Sydney will not attend Lambeth – official
This Statement was made by Archbishop Peter Jensen – speaking after the service of ordination of 48 deacons at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney today –
“With regret, the Archbishop and Bishops of the Diocese of Sydney have decided not to attend the Lambeth Conference in July.
They remain fully committed to the Anglican Communion, to which they continue to belong, but sense that attending the Conference at this time will not help heal its divisions.
They continue to pray for the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lambeth Conference.”
From the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin
This letter has been sent to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori from the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin –
“Friday, February 01, 2008
We have received your letter dated January 25 in which you state that you do not recognize us individually as members of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of San Joaquin. We find your statements, published by ENS on the internet and read in Hanford prior to most of us receiving the actual letter, to be unhelpful. While you may hold any personal opinion you wish as an individual, the office of Presiding Bishop does not have the legal, canonical or moral authority to proclaim for the Episcopal Church non-recognition of duly elected members of a diocesan Standing Committee. …”
Read the full letter sent from the San Joaquin Standing Committee to Katharine Jefferts Schori.
48 New Deacons in Sydney
This morning 48 men and women were ordained as deacons by Archbishop Peter Jensen at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney.
Please give thanks to the Lord for each and pray for them as they begin new ministries.
(Thanks to David Ould for the photo. More photos here courtesy of Ramon Williams. And a report here from SydneyAnglicans.net)
Anglicans keep Lourdes anniversary
Eight Church of England bishops are together planning to make an unprecedented group pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes on the 150th anniversary of the reported appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Bernadette.
… the Society of Mary, one of the Church of England’s Catholic Societies, has organised a pilgrimage for a large group of Anglican bishops, along with about 400 lay worshippers. …
Full story from The Church Times.
(For a very helpful resource on the difference between Roman Catholic and Protestant beliefs, see Ray Galea’s Nothing in My Hand I Bring published by Matthias Media.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…