Week
of 7 January 2006
Church
History
Fifteen
Sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel,
by Joseph Butler (1827 edition). Butler (1656-1730) was Bishop
of Durham from 1750-1752; in this series of sermons, he expounds
his philosophy of moral theology. His feast day in the 1979
BCP of the Episcopal Church is 16 June.
A
Memorial Representing the Present State of Religion, on the
Continent of North-America,
by Thomas Bray (1701). Bray (1656-1730) writes on the religious
needs of colonists in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
New York, Rhode Island, Long Island, North and South Carolina,
the Bermudas and Newfoundland. This is an essential document
for the history of the growth of the Anglican Communion.
The
Nepowewin Station: Journals of the Reverend Henry Budd, serialised
in the
Church Missionary Intelligencer (1854), three instalments:
April, May and June.
Budd (c.
1812-1875) was the first Indigenous Canadian to be ordained
to the priesthood. In this series of extracts from his journals
of missionary life on the Saskatchewan River, he reflects
on the difficulties of building, farming and staying warm
in addition to conducting evangelical work among the Cree,
Saulteaux and Assiniboine (Stoney) tribes.
Diocesan Publications
Minnesota: Weekly
News. Online weekly publication.
England
Parishes
Adel, St John
the Baptist (Ripon and Leeds)
Bramhope, St
Giles (Ripon and Leeds)
Castor, St Kyneburga (Peterborough)
Combs, St Mary (Edmundsbury
and Ipswich)
Newtown, King Charles the Martyr (Lichfield)
Oundle, St Peter (Peterborough)
Tunbridge Wells, King
Charles the Martyr (Rochester)
Wells, St
Cuthbert (Wells)
Wembdon, St George (Bath
and Wells)
Wolverton, St George the Martyr (Oxford)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Complete
The Diocese of Toronto reports
that the Rev. Dr. Canon Patrick
Yu, 54, has been elected suffragan bishop for the York-Scarborough
episcopal area, which is made up of about 70 parishes.
Originally from Hong Kong, Canon Yu is the first person of
Chinese descent to be elected a bishop in the Anglican Church
of Canada. Canon Yu was elected on the fourth ballot, and
will be consecrated on 25 March 2006; his CV is
available online in Adobe Acrobat format.
Europe
France: Beaulieu-sur-Mer, St Michael (Diocese in Europe)
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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a read. Write a letter of your own to us for
possible publication.
Music Resources
King
Charles Singers. 'Formed in 1991, the King Charles Singers
is a small group of experienced performers, who enjoy singing
music of the English cathedral tradition. We sing church
services and occasional concerts, mostly in the parish church
of King Charles the Martyr in Tunbridge Wells. We are also
a regular visiting choir at Westminster Abbey and St Paul's
Cathedral.'
News
Centre
More
discord over women bishops in England.
Canadian ruling on use of name 'Anglican'.
Nigerian church disowns activist. 'The
Life of Brian' voted all-time best movie comedy in Britain. All this, and more, in
the News Centre.
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USA
Parishes
Florida: Naples, Trinity by the Cove (Southwest
Florida)
Florida: New Port Richey, St Stephen (Southwest Florida)
Missouri: Lee's Summit, St Paul (West Missouri)
New
York: Bedford, St
Matthew (New York)
New York: Yonkers, St John (New
York)
Pennsylvania: Episcopal
Ministry of Unity [All Saints, Lehighton;
St John, Palmerton] (Bethlehem)
Resources
Reconcilers.net. 'A
growing movement of Episcopalians working to impart faith-based
reconciliation as both a spirituality and a moral vision
for our life together in the Episcopal Church as well
as our mission in the twenty-first century.'
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.
Seeking a position? Scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites with vacancies
listings throughout the communion.
Worth
Noting
A Church Times special feature from last week: Going
to Church? Wear Your Thickest Skin, by Paul Handley; Good
manners put people at their ease, by John Lloyd; and Polite
poster campaign for 2006, by Christine Miles.
Augustine,
Sinner and Saint: a new biography, by James J. O'Donnell,
reviewed by Mark Edwards.
Cassian
and the Fathers: Initiation into the monastic tradition,
by Thomas Merton, reviewed by Esther de Waal.
Evangelicals
Etcetera: Conflict and conviction in the Church of England's
parties, by Kelvin Randall, reviewed by John Pridmore.
Who's
Anglican and who's not: Canada's Anglican Journal notes
and summarizes some of the churn in the global meaning of the word
'Anglican'. |
Week
of 1 January 2006
Seasonal/Epiphany
Resources
Full Homely
Divinity has this fine Devotion
for the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Australia
Parishes
Queensland: Goldcoast, Parish of Surfers Paradise (Brisbane)
Canada
Ontario: London, Bishop Cronyn Memorial (Huron)
Ontario: Thunder Bay, St Stephen the Martyr (Algoma)
Resources
The Artizo Institute. 'a Canadian
Anglican initiative with a mandate to seek out and develop vigorous
young leaders, and prepare them for full-time ordained ministry by
allowing them to serve the body of Christ in their local church.'
Church
History
Alien
Son: The life and times of Cheok Hong Cheong, (Zhang Zhuoxiong) 1851-1928,
by Ian Welch (2003). This dissertation presented to Australian National
University examines the life and thought of a prominent Chinese-Australian
Anglican. Welch's research draws on 'the archives of the
various Christian missions to the Chinese in Australia in the 19th and
early 20th centuries' and Cheok Hong Cheong's own substantial letterbooks
to describe 'the complex relationships of Chinese emigrants with
the often unsympathetic majority of Australians.'
The
Inheritance of Evil; or, the Consequences of Marrying a Deceased
Wife's Sister,
by Felicia Skene (1849). This Tractarian novel addresses one
of the more vexing ecclesiastical controversies of the nineteenth century;
we reflected
on it in 2003. Skene (1821-1899) was a prominent Victorian
prison reformer, novelist, devotional writer and a disciple of E.B.
Pusey.
The
Little Lives of the Saints, by Percy Dearmer (1904). Dearmer wrote
this series of pre-reformation English saints' lives for children, each
of which is accompanied by at least one engraved illustration.
England
Parishes
Belbroughton, St
Leonard (Worcester)
Bradgate Team Parish [Ratby,
Groby and Newtown Linford] (Leicester)
Combroke, St Mary and St Margaret (Coventry)
Hammerwood, St Stephen [with St Peter, Holtye] (Chichester)
Kineton, St Peter (Coventry)
United
Benefice of Farndon with Thorpe and Hawton with Cotham [St Michael,
Cotham; St Peter, Farndon; All Saints, Hawton; St Lawrence, Thorpe] (Southwell)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
On 28 December 2005 the Diocese of Tennessee announced its slate
of nominees for bishop.
The dedicated bishop-search
website indicates that the 14-day window
for nominations by petition will close on 11 January 2006.
Europe
France: Toulouse, Cahors, Limoux, Puycelci and Valence d'Agen, English
Church of Midi-Pyrénées and Aude (Diocese in Europe)
Russian Federation: Moscow, St
Andrew (Diocese in Europe)
Events
USA: New York City, 18 January 2006: The William Reed Huntington
Memorial Sermon
The Rev. Dr. Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, will be the preacher for the annual
William Reed Huntington Memorial Sermon on the first day of the
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Wednesday, January 18, 2006
at 6:00 in the evening at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Avenue,
New York, New York. The Right Rev. Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of New
York, will preside at the Eucharist. Everyone is welcome.
Letters
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News
Centre
The end of a tumultuous year.
(Fast away the old year passes)
The beginning of a new one.
(Hail the new, ye lads and lasses) All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
The Church of Torres
Strait: 'A member church of the worldwide Traditional Anglican
Communion,' the Church of Torres Strait was formed in 1997. The
Torres Strait is located between Australia and Papua New Guinea;
this local church is comprised of fifteen parishes on several islands.
Odds
and Ends
Siwok and More: Site marketing hand-crafted goods made by the Wichi people
of Argentina; an internet project of the Anglican Diocese of Northern
Argentina.
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USA
Parishes
Florida: Plant City, St
Peter (Southwest Florida)
Florida: St Petersburg, St Matthew (Southwest Florida)
Iowa: Clinton, Christ
Church (Iowa)
New York: Mamaroneck, St Thomas (New York)
New York: Ossining, St
Paul-on-the-Hill (New York)
Pennsylvania: Bethlehem, St
Andrew (Bethlehem)
Pennsylvania: Dallas, Prince of Peace (Bethlehem)
Pennsylvania: Glenburn, Epiphany (Bethlehem)
Pennsylvania: Milford, Good
Shepherd and St John the Evangelist (Bethlehem)
Pennsylvania: Morgantown, St Thomas (Bethlehem)
South Carolina:
Easley, St Michael (Upper
South Carolina)
South Carolina: Fort Mill, St Paul (Upper
South Carolina)
Resources
Camp
Coast Care.
Long Beach, Mississippi. 'Camp Coast Care is a hurricane relief facility
of Lutheran Episcopal Disaster Response, operating under the direction
of the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi. We have a food distribution
center, a free medical clinic, as well as an outreach program to help
those affected by Katrina to rebuild thier homes and thier lives. We
also offer hospitality and community to those who come to work on the
Mississippi Gulf Coast.'
Center for the Arts at Christ
Church. New Haven, Connecticut. 'We are a community of musicians,
artists, and educators. We are committed to providing the children and
families of the Greater New Haven area with affordable arts education.'
Located at and affiliated with Christ Church, New Haven.
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Centre
List a parish or diocesan opening for one month at AO -- at no charge.
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will become for all.
Seeking a position? Scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites with vacancies
listings throughout the communion.
Worth
Noting
The
Birth of the Church: From Jesus to Constantine, AD 30-312, by Ivor J. Davidson,
and A Public Faith: From Constantine to the medieval world, AD 312-600, by
Ivor J. Davidson, are reviewed in the Church Times by Cally Hammond.
The
Church Explorer's Handbook,
by Clive Fewins, is reviewed in the Church Times by Julian Litten. 'His commentary,
which skilfully avoids patronising the reader, is a lively account of ecclesiastical
architecture, fixtures and fittings, from the late Saxon period to about 1900.'
Glory
Descending: Michael Ramsey and His Writings, by Douglas Dales, John Habgood,
Geoffrey Rowell and Rowan Williams, is reviewed in the Church Times by Kenneth
Leech.
Scripture
and the Authority of God, by N.T. Wright, is
reviewed in the Church Times by Jeremy Sheehy.
Signs,
Wonders, Miracles: Representations of Divine Power in the Life of the Church,
edited by Kate Cooper and Jeremy Gregory, is
reviewed in the Church Times by Nicholas Orme.
Spirituality
in the City,
edited by Andrew Walker, is
reviewed in the Church Times by Nicholas Holtam. 'Nicholas Holtam welcomes an attempt
to understand the work of God in the city.'
William
Stringfellow in Anglo-American Perspective, by Anthony Dancer, is
reviewed in the Church Times by Sam Wells. You haven’t read any Stringfellow?
Start now, says Sam Wells. 'William Stringfellow (1928-85) was an
Episcopalian involved in post-Second World War student activism before he trained
at Harvard to be a lawyer. He then settled in East Harlem, New York City, for a ten-year
period of socially engaged advocacy and acute theological reflection.'
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