Mission Retreat & Clericus 2009
Fountain Valley, CA - 28 June 2009
The Mission Retreat and Clericus begins Monday, June 29th, at the Serria Retreat Center in Malibu, California. The Bishop's Standing Committee and the Board of Examining Chaplains meet before the Retreat and Clericus follows the Retreat. Clericus is a meeting of the Diocese Bishop, priests and deacons.
Bishop's Visitations
Portland, Oregon - 28 June 2009
June has been a busy month for Bishop Williams.
- On Trinity Sunday, June 7th, the Bishop visited St. Barnabas the Apostle Anglican Church in Sun Valley, California where The Rev. Canon Scott Kingsbury is the Vicar.
- The week of the 15-19th the Bishop was a lecturer in Music at Logos House in the Diocese of the Northeast.
- On Trinity II, June 21st, the bishop visited St. Mary of the Angels, Los Angeles, California, confirmed seven and played a music program before Solemn Evensong and Benediction. The Rev. Christopher Kelley, SSC is Rector and The Rev. E. Beau Davis, SSC, is the Curate.
- On Trinity III, June 28th, the bishop visited St. Francis Anglican Church, Portland, Oregon and held an informal class on the basics of Anglicanism. The Rev. Mr. Daniel Squires is Vicar and is in the last stages of his preparation for ordination to the sacred order of priest. He meets with the Board of Examining Chaplains and the Bishops Standing Committee while attending the Mission Retreat. The Rev. George Charlan is the assistant Parish Deacon.
DOW Journal
Fountain Valley, CA - 17 May 2009
As a complement to the DOW Web, a journal in printed form is now available. It is in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) suitable for viewing online or printed on a black and white or color printer on 8 1/2 by 11" paper. You may find the current and in the future, back issues of the journal. For convenience the current issue is available by pressing the DOW Journal link.
If your church has information they would like published on the official DOW website or the DOW Journal, or both, please send the information, stores, requests and pictures to webmaster@anglicanwest.org. Enjoy.
ACA Message on Marriage
House of Bishops, Monserrat Retreat at Lake Dallas, TX - 21 April 2009
Follow the ACA House of Bishops Statement on Gay Marriage and the Freedom of Choice Act link for the official statements.
Treasurer's New Address—CORRECTION
Tigard, OR - 22 April 2009, Gil Miller
The DOW Treasurer has a new address for all correspondence and remittances. The previous address was listed as 9029 but the correct address is 9020 SW Washington Square RD STE 450. Prior to May 2nd, the company name was spelled incorrectly. It is now correct.
Mr. Gil Miller
Artielle
9020 SW WASHINGTON SQUARE RD STE 450
TIGARD OR 97223-4484
DOW Canons Available On-Line
Portland, OR - 6 April 2009
A PDF version of the
DOW Canons last revised at the 2008 Synod are now available by
taking the above link.
New Web Address for Holy Cross, Tucson, AZ
Tuscon, AZ - 28 March 2009 - Karen Eddy
Holy Cross Anglican Church in Tucson, Arizona, has transferred their web to a new site with a new address. If you have previously bookmarked or created a favorite to the Holy Cross site, the new address is http://holycross-tucson.org.
2009 Synod Dates Announced
Fountain Valley, CA - February, 2009
The Bishop has announced that the 2009 DOW Synod will be held 26-29 October in Phoenix, Arizona. The Venerable Canon Frederick Rivers, Rector of The Church of the Epiphany and his Parish will host the Synod.
Printed Calendar
Phoenix, AZ - January 29, 2009
Once again, the Archdeacon The Ven. Canon Fred Rivers is making available for order a printed calendar produced by Ashby suitable for use in the Anglican Church in America, of which the Diocese is a part. If you are interested in purchasing one or more calendars, take the Order Form link. If you would like to know more about how the calendar was produced, take the more information link.
Podcasts
Los Angeles, CA - January 28, 2009
St. Mary of the Angels, Los Angeles, has published two 6-part podcasts delivered by The Rev. Christopher P. Kelley, SSC, rector, on St. John. The first is on The Revelation of Saint John the Divine and the second on The Signs in Saint John's Gospel. A series of lectures on the second and third letter of St. John and The Letter of St. Jude are in the works.
Position Available
at All Saints' Green Valley Arizona
Fountain Valley, CA - November 24, 2008
Bishop Daren K. Williams has appointed Bishop Hudson as
Bishop-in-Charge at All
Saints' Anglican Church, Green Valley, Arizona, while the search
continues for a new vicar.
For more information about the position please contact
cwrowley@aol.com, or call Wes Rowley, Sr. Warden, at
(520)777-8941, or send an e-Mail to
fatherkingsbury@yahoo.com , Canon
Missioner for DOW, or call Father Kingsbury at (626) 818-4721.
All Saints Anglican Church, a Mission in Sahuarita/Green Valley,
AZ, is two+ years old, has 15 members (plus a winter "snow bird"
body of 2 to 6 on Sundays). Please see All Saints' web page for more
details. Tucson, Arizona is 20 miles north of Sahuarita/Green Valley.
Updated Sunday 28 June 2009 at 1618
June Calendar
21.TRINITY II (St. Aloysius Gonzaga)
22. St. Alban (St. Paulinus of Nola)
23. Vigil of the Nativity of St. John Baptist
24. THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN EVANGELIST
25. Of the Octave
26. Of the Octave (St. John and St. Paul)
27. Of the Octave
28. TINITY III
29. ST. PETER, THE APOSTLE
30. Commemoration of St. Paul and Memorial of St. Peter
JULY
1. Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ
2. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3. Feria
4. Independence Day (St. Martin)
5. TRINITY IV
The above calendar is published in the Calendar of the American Missal which conforms to the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. [PB] designates 1928 Book of Common Prayer Observances outside of Sunday.
(Saints or events in parenthesis are optional commemorations.)
Anglican Hallmarks
The hallmarks of the "traditional" church are
Catholic
- Faith
- Apostolic Order
- Sacramental Worship
- Evangelical Witness.
The churches and missions which are part of the Anglican Church in America, itself a part of the International Traditional Anglican Communion, are "formal but friendly." The services are based on the first official prayer book in English which was based on the established practice of religion and liturgy of Salisbury and known as the Sarum Usage. Today we use the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer.
The Anglican Church in America
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Christian Unity
A 2008 Pastoral Letter from the ACA House of Bishops addresses the small step that the Traditional Anglican Communion has taken to heal the fracture of Christianity, even Anglicanism, into so many pieces by seeking a "full, corporate, sacramental union" with the See of Rome. Read the article.
Abp. Hepworth Clarification
The Traditional Anglican Communion Primate, Archbishop John Hepworth, clarifies the TAC-Holy See Initiative in an interview with The Messenger editor, Father Owen Buckton. The article is available on the TAC Web site.