ALL SORTS AND CONDITIONS – IN WORDS AND PICTURES

Where can you find a bishop, a donkey and a former ballerina in the space of a few pages? The answer is – in the latest edition of The European Anglican, the quarterly journal of the Diocese in Europe, just published (1st June).

The front cover depicts the ministry of Readers around Europe with personal accounts from three of them – either recently commissioned or still in training.

Easter and Holy Week 2009 with a diverse series of stories from Finland, France, and in the Spanish locations of Seville and Majorca.

The clergy conference for the 140 licensed clergy in September is previewed.

A report charts the progress of a motion expressing concern about Human Trafficking – an initiative which began in Naples and moved to the General Synod in London.

Mission in Spain is reflected with news from Malaga and a newly emerging congregation in Madremanya on the Costa Brava which, so far, has only the thriving city church in Barcelona.

The former ballerina features in a news item from Vienna where Rev Aileen Hackl, Honarary Assistant Curate, recalls her earlier life treading the boards.

Also featured is a clever spoof story about Anglicans in Geneva who are to get a new church organ from the manufacturers of the Blackpool Tower Wurlitzer – a tale which featured naturally in the April church magazine.

Together with other news of people and places and reflective items from around the diocese which stretches over nine time zones, the latest edition of the European Anglican reflects life in the Church of England’s fastest growing diocese. It can be found here on the Diocese in Europe’s website