By ACNS staff and Nina Boe, IEAB
The Bishop of South-Western Brazil has thanked the Anglican Communion for its messages of support after a nightclub fire killed more than 200 people.
[ENInews] Several faith-based organizations said they were disappointed with the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20, which took place 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro.
Young people from the Student Christian Movement and grassroots organizations of the World Student Christian Federation’s Latin America and Caribbean Region (FUMEC), and of the Centro Regional Ecuménico de Asesoría y Servicios (CREAS), presented a photo exhibition, la Muestra Latinoamericana Itinerante del Agua, to bring attention to the problems surrounding water justice.
[ENInews] The World Council of Churches (WCC) has been playing an active role in the two major events taking place in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 23 June: the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio+20, and the People's Summit.
Occurred between days 30 and 31 May, at the premises of the General Secretariat of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil (IEAB) in São Paulo, the meeting of the National Comission of Liturgy to follow up the reconfiguration of the Book of Common Prayer (LOC) and the Episcopal Hymnal (HE).
High level actions to challenge world hunger, climate change and urban violence have been planned for Anglicans at Rio +20 – the UN’s sustainable development conference.
From the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil
I lift up my eyes to the mountains;
where is my help to come from?
My help comes from the Lord (Yahweh)
who made heaven and earth. Ps. 121, 1-2
To our brothers and sisters of the Diocese of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Beloved brethren in Christ:
From the website of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil
An Open Letter to the people of God.
By Prof. Dr. Dermi Azevedo
May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all!
The Brazilian society is still in shock after the scenes registered in the old centre of São Paulo in a region known as “Cracolandia” (Crack City), where dozens of youth and adults, men and women, live in a permanent situation of death; this cruel scene contrasts deeply with the nature of the human being from a Christian view, which is in likeness to God.
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.
