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Week of 20 January 2008

Australia
Parishes
New South Wales: Beresfield Thornton Parish [St Paul, Beresfield; St Michael, Thornton] (Newcastle)
New South Wales: Kotara South, Church of the Good Shepherd (Newcastle)
New South Wales: Nelson Bay, All Saints (Newcastle)
New South Wales: Windale, Church of the Transfiguration (Newcastle)

Book of Common Prayer
The Liturgy of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. This liturgy was first published in 1959; it includes preparatory prayers authorized only for use in the Diocese of Guiana.

Book Reviews
Anglican Communion in Crisis: How Episcopal Dissidents and Their African Allies are Reshaping Anglicanism, by Miranda K. Hassett, reviewed by Mary Tanner. [See inside]

A Passionate Balance: The Anglican Tradition, by Alan Bartlett, reviewed by Kenneth Stevenson.

God in the Bath: Relaxing in the Everywhere Presence of God, by Stephen Mitchell [See inside], reviewed by Rebecca Paveley with This Is It: The Art of Happily Going Nowhere, by Maurice Fullard Smith.

Church History
Project Canterbury has launched a directory of material on the history of Anglicanism in Europe.

England
Parishes
Aldridge, St Thomas (Lichfield)
Alridge (Tynings Lane), St Mary (Lichfield)
Audley, St James (Lichfield)
Barton under Needwood, St James (Lichfield)
Bradley, St Martin (Lichfield)

Japan
Kindergartens
Reiwa Kindergarten. Saitama, Saitama Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Kitakanto.

St Luke's Kindergarten. Tomakomai, Hokkaido. Affiliated with the Diocese of Hokkaido.

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Church and state in New Zealand. Church politics roundup for the USA. Church politics roundup for Zimbabwe. Scottish Episcopal Church releases Covenant response. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
Colorado: Denver, St Michael and All Angels (Colorado)
Colorado: Granby, St John the Baptist (Colorado)

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.

Europe. Christ the King Anglican Episcopal Church. Rector (Convocation of American Churches in Europe)

For more information on this and other listings, see our Vacancies Centre. Also scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Worth Noting
Catholic but not Necessarily Roman: Martin Marty writes on Ekklesia.co.uk about church terminology. 'Names are important, as I had to remind a friend who thought discussion of names was insignificant compared to cosmic events like "Iowa" and "New Hampshire." Wars start over pejorative and sometimes even innocently used labels.'

The Church of England's gay crisis makes clear that that liberal Anglicanism is finished, says Theo Hobson in The Guardian. How do you read this article? Its rather opaque position has sparked controversy across the spectrum of opinion in the Communion.

Nights at the Opera: The life of the man who put words to Mozart An in-depth and fascinating review by Joan Acocella in The New Yorker of the clutch of recent biographies of Mozart's greatest librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte. Did you know that Da Ponte was the first professor of Italian at Columbia College in New York, then firmly an Episcopal instution? His appointment was furthered by the Reverend Clement Clarke Moore, author of Twas the Night Before Christmas, professor of Hebrew at General Theological Seminary, and son of the second bishop of New York.

Praying for Christian Unity, When Diversity Has Been the Answer: Peter Steinfels writes in the New York Times on the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. 'The battle over whether this or that Christian group’s boundaries are unjustifiably exclusive has not gone away: it is currently being fought around the issue of homosexuality. Yet this battle, too, is being fought within, not between, different Christian churches and denominations, again confirming the priority that identity has taken over unity.'

Week of 13 January 2008

Africa
Parishes
South Africa: Bergvliet, St Martin (Cape Town)

Book of Common Prayer
www.commonprayer.org. 'This Internet Edition of the Daily Offices includes versions of the Order for Morning and Evening Prayer which incorporate the Psalms, Scripture Lessons and Collect for the day based on the [US] 1928 Book of Common Prayer (1943 Lectionary) and the Authorized (King James) Bible into the text. The Occasional Offices from the [US] 1928 BCP commonly used with Morning and Evening Prayer, and privately, are included in their entirety, along with all of the various sections of the BCP useful as prayer supplements.'

Book Reviews from the Church Times
Blasphemy in the Christian World: A History, by David Nash, reviewed by Ian Bradley.

The Nature of Biblical Criticism, by John Barton, reviewed by Anthony Phillips.

The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism, James J. Buckley, Frederick Christian Bauerschmidt, and Trent Pomplun, editors, reviewed by Lavinia Byrne.

Canada
Parishes
Saskatchewan: Regina, St James (Qu'Appelle)

Church History
Faith through Love. A Sermon Preached in St. Mary's Chapel, Peekskill, New York, on Low Sunday, 1896, Being the First Sunday after the Burial of Sister Harriet, Foundress of the "Sisterhood of St. Mary, New York," and for Thirty-two Years Its Mother Superior, by Arthur Lowndes (1896). Harriet Starr Cannon (1823-1896) was a leader in forging a place for Anglican women in the religious life during the nineteenth century.

England
Parishes
Donnington Wood, St Matthew (Lichfield)
Lofthouse, Christ Church (Ripon and Leeds)
Stanwick Group [St Paul, Alborough St John; St Hilda, Caldwell; Christ Church, East Layton; St Cuthbert, Forcett; St James the Great, Melsonby; St John the Baptist, Stanwick] (Ripon and Leeds)

Episcopal Elections or Announcements
Ongoing
The Diocese of Maryland has announced the names of nominees for its next bishop. Biographies are available online at this address, and the petition process for further nominations will remain open until 28 January 2008. The electing convention is scheduled for 29 March 2008.

The Diocese of Southern Virginia has launched a bishop-search website and is now accepting nominations for its tenth diocesan bishop.

Europe
Parishes
Hungary: Budapest, St Margaret (Diocese in Europe)

Events
USA: Washington, Seattle, 9-12 April 2008: Episcopal Communicators Conference
All conference details are now being finalized. A conference brochure is being compiled.

Ireland
Parishes
Tullow Group [St Michael, Aghold; Mullinacuffe Church; Shillelagh Church; St Columba, Tullow] (Cashel and Ossory)
Wexford Union of Parishes [Castlebridge Church, Ardcolm; St James, Horetown; Killurin Church; St Munn, Taghmon; St Iberius, Wexford] (Cashel and Ossory)

Japan
Kindergartens
Eiko Kindergarten. Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Kobe.

Hatsukari Kindergarten. Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture. Affiliated with the Diocese of Kitakanto.

St Michael's Kindergarten. Sapporo, Hokkaido. Affiliated with the Diocese of Hokkaido.

Parishes
Kawagoe, Christ Church (Kitakanto)

Letters to Anglicans Online
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News Centre
Ousted Harare bishop forms new province. 'You can't fire me, I quit' in San Joaquin. Fort Worth right behind San Joaquin. Church and state in Kenya. GAFCON plans continue for Jerusalem. Australian bishop disassociates from GAFCON. Newfoundland bishop requires clergy loyalty pledge. New bishop consecrated in Nevada. All this, and more, in the News Centre.

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USA
Parishes
California: Hanford, Church of the Saviour (San Joaquin)
Colorado: Monte Vista, St Stephen (Colorado)

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.

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World
Parishes
Singapore: Singapore, Church of South India Malayalam Congregation (Church of South India)

Worth Noting
Baptism allows us to share fully in the life of Jesus: Monsignor Roderick Strange writes in the Times (London). 'Christians do not believe that only those who have been baptised are loved by God. The baptised are not the charmed circle of God's beloved. Everyone is loved by God. No one is excluded. We exist because God loves us. We have been created by God's love. So why should anyone need bother to be baptised?'

One Hundred Years of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: 'In this week's All Things Considered, Roy Jenkins asks what of lasting worth has a century of praying for Christian unity produced? And what are the particular ecumenical challenges for the 21st century?' From BBC Wales.

Madeleine L'Engle 1918-2007: 'A powerful woman, large-hearted, fearless, quixotic, profoundly imaginative, unwilling to settle for mediocrity. Tall and queenly, she physically embodied her mental and spiritual attributes. I remember occasions when, in church during Advent, she would rise to full height, spread her arms wide like the Angel of the Annunciation, and declare, "Fear not!" in a tone that allowed no gainsaying. It was a challenge impossible to ignore.' This fine memorial essay appears in the current issue of Books and Culture (Chicago).