Anglican Weekly Review 26 February - 4 March, 2011

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Weekly Review 26 February - 4 March, 2011


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 - "Fight piracy" - Mission to Seafarers' chief.
Anglican Life - Diocese of Haiti Announces New Chief of Operations
Anglican Life - The Anglican Communion in a time capsule?
Anglican Life - Church insurer expects huge bills after NZ earthquake
Anglican Life - Primate's arrival at Owerri Standing Committee Meeting
Comment - The reality of being an Anglican in Zimbabwe
Publication of the week - Baptisms in the Jordan,
a diabetes clinic and a facelift for the
guesthouse: The Newsletter of the Diocese of Jerusalem
Video - Missionaries bring, receive gifts as
South Sudan grows into independence
The coming week's Anglican Cycle of Prayer.



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ANGLICAN NEWS


Middle East - Bishop of Jerusalem to take court action over visa refusal
Global - Anglican Communion bishops: "We really
need one another. We are stronger together than apart."
Global - Anglican Alliance director calls on UK
Government to rethink plans to cut spending to the poorest countries.
England - Archbishops of Canterbury and York
strongly condemn murder of Pakistan Minorities Minister
New Zealand - Cathedral voices unite for benefit
concert for victims of New Zealand earthquake
South East Asia - Anglican bishop in Malaysia
calls for Christian transformation
England - Anglican leader shocked at Pakistani minister?s murder
Australia - 'Anxious society' challenge for church
England - "Fairtrade is not about charity, it is
about justice" says Archbishop
England - Archbishops of Canterbury and York make
joint visit to the City of Manchester
Global - Anglican Communion UN group told "Women
have crucial role in international development"


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ANGLICAN LIFE


Fight Piracy: A Message from the Secretary General of the Mission to Seafar ers

Save the seafarer: why you need to fight piracy


From http://www.missiontoseafarers.org/


AS I joined shipping?s great and good at the
International Maritime Organization?s
headquarters in London to witness United Nation?s
chief Ban Ki-moon stamping his authority on the
anti-piracy plan, half a world away in Mombasa a
young Turk on his first voyage told my colleagues
that he was ripping up his contract rather than
venture out into the Indian Ocean ever again.

Who would blame him? With more than 700 seafarers
held captive, pirate motherships attacking with
ever greater audacity, ferocity and impunity, and
multiplying reports of torture and abuse against
hostages, it has been a grim start to the year of
orchestrating the response to piracy.

At its outset, I sent an investigative team to
Mombasa to talk to frontline staff at our Mission
to Seafarers station, hear from officers and
ratings on board ships and to quiz the new
commander of the EU Naval Force, Rear Admiral Juan Rodriguez, about plans f or

Orchestration Year. What they reported reinforces
the mission?s belief that there is an urgent need
to provide reliable defence for the men and women daily sent into harm?s  way.

As everybody in the business now knows, where no
effective security is offered by either flag
states or shipowners, vessels fall back on
make-do deterrents such as water cannon,
?scarecrow? lookouts and ringlets of frizzy grey razor wire.

?We try not to think about it, but there?s every
chance that we?ll be caught this trip,? said
chief officer Sotero Flores. ?We pass through the
no-go areas and just hope we won?t be attacked.
We have wire and we?ll perform double watches,
but we can?t deal with rocket-propelled grenades,
or automatic weapons. We can do nothing but pray we don?t get caught.?


To read more click here


Episcopal Diocese of Haiti Announces New Chief of Operations


By Episcopal Relief and Development


The Episcopal Diocese of Haiti has announced the
appointment of Sikhumbuzo Vundla as the Chief of
Operations.  This is a new position for the
diocese, created to help manage the many programs
and activities developed in response to the January 12 earthquake last year.

Reporting directly to the bishop of the Diocese
of Haiti, Vundla will manage the financial,
administrative and human resource activities of
the diocese, while providing leadership for
overall operations, systems and controls.

?Thank you for all that you have done for us in
the aftermath of the earthquake of 2010. Your
generosity has touched so many, and although the
needs are still great, we must continue moving
forward, rebuilding as we continue our
humanitarian work,? said the Rt. Rev. Jean Zaché
Duracin, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.

?I am grateful to Episcopal Relief & Development
and The Episcopal Church for helping us hire a
true professional, Mr. Sikhumbuzo Vundla, to be
our Chief of Operations,? continued Bishop
Duracin.  ?This will help alleviate our
extraordinary workload as well as build and
promote transparency with our different
partners.  Please help us to welcome Mr. Vundla.?

The position focuses on formulating and

strengthening policies and procedures to support
the various priorities of the Church as it
rebuilds after the 2010 earthquake.  The Chief of
Operations will also collaborate with key
partners, including Episcopal Relief &
Development on post-earthquake recovery and
reconstruction efforts, and The Episcopal Church
as it helps rebuild the Holy Trinity Cathedral
complex in Port-au-Prince.  Vundla will work
closely with Bishop Duracin, as well as relevant
diocesan committees and donors, to further the
strategic mission of the Haitian Church.

?I am very grateful for this appointment, and
fully expect it will strengthen the capacity of
the Diocese of Haiti for the reconstruction
process,? said the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts
Schori, Presiding Bishop and Primate of The
Episcopal Church.  ?I look forward to seeing Mr.
Vundla in action when I next visit Haiti.?


To read more click here


Anglicans encouraged to get involved with time capsule project

The General Secretary of the Papua New Guinea
Church Partnership is encouraging Churches in
Commonwealth countries to get involved with the
Jubilee Time Capsule project to promote the life and work of the Communion.

Louise Ewington has said that PNGCP is seeing the
capsule project, run by the Royal Commonwealth
Society, as a one-off opportunity to let people
know what's going on in Communion Churches and
communities and perhaps preserve a snapshot of
Communion life for future generations.

"Over the the next twelve months, the Society is
planning to create a Commonwealth Jubilee Time
Capsule. The idea is that people all over the
world ? young and old ? will contribute memories
from the last sixty years. This might be stories,
photographs or films. Combined all of this
content will form a unique people?s history of
the Commonwealth. Anglicans in Papua New Guinea
are certainly going to submit their entry; at the
very least thousands of people worldwide will be
seeing their entry on the project's website. Who
knows, it might even make it into the capsule!"


To read more click here


Church insurer expects huge bills after NZ earthquake


From http://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz


An insurance company that covers most of the
churches in Christchurch expects damage to run
into "hundreds of millions of dollars" and says
restoring the shattered Christchurch Cathedral
could alone cost tens of millions. Ansvar
Insurance New Zealand manager David Leather said
Christchurch churches would face increased
insurance premiums after global reinsurers
renewed annual treaties with retail insurers such as his company.

The global reinsurance industry's perception of
New Zealand's earthquake risk would be influenced
by the Christchurch event and Mr Leather expected
reinsurers to "relook" at Wellington's exposure
to risk. Damage to Christchurch churches in the
September 4 earthquake was estimated at $100 million.

It was too early to put a figure on the likely
cost of damage from last week's earthquake but it
was expected to be a lot higher, Mr Leather said.
Ansvar insures ChristChurch Cathedral. It was
hoping to get its loss adjusters into the central
business district next week but it could be a
month before they got access to buildings to assess damage.

The company was sympathetic toward the view of
Christchurch Mayor Bob Parker that the cathedral
should be rebuilt, he said. "We will do what we
can to co-operate." It would also work with other
church clients to fulfil their wishes for their damaged buildings.


Ansvar is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Ecclesiastical Insurance, Britain's leading
insurer of Anglican churches, which in turn is
owned by Allchurches Trust. Ansvar specialises in
church insurance but also covers historic
buildings, hospitals, education facilities, preschools and charities.


Primate's arrival at Owerri Standing Committee Meeting

By Foluso Taiwo, from http://www.anglican-nig.org

The standing Committee Meeting of Church of

Nigeria (Anglican Communion) the first this year,
kicked off on Tuesday 1st of March the arrival
date with some landmark activities.

On arrival the Primate of Church of Nigeria

(Anglican Communion) The Most Rev Nicholas D Okoh
and his wife  Nkasiobi  were  met at the Owerri
state Airport by the Most Bennet okoro,
Archbishop Province of Owerri, Bishop of Owerri
The Rt.Rev Dr  Cyril Okorocha, the deputy
Governor   of Imo State Dr. Lady Ada Okwuonu and some members of Clergy.

The primate was led straight to commission a
150KVA brand new Parkins Wilson Generator
supplied by John Holt but Donated  by the  Owerri
Council of Knights of St Christophers (bearers of
Christ) under the Leadership of Sir Israel
Ekezie. It was a colorful ceremony. The Rt Rev Dr
Cyril Okorocha also took the primate and his
entourage to inspect the church of
Transfiguration of our Lord where the primate
prayed for the church and the Nation.


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COMMENT



A pastoral letter from Zimbabwe



22/02/2011



Anglican Diocese of Manicaland (CPCA)



Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,


May the love of God our Father, the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

I write this letter with great appreciation of
your proclamation of the Gospel in your churches,
communities and families and your perpetual
faithfulness to the spirit of Jesus Christ
despite the hardships and dangers you face every
day. In Christ we have a model offidelity,
commitment, faithfulness and obedience to God and
our calling. Although faith does not insulate us
from the daily challenges and complexities
oflife, it intensifies and propels our desire to
confront them boldly in light of the Gospel which
has come to us through Christ. Faith in the Risen
Christ is our greatest and ever-ready resource as
we soldier on through the myriad problems of
being harassed by the police at the behalf of
Norbert Kunonga, Elson Jakazi and their
supporters, Kunonga and Jakazi continue to
manipulate the security forces. An order or
command given to police officers by Dr. Kunonga
is taken and exercised as if it were coming from
the police commissioner. Some police officers
have been honest enough to say, "We know that
what we are doing is unfair and not lawful but if
we do not do it we risk losing our jobs because
Dr Kunonga has the power to do so."

Some police officers are also living in great
fear of someone who does not even exist in their
structures. I believe all those who join the
security services do so in loyalty to their
country. All citizens including our Church
members look up to them as the custodians of
their security as well as freedom. When they
carry out their duty properly, they are
contributing to the maintenance of peace.
However, we are baffled because in many of our
Churches, police are not associated with peace
making but wreaking havoc and harassment of
innocent, harmless, and peaceful worshipers.

Every day we look for justice, but all we see is
injustice ( Isaiah 5:7). Every Sunday we yearn
for fellowship, edification and spiritual growth,
but all we hear are cries for help from
congregations who have been forced out of their
churches, churchwardens and priests who have been
arrested by police. At St David's Bonda Church on
the 6th of February 2011, police from DC Mutasa
forced the CPCA congregation of about 300 out of
the Church claiming that Mr. Chiwanza (Jakazi's
priest) was the one authorized to use the Church
building. In actual fact this is contrary to the
High Court Consent Order of 12 October 2009.
Again it defies all logic to have three hundred
worshippers worshiping in the open, sitting on
wet grass, in cold and rainy weather whilst their
church building is empty. Mr Chiwanza should have
been embarrassed to be in the church by himself.
He has no followers at Bonda, He simply
disappeared from the empty church. The Bonda
congregation is vibrant in or outside the church.
I am greatly concerned that in order to conceal
their embarrassment, Mr. Jakazi and his priests
are now forcing the police to drive our
congregations at least 200 meters away from the
church premises. Psalm 72:12 however reminds us
that "He will rescue the poor when they cry to
him; he will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them."


To read more click here



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PUBLICATION OF THE WEEK


Find out what's happening in Jerusalem by

visiting www.j-diocese.org  or signing up to
receive the regular Newsletter of the Diocese of Jerusalem.

From this month's newsletter (that will soon be
available for download here:
http://www.j-diocese.org/archive?ct=News Letters ):


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VIDEO


Missionaries bring, receive gifts as South Sudan grows into independence

By Matthew Davies, Episcopal News Service March 03, 2011

(Matt has just returned from a visit to Sudan.)
Read the story here and see the video here


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ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER Click here for the full ACP


Friday 04-Mar-2011
Psalm: 112    I Cor. 11: 23-34
Mbamili - (Province of Niger, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Henry Okeke



Saturday 05-Mar-2011
Psalm: 96: 10-end    I Cor. 12: 1-11
Mbeere - (Kenya) The Rt Revd Moses Masamba Nthuka



Sunday 06-Mar-2011     The Epiphany 9
Psalm: 91: 9-16    I Cor. 12: 12-31
The Most Revd Stephen Than Myint Oo Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yan gon
Suffragan Bishop of Yangon - (Myanmar) The Rt Revd Joseph Than Pe



Monday 07-Mar-2011
Psalm: 96: 1-9    I Cor. 13
Meath & Kildare - (Dublin, Ireland) The Most Revd Dr Richard Lionel Clarke



Tuesday 08-Mar-2011     Women's Day
Psalm: 123    I Cor. 14: 1-12
PRAY for the International Anglican Women?s
Network (IAWN) as it connects Anglican women
across the world, and encourages and enables
women to become influential and equal
participants throughout the Communion and in their own communities.



Wednesday 09-Mar-2011     Ash Wednesday
Psalm: 19    Ro. 1:18-32
Medak - (South India) The Rt Revd Badda Peter Sugandhar



Thursday 10-Mar-2011


Psalm: 17:1-11    Job 1

Melbourne - (Victoria, Australia) The Most Revd Philip Leslie Freier
Melbourne - Eastern Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Barbara Darl ing
Melbourne - Northern & Western Region -
(Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Philip James Huggins
Melbourne - Southern Region - (Victoria, Australia) The Rt Revd Paul White


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