Week
of 5 August 2007
Australia
Schools and education
Claremont College: Randwick, New South Wales. Coeducational primary school founded in 1882.
Shellharbour Anglican College: Dunmore, New South Wales. Coeducational, opened in 2004; students from Kindergarten to Year 8.
Book
Reviews
In the Church Times, Juliette Day reviews two books on the theology of baptism.
In the Church Times, Robert Mackley reviews Services of Christian Initiation from the Church in Wales.
Books
Libraries
Stevick Theological Library of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. 'The collection consists of approximately 10,000 volumes. It has substantial holdings in the major fields of religious studies: Bible, church history, doctrine, ethics, worship, spirituality, preaching, pastoral practice, literature and faith, church art and architecture, and others. The holdings on liturgy are quite strong. There is a substantial collection of 19th century pamphlets, mainly from the Church of England and the Episcopal Church.'
Canada
Miscellaneous resources
FLAME: 'FLAME is an acronym for Fellowship and Learning for Anglican Men's Enrichment. Although nominally an Anglican-based conference it is open to all men seeking fellowship with other Christians.
A series of talks relating to the theme are followed by small group discussions and summary plenary sessions. There are liberal injections of music and some free time. The conference has run annually for over 50 years within the Diocese of Toronto and spread to the Diocese of Montreal in 1988. In 2003, the FLAME was carried to the Diocese of Ontario.'
England
Parishes
Parish of Ribbesford with Bewdley [St Anne, Bewdley; St Leonard, Ribbesford; St Andrew, Button Oak] (Worcester)
Parish of Sutton-at-Hone and Horton Kirby [St John the Baptist, Sutton-at-Hone; St Mary the Virgin, Horton Kirby] (Rochester)
Yatton Moor Team Ministry [St Barnabas, Claverham; Holy Trinity, Cleeve; St John the Evangelist, Kenn; All Saints', Kingston Seymour; St Mary the Virgin, Yatton] (Bath and Wells)
Resources
For
Creed and Creation: A Simple Guidebook for Running a Greener Church.
'For Creed and Creation: A simple guidebook for running a greener church
March 2007 A publication by Gillian Straine and Nathan Oxley which has
been endorsed by the Mayor of London. The guide aims to help the capital's
churches become greener.' Though from the Mayor of London's office, For
Creed and Creation will help anyone anywhere interested in what we
can do to help the planet as well as a way to put a new face on our churches
that may well attract new members. (Cross-listed under Parish Resoures
and Odds and Ends - Social Justice and Environment.)
Episcopal elections
Ongoing
The Diocese
of South Carolina re-elected the
Revd Mark J. Lawrence as its 14th diocesan bishop.
Lawrence had been previously elected by the diocese
in September 2006; that election was declared
null and void by the Presiding Bishop of the US Episcopal
Church in March 2007. There were no other candidates
for election.
Japan
Schools
St Paul's Middle School and High
School.
Niiza, Saitama Prefecture. Affiliated with St Paul's University (Rikkyo),
Tokyo, founded in 1874 by Channing Moore Williams, missionary bishop of the
American Episcopal Church.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
Have
a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible
publication.
Liturgical
Resources
The
Daily Office of the [Roman] Catholic Church according to the Anglican
Use: A guide to daily prayer using what this site calls an '"Anglican
style" liturgy
similar to the Book of Common Prayer as an ecclesiatically [sic] approved
variant on the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church'.
In
the Courtyard:
On this extensive website, author Margaret D. McGee shares her 'adventures along
the spiritual path through prayers, meditations, and other writings that spring
from her relationship with the (US) Episcopal Church'.
News
Centre
South Carolina re-elects its ex-bishop-elect. Angry Australian group continues
push to expel bishop. Canadian bishop to resign. Nigerian bishop for England?
Diocese of Virginia defrocks 21 priests. Detailed reports on last month's C
of E General Synod. Anglican Communion Network asks for end of litigation.
Founder Radner resigns from Anglican Communion Network. More on UK tribunal
finding against Bishop of Hereford. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
Resources
Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary External Studies Division:
'Cummins Memorial Theological Seminary is accredited by the Commission
of Theological Education of the Reformed Episcopal Church and is approved
by the Commission of Higher Education in the State of South Carolina.'
Parish Resources
For
Creed and Creation: A Simple Guidebook for Running a Greener Church.
'For Creed and Creation: A simple guidebook for running a greener church
March 2007 A publication by Gillian Straine and Nathan Oxley which has
been endorsed by the Mayor of London. The guide aims to help the capital's
churches become greener.' Though from the Mayor of London's office, For
Creed and Creation will
help anyone anywhere interested in what we can do to help the planet as
well as a way to put a new face on our churches that may well attract new
members. (Cross-listed
under England - Resoures, and Odds and Ends - Social Justice and Environment.)
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USA
Parishes
Arizona: Cave Creek, Good Shepherd (Arizona)
Arizona: Phoenix, Advent (Arizona)
Georgia: Atlanta, St Benedict (Atlanta)
New York: Catskill, St Luke (Albany)
New York: Coxsackie, Christ Church (Albany)
New York: Schenectady, St Paul (Albany)
New York: Stockport, St John (Albany)
New York: Watervliet, Trinity Church (Albany)
Independent organizations
Anglican Heritage Foundation: 'We are a group of Episcopalians in the Diocese of Washington, wardens and vestry lay leaders that began meeting in 1994 out of great concern for unity in the Episcopal Church.'
The Bible and Common Prayer Book Society: The Society, founded in 1809, makes grants of books at no cost to worshipping communities in need.
Resources
Anglican Films: This US company has produced three documentaries on Anglicanism: Anglican Art, Episcopalian: A History of Anglicanism and the Episcopal Church, and The Book of Common Prayer: A Documentary Film.
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.
England:
Cautley House Christian Centre, (Canterbury). Member of the House
Team
For
more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre.
Also scan
vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.
Wales
Parishes
Parish of Merthyr Dyfan [St Dyfan and St Teilo, Merthyr Dyfan; St Paul, Barry] (Llandaff)
St Asaph, St Asaph and St Kentigern (St Asaph)
Worth
Noting
Christian Unity: Christopher Wells writes in The Living Church (Milwaukee) on a recent document from the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. 'Obviously Rome’s ecumenical lexicon remains a stumbling block to many Christians [...]' 'The bottom line, as always, is love — and faith, and hope.'
In defense of the first sacrament: Derek Olsen writes thoughtfully for the Daily Episcopalian on Communion without Baptism, or CWOB. 'However, the message of the Gospel is not simply a message of hospitality alone. Scripture also insists upon the reality and the responsibility of the covenant community.' |
