Week
of 29 May 2011
Africa
Dioceses
Tanzania: Diocese of Kagera - http://kagera.anglican.org
Australia
Parishes
Western Australia: Mandurah, Christ Church (Bunbury)
Western Australia: Oyster Harbour, Church of Living Water (Bunbury)
Book of Common Prayer
Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Sindhi (1873). Sindhi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in Pakistan and India by about 35 million people. AO Editor Richard Mammana has digitized this translation by 19th-century missionary George Shirt.
Church Times Book
Reviews
Keith Ward reviews Why God Won't Go Away: Engaging with the New Atheism, by Alister McGrath; and The God Debates: A 21st Century Guide for Atheists and Believers (and Everyone in between), by John R. Shook.
Paula Gooder reviews three books on Jesus.
England
Parishes
Ringwood, All Saints in St Leonards and St Ives (Winchester)
Education
American Friends of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Resources
Offa House Retreat Centre. Coventry diocesan retreat house and conference centre.
Events
USA: Washington DC, 5 June 2011: The Blessing of the Seersucker
All Souls Memorial Episcopal Church is offering the First Annual Blessing of the Seersucker after its 11 a.m. service. 'Seersucker [..] sometimes seems like the unofficial fabric of our clan and tribe—especially as we struggle through the summer humidity in Washington, DC.'
Ireland
Resources
Changing Attitude Ireland. 'a Church of Ireland organisation with ecumenical friends, working for the full affirmation of lesbian and gay persons within the Churches'.
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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New
Zealand
Resources
OMGod: 'Our Church, Anytime, Anywhere.' Online faith community under the guidance and oversight of the Dioces of Waiapu.
News
Centre
Sex, politics, and character in England and Scotland.
Official press releases keep journalists employed. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
The Anglican Episcopal Churches of India: 'We are Liturgical Anglican Churches. Our worship draws from modern and ancient Christian rites. In addition, our services include praise and worship and will draw the best from all cultural ethos (custom, habit, and character) which enhance Christian teaching.'
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USA
Parishes
Pennsylvania: York, St Andrew (Central Pennsylvania)
Vestments
Challwood Studio: 'Contemporary liturgical textile design including copes and miters, chasubles and stoles, pulpit robes and banners created by Paul Woodrum, priest, and Victor Challenor, first life-professed black laybrother of the Order of the Holy Cross'. USA
World
Dioceses
Honduras: Diocese of Honduras - http://honduras.anglican.org
Worth
Noting
AWN Pugin's finest gift to his country: Christopher Howse writes for the Telegraph on the Church of St Augustine of Canterbury, Ramsgate.
Revisiting Evelyn Underhill: the Centennial Year of Mysticism. Kathleen Staudt writes for the Daily Episcopalian on the 100th anniversary of the publication of Underhill's classic Mysticism.
A Chance for a New Creation: An Interview with Bishop Greg Rickel. 'One of the youngest and most dynamic bishops in the Episcopal Church reflects on the relevance of the Church in a post-Christian culture.' From Patheos.com. |
