WHENEVER WE LEARN about a web site that we haven't previously listed, we'll note it here. Sometimes such sites are brand new and sometimes they have been around for a while without our having noticed. We list two (sometimes three) weeks’ worth, cycling the old ones off each week. As they disappear from this page, you'll find the links moved to their natural home categories in our resource pages. We do not mention on this page remakes of sites that are already in our listings.

If you can't find something that was once here, you can look in our archives or try the AO search engine. It searches our entire site. If you still can't find it, please let us know.

If you would like your website listed at Anglicans Online, please use this form to tell us about it.

Week of 16 March 2008

Lenten Resources
A roster of resources for the forty days — and into Eastertide. Know of other good sites we should list? Let us know.

Book Reviews
Leo Bowder reviews Young, British and Muslim, by Philip Lewis.

Ann Morisy reviews Community and Ministry: An Introduction to Community Work in a Christian Context, by Paul Ballard and Lesley Husselbee.

Church History
The Rector of Stiffkey: His Life and Trial. 'The rector of Stiffkey's trial in 1932 created a sensation that still reverberates 70 years later. This champion of the poor and outcast found himself accused of immorality as he reached retirement and spent his remaining years working to repeal the antiquated laws under which he had been tried. This is his story.'

England
Parishes
South Creake, Our Lady St Mary (Norwich)

Letters to Anglicans Online
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
It's Palm Sunday. If you must have news today, there are in our News Centre instructions for finding all you coud possibly want.

Not in the Communion
Church of India, Pakistan and Ceylon - Anglican Catholic Church: 'The Indian Anglicans appealed for a spiritual affiliation in the Anglican Catholic Church Original Province. As a result, in 1983, Bishop John Asha Prakash was consecrated in California in United States. And subsequently in the year 1984 Bishop Samuel Peter Prakash son of John Asha Prakash along with Bishop Gideon from Calcutta and Bishop Rao from Amritsar. [...] With these four dioceses the Province of India was restored and established as the Second Province of the Anglican Catholic Church.'

Support Anglicans Online
Shop: From AO T-shirts to mugs, you can find it in our shop. Your purchase supports Anglicans Online.
Donate: Give any amount you like via a secure online server.

Thanks
...to all who have helped us through their gifts. We are deeply grateful to those who allow their names to be listed and those who choose to remain anonymous.

USA
Parishes
Louisiana: New Orleans, Mount Olivet (Louisiana)
Louisiana: New Orleans, St Paul (Louisiana)
New York: Geneva, Trinity Church (Rochester)
Virginia: Upperville, Trinity Church (Virginia)

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.

Canada: Parish of Arundel and Weir (Montreal) Rector.

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
Being on the Side of the Crucified: Savitri Hensman writes for Ekklesia. 'How highly do we prioritise the preservation of the current order and protection of existing patterns of wealth and privilege, which may benefit us individually and institutionally? In providing pastoral care to the privileged and powerful, are we able to remain detached from their outlook and encourage them to seek a higher good? Do we tend to adopt society’s values, dismissing as unimportant the hardship and injustice endured by the poor and marginalised, or are we bearers of good news even in bleak situations?'

Holy Week material from Full Homely Divinity: We recommend the attractive, practical, thoughtful, thorough pages on the Seven Last Words of Christ and the Stations of the Cross.

Our Secular Cousins: Giles Fraser writes in the Church Times (London) on the Commonwealth of Nations. 'Many have made the comparison between the Anglican Communion and the Commonwealth. I have written dismissively of the Communion as the “Commonwealth at prayer”. Perhaps it was a cheap shot, presuming that the Commonwealth is nothing more than a post-colonial aberration. The reality speaks against me. The Commonwealth seems in considerably better moral and political health than its Christian cousin. It interesting to ask why.'

Week of 9 March 2008

Lenten Resources
A roster of resources for the forty days — and into Eastertide. Know of other good sites we should list? Let us know.

Book of Common Prayer
Soldiers' Prayer Books from the [American] Civil War. Two prayer books produced for Union soldiers are now available online: Soldier's Prayer Book (1861) and Selections from the Book of Common Prayer (1863).

Book Reviews
Peter McGreary reviews three books for Holy Week and Easter.

Essential Care: An Ethics of Human Nature, by Leonardo Boff, reviewed by Penny Seabrook.

The Architecture of Ralph Adams Cram and His Office, by Ethan Anthony, and Bertram Goodhue: His Life and Residential Architecture, by Romy Wyllie, reviewed by Anthony Hyland.

Wymondham Abbey: A History of the Monastery and Parish Church, edited by Paul Cattermole, reviewed by Julian Litten.

Canada
Parishes
Ontario: Park Hill, St James (Huron)

Church History
Confession and the Lambeth Conference (1879). This paper by A.C.A. Hall (1847-1930), subsequently Bishop of Vermont, examines the second Lambeth Conference's position on auricular confession.

Mailing Lists, Web Forums, and Selected News Groups
Episcopal Solitaries. 'Membership to this list is restricted to canonically recognized Episcopal Solitaries, explorers interested in becoming a Solitary or who those who assist in the discernment process such as spiritual directors and clergy, etc.'

England
Parishes
Islington (Barnsbury), St Andrew (London)

Episcopal Elections
Ongoing
The Diocese of Alaska has launched a dedicated bishop-search website.

Letters
Have a read. Write a letter of your own to us for possible publication.

News Centre
We declare this week to be free of meaningful Anglican news. Go read a book.

Not in the Communion
Communion of Anglican Missionary Churches: 'The CAMC is dedicated to growing the kingdom of Jesus Christ one person at a time through personal evangelism and service to the body of Christ. We are Anglican, but not in communion with the Archbishop of Canterbury.' Bilingual website.

Scotland
Resources
The Scottish Guild of Servers. 'We are a fellowship of lay persons - men and women, young and old - linked together by ideals of reverence, devotion and service in the Sanctuary. We are present at the altar during celebrations of the Holy Eucharist, praying with the celebrant and giving such practical assistance as will enable the service to be conducted with due dignity.'

Support Anglicans Online
Shop: From AO T-shirts to mugs, you can find it in our shop. Your purchase supports Anglicans Online.
Donate: Give any amount you like via a secure online server.

Thanks
...to all who have helped us through their gifts. We are deeply grateful to those who allow their names to be listed and those who choose to remain anonymous.

USA
Parishes
Florida: Wellington, St David in the Pines (Southeast Florida)
New Mexico: Silver City, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rio Grande)

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.

Seeking a position? Check our Vacancies Centre as well as scan vacancy pages on diocesan web sites throughout the communion.

Worth Noting
Change Ringers Sound Giant Bells with Precision: 'Charleston is blessed. It is home to four change-ringing bell towers, more than any other city in North America. The Holy City's bells are a magnet for ringers around the world. Or, rather, they are the iron to which the magnets are drawn. The ringers come. They peal. Then they go out and socialize.' From the Post and Courier (Charleston).

Church Times weblog: One of the oldest continuously-operating Anglican print publications now has a weblog.

Class Teaches Virtues to Children of Many Faiths: American National Public Media featured this interesting story this week.

Egeria the Fourth Century Nun and the Litany: Geoffrey Rowell writes in the Times (London) on a journey to Jerusalem in 381.