ACNS 4849 Weekly Review 9 April - 15 April, 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 - Church in Malta responds to help refugees from  Libya
·         Anglican Life - Ecumenical prayer
service in solidarity with the people of Japan
·         Anglican Life - Diocesan big day live on BBC TV
·         Anglican Life - The Re-dedication of
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Jerusalem
·         Comment I - Only parents can stop gang violence - Archbishop of  York
·         Comment II - Anglicans, Catholics growing together in ANZP
·         Comment III - Bishop of Jerusalem's Easter message
·         Bookshelf - Darwinism and the Divine
·         Video - Music from York Minster
·         The coming week's Anglican Cycle of Prayer.


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ANGLICAN NEWS
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4848>Global
- The Bible beats Manchester United and Justin
Bieber to top of the Facebook charts
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4847>Anglican
Alliance - Anglican Alliance calls for Anglican
Bank and financial literacy and rights campaign
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4846>Japan
- Other Japanese dioceses send people to help in disaster-affected areas.
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/12/ACNS4845>Anglican
Alliance - First Anglican Alliance consultative
conference opens, new mapping tools and logo launched
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Anglicans 
-cross-about-pizza-firms-bun-adverts>New
Zealand - Anglicans cross about pizza firm's bun adverts
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Christian 
-leaders-ban-on-Anglican-bishop-and-new-taxes-are-unjust>Middle
East - Christian leaders: ban on Anglican bishop and new taxes are unjust
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Another-C 
hristian-held-under-Pakistan-blasphemy-Laws>Pakistan
- Another Christian held under Pakistan blasphemy laws
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/4/12/Bishops-a 
ct-to-tackle-sham-marriages>England
- Bishops act to tackle sham marriages
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2011/4/12/New-websi 
te-helping-churches-to-become-more-childfriendly>Wales
- New website helping churches to become more child-friendly
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/8/ACNS4844>Brazil
- Primate of Brazil on school shooting: "This is a moment of sorrow and pai n"
·
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/8/ACNS4843>Brazil
- Secretary General expresses shock and sympathy at Brazil school shooting
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ANGLICAN LIFE


Church in Malta responds to help refugees from Libya

From the

<http://europe.anglican.org/news/newsItems/2011/01_Mar_01.html>Diocese
of Europe website

In the wake of developments in Libya and the
subsequent mass evacuations via Malta the Bishop
of Gibraltar in Europe, the Right Reverend Dr.
Geoffrey Rowell, has written to clergy and
congregations around the Diocese to inform them
and ask for their prayers following reports and
offers of practical assistance from the Anglican
Chaplaincy of Malta and Gozo, which includes the pro-Cathedral of Malta.

Dear Friends in Christ,

The Humanitarian Crisis that has engulfed North
Africa has prompted swift action from the British High Commission in Malta.
High Commissioner Louise Stanton has a hard
working team supplemented by a considerable
number of extra staff from around Europe and a large military presence.

Nearly 12,000 people have fled Libya for Malta,
700 of whom have been repatriated by our High
Commission. HM Ships Cumberland and York have
been ferrying large numbers of our citizens and
others in anticipation of more possible civil
action or even military intervention in the face
of Colonel Gadaffi?s comments and behaviour, and
in the wake of considerable bloodshed. A total of
8241 from 89 different countries have been
brought to Malta by sea and 3,525 have been
evacuated by air involving 212 extra flights
undertaken by military and civilian aircraft.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here

Ecumenical prayer service in solidarity with the people of Japan

From the Episcopal Church in the Philippines'
magazine
<http://www.episcopalchurchphilippines.com/ecp/files/1st%20Quarter%20Episco 
palian%202011.pdf>The
Philippine Episcopalian NB: This link will download a pdf file of 9MB
?Our lives are all connected, we breathe one air,
we dwell in one earth. The tragedy in Japan has
become ours.? With this sentiment, representative
from different churches and institutions gathered
for an Ecumenical Prayer Service in Solidarity
with the People of Japan at the Saint Andrew?s
Theological Seminary in Quezon City on March 31, 2011.

The service was opened by words of welcome and
call to worship by the Most Reverend Edward P
Malecdan, Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in
the Philippines while the Right Reverend Dixie Taclobao officiated the serv ice.

Serving as Master of Ceremony is the Reverend Rex
Reyes of the Episcopal Church and General
Secretary of the National Council of Churches in
the Philippines. A Japanese lady read a statement
in Nihongo while a Korean clergy read the lesson
in his language. A video clip on the after effect
of the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear plant
meltdown was shown in place of the traditional
homily or sermon. Three member churches of the
National Council of Churches in the Philippines
read their solidarity statements during the service.

The service culminated with prayers and candle
lighting for those who perished, the injured and
suffering and those who are ministering to them.


Diocesan big day live on BBC TV


BBC Television has announced details of its live
coverage of the Royal Maundy Ceremony at
Westminster Abbey [in London] on Thursday 21st
April. Huw Edwards will be hosting the programme
on BBC1 and BBC1 in High Definition when forty
nominees from the Diocese in Europe will be among
the recipients of the
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Maundy>Royal Maundy purses.

The Diocesan and Suffragan Bishops will be at the
ceremony, with most of the archdeacons who
represent this vast diocese which has 270
churches and congregations in 42 countries,
across 3 continents and covers one-sixth of the earth?s land surface.
The recipients have been chosen for their
contribution to the life of the church within the
Diocese in Europe and will each receive two
purses. A red purse contains a £5 coin
commemorating the Duke of Edinburgh?s ninetieth
birthday, and a 50p coin which is one of the
twenty nine designs celebrating the forthcoming
2012 London Olympic Games. Both coins have been minted this year.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here

The Re-dedication of St. Paul's Anglican Church, Jerusalem


From the <http://www.j-diocese.org/>The

Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem newsletter


St. Paul's is known to be the first Arab-Anglican
church in the region. The church was built in
1873 with the support of the Church Missionary
Society of England (CMS) during the episcopacy of
the Rt. Revd Samuel Gobat. The church was consecrated on November 29, 1874.

St. Paul's was in regular use by parish members
as part of the Diocese of Jerusalem until 1948.
When the fighting ended and Israelis took control
of the neighborhood, the members of the
congregation found they could not easily get to
the church as it was on the west side of the
"green line" in what is now known as West Jerusalem.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here
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COMMENT


Only the parents can end the horror of gang violence

By Archbishop John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
writing in
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23941572-only-the-parents-c 
an-end-the-horror-of-gang-violence.do>The
London Evening Standard
I am sure most Londoners were shocked by the
murder of 16-year-old
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/standard/related-124901-agnes-sina-inakoj 
u.do>Agnes
Sina-Inakoju last year: this week her murderers
were convicted at the Old Bailey.

Agnes had hoped to go to

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/standard/related-7848-university-of-oxfor 
d.do>Oxford
University.
Instead she found herself dead as a result of
simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here

Growing together in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

Archbishop David Moxon writes of celebrating the
communion that exists in his Province

From

<http://anglicancentre.churchinsight.com/Publisher/Article.aspx?ID=252683 
>Centro,
the newsletter of the
<http://anglicancentre.churchinsight.com/>Anglican Centre in Rome
For a number of years the Anglican - Roman
Catholic Commission in Aotearoa New Zealand
(ARCCANZ) and the Churches have taken
opportunities to celebrate the degree of
communion that exists both within and between us.
These occasions are now well-established and the
Liturgies offered provide considerable fellowship
and are meaningful celebrations of sharing and co-operation.

Joint study

In Aotearoa, New Zealand, Church as Communion: A
Discussion Resource for Anglicans and Roman
Catholics in Aotearoa New Zealand has been
distributed nationally. This five-meeting course
is designed to deepen relationships between Roman
Catholics and Anglicans, with a view to
encouraging partnerships in mission and the
solidarity needed for joint action in ministry to
the community. An earlier Australian Edition was
amended and adjusted for New Zealand by ARCCANZ.
This resource has been welcomed by the Churches
and will further build upon the goodwill which
exists between Anglicans and Roman Catholics. It
will be offered in local communities and ministry
units as a recommended study resource.


Liturgies
The more formal and well-established shared
liturgies take place on Ash Wednesday and at the
beginning of Advent. These have evolved following
input from representatives of both Churches at a
local level and have resulted in very significant
ecumenical worship. We cannot now imagine neglecting such opportunities.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here


Easter Message 2011 from The Rt. Rev'd Suheil
Salman Dawani, Bishop of Jerusalem


Alleluia! Christ is risen.


The Lord is risen indeed. Alleluia! Salaam and
warm greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ from here in Jerusalem to all of our
friends and partners, our brothers and sisters in
Christ. The celebration of the resurrection of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is always a time
to renew our faith and commitment as faithful people.

The mission of the Church here in the Holy City
of Jerusalem and throughout the Holy Land
continues to be focused on building bridges of
peace and reconciliation rooted in the love of God for all his children.

St. John writes that "God so loved the world that
he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him may not perish but may have
eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son
into the world to condemn the world, but in order
that the world might be saved through him." (John
3:16-17) God's love for all the world has brought
us the example of the sacrificial love of his
Son. This love is so great as to overcome the
threat of death, the passion of the cross and the descent to the dead.
To read more click
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here
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VIDEO
Music from York Minster


Enjoy a beautiful version of Psalm 8 from a

beautiful church in one of England's two Provinces
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdKQh7pHlwc>http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
v=pdKQh7pHlwc


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BOOKSHELF



Darwinism and the Divine
Alister E McGrath
Blackwell, pb, £19.99
Two themes that have been prominent in recent
works by Alister McGrath reappear in this new
book: the nature of natural theology and the
relationship between science and Christianity.
McGrath sheds fresh light on both subjects in a
lively and stimulating work that contains the
Hulsean Lectures delivered in Cambridge. This is
not McGrath at his most popular but readers
should not be put off by the academic origins of
the work. This is a book anyone with an
intelligent interest in the subjects discussed
can read with interest and profit.


Inevitably McGrath devotes a good deal of

attention to William Paley. Although he pays
tribute to Paley?s achievement and defends him
against charges of plagiarism levelled at the
time, he also highlights a number of defects in
Paley?s work. Paley had a static notion of
creation: he assumed that the world was designed
and unchanging, existing in the form in which God
had made it. He also assumed that a ?contrived?
world could not depend on chance and took it for
granted that divine design could be deduced from
the observance of contrivance in nature. In
common with most Protestant theologians he lacked
any understanding of God working through
?secondary causes?. To attribute causal agency to
material forces seemed to Paley to be tantamount
to atheism. If he had read Augustine and Aquinas
he would have been able to see how God can make things to make themselves.

To read more click

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/news.cfm/2011/4/15/ACNS4849>here
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ANGLICAN CYCLE OF PRAYER

<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm>Click here for the full ACP
Friday 15-Apr-2011
Psalm: 119:169-176    Job 21:17-34
Namirembe - (Uganda)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=601>The
Rt Revd Wilberforce Kityo Luwalira
Saturday 16-Apr-2011
Psalm: 116    Ro. 8:31-39
Nandyal - (South India)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=500>The
Rt Revd Dr P J Lawrence
Sunday 17-Apr-2011     Palm Sunday of the Passion
Psalm: 24:7-10    Mt. 21:1-11
Bishop of Jerusalem - (Middle East)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=17478>The
Rt Revd Suheil Dawani
Monday 18-Apr-2011     Monday in Holy Week
Psalm: Lam. 3:4-12    Jer. 7:1-11
Nasik - (North India)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=437>The
Rt Revd Kamble Lemuel Pradip
Tuesday 19-Apr-2011     Tuesday in Holy Week
Psalm: Lam. 3:13-21    Ezekk. 3:4-9
Bishop of Nassau & The Bahamas - (West Indies)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=18309>The
Rt Revd Laish Zane Boyd
New Providence - (West Indies) Vacant
Wednesday 20-Apr-2011     Wednesday in Holy Week
Psalm: Lam. 3:55-63    Jer. 37:6-16
Natal - (Southern Africa)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=521>The
Rt Revd Rubin Phillip
1.Suffragan Bishop of Natal - (Southern Africa)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=14487>The
Rt Revd Funginkosi Niclaus Mbhele
2. Suffragan Bishop of Natal - (Southern Africa)
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=18221>The
Rt Revd Hummingfield Charles Ndwandwe
Thursday 21-Apr-2011     Maundy Thursday Anselm,
Abbot of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1109
Psalm: Lam. 2:20-21    Jer. 12:7-13
When Jesus wept, the falling tear in mercy flowed
beyond all bound; when Jesus groaned, a trembling
fear seized all the guilty world around
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