Anglican Mainstream on August 31st, 2005

The American Anglican Council Launches Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort

Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama have been devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and relief efforts are underway. The AAC will coordinate with AAC chapters and congregations to distribute funds on the local level. We encourage your participation in this important work.

Administrator on August 31st, 2005

BREAKING NEWS– martial law to be declared in N.O.– 1500 troops to be deployed

Pray in thankfulness for all the politicians and local officials, military & coast-guard, clergy, medical staff, law enforcement, emergency responders, media-people, volunteers, and ordinary people who are serving self-sacrificially to help deal with the situation throughout the southern Gulf Coast area– [...]

Anglican Church of Canada News on August 31st, 2005

Since its arrival in Armenia, Aug. 24, a Canadian ecumenical delegation has visited many historic sites in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, which is the pre-eminent centre of authority in the worldwide Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church.

Simon Sarmiento at Thinking Anglicans on August 31st, 2005

First a couple of links: I should have included this article by Simon Barrow earlier, but here it is: Civil Partnerships are a Blessing which links to a number of relevant earlier articles by him. And the issue of Civil…

Administrator on August 31st, 2005

Louisiana Governor Calls for Day of Prayer

– LENT & BEYOND– New post category: Hurricane Katrina … (lent.classicalanglican.net)

– POPE BENEDICT prays for victims of Hurricane Katrina; here’s the original … (usatoday, vatican)

– LUTHERANS Focus on Search and Rescue after Hurricane Katrina … (titusonenine)

– BP. JENKINS on Katrina … (descant)

– ECUSA-ERD [...]

Administrator on August 30th, 2005

Katrina Aftermath
Tuesday, 8pm

BREAKING NEWS– Via WWLTV: Mayor says last Pump #6 failing… water in New Orleans to be +3 feet above sea level within 12-15 hours, level with Lake Pontchartrain. Fishbowl effect scenario, barring a miracle fix in the breached levee.. prayers, please

Donate: Red Cross, Salvation Army, Catholic Charities, more

–Katrina Help Wiki

– LENT [...]

Simon Sarmiento at Thinking Anglicans on August 30th, 2005

The BBC Today programme had a segment this morning on the theories of Clare Asquith, listen here (Real Audio, 5.5 minutes) to her and to Professor Stanley Wells who is unconvinced. On Sunday, the Observer had this story Shakespeare was…

Administrator on August 30th, 2005

– PLEASE PRAY for CaNNet blogger Brad Drell, and all the other folks mobilizing to help in the aftermath of horrific hurricane Katrina … (episcopalchurch.org)

(ENS)– “…Brad Drell, a lay delegate to General Convention from the Diocese of Western Louisiana in the northern part of the state, said that his parish — St. James in [...]

Peter Owen at Thinking Anglicans on August 29th, 2005

I wrote a report of the July 2005 General Synod for Anglicans Online a little while ago; you can read it here.

Simon Sarmiento at Thinking Anglicans on August 29th, 2005

This new organisation got relatively little attention in Britain, when reports of it first appeared, so maybe this further longer version of the article by Auburn Faber Traycik in the Christian Challenge will change that: Pan-American, Pan-Anglican. Notice in particular…