Week
of 11 March 2007
Africa
Dioceses
Diocese of False Bay — http://falsebay.anglican.org
Diocese of the Free State — http://freestate.anglican.org
Book
Reviews
Evangelical and Evolving: Following the Gospel in a Changing World, by Colin Craston, is reviewed by Gavin Reid. 'This is a good book for those of any tradition to read. My fear is that those who most need to face its questions will be those who think it virtuous to avoid them.'
G.K. Chesterton: Thinking Backward, Looking Forward, by Stephen R.L. Clark, is reviewed by Raymond Edwards. 'One might accuse him [Clark] of wandering beyond his subject; but it would be fairer to say that he has written the sort of book about Chesterton that Chesterton might have written himself.'
A Heart in my Head: A Biography of Richard Harries, by John S. Peart-Binns, is reviewed by John Whale. A somewhat weighty biography of an interesting and important bishop who now sits in the House of Lords.
Recollections of a Sussex Parson, by Edward Boys Ellman, is reviewed by Adam Ford. 'These Recollections, republished to mark the centenary of the death of the Rector of Berwick (a church well known later for its connections with Charleston and the Bloomsbury set), offer a delightful insight into 19th-century parochial life.' It sounds delightful.
What I Believe, by Anthony Kenny, is reviewed by T. W. Bartel. 'Virtually all the chapters consist mainly in drastic abridgements, with only modest retouching, of work published elsewhere, much of it in the 1970s and ’80s.'
Canada
Parishes
Ontario: London, St Stephen (Huron)
England
Parishes
Bedford, Christ Church (St Albans)
Bedford, St Paul (St Albans)
Bricket Wood, St Luke (St Albans)
Bromham Benefice [St Owen, Bromham; St Mary, Oakley; St Leonard, Stagsden] (St
Albans)
Budleigh Salterton, St Peter (Exeter)
Bushey Heath, St Peter (St Albans)
Bushmead, Christ Church (St Albans)
Daventry, Holy Cross (Peterborough)
Northampton, St Michael and All Angels with St Edmund (Peterborough)
Peterborough, St Mary (Peterborough)
Rusdhen, St Peter (Peterborough)
St Albans, St Paul (St Albans)
Uppingham Benefice [St Mary the Virgin, Ayston; St Peter, Belton; St Peter and St Paul, Uppingham; St Botolph, Wardley]
(Peterborough)
Wyke Regis, All Saints with St Edmund (Salisbury)
Episcopal
Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Ottawa will hold an electoral synod at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, Ontario on 24 March 2007. The diocesan timeline and discernment process, as well as questionnaire for nominees, is available online.
Complete
The Diocese of Connecticut elected the Revd Dr Laura Ahrens as suffragan on 10 March 2007. A diocesan news release is here, and her election profile information is here. Consecration is scheduled for 30 June 2007 in Hartford, Connecticut.
Events
South Africa: Boksburg, 7-14 March 2007: Towards Effective Anglican Mission
This conference's objectives include the encouragement of 'a prophetic articulation for an Anglican theology that supports witness and action for social justice'; an assessment of the First Pan African Anglican Consultation on HIV and AIDS (Boksburg I); and a critical review of the response of the Anglican Communion to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Lent Resources
Harvest of Lent: New Growth out of Loss. The Church Times lists some key books for Lent. Martin Warnerl gives a synopsis of each one. The Archbishop of Canterbury recommended Power and Passion: Six characters in Search of Resurrection, by Samuel Wells, as the 2007 Lenten book.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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Music Resources
The Choir Loft. Composer and director Ben J. Leggett sells his music online. 'Unique, well-crafted, singable pieces. Lots of material for smaller choirs. Used by real-life choirs in the real-life world.'
News
Centre
Close consent vote for South Carolina bishop. Canadian priest to lose license to officiate. Express aisle in Sydney parish. ABC asserts
that world needs unite the church.
Nigeria consecrates 20 bishops. Archbishops pressure Mugabe apologist. UK government publishes draft text of Equality Act. All this,
and more, in the News Centre.
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USA
Parishes
Kansas: Pittsburg, St Peter (Kansas)
Conference Centres, Retreat Places
The Phoebe Needles Center: Callaway, Virginia. Camp and conference centre of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia.
Vacancies
Centre
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more useful it will become for all.
England: (Chelmsford) Holy Trinity. Lay Assistant (Parish Intern)
New Zealand: (Auckland) Holy Trinity Cathedral. Assistant organist
Australia: (Melbourne) Trinity College Theological School. Lecturer
Australia: (Melbourne) Trinity College Theological School. Director
For more information on these and other vacancies, visit our Vacancies Centre.
Seeking a position? Scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites with vacancies listings throughout
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Vestments
In the Cottonpatch. Based in Texas. 'Our studio specializes in custom liturgical design.'
World
Dioceses
Diocese of Southern Brazil — http://southernbrazil.anglican.org
Cathedrals
Porto Alegre, Cathedral
of the Most Holy Trinity, Southern Brazil
Parishes
Brazil: Belo Horizonte, Jesus
the Good Shepherd (Rio
de Janeiro)
Brazil: Belo Horizonte, St Peter the Apostle (Rio de Janeiro)
Brazil: Pereira Barreto, St Andrew (São Paulo)
Brazil: Rio
de Janeiro, Good Jesus (Rio de Janeiro)
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Church of the Mediator (Rio de Janeiro)
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Church of the Most Holy Trinity (Rio
de Janeiro)
Worth
Noting
Cultural Vandalism: Christopher Ohlson writes in the Guardian (London) on hymns in the Church of England.
Horses in Church: Christopher Howse writes in the Telegraph (London) horse biers in Welsh churches. |
