Week
of 26 September 2010
Africa
Parishes
Nigeria: Port Harcourt, St Silas (Niger Delta North)
Associations, Guilds
The Missionary Society of Saint Wilfrid and Saint Hilda. 'Anglican Catholic bishops have announced that in addition to the provision of an Ordinariate offered recently by Pope Benedict there is to be a new Society [of St Wilfrid and St Hilda] for bishops, clergy, religious and laity in order to provide a place within the Church of England where catholics can worship and minister with integrity without accepting innovations that further distance the Church of England from the greater churches of the East and West.'
Book of Common Prayer
The Liturgy of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), The Order for Holy Communion or the Eucharist is now available online in English.
Book Reviews
Bernard Palmer reviews
Everybody's Mother: The era and impact of a Victorian missionary by Mary Slessor
Andrew Davison reviews
After Lives: A guide to heaven, hell, and purgatory by John Casey
and A Very Brief History of Eternity by Carlos Eire
Canada
Ecclesiastical Provinces
Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon - http://province-bc.anglican.org
Parishes
Manitoba: Stonewall, Church of the Ascension (Rupert's Land)
England
Parishes
Buriton, St Mary (Portsmouth)
Shanklin (Isle of Wight), St Blasius (Portsmouth)
Benefice of Steep and Froxfield with Privett [St Peter, High Cross, Froxfield; St Peter, Froxfield Green; Holy Trinity Church, Privett; All Saints, Steep; Stroud Mission Church] (Portsmouth)
Events
USA: Connecticut, New Haven, 1 October 2010: Missiological and Ecclesiological Challenges before the Anglican Communion Today
Bishop Ian T. Douglas of the Diocese of Connecticut lectures at the Mission Research Colloquium of the Overseas Ministries Studies Center.
Letters
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News
Centre
Australian bishop resigns before hearing. Fishing with St Wilfrid and St Hilda. Kashmir churches protected by troops. Shooting geese in church. US House of Bishops asks for resignation. Confusion continues over Colorado Springs plea. New archbishop for Rwanda. Proposed Covenant to be debated in Australia. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Religious Orders
Society of St Anna the Prophet: 'We are a dispersed community of Episcopal women over 50 years old who are living the Christian life within vows of simplicity, creativity, and balance. In the Diocese of Atlanta, USA.'
South Africa
Schools and Education
Michaelhouse. 'the Anglican Diocesan College of Natal, was founded in 1896 and is an internationally renowned boarding school for senior boys'.
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USA
Parishes
Colorado: Cortez, St Barnabas of the Valley (Colorado)
Colorado: Crested Butte, All Saints in the Mountains (Colorado)
Worth
Noting
A Peg: Alan Wilson continues his BCP series in the Guardian: The importance of evensong. 'Evensong provides a peg on which to hang deeply personal reflections, most of them nothing to do with Christian doctrine.'
Clericalism is a big problem: Hugh Valentine argues, in the Church Times, that dangerous cultural and organisational predispositions are the core problem behind scandals such as child abuse.
Vatican Radio calling: Vatican Radio interviews Archbishop after Evening Prayer with Pope Benedict XVI in Westminster Abbey. |
