By ACNS staff
Anglicans and Episcopalians everywhere are being invited to join Priest Missioner Nicholas Wheeler and members of the Parish of Christ the King in creating an Anglican Space in Brazil’s notorious City of God.
From the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
We believe and proclaim the Good News of the Gospel: that God sent Jesus Christ to love and welcome into his kingdom all people who are infected or affected by HIV/AIDS. The Son of God, when he was man, experienced his own suffering, and took onto his own shoulders the suffering of the world, he understood what it was like to be discriminated against and, for that reason, he can welcome, unconditionally, his brothers and sisters.
Last year, the Parish of Christ the King in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro joined forces with international mural artist Joel Bergner to produce three murals for its boundary walls.
Sao Paulo, 26 October (ENInews). The Instituto Sou da Paz is mobilizing the participation of churches and faith communities of Sao Paulo to motivate the "Campaign for Voluntary Handing In of Firearms and Ammunitions," during the current World Week for Disarmament, reports the Latin America and Caribbean Communication Agency (ALC).
By Luiz Coelho, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil, Communications WG Member
The death toll in Rio de Janeiro State continues to rise, after deadly rainstorms, never before seen in the region, which brought devastating destruction to Região Serrana, the Central Mountainous region of the State.
Luiz Coelho, Membro do GT-Comunicação da IEAB
O número de mortos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro continua a subir, após severas tempestades que trouxeram efeitos devastadores à Região Serrana fluminense.
By Luiz Coelho, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil Communications Working Group Member
As you all can see in the news, unusually heavy rain has been falling in Southeastern Brazil for days. The mountains in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro State have been affected by the worst rainstorms in their history. In cities such as Teresópolis, Petrópolis and Nova Friburgo, hundreds of people have instantly died due to mudslides that caused entire hills to collapse. It is by far considered the worst catastrophe in Brazilian history.
Luiz Coelho, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil Membro do GT-Comunicação
As recentes chuvas que castigaram diversas áreas da Região Sudeste do Brasil, e em especial municípios da Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro, deixam a todos nós consternados e em busca de possibilidades de auxílio as inúmeras vítimas afetadas.
By Luiz Coelho, Communications Working Group Member, Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil
For the first time, the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil took part in a worldwide initiative called “Back to Church Sunday.” This project, which started in the Church of England Manchester Diocese, now challenges several church bodies around the world with the simple proposal to invite people who don’t attend any church to visit a church community on a given sunday.
Luis Coelho - Membro do GT-Comunicação da IEAB
Rev. Cônego Francisco de Assis da Silva eleito Bispo Coadjutor da Diocese Sul-Ocidental
No domingo, dia 25 de outubro de 2010, foi realizado concílio extraordinário da Diocese Sul-Ocidental (DSO), com sé em Santa Maria, RS, para a eleição de novo bispo coadjutor, que a seu tempo, sucederá o atual bispo (Dom Jubal Neves) como diocesano. (English translation below)
A statement issued by Brazilian Bishop's House was delivered to all the Anglican Communion on the recent unauthorized visit within the Brazilian Province broking definetively the bounds between the two Provinces:
Letter announcing the Boycott by Five Anglican Primates of the 2008 Lambeth Conference
Which path will we walk?
Who will hear us?
How will we bear witness?
These days I wonder which path we will walk. At the last meeting of Anglican primates, in Tanzania, 12 primates besides me were participating at the gathering for the first time. It was an experience of patience and hope: patience, because nothing happens when we want it to and, hope, because the new primates, including one woman, indicated the possibility of taking new paths.
In a very moving celebration at the Mosteiro de São Bento, São Paulo, Brazil, the Roman Catholic Church, The Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil, the Presbiterian United Church and the Sirian Orthodox Church signed a document recognizing mutually the administration of the sacrament of Baptism
This agreement was a result of many years of dialogue and advance of a more closer relashionship between these Churches trough the National Council of Christian Churches (CONIC).
‘I lift up my eyes to the hills – from where will my help come? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.’ Psalm 121 1-2
We are now in a moment of extremely pain, a moment of sadness, Brazil is crying because the accident of the airplane from TAM Airlines, flight number 3054.
Dear Ms. Anderson,
Peace! It is a privilege to me to write to you as your colleague. I am the President of the House of Clergy and Laity of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil. As you said in your statement about the Communiqué from the Primates' Meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, it has serious implications for the Episcopal Church and the Worldwide Anglican Communion. First of all, I want to express my support to your statement concerning this issue.
Mission: Brazilian Diocese of Recife begins new chapter, installs fourth bishop
The Diocese of Recife in Brazil celebrated the start of a new chapter in its complicated life with the installation on October 11 of its fourth bishop, the Rt. Rev. Sebastiao Armando Gameleira Soares. The newly elected primate of Brazil, the Most Rev. Mauricio Andrade, presided over the investiture, which was held in the auditorium of a university in the city and attended by 400 people, including ecumenical guests and leaders of the liberation theology movement in Brazil.
Inspired by this theme, and by the motto 'Worship, Service, and Commitment,' delegates from dioceses and districts of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil gathered in Curitiba from 26th to 30th of July for the thirtieth General Synod.
The Synod is the maximum instance of the IEAB, which meets every three years. It is composed by the Bishops Chamber, and Laity and Clergy Chamber, each one adopting their own chairmanship and internal procedures. The chambers work together, except in cases determined by the Canon Law, or by request of one of the Chambers.
