Week
of 3 September 2006
Associations,
Guilds
Anglican
Priests Eucharistic League. 'Bishops, priests, deacons, and
candidates for holy orders who pray and work for the sanctification
of the clergy by keeping a daily or weekly Holy Hour before the
Blessed Sacrament.'
Australia
Schools
and Education
Ridley College. Part of the Australian College of Theology at the University
of Melbourne. 'We enjoy Reformed Anglican insights, and also work hard
at thinking about difficult contemporary issues, understanding our culture,
and helping people to think through cross-cultural ministry, how to be
at the cutting edge of imaginative mission, and how to prepare for the
realities of global ministry and mission in the 21st Century.'
Book
Reviews
War
and Faith in the Sudan, by Gabriel Meyers, reviewed
in the Church Times by Timothy Biles. Portraying more of the 'Nuba
people in the mountains of Central Sudan during the Civil War' than
of Sudan, Biles travels with a Roman Catholic bishop, and raises
many issues of differing faith and culture without attempting to
resolve them.
The
Smile of a Ghost,
by Phil Rickman, reviewed in the Church
Times by Jonathan Boardman. A novel, the story focuses on a series of spooky
deaths in and around Ludlow Castle, and whether they might be related
to the presence in the town of a rock singer who has made her name
as a morbid "Gothic" heroine
in a cult music scene.
Coming In: Gays and Lesbians Reclaiming
the Spiritual Journey, by Urs Mattmann, reviewed by Bishop
Derek Rawcliffe in the Church
Times. 'The book is a real attempt to do what the subtitle says: to reclaim the spiritual journey for gays and lesbians.'
Confronted by
God: The Essential Verna Dozier, edited by Cynthia L. Shattuck
and Fredrica Harris Thompsett, reviewed in The Lutheran by Frederic
and Mary Ann Brussat. Verna Dozier was an 'advocate for an increased
role for laity in Christian congregations. "There are no second-class
citizens in the household of God," she wrote.'
Canada
New Brunswick: Parishes of Sunny Brae,
Hillsborough, Riverside/Albert [St Andrew, Moncton; St Mary,
Hillsborough; St Alban, Riverside/Albert] (Fredericton)
Church
History
Sisterhood
Life and Woman's Work, in the Mission-Field
of the Church, by Allan Becher Webb
(1883). Webb (1839-1907) was successively
diocesan bishop of Bloemfontein and Grahamstown.
In this collection of four essays on
women's religious communities, he pays
special attention to missionary work
and early sisterhoods in South Africa.
This is the newest entry in a large directory
of historical and academic resources
on Anglican religious communities on
Project Canterbury.
England
Chesterfield, St
Mary and All Saints (Chester) ['Church of the Crooked Spire']
Macclesfield
(Upton Priory),
Church of the Resurrection (Chester)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Arkansas has announced the names
of the four candidates for its next bishop. Information
about them and the continuing election process is
available online here.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
Have
a read. Write a letter of your own to
us for possible publication.
New
Zealand
Parishes
Auckland, St
Margaret (Auckland)
Resources
Anglican
Mainstream New Zealand:
This network of individuals and parishes is 'affiliated with AFFIRM
(Anglican[s?] For Faith Intercession Renewal and Mission) which
is a partnership of voluntary societies in the NZ Anglican Church'.
Church
Army New
Zealand: This organization has been active in New Zealand since
1935. 'Our task has always been: to follow Christ, to make him known,
and to help others to do the same.'
New
Wine New
Zealand: Formerly known as Anglican Renewal Ministries New Zealand.
This organization's 'vision is to see as many Christians and
Churches as possible alive with the joy of knowing and worshipping
Jesus Christ, equipped to live out and proclaim His Kingdom'.
News
Centre
A petition
from Rwanda.
Obituary: Verna Dozier.
Continuing standoff in Virginia. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
Holy Catholic
Church (Anglican Rite): 'The purpose of The Holy Catholic Church
(Anglican Rite) is to perpetuate the Faith, Order, Worship and
Witness of Western Catholicism as it existed in the Church of England
from around 200 A.D., to the time of the Great Schism, and set
forth by the "ancient catholic bishops and doctors," and
especially as defined by the Seven Ecumenical Councils of the undivided
Church.'
Anglican
Catholic Communion, Diocese of Southern Africa:
'The Anglican Catholic Church in Southern Africa began some eleven
years ago at Polokwane in the Limpopo Province and now has parishes
scattered around South Africa.'
Preaching
Resources
Geranium
Farm: Down-to earth support for living. Barbara Crafton's eMo (Almost
Daily Electronic Meditation) website. 'If you want a closer walk with
God, and help along the way, you've come to the right place. You don't
have to stay long, and you can always come back.' Barbara Cawthorne Crafton
is an Episcopal priest, spiritual director and author. She was previously
rector of St Clement's Church in Manhattan's Theatre district.
Sermons
for a Good Cause: Episcopal Relief and Development sponsors this
new website of sermons that 'can be used as a homily, bulletin insert,
or meditation. They are perfect for the cover of a service leaflet,
in a newsletter, or on a parish Web site. The series is written by
the Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton, a priest, accomplished writer,
director, producer and commentator who writes "The Almost-Daily
EMos" on her website, geraniumfarm.org.'
Sermons
that Work: 'The sermons will be available online in advance of
use dates, published as a resource for preachers and congregations
and offering yet another way to experience the rainbow of diversity
that is the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion. These sermons
are in the public domain, but we ask that attribution be given to
the authors.'
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USA
District of Columbia: Church of the Atonement (Washington)
New Jersey:
Midland Park, Good Shepherd (Newark)
New Jersey:
Washington, St Peter (Newark)
New Jersey:
West Orange, Holy Innocents (Newark)
Retirement
communities
Collington Episcopal Life Care
Retirement Community.
Mitchellville, Maryland. 'a nonprofit continuing care retirement community
located on a picturesque 125-acre, tree-lined campus. We are a planned
community of 367 residences designed to meet the needs and tastes of active
adults'.
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.
Vestments
Clerical
Occasions. Based in Wiltshire, England, this
is 'a new company based upon 35 years of practical experience of making
church vestments for the clergy and for church buildings'.
Worth
Noting
This I Believe:
We enjoy listening to each new segment in this well-produced feature
from (American) National Public Radio. Particularly thought-provoking
or worthwhile recent essays have been by Jason
Sheehan, Whitney
Harris, Betsy
Chalmers and David
Copperfield.
Validity
is Everything. Should it be?:
Steven R. Ford writes in The Living Church (Milwaukee) about
validity as a consuming interest in parts of the Anglican world. 'We,
as Anglicans, have a deep and rightful commitment to the historic episcopate.
Yet we willingly divide ourselves according to which particular line
we consider to be "valid." Where will it ever end?' |
