Week
of 28 May 2006
Associations,
Guilds
Unitas: The Catholic
League for Christian Unity: This registered charity promotes
'reconciliation among all Christians through the recovery of
Catholic faith in common and in communion with the Bishop of
Rome as successor to St Peter, first among the Apostles. Its
members are drawn from many of the Christian traditions represented
in the contemporary United Kingdom, although principally they
are Anglicans and Roman Catholics.' Founded in 1913.
Australia
Cathedrals
New South Wales: Parramatta, St
John's Cathedral, Diocese of Sydney [Services
in English, Chinese, Persian]
Parishes
New South Wales: Riverwood-Punchbowl Anglican Churches (Sydney)
New South Wales: Erskine and St Claire, Risen Christ Anglican Church (Sydney)
New South Wales: Sutherland, St John (Sydney)
New South Wales: Turramurra, St
James (Sydney)
New South Wales: Wahroonga, St Paul (Sydney)
Miscellaneous
resources
The Prayer
Book Society of Australia (Victorian Branch): This organisation encourages
the use and study of the Book of Common Prayer (1662).
Book
Reviews
Benedict
XVI: Commander of the Faith,
by Rupert Shortt, and God's
New Man: The Election of Benedict XVI and The Legacy of John Paul II, by Paul
Collins,
are reviewed by Mary Tanner in
Church Times.
Sacrifice
and Community: Jewish Offering and Christian Eucharist, by Matthew Levering, reviewed in the
Church Times by Martin Warner.
Books,
Magazines, Authors
Anglican Bible and Book
Society: This Alabama-based organisation 'promotes public
worship, the distribution of the Holy Bible, and the training
of Anglican ministers. We are not a Bible society or a prayer
book society, as such; instead, we work more specifically to
provide texts and other resources to Anglican missionary and
clergy training programs.'
Episcopal
Book Store: Birmingham, Alabama. Located adjacent to the Cathedral
Church of the Advent, this bookstore offers online ordering.
Canada
Ontario: Colborne, Trinity Church (Toronto)
Church
History
A
Letter to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for
the Colonies, &c. &c. &c. on behalf of the Melanesian
Mission of the Bishop of New Zealand, and also on behalf of Missions
to the Aborigines of Australia, by Lewis M. Hogg (1853).
This early document on its topic addresses the duties of the Church
of England toward aboriginal Australians and the people of the
Melanesian islands.
The
Ardent Longing of the Anglican Communion for Peace and Unity,
by Henry C. Lay (1874). In this sermon by the then Bishop of Easton
(Maryland USA), Henry C. Lay preached on Anglican divisions and hopes
from a global perspective.
England
Parishes
Beighton, St Mary the Virgin (Sheffield)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Tennessee has
announced 28 October as the next date
for the resumption of its stalemated election of
a successor to the current diocesan, who will retire
on 31 October. The diocesan constitution requires
a two-thirds majority in clerical and lay voting
orders.
Events
USA: New York City, 4 June: Trinity Wall Street Pentecost Hip
Hop Mass
'Presented as part of St Paul's Chapel's Spiritual Awakening program,
the Hip-Hop Mass will begin at 4 p.m. with a street procession around St
Paul's
and Ground Zero led by rappers, musicians and dancers, followed by a Eucharist
in the chapel at 4:30 p.m.'
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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a read. Write a letter of your own to
us for possible publication.
News
Centre
Defender of all faiths? Columbus prepares to welcome 75th General Convention.
English cathedral attendance continues to grow. Zimbabwean priests to seek
help from the Archbishop of York. US$50,000 settlement for false arrest
claim by priest. Kenya withdraws welcome to Bishop of Chelmsford mid-visit.
Sexual abuse claims against Episcopal priest resurface. Not a matter for
the secular courts. Anglican Consultative Council considers Covenant document.
All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Odds
and Ends
Worship Woodworks:
This Kansas-based workshop makes wooden materials for use in the
Godly Play children's worship curriculum.
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USA
Parishes
Colorado: Georgetown, Grace
Church (Colorado)
Colorado: Westminster, St
Martha (Colorado)
Colorado: Windsor, St
Alban (Colorado)
Georgia: Louisville, St
Mary Magdalene (Georgia)
Georgia: Pooler, Holy
Angels (Georgia)
North Carolina: Charlotte, All
Saints (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Charlotte, St
Andrew (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Salisbury, St
Matthew (North Carolina)
North Carolina: Wilson, St
Timothy (North Carolina)
Ohio: Ashtabula, St Peter (Ohio)
Ohio: Cleveland, St
Andrew (Ohio)
Ohio: New Philadelphia, Trinity
Church (Ohio)
Ohio: Ravenna, Grace Church (Ohio)
Texas: Cleburne, Holy
Comforter (Fort Worth)
Texas: Comanche, St
Matthew (Fort Worth)
Texas: Fort Worth, Christ
the King (Fort Worth)
Texas: Fort Worth, St
Simon of Cyrene (Fort Worth)
Independent
organisations
The Anglican Relief and Development
Fund:
'created by the Anglican
Communion Network in 2004 to be the strong hands of Christ reaching out
in true partnership with brothers and sisters in the Global South.' The
official Episcopal Church USA relief and development fund is known as Episcopal
Relief and Development.
Miscellaneous
resources
Oakerhater Episcopal
Center: Watonga, Oklahoma. When completed, this ministry center will
serve the Whirlwind Mission with social, economic, cultural and spiritual
programs. It is named for Cheyenne Episcopalian religious leader David
Pendleton Oakerhater (c. 1850-1931).
Oregon Episcopal Cursillo:
Cursillo programmes for the Diocese of Oregon.
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.
World
U.S. Virgin Islands: Cabrita Point, St Thomas, Nazareth
by the Sea (Virgin
Islands)
Worth
Noting
Faithful Cities:
This important report from the Methodist Church of Great Britain
and the Church of England, released on 22 May 2006, urges a new
invigoration of the churches' roles in urban communities. 'Faithful
Cities is about the places we live and the way our lives are changing.
Thinking about cities, towns and other urban communities has involved
us in thinking about citizenship, about politics and the challenges
God’s
open future poses us as disciples. Getting urban policy right is
of interest to all communities in our predominantly urban society.'
Reuters has
already commented, and so
has the BBC.
Five
ways to ease the pane: A bad pun introduces this interesting
story on St Martin-in-the-Fields, London, which will soon have
stained glass windows to replace those lost in 1940 in the Blitz.
House of Lords debate on the contribution of churches to civic life:
The archbishop of Canterbury's website has his
opening remarks, closing
remarks and a link to the
Hansard report of this important debate
on 19 May 2006.
A
'two-track' plan to heal divisions: This article from the Telegraph
reports on what it calls 'audacious plan to save the worldwide Anglican
Church by allowing it to divide into two tracks, one fast and the
other slow'.
Youth
Resources
My Faith My Life: 'Because
faith is best explored in community, and as people of God we have
promised to support all baptized in their life in Christ, this
website has resources for teens as well as for parents, mentors,
and youth leaders who serve as guides along the journey' Although written
by the author of the book My Faith, My Life (Morehouse,
2006), this site's content is independent and updated regularly. |
