News Brief
Episcopal News Service. March 17, 1988 [88052]
A directory of missionaries of the Episcopal Church is being compiled at the Episcopal Church Center by the World Mission Information and Education Office, with the help of staff members in the unit and outside volunteers. "We do not have ready access to one of the primary treasures of this Church, namely the wealth of experience and inspiration embodied in those men and women who have served our Church overseas," said Margaret Larom, information officer. "I receive telephone calls or letters almost every day from parishes or dioceses seeking speakers on mission, or people familiar with the Church elsewhere in the world," she said. "Overseas bishops and other church leaders from throughout the Anglican Communion do visit the United States but their time and financial resources are limited. Meanwhile, we probably have dozens of returned missionaries living in every diocese of this country who would be thrilled to speak to Episcopalians about mission, or about their experiences, but their whereabouts often are not known...the goal is to produce a directory that would provide certain basic information about the missionaries, listed three different ways: by name, by country of service, and by diocese of current residence. A special reception at General Convention for delegates and other visitors who have served as missionaries overseas is now being planned by the World Mission Unit of the Episcopal Church Center. Current overseas appointees or Volunteers for Mission who plan to attend the Convention are also invited. Contact Margaret Larom, World Mission Information Offices, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017, or telephone her at 1-800-334-7626 or 1-212-867-8400.
The Mississippi Conference on Church Music and Liturgy meets at All Saints School, Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 17-21. The theme for this year's conference is "Shared Ministry." It will specifically look at staff relationships, mainly that of priest and chief musician. The conference is designed for both clergy and musicians to attend together. There are various sessions for the team and others for individual members of the team. A special rate is available for clergy who must leave on Saturday to return for Sunday duties; however it is hoped that everyone can stay through Sunday lunch. The faculty includes David Hurd, the General Seminary, New York. Hurd is composer in residence. He will also take an extensive look at the resource material in The Hymnal 1982. Two clergy/musician teams composed of the Rev. Everett Simson and Dr. William Wunsch, St. Luke's, Monrovia, Calif. and Mark Engelhardt and the Rev. Robert McCloskey, Jr., St. Peter's, Bay Shore, N.Y., will address the how to's of making working relationships productive. For more information, please write: Leslie Casaday, P.O. Box 12443, Jackson, MS 39236.
In preparation for General Convention in Detroit in July, the Office on Ministry with the Handicapped of the Diocese of Minnesota is working to meet the needs of persons who are disabled and attending the convention. The convention site is fully accessible. For the convention Eucharist, materials will be available in Braille and large-print; interpreters will sign the liturgy. Every effort will be made to seat those with mobility impairments in areas without stairs. Packets of materials describing accessible dining and recreation in Detroit and providing information about transportation and other issues of concern to disabled persons are available through this office. Every effort will be made to meet the special needs of disabled participants if they will make these needs known by June 1. The Presiding Bishop's Task Force on Accessibility is working closely with all of those groups involved in planning for General Convention as well as with those planning the Women's Triennial. If you have any questions or need more information please feel free to contact the Diocesan Office on Ministry with the Handicapped, St. James Episcopal Church, 3225 East Minnesota Parkway, Minneapolis, Minn. 55417; tele. (612) 724-3425.
Henry Darlington, Jr., long associated with church affairs in New York, has been named chairman of the board of Associates of Saint Paul's College here Darlington, whose father was for many years rector of the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York and whose grandfather was the first Bishop of Harrisburg, will preside at his first meeting on campus on April 23. Darlington is vice president of the Church Club of New York, senior warden of Eglise du St. Esprit, trustee of the Board of Foreign Parishes, the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, and the Episcopal Mission Society. St. Paul's is one of the three historically black colleges affiliated with the Episcopal Church and will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1988.
The Most Rev. Robert A.K. Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, has appointed the Ven. Enrique R. Brown, archdeacon in the Diocese of New York, a consultant to the 1988 Lambeth Conference -- the twelfth international gathering held roughly every ten years where bishops from the Anglican Communion convene. As a Lambeth consultant, Brown will be a resource to bishops in the mission and ministry theme area, one of four areas of concern. Brown's invitation to attend Lambeth stems primarily from his work in Hispanic ministry in the Episcopal Church. Prior to his appointment as archdeacon, Brown was founding executive director of the Instituto Pastoral Hispano (IPH), a five-diocesan effort housed at General Theological Seminary in New York City to train persons for Hispanic ministry. A native of Panama, Brown attended the National University of Panama and is a graduate of the New School for Social Research in New York City and the Berkeley/Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Conn.
The Anglican Pacifist Fellowship (APF) and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship (EPF) are completing plans for a Peace Pilgrimage to Canterbury in July, timed to arrive at Canterbury Cathedral on the same weekend as the opening of the 1988 Lambeth Conference. The Rt. Rev. William Davidson, national chair of the EPF, and the Rev. Sidney Hinkes (from Oxford, England), secretary of the APF, issued a joint call on behalf of both organizations "to all those concerned about peace and justice to join the pilgrimage to Canterbury." The pilgrims will set off from Southwark Cathedral in London on Tuesday, July 12, and follow the route taken by Chaucer's pilgrims. The pilgrims will pick up the ancient track known as the "Pilgrim's Way," passing near Maidstone and Ashfort towards the village of Chilham, seven miles west of Canterbury. Overnight accommodations along the journey will be in church halls or bed and breakfast establishments. The Lambeth Conference is due to open on Saturday, July 16. The pilgrimage is scheduled to enter Canterbury Cathedral on the afternoon of July 17, at which time various statements on peace and justice will be laid on the Shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury. "This is a unique opportunity for Episcopalians concerned about peace and justice to bear witness to their concern," commented Davidson, the retired bishop of Western Kansas. "We hope that there will be representatives present on the pilgrimage from every Province of the Anglican Communion." There is a registration fee of $50 for participating in the pilgrimage. Other expenses will come to about $25 per day. Arrangements for Episcopalians are being handled through the National Office of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship located at 620 G Street SE, Washington, DC 20003.