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MOW Censures Synod on Homosexuality 108,000 blind Pakistanis see again finT PEOPLE DIOCESE OF SYDNEY Rev. Rod Wood, currently an honorary Deacon in Callide Valley parish, will take up an Rev. A. H. Harms has resigned through ill appointment at Tannum Sands in the parish of 106 years serving the Gospel and health from the parish of St 8arnabas', Boyne River as from the beginning of 1987. its ministry Punchbowl with Greenacre. The Rev. David Hughes of the parish of Boyne Rev. S. L. Gabbott, Rector of Kiama, has River will become Regional Director for accepted the position of Rector of Maroubra. Industrial Chaplaincy in Central and Northern Rev. D. H. Crawford, presently on leave of Queensland from the beginning of 1987. absence, has accepted the position of Rector As a response to the Moura mine disaster, the 264 8349 PRICE 70 CENTS of Flinders Street, Surry Hills. Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton is to Registered by Australia Post Publication No. HARI 678 Telephone Rev. F. FL Gee, formerly with CMS, commenced appoint an additional Priest to the parish of as Asst Minister at St. Barnabas', Broadway, on Dawson Valley. The Rev. Gary Fordham, 7th September. currently Assistant Priest in Gladstone parish, will be resident in Theodore but will also work DIOCESE OF MELBOURNE in Moura, Baralaba and rural areas of the Rev. Canon R. H. Pidgeon will resign from St parish. His appointment will relieve some of Peter's, Mornington, to be inducted as Rector, the pressures on the Rector, Fr. Dennis Christ Church, Essendon, on 23rd September, Vanderwolf, enabling him to concentrate on 1986. responding to the individual and community grief occasioned by the disaster. MOW censures Rev. 1. D. Pilmer will resign as Rector, Holy Trinity, Surrey Hills, to become Asst. Director, Anglican Marriage Guidance Council, as from DIOCESE OF TASMANIA 24th November, 1986. Rev. E. Cave was commissioned as Chaplain, Rev. G.I.Winterton will resign as Rector, St Royal Hobart Hcspital, on 15 August Aidan's, Parkdale, to be inducted as Rector, St Rev. W. Cuthbertson is to be instituted as Columb's, Hawthorn, on 25th November, 1986. Rector, St James the Apostle, New Town, in Synod on Rev. G. A. Pearson resigned as Minister-in- October, 1986. Charge, St. Theodore's, Wattle Park, 23rd August and is now part-time Minister-in- Charge, St Theodore's, Wattle Park. DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE Rev. F. L. Oliver died 8th August, 1986, Rev. L. Forester, formerly at Singleton, is now Rector, Mount Sugarloaf. P., returns I.. Ihe U`,1 at the end of this year, after a fruitful ministry of over 40 DIOCESE OF ROCKHAMPTON Rev. P. Connors, formerly at Mayfield, was Rev. N. Wagstaff was commissioned as commissioned as Minister-in-Charge, Homosexuality Minister-in-Charge, part-time, of Mount Aberdeen-Gundy, 31 July. Morgan, in July. Dr. Norval Christy is a missionary from people, who live in the poorest regions of our world, and whose sight has been Rev. S. Redhead will resign as Rector, Emerald, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. On a DIOCESE OF RIVERINA normal day he enters the operating room robbed by cataracts, are helplessly on 22nd September to become Rector, West Refuses stand on homosexual practices Rev. D. I. Hinds resigned from the parish of in the early hours of the morning. His resigned to remain blind. Why? Because Mackay, Diocese of North Queensland. motion, the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Coolamon to take up duty at Barooga at the In a strongly worded time is precious and therefore calculated they have not the means to seek the help Rev. S. Dent was ordained to the priesthood end of July. Movement for the Ordination of Women deplored Sydney Synod's endorsement of the very precisely; allowing only 3 minutes of an eye doctor. Totally blind or visually on 24 August in St Paul's Cathedral, and Paul Rev. P. Cook was inducted as Rector, St Report on Homosexuality and Ministry. for each eye patient. The opthalmologist handicapped, they live in utter misery Black and Paul Elliott were ordained to the Berrigan, on August 14. skillfully makes a small incision in the and have to beg to avoid starvation. patient's eye. Very carefully he loosens Because most of the patients are Ms Eileen Diesendorf, National ministries are the gift of the Spirit and are the lens and removes it with a pair of extremely poor, they receive treatment Secretary of MOW, passed the censure on conducted in the power of the Spirit of forceps. That is the critical moment. The including surgery, free of charge. It costs to the Standing Committee of the holiness (1 Thessalonians 4:1-81! The rest is routine. His well-trained assistants the Christian Blind Mission International Anglican Diocese of Synod, denouncing Bible's commandment to withdraw do the necessary follow-up treatment Dr. no more than $20 per cataract operation, the Synod's acceptance of its report last fellowship from a person who will not Christy has already turned to the next including follow-up treatment and Indicates Orthodox Church's closer government ties year as "hypocritical". repent, means that practising patient cataract glasses. homosexuals cannot be permitted to Synod had endorsed, and welcomed Broughton Knox autographs.copies of 'God who is Rich in Mercy' That, in short, is the description of a Metropolitan Alexi of Tallinn and the Soviet Government both publicly and engage in ministry, or receive Holy Thanks to the friends and supporters of the continuing availability of the report cataract operation. Can you imagine what Estonia has been appointed to the post of privately. Communion. Christian Blind Mission International, on ministry and homosexuality as a The former Principal of Moore theological, biblical and historical — tied it means to a person blinded by cataracts Metropolitan of Leningrad and during the last 12 years, they have made The so-called "Forov Report"— a valuable reference document in Misrepresentation Theological College, Dr. D. B. Knox, was together under the topic God Who is to see again — often after years of Novgorod. He succeeds the late it possible for the Christian Hospital in collection of secret documents compiled approaching a very difficult pastoral honoured recently by the presentation of Rich in Mercy, a title used by Dr. Knox in absolute darkness and dependency? Taxila to carry out sight-restoring services Metropolitan Anthony, who died last The censuring of Synod as by the Council for Religious Affairs—lists problem. Further, it affirmed that a 'hypocritical' by MOW is seen as a a book of essays written in his honour. A his Moore College Lecture Series in 1980. With the help of cataract glasses, his sight on a larger scale. For 1986, too, CBMI has May. him as a "reliable" bishop; i.e., one who homosexual lifestyle is incompatible with deliberate distortion of what the Report very large crowd—more than 150 — is now restored. granted over $180,000 to the hospital for Metropolitan Alexi, who is fifty-six is, The book has been published by does not attempt to resist or circumvent the teaching of Jesus as set out in the said, and the circumstances which gathered at the College for the Anzea, under their Lancer imprint Mr. Recently, Dr. Christy explained how medical equipment and eye medicines. with the exception of Patriarch Pimen, the State's policies concerning the New Testament, and is therefore surround it. MOW's resolution stated: presenation of the book. Geoff Blair of Anzea spoke of the this great need of millions of blind people An enthusiastic crusader against the longest-serving member of the Holy Church and is not zealous in propagating inconsistent with membership of the °That through our commitment to importance of the occasion. Although can be met on a larger scale. Having blindness, Dr. Christy cannot think of any Synod. As the senior permanent member the faith. Anglican Church of Australia. Peter O'Brien and David Peterson, both for all people, through Christ's similar books have been produced worked in Taxila, Pakistan, for the last 40 better compensation for his work than of the Synod by date of consecration, he justice members of the College faculty, were The Report itself had been very careful death and resurrection, the before for Australian scholars, this is the years, this one Christian Blind Mission the thrilling moment when his patients will become effectively head of the Keston College comments that the responsible for editing the book. It was to distinguish between practising and conference deplores Sydney Synod's first one that has been published in International opthalmologist alone has have their bandages removed, receive Church on the death of Patriarch Pimen appointment of Metropolitan Alexi to seen as a fitting way to acknowledge non-practising homosexuality. It stated endorsement of its Standing Australia. He said that Anzea were restored the sight of 1013,000 men, women cataract glasses, and are able to see again! until the election of a new Patriarch. Leningrad, instead of the widely-tipped Broughton Knox's contribution to the that Christians with homosexual Committee's Ministry Report which delighted to be part of this honouring of and children, blinded by cataracts, Many are so moved that their tears of joy Metropolitan Alexi has the general Metropolitan Filaret of Minsk and College, the Diocese of Sydney and the orientation 'who resist and reject the excludes homosexuals and those who an Australian scholar. He added that the through a simple but effective operation. just flow. Some hug everyone around. reputation of being very supportive of Belorussia, would seem to indicate an wider church. A number of scholars were support them from every ministry in company was glad to be tied in to the An unprecedented world record! Others praise God for the miracle of even more intensive involvement of the practice of homosexual acts deserve the invited to contribute and Dr.
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