Week
of 8 August 2010
Africa
Resources
Anglican Church of Rwanda Rural Development Inter-Diocesan Service. 'a community development project operated as a joint action by Butare, Cyangugu, Kigeme and Shyogwe dioceses of the Episcopal Church in Rwanda'.
Bishop McAllister Anglican Seminary. Kyogera, Uganda. Aims 'to provide an appropriate learning environment to instill loyalty and commitment to the church and its ministry, developing and nurturing future ordained and lay leaders, by offering a quality education, addressing academics, spirituality and social skills.'
Friends of Masasi Charitable Trust. Aims '1. To provide funds to assist the Church of England with its missionary activities in the Diocese of Masasi [Tanzania]. 2. To carry out such other legally charitable purposes for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education or the provision of health care in the said Diocese as the Trustees shall from time to time by deed or deeds executed with their unanimous consent declare.'
Associations, Guilds
The Anglican Association. 'Founded in 1969 to insist on theological integrity and to maintain the identity of the Church of England. This is the Anglican Association's primary focus. But it is concerned for Anglican churches overseas also.'
St Paul's Institute. 'Located within the City of London, St Paul's Institute seeks to foster an informed Christian response to the most urgent ethical and spiritual issues of our times: financial integrity, economic theory, and the meaning of the common good.'
Book
Reviews
Dan Muth reviews Galileo Observed: Science and the Politics of Belief, by William R. Shea and Mariano Artigas (The Living Church, Milwaukee)
John Rogerson reviews Creation: A Biblical Vision for the Environment, by Margaret Barker and Biblical Prophets and Contemporary Environmental Ethics, by Hilary Marlow. (The Church Times, London)
Stephen Smalley reviews Engaging Economics: New Testament Scenarios and Early Christian Reception, edited by Bruce W. Longenecker and Kelly D. Liebengood. (The Church Times, London)
Canada
Parishes
Quebec: Ste Agathe des Monts, Holy Trinity Church (Montréal)
England
Parishes
Duxford, Hinxton and Ickleton (Ely)
Madingley, St Mary Magdalene (Ely)
Stapleford, St Andrew (Ely)
Thorney, Abbey Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Botolph (Ely)
Episcopal
Elections
The Diocese of Western Kansas, which has a website again, plans to elect a bishop
on 21 August 2010. Some information is available here.
Events
Uganda: Kampala, 23-29 August 2010: All African Bishops' Conference
'The conference brings together Bishops from 400 dioceses in Burundi, Central Africa, DR Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Seychelles, Mauritius, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Tanzania, Egypt and Uganda.' And it is funded by Trinity Church, Wall Street.
Letters
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New
Zealand
Parishes
Miramar-Seatoun-Strathmore Anglican Parish (Wellington)
News
Centre
George missing six million Rand. Bishop of Pennsylvania wins appeal on a technicality. US NIC
priest charged in Ponzi scheme. St George and the dragon at Perth Cathedral. Church of Uganda
takes a stand on anti-gay bill. 'No covenant please, we're Anglican' Liverpool's bogus vicar
hunted by police. Barefoot from Winchester to Canterbury. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Religious Orders
Delhi Brotherhood Society. 'has its origin from the Cambridge Brotherhood, where as small number of English priests set out to Delhi in 1887 with the aim of promoting higher education. They set out for India from Cambridge in England under the inspiration of Bishop Brooke Foss Westcott in 1877. Since [then], they have been involved in education program, vocational programme & health care programme for the poor, marginalized and weaker section.'
The Order of St Anthony the Great. 'The intent of this order is to foster a contemplative spiritual life within the laity and clergy of the Church. We are a Religious Order open to men and women, single and coupled. We are a part of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta and under the supervision of the Rt. Rev. J. Neil Alexander, Bishop of Atlanta.'
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Dioceses
Diocese of Western Kansas - http://westernkansas.anglican.org [We believe this was the only Episcopal Church USA diocese without a website. Now it has one.—Ed.]
Parishes
Nebraska: Crete, Trinity Memorial Church (Nebraska)
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World
Resources
Anglican Frontier Missions. 'Frontier Mission is different from local mission (e.g., feeding the homeless in a US city), different from national mission (e.g., providing relief for hurricane Katrina), different from foreign mission (e.g.,painting a church in Honduras). Frontier Mission is evangelism where there is no indigenous church (or multiplying church) in areas like N. Africa, the Middle East, India, China, and Indonesia.'
Honduras Medical Mission. 'The Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi Honduras Medical Mission provides health care, veterinarian care, and pastoral care for the people of Honduras. It is the prayer of those who plan, support and participate in the mission that their labors glorify God.' Founded in 1982; includes information on 2010 and 2011 missions.
Worth
Noting
A crucial visit: Theologian John Milbank reflects on the Bishop of Rome's upcoming visit to the UK.
NZone meets the bishop: A YouTube interview with Dr Winston Halapua. 'Dr Halapua, who was born in Tonga, and is the son of the first Polynesian Anglican Bishop, now assumes responsibility for the Anglican Church in Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji, as well as for Polynesian congregations in New Zealand.' |
