of short essays by 50 contributors, of whom 40 are men and ten are women.'

Week of 13 March 2005

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Lenten Resources
A selection of links to resources for Lent and Holy Week.

Canada
New Brunswick: Rothesay, St James the Less (Fredericton)
Ontario: Scarborough, St Margaret's-in-the-Pines (Toronto)

Church History
Life of Robert Machray, Archbishop of Rupert's Land, Primate of All Canada, by his nephew, Robert Machray (1909). Robert Machray (1831-1904) was born in Scotland and appointed Dean of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1859. He left this office in 1865 on his consecration as second Bishop of Rupert's Land, a diocese which then included what are now Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and parts of northern Ontario and Quebec. Machray played an important part in civil and religious events during a significant period in western Canadian history, reorganizing missionary work among indigenous people and Canadians of European descent. He became Metropolitan of Rupert's Land in 1875 after the division of his large diocese, and was chosen as first primate of the Church of England in Canada in 1893.

Peril and Adventure in Central Africa, Being Illustrated Letters to the Youngsters at Home, by the late Bishop [James] Hannington. With Illustrations from Original Sketches by the Bishop, and a Biographical Memoir (1886). James Hannington (1847-1885) was consecrated first Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1884. Hannington and many of his companions were martyred on October 29, 1885 while en route to conduct missionary work in Uganda. His feast day in several churches of the Anglican Communion is kept collectively with the Martyrs of Uganda on October 29. This volume includes the text of a number of Bishop Hannington's letters to his nieces and nephews in England, as well as a number of his drawings made in Africa.

England
Aughton, Christ Church (Liverpool)
Aughton, St Michael (Liverpool)
Wilsford, St Nicholas (Salisbury)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Anglican Church of Australia: The Synod of the Diocese of Newcastle has elected the Rt Revd Dr Brian Farran as its 12th bishop. Details are online at the diocesesan website.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
English clergy shun their bishop. Obituary of Malawi bishop. Canadian primate accuses ABC of snub. Nigerian Standing Committee meets. Statement from ACC chair. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Alabama: Mobile, All Saints (Central Gulf Coast)
Alabama: Monroeville, St John (Central Gulf Coast)
Alabama: Phenix City, St Stephen (Alabama)
Alabama: Scottsboro, St Luke (Alabama)
Alabama: Troy, St Mark (Alabama)
Massachusetts: Rockport, St Mary (Massachusetts)
New Jersey: Mendham, St Mark (New Jersey)
New Jersey: Sea Girt, St Uriel the Archangel (New Jersey)

Resources
The Nathan Network: 'Support for those engaged in preventing and/or responding to misconduct ... through training and empowerment, education, theology, policy dialogues and proposals, individual and systemic wellness tools, spiritual support, resources, lobbying, and connections.' Based in Windsor, Connecticut.

The Sophia Network: The Sophia Network is a new advocacy organization for victims of clergy abuse.

Vacancies Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO -- at no charge. What a bargain! The more you use our free service, the more useful it will become for all.

Canada: Toronto, Trinity East (Little Trinity). Associate Pastor. For more information go to our Vacancies Centre.

Seeking a position? Scan vacancies on diocesan web sites with vacancies listings throughout the communion.

Worth Noting

The best of enemies: Christopher Rowland, writing in The Guardian, observes the importance to modern Christians of vilifying their enemies.

The Church Invisible: A Journey into the Future of the UK Church, by Nick Page, is reviewed in the Church Times by Stephen Cottrell.

The need for restraint: the Rt Revd Professor Stephen Sykes, writing for the Church Times, notes that the most important information from the recent Primates' meeting is not a recommendation but a word of caution.

That They All May Be One: The Call to Unity Today, by Walter Kasper, is reviewed in the Church Times by Mary Tanner.

A "virtuous pagan" looks at the priesthood. 'Minna Proctor had always thought of religious people as fanatics. Then her father told her he wanted to become an Episcopal priest -- and she decided to find out why'. The article is at Salon.com. [Note: To read this without being a subscriber, you'll need to read one advert. Click to the advert, then don't click again until you see a link at the bottom of the page: it's a passthrough to Salon.com. You only have to do this once. Salon.com puts a cookie on your computer allowing you to bypass the advert.]

What would Falwell do? 'After years of near-invisibility, religious progressives want to regain their vanished political clout. But with conservatives claiming a monopoly on godliness, it's going to be a struggle of biblical proportions.' The article is at Salon.com: see note above.

Who wants to be an Anglican now? An editorial in the Church Times. We presume that it was written by Paul Handley, its editor.