Churches mark ten years of Racial Justice Sunday
Major church services around Wales, Scotland and England will mark the tenth anniversary this Sunday 11 September of Racial Justice Sunday, an annual event when churches are encouraged to cut racial tension and build community relations.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rowan Williams, sat down with Pat Ashworth of the Church Times and George Conger reporting for The Living Church and The Church of England Newspaper from Anglican Consultative Council-13 in Nottingham, England on June 28, during a break on the ACC's debate on Zimbabwe to answer a few questions.
The following letter will be sent to the children of the Communion who sent items for the Competition of the Compass Rose.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams spoke today the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) meeting of his hopes for the forthcoming conference. He said that he was concerned that the gathering will help bishops be "better equipped for mission" and to focus on "training and devleopment" for the participants. Archbishop Williams also said he would like to see the bishops and the bishops' spouses meet together and that the regional meetings should "identify actuals areas of need".
The Anglican Communion Office has now updated the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (ACP) web site with material for the fourth quarter (July - September 2005). The ACP is now available for download in three formats at http://www.aco.org/acp/downloads.cfm The main calendar page can be found here: http://www.aco.org/acp/index.cfm
Students, teachers, Sunday School staff and all - yes, parents and grandparents - reading this, encourage an Anglican Communion project by printing out and colouring in the attached pdf and sending the finished product for display at the meeting of world Anglican Episcopal leaders in England next week. There will be prizes in each age group: Ages 5-7, 8-10, 11-14. The Compass Rose symbolises the fact that our churches are found all around the world. We are a rainbow people, as Archbishop Tutu always says. Let's see that rainbow come alive in this competition.
The Editor
Canon Jim Rosenthal
Competition is now closed
Michael Craske will be leaving his post at the Anglican Communion Secretariat as of 27 April 2005. He will be greatly missed and his work has been much appreciated by many in the office and around our Communion. We wish him well in his new post.
NB: Starting from 29 April 2005, ACNS will be updated each Friday and the digest will continue to meet the needs for special or urgent releases. We urge you to visit our website daily. I ask you to watch for the announcement of press registration for ACC in Nottingham in June and the launch of the ARCIC document on Mary in mid-May.
Eastertide greetings to you all
Jim Rosenthal
The Anglican Communion Office has now updated the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (ACP) web site with material for the fourth quarter (April- June 2005). The ACP is now available for download in three formats at http://www.aco.org/acp/downloads.cfm The main calendar page can be found here: http://www.aco.org/acp/index.cfm
A translation of the Primates Statement from last month's meeting at Dromantine can be found here: http://www.aco.org/primates/downloads/communique_portuguese.pdf
The following prayer was written for the 2005 Primates Meeting by the chaplain to the meeting, the Revd Shane Forster, on the staff of the Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland:
Collect for the Primates Meeting
Almighty and eternal God, you have called us to serve you in your Church and from the four corners of the earth we have heard and responded to that call. Guide and inspire us by your Holy Spirit and help us to find a deeper union in your Son. Grant that as we meet together we may listen to your voice, that we may listen to one another and in love and faithfulness seek to follow in the footsteps of your only Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.
Scotland's Primus takes on important role at meeting of world-wide Anglican Communion Primates
The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church and Bishop of Aberdeen & Orkney, the Most Revd Bruce Cameron will have an important role in next week's meeting of the world-wide Anglican Communion Primates (leaders), when he will be tasked with presenting a summary of the responses from the entire Anglican Communion to the Windsor Report presented by the Most Revd Robin Eames, the Primate of All Ireland, last October.
A revised version of Section D of the Windsor Report in Spanish is now available at:
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/windsor2004/downloads/index.cfm We ask parish, diocesan and national church offices to make this known to their members who speak Spanish.
We regret the difficulties associated with the original translation. J M Rosenthal
Director of Communications
Church Mission Society has a news section regarding the work its volunteers and staff are undertaking to relieve the suffering of those affected by the Asia tsunami crisis. It can be accessed through their homepage here: http://www.cms-uk.org
The United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) has extensive coverage of the crisis in Asia, with reports concerning those still missing, aid initiatives, and photography and prayers. Each of the reports come from USPG personnel or from local clergy in affected provinces of the Anglican Church. To access the reports, click here: http://www.uspg.org.uk/
The Anglican Communion Office has now updated the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (ACP) web site with material for the fourth quarter (January-March 2005). The ACP is now available for download in three formats at http://www.aco.org/acp/downloads.cfm.
The main calendar page can be found here: http://www.aco.org/acp/index.cfm
The Bishop of Auckland and Chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council, the Rt Revd John Paterson, preached on Sunday 17 October 2004, at Sung Eucharist at St Paul's Cathedral in London on the Nineteenth Sunday After Trinity. The full text of his sermon can be found Here
The Anglican Communion Office has now updated the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (ACP) web site with material for the fourth quarter (October-December 2004). The ACP is now available for download in three formats at http://www.aco.org/acp/downloads.cfm.
The main calendar page can be found here: http://www.aco.org/acp/index.cfm
Churches representing over 550 million Christians worldwide have been invited for the first time to mark 21 September as an International Day of Prayer for Peace.
The Church of Ireland Primate, Archbishop Robin Eames and the Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr John Neill, today welcomed the appointment of Canon Kenneth Kearon as the new Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion.
The Anglican Communion Office has now updated the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (ACP) web site with material for the third quarter (July-September 2004). The ACP is now available for download in three formats at: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/downloads.cfm.
The main calendar page can be found here.
Anglican Cycle of Prayer has been available from the Anglican Communion web site since January of this year.
