THETRINITARIAN® OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE ANGLICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH / JULY-AUGUST 2013 T 6 A A L 4 I D H N T 1 D E G 3 T R T L L E S S E I R . SOUTH AFRICAN CHURCH C S E T I N A S L O E A I N R N T T V A , C I I C C R A S MOVES TO JOIN THE ACC E O I T T A R . H E N 8 Q 0 O 1 WOULD ADD 3,000 U L 2 E I 0 S C MEMBERS TO ROLLS T E C D H A Continuing Anglican body in the Re- U R public of South Africa has signified its in- C tention to come into the ACC. H The decision of the Free Church of England (not to be confused with an ex- treme Evangelical Church of the same name in the United Kingdom) came at a May 25 convocation in Bloemfontein, Free State Province, attended by bishops and clergy of the Free Church of England and the ACC’s Missionary Diocese of Southern Africa. Most of the members of the Free Church of England were part of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (official Angli- can Communion) who became disenchant- ed with their Church and established a sep- arate Church adhering to traditional faith Bishops and clergy of the Free Church of England: Bishop George Salemane, and practice, said the Rt. Rev. Alan Kenyon- Father Mokheseng Alfred Potsane, Father Sam Radebe, Father Koloi Joseph Hoare, ACC Bishop of Southern Africa. Koloi, Father William Ndumo and Bishop Molefe Andries Ntili. Representing the Free Church at the P e U D r N convocation were its bishops, the Rt. Rev. m the Free State Province. Following a lengthy discussion, Bishop . P e S o i n . t n A v P N - e George Salemane and the Rt. Rev. Mtili o The ACC was represented by Bishop George told the ACC that the Free Church P r I s o r , t o D C . a 5 f g O Molefi Andries, and six of the Church’s Kenyon-Hoare and eight ACC priests, the would schedule a final synod in July at i 3 t e 7 priests. The latter represented 10 parishes majority of the serving clergy in the Mis- 7 and about 3,000 people. All are situated in sionary Diocese of Southern Africa. Please see SOUTH AFRICA/2 HOLY TRINITY ELECTS A BISHOP Canon BUT NEW ORLEANS Scarlett was SYNOD DEADLOCKS elected on the first JOHN OMWAKE ballot. His consecration The Rev. Canon Stephen Coulter is tentatively Scarlett, rector of St. Matthew’s, New- set for port Beach, California, U.S.A. since 1986, Oct. 26. Christian music is a valuable tool in drawing people to was elected Bishop Ordinary of the Dio- church. cese of the HolyTrinity on the first bal- lot at an electoral synod May 4 at St. Mat- thew’s. He was the only nominee. Arch- bishop Haverland presided. But in the Diocese of New Orleans REVITALIZING it was a different story. An electoral synod The synod voted to refer the election to June 20 at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, the College of Bishops, which will seek to Metairie, Louisiana ended in no election determine more permanent episcopal ar- after eight ballots. Again, Archbishop Hav- rangements at its annual meeting Oct. 22, YOUR PARISH erland presided. the day before the opening of the XX Pro- Nominees were: vincial Synod in Newport Beach. Until PRACTICAL TIPS FOR REVERSING • The Rt. Rev.Terry Lowe, vicar gener- that determination is made, Archbishop DECLINE IN CHURCH ATTENDANCE al of the diocese since the retirement last Haverland has appointed Bishop Lowe as year of the Rt. Rev. D. Presley Hutchens; Episcopal Visitor to the diocese. THE REV.MATTHEW MIRABILE • The Rev. Canon John A. Hollister, Canon Scarlett is tentatively scheduled provincial chancellor, chairman of the to be consecrated at St. Matthew’s on Oct. raditional churches in the United States are struggling diocesan Guardians of the Spiritualities 26, following the prorogation of Provincial and priest-in-charge of Holy Angels, Pic- Synod. with growth in a rapidly changing world. There are ayune, Mississippi; and Born July 24, 1960 in Walnut Creek, many factors that seem to put growth out of reach. • The Rev. Canon James G. Monroe, California, he is a 1982 graduate of the How can we turn the tide and help declining church- one of the diocese’s two archdeacons and University of Oregon with a Bachelor of T priest-in charge of Holy Cross, Cleveland, Science degree in real estate and finance. es to grow? Texas. From 1982 to 1985, he prepared for holy By halfway through the balloting Bishop orders at St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican At the recent Synod of the Diocese of the Resurrection, Bishop Lowe had sufficient votes among the cler- Theological College in Berkeley, California. Florenza asked me to share some thoughts on the subject. We have gy, but the laity stalled short of a two- He was awarded a Master of Arts degree in thirds majority for him. In the final four Please see REVITALIZE/3 ballots almost no votes shifted. Please see BISHOP/8 WWW.ANGLICANCATHOLIC.ORG 2 THETRINITARIAN JULY-AUGUST 2013 METROPOLITAN’S MESSAGE THE MOST REV.MARK HAVERLAND THETRINITARIAN® VOL. XXXII, NO. 4 JULY-AUGUST 2013 THETRINITARIAN, the Official Gazette of the Angli- can Catholic Church, was first published in April 1979 as RELIGIOUS PEACE the official voice of the Diocese of the Holy Trinity. 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