DIOCESE IN EUROPE PRAYER DIARY, JULY TO DECEMBER 2011 This calendar has been compiled to help us to pray together for one another and for our common concerns. Each chaplaincy, with the communities it serves, is remembered in prayer once a year, according to the following pattern: Eastern Archdeaconry - January, February Archdeaconry of France - March, April Archdeaconry of Gibraltar - May, June Diocesan Staff - July Italy & Malta Archdeaconry - July Archdeaconry of North West Europe - August, September Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe Nordic and Baltic Deanery - September, October Germany - November Swiss Archdeaconry - November, December Each Archdeaconry, with its Archdeacon, is remembered on a Sunday. On the other Sundays, we pray for subjects which affect all of us (e.g. reconciliation, on Remembrance Sunday), or which have local applications for most of us (e.g. the local cathedral or cathedrals). Some chaplains might like to include prayers for the other chaplaincies in their deanery. We also include the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (daily, www.aco.org), the World Council of Churches prayer cycle (weekly, www.oikoumene.org, prayer resources on site), the Porvoo Cycle (weekly, www.porvoochurches.org), and festivals and commemorations from the Common Worship Lectionary (www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts.aspx). Sundays and Festivals, printed in bold type, have special readings in the Common Worship Lectionary. Lesser Festivals, printed in normal type, have collects in the Common Worship Lectionary. Commemorations, printed in italics, may have collects in Exciting Holiness, and additional, non- biblical, readings for all of these may be found in Celebrating the Saints (both SCM-Canterbury Press). (DEL) refers to the week of the Daily Eucharistic Lectionary. SUNDAY INTERCESSIONS should, by tradition, include prayer for Bishop Geoffrey and the local Head of State by name. In addition, prayers may also include Bishop David (the Suffragan Bishop) and, among the heads of other states, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the leaders of other countries represented in the congregation. CREATIONTIDE, HARVEST, ONE WORLD WEEK, WEEK OF PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE The Diocesan Environmental Officer Madeleine Holmes suggests the following prayer, based on a collect for the second Sunday before Lent, for use in Creationtide (1 September to 4 October): Almighty God, Give us reverence for all creation and respect for every person, that we may mirror your likeness in Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Other resources, in many languages and faith traditions, can be found on the European Christian Environmental Network site www.ecen.org. One World Week (www.oneworldweek.org), which is in October, takes as its theme Living for One World. Also in October is the Week of Prayer for World Peace (http://nfpb.gn.apc.org/Prayer/), with prayer leaflets available by post, and a focus on the Prayer for World Peace: Lead me from death to life, from falsehood to truth. Lead me from despair to hope, from fear to trust. Lead me from hate to love, from war to peace. Let peace fill our heart, our world, our universe. Barbara Moss, Priest in charge, St Andrew’s, Gothenburg, [email protected] Please send all comments and additions for the next issue to me, or to The Bishop’s Chaplain: [email protected] July 2011 Fri 1 Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873 Diocesan Liturgical Officer: Paul Bradshaw, and Chaplaincy Worship Committees East Carolina - (Province IV, USA): Bp Clifton Daniel Sat 2 Ordination Weekend (see web site for details) East Kerala - (South India): Bp Daniel Sun 3 2nd Sunday after Trinity or Thomas the Apostle Ordination Weekend. Pray for candidates being ordained this weekend, and for the parishes where they will serve. East Tennessee - (Province IV, USA): Bp Charles Glenn von Rosenberg WCC: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Mon 4 Thomas the Apostle if not celebrated on Sunday Diocesan Webmaster: Simon Sarmiento, and Chaplaincy webmasters United Church of Pakistan: Bp Samuel Azariah, Moderator, Church of Pakistan & Bp of Raiwind Tue 5 (DEL week 14) Diocesan Press & Communications Officer: Paul Needle, and Chaplaincy magazine editors Eastern Himalayas - (North India): Bp Naresh Samuel Ambala Porvoo: St Albans, England: Bp Alan Smith; Sør-Hålogaland (Bodoe), Norway: Bp Tor Berger Joergensen Wed 6 Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535 Bishop Geoffrey's Office: Chaplain and Vicar-General: Meurig Llwyd Williams; PA: Margaret Gibson; Admin. Asst: Sue Hibling Eastern Michigan - (Province V, USA): Bp S Todd Ousley Thu 7 Bishop David's Office: Chaplain and PA: Frances Hiller Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador - (Canada, Canada): Bp Cyrus Pitman Fri 8 General Synod meeting in York this weekend. Pray for our Synod members, Bishop Geoffrey, Debbie Flach and Ian Hutchinson Cervantes, Madeleine Holmes and Ann Turner Eastern Oregon - (Province VIII, USA): Michael Hanley Sat 9 All engaged in children's and youth work in our chaplaincies Child Protection Officer: Chris Lees; Office Asst: Verena Thim Eastern Zambia - (Central Africa): Bp William Mchombo Sun 10 3rd Sunday after Trinity Sea Sunday. For seafarers and their families. Mission to Seafarers, Secretary General: Tom Hefler Easton - (Province III, USA): Bp James Shand WCC: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama Mon 11 Benedict, abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 (Italy) The Diocesan Office: Secretary: Adrian Mumford; Asst Secretary: Jeanne French; Assts: Bron Panter, Sylvia Brantingham The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea: Abp James Simon Ayong, Abp of Papua New Guinea & Bp of Aipo Rongo Tue 12 (DEL week 15) Diocesan Chancellor: Mark Hill Diocesan Registrar and Bishop's Legal Secretary: Aiden Hargreaves-Smith Eau Claire - (Province V, USA): Bp Keith Bernard Whitmore Porvoo: Newcastle, England: Bp Martin Wharton; Møre (Molde), Norway: Bp Ingeborg Midttoemme Wed 13 Diocesan Finance Officer: Nick Wraight;; Finance Asst: Andrew Male Diocesan Board of Finance: Chair: Michael Hart, and the Finance and Property Committee Edinburgh - (Scotland): Bp Brian Arthur Smith Thu 14 John Keble, priest, tractarian, poet, 1866 Assisi: Priest in charge designate: Bro Thomas Anthony SSF Edmonton - (Rupert's Land, Canada): Bp Jane Alexander Fri 15 Swithun, bishop of Winchester, c.862 Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274 (Italy) Florence St Mark (serving Bologna Holy Cross and Siena St Peter): Chaplain: Lawrence MacLean Egba - (Province of Lagos, Nigeria): Bp Matthew Oluremi Owadayo Sat 16 Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, 1099 Milan All Saints (serving Cadenabbia The Ascension, and Genoa, Church of the Holy Spirit): Chaplain: John Payne; Reader: Peter Jones Egba West - (Province of Lagos, Nigeria): Bp Samuel Olukunle Ajani Sun 17 4th Sunday after Trinity Italy and Malta Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Jonathan Boardman Egbu - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria): Bp Emmanuel Uchechukwu Iheagwam WCC: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Mon 18 Elizabeth Ferard, first deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883 Elizabeth of Russia, religious and martyr, 1918 (Russia) Naples Christ Church (serving Bari, Capri, Sorrento): Chaplain: Kingsley Joyce The Episcopal Church in the Philippines: Bp Edward Pacyaya Malecdan, Prime Bp Tue 19 Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c.394 and c.379 (Turkey) (DEL week 16) Bishop's Staff Meeting Eha - Amufu - (Nigeria): Bp Daniel Olinya Porvoo: Skara, Sweden. Bp Erik Aurelius; Wakefield, England. Bp Stephen Platten Wed 20 Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th century (Turkey) Bartolomé de las Casas, apostle to the Indies, 1566 (Spain, Haiti, Mexico) Palermo Holy Cross: Priest in Charge: David Phillips Ekiti - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) Abp Samuel Adedaye Abe; Ekiti Kwara - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria): Bp Andrew Ajayi Thu 21 Rome All Saints (serving Macerata S Mary at the Holy Cross): Chaplain: Jonathan Boardman; Reader: Mary Styles Ekiti West - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria): Bp Samuel Oludare Oke; Ekiti Oke - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria): Bp Isaac Olubowale Fri 22 Mary Magdalene [Consecration of Bishop Edward Holland, 1986, Hon. Asst Bp] Footsteps' Fresh Expression of Church, Rome North and South: Reader: Mary Styles People and government of Italy Niagara - (Ontario, Canada): Bp Michael Bird Sat 23 Birgitta (Bridget), pilgrim, abbess of Vadstena, 1373 (Sweden) Taormina St George: Locum Chaplains Niassa - (South Africa): Bp Mark van Koevering Sun 24 5th Sunday after Trinity The Anglican Centre in Rome: Director and Archbishop’s Representative to the Holy See: David Richardson; Administrator: Jan Hague El Camino Real - (Province VIII, USA): Bp Mary Gray-Reeves WCC: The Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Mon 25 James the Apostle [Consecration of Bishop Ambrose Weekes,1977, Hon. Asst Bp] Pilgrims and other visitors to Italy L 'Eglise Episcopal du Rwanda; Abp Emmanuel Musaba Kolini, Abp of Rwanda & Bp of Kigali Tue 26 Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (DEL week 17) Varese St John the Baptist: Reader: Angela Mirani El-Obeid - (Sudan): Bp Ismail Abudigin Kawo Gibreil Porvoo: Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis, Derry and Raphoe, Ireland: Bp Kenneth Good Wed 27 Brooke Foss Westcott,