Framed by moving, excellent, regular worship, and with a healthy, positive, central focus on our response to the earthquake, the Christchurch Anglican diocesan synod debated some important liturgical issues. I spoke against our diocese giving assent to “authorise” (scare quotes essential) Ashes to Fire, a confused and confusing statute coming to us from General Synod
Breaking News The Anglican Diocese of Auckland meeting in their diocesan synod, yesterday passed the following motion: That this Synod, • noting that the General Synod/te Hinota Whanui has approved in principle Sections 1-3 of the proposed Anglican Covenant, and asked Episcopal Units to respond to its 2012 Session, resolves as follows: (a) Sections 1
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International award-winning vocal octet, Voces8 perform Oralndo Gibbons’ masterpiece, ‘O Clap Your Hands’. The group provide entertainment in Autun Cathedral in France as part of the ‘Musique en Morvan’ Festival.
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I have previously provided some resources and reflections on the new English translation of the missal. A reader of this site pointed me to a helpful collection of links on Language Log, a site devoted to language. For the full post go here. These are the links I particularly appreciated: For a chronological overview, see
