Anglican Communion News Service

From 24 November to 2 December 2003, the Anglican Centre in Rome is holding a consultation for people who are interested and involved in clergy in-service training and support. The usual name for that in the UK is 'Continuing Ministry Education' (CME), but the same process goes on under many different titles in the Anglican Dioceses around the world.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome are pleased to announce the appointment of the Rt Revd John Flack, Bishop of Huntingdon, as Director of the Centre and the Archbishop's Representative to the Holy See. Bishop Flack will succeed the Rt Revd Richard Garrard who will retire at the end of April 2003.

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The Bosnian Bible Project (see ACNS 2978) is the project of the Life Centre International, Croatia. The Bosnian New Testament, translated directly from the Nestle-Aland 27th Edition of the Greek New Testament, is the result of a long-term collaborative effort by a team of scholars, translators and linguists based in Croatia and Bosnia (incl. Ruben Knezevic, Senahid Halilovic) - and was publicly presented to the nation in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on 18 April 2002 in the presence of many Bosnian dignitaries representing all segments of Bosnian society. The event was extensively covered by the Bosnian media, including the Bosnian Television, as an event of major national and cultural significance.

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A conference devoted to the theme "The Holy Spirit and Ecumenism," sponsored by The Cardinal Suenens Center of John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, was held at the Ecumenical Monastery of Bose, Italy, in late October.

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Southwark Cathedral

Feast of St Ignatius of Antioch

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd George Carey, presided at his last consecration of bishops, with now Bishop David Hamid, as one of those ordained. Bishop Hamid will serve as Suffragan Bishop in Europe (Church of England).

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The Revd Canon David Hamid, 47, Director of Ecumenical Affairs and Studies for the Anglican Consultative Council since 1996, is to be the next Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese in Europe. He will take up his duties following his consecration by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops on 17 October in central London.

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Inter-religious relations in a World of Tumult

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Dear All

Attacks on synagogues have proliferated in recent weeks in Europe as well as elsewhere, as the situation has deteriorated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

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What a great joy it is to preside at this ordination - this very special moment in the life of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe. It is a joy as well to acknowledge the presence of those who have joined us from other parts of the Anglican Communion and churches in communion with the See of Canterbury, as well as representatives of the Holy See and other communities of faith.

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To be Bishop of Gibraltar is to take one's title from a place and a rock, a rock situated at almost the furthest extremity of a diocese which stretches from Madeira and the Canary Islands to Vladivostok, where the chaplain in Moscow has recently been visiting the small congregation and conducting a service for the harvest of the sea with the Orthodox chaplain of the Russian Pacific fleet .

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd George Carey, told ACNS today that he hoped the clergy and people of the Anglican Communion would give serious attention to the Nine Days of Prayer called for by the recent Primates Meeting.

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The World Council of Churches (WCC) is calling on the European Union to support the Human Rights Commission resolution, amidst increasing tension and attacks on Palestinian civilians by the Israeli military, in the Middle East.

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The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in Volos 12th-15th February 2001 as guests of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of Dimitrias and Almyros. The Commission is composed of representatives of the Orthodox Churches and the member Churches of the Anglican Communion.

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The Seminario Evangelico Unido de Telogia (SEUT), an interdenominational theological college has recently agreed a strategic plan for the next decade, which aims to augment and consolidate its activities whilst developing as an academic institution, to become a Protestant seminary comparable with the best Catholic centers.

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The Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, has agreed to the request by the Convocation of American Churches in Europe to permit them to elect the next Bishop in Charge of the Episcopal Churches in Europe. For the first time ever, this decision enables the Convocation not only to vote for its next Bishop in Charge, but also to have a greatly expanded

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After meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Anglican Centre in Rome, on 17 October, 2000, at 12.30 p.m.

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The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 26 August to 3 September at the Prieuré St Benoît et Ste Scholastique, Montmartre, Paris. The Most Reverend Alexander J. Brunett, Archbishop of Seattle, USA, joined the Commission as the Roman Catholic Co-chairman. The Anglican Co-chairman is the Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold

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The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Michael Scott-Joynt, recently joined the Pope for an ecumenical service to commemorate the martyrdom of Christians during the 20th century. The Bishop, asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury to represent him, sat at the left hand of His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, at the two and a half hour service that was held amongst the ruins of the Coliseum in Rome, scene of the martyrdom of many of the first Christians. The service was part of the Pope's millennium celebrations.

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This mass and meeting with Pope John Paul II will conclude your Jubilee. Here you are, it its now your turn to be pilgrims among many others in Rome. You too have been called to retrace the steps of the Son leading to the mercy of the Father, and to a joy born of forgiveness from God, offered also to our brothers and sisters. This Jubilee Journey is often observed from a professional point of view and described in its external aspects; but no media is able to grasp the interior journey which today you experience personally.

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This is the good news of the Jubilee Year that we are celebrating. Two thousand years ago, "when the fullness of time had come, God sent his son, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption" (Gal. 4-5). "The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light" (Mt. 4-16). The jubilee is a time for rejoicing for all the wonderful things that God has done for us. As Christians we are concerned in what we do, or fail to do, in giving witness to the faith that we profess and this is as it should be. But let us keep in mind, above all, what God has done for us in baptism by making us one with his Son Jesus Christ.

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For more than thirty yeas the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church have been on a journey towards the restoration of unity, guided by the Holy Spirit who leads into all truth. In some places there have been very positive developments.

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Holiness and Hope was the theme as the Primates (Chief Archbishops/Presiding Bishops/Moderators) of the 38 Provinces of the Anglican Communion met in Oporto, Portugal, from 23-28 March 2000.

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We have been enriched by a study of Ephesians led by David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, which explored dimensions of the mystery of the Church and the holiness of our vocation and ministry.

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It is good to be here in Oporto and to be with you for our meeting together. It is of course the first time we have all met since Lambeth, and we have a great deal to do in these few days; and we will inevitably be conscious of the high degree of interest and expectation around the Communion.

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I am so delighted to be here this morning, with the Primates of our Anglican Communion, some of the wives of Primates who have come with their husbands, and the staff, led by the Secretary-General of the ACC, who are supporting our meeting.

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The Missions to Seaman chaplain in Dunkerque, the Revd Tony Rimmer, recently appealed successfully to the President of France, Jacques Chirac, over the jailing of an Indian ship's master.

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The procession of over 40 Anglican archbishops and bishops from around the world, in colourful robes, will move from the church of St. John the Evangelist, at Rua Afonso de Albuquerque, 86 to the Ginasio do Torne, Rua 14 de Outubro, 264, for the Eucharist.

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The following Roman Catholic officials were present today (March 24) at the Anglican Primates Meeting for lunch.

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The 38 Primates of the Anglican Communion begin their regularly scheduled meeting today, 22 March 2000, in Oporto with the theme "Holiness and Hope".

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The Rt Revd John Hind, Bishop in Europe, has been invited to take part in a special service at the Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Bishop will preach for the first time in this historic building on 21st January at a 1662 choral evensong that will mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

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