Week of 10 June 2007
Australia
New South Wales: Ashmont, Anglican Community of the Redeemer (Canberra
and Goulburn)
New South Wales: Batemans Bay, Batemans Bay Anglican Church (Canberra and Goulburn)
New South Wales: Parish of Bungendore [St Philip, Bungendore; St Luke, Captains
Flat; St Thomas, Carwoola; St Matthias, Currawang; St Mark, Hoskinstown; St John, Lake Bathurst; St Andrew, Tarago] (Canberra and Goulburn)
Education
Cathedral College. Wangaratta, Victoria. 'Independent, co-educational, Anglican,
Prep to Year 12 (by 2008) school. The College offers high quality education at a reasonable cost to families in Wangaratta and surrounding
regions'.
Book Reviews
Britannia, Europa and Christendom:
British Christians and European Integration, by Philip Coupland, is reviewed by John Arnold in
the Church Times (London).
Hagar, Sarah and their Children: Jewish,
Christian and Muslim Perspectives, edited by Phyllis Trible and Letty M. Russell, is reviewed by Paula Gooder in the Church Times
(London).
Church History
Correspondence
between the Right Reverend the Bishop of Massachusetts and the Rectors of the Parish of the Advent Boston, A.D. 1845 to A.D. 1856 (1856).
This extended exchange of letters chronicles one of the flashpoints of controversy over churchmanship in the nineteenth century American
Episcopal Church. Candles, crosses, consciences and clothes are the usual suspects for disagreement.
England
Parishes
Fairfield, St Peter (Derby)
Golcar, St John (Wakefield)
Ilkeston, Holy Trinity (Derby)
King Cross, St Paul (Wakefield)
Pontefract, St Giles (Wakefield)
Staincross, St John the Evangelist (Wakefield)
Turnditch, All Saints (Derby)
Wardlow, Church of the Good Shepherd (Derby)
Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Complete
On 2 June 2007 the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness elected Canon Mark Strange as its new diocesan bishop. A service of consecration
and installation is scheduled for October in Inverness. More information on Canon Strange is
available here.
Japan
Parishes
Sapporo, St Margaret (Hokkaido)
Education
St Mary's College. Nagoya. Founded in 1898 by Canadian Anglican missionaries led by Margaret Young.
Letters
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.
News Centre
Another episcopal patron for Inclusive Church. Conversation with retired Australia primate. Conflict continues at Oxford's Wycliffe.
More dead bishops in USA. TIME for the archbishop. Church of England and the draft Covenant. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Religious Orders
Community of the St Mary the Virgin. 'Our Community was founded in 1848 by William John
Butler, the then Vicar of Wantage. His desire was to form a committed community of Sisters combining both a life of prayer and holiness
with a concern for the social needs of the time.' Based in Wantage, Oxford, UK.
Scotland
Parishes
Ballachulish, St John (Argyll and the Isles)
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USA
Parishes
Indiana: Muncie, Grace Church (Indianapolis)
New Hampshire: Londonderry, St Peter (New Hampshire)
Vermont: Chester, St Luke (Vermont)
Vermont: Northfield, St Mary (Vermont)
Vermont: Randolph, St John (Vermont)
Vermont: Wilmington, St Mary in the Mountains (Vermont)
Education
The Doane Stuart School. Albany, New York. Formed through the merger of Kenwood Academy (Roman
Catholic) and St Agnes School (Anglican), this is a 'coeducational, Nursery through Grade 12 independent school'. It is a member of the
National Association of Episcopal Schools.
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.
UK. Ivy House, St Denys Retreat Centre, Warminster, Wiltshire (Salisbury). Warden
For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre. Also scan
vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
Youth Resources
A.W.E. Children's Ministries. The name of this diocesan children's ministry for the Diocese
of Bethlehem stands for Advocacy, Worship and Education.
Youth Specialties. Headquartered in El Cajon, CA, the site
is not ECUSA specific. In addition to programs, discussion, blogs, podcasts, their free resources include: Academic Bible Studies and
Lessons, Clip Art, Curriculum Discussion Starters, Dramas Games, Illustrations, Jr. High Ministry Magazine, Programming, Rookies, Small
Groups, Software, Spanish Materials, Spiritual Life, Student Resources, Videos, and Youth Worker Development. Their
job bank for youth workers is primarily USA, but it's a great resource.
Worth Noting
Anglicanism in Crisis: TIME magazine features the Archbishop of
Canterbury on the cover of its current African and European editions. His interview and other resources are available online.
Bill
Moyers interviews Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori. "I think
life is meant to be challenging. If we're going to use the fullness of the gifts that we've been given, it means we have to continue
to be stretched, and I look forward to that." Watch the video and read the transcript.
Remembering
Auden: Alan Jacobs writes in Books and Culture (Chicago). 'demanded difficult thought from himself; he resisted easy answers
and comforting assurances. He explored forgotten resources from poetry's past: the medieval love for allegories of the inner life,
the essayistic or letter-like meditations of the great Roman poet Horace.' |
