The Shoalhaven district, about 250km south of Sydney, has born the brunt of the bushfires. Now the communities of the region are pulling together to help each other through the disaster.
Dr George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury will announce his retirement today, Tuesday 8th January at 11.00am UK time. He will retire at the end of October this year.
On hearing this news, Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New South Wales released the following statement for media use:
The good news is that we have had no loss of life. But we are still worried that the fires may jump the highway into the untouched (forests of the) Grose Valley. Thanks to Rob and Lesley Scott (see below), our church has been able to distribute food hampers to those affected in Winmalee. We have been putting together food hampers for the parishes of Mulgoa and Kurrajong that have been more badly affected.
The people of the Shoalhaven district, nearly 300km south of Sydney are feeling very cut-off by the bush-fires which still rage there.
Archbishop launches emergency appeal to help victims of Sydney's fires The Most Revd Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney, has today launched an emergency appeal to raise funds for the victims of the bush fires ravaging Sydney, the Blue Mountains and the South Coast.
Dr Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney will lead a special service of prayer for victims of the present NSW fire crisis on Sunday 30th December at 10.30am.
Our whole community must be greatly concerned at the news of the escalation of violence between Muslim and Christians groups, particularly near the town of Poso in Central Sulawesi in Indonesia, our near neighbour.
Sydney Synod passed resolutions on lay and diaconal administration (presidency) on Saturday 27 October. At the conclusion of the debate Archbishop Peter Jensen informed the Synod of his discussions on the issue with other Anglican leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Muslim and Christian leaders in Australia have expressed outrage at the recent arson attacks to their places of worship in the wake of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11.
Due to the uncertainties following the September 11 attacks on the US, CMS missionaries in Pakistan are leaving the country and will return to Australia by the end of September. Many expatriates are leaving Pakistan with a number of embassies having issued general evacuation orders.
"Professional athletes are no different to everybody else basically, they're just much better at sport than we are," says the Rev Andrew Wingfield-Digby. "They have the same needs and the same temptations and the same struggles as all of us."
Australia's Anglican leaders and the Federal Court have slammed Australian Prime Minister John Howard's refusal to land more than 430 asylum seekers that were packed on a container ship in Australian waters near the remote Christmas Island earlier this month.
One thing is clear to all Australians, whatever view they adopt towards the people on board the "Tampa": they are at our door.
The successor to Desmond Tutu as Anglican Primate of Southern Africa, the highly respected anti-apartheid activist Archbishop Ndungane, is visiting Sydney.
Christians are among the most avid Internet users. This is particularly true for the young and those who work with them. It is with these people in mind that Anglican Youthworks, the Youth Department of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, has launched a web site that is set to become a key resource for those involved in Christian children's and youth work.
When the Church Missionary Society of Australia accepted responsibility in 1927 for the new Diocese of Central Tanganyika there were only two African clergy in the Diocese. In the whole country there were fewer than 10. Seventy-four years later, 1,260 African clergy, including 22 bishops from 18 Dioceses met together for the first national conference in the history of the Anglican Church of Tanzania.
That this General Synod noting that though the Bill for a Church Law (Further Clarification) Canon 2001 with its accompanying schedule has been approved in principle by 135 votes to 95 votes with 2 abstentions, significant concerns have been raised in debate, requests Standing Committee to:
The Anglican Church of Australia has taken a significant step towards working more closely with the Lutheran Church. The 12th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia, meeting in Brisbane this week (July 21 to 27) passed a motion to further ties with the Lutheran Church.
The Anglican Church of Australia is not withholding records of Stolen Generations children cared for by Church institutions, General Secretary of the General Synod, the Reverend Dr Bruce Kaye said today.
The 12th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia has accepted a Bill in principle removing all the legal obstacles to the consecration of women to the episcopate (women bishops).
As in 1998, my role is to present an alternative to the support for the move to ordain women as bishops in the Anglican Church of Australia. During the past 3 years, I - like many of you and many others in the church - have had to ask myself 'am I opposed to this because of habit or perversity or reluctance to change?'
Three years ago, General Synod asked for legislation for women bishops to be brought to this synod. It also asked for consideration to be given to some form of alternative episcopal oversight. It is my role today, on behalf of the Standing Committee, to plead the cause of women bishops and introduce the legislation, while my colleague and friend, Dr Ann Young, will offer an alternative viewpoint.
The Federal Government needed to boost its role in giving humanitarian aid, advocating for troubled nations and accepting refugees, president of the Uniting Church in Australia, the Reverend Professor James Haire said on Sunday 22 July 2001.
In his Charge to the twelfth General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia in Brisbane today, the Primate of Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley AO, emphasised unity as the key to the Church fulfilling its historical mission. In doing so, he contrasted constitutional developments in the Anglican Church of Australia with the achievement of the Australian Federation in 1901.
The 2001 General Synod will discuss a wide range of current social and religious issues, including: - Building reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - Exploring the consecration of women bishops - Improving the church's response to sexual abuse - Discerning the future of ordained and lay ministry - Reviewing the Doctrine Panel's homosexuality report - Reaching out with the Gospel to the Australian community in an age of anxiety.
The churches of Australia have a history of welcoming refugees to Australia particularly since the 1930's when Jewish organisations began settling people who had escaped from Nazi Germany.
Sydney's Anglican Archbishop-elect, Canon Peter Jensen, will be consecrated bishop and inaugurated as the eleventh Archbishop of Sydney, and the Metropolitan of NSW, tonight, Friday 29 June, at 7.00pm in St Andrew's Cathedral.
In his inspiring inaugural sermon, the newly installed Archbishop of Sydney encouraged the crowded congregation in St Andrew's Cathedral to look to the Lord Jesus Christ and to trust in his promise, 'surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age'.
