Second Australian woman bishop announced
This press release has just been issued by Anglican Media Melbourne –
“The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has announced the appointment of Canon Barbara Darling as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne. She is currently the vicar of the parish of St James’, Dandenong.
Canon Darling (60) is only the second woman to be made a bishop in Australia, following the recent appointment of Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth. Canon Darling will be consecrated as a bishop on 31 May in St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. …”
Read it all here. Canon Darling will be the second woman bishop in Australia.
(The first Australian woman bishop, Kay Goldsworthy, was announced on April 11. At that time, ACL President Dr Mark Thompson said that the Perth decision add “a new level of difficulty to the relationship between the various dioceses in the Anglican Church of Australia and raises a series of significant issues of conscience for those committed to living out the teaching of Scripture, rejoicing in that teaching as God’s good word to us”.)
Update: See also “Women Bishops in Australia” by David Ould, at Stand Firm.
Call for prayer for Zimbabwe this Sunday
Christians worldwide have been asked to make this Sunday (April 27) a special day of prayer for Zimbabwe, “a nation in dire distress and teetering on the brink of human disaster”. The call comes from Bob Stumbles, Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Harare. Read the press release via the Anglican Communion News Service.
(Graphic: Anglican Communion Office.)
The flowers are blossoming
“The flowers are blossoming into a kaleidoscope of shapes and colours. The congregations are blossoming with a variety of ministries and languages. The church’s programs are blossoming into vibrant systems of education, assistance, development and growth.
During her short stay in the Diocese of Southeast Florida April 15 – 17, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori journeyed from the northern end of the diocese to the south, visiting five churches and addressing seven gatherings along the way. …”
– What reads like a Messianic visit to Florida, from Episcopal Life Online.
(Photo: Mary Cox / Episcopal Life Online.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…