ACNS Weekly Review 5-11 February, 2011

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A weekly roundup of Anglican Communion news plus
opinion, reviews, photos, profiles and other
things of interest from across the Anglican/Episcopal world.

This edition includes...

·         This week's Anglican Communion news
·         Anglican Life - "Anglicans were vital
in Australian anti-Communism fight"
·         Anglican Life - Mothers' Union chief
leading inquiry on childhood exploitation
·         Anglican Life - Fly in/fly out ministry for mining communities
·         Comment - A letter to the people of God
from Archbishop Makgoba of Southern Africa
·         Publication of the week - The Anglican Health Network newsletter
·         Bookshelf - As the third Anglican
Communion-Roman Catholic dialogue is announced, a
chance to read what's gone before
·         The coming week's Anglican Cycle of Prayer


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ANGLICAN NEWS
·
<http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/2/8/Southern-Sudanese-celebr 
ate-the-birth-of-a-new-nation>Sudan
- Southern Sudanese celebrate the birth of a new nation
·
<http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/2/5/Presiding-bishop-to-join 
-Obama-administration-as-advisory-council-member>USA
- Presiding bishop to join Obama administration as advisory council member
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/1/30/ACNS4787>West
Indies - The Church in the Province of the West
Indies adopts the Anglican Communion Covenant
·
<http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/2/4/ACNS4793>London/Rome
- Ecumenical - Offical Anglican Communion-Roman
Catholic Church dialogue announced
·
<http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/2/2/ACNS4792>Middle
East - A letter from the Bishop of Egypt
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/1/29/ACNS4676>ACO
- Have your say about the Anglican Communion website.



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ANGLICAN LIFE


New study reveals Anglican anti-communism was a
powerful religious force in 1950s Cold War

By Daniel Clarke, from the

<http://www.adelaide.anglican.com.au/downloads/Guardian/2011/1%20February.p 
df>Guardian,
The Newspaper of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide

The Anglican Church was deeply involved in the
religious fight against communism in Australia
during the early Cold War and its influence
reached the highest echelons of power, a Victoria
University study has found. In what is believed
to be the first major Australian study of the
influence of Anglicans in Cold War
anti-communism, VU PhD graduate Dr Doris LeRoy
reveals how political leaders used religion and
the strength of the Church to ?obtain their ends??.
?While numerous studies have examined the role of
the Australian Roman Catholic Church in fighting
communism in the 1950s, little attention has been
paid to the position and power of the numerically
dominant Anglican Church,?? Dr LeRoy said. ?The
Encyclical issued by the Pope at the time
prevented any Catholics being involved with
communism. But the pressure the Archbishop of
Canterbury exerted on the Anglicans did not
prevent some being admirers of the communist
system, which meant there was conflict within the church.??

To read more click

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/2/10/ACNS4794>here

Tackling commercialisation and sexualisation of
childhood - Mothers' Union asking for your help.

Reg Bailey, Chief Executive of the Mothers'

Union, is carrying out an Independent Review to
address parents' concerns about the pressures on
children to grow up too quickly. Mr Bailey is
very keen to hear from parents on this issue and
the questionnaire should take about 10 minutes to
complete. The views submitted through this
questionnaire will help him develop his
recommendations which will be published in May.
<http://www.education.gov.uk/consultations/index.cfm?action=consultationD 
etails&consultationId=1749&external=no&menu=1>Complete
the questionnaire here

At the end of last year, Mr Bailey, was been
asked by the British government to chair the
Independent Review at the end of last year. The
review has been commissioned by Sarah Teather MP,
the UK Minister for Children and Families, and is
part of a strong commitment made by both British
Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime
Minister Nick Clegg to give a real measure of support to family life.

Rosemary Kempsell, the Worldwide President of
Mothers' Union said "We are delighted that Reg
has been asked to chair this independent review
as Mothers' Union is absolutely committed to
seeing children as children, not simply as
consumers. We have been involved with the welfare
of children for many years, but have more
recently launched our Bye Buy Childhood campaign
in precisely this area because so many parents express their concerns to us ."
To learn more about the campaign click
<http://muenterprises.org/byebuychildhoodmu/>here,
to read the Buy Bye Childhood report click
<http://www.muenterprises.org/wp-content/themes/byebuymu/files/bye_buy_chil 
dhood_report_pdf.pdf>here


A new form of fly in/fly out ministry...
By staff of
<http://www.diowillochra.org.au/Diowillochran/February%202011%20(333KB).pdf >The
Willochran - the newsletter of the Anglican Diocese of Willochra, Australia


The Rev'd Peter Palmer an his wife Joy, The Bush
Church Aid Society and the Dioceses of Willochra
and Adelaide as well as some of the decision
makers in the mining industry are exploring a new
and exciting ministry possibility for the mining
communities in the far north of the State.

In the past, mining towns were often newly built
"suburbs in the bush" complete with all the
infrastructure needed to attract the mining
workforce and their families to isolated
locations. Increasingly though, mining
communities are constructed on a Fly In/Fly Out
basis. Quick and relatively cheap air transport
has made it possible for miners to work in the
bush, while their families live in regional
cities or in the major metropolitan areas. Miners
commute, they Fly In/Fly Out on a regular
schedule. There are many advantages to this
arrangement, but it also raises new problems for
families who have a parent around and then gone,
upsetting the regular running of family
relationships. For the men and women involved,
there are particular strains on personal
relationships. The money is good, although shifts
are often long and the living conditions in the
camps are usually very good. But living in two
worlds brings high levels of stress and sometimes anxiety.

To read more click

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/2/10/ACNS4794>here


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COMMENT


<http://www.anglicanchurchsa.org/>A letter from
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba to the Laos (to the people of God)


Dear People of God,


Today, as I write, is Candlemas, the Feast of the
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, which draws
the season of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany to a
close.  It is rather a ?bitter-sweet? day, as we
celebrate with Simeon and Anna their recognition
of the one who comes to be their Saviour, our
Saviour ? but also recognise that he must taste
the pains of human suffering, if he is to share
with us the promise of heavenly life.

We find the bitter and the sweet

together so often in life.  I have just returned
from the Anglican Primates? Meeting, where I felt
both great sorrow at the painful divisions that
led some Primates to stay away, and yet also was
profoundly touched by the depths of our shared
worship, Bible study and discussions.  We did
have some ?business? issues to address (including
the harassment of Anglicans in Zimbabwe and
persecution of Christians in Pakistan; political
developments in Egypt, Korea and Sudan; violence
against women and children, and the murder of the
Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato; and
climate change).  But for the most part, we took
counsel together on what it means to be a Bishop
and a Primate in the Church of God, sharing one
another?s joys and burdens in conversation and in
prayer.  In the cold Irish winter, sheltered at
the Emmaus retreat centre, we were conscious of
our weaknesses, and our interdependence, and kept
those who were not present alive in our hearts,
through a lit candle, remembering Christ, in
whose body we are all members together, as our light.

To read more click

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/2/10/ACNS4794>here
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PUBLICATION OF THE WEEK



The Anglican Health Network newsletter


The Anglican Communion has a series of

international self-funding networks that help
profile various areas of interest in the Anglican
world at large. One of these is the Anglican
Health Network. Its website
www.anglicanhealth.org describes it as: "The
Anglican Health Network (AHN) aims to facilitate
communication and cooperation between Anglicans
who are providing health services around the
world. It will provide forums to share experience
and best practice, and manage donor and insurance
programmes to deDEVr new investment. In this
endeavour it also seeks to make connections with
its healing ministries to encourage a more holistic approach to well being."

The latest newsletter, out today at

<http://anglicanhealth.org/resources/pdf/Newsletter2011/EN/AHN_Newsletter_J 
an2011.pdf>http://anglicanhealth.org/resources/pdf/Newsletter2011/EN/AHN_Ne 
wsletter_Jan2011.pdf
contains articles including:
·         From Houston to Karakonam: A gift of medical equipment
·         Creative approaches to Health Mission in Ghana
·         Medical support for Haiti: News from the Diocese of Alabama
·         The AHN Facebook launch


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BOOKSHELF


Growing Together in Unity and Mission - Building
on 40 years of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue


Published by SPCK, 2007


An Agreed Statement of International

Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and
Mission (IARCCUM), arising out of a meeting of
bishops from both communions, offering practical
suggestions on the way in which Anglican and
Roman Catholic ecumenical participation can be fostered and carried forward.

Find the book here:

<http://shop.anglicancommunion.org/Details.cfm?ProdID=51&category=5>htt 
p://shop.anglicancommunion.org/Details.cfm?ProdID=51&category=5


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ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm>Click here for the full ACP


Friday 11-Feb-2011
Psalm: 90: 1-6    Prov. 12: 10-22
Malaita - (Melanesia)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=325>The Rt Revd Samuel Sahu
Assistant Bishop of Malaita - (Melanesia)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=17397>The Revd Alfred Hou



Saturday 12-Feb-2011
Psalm: 139: 13-18    Prov. 13: 7-25
Malakal - (Sudan)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=551>The Rt Revd Hilary Garang



Sunday 13-Feb-2011     The Epiphany 6
Psalm: 144: 1-4    Prov. 14: 1-12
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=588>The
Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi Archbishop of Uganda & and Bishop of Kampala
Suffragan Bishop of Kampala - (Uganda)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=17035>The Rt Revd Zac Nir ingiye



Monday 14-Feb-2011
Psalm: 149: 1-5    Prov. 14: 27-35
Manchester - (York, England)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=190>The Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch
Manchester - Bolton - (York, England)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=18311>The
Rt Revd Christopher Paul Edmondson
Manchester - Middleton - (York, England)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=18478>The Rt Revd Mark Da vies



Tuesday 15-Feb-2011
Psalm: 33: 1-9    Prov. 15: 1-15
Mandalay - (Myanmar)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=335>The Rt Revd Saw Noel Nay L in
Assistant Bishop of Mandalay - (Myanmar)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=18435>The
Rt Revd Aung Khin Thein



Wednesday 16-Feb-2011
Psalm: 119: 105-112    Prov. 15: 16-33
Manicaland - (Central Africa)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=109>Vacant


Thursday 17-Feb-2011     Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977
Psalm: 34: 15-end    Prov. 16: 16-33
Mara - (Tanzania)
<http://www.aco.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=568>The Rt Revd Hilkiah Omindo  Deya


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