Church News Briefs
Diocesan Press Service. August 8, 1974 [74210]
LONDON, England -- Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury has announced the appointment of two new Anglican bishops in the Middle East. He has appointed as Bishop Coadjutor in the Diocese of Jerusalem, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the Rev. Canon Faik Haddad, with the view to his becoming the first bishop of a new, united Diocese in Jerusalem. He has also appointed the Rev. 'Aql 'Aql as Assistant Bishop for Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, residing in Amman, the capital of Jordan. Both men will be consecrated by the Vicar General, Bishop Robert Stopford, in St. George's Cathedral in Jerusalem on August 29. A major restructuring of the Anglican Church's work in the Middle East is under way. The Most Rev. George Appleton, Archbishop in Jerusalem, resigned a few months ago.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Dr. Paul Callaway, organist and choirmaster at Washington Cathedral, has announced the appointment of Doug Major to be the new assistant organist and choirmaster at the cathedral, beginning in late August.
WASHINGTON, D. C. -- The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr., Dean of Washington Cathedral, has announced the appointment of Margaret Truman Daniel as chairman of the 1974-75 Washington Cathedral Fund. The annual drive must raise a major portion of the financing for the services and special events at the cathedral. The goal for this year's campaign, which opens in October, is $350,000. Mrs. Daniel is a member of the Cathedral Chapter, its governing body.
LONDON, England -- Bishop Colin Winter, deported early in 1972 from his Diocese of Damaraland and asked to remain as Bishop-in-Exile by his people, is back in England following a heart attack while on a visit to Zambia in March. Despite various complications, the bishop is now making a steady recovery and hopes to resume a full routine early next year.
ELKHART, Ind. -- The National CROP Committee recently announced the election of an Episcopal priest, the Rev. Ronald E. Stenning, as the National Director of CROP, the Community Hunger Appeal of Church World Service. He will succeed the Rev. Albert W. Farmer who retired earlier this year. CROP, with national headquarters in Elkhart, Ind., maintains 17 offices across the United States from which they coordinate and conduct local events -- hunger walks, fasts, canvasses and smaller, individual projects -- to raise funds to aid the fight against world hunger and poverty. CROP also administers the Church World Service Clothing Appeal, providing blankets and clothing to both overseas and domestic disaster victims. At the time of his election to the CROP post, Mr. Stenning was rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Dayton, Ohio.