In an effort to strengthen unity among Christians, Pope Francis welcomed a delegation of the Bishops Conference of the Union of Utrecht, also known as ‘Old Catholics.’ The division between the two came about in 1870 during the First Vatican Council, when a group of bishops rejected the notion of papal infallibility. Today, there are
Transition in the Easter Vigil Becoming Christians Edited by Daniel P McCarthy OSB & James G Leachman OSB 389 pages Hardcover. This is Volume 2 of Liturgiam Aestimare: Appreciating The Liturgy available from www.theabbeyshop.com Let me start by saying that I am biased – I find anything that Dom Daniel and Dom James produce a
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Here are some websites of note: Millennial Pastor Rev. Erik Parker (wonderfully!) describes himself as “An iPhone Pastor for a Typewriter Church”. The Millennial Pastor is, of course, on twitter and on facebook. Here is a taste. Online Lectionary Simon Kershaw of Oremus provides a digital calendar and lectionary for 2015. You have a variety
You are on the back foot if people cannot remember the name of your organisation. You have even bigger problems when even members of your organisation, including significant leadership,find the name of your organisation difficult to remember. This is compounded if the membership finds the expression of its mission difficult to recall. It gets even
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Jesus was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. And forgive us
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The English astronomer, Sir Fred Hoyle, coined the term “Big Bang” to mock the theory proposed by Belgian priest, astronomer, and professor of physics, Fr Georges Lemaître, that the universe had a beginning. The scientist Hoyle died in 2001 never accepting that the universe had a beginning. Albert Einstein also could not accept the clear
Last Saturday I was privileged to concelebrate for a Requiem Mass for Jonathan Mane-Wheoki at St Michael and All Angels. Appropriately, the waka huia with its strong connection to Jonathan was back up after being down since the quakes. Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui a Tāne. This is a Māori saying, “A tōtara
It would be churlish to oppose Statute 713 (“Bill 6″) of New Zealand Anglicanism’s General Synod Te Hinota Whanui (GSTHW) without providing for some thinking through of an alternative solution to the problem that it is trying to address. The presenting part of the statute is that it rules which preposition (‘of’ or ‘in’ or
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