25th July 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
Subject: Unity with the Holy See
His Grace, Archbishop John Hepworth has released the following message to the College of Bishops, Vicars General and those assisting the TAC to achieve unity with the Holy See.
“My Dear Fathers, Brothers and Sisters,
It is my great pleasure to be able to attach a copy of a letter I received this morning (25 July 2008) from Cardinal Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, via the Apostolic Nuncio in Australia. It is a letter of warmth and encouragement. I have responded, expressing my gratitude on behalf of "my brother bishops", reaffirming our determination to achieve the unity for which Jesus prayed with such intensity at the Last Supper, no matter what the personal cost this might mean in our discipleship.
This letter should encourage our entire Communion, and those friends who have been assisting us. It should also spur us to renewed prayer for the Holy Father, for Cardinal Levada and his staff at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and for all our clergy and people as we move to ever closer communion in Christ with the Holy See.
I am particularly thankful to the Cardinal Prefect for his generous mention of "corporate reunion", a pathway seldom travelled in the past, but essential for bringing about the plea of our Master to His Father "May they be completely one"’.
The Traditional Anglican Communion
Archbishop John Hepworth
Primate
25 July 2008
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23rd July 2008
Christian Unity – “its not a matter of Choice”
An Address given by the Rt Revd George Langberg at the Conference of The Fellowship of Concerned Churchmen – June 2008. [Read the full Address here].
10th May 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
This letter was used earlier this year in an Appeal to both our own Traditional Anglican Communion people and Roman Catholic people in several countries who have shown interest in helping us. It has since been published in other places, although seemingly not in full. It contains brief quotations from the Traditional Anglican Communion's letter to the Holy See (the original letter runs to some eleven pages). The Traditional Anglican Communion will not be releasing the full text until the response of the Holy See has been received, in accordance with a commitment given by the three delegates who handed the letter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primate has released this text in order to obviate any confusion arising from its partial distribution. He has also expressed the hope that the last page, where he appeals for support, might receive as much attention as the rest. [Read letter]
22nd April 2008
The Reception’s Over… But is it time to call it a day?
By the Right Reverend Harry Entwistle
NOT that there ever was one in the Anglican Church of Australia. Throughout the Anglican Communion there were statements that the Church was entering into a period of reception which would allow the Church to come to a common mind about the rightness or otherwise of the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate. These assurances were even heard in Australia, but from the moment the first ordinations took place in Perth in 1992 before enabling legislation had been passed in General Synod, it was recognised that the Church had been presented by a fait accompli because the Diocese of Perth had exercised what later became known as the ‘local option’. [Read more]
13th March 2008
Traditionalist Japanese bishop dies.
Primate’s tribute:
MAR 8 2008: I have received the message from Bishop Raphael in Japan. Bishop James Endo (his successor Diocese of Yokahama) was a good and holy man, who kept the faith in a difficult Anglican world. His stand on the ordination of women to the presbyterate enabled priests in his diocese to continue in good conscience while many in other dioceses of Japan were placed in conflict with their conscience. Both Archbishop Falk and I met with him on a number of occasions, and he received me with great courtesy at his home, anxious to understand the position of the Traditional Anglican Communion. He allowed us the use of churches, and acted with great tolerance towards Father Furakawa and others in his diocese who joined the Traditional Anglican Communion. Few of us in the West can even begin to understand the difficulty of being faithful Christians in a pagan country.
May he rest in peace.
+John
The Most Reverend John Hepworth
18th February 2008
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
Lent 2008
Lent is a time for silence in the presence of God. It is a time for stilling our bodies, so that our souls may be allowed to flourish. It is a time for stark assessment of our position with God. It is time for our inner life, the life of the soul, to be nourished. When we truly fast, our bodies are diminished and our souls are transformed. [Read the entire letter].
8th February 2008
It’s good for the Goose but not for the Gander
BISHOP Harry Entwistle Vice-Chairman (Forward in Faith Australia), Bishop of the West Australian Apostolic District Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (TAC) comments on the Sunday 3rd Feb John Cleary’s Sunday night ABC radio programme, to hear the Right Reverend Brian Farran, Anglican Bishop of Newcastle NSW, and Father Colin Blaney, Chairman of the Broken Bay Roman Catholic Diocesan Ecumenical Commission, discussing a new local Covenant agreement between their respective dioceses together with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Newcastle/Maitland, Australia. [read more].
22nd December 2007
Pope says Christmas without Christ is 'empty'
In a meditation during the final days of Advent, Pope Benedict has said that celebrating Christmas without mentioning of the birth of Christ is like having an "empty holiday". [More]
Christmas 2007
Message from the Primate
Archbishop John Hepworth
... “And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babe wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger. And suddenly, there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying “Glory to God in the highest!”...
[Read the entire message]
21 December 2007
Cardinal Pell says Virgin Birth no legend
“Those who doubt or deny the virgin birth are departing from Christian teaching.”
Sydney's Cardinal George Pell has vehemently disagreed with the worldwide Anglican head, who has said Christians don't need to believe Christ was born of a virgin. [More]
15 December 2007
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23rd November 2007
Anglican "requests" to be discussed by Pope and Cardinals
Pope Benedict XVI will host a meeting of the Cardinals on Friday 23rd November 2007. The general topic of the meeting is "ecumenism" - the Orthodox and the many requests by exponents of Anglicanism evaluated, and the famous letter of the Traditional Anglican Communion "to the See of Rome seeking full, corporate, sacramental union". [MORE]
21st November 2007
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12th November 2007
Letters to the Editor
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9th November 2007
A Statement, Homily, and A Clarification relating to the Traditional Anglican Communion's union with the Holy See.
16th October 2007
Statement authorised by the TAC Primate
" The College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) met in Plenary Session in Portsmouth, England, in the first week of October 2007. The Bishops and Vicars-General unanimously agreed to the text of a letter to the See of Rome seeking full, corporate, sacramental union. The letter was signed solemnly by all the College and entrusted to the Primate and two bishops chosen by the College to be presented to the Holy See.
The letter was cordially received at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The Primate of the TAC has agreed that no member of the College will give interviews until the Holy See has considered the letter and responded."
+ John
6th October 2007
First Pictures of the Consecration of Fr. Michael Gill for Anglican Church in Southern Africa TR.
First pictures of the Reverend Michael Gill’s Consecration as successor to the (late) Bishop Trevor Rhodes, Anglican Church in Southern Africa TR at St. Agatha’s Church, Portsmouth, England, Tuesday 2nd October during the Traditional Anglican Communion’s international College of Bishops meeting at Portsmouth held 1 – 5 October 2007. <Click image for larger picture>
24th September 2007
2007 August / September Issue - OUT NOW!
In the August-September 2007 issue – some lead items:
- What is an Anglican Catholic Priest?
- Halifax congregation move into their new church
- Atheists versus Believers – God debate heats up
- Orthodox Inter-communion achieved in Africa
- Canadian Synod thumbs up to visible communion with Rome or Orthodoxy
- Good Shepherd, Rosemont continues fight for survival and future
- APCK Diocese align with Anglican Church in America/TAC
- Scholar says Ordaining Women is disrespectful
- Ballarat diocese to ordain females
- TAC’s Missionary Endeavours Central America
- L’Eglise Catholique Anglicane du Congo
- Am I guilty of the Devil’s favourite sin?
- The Archives – Canada – Carey in Rome and Ballarat
19 September 2007
Inspiring commitment to the greater unity of the church of Christ
Bishop Florenza welcomed into full membership of House of Bishops
[Report form the House of Bishops, Anglican Church in America - TAC]
BISHOP Rocco A. Florenza, formerly of the Anglican Province of Christ the King, was warmly received and welcomed into full membership in the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America (ACA) at its just-concluded meeting in Orlando, Florida. [MORE]
9th September 2007
The Angelus
Following an Ordination Mass
St. Agatha's Traditional Anglican Communion Portsmouth. UK.
Bishop Robert Mercer CR leads The Angelus at St. Agatha’s Portsmouth, a parish of the Traditional Anglican Communion TAC, following an ordination service.
The Angelus, which takes its name from the opening words of the Latin form: Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae (“The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary”) is a thrice daily devotion in the Anglican Catholic tradition which consists essentially in the reciting of certain prayers at the sound of a bell at fixed hours.
The video clip is 6 minutes.
7th September 2007
Bishops to meet at Portsmouth
TAC’s international College of Bishops will gather in conference at St. Agatha’s Portsmouth, England from 1st to 5th October 2007. It is expected that all bishops exercising Ordinary Jurisdiction and those holding License in Episcopal Order within the TAC as well as Vicars General who have pastoral oversight of dioceses will make the journey to England.
Primate, Archbishop John Hepworth said this was an important gathering of all of our bishops from across the globe. Discussions will centre on the state of affairs in the Anglican world, exploring ways in which the TAC can make a positive contribution to the work of the greater Church and progress being made in TAC’s quest for communion with the Holy See.26 th August 2007
Archbishop Hepworth welcomes the Open Letter from the Primate of the Anglican Catholic Church.
The Anglican Catholic Church has continued its series of public statements on the Unity of the Anglican Continuum by Archbishop John Charles and Archbishop Haverland with an Open Letter to the TAC. [More]
26th August 2007
APCK Diocese, Bishop, align with TAC's Anglican Church in America
WASHINGTON DC based The Christian Challenge reports: JUST WEEKS after an Anglican Province of Christ the King (APCK) bishop voiced serious frustration with longstanding divisions in the mainstream Continuing Church, he and nearly all parishes and clergy of his diocese have left the APCK for the Anglican Church in America (ACA) [More]
11 th July 2007
Statement from the House of Bishops, Anglican Church in America reference APCK
IN a Pastoral Letter recently read to parishes and missions of the Anglican Province of Christ the King's (APCK) Diocese of the Eastern States, Bishop Rocco Florenza pledged increased "cooperation and fellowship" and declared "a state of genuine unity and full communion" with the Anglican Church in America. In response, the following statement has been issued by Bishop George Langberg, speaking for the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church in America: [More]11 th July 2007
Ballarat's Anglican Church to ordain females for first time
WOMEN will be ordained as Anglican deacons for the first time in Ballarat's history according to the Ballarat Courier.
And in this story Melbourne leading laywoman Dr. Muriel Porter says : "Once you allow women to be ordained and called 'reverend' and having a formal ministry role in the church, in my experience the opposition to women as priests disappears overnight." [More]30th June 2007
Bishop Trevor Rhodes laid to rest in a grand ceremony that Africa does so well.
ON Friday 22nd June, Archbishop John Hepworth, Father Michael Gill (Diocesan Administrator) and Father Stewart Peart (Secretary to Bishop Rhodes) reverently clothed Bishop Trevor in Episcopal raiment and white Mass vestments for the last time. His ring and cross rested on a green cushion with his mitre and a cross of red roses on the coffin.
30th June 2007
Fr. Michael Gill elected Bishop of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa (TR) Rite
FOLLOWING the funeral Mass for Bishop Rhodes, the first meeting of the Election Synod was chaired by the Primate. After singing the "Come Holy Ghost", and a debate devoid of any friction, and another time of silent prayer before the altar, the resolution was passed "that the Primate do everything necessary to secure the election of Father Michael Gill as the next bishop of this church ". Father Michael was invited back to the assembly. His future clergy and people surrounded him as they sang - as only Africa sings - the Doxology in many languages.
30th June 2007
APCK Diocese announces "a state of genuine unity and full communion" with TAC's U.S. province. Bishop Rocco A Florenza issues Pastoral Letter.
30th June 2007
The Anglican Province of Christ the King
THE Primate of the TAC welcomes the overtures recently made by one of the dioceses of the Anglican Province of Christ the King, as a further deepening of the unity of the Continuum in the United States.
[Read more]
18 th June 2007
Coadjutor Bishop elected for American Diocese
The Reverend Stephen Strawn was elected Bishop Coadjutor at the Diocese of the Missouri Valley Election and Synod last week. A Coadjutor Bishop has the right to succeed the bishop whom he is appointed to aid. [MORE]
11 June 2997
Bishop of great courage and faith dies - Bishop Trevor Rhodes
Archbishop Hepworth reports:
I have just heard from Canon Michael Gill, our Vicar General in Southern Africa, that Bishop Trevor Rhodes died shortly after Mass this morning (Sunday 10th June). His funeral will be held on Saturday 23rd June (the delay being necessary to allow people to gather from overseas, and because of the African tradition of conducting funerals on a Saturday).
I have only just returned from a somewhat arduous journey in Central and Southern Africa, which concluded with a day in Johannesburg with Bishop Trevor, who was "feeling his years" but seemed in good health and looking forward to retirement in the US from the end of the year. Much more will be said about Bishop Trevor in the weeks ahead, but may I simply say now that he was a man of great courage and great faith, who saw long ago what must be done by Anglican Catholics in good conscience, and who proceeded to devote his life to the poorest - in India, Central America and then as our bishop in Southern Africa, where he led the most extraordinary growth. May he rest in peace.
31st May 2007
Death of prominent Churchman and Director of the International Anglican
Fellowship,
Traditional Anglican Communion
Walter D. Kilian, 71, of Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.A. died May 28, 2007 at Catholic Medical Center after a sudden illness.
He was one of the founders of St. Luke Anglican Church in Amherst
(Anglican Church in America) and served as senior warden for many years.
He also was Director of the International Anglican Fellowship, the
missionary arm of the Traditional Anglican Communion.
Please refer to : www.lambertfuneralhome.com/Obituaries.html for an Obituary.
May the Choir of Angels receive you. May you have Eternal Rest.
5 th May 2007
Scholar: Ordaining Women Is Disrespectful
Those who want to ordain women to the priesthood manifest a failure to recognize the dignity of women, said an expert in moral theology and women's issues.[MORE]
23rd April 2007
The Church of Torres Strait - Ordination Service
A video clip taken from the Ordination Service of The Reverend Ron Day to the Sacred Priesthood, St. Clare's Cairns, Australia, November 2006.
THE Church of Torres Strait is a member church of the Traditional Anglican Communion. The Church of Torres Strait was formed in November 1997 and comprises the majority of the clergy, elders and laity of the Torres Strait, who were members of the Diocese of North Queensland/Carpentaria in the Anglican Church of Australia.
31st March 2007
New addition to the Messenger Journal website
On the pages link bar above you will now notice "Videos". This new page will be the archive for our video clips which you can navigate directly to. Any and all video clips we add to the page will be announced here on the "News & Announcements" page with a direct link to the video itself as will be indicated by a picture in a film strip as in the article below. Please enjoy!
31st March 2007
The TAC and The Holy See quest for Unity.
A 15 minute video clip produced by David Naglieri of Salt and Light Catholic Television, Canada's Catholic Network ( www.saltandlighttv.org ). highlights the Traditional Anglican Communion and the quest for unity with Rome. The Program was aired across Canada on its FOCUS program 20 th February 2007.
17th March 2007
Religious Symbols Hostility to Signs of Christianity Mounts
The presence of Christian symbols in public life is increasingly under challenge. Last October, a cross on the altar of a chapel at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Virginia, was removed on orders of college president Gene Nichol. [More]
1st March 2007
Retreatants Hear of Guises of the Antichrist
Preacher Draws On Work of V.S. Solovyov
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 28, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The Antichrist is the reduction of Christianity to an ideology, instead of a personal encounter with the Savior, says the cardinal directing the retreat which Benedict XVI is attending, and ending Saturday March 4. [Full Story]
27th February 2007
Assault on Christianity
By Mark Pickup
You are seeing a direct frontal assault at the root of Christianity: The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Canadian producer of Titanic film fame is scheduled to have a New York press conference on February 26th. Apparently he's going to present 3 coffins: Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary. He says he has DNA evidence! He's even made a 90 minute documentary." [MORE]
25th February 2007
Statement on the Meeting of Anglican Primates (Tanzania, February 2007) and its aftermath
THE Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion in a Statement released today says that the Anglican Communion is engaged in a process without any clear terminus, in which it (far from disintegrating) is transforming itself into a new entity on a largely new theological basis. As this unfolds, our mission is twofold: to win souls for Christ and to do everything in our power to restore and renew the tradition from which we derive our membership of the Body of Christ. Hence the importance of our observation and analysis of events in the Anglican Communion.
Continuing Church is not New Church!
I call on the Primates to look again at what they are doing: to abandon an experiment in democratised faith for a living faithfulness; to abandon a neutered priesthood for a priesthood open to the iconic presence of the risen Christ in its ministry; to fearlessly proclaim the sanctity of life and the family that nurtures it in place of a narrow obsession with sexual sin; and to re-enter the world of catholic Christianity, prepared to rediscover the source of divine truth committed to the Church. [Read the Full Statement]2nd February 2007
A Special Report on the Consecrations of two Suffragan bishops in Canada
By Deborah Gyapong
OTTAWA-On Jan. 27, Archbishop John Hepworth, Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, consecrated two suffragan bishops for the Diocese of Canada, preaching that the mission and vocation of a bishop is "to receive the treasure that Jesus committed to the Apostles and pass it on." [Read More]
29th January 2007
THE consecration of two Suffragan Bishops
THE consecration of two Suffragan Bishops for the Canadian Province of
the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada took place Saturday, January 27,
2006, the feast of St. John Chrysostom and 'The Refounding of the
Canadian Episcopate, 1979' at St. Basil's Roman Catholic Church in
Ottawa.[More including first pics]
9th January 2007
Statement from the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
On the latest departures from the Episcopal Church
Our hearts and our prayers are with the former members of the Episcopal
Church - from Virginia and other places - as they begin to "walk
apart".[Read the full Statement]
9th January 2007
Thousands flee Episcopal Church, Break-up of Canterbury's Communion
under way
IT is reported that over 40,000 faithful Episcopalians left The
Episcopal Church (TEC) in 2006, and an estimated 115,000 in the past two
years. They didn't just change congregations, but left it altogether. December 2006 saw the greatest single exodus of Episcopalians in the
300-year history of the Diocese of Virginia. More than 20% of the
funding and 25% of its members have either left or will leave that
diocese this year. [More]
**Special Article**
A Christmas Message from the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
"... This Christmas, two thousand and six years on, nothing has changed very much. Christians are cast out of the mainstream of life as seldom before." [Read the full Christmas Message]
23rd December 2006
THE Bishop Ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, the Right Reverend Peter Wilkinson, OSG has announced the election of two Suffragan Bishops for the province. The consecrations will take place, God willing, Saturday, January 27, 2006 at 1 PM., the feast of St. John Chrysostom and 'The Refounding of the Canadian Episcopate, 1979'. [More]
19th December 2006
Phoenix, Arizona, USA December 2006
The Diocese of the West of the Anglican Church in America, at its annual Synod held in Phoenix, elected Fr. Daren K Williams to be the next Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of the West, a Province of the Traditional Anglican Communion. [more]
19th December 2006
Christmastide 2006 issue out now!
- The Primate's Christmas Message
- Consecration highlights challenge and moving forward of TAC in Australia
- Bishop Ross Davies stays away - his letter calms Anglican bishops' fears.
- Colour Pictorial - Consecrations in Adelaide
- Consecrations - it's all about Jesus
- TAC work in the Congo
- Synod Diocese of the West meets, elects new bishop.
- Pilgrimage Walsingham 2006, and another in 2007.
- Fr. Harley Kynock reports his Ministry to Seniors a blessing.
- What does a Christ-centred home look like?
- Christmas Origins of familiar Christmas Customs.
- And lots more news, pictures, features.
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25th November 2006
Fathers David Robarts and Harry Entwistle Consecrated Bishops.
Friday 24th November 2006 - Adelaide.
THE Reverend Fathers David Robarts and Harry Entwistle were consecrated bishops this morning in an historic and moving ceremony in Adelaide's Latvian Lutheran Church of St. Peter, which had been loaned for the occasion. [Read More including the following with this item]:
- A Letter of Congratulations from His Eminence Archbishop Hilarion of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand - Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
- Letter from Bishop John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham, and Chairman of Forward in Faith International.
- Letter from Bishop David Moyer SSC, Parish of the Good Shepherd, Rosemont. PA.
- Letter from Bishop Ross Davies, Bishop Ordinary, Anglican Diocese of The Murray, to the bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia.
24th November 2006
VATICAN CITY, NOV. 23, 2006 (Zenit.org).
Benedict XVI, in a 15 minute
meeting today with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury says he
hopes theological dialogue between Anglicans and Catholics can continue,
despite current strains over ecclesial and moral questions. [More]
23rd November 2006
Pope plans recruitment drive among disaffected Anglicans
THE Sunday Times (London) reports that Pope Benedict XVI who is this week meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury, is drawing up plans to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church. [Read more]
19th November 2006
U.S. Episcopal Diocese could secede from National Church
THE Episcopal Bishop of San Joaquin, California, John-David Schofield has written a letter to his diocese saying his diocese could secede from the Episcopal Church [The U.S. Province of the Canterbury-led Anglican Communion] if his diocese votes a constitutional amendment change at their annual convention in December. [More]
19th November 2006
Orthodox Patriarch Warmly Awaits Benedict XVI
ISTANBUL, Turkey, NOV. 17, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, awaits Benedict XVI's visit to Turkey with "fraternal love," says the Orthodox patriarchate. [More]
16th November 2006
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP HEPWORTH:
The Consecration of David Oswald Robarts and Harry Entwistle SSC to the office of Bishop in the Church of God will take place in the Latvian Lutheran Church of Saint Peter, 125 Rose Terrace, Wayville at 10.00 a.m on Friday 24th November. [Find out more...]
16th November 2006
Meet the Australian Bishops-elect
On Friday 24 th November, Adelaide, God Willing, the Reverends David Robarts and Harry Entwistle will be consecrated as Assistant Bishops in the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and Regional Bishops for Forward in Faith - Australia. [Read their profiles]
15th November 2006
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Monday 13th November 2006
The Mother Church of the Canterbury led Anglican Communion
- the Church of England to support baby euthanasia.
This evil should be resisted. Thank God there is a worldwide alternative for faithful Anglicans - The Traditional Anglican Communion...
Read the full story in the Sunday Times.
27th October 2006
NEW ENGLAND: Anglicans elect Dr. Brian Marsh to serve as suffragan bishop
ANGLICANS from New England and New York have elected The Reverend Dr. Brian Marsh to serve as the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of the Northeast in the Anglican Church in America (ACA) Traditional Anglican Communion subject to the required . His appointment now requires the consent and approval from the international College of Bishops of the Traditional Anglican Communion. [Read More...]
5th October 2006
Some little "gems" expected of the liberal Anglican Synod, Perth
THE 46 th Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Perth will be held at the Community School ,Mirrabooka, Perth from 6 th to 8 th October 2006. [ More]
5th October 2006
From Archbishop Hepworth's latest letter to his clergy:
"Anglican turmoil: Most of you will be aware of the extraordinary turmoil in the Anglican Communion, following the election of the first woman Primate, the refusal of the American church to desist from the homosexual agenda, the reaction of other parts of the world, the overwhelming vote in the English general Synod for women bishops, the high profile same-sex marriages of English clergy conducted under the new laws in Great Britain, the new round of expulsions of traditionalist Anglicans in many parts of the world. Less obvious is the erosion of catholic orthodoxy right across the Anglican Communion, from a position of dominance at the time of Archbishop Ramsay, to almost total insignificance today. At the same time, there have been several proposals for unity among traditionalist Anglicans that would seriously compromise us were we to accept them as they stand. The work of filtering, seeking advice, and in some cases confronting others on these issues has been deeply draining, but must be done if we are to have a recognisable Anglicanism in the world of our grandchildren."
5th October 2006
Consecrations for new Australian bishops set for 24th November in Adelaide
The Diocesan Ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia (ACCA), the Most Reverend John Hepworth has told The Messenger Journal that required preliminary documentation relating to the consecration of Fathers David Robarts and Harry Entwistle as Assistant Bishops in the ACCA and Regional Bishops for Forward in Faith has been completed.
In a letter to the international College of Bishops of the worldwide Communion, Archbishop Hepworth wrote, "The two priests are extremely well skilled and qualified, and have served in senior positions in the church. Both would have long since been considered for Episcopal office were it not for the crisis into which we have all been pushed." [More]
5th October 2006
Episcopal Engagements -
The Most Reverend John Hepworth
The Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, Archbishop John Hepworth has just completed journeys to India and Japan, and plans travel to Canada and the United Kingdom in January and February.His engagements for the next few months are largely confined to his own Diocese, with an international fund raising campaign for the TAC in mid-November:
| 10 October | Chair Council, St Stephen's College Coomera | |
| 13-15 October | Visitation Western Australia, State Synod, clergy meeting. Farewell Mass for Father Ted Wilson, St. Ninian's, Perth. | |
| 15-21 October | Fundraising meetings for International TAC | |
| 29 October | State Synod, Sts George and Michael, Adelaide | |
| 2 November | Requiem for departed members of the Traditional Anglican Communion | |
| 7 November | Chair Council, St Stephen's College Coomera | |
| 8 November | Confirmation, St Stephen's College | |
| 9 November | Address Constitutional Symposium, Parliament House, Sydney. | |
| 13 November | Chair Pro-Life Rally, Town Hall, Adelaide Speaker - Linda Schlueter Roe V's Wade challenge Attorney, USA). | |
| 17 November | Valedictory Dinner St Stephen's College, Coomera | |
| 20-23 November | National Synod, Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, Passionist Monastery, Adelaide | |
| 24 November | Consecration of Bishops, Adelaide | |
| 3 December | Liturgical Welcome to new bishop, Perth | |
| 4-5 December | Speech Nights, Coomera | |
| 6 December | Celebration of 50th Anniversary of Priesthood, Father Reg Mills, Gold Coast. |
4th October 2006
Surprise, Surprise . . . The Pope's a Christian!
By the Right Reverend David Chislett SSC
[Bishop David is Bishop of the Northern Apostolic District Australia, Traditional Anglican Communion]
The world of our childhood and youth very much conditions us for the rest of our lives. When I became serious about following Jesus in my early teens, I took it for granted - growing up in the poorer suburbs of Sydney"s "wild west" - that I was about to cop a fair bit of ridicule on all sides. That went with the territory. [More] 30th September 2006
Roman Catholic perspective on Anglican discussions
Anglicanism awaits its moment of truth
Likea ship anchored beside a vessel in distress, the Vatican is watching carefully the affairs of the beleagured Anglican Communion. Rocked by internal conflicts, the Communion is increasingly facing the grim prospect of schism - an event that would have significant implications for the Catholic Church. [More]
29th September 2006
In our September/October issue - highlighters:
• TAC moving toward climax of long process of unity with the Holy See.
• Feature article 40 th Anniversary of the historic meeting in Rome between Dr. Michael Ramsay and Pope Paul VI.
• With Anglican unity dissolved. ARCIC Reports have failed to win the hearts and minds on either side.
• FIF Traditionalists prepare for "impossible situation"
• Lest we forget! The Anglican Bishop of the Murray reminds us of the invalidity of women priests and sacraments.
• Fast backtrack to Canterbury for some continuers in the U.S.
• "We must become ONE" The Holy Father's Address during an ecumenical celebration of Vespers in the cathedral of Regensburg.
We apologise for the lateness of this issue due to the Editor's recent illness
29th June 2006
'A separation within Communion is inevitable' - says Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a statement released at a press conference yesterday, Dr Jensen, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney says, 'Archbishop Rowan Williams has provided 'a great service' to the Communion by recognising that 'a separation within the Communion is inevitable'. [More]
29th June 2006
Bishop David Moyer SSC comments on the Election of new Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (ECUSA)
ON June 18th the General Convention of the Episcopal Church [in the United States] selected the Bishop of Nevada, Katherine Jefferts Schori, as the 26th Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church) [More]
20th June 2006
Anglican Communion split inevitable
Major split in the [Canterbury led] Anglican Communion now appear to be inevitable. Issues of gay and women in Holy Orders tears asunder a once great communion.
In an outspoken interview with The Daily Telegraph, the Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, said that divisions between liberals and conservatives were so profound that a compromise was no longer possible. <Read on>
20th June 2006
A former Catholic has been elected Primate to lead the Episcopal Church in the United States.
Katharine Jefferts Schori, a liberal bishop from Nevada who was raised a Catholic, was elected on Sunday as the first woman leader of the 2.3 million-member US Episcopal Church. <Read More>
9th June 2006
Catholic MP says Anglicans can keep Charles' coronation
British Catholic MP Ann Widdecombe has argued against a proposition from the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey that there should be a multi-faith coronation when Prince Charles succeeds to the throne. [More]
8th June 2006
Cardinal tells Anglicans that women bishops would destroy unity
Cardinal Walter Kasper has warned the Church of England that a move to ordain women as bishops would destroy any chance of full unity with the Catholic and Orthodox churches. [More]
5th June 2006
Out this week!
Our Premiere Edition The Messenger Journal
- Unity but nor absorbed - An assessment by Bishop Peter Wilkinson
- Meet Fr. Harry Entwistle - to be consecrated Bishop for West Australia
- True joy is heaven sent
- Ordinations in Australia and Britain - reports and pictures
- Former Episcopalians say they have come home in Anglican Church in America
- Chrism Masses across Australia
- The Seekers
3rd June 2006
Prominent churchman dies
LAY Canon Leland Francis Hilligoss died this week in Melbourne, attended by Father Graeme Mitchell, whose parish of St. Mary the Virgin, Melbourne he has attended since moving from his home in Hobart. He was one of the true pioneers of the Continuing Church movement, being a participant in the great Congress of St Louis, where the Affirmation of St. Louis was drafted and acclaimed. His interests were many and included great skill in heraldry. He designed the heraldic crests for a number of dioceses of the Traditional Anglican Communion. He was a very substantial benefactor of the Australian national church. He has left detailed instructions for his funeral to be in Hobart, including the use of bagpipes, and the request that Father Robert Maxwell, his former Parish Priest officiate. Archbishop John Hepworth will preach. A date for his funeral has not yet been set. May his noble soul rest in peace.
18th May 2006
Advertising campaign to challenge Da Vinci Code film
The Anglican Church in Sydney has launched a cinema advertising campaign
aimed at challenging the claims made by the Da Vinci Code that Jesus was
not God, did not die on the cross and that he married Mary Magdelene and
had a family. <read more>
8th May 2006
Cardinal Pell says Catholics should read the Koran
The Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell has caused quite a stir particularly amongst the Muslim population in Australia by a speech he gave in the United States relating to the "Challenge of Islam". <click here for story>
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3rd March 2006
Archbishop Hepworth released a draft statement
The statement is a draft for the consideration of the College of Bishops and Leaders of Forward in Faith. It has no authority until approved by the College, and published by the Primate on the instructions of the College.
Introduction: Powerful Anglican forces have continued to attack the integrity of those Anglicans who remain opposed to the ordination of women to the Diaconate, Priesthood and Episcopate. <read statement>
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1 st March 2006
Ash Wednesday, Lent
From the Primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion
"There is a truly wonderful passage in the Prophet Hosea (set for the Sunday before Lent in the current Lectionary). The Prophet dreams of a future age (as prophets always do) when Israel will recover the vigour of her youth. "On that day, says the Lord, you will call me 'My husband'."
Centuries later, the Evangelist Mark records that Jesus said to the Pharisees "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they?" <read full statement>
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