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Monday 1 March 2004
Birmingham-Aston - John
Michael Austin
Senior Staff Meeting
RAMSGATE, ST. MARK
Clergy: Christopher Skingley
Reader: Prim Williamson
Tuesday 2 March 2004
Blackburn - Alan D Chesters
ST. PETER-IN-THANET Clergy:
Brian Moore James Taylor Readers: Olive Blott John Cox
Michael Hawthorne Richard Taylor Church Schools:
St. Peter-in-Thanet Junior
Head: Sharon Irvine
St. George's Foundation School
Head: Keith Rumblo
Wednesday 3 March 2004
Blackburn-Burnley - John
William Goddard
WESTGATE-ON-SEA, ST.JAMES
Clergy: Robert Bashford
Thursday 4 March 2004
Blackburn-Lancaster -
Geoffrey Stephen Pedley
WESTGATE-ON-SEA, ST.SAVIOUR
Clergy: John Richardson
Church School:
St. Saviour's Junior
Head: Jarlath Medine
Friday 5 March 2004
Bloemfontein (Southern Africa)
- E Patrick Glover
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
St. Mary's Abbey, West Malling
Sisters of the Love of God, Bede House
Sisters of the Church, Deal
Franciscan Brothers, Greyfriars, Canterbury
Saturday 6 March 2004
Bo Sierra Leone (West
Africa) - Samuel Sao Gbonda
WEEKS OF ACCOMPANIED PRAYER
Co-ordinator: Anne Rees
Compass Rose Society
Sunday 7 March 2004 2 Lent
Church of the Province of Central
Africa
Bernard Amos Malango, Primate
The Church of Sweden
Diocese: Lund Bishop: Christina Odenberg (Diocesan
Bishop)
The Church of Ireland: Province
of Dublin
Diocese: Cashel and Ossory,
consisting of Cashel, Waterford, Lismore, Ossory,
Leighlin and Ferns) Bishop: PF Barrett (Diocesan)
People and clergy of
SITTINGBOURNE deanery
Monday 8 March 2004
Boga (Congo) - Patrice
Byankya Njojo
CLERGY WITH PERMISSION TO
OFFICIATE
READERS EMERITI
ACCREDITED LAY MINISTERS
Tuesday 9 March 2004
Bolivia (Southern Cone) Frank
Lyons
ORDINANDS, READERS & ALMS in
Training
Wednesday 10 March 2004
Bondo (Kenya) -
Johannes Otieno Angela
DIOCESAN COMMUNICATIONS UNIT
OUTLOOK NEWSPAPER
Editor: Bryan Harris
Assistant Editor: Steve Harris
NOTICEBOARD
Editor: Pat Donaldson
Thursday 11 March 2004
Bor (The Sudan) -
Nathaniel Garang Angieth
BOARD OF MINISTRY AND TRAINING
Chairman: Archdeacon of Maidstone
Director of Training: Geoffrey Walker
Local Ministry Training Scheme Principal: Geoffrey Walker
Vice-Principal: Lesley Walker
Director of Studies: Helen Burn
Friday 12 March 2004
Botswana (Central Africa) Theophilus
Tswere Naledi
DAC Meeting
Church in Society Partners
Retreat Weekend
BOARD OF MINISTRY AND TRAINING
Authorised Lay Ministry Officer
& Events & Courses Manager: Sarah Solly
Secretary: Paul Burch
Continuing Ministerial Development Officer: Tim Ling
Saturday 13 March 2004
Bradford - David Charles
James
BOARD OF MINISTRY AND TRAINING
Director of Post Ordination Training: Ed Condry
Bishops Officer for NSMS: Judy Muxlow
Advisor for Women's Ministry: Barbara Way
Bishops Officer for OLMS: Paul Cox
Ministry Leadership Teams: Rob Hudson
Sunday 14 March 2004
3 Lent
GIVE THANKS for The Anglican
Church of the Central American Region
- The Most Rev'd Cornelius Joshua Wilson - Primate
Continental Europe
Geoffrey Rowell (Diocesan), David Hamid (Bishop
in Europe)
The Church of Ireland: Armagh:
Robin Eames (Archbishop and Diocesan Bishop)
People and clergy of TENDERDEN
deanery
Monday 15 March 2004
Brandon (Rupert's Land, Canada)
- James Njegovan
Senior Staff Meeting
WEST BRIDGE DEANERY
Area Dean: John S. Richardson
Lay Chairman: Len Budd Synod Secretary: Caroline Spencer
T reasurer: Frances Pritchard
Tuesday 16 March 2004
Brasilia (Brazil) - Almir Dos
Santos
CHARTHAM
Clergy: Clive Barlow
Reader: Fiona Clay
Wednesday 17 March 2004
St Patrick
PRAY for peace in Northern
Ireland
Meeting of Senior Staff with Area
Deans and Lay Chairmen
CHILHAM, CHALLOCK & MOLLASH
Clergy: Chris Duncan
Reader: Sylvia Barton
Church School:
St. Mary's Primary
Head: Gail Spragg
Thursday 18 March 2004
Brechin (Scotland) -
Neville Chamberlain
CRUNDALE & GODMERSHAM
Clergy: Ian Campbell
Reader: Eaen Templeton
Friday 19 March 2004
St Joseph
Brisbane (Queensland, Australia)
- Phillip John Aspinall Arbp STONE STREET GROUP
ELMSTED, PETHAM, STELLING, UPPER
HARDES & WALTHAM
Clergy: David Houston
Readers: Sylvia Geen , Gill Metcalf
Church Schools:
Bodsham Primary
Head: Jennifer Reeves
Stelling Minnis Primary
Head: Beverley Norman
Saturday 20 March 2004
Brisbane-Northern Region (Queensland,
Australia)
Richard Franklin Appleby
WYE, BROOK & HASTINGLEIGH
Clergy: John S. Richardson, Steve Lillicrap, Dickie Cleveland
Readers: Maureen Burnham, Paul Burnham, Clare Hiscock
John Orr-Ewing, Kevin Rall
Sunday 21 March 2004
4 Lent
Mothering Sunday
The Anglican Church of Canada
Most Rev'd Michael Geoffrey Peers, Primate
Coventry: Colin Bennetts (Diocesan
Bishop),
Anthony Priddis (Bishop of Warwick)
The Church of Ireland:
Province of Armagh Down and Dromore
Bishop: Harold Miller (Diocesan)
People and clergy of CANTERBURY
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Monday 22 March 2004
Brisbane-Southern Region (Queensland)
Ronald John Chantler Williams
ASHFORD DEANERY
Area Dean: Sheila McLachlan
Lay Chairman: Jennie Burgess
Synod Secretary: Bob Charnley
Treasurer: Shirley Leslie
Tuesday 23 March 2004
Brisbane-Western Region (Queensland,
Australia) - Raymond Bruce Smith
ASHFORD, ST. MARY Clergy:
Colin Preece, Peter Rowe
Church School:
St. Mary's Primary
Head: Sue Parkin
Wednesday 24 March 2004
Bristol - Michael Arthur Hill
ASHFORD SOUTH, CHRIST CHURCH
Clergy: David Kirkwood
Thursday 25 March 2004 The
Annunciation of Our Lord Jesus Christ to the Blessed
Virgin Mary
PRAY for the Mothers' Union
Bristol-Swindon - Michael
David Doe
DIOCESAN MOTHERS UNION
President: Brenda Lawson
Deputy President: Joan Day
Diocesan Secretary: Carole Gabriel
Friday 26 March 2004
British Columbia (British
Columbia and The Yukon,Canada) R Barry Jenks
ASHFORD SOUTH, ST. FRANCIS
Clergy: Ian Garrett , Celia Garrett
Church School:
Christ Church High
Head: John Mulrenan
Saturday 27 March 2004
Bujumbura (Burundi) - Pie
Ntukamazina
CHARING, CHARING HEATH &
LITTLE CHART Clergy: Brian Chalmers, Philip Cox
Readers: Alan Duncan, Raymond Williams
Church School:
Charing Primary
Head: Rosemary Olley
Sunday 28 March 2004
5 Lent
Passion Sunday
Province de L'Eglise Anglicane du
Congo
Patrice Byankya Njojo - Primate
Diocese: Derby
Bishop(s): Jonathan Bailey (Diocesan), David Hawtin
(Repton)
The Church of Ireland:
Province of Armagh
Diocese: Clogher - Michael
Jackson
People and clergy of DOVER
deanery
Monday 29 March 2004
Bukedi (Uganda) -
Nicodemus Engwalas-Okille
Senior Staff Retreat
EGERTON & PLUCKLEY
Clergy: Lindsay Hammond
Church Schools:
Egerton Primary
Head: Chrs Dale
Pluckley Primary
Head: Richard Rule
Tuesday 30 March 2004
Bunbury (Western Australia)
- William David McCall
Church in Society AGM
GREAT CHART, ST. MARY w SINGLETON
Clergy: Timothy Wilson
Readers: George Faulks, Derek Goodwin
Wednesday 31 March 2004
John Donne Priest and Poet
Bungoma (Kenya) - Eliud
Wabukala
KINGSNORTH & SHADOXHURST
Clergy: Sheila McLachlan, Tim Hall
Reader: Lesley Jordan
Church School:
Kingsnorth Primary:
Head: Claire Foinette
Saint for the 1st
March 2004
St. David
David, the patron saint of Wales, was born at the end of
the fifth century at Henfynyw, Cardigan. His father was a
prince named Sant; his mother was Saint Non. Legends of
David frequently allude to the Holy Spirit in the form of
a dove. It was recalled that as he learned to read the
psalms, a dove hovered at his lips, teaching him to
praise God.
He was credited with founding twelve monasteries, after
being educated at Ty Gwyn, by Saint Paulinus. Elected
abbot of the monastery of Ty Gwyn, he later moved to
Mynyw, at the south west corner of Wales, where he set up
a community who lived lives of incredible hardship --
deliberately undertaken to discipline their souls. Only
under extreme necessity were they allowed to speak. They
never ate meat or fish -- only bread, salt, and
vegetables and they tilled the land without the help of
oxen. They stayed awake in prayer from dusk on Friday
till day break on Sunday.
Saint David may well have been present at a synod called
at Brefi in Cardigan to condemn the heresy of Pelagius.
It was here, not only is the Holy Spirit said to have
alighted on his shoulder as he spoke; the earth to rose
in a hillock, to ensure that all could see and hear him.
David won a great victory over the Saxons, instructing
the Welsh soldiers to wear a leek in their headgear for
ease of recognition by their fellows on the battle field.
At the synod of Brefi, David is reputed to have been
recognised as Primate of Wales. Saint Debricius resigned
so that David could take his see and the
saints one, on condition in replacing Debricius,
was that he could move the see from Carleon
to Mynyw (now known as St Davids). There he died, saying
to his fellow-Christians, ' Rejoice. Hold fast to the
faith. And remember to fulfil those small tasks that you
have learned while you were with me.'
DAVID PATRON SAINT OF WALES
Richard F Sibley March 2004
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