There has been much internet speculation that the Vatican will establish an Anglican personal prelature for unhappy Anglicans. Opus Dei is currently the only personal prelature. Unlike most church governance, which oversees a geographic territory, a personal prelature has a prelate, appointed by the pope, who oversees those linked by a particular agreement rather than
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I have been asked to provide suggestions towards revising our church calendar. The Common Life Liturgical Commission of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia received my motion to review the calendar. They set in motion adding five names to the calendar: August 8 Mary MacKillop, Teacher, 1909 August 16 Brother Roger of
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Whilst February 22 Roman Catholics, New Zealand Anglicans and others will be reading Mark 2:1-12 etc., those following the Revised Common Lectionary will generally be celebrating the Transfiguration with the following readings. Mark 9:2-9 This describes an altered state of consciousness understood and experienced in 90% of cultures studied by anthropologists, but blocked in the
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7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 7th Sunday after Epiphany – 1st Sunday before Lent Text of the readings Reflect on Transfiguration readings Reflect on readings February 15 All reflections at Category: Lectionary I am aware that on this Sunday, many following the Revised Common Lectionary will be celebrating the Transfiguration with different readings. Please
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From the Gelasian Sacramentary (7th Century) until the calendar reforms of Vatican II, the ninth Sunday before Easter was called “Septuagesima”. What interests me is that, prior to the Vatican II reforms from Septuagesima right through up to (but not including) the Last Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday next before Advent) – that whole block
British comedy writer Ariane Sherine wrote a newspaper column in June 2008 that led to a campaign of atheist advertisements on buses in the UK. $US190,000 was raised to run the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” on 800 buses across Britain – 200 in central London – along
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We were supposed to have been praying and reflecting on the same texts. But this last week, anyone who was using the CHP almanac, the SPCK almanac, or the NZ lectionary, would have been following Hosea and 1 Corinthians in the morning, and Genesis and Matthew in the evening. Those using the online chapel here,
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I know there are a number of solitaries who are regular visitors to this site. A solitary takes religious vows not within an order or religious community, but directly to his or her bishop. Some run websites and our sites are linked, and you will find them in the links to this website. I am
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