Augustine was an Italian monk, who probably died in 604 He was prior of St. Andrew's monastery in Rome and was chosen by Pope Gregory the Great to lead a mission to the southern English. The work of the mission is known from the register books of Pope Gregory1s letters, and from the account written by the Northumbrian scholar Bede completed in 731 and based on Kentish sources. These texts have been extensively examined in the last 60 years, so that many statements are now controversial.
21 February 1997
The Rt Revd Craig B Anderson, President and Dean of the General Theological Seminary, New York, has been appointed Rector of St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, USA.
21 February 1997
The Anglican Communion Office receives most of the diocesan papers from around the world. We use these as resource material for ACNS and Anglican World magazine but we often find features which we know will be of interest to other parts of the Communion but which we are unable to reproduce in Anglican World. With the advent of this new weekly ACNS we hope to be able to post up features which we believe will be of interest to other Provinces. The views and opinions expressed in these articles may not be those of the Anglican Communion Office. Please credit the author, newspaper or magazine and ACNS if you use this service. We would also be grateful to know whether you find this service helpful.
14 February 1997
The Revd Canon William Stewart, the Vicar of Oulton Broad in Norwich Diocese and Rural Dean of Lothingland, is to be the next bishop of Taunton, Diocese of Bath and Wells, Church of England. He succeeds the Rt Revd Richard Lewis who is becoming Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
14 February 1997
Episcopal appointments from around the Communion.
31 January 1997
The monitoring group of the Eames commission (the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate) met in London this week. The meeting was chaired by the Most Revd Robin Eames, Primate of All Ireland who is Chairman of the Commission.
31 January 1997
A chance telephone call 16 years ago from the parents of a desperately sick child let to the founding of a hospice movement for children which has new spread across the world. Maureen Cleave meets Sister Frances, the founder of Helen House Hospice, one of the charities in this year's Daily Telegraph Christmas Appeal.
27 January 1997
Episcopal Appointments from around the Communion
17 January 1997
The Anglican Communion Office receives most of the diocesan papers from around the world. We use these as resource material for ACNS and Anglican World magazine but we often find features which we know will be of interest to other parts of the Communion but which we are unable to reproduce in Anglican World. With the advent of this new weekly ACNS we hope to be able to post up features which we believe will be of interest to other Provinces. The views and opinions expressed in these articles may not be those of the Anglican Communion Office. Please credit the author, newspaper or magazine and ACNS if you use this service. We would also be grateful to know whether you find this service useful.
17 January 1997
There are nearly 70 million members of the Anglican family in 36 self-governing Member Churches or Provinces in more than 160 countries.
13 January 1997