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The Calendar

Fountain Valley, Ca - December 31, 2008

Beginning with January 2008, the Calendar information at the right is reproduced from the American Missal. This Missal uses all the 1928 Book of Common Prayer observances but adds to it those commemorations and memorials relevant to the United States. There is a similar Calendar in the Anglican Missal American Usage. These three books are in use in the Anglican Church in America and the Diocese of the West. Except for Sundays and Prayer Book observances, all other observances are optional.

     Another source of commemorations and memorials is the calendar published by the Ashby Company in their Anglican Church or Churchman's Ordo editions.

The Bishop's Christmas Message

Fountain Valley, CA - December 22, 2008

The AnunciationIt's easy to be very sentimental at this time of year. We hear carols on the radio and over the intercom in all the stores. Many or most of us probably have nostalgic memories of Christmases Past......you know - in the good old days when life was simpler. Today, the variety of images placed before our eyes can cause us to forget what the season is really all about. There's a lot of hype over the Grinch. Other images include Snowmen and Santa and elves and egg nog and travelling and over-priced merchandise in nearly every store. Merchants have virtually convinced us that the colors of the season are red and green, when actually they're wrong! continued...

(Click on the picture for a Wikipedia article and additional pictures)

New Cathedral Organ Dedicated

Fountain Valley, CA - November 30, 2008

Bishop Williams at the new Cathedral OrganThe new Cathedral Organ was dedicated Sunday, November 30th, The First Sunday in Advent, following Solemn Evensong, The Rt. Reverend Daren K. Williams, Bishop Ordinary of the DOW, officiating and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament with the Reverend Canon Scott E. Kingsbury and The Reverend Canon E. Beau Davis assisting, at All Saints' Anglican Church, Fountain Valley, CA. The Bishop gave an organ recital following the dedication.

Bishop Hudson appointed Bishop-in-Charge
at All Saints' Green Valley Arizona

Fountain Valley, CA - November 24, 2008

Bishop Daren K. Williams has appointed Bishop Hudson as Bishop-in-Charge at AllGreen Valley AZ Golf Saints' Anglican Church, Green Valley, Arizona, while the search continues for a replacement.
     For more information about the position please contact cwrowley@aol.com, or call Wes Rowley, Sr. Warden, at (520)777-8941, or send an e-Mail to fatherkingsbury@yahoo.com , Canon Missioner for DOW, or call Father Kingsbury at (626) 818-4721.
     All Saints Anglican Church, a Mission in Sahuarita/Green Valley, AZ, is a two+ years old, has 15 members (plus a winter "snow bird" body of 2 to 6 on Sundays) and have a committed core of dedicated vestry. Please see our web page for more details. Tucson, Arizona is 20 miles north of Sahuarita/Green Valley.

ACA GENERAL SYNOD

The Bishop's Report

Fountain Valley, CA - October 20, 2009 by The Rt. Rev. Daren K. Williams, Bishop Ordinary of the DOW

Bishop Williams full report on the 2008 Anglican Church in America General Synod my be found at this link.
    

Report from General Synod

The Anglican Church of America Synod was held October 16 & 17, 2008, following the House of Bishops' meeting on October 14 and the Executive Council meeting on October 15 at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Illinois, across the river from St. Louis, Missouri.  Our DOW delegation was led by The Rt. Rev. Daren K. Williams, our Diocesan Bishop, with the delegates to the House of Clergy being The Rev. Canons Bower (St. Columba's, Lancaster, CA) and Rivers (Epiphany, Phoenix, AZ), the Rev. Fathers Kelley (St. Mary's, Los Angeles, CA) and Wilson (St. Mark's, Loomis, CA), and The Rev. Mr. Yeager (St. Mary's, Los Angeles, CA).  Our representatives to the House of Laity were Nancy Boland (St. Mark's, Loomis, CA), Judy Creel and John Creel (All Saints', Fountain Valley, CA), Sara Rivers (Epiphany, Phoenix, AZ), David Smith (St. Mark, Portland, OR), Jocelyn Swain (St. Columba's, Lancaster, CA), Joy Williams (All Saints', Fountain Valley, CA), and Bill Zuck (St. Mary's, Los Angeles, CA).  Sister Margaret Rose also attended as a Guest. Judy Creel was nominated by the House of Bishops to be the Secretary to the Executive Council and the General Synod (succeeding Peg Downing) and was elected by the General Synod. 

Christian Unity — It's Not a Matter of Choice

The House of Bishops - June 2008

A pastoral letter from the Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in America's House of Bishops, The Rt. Rev. George Langberg, addresses the small step that the Traditional Anglican Communion has taken to heal the fracture of Christianity, even Anglicanism, into so many pieces by seeking a "full, corporate, sacramental union" with the See of Rome. Read the article.

MP3 Audio Podcasts/Broadcasts

Portland, OR - 25 May 2008 - The First Sunday After Trinity-Updated 22 December 2008

     St. Mary of the Angels in Los Angeles, California, is offering a six session lecture on The Revelation of St. John.

     The Parish of Saint Mark in Portland, Oregon, provides the audio of Passion Sunday Low Mass, The Office of Tenebrae and the Solemn High Mass of Easter. These are broadcast directly from the web page and are not currently downloadable.

 

 

Updated Tuesday 23 December 2008 @ 2009 PDT

January Calendar

1. The Circumcision of Our Lord [PB]

2. Octave of St. Stephen, Protomartyr

3. Octave of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

4. 2nd Sunday After Christmas

5. Vigil of the Epiphany

6. The Epiphany [PB]

7. Of the Octave of Epiphany

8. Of the Octave of Epiphany

9. Of the Octave of Epiphany

10. Of the Octave of Epiphany

11. 1st Sunday after Epiphany

12. Of the Octave of Epiphany.
(St. Benedict Biscop, Abbott)

13. Of the Octave of the Epiphany

14. St. Hillary, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church
(St. Felix, P.M.)>

16. Bl. William Laud, Bishop & Martyr

17. St. Antony, Abbot, 356

18. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
( St. Prisca, Virgin & Martyr)

19. Feria

20. St. Fabian and St. Sebastian, MM., D.

21. St. Agnes, Virgin & Martyr, 304

22. St. Vincent, Deacon and Martyr

23. Feria

24. St. Timothy, Bishop and Martyr

25. The Conversion of St. Paul, The Apostle. (3rd Sunday after Epiphany)(Memorial of St. Peter)[PB]

26. St. Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr

27. St. John Chrysostom, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

28. Feria

29. St. Francis de Sales, Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

30. Martyrdom of King Charles of England, King and Martyr

31. St. Peter Nolasco and St. Reymond of Pennafort, Confessors

     The above calendar is published in the Calendar of the American Missal which conforms to the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. [PB] designates 1928 Book of Common Prayer Observances outside of Sunday.

     (Saints or events in parenthesis are optional commemorations.) 

Anglican Hallmarks

The hallmarks of the "traditional" church are
Catholic

  • Faith
  • Apostolic Order
  • Sacramental Worship
  • Evangelical Witness.

The churches and missions which are part of the Anglican Church in America, itself a part of the International Traditional Anglican Communion, are "formal but friendly." The services are based on the first official prayer book in English which was based on the established practice of religion and liturgy of Salisbury and known as the Sarum Usage. Today we use the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer.

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