Week
of 3 December 2006
Advent
Resources
Advent
Stories. The Church of England's Advent Calendar. Daily clickable
boxes have a personal message about the meaning of Advent, provide
related links, and invite visitors to 'find out about the Christmas
story' and to 'find a church near you'.
Christmas
at the National Gallery (London):
Advent calendar. Based on Hendrick
Avercamp's charming 'A Winter Scene with Skaters near a Castle';
web visitors can open a new picture each day through Advent.
Africa
Online
Anglican resources pertaining
to Africa
Southern Africa Church Development
Trust:
Founded in 1960. 'The main objectives of the Trust is the building
of partnerships with the dioceses, missions and rural groups in order
to improve the facilities and resources for the local communities.'
Works in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Angola
and St Helena.
Textbooks for Africa:
'an outreach project of the Episcopal Diocese
of New Hampshire in cooperation with the Diocese of Cape Town and H.O.P.E.
Africa. Youth throughout the Episcopal Church are engaged in a fundraising
effort to raise money to purchase textbooks for children in South Africa,
"One book at a time".'
Book
Reviews
Alison Shell reviews The Arts of the Anglican Counter-Reformation: Glory, Laud and honour, by Graham Parry.
John Armson reviews Living Free, by H. A. Williams.
Penny Seabrook reviews Making Christmas Happen: Daily Reflections to Help You Keep the Sparkle in All the Preparations, by Susan Sayers, with Christmas in the Family, by Isabel Marion.
Books,
Magazines, Authors
Hopkins
Bookshop: Burlington, Vermont. 'Hopkins Bookshop is a specialty
bookstore located on the lower level of St. Paul's Cathedral within
easy walking distance of downtown Burlington's main shopping district
and beautiful waterfront.' Includes online purchasing capability.
Church
History
An
Open Letter in Reference to the Consecration
of Dr. Brooks, by George Franklin Seymour (1892). In this lengthy protest
by the Bishop of Springfield, Illinois against the consecration of Phillips
Brooks (1835-1893) Seymour accuses Brooks of Arianism, Pelagianism, and
indifferent attitudes toward closed communion and apostolic succession.
Brooks is commemorated in the calendar of the Episcopal Church USA on 23
January.
Diary
and Letters of the Reverend Joseph W. Cook, Missionary to Cheyenne,
arranged by N. S. Thomas (1919). This collection of journal entries,
correspondence and photographs gives a detailed picture of the beginnings
of Anglican life in Wyoming, beginning in 1868. Joseph Witherspoon
Cook, a translator of the Book of Common Prayer into Dakota, lived
from 1836 to 1902.
Journal
of a Walk with the Bishop of New Zealand, from Auckland to Taranaki
in August 1855, by Charles John Abraham (1856). C.J. Abraham (1814-1903,
later Bishop of Wellington) recorded his itinerary and experiences on a
long pastoral visitation walk with George Augustus Selwyn.
England
Whitburn Parish Church (Durham)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
USA
The Diocese of Maryland has opened its bishop search
process. The election itself will take place on 29 March 2008. A
timeline with more
information is available here.
Elections
AUSTRALIA
Diocese
of Melbourne. The
Right Reverend Dr Philip Freier has
been elected by an overwhelming majority as the new Archbishop of Melbourne.
Diocese of Sydney. The
Reverend Al Stewart is the new Bishop
of Wollongong.
Diocese of Adelaide. The Reverend
Dr Stephen Pickard (formerly the Director of St Mark's National Theological
Centre, Canberra) has been appointed as an Assistant Bishop for Adelaide.
Essays
Alive and Well: Rumours of the demise of the Anglican Communion are greatly
exaggerated. A new essay for Anglicans Online by Bishop Pierre Whalon.
Europe
Czech Republic: Prague, St Clement (Diocese in Europe)
Letters
to Anglicans Online
Have
a read. Write a letter of your own to
us for possible publication.
New
Zealand
Theological
Colleges and Schools
Kristin
School,
Auckland. Junior, middle and senior school education for boys and girls.
'At Kristin, education is a partnership in which parents and school
work closely together to ensure that our young people are able to
be confident, caring and capable citizens of the 21st century.'
News
Centre
Diocese of San Joaquin wants to go it alone. Further analysis of ABC
trip to Rome. Church and State in Oxford. Anglican Book Centre to close.
Proposal developed for 'APO'. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Odds
and Ends
An open letter to the
Archbishop of Canterbury regarding requests for 'alternative primatial
oversight': 'We write as members of The Episcopal Church to
express our deep concern about the requests for "alternative
primatial oversight" that have come from eight of our dioceses
since the 2006 General Convention. Such a request is unprecedented,
and we believe that granting any of these requests would pose a
grave danger to the Anglican Communion'.
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USA
The Episcopal Church in the Province
of New England: Province I consists of seven dioceses: Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Western
Massachusetts.
Parishes
New Hampshire: Hampton, Trinity Church (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Hopkinton, St Andrew (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Lisbon, Church of the Epiphany (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Littleton, All Saints (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Rye Beach, St Andrew-by-the-Sea (New Hampshire)
New Hampshire: Sugar Hill, St Matthew (New Hampshire)
Oklahoma: Tulsa, St Peter (Oklahoma)
Independent
organizations
Companions in World Mission: a group
of 'Episcopal parishes, organizations, and individuals in the Washington,
D.C. region dedicated to the mission of The Church'.
Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral Foundation:
'chartered by Congress over 100 years ago to promote the causes of
religion, education, and charity'.
Resources
DNHDream: This site outlines
the work of the Diocese of New Hampshire's 'Committee to Re-Imagine the
Diocese,' a group committed to being 'open, fair, transparent, spirit-driven'
in an effort to make the diocese a place 'where ministry really happens'.
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.
USA: Diocese of North Dakota. Tent Making Clergy. For more information on this and other vacancies, see our Vacancies Centre.
Seeking a position? Scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites with vacancies
listings throughout the communion.
Internet/Web Online Education
Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (Church Divinity School of the Pacific). 'Many online classes offered by CALL are part of a series of courses in a particular field of study. Most series are offered in a two-year cycle, so courses not offered in the current year will be scheduled during the next academic year.'
College of Emmanuel and St Chad (University of Saskatchewan). 'The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad does not offer any full degree program by distance education. Students who have been admitted to a degree program, and occasional students, may complete up to one full year of studies through Distance Education. Being admitted as an occasional student to do distance education courses
does not guarantee admission to any degree program of the College.'
World
Resources
Indian Society for Promoting Christian
Knowledge: ISPCK 'was formerly a branch of SPCK, London which
has been serving the church in India since 1711. It was registered in India
as an autonomous self-governing body in 1958. It aims to be a servant of
the Church in India'. Headquarters in Delhi.
The Oxford
Mission: This organization traces its origins to an 1879 appeal to
Oxford University by the Bishop of Calcutta. Today the mission is active
in India and Bangladesh, supporting a women's religious order, schools,
orphanages, hostels, training schools and an eye clinic.
Worth
Noting
1
1/2 cheers for Richard Dawkins:
There's so much to applaud in Richard Dawkins, says Stephen Tomkins,
such as his rage against bad religion. But he's out of his depth
in his new book, The God Delusion, when he attacks all forms
of faith. At Ship of Fools.
The
Archbishop of Canterbury's Statement on HIV/AIDS for World Aids
Day 2006: 'As Christian disciples we recognize in God a self-offering in the
face of suffering. We are thus compelled to address our responsibility
to do what we can to treat the sick and to educate ourselves and others
so as to avoid further spread of the infection.'
Giving
up Christmas for Advent:
Stephen Tomkins writes in the Guardian (UK) about fasting before feasting.
'It seems to me that, for all our hedonism, our fasting forebears
enjoyed their revelries more than we do, because they had to wait
for them. We are like kids who peep through the wrapping paper.' |
