Diocesan Calendar and Prayer Diary

July 2009 – December 2009

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Diocese in Europe: Calendar and Prayer Diary, July - December 2009

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 - mainly in July

Italy & Malta Archdeaconry - July

Archdeaconry of North West Europe - August, September

Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe

Nordic and Baltic Deanery - October

Germany - November

Swiss Archdeaconry - 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 supplement or substitute some of these intentions with prayers for the other chaplaincies in their deanery.

We also include the Anglican Cycle of Prayer (daily, updates on www.aco.org), the Porvoo Cycle (weekly, marked ** in this leaflet, www.porvoochurches.org), and festivals and commemorations, which may be observed according to local custom, from the Common Worship Lectionary (www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship). All are published annually, and available from Church House Bookshop, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3NZ. Information regarding Chaplaincies is as shown as in the 2009 Year Book unless updates are available.

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

The booklet Time for God’s Creation, which contains background information and prayers, can be downloaded from the European Christian Environmental Network site www.ecen.org.  Other useful resources for Creationtide, including Harvest, and One World Week, are Bread of Tomorrow: Praying with the World’s Poor, edited by Janet Morley, SPCK, new edition 2004, and Celebrating One World: A Worship Resource on Social Justice, edited by Linda Jones in association with CAFOD, 1998.  See also the One World Week web site www.oneworldweek.org.

Barbara Moss, Priest-in-Charge, St Andrew’s, Gothenburg, st.andrews.got@telia.com

Please send all comments and additions for the next issue to me, or to
The Bishop’s Chaplain: bishops.chaplain@dioceseineurope.org.uk

June 2009

Sun 21        2nd Sunday after Trinity; Proper 7
Intercontinental Church Society: Chief Executive Ian Watson, Seasonal Ministries Manager Trevor Letchford
Oturkpo - (Province of Jos, Nigeria) The Rt Revd David Bello
** Exeter, England ;  North-Hålogaland (Tromsø), Norway

Mon 22       Alban, first martyr of Britain, c.250
DEL week 12
In thanks for those who have given their lives to save others
Owerri - (Province of Owerri, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Dr Cyril Chukwunonyerem Okorocha

Tue 23        Etheldreda, abbess, c.678
Bishop's Staff Meeting (Gibraltar)
Owo - (Province of Ondo, Nigeria) The Rt Revd James Adedayo Oladunjoye

Wed 24       Birth of John the Baptist
Ember Day
For those conducting ordination retreats
Oxford - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd John L Pritchard;
Oxford - Buckingham - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Dr. Alan Thomas Lawrence Wilson;
Oxford - Dorchester - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Colin William Fletcher;
Oxford - Reading - (Canterbury, England) The Rt Revd Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell

Thu 25       
For Christian conference centres
Oyo - (Province of Ibadan, Nigeria) The Rt Revd Jacob Fasipe

Fri 26          Ember Day
All those in theological & pastoral training
Panama - (Central America) The Rt Revd Julio Murray

Sat 27         Cyril, bishop, teacher of the faith, 444
Ember Day
Unity of all who share Episcopal ministry in the ChurchParaguay - (South America) The Rt Revd John Alexander Ellison

Sun 28        3rd Sunday after Trinity; Proper 8
All those being ordained at this time, especially those within this diocese
Patna - (North India) The Rt Revd Philip Phembuar Marandih
** Hereford, England; the Lusitanian Church, Portugal

Mon 29       Peter and Paul, apostles or Peter the Apostle
For the Churches of the Middle East
Pelotas - (Brazil) The Rt Revd Renato Raatz

Tue 30       
DEL week 13
All engaged in humanitarian and peace-keeping missions
Pennsylvania - (Province III, USA) The Rt Revd Charles Ellsworth Bennison

July 2009

Wed 1         Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests,  evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873
All engaged in children's and youth work in our chaplaincies
Child Protection Officer: Chris Lees; Office Asst: Verena Thim;
Lead Youth Worker: Bethan Chewter
Perth - (Western Australia, Australia) Abp Roger Adrian Herft

Thu 2         
Diocesan Liturgical Officer: Paul Bradshaw, and Chaplaincy Worship Committees
Peru - (South America) Bp Harold William Godfrey

Fri 3            Thomas the Apostle
Diocesan Press & Communications Officer: Paul Needle, and Chaplaincy magazine editors
Peshawar - (Pakistan) Bp Munawar Kenneth Rumalshah

Sat 4          
Diocesan Webmaster: Simon Sarmiento, and Chaplaincy webmasters
Peterborough - (Canterbury, England) Bp Ian P M Cundy

Sun 5          4th Sunday after Trinity
Sea Sunday.  The Mission to Seafarers.  Secretary General.: Bill Christianson
Phulbani - (North India) Bp Bijay Kumar Nayak
**Newcastle (England), Möre (Molde) (Norway)

Mon 6         Thomas More, scholar, & John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535
(DEL week 14)
Bishop Geoffrey's Office: Chaplain and Office Manager: Kevin O'Brien; PA: Margaret Gibson; Admin. Asst: Sue Hibling
Pittsburgh - (Province III, USA) Bp Robert Hodges Johnson

Tue 7         
Bishop David's Office: Lay Chaplain and PA: Frances Hiller
Polynesia - (New Zealand) Abp Jabez Leslie Bryce

Wed 8        
Diocesan Finance Officer: Nick Wraight;; Finance Asst: Andrew Male
Diocesan Board of Finance: Chair: Michael Hart, and the Finance and Property Committee
Popondota - (Papua New Guinea) Bp Joseph Kifau Kopapa

Thu 9         
Bishop's Staff Meeting (France)
Port Elizabeth - (South Africa) Bp Nceba Bethlehem Nopece

Fri 10         
General Synod meeting in York.  Pray for our Synod members, Bishop Geoffrey, Jonathan Boardman and Debbie Flach, Roger Fry and Ann Turner
Port Moresby - (Papua New Guinea) Bp Peter Ramsden

Sat 11         Benedict, abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550
Diocesan Chancellor: Mark Hill
Diocesan Registrar and Bishop's Legal Secretary: Aiden Hargreaves-Smith
Port Sudan - (Sudan) Bp Yousif Abdalla Kuku

Sun 12        5th Sunday after Trinity
The Diocesan Office: Secretary: Adrian Mumford; Asst Secretary: Jeanne French; Assts: Bron Panter, Sylvia Brantingham
Portsmouth - (Canterbury, England) Bp Dr Kenneth Stevenson
**Skara (Sweden), Wakefield (England)

Mon 13      
Assisi: Contact: Brother Thomas Anthony SSF
Pretoria - (South Africa) Bp Dr Johannes T Seoka

Tue 14        John Keble, priest, tractarian, poet, 1866
Florence St Mark (serving Bologna and Siena): Chaplain : Lawrence MacLean; Asst Chaplain: Vincent Perricone
Puerto Rico - (Province IX, USA) Bp David Andres Alvarez-Velazquez

Wed 15       Swithun, bishop of Winchester, c.862
Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274
Called to One Hope in Christ, the 13th Assembly of the Conference of European Churches meeting in Lyon begins today.  CEC General Secretary: Colin Williams
Pune - (North India) Bp Vijay Bapurao Sathe

Thu 16        Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, 1099
Genova Holy Ghost (serving Bordighera): Locum Chaplain
Qu'Appelle - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Gregory Kerr-Wilson

Fri 17         
Milan All Saints (serving Cadenabbia, Varese): Chaplain: Nigel Gibson; Reader: Angela Mirani (Varese)
Quebec - (Canada, Canada) Abp Alexander Bruce Stavert

Sat 18         Elizabeth Ferard, first deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883
Deacons in the diocese
Quincy - (Province V, USA) Vacant

Sun 19        6th Sunday after Trinity
Italy and Malta Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Arthur Siddall
Area Dean: Jonathan Boardman

Raiwind - (Pakistan) Bp Samuel Azariah, Moderator of the Church of Pakistan
**Church of Lithuania, Derry and Raphoe (Ireland)

Mon 20       Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th century
Bartolomé de las Casas, apostle to the Indies, 1566
(DEL week 16)
Rome All Saints (serving Macerata): Chaplain:Jonathan Boardman; Asst Chaplain: Sara MacVane; Reader : Mary Styles
Rajasthan - (North India) Bp Collin Christopher Theodore

Tue 21       Bishop's Staff Meeting (France)
Rayalaseema - (South India) Bp K B Yesuvaraprasad

Wed 22       Mary Magdalene
[Consecration of Bishop Edward Holland, 2002, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Naples Christ Church (serving Bari, Capri, Sorrento): Chaplain: Kingsley Joyce
Bishop of Recife - (Brazil) Bp Sebastiao Armando Gameleira Soares

Thu 23        Birgitta (Bridget) of Sweden, pilgrim, abbess of Vadstena, 1373
Palermo Holy Cross, Sicily: Priest in charge: Vacant
Rejaf - (Sudan) Bp Michael Sokiri Lugor

Fri 24         
Perugia (serving Città della Pieve ): Lay minister: Peter Hurd
Remo - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Michael Fape

Sat 25         James the Apostle
[Consecration of Bishop Ambrose Weekes,1988, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Holiday visitors and pilgrims in Italy
Renk - (Sudan) Vacant

Sun 26        7th Sunday after Trinity
The Anglican Centre in Rome,   Director and Archbishop’s Representative to the Holy See: David Richardson; Assistant: Sara McVane.
Rhode Island - (Province I, USA) Bp Geralyn Wolf
**Bristol (England), Helsinki (Finland)

Mon 27      
The people and government of Italy
Rift Valley - (Tanzania) Bp John Daudi Lupaa

Tue 28       
Taormina St George: Locum chaplains
Rio de Janeiro - (Brazil) Bp Celso Franco de Oliveira

Wed 29       Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord
Venice St George (serving Aviano, Padova, Trieste): Chaplain: John-Henry Bowden; Asst Curate: Sampson Ajuka (Venice and Padova)
Rio Grande - (Province VII, USA) Vacant

Thu 30        William Wilberforce, social reformer, 1833
US Air Force Chaplain: Jack Stanley
Ripon and Leeds - (York, England) Bp John Richard Packer

Fri 31          Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556
Malta and Gozo (Valletta Pro-Cathedral of St Paul, serving Sliema and Gozo ): Chancellor and Senior Chaplain:  Simon Godfrey; Chaplain: Jeffrey Williams (Silema); Reader : David Felgate
Riverina - (New South Wales, Australia) Bp Douglas Stevens

August 2009

Sat 1          
The people and government of Malta
Rochester - (Canterbury, England) Bp Michael Nazir-Ali

Sun 2          8th Sunday after Trinity
Archdeaconry of North-West Europe: Archdeacon: John de Wit
Rochester (USA) - (Province II, USA) Dr Prince Singh
**Portsmouth (England), Stockholm (Sweden)

Mon 3        
(DEL week 18)
Antwerp St Boniface: Chaplain: Andrew Wagstaff; Asst Curate: Ann Babb; Reader: John Attenborough
Rockhampton - (Queensland, Australia) Bp Godfrey Charles Fryar

Tue 4          Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars, spiritual guide, 1859
Antwerp, Missions to Seafarers: Lay Chaplain: John Attenborough
Rokon - (Sudan) Bp Francis Loyo

Wed 5         Oswald, king of Northumbria, martyr, 642
Hiroshima Day
"Lord, brighter than a thousand bombs, look on us and shine on us" (Ernesto Cardenal)
Ruaha - (Tanzania) Bp Donald Leo Mtetemela

Thu 6          Transfiguration of Our Lord
Brussels Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity: Chaplain: Robert Innes; Associate Chaplain: Gary Wilton;  Asst Chaplains: Augustine Nwaekwe, James Day; Readers: David Fieldsend, Jennifer Le Jeune, David White; Youth Worker: Heather Roy
Rumbek - (Sudan) Bp Alapayo Manyang Kuctiel

Fri 7            John Mason Neale, priest, hymn writer, 1866
Gary Wilton's work as Church of England Representative to the European Union
Rupert's Land - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Donald D Phillips

Sat 8           Dominic, priest,  founder of the Order of Preachers,  1221
Belgian Anglican-Roman Catholic Group
Ruvuma - (Tanzania) Bp Maternus K Kapinga

Sun 9          9th Sunday after Trinity
Mothers’ Union work within the Diocese.  Diocesan President: Barbara Woods
Ruwenzori - (Uganda) Bp Benezeri Kisembo
**Ripon and Leeds (England), Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh (Ireland)

Mon 10       Laurence, Deacon at Rome, Marytr. 258
(DEL week 19)
Charleroi Christ Church: Priest in charge: Vacant
Bishop of Sabah - (South East Asia) Bp Albert Vun Cheong Fui

Tue 11        Clare of Assisi, founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253
John Henry Newman, priest, 1890
Women and men in religious orders
Ghent St John the Evangelist & Missions to Seafarers: Priest in charge: Peter Tilley
Sabongidda-Ora - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp John Akao

Wed 12      
Knokke St George: Priest in charge: Peter Tilley
Saldanha Bay - (South Africa) Bp Raphael Hess

Thu 13        Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor,  teacher of the faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, social reformer, 1912
Members of our chaplaincies working in health and social services
Leuven SS Martha and Mary: Priest in charge: Vacant
Salisbury - (Canterbury, England) Bp David A Stancliffe

Fri 14          Maximilian Kolbe, friar, martyr, 1941
Liège: Priest in charge: Paul Yiend
Sambalpur - (North India) Bp Christ Kiron Das

Sat 15         The Blessed Virgin Mary
Mons International Chapel Centre: The Senior Chaplain
San Diego - (Province VIII, USA) Bp James Mathes

Sun 16        10th Sunday after Trinity
All travellers and tourists visiting our chaplaincies
San Joaquin - (Province VIII, USA) Bp Jerry Lamb
**Turku (Finland), Edinburgh (Scotland)

Mon 17      
(DEL week 20)
Ostend, serving Brugge: Priest in charge: Clifford Owen
Santiago - (Philippines) Bp Alexander A Wandag

Tue 18       
Tervuren St Paul, also serving 'The Link' at St Dominic's, Woluw: Chaplain: Christopher Edwards; Youth Worker: Paul Moynan
Sao Paulo - (Brazil) Bp Roger Douglas Bird

Wed 19      
Ypres St George: Priest in charge: Ray Jones
Saskatchewan - (Rupert's Land, Canada) The Very Revd Michael Hawkins

Thu 20        Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux, teacher of the faith, 1153
William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, 1912, 1890
The people and government of Belgium
Saskatoon - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Rodney Osborne Andrews

Fri 21         
Luxembourg: Chaplain: Christopher Lyon; Asst Chaplain: Joan Lyon
Sebei - (Uganda) Bp Augustine Joe Arapyona Salimo

Sat 22        
The people and government of Luxembourg
Sekondi - (West Africa) Bp John Kwamina Otoo

Sun 23        11th Sunday after Trinity
The churches in the countries where we live, and the development of ecumenical relations with them 
Local church leaders
Abp Francis Kyung Jo Park Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Korea & Bishop of Seoul
**York (England), Esbo (Finland)

Mon 24       Bartholomew the Apostle
Amsterdam Christ Church (serving Heiloo): Chaplain: Mark Collinson; Asst Chaplains: Alistair MacDonald, Joop Albers, Roy Ball (Heiloo)
Seychelles - (Indian Ocean) Bp Santosh Marray

Tue 25       
(DEL week 21)
Brunssum International Chaplaincy Centre (serving Maastricht)
Sheffield - (York, England) Bp John Nicholls

Wed 26      
East Netherlands Group (Arnhem St Willibrord, Nijmegen, Twente St Mary the Virgin, with Weldam and Goor): Chaplain: Sam Van Leer
Shinyanga - (Tanzania) Bp Charles Kija Ngusa

Thu 27        Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Eindhoven Trinity Church: Chaplain: Francis Noordanus
Shyira - (Rwanda) Bp John Rucyahana Kabango

Fri 28          Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, teacher of the faith, 430
Haarlem St Anna & St Mary: Priest in charge: Clive Jones; Reader: Jaap Theunisz
Shyogwe - (Rwanda) Bp Jered Kalimba

Sat 29         Beheading of John the Baptist
The Hague St John & St Philip: Chaplain: Anthony Roake; Asst Chaplain: Roland Price; Asst curate: Bradley Long; Reader: Astrid Tiesema; Youth Worker: Kate Pellereau
Sialkot - (Pakistan) Bp Samuel Sant Masih Perviaz

Sun 30        12th Sunday after Trinity
Teachers and pupils as they begin a new school year
Abp Dr John Chew Archbishop of South East Asia & Bishop of Singapore
**Salisbury (England), St Asaph (Wales)

Mon 31       Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 651
(DEL week 22)
Utrecht Holy Trinity (serving Zwolle): Chaplain: John de Wit; Asst Chaplain: Peter Staples; Reader: Christopher Rigg
Sittwe - (Myanmar) Bp Barnabas Theaung Hawi

September 2009

Tue 1          Giles of Provence, hermit, c.710
Start of a month of prayer "A Time for God's Creation"
Sodor & Man - (York, England) Bp Robert Paterson

Wed 2         Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901, 1942
Rotterdam St Mary: Chaplain: Steve Axtell; Reader: Kees Bakker
Sokoto - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Augustine Omole

Thu 3          Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome,  teacher of the faith, 604
Rotterdam and Schiedam Missions to Seafarers: Chaplain: Steve Axtell
Soroti - (Uganda) Bp Charles Bernard Obaikol-Ebitu

Fri 4            Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex, 650
Vlissingen, Missions to Seafarers: Chaplain: Jan van Handenhoven
South Carolina - (Province IV, USA) Bp Mark Lawrence;

Sat 5          
Voorschoten St James: Chaplain: Andrew Ison; Reader: David Orton; Youth Minister: Bethan Chewter
South Dakota - (Province VI, USA) Bp Creighton L Robertson

Sun 6          13th Sunday after Trinity
University Chaplains and others working with students
Abp John Wilson Gladstone, Moderator, Church of South India & Bishop of South Kerala
**Tuam Killala and Achonry (Ireland), Bath and Wells (England)

Mon 7        
(DEL week 23)
The people and government of the Netherlands
The Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands: Abp Joris Vercammen
South Rwenzori - (Uganda) Bp Jackson Nzerebende Tembo

Tue 8          Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Church's Ministry of Deliverance. Diocesan Advisor: Michael Selman
South West Tanganyika - (Tanzania) Vacant

Wed 9         Charles Fuge Lowder, priest, 1880
The Churches European Rural Network
South Western Brazil - (Brazil) Bp Jubal Pereira Neves

Thu 10       
Bishop's Staff Meeting tomorrow
Southeast Florida - (Province IV, USA) Bp Leopold Frade;

Fri 11         
For all involved in inter-faith conversations, especially between Christians and Muslims
Southeastern Mexico - (Mexico) Bp Benito Juarez-Martinez

Sat 12        
The honorary assistant bishops and their pastoral ministry in the diocese
Southern Brazil - (Brazil) Bp Orlando Santos de Oliveira

Sun 13        14th Sunday after Trinity
Racial Justice Sunday
For peace, harmony and understanding between neighbours of different races
Southern Highlands - (Tanzania) Bp John Mwela
**Sheffield (England), Sodor and Man (England)

Mon 14       Holy Cross Day
Friends of the Diocese:  Sec: Philip Warner
Southern Malawi - (Central Africa) Bp James Tengatenga

Tue 15        Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, 258
(DEL week 24)
All clergy and readers holding a Permission to Officiate in the Diocese
Vacant (awaiting details) Archbishop elect of Central Africa & Bishop elect of Upper Shire

Wed 16       Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, tractarian, 1882
Southern Nyanza - (Kenya) Bp James Ochiel

Thu 17        Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179
A deeper vision of the love of God
Southern Ohio - (Province V, USA) Bp Thomas E Breidenthal

Fri 18         
Council of Anglican Episcopal Churches in Germany meeting in Hamburg
Southern Philippines - (Philippines) Bp Danilo Bustamante

Sat 19         Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
Southern Virginia - (Province III, USA) The Revd Herman Hollerith;

Sun 20        15th Sunday after Trinity
Entertaining Angels: Hospitality as Mission: Diocesan Pastoral Conference (all Clergy) meeting in Köln this week
Southwark - (Canterbury, England) Bp Thomas Frederick Butler
**Swansea and Brecon (Wales), Leicester (England)

Mon 21       Matthew, apostle and evangelist
[Consecration Bishop Richard Garrard, 2001, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Keynote speakers at the Pastoral Conference: Timothy Radcliffe OP and Brian Thorne
Southwell & Nottingham - (York, England) Bp George Henry Cassidy

Tue 22       
(DEL week 25)
Conference Bible Studies led by Musa Dube from Botswana; all who lead Bible studies in our chaplaincies
Southwest Florida - (Province IV, USA) Bp Dabney T Smith

Wed 23       Ember Day
The work of the Archbishops’ Council Ministry Division and the Bishops' selectors
Southwestern Virginia - (Province III, USA) Bp Frank Neff Powell

Thu 24       
All those leading workshops at the Pastoral Conference and in our Chaplaincies
Spokane - (Province VIII, USA) Bp James Edward Waggoner

Fri 25          Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester,  spiritual writer, 1626
Sergei of Radonezh, Russian monastic reformer,  teacher of the faith, 1392
Ember Day
All who are to be ordained at Michaelmas
Springfield - (Province V, USA) Bp Peter Hess Beckwith

Sat 26         Wilson Carlile,  founder of the Church Army, 1942
Ember Day
New clergy in training
Diocesan Director of Training: Ulla Monberg
St Albans - (Canterbury, England) Bp Alan Smith

Michaelmas Ordinations: Tony Lane, to be ordained deacon in Izmir, Turkey, on 11 October to serve as assistant curate in Crete; Sampson Ajuka, to be ordained Priest in Padua, Italy on 4 October; and Peter Hales, to be ordained priest in Coutances, France on 3 October

Sun 27        16th Sunday after Trinity
Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe: Archdeacon-elect: Jonathan Lloyd
St Andrew's Dunkeld & Dunblane - (Scotland) Bp David Robert Chillingworth
**Liverpool (England), Monmouth (Wales)

Mon 28      
(DEL week 26)
Area Dean, Nordic Countries: Nicholas Howe
St Asaph - (Wales) Bp John Stewart Davies

Tue 29        Michael and All Angels
[Consecration of Bishop Michael Turnbull, 2002, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Copenhagen St Alban (serving Aarhus): Chaplain: Jonathan Lloyd
St David's - (Wales) Bp John Wyn Evans

Wed 30       Jerome, translator of the scriptures, teacher of the faith, 420
[Consecration of Bishop Eric Devenport, 1993 , Hon. Asst Bishop]
The Church of Denmark.  Bp of Copenhagen: Erik Norman Svendsen.
The Old Catholic Church in Sweden and Denmark: Bishop Dick Schoon (Haarlem)
St Edmundsbury & Ipswich - (Canterbury, England) Bp William Nigel Stock

October 2009

Thu 1          Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, apostle to the Franks, 533
Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), social reformer, 1885
The country and people of Denmark
St Helena - (South Africa) Bp John William Salt

Fri 2           
The Porvoo Contact Group, Diocesan Representative Rupert Moreton, and the Church of England Porvoo Panel; chair Kenneth Stevenson
St Mark the Evangelist - (South Africa) Bp Martin Andre Breytenbach

Sat 3          
Sunyani - (West Africa) Bp Thomas Ampah Brient

Sun 4          17th Sunday after Trinity
For a responsible use of our environment.  For  Diocesan Environmental Officer: Brian Morgan, and for Chaplaincy Environmental Officers
Swansea & Brecon - (Wales) Bp John Davies
**Nidaros (Norway), London (England)

Mon 5      
(DEL week 27)
Finland - Helsinki St Nicholas, (also serving Kerava, Kuopio, Mikkeli, Oulo, Pori, Tampere, Turku): Chaplain: Rupert Moreton; Asst Chaplain: Mika Pajunen; Asst Curates: Tuomas Mäkipää, Amos Manga ; Readers: Emmanuel Eneh, John Mills, Geoffrey Phillips
The government and people of Finland
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland, Abp Jukka Parma
Swaziland - (South Africa) Bp Meshack Boy Mabuza

Tue 6          William Tyndale, translator of the scriptures, Reformation martyr, 1536
The Church's Ministry to Refugees;
Work among Sudanese Anglicans throughout Finland: Amos Manga
Sydney - (New South Wales, Australia) Abp Dr Peter Frederick Jensen

Wed 7        
Stockholm St Peter and St Sigfrid (serving also Gävle and Västerås): Chaplain: Nicholas Howe
Tabora - (Tanzania) Bp Sadock Makaya

Thu 8         
Eastern Archdeaconry Synod meeting in Izmir, Turkey and NW Europe Archdeaconry Synod meeting in Antwerp, Belgium
Taita-Taveta - (Kenya) Bp Samson Mwakitawa Mwaluda

Fri 9            Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his companions, martyrs,  c.250
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln,  philosopher, scientist, 1253
Gothenburg St Andrew (serving also Halmstad, Jönköping and Uddevalla, and Gothenburg and Chalmers Universities): Priest-in-charge and University Chaplain: Barbara Moss
Taiwan - (Province VIII, USA) Bp David J H Lai

Sat 10         Paulinus, Bishop of York, missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674
The Church of Sweden:  Abp Anders Wejryd; The government and people of Sweden
Tamale - (West Africa) Bp Emmanuel Anyindana Arongo

Sun 11        18th Sunday after Trinity
Thanksgiving for local initiatives during the season of Creationtide (see 1 September)
Tanga - (Tanzania) Bp Phillip D Baji
**Truro (England), Tönsberg (Norway), Strängnäs (Sweden)

Mon 12       Wilfrid of Ripon, bishop, missionary, 709
Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845
Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915
(DEL week 28)
Norway - Oslo St Edmund ( serving also congregations in  Drammen, Moss, Sandefjord, Tromsö): Chaplain: Janet Heil; Asst Curate: Mpole Masemola; Reader: Connie Tellman
Tasmania - (Ex-P, Australia) Bp John Douglas Harrower

Tue 13        Edward the Confessor, king of England, 1066
Norway - Assistant chaplains in Stavanger (serving also congregations in Bergen and Kristiansand) and Trondheim: Asst Chaplains: Peter Hogarth  (Stavanger); Mary Strømmen (Trondheim);  Reader: Priscilla Beck (Trondheim)
Temotu - (Melanesia) Bp David Vunagi

Wed 14      
The Church of Norway: Bp Finn Wagle, President, Bishops’ Conference. The government and people of Norway.
Tennessee - (Province IV, USA) The Revd John C Bauerschmidt

Thu 15        Teresa of Avila, teacher of the faith, 1582
Bishop's Staff Meeting (Full)
Bishop of Texas - (Province VII, USA) Bp Don Adger Wimberly

Fri 16          Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation  martyrs, 1555
Bishop's Council
Development of Anglican-Scandinavian Lutheran relations
Thoothukudi - Nazareth - (South India) Bp J A D Jebachandran

Sat 17         Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c.107
[Consecration of Bishop David Hamid, 2002];
[Consecration of Bishop David Hope 2007, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Reykjavik, Hallgrimskirkja (monthly services in English): Bjarni Bjanason
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bp Karl Sigurbjörnsson
The government and people of Iceland
The Arctic - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Andrew P Atagotaaluk

Sun 18        Luke the Evangelist or 19th  Sunday after Trinity
[Bishop Geoffrey's Commissioning, 2001]
One World Week.  Theme: "Hungry for One World"
The Gulf - (Pakistan) Bp Azad Marshall
**Växjö (Sweden), Oxford (England)

Mon 19       Luke the Evangelist if not celebrated on Sunday, otherwise
Henry Martyn, translator of the scriptures, missionary in India and Persia, 1812
(DEL week 29)
All involved in the medical profession
St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy
The Murray - (South Australia, Australia) Bp Ross Owen Davies

Tue 20       
Estonia – Tallinn St Timothy and St Titus: Priest in charge: Gustav Piir
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Estonia: Abp Andres Pöder
Thika - (Kenya) Bp Gideon Gichuhi Githiga

Wed 21      
Bishop's Staff Meeting and Bishop's Council
Tirunelveli - (South India) Bp Jeyapaul David Swamidawson

Thu 22       
Latvia - Riga St Saviour: Chaplain: Juris Calitis
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia: Abp Janis Vanags
Toamasina - (Indian Ocean) Bp Jean Paul Solo

Fri 23         
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis
Tohoku - (Japan) Bp John Hiromichi Kato

Sat 24        
United Nations Day
The governments and peoples of the Baltic republics
Tokyo - (Japan) Bp Peter Jintaro Ueda

Sun 25        Last Sunday after Trinity or Dedication Festival or Bible Sunday
For the work of the United Nations, and the Anglican Communion Observer Hellen Grace Wangusa
Torit - (Sudan) Bp Bernard Oringa Balmoi
**Carlisle (England), Stavanger (Norway)

Mon 26       Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, scholar, 899
Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664
(DEL week 30)
For mediators and mediation services
Bishop of Toronto - (Ontario, Canada) Bp Colin Robert Johnson

Tue 27        Otteran, abbot, companion of St Columba
The work of the Iona Community
Toungoo - (Myanmar) Bp Saw John Wilme

Wed 28       Simon and Jude, Apostles
Thanksgiving for the glorious company of apostles
Trichy-Tanjore - (South India) Bp Dr G. Paul Vasanthakumar

Thu 29        James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, martyr in Uganda, 1885
Thanksgiving for the white-robed army of martyrs
Trinidad & Tobago - (West Indies) Bp Calvin Wendell Bess

Fri 30         
Nordic and Baltic Deanery Synod in Turku
Truro - (Canterbury, England) Bp William Ind

Sat 31         Martin Luther, reformer, 1546
Thanksgiving for the noble fellowship of prophets
Tuam, Killala & Achonry - (Armagh, Ireland) Bp Dr Richard Crosbie Aitken Henderson

November 2009

Sun 1          All Saints' Day
[Bishop Geoffrey's Enthronement, 2001]
Thanksgiving for the saints of our own generation
Ughelli - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Vincent O Muoghereh
**Winchester (England), Agder (Norway)

Mon 2         Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)
(DEL week 31)
Former clergy and lay leaders of our chaplaincies, and of the diocese, especially those who have died during the past year
Ukwa - ( Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Kelechi

Tue 3          Richard Hooker, priest, teacher of the faith, 1600
Martin of Porres, friar, 1639
Area Dean of Germany: Christopher Jage-Bowler
Umuahia - ( Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Dr. Ikechi Nwachukwu Nwosu

Wed 4        
American churches in Germany
Umzimvubu - (South Africa) Bp Mbilo Ngewu

Thu 5         
[Consecration of Bishop Carlos López-Lozano 1995 , Hon. Asst Bishop]
Berlin St George: (also serves Dresden): Chaplain: Christopher Jage-Bowler; Asst Chaplain: Irene Ahrens; Reader: Pamela Shield
Upper South Carolina - (Province IV, USA) Bp Dorsey Felix Henderson

Fri 6            Leonard, hermit, 6th cent.
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury,  teacher of the faith, 1944
Bonn St Boniface with Cologne All Saints: Chaplain: Simon Hobbs; Readers: Richard Gardiner, Mary Wirths
Uruguay - (South America) Bp Miguel Tamayo

Sat 7           Willibrord, Bishop of York, 739
Düsseldorf Christ Church: Chaplain: Stephen Seamer
Utah - (Province VIII, USA) Bp Carolyn Tanner Irish

Sun 8          3rd Sunday before Advent; Remembrance Sunday
For reconciliation, between nations and within nations
Uyo - ( Niger Delta, Nigeria) Abp Emmanuel E Nglass
**Norwich (England), Luleå (Sweden)

Mon 9         Margery Kempe, mystic and pilgrim, c. 1440
(DEL week 32)
Freiburg-im-Breisgau: Priest in charge: Robin Stockitt; Reader: Keith Campbell
Vanuatu - (Melanesia) Bp James Marvin Ligo

Tue 10        Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome,  teacher of the faith, 461
Hamburg St Thomas of Canterbury: Chaplain: Roger White , Asst Chaplain: Erica Anders
Vellore - (South India) Bp Yesuratnam William

Wed 11       Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397
Bishop's Staff Meeting (NWE)
Venezuela - (Province IX, USA) Bp Orlando Guerrero

Thu 12       
Heidelberg: Locum Chaplains; Reader: Rosemary Selle
Vermont - (Province I, USA) Bp Thomas C Ely

Fri 13          Charles Simeon, priest,  evangelical divine, 1836
Leipzig: Chaplain: Martin Reakes-Williams
Victoria Nyanza - (Tanzania) Bp Boniface Kwangu

Sat 14         Samuel Seabury, first Anglican bishop in North America, 1796
Stuttgart St Catherine: Priest in charge: Kenneth Dimmick
Virgin Islands - (Province II, USA) Bp Edward Ambrose Gumbs

Sun 15        2nd Sunday before Advent
Our Bishops Geoffrey and David: May God give them a right judgement in all things
Virginia - (Province III, USA) Bp Peter James Lee
**Church of Estonia, Rochester (England)

Mon 16       Margaret, Queen of Scotland, philanthropist, reformer of the church, 1093
Edmund Rich of Abingdom, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240
(DEL week 33)
General Synod.  Pray for our Synod members, Bishop Geoffrey, Jonathan Boardman and Debbie Flach, Roger Fry and Ann Turner
British Forces Churches in Germany
Waiapu - (New Zealand) Bp David Rice;
Suffragan Bishop of Waiapu - (New Zealand) Vacant

Tue 17        Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
Development of Anglican-Evangelical Church of Germany relations. 
The Evangelical Church of Germany: Bp Wolfgang Huber Chairman, EKD Council. 
Work of the Meissen Commission.
Waikato - (New Zealand) Abp David John Moxon

Wed 18       Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, philanthropist, 1231
[Consecration of Bishop Pierre Whalon 2001, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Partnership for World Mission Conference at Swanwick this week
Wakefield - (York, England) Bp Stephen Platten

Thu 19        Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, béguine of Magdeburg, mystic, 1280
The contributions of women to the life of the church.
Adèle Kelham, Advisor for Women's Ministry in the Diocese
Wangaratta - (Victoria, Australia) Bp Ralph David Farrer

Fri 20          Edmund, King of the East Angles, martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a restorer of the religious life in the Church of England, 1876
Old Catholic Church in Germany: Bp Joachim Vobbe
Warri - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Christian Ideh

Sat 21        
People & Government of Germany
Washington - (Province III, USA) Bp John Bryson Chane

Sun 22        Christ the King: Sunday next before Advent
Convocation of American Churches in Europe: Bp Pierre Whalon, and the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris. 
American members of our congregations celebrating Thanksgiving this week
Wau - (Sudan) Bp Henry Cuir Riak
**St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (England), Lappo (Finland), Aberdeen and Orkney (Scotland)

Mon 23       Clement, Bishop of Rome, marytr, c. 100
(DEL week 34)
For the unity of the Anglican Communion
Wellington - (New Zealand) Bp Dr Thomas John Brown

Tue 24       
Bishop's Staff Meeting (NW Europe)
150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species.  For the work of Christians in Science
West Ankole - (Uganda) Bp William Magambo

Wed 25       Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, 4th cent.
Isaac Watts, hymn writer, 1748
Thanks for the authors and composers of our hymns, and for our choirs who sing them
West Buganda - (Uganda) Bp Samuel Cephas Kamya

Thu 26       
For chaplaincies and worship centres seeking new leaders
West Malaysia - (South East Asia) Bp Ng Moon Hing

Fri 27         
For chaplaincies with church buildings in disrepair
West Missouri - (Province VII, USA) Bp Barry Robert Howe

Sat 28        
St Andrewstide prayers for the mission of the church
West Tennessee - (Province IV, USA) Bp Don E Johnson

Sun 29        1st Sunday of Advent
For all those attending Advent services today
West Texas - (Province VII, USA) Bp Gary Lillibridge
**St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane (Scotland), Porvoo (Finland)

Mon 30       Andrew, apostle
Episcopal Church in Scotland;  Churches Together in Scotland; the people of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament
West Virginia - (Province III, USA) Bp Willam Mitchie Klusmeyer

December 2009

Tue 1          World AIDS Day
Charles de Foucauld, hermit in the Sahara, 1916
For those living with HIV/AIDS

Wed 2        
The Bishop's Advent Appeal
Western Izon - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Edafe Emamezi

Thu 3          Francis Xavier, missionary, Apostle of the Indies,1552
Old Catholic Church in Switzerland and the Anglican Old Catholic International Coordinating Committee
Western Kansas - (Province VII, USA) Bp James Marshall Adams

Fri 4            John of Damascus, monk,  teacher of the faith, c.749
Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, founder of the Little Gidding community, 1637
Parliament of the World's Religions meeting this week in Australia
Western Louisiana - (Province VII, USA) Bp David Bruce MacPherson

Sat 5          
Seasonal chaplaincies in Switzerland supported by the ICS:  Interlaken, Kandersteg, Murren, St Moritz, Wengen, Zermatt; Independent Evangelical Church at Winterthur
Western Massachusetts - (Province I, USA) Bp Gordon Scruton

Sun 6          2nd Sunday of Advent
EU summit on Climate Change beginning in Copenhagen tomorrow
Swiss Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: The Venerable Arthur Siddall
The people and government of Switzerland
Western Mexico - (Mexico) Bp Lino Rodriguez Amaero
**Chester (England), Kuopio (Finland)

Mon 7         Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, teacher of the faith, 397
Basle St Nicholas (serving Freiburg, Germany): Chaplain: Geoffrey Read;  Asst Chaplains: Robin Stockitt (Freiburg), Russell Hilliard; Asst Curate: Anne Lowen; Youth Worker: Peter Bluett
Western Michigan - (Province V, USA) Bp Robert Ronald Gepert

Tue 8          Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Berne St Ursula (serving Neuchatel): Chaplain: Peter Potter; Asst chaplain: Linda Bisig; Reader: David Low
Western New York - (Province II, USA) Bp J Michael Garrison

Wed 9         Ember Day
Vocations to the ministry
Diocesan Director of Ordinands William Gulliford and his assistants, and all who share the work of encouraging vocations
Western Newfoundland - (Canada, Canada) Bp Percy Coffin

Thu 10       
UN Human Rights Day
Geneva Holy Trinity: Chaplain: Roy Taylor; Asst Curate: Maree Wilson; Reader: Roy Damary; Youth Worker: James Hill
Western North Carolina - (Province IV, USA) Bp Granville Porter Taylor

Fri 11          Ember Day
Readers in the Diocese. 
Warden of Readers: Bishop David Hamid
Moderator for Reader Training: Colin Brown
Western Tanganyika - (Tanzania) Bp Gerard E Mpango

Sat 12         Ember Day
Those involved in training ordinands; our ordinands in training
Wiawso - (West Africa) Bp Abraham Kobina Ackah

Sun 13        3rd Sunday of Advent
Chaplains and other church members attending carol services in schools, hospitals and other non-church settings
Willochra - (South Australia, Australia) Bp Gary Weatherill
**Southwell (England), Borg (Norway)

Mon 14       John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591
La Côte: Priest in charge: Paul Holley; Asst Curate: Julia Chambeyron
Winchester - (Canterbury, England) Bp Michael Charles Scott-Joynt

Tue 15       
Lausanne Christ Church: Chaplain: Adèle Kelham
Windward Islands - (West Indies) Bp Calvert Leopold Friday

Wed 16       Bishop's Staff Meeting (Dean of Gibraltar)Lugano St Edward the Confessor (serving Muralto): Priest in charge: Andrew Horlock; Reader: Robert Gebhardt
Worcester - (Canterbury, England) Bp John Geoffrey Inge

Thu 17        O Sapientia: the Great O Antiphons
Eglantyne Jebb, social reformer, founder of "Save the Children", 1928
Save the Children Fund
Montreux (serving Anzere, Gstaad, Monthey, Villars): Chaplain: Vacant
Wusasa - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Ali Buba Lamido

Fri 18         
Vevey All Saints (serving Chateau D'Oex): Chaplain: Clive Atkinson; Youth Worker: Tim Shinde
Wyoming - (Province VI, USA) Bp Bruce Edward Caldwell

Sat 19        
Zürich St Andrew ( serving Baden, St Gallen, Zug): Chaplain: John Newsome; Asst Chaplain: Daniel Morrow; Readers: Charles Whitehouse, Br Marcel Benedict
Yambio - (Sudan) Bp Peter Munde Yacoub

Sun 20        4th Sunday of Advent
For those offering hospitality and care to the homeless this Christmas
Abp Stephen Than Myint Oo Archbishop of Myanmar and Bishop of Yangon
**Oslo (Norway), Durham (England), Moray Ross and Caithness (Scotland)

Mon 21      
For all those attending carol services
Bishop of Yei - (Sudan) Bp Hilary Luate Adeba

Tue 22       
For those facing their first Christmas alone
Yewa (form. Egbado) - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Simeon Adebola

Wed 23      
For those in hospital over Christmas
Yirol - (Sudan) Bp Benjamin Mangar Mamur

Thu 24        Christmas Eve
For all those who cannot share the joy of Christmas
Yokohama - (Japan) Bp Lawrence Minabe

Fri 25          Christmas Day
That our hearts may always be open to the joy and wonder of God's mighty works
Yola - (Jos, Nigeria) Bp Ibrahim Markus

Sat 26         Stephen, deacon, martyr
The Church's solidarity with the persecuted
York - (York, England) Abp John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu

Sun 27        The Holy Family or John, apostle and evangelist
For blessings of peace in the New Year to come
Ysabel - (Melanesia) Bp Richard Naramana
**Uleåborg (Finland), Coventry (England)

Mon 28       Holy Innocents Day
For children in danger
Yukon - (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) Abp Terrence O Buckle

Tue 29        Thomas Becket, archbishop, martyr, 1170
For the families of clergy in the diocese
Zanzibar - (Tanzania) Vacant

Wed 30      
"For all that has been, Thanks.  To all that shall be, Yes" (Dag Hammarskjöld)
Zonkwa - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Duke Akamisoko

Thu 31        John Wyclif, Reformer
For bible translators and interpreters
Zululand - (South Africa) Bp Dino Gabriel