Week of 28 January 2007

Australia
Queensland: North Rockhampton, All Saints Community at St David's Church (Rockhampton)

Book Reviews
Edward Short reviews Ryan Smith's Gothic Arches, Latin Crosses: Anti-Catholicism and American Church Designs in the Nineteenth Century in Books and Culture. 'When American Protestants first broke with decades of pious iconoclasm in the 1840s and began adopting the crosses, candles, choir vestments, sanctuary flowers, stained glass windows, and Gothic architecture of Roman Catholics, a sea-change took place in American religion.'

Going to Heaven: The Life and Election of Bishop Gene Robinson, by Elizabeth Adams, is reviewed in the Church Times by Leigh Hatts.

The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey, edited by Charles Hefling and Cynthia Shattuck, is reviewed in the Church Times by Donald Gray.

Something There: The Biology of The Human Spirit, by David Hay, is reviewed in the Church Times by Jeremy Craddock.

Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilisations, by Martin Goodman, is reviewed in the Guardian by Diarmaid MacCulloch.

Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador: Mount Pearl, Parish of the Ascension (Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador)

Church History
A Narrative of Certain Circumstances Which Took Place at St. Paul's Church, Yorkville (1856). This documentary narrative of a little-known ritualist controversy in the Diocese of Toronto focuses on the usual suspects: Puseyism, Popery and a brand new altar.

Mormonism and England: A Sermon, by Christopher Wordsworth (1867). The prolific author Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885) was Bishop of London from 1869 to 1885. In this sermon on Mormonism, he warns that the 'difficulty which has arisen in America may one day arise in England'.

England
Ashby de la Zouch, Holy Trinity (Leicester)
Bardon Hill, St Peter [with Christ Church, Coalville; St Michael, Ravenstone] (Leicester)
Flecknoe, St Mark (Coventry)
Hamilton, Hope Hamilton Church (Leicester) [an 'emerging church' in this diocese]
Mountsorrel, Christ Church and St Peter (Leicester)
Pembridge, St Mary (Hereford)
Sandiway, St John the Evangelist (Chester)
Scraptoft, All Saints (Leicester)
Whitwick, St John the Baptist (Leicester)
Wigston Magna, All Saints and St Wistan (Leicester)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Complete
The Diocese of Virginia elected Shannon Sherwood Johnston as thirteenth diocesan bishop out of a field of five nominees on the third ballot. His consecration is scheduled for 26 May 2007 at Washington National Cathedral. Biographical information and transition committee plans are available here.

Europe
Italy: Venice, St George (Diocese in Europe)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Sydney church to rebuild after fire. ABC invites Primate wannabes. ABC enters UK government row over Equality Act. Church of England releases 2005 attendance figures. First draft proposal for Anglican Covenant. Virginia inhibits renegade clergy. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

Parish Resources
Hall Furniture. Hand-crafted church furniture in Henderson, Texas, USA.

Start Here
About Episcopalians: The Episcopal Church and Anglican Practice. A site for newcomers to the Episcopal Church, on the St Ann's (Nashville, Tennessee USA) parish site.

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USA
Parishes
Alabama: Brewton, St Stephen (Central Gulf Coast)
Arkansas: Mena, Christ Church (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Rogers, St Andrew (Arkansas)
Arkansas: Russellville, All Saints (Arkansas)
Indiana: Speedway, St John (Indianapolis)
New York: Chester, St Paul (New York)
New York: Cornwall, St John (New York)
New York: Monroe, Grace Church (New York)
New York: New Paltz, St Andrew (New York)
New York: Stone Ridge, Christ the King (New York)
New York: Woodstock, St Gregory (New York)
Oklahoma: Tulsa, St Aidan (Oklahoma)
Texas: Winnsboro, St Francis (Dallas)

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Worth Noting
Sacred Mysteries: Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph (London) on Candlemas. 'For the past 1,000 years or so, in the yearly memorial of that meeting in the Temple, Christ as the light has been symbolised by lighted candles carried by parishioners in procession. That's why the day, next Friday, February 2, is known as Candlemas.'