The Assumption; Dormition; Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary
A reflection on the feast of the Assumption, Dormition, Blessed Virgin Mary
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Calendar confusion
The New Zealand Anglican Church is adding five names to its calendar of saints – but my motion that started this process had a much bigger vision.
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Creation Season
Resources for the September Season of Creation based around the three year lectionary readings.
John Henry Newman feast day
Roman Catholics are anticipating the beatification of John Henry Newman. His body will be exhumed and moved – not without controversy. Currently he is buried according to his dying wish that he be buried with his closest friend, Ambrose St John, in the grounds of the house they had shared as priests. This day, August
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Church and websites
Church is in many ways akin to website. What is true about one is, similarly, regularly true about the other. Let me briefly highlight three aspects of a successful website: 1) the content of the site needs to be of high quality – meeting the needs of the visitor to the site, and encouraging visitors
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Examen of Consciousness (Ignatian)
An introduction to the Examination of Consciousness – an Ignatian method towards finding God in all things.
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The Anglican non-communion
It is difficult to find a crystal-clear definition of the platypus that is the Anglican Communion. Certainly, one aspect is expressed by “The status of full communion means that all rites conducted in one church are recognised by the other.” (Wikipedia: Anglican Communion). At Friday’s meeting of the Anglican Primates (16 Feb 2007), seven Anglican
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The Anglican Church of “or”
Has New Zealand Anglicanism gone too far in the direction of “creativity” in worship at the expense of liturgy being the work of the (whole) church?
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