Week
of 29 July 2012
Australia
Parishes
South Australia: Brighton, St Jude (Adelaide)
Canada
Parishes
Nova Scotia: Greater Glace Bay Pastoral Unit (Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island)
Book
Reviews
AO Editor Richard Mammana reviews The Lost Chapel of St Francis Hill, by Starr Ramsey Helms.
Mary Ann Gwinn reviews Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death, by James Runcie. (Seattle Times)
Diarmaid MacCulloch reviews Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition, by Eamon Duffy. (The Guardian)
John C. Bauerschmidt reviews Ten Popes Who Shook the World, by Eamon Duffy. (The Living Church)
England
Resources
Whalley Abbey. 'The Retreat and Conference House is set in the stunning grounds and ruins of a 14th Century Cistercian Abbey. On the banks of the River Calder in the beautiful countryside of the Ribble Valley, but with easy access to motorway and rail networks.' (Blackburn)
Events
England: London, 27 July to 12 August 2012: Church of England Olympics Resources
Prayers, liturgical resources, podcasts, and such like.
Japan
Parishes
Tokyo (Setagaya-ku), Holy Trinity Church (Tokyo)
Letters
to Anglicans Online
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News
Centre
Salisbury shares discussions about museums and churches. Global South Primates lobby CNC. Religion and the Olympics. New bishop in Western Louisiana. Construction of cardboard cathedral to begin. All this, and more, in the News Centre.
Not
in the Communion
Missionary Diocese of the Trinity: 'The General Synod of the Church of Nigeria has approved the creation of the Missionary Diocese of the Trinity MDT. Missionary Diocese of the Trinity MDT shall be a cluster of Churches in North America and Canada, and an offshoot of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) and an affiliate of Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) and Convocation of Anglicans in North America CANA.'
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USA
Parishes
Washington: Tukwila, St John's Sudanese Church (Olympia)
Resources
CT Mission Connect. 'This site was created as a platform and network to serve Episcopalians in the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut and their communities, networks, friends, and mission partners and complement the efforts of the "Mission Discernment Initiative" that the Diocese voted to launch in October 2010.'
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World
Schools and Education
Pakistan: Primary Education Project, Diocese of Hyderabad
Worth
Noting
Antidisestablishmentarianism and disestablishmentarianism: Jonathan Chaplin writes Time for the Church to cut the knot, and Nigel Biggar writes Why the Anglican establishment is good for a liberal society, both for Theos Think Tank.
Electronic super highways and the sacred rite of book hunting: 'In my diocese, Anglican clergy follow a long standing tradition: the time-honoured ritual of passing on old books.' Jesse Dymond writes for thecommunity.anglican.ca. |