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Week of 12 February 2006

Africa
Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist http://stmark.anglican.org (Church of the Province of South Africa)

Associations, Guilds
Anglicans for Israel: Aims to promote bonds of fellowship and interfaith understanding between Anglicans and the Jewish people through various means.

Australia
Resources
The Community of Saints Barnabas and Cecilia: Located in Peterborough, South Australia in the Diocese of Willochra, this group describes itself as 'firmly grounded in our tradition and yet desiring the unity for which Christ prayed, and offering a ministry of hospitality and welcome for all Christian people.' Founded in 1997. (Cross-listed in Religious Orders)

Book Reviews
Vicars Choral at English Cathedrals, edited by Richard Hall and David Stocker, reviewed by Nicholas Orme in the Church Times.

Celebrating the Eucharist, by Benjamin Gordon-Taylor and Simon Jones, reviewed with other titles by Robert Mackley in the Church Times.

Mass and Parish in Late Medieval England: The Use of York, edited by P.S. Barnwell, Claire Cross and Ann Rycraft, reviewed by Bishop David Stancliffe in the Church Times. This review mentions several resources available online, including Dat Boexken van der Missen and the York Missal.

Canada
Resources
Saskatchewan Anglican Youth
. This blog-style site for youth ministry in the Diocese of Saskatchewan provides links, announcements and contact information. (Cross-listed in Youth Resources)

Church History
National Episcopal Historians and Archivists: 'The National Episcopal Historians and Archivists (NEHA) formally the National Episcopal Historians Association, began in 1961 as an outgrowth of the Church Historical Society. The founders felt that an organization was needed that would promote archival and historical information collection for congregations, dioceses, and institutional archivists as well as historiographers and registrars'.

Notes [of a] Visit to Norfolk Island, the Head Quarters of the Melanesian Mission (1872). This published account draws on the journal of William Garden Cowie (1831-1902) then Bishop of Auckland. Cowie writes on conditions of church life on Norfolk, and his ordination of three Melanesian Anglicans to the diaconate; Cowie is distinguished in early Australasian church history for having ordained some 25 Maori clergymen by the end of the nineteenth century.

Pictures of the English Liturgy, by Martin Travers (1916): High Mass illustrations are available now online in high-resolution scans provided by an AO reader. The Low Mass illustrations have been reformatted.

Ritual Notes on the Order of Divine Service (1894). The text of an early edition of this influential ceremonial guide is now online for the first time.

England
Attleborough, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Norfolk)
Breadsall, All Saints (Derby)
Long Benton, St Bartholomew (Newcastle)
Manchester, St Ann (Manchester)
Mansfield, St Mark (Southwell)
Necton, All Saints (Norwich)
Romford, St Edward the Confessor (Chelmsford)
Stalybridge, St George (Manchester)
Theale, Holy Trinity (Oxford)
Twickenham, Holy Trinity (London)

Whitefield, All Saints, Stand (Manchester)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Albany has released nominees' answers to a series of questions on how candidates for bishop coadjutor understand Christian doctrine and their potential roles as bishops in the Episcopal Church. Candidate forums will be held on 4 March and 24 March at Christ the King Spiritual Life Center in Greenwich, New York.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Trouble in upstate New York. Tutu urges Muslims to forgive Western press. General Synod ends in England. Anglican teenagers are sexually mainstream. Jerusalem bishop comments on Palestinian elections. ABC stresses respect and civility. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

New Zeland
Blenheim, Church of the Nativity (Nelson)
Havelock, Havelock and the Sounds (Nelson)

Odds and Ends
A radio advertisement for St Andrew's, Birmingham, Alabama: This whimsical radio advert is available online in mp3 format.

Religious Orders
The Community of Saints Barnabas and Cecilia: Located in Peterborough, South Australia in the Diocese of Willochra, this group describes itself as 'firmly grounded in our tradition and yet desiring the unity for which Christ prayed, and offering a ministry of hospitality and welcome for all Christian people.' Founded in 1997. (Cross-listed in Australia)

Scotland
Falkirk, Christ Church (St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane)

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USA
Alabama: Mobile, Christ Church (Central Gulf Coast)
California: Gridley, St Timothy (Northern California)
Kansas: Emporia, St Andrew (Kansas)
Kentucky: Louisville, St Andrew (Kentucky) [best seen in Windows]
Massachusetts: Oxford, Grace Church (Western Massachusetts)
New York: Greenwich Village, St. John's in the Village (New York)
Pennsylvania: Canonsburg, St Thomas (Pittsburgh)
Pennsylvania: Hanover, All Saints (Pennsylvania) [site cannot be visited in Firefox]
Pennsylvania: Mount Airy, Grace Epiphany (Pennsylvania)
Tennessee: Spring Hill, Grace Church (Tennessee)
Texas: Lockhart, Emmanuel (West Texas)
Washington: Ellensburg, Grace Church (Spokane)
Washington: Spokane, Holy Trinity (Spokane)

Schools and education
Emmanuel Day School: Mercer Island, Washington. 'Established in 1962, Emmanuel Day School has been a ministry of Mercer Island's Emmanuel Episcopal Church to three generations of preschool children and their families.'

St Stephen's Day School: Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pre-Kindergarten through fifth grade, coeducational. Affiliated with Grace Church and St Stephen's, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Resources
The Absalom Jones Scholarship: 'The Absalom Jones Scholarship was established to honour the memory of the spirit of Absalom Jones [first African American priest of the Episcopal Church]. This Fund will support minority high school youth who desire to continue their education at a college or university in Philadelphia or the four surrounding counties. The recipients of this fund will have demonstrated their desire to use their chosen field of study to somehow benefit the community.'

Vivian la Identical Anglican: This educational program for Spanish-speaking Episcopalians is led by lay members of individual congregations.

Vocare in Oklahoma: 'Vocare is an instrument of renewal for the young adult community of the Episcopal Church.'

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.

Australia: Coffs Harbour, Bishop Fruit College, Chaplain
Cyprus: Lanarca, St Helena, Chaplain

For more information and contacts, see our Vacancies Centre.

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

World
Barbados
Holetown, St James (Barbados)

Resources
The Egypt Diocesan Association: 'The Egypt Diocesan Association (EDA) supports the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt, including chaplaincies in North Africa and the Horn of Africa ( Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia) through prayer and personal service. The work of the diocese includes social programmes, medical clinics, and the running of schools and homes in areas of poverty.'

Youth Resources
The Late Session: A cell group for people ages 18-30 in Breadsall Parish Church, Diocese of Derby, UK.

Saskatchewan Anglican Youth: This blog-style site for youth ministry in the Diocese of Saskatchewan provides links, announcements and contact information. (Cross-listed in Canada)

Youth Ministries Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon: Includes extensive information and forms related to youth activities in this diocese.


Week of 5 February 2006

Books and Bookshops
16-5. Online store specialzing in 'books about the Christian tradition with an emphasis on the lives of the saints and prominent Christian thinkers. 16-5 is an eccumenical site aiming to help all Christians see their common heritage and encourage points of contact.'

Book Reviews
Athos Alive. Richard Mammana reviews Miracle on the Monastery Mountain, by Douglas Lyttle.

Graphic Gospel. Richard Mammana reviews Marked, by Steve Ross.

Lily of the Mohawks. Richard Mammana reviews Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits, by Allan Greer.

Canada
Schools and education
Rothesay Netherwood School, Rothesay, New Brunswick. Founded in 1877; coeducational university preparatory school. Affiliated with the Diocese of Fredericton.

Church History
Anglican Books Revitalized. This website provides a number of books in html format, including online editions of the writings of Peter Toon. His important 1979 title Evangelical Theology 1833–1856: A Response to Tractarianism available here in searchable format.

The Black Slaves of Prussia, by Frank Weston (1918). In this influential open letter, Frank Weston (1871-1924) writes in his capacity as Bishop of Zanzibar to protest German abuses of Africans during World War I.

The Lessons of the Holy Sepulchre, by J. R. Selwyn (1873). This sermon was preached at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Auckland, New Zealand, to commemorate the eighth anniversary of its founding. The preacher reflects on the importance of women's ministry in parish life, on the necessity for reverence in church buildings, and wishes that there 'be never wanting a supply of men eager to run to Christ as St. Peter and John ran to His tomb.'

England
Parishes
Bempton, Headland Parishes [St Michael, Bempton; St Oswald, Flamborough; St Peter, Reighton; St Leonard, Speeton] (York)
Burnage, St Margaret (Manchester)
Chadderton, Christ Church (Manchester)
Great Conrad, St Andrew (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Hillock, St Andrew (Manchester)
Northampton, St Alban the Martyr (Peterborough)
Stowmarket, St Peter and St Mark (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Tolworth, Emmanuel (Southwark)
Whitton, St Mary and St Botolph (St Edmundsbury and Ipswich)
Wimbledon, St Mark (Southwark)
Wimbledon, St Mary (Southwark)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
United States: Eastern Michigan
On 1 February 2006 the Diocese announced its list of five nominees for bishop: the Rev. Daniel S. Appleyard, the Rev. Canon Margaret Babcock, the Rev. Bruce William Gray, the Rev. Canon A. Gordon Okunsanya, and the Very Rev. Robert A. Schiesler. Open nominations continue through 15 February.

Events
Italy: Rome, 3-10 June 2006: Anglican-Episcopal Ecumenical Pilgrimage to Rome
Each day will be filled with fascinating visits to important specially-arranged Vatican sites as well as world-class cultural and educational institutions. Pilgrims will stay in the modern quarters of the monastery of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth. The Rev. Canon J. Robert Wright, professor of ecclesiastical history at General Theological Seminary, will accompany the group, providing commentary and background.

Exchanges

Australia <> Canada (July-August, 2006)
'Rector of city parish on the NSW Central Coast, Diocese of Newcastle, with a large staff to look after parish, but some Sunday duties available if desired. Modern off site Rectory and car available. Web site www.anggos.com. Seeking a six week exchange, would prefer vicinity of Calgary or Edmonton close to The Rockies, but all offers considered for couple & adult son. Am happy to do Sunday services, or undertake parish mission. The Central coast is one hour north of Sydney, close to beautiful beaches, Hunter Valley vineyards and National Parks. Mild, sunny winter weather. The Revâd Rod Bower Mobile:0419 016 453 Email:rkbower@hotmail.com.'

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
News
Singapore bishop installed as Archbishop of Southeast Asia. Commentary on ECUSA Presiding Bishop nominations. +Sydney says that homosexuality is a matter of life and death. Record number of men ordained in Sydney. Anglican Lutheran International Commission meets. Bishop of Pennsylvania asked to resign, refuses. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Official Church Publications
Anglican News. The monthly newspaper from the Diocese of Natal, South Africa.

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USA
Cathedrals
California: San Jose, Trinity Cathedral, El Camino Real

Parishes
Illinois: Chicago, Trinity Church (Chicago)
Pennsylvania: Bryn Mawr, Redeemer (Pennsylvania)

Resources
The Church Club of New York. 'Established in 1887, the Church Club of New York is a forum to discuss important issues facing the Episcopal Church and to exchange ideas among those who are active in their parishes and who serve on vestries and diocesan committees. The Church Club also supports theological education and keeps members informed by sponsoring opportunities to hear experts on topics of vital interest to Episcopalians.'

Vacancies Centre
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Worth Noting
The Archbishop of Canterbury's speech at the opening of the International Bonhoeffer Congress, University of Wroclaw, Poland: 'Dietrich Bonhoeffer was in no way a theologian who wished to be defined by negations. In his prison letters, he deplores the tendency of religious apologists to concentrate on the weaknesses of the secular world-view ....'


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