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The SOUTHERN CROSS the Most Rev’D Mark Haverland, Managing Editor the Rev’D Fr The Diocese of the South Of the Anglican Catholic Church The SOUTHERN CROSS The Most Rev’d Mark Haverland, Managing Editor The Rev’d Fr. T.L. Crowder, Content Editor Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 22 August, A.D. 2014 Out of the Ordinary I did not renew my subscription to The Economist some years ago when they endorsed a presidential candidate with the observation that while the editors had no idea what he would do, he could not be worse than the incumbent. People who say ‘Things can’t get worse’ are usually wrong. Later I let three magazine subscriptions lapse. One of the three was a magazine I read for over 30 years. Perhaps as I get older I become testier and harder to please. I certainly would also like to cancel my Banner- Herald subscription, as it is a source of regular annoyance, but I think the obituaries and police blotter are professionally necessary. In any case I find myself now reading more books and fewer periodicals. I am probably better off. I also have dropped Internet access and e-mail at home – though I still have them at the church office – and find that my time is better spent without them. Both e-mail and the Internet are very useful, but they easily become sources of tremendous time wastage. They tend to distort priorities by making ephemeral communication both very easy and also apparently urgent. Or so they did for me. People with more self-discipline probably don’t have that problem. The one magazine that I do enjoy is FIRST THINGS. This monthly is devoted to religion and public affairs, particularly as the two intersect. Its articles and reviews are consistently informative and thoughtful. Some years ago I read an article in FIRST THINGS that developed an idea from John Paul II in a rather striking way. I did not keep the article and, unfortunately, do not remember the author’s name. In any case, the author developed a distinction between the ‘Church of Peter’ and the ‘Church of Mary’. The Church of Peter is the institutional Church. It is the Church with fairly clear boundaries, a visible structure, and external laws and rules and discipline to govern its life. For Roman Catholics the Church of Peter is the visible, Holy Roman Church of bishops in communion with the Pope and of baptized and confirmed members in an outwardly clear relationship of communion with these Roman bishops. This is the Church whose membership figures can be tabulated. John may be a very worldly man who goes to church from habit and who really lowers the spiritual tone of his parish. He may never pray privately, and the idea that he should attempt to discern and obey the will of God may seldom occur to him. But John does go to Mass and he puts a check in the plate and he does nothing that would get himself excommunicated. John is a member of the Church of Peter. The Church of Mary is the Church of devotion to God, love of God, longing for sanctity, and sincerity of commitment. There is nothing nominal or merely external and juridical about membership in this body. It is of course impossible to tabulate membership figures for this ‘company of all faithful people’. This Church we might, to paraphrase C.S. Lewis, call ‘the deep Church’. This is the Church where the nominal ideas of the Church of Peter are taken to heart and are pursued in sincerity and truth. Nevertheless, the Church of Peter is important. Without discipline and an external structure the Church of Mary could dissolve into a vague, New Age mush. Furthermore, the depths of the Church of Mary are supported and sustained by the more shallow but also more extensive membership of the Church of Peter. Sometime people with a nominal membership are more deeply converted. Naturally there is much overlap between these bodies. The author, however, noted that there also are people in both ‘Churches’ who are members of one body and not the other. There are nominal Roman Catholics such as John who seem distant from the Church of Mary. Likewise there are devout Christians who are not in visible communion with the Pope, but who hold far more of the substance of the faith taught by the Pope than, say, our hypothetical John, or many of the evil Renaissance Popes, or our average ‘personally opposed but...’ pro-abortion politician. A deeply serious Protestant, the author suggested, might be a member of the Church of Mary, though not that of Peter. One wishes that the two bodies might be exactly coterminous. In our imperfect world they never will be. The distinction is helpful, I think. While the author wrote from a Roman Catholic perspective, the ideas can be applied to any Church which has both an external structure and nominal membership and also a deeper core of more committed folk who seek to go beyond the bare minimum of religious duty. A note from the Editor Your Grace, Beloved Brethren, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jesus: In looking-over this issue, you will, no-doubt, notice several Parishes for whom nothing was submitted. NO item of news is too trivial to be included herein; anything that shows life, or the love and presence of the Christ, is suitable. Unless your Parish has ceased to exist, some thing happened at some time, in some place. If nothing else, submit your schedule of Services, a profile of your Clergy, or of a long-time member of the Parish. Anything that you can conceive, related to the Parish, will be printed. I’ve received several notes, enquiring about the on-line availability of The Southern Cross. When each issue is completed, I distribute it to the Clergy of each Parish and Mission, whose responsibility it then becomes to distribute it, however they see fit, to their Cure, whether by electronic means, or hard-copy. I believe that Fr. Foggin is going to post this edition to the Provincial website, so that it will be available for viewing there, as-well. I hope that this answers your queries. I remain in His Service, The Rev’d Fr. T. L. Crowder P.S. The glaring error ~ not so much error, as lesser of evils ~ noted in this space, ‘last issue, was the Diocesan shield, in the upper-left corner of the first page. In that issue, the shield used was actually that of the DMAS. Thanks to Fr. Foggin, the proper shield has now been obtained, and put to use. ‘Kudos to the Archdeacon, who alone noted the error to the Editor. From the Diocese Diocesan Administration From the Diocesan Secretary Holy Oils blessed at our recent synod are available to clergy through the Diocesan office. Please contact Fr. Athanaelos at [email protected] or 706-543-8657 to request a set. The Very Rev. Nicholas C. Athanaelos DOS Secretary New Clergy Beau McClarin Davis was Ordered Deacon by Bishop Terry Lowe, of the Diocese of New Orleans, at the DNO Synod, in May. The new Deacon and his wife, Becky, have returned to the DOS this Summer, as he has been transferred to the DOS by Letters Dimissory. From the Province The third report of the construction of Birindwa Primary School (completed). The ACC-Missionary Diocese of Congo is very glad to thank Anglican Aid Abroad, through Father Nixon, for the assistance received via the Missionary Society of Saint Paul for completing the construction of Birindwa Primary School in the village of Ikoma, Territory of Walungu. We received the first funds in our account the beginning of September, 2013; the amount sent from the account of ACC- Diocese of South was $US 1,550.00. The second donation for the construction of the same school was $US 650.00, which was a total of $US 2,200.00 received last year to start the construction of six classrooms as was reported in our first donation report for the construction of Birindwa Primary School, with the picture sent previously. In February, 2014, we received a second donation of $US 3,100.00 from the Anglican Aid Abroad- Australia, through the Missionary Society of Saint Paul, for continuing the construction of Birindwa Primary School. Lastly, at the beginning of July, 2014, through MSSP we have received $US 2,675.00 from Anglican Aid Abroad- Australia to complete the construction of Birindwa Primary School. The expense of the last grants received ~ $US 2,675 ~ were used as following: 30 Sheet metals for roofing the school = $US 300.00 100 Planks = $US 300.00 15 Kgs of nail (5 cm) = $US 45.00 10 Kgs of sheet metals’ nails = $US 30.00 7 Doors = $US 350.00 14 Windows = $US 420.00 35 bags of cement of 50 kg each x $US18 = $US 630.00 Sands (8 m³) x $US 22 = $US 176.00 Labors = $US 215.00 Transport = $US 200.00 ------------------------------------ Total used = $US 2,666.00 We plan to build Birindwa Secondary School in the village of Mugogo, groupment of Rurhala, Territory of Walungu, before the end of August, 2014, which may help children to start the new school year on September 4th, 2014. We need $US 3,500.00 to start the construction of three or four classrooms. The total budget to complete the entire school is about: $US 7,500.00. Thanks to the Anglican Aid Abroad through Father Nixon, and Archbishop Mark Haverland to push the Missionary Society of Saint Paul’s bursars for sending the grant to us; this has resulted in the completion the construction of the school as it is seen on the picture attached.
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