Prayer Diary July to December 2014. Version for downloading, with URLs.
July 2014
Praying for the Earth: Re-duction, Re-use and Recycling
We thank you for the resources of the world and for the many goods available to us. Grant us
wisdom and restraint in our spending and consumption; grant us inspiration in the re-use and
recycling of resources. Bless those who work in the recycling industry, and those who work in
charity shops. (We pray in particular for….)
Tue 1
Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873
DEL week 13
Robert, our bishop-designate.
ACP: Durgapur - (North India) Bp Probal Dutta.
Wed 2
Bishop's Office: Chaplain and Commissary: Meurig Williams. With thanks for the work of Margaret
Gibson and Sue Walshe, and praying for the formation of a new team.
ACP: Durham - (York, England) Bp Paul Butler; Durham - Jarrow - Bp Mark Watts Bryant.
Porvoo: C of E Diocese in Europe - vacancy, Bp David Hamid; Visby, Sweden - Bp Sven-Bernhard
Fast; Copenhagen, Denmark - Bp Peter Skov-Jakobsen.
Thu 3
Thomas the Apostle
Bishop David.
ACP: Dutse - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Yesufu Lumu.
Fri 4
Bishop David's Office: Chaplain and PA: Frances Hiller.
ACP: East Carolina - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Peter James Lee.
Sat 5
The church's ministry of healing and deliverance. Diocesan Advisor: Matthew Jones.
ACP: East Kerala - (South India) Bp Kayalakkakathu George Daniel; North Kerala - (South India) Bp
Kadakkal Pothen Kuruvila.
Sun 6
3rd Sunday after Trinity
General Synod meeting in York 10-14 July. Pray for our elected Synod members, Debbie Flach and
Brian Llewellyn, Madeleine Holmes and Ann Turner.
ACP: PRAY for The Church of Pakistan (United) - Abp Samuel Robert Azariah, Bp of Raiwind &
Moderator of the Church of Pakistan.
WCC: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Mon 7
DEL week 14
Diocesan Liturgical Officer: Ben Gordon-Taylor, and Chaplaincy Worship Committees.
ACP: East Ruwenzori - (Uganda) Bp Edward Bamucwanira.
Tue 8
The Diocesan Office: Secretary: Adrian Mumford; PA & Office Manager: Bron Panter; Asst: Sylvia
Brantingham; Appointments Secretary: Catherine Jackson; Asst.: Lotte Hiller.
ACP: East Tennessee - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp George D. Young.
Wed 9
Diocesan Chancellor: Mark Hill;
Diocesan Registrar and Bishop's Legal Secretary: Aiden Hargreaves-Smith.
ACP: Eastern Himalayas - (North India) Vacant.
Porvoo: Lincoln, England: Bp Christopher Lowson, vacancy; Härnösand, Sweden: Bp Tuulikki
Koivunen Bylund; Lappo, Finland: Bp Simo Peura
Thu 10
Diocesan Finance Secretary: Nick Wraight; Finance Asst: Andrew Male.
Diocesan Board of Finance: Chair: Michael Hart, and the Finance and Property Committee.
ACP: Eastern Oregon - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Bavi Edna Rivera Oregon - (VIII, The
Episcopal Church) Bp Michael Hanley.
Fri 11
Benedict, abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 (Italy)
All engaged in children's and youth work in our chaplaincies.
Safeguarding Adviser: Chris Lees, and Safeguarding Committee Chairman: Charles Clark.
ACP: Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador - (Canada, Canada) Bp Cyrus Clement James Pitman.
Sat 12
Assisi: Locum Chaplain, overseen by the Franciscan Provincial, Brother Benedict.
<a href=”http://www.achurchnearyou.com/assisi”>Link</a>
ACP: Eastern Zambia - (Central Africa) Bp William Mchombo.
Sun 13
4th Sunday after Trinity
Sea Sunday. For seafarers and their families. Mission to Seafarers, and their Chaplains in this
Diocese.
Italy and Malta Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Jonathan Boardman; Area Dean: William Lister.
<a href=”http://www.missiontoseafarers.org”>Link</a>
ACP: PRAY for The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea - Bp Clyde Igara, Abp-elect of Papua
New Guinea & Bp of Dogura.
WCC: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama
Mon 14
John Keble, priest, tractarian, poet, 1866
DEL week 15
Bordighera, served from Menton, Switzerland.
ACP: Easton - (III, The Episcopal Church) Bp James Shand.
Tue 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: William Lister;
Readers: Penny Mitler, Manà Makepeace.
<a href=”http://www.stmarksitaly.com”>Link</a>
ACP: Eau Claire - (V, The Episcopal Church) The Revd William Jay Lambert.
Wed 16
Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, 1099
Genova, Church of the Holy Spirit: Locum Chaplain.
<a href=”http://anglicanchurchgenoa.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Edinburgh - (Scotland) Bp John Armes.
Porvoo: St Albans, England: Bp Alan Smith, Bp Richard Atkinson, Bp Paul Bayes; Linköping,
Sweden: Bp Martin Modéus.
Thu 17
Lake Como, Church of the Ascension: Locum Chaplain.
ACP: Edmonton - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Jane Alexander.
Fri 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)
Milan All Saints: Chaplain: Vickie Sims
<a href=”http://www.allsaints.it”>Link</a>
ACP: Egba - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Adekunle.
Sat 19
Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith,
c.394 and c.379 (Turkey)
Naples Christ Church (serving Bari, Capri, Sorrento): Chaplain: Vacant.
<a href=”http://www.christchurchnaples.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Egba West - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Samuel Ajani.
Sun 20
5th Sunday after Trinity
The Global Freedom Network, an ecumenical and interfaith initiative working to combat modern
slavery and human trafficking.
ACP: PRAY for The Episcopal Church in the Philippines - Abp Edward Pacyaya Malecdan, Prime Bp
of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines.
WCC: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Mon 21
DEL week 16
Padova St Anthony Abbot: Priest in Charge: Jonathan Boardman; Readers: Michael Udeagbara,
Charles Onwukwe.
ACP: Egbu - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Professor Emmanuel Iheagwam.
Tue 22
Mary Magdalene
[Consecration of Bishops Edward Holland, 1986, and Michael Scott-Joynt, 1987, Hon. Asst Bps]
Palermo Holy Cross: Priest in Charge: Marcus Losack.
<a href=”http://www.chiesaanglicanapalermo.it”>Link</a>
ACP: Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis, Pres. Bp, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt with North
Africa and the Horn of Africa; Asst Bp for North Africa - (Jerusalem & Middle East) Bp Bill Musk.
Wed 23
Birgitta (Bridget), pilgrim, abbess of Vadstena, 1373 (Sweden)
Rome All Saints (serving Macerata S Mary at the Holy Cross and Citta della Pieve, St John the
Baptist) and 'Footsteps' Fresh Expression of Church, Rome North and South: Chaplain: Jonathan
Boardman; Asst Curates: Dana English, Mary Styles; Hon. Asst Priest: Alaric Lewis.
<a href=”http://www.allsaintsrome.org/home.php”>Link</a>
ACP: Eha - Amufu - (Enugu, Nigeria) Bp Daniel Olinya.
Porvoo: Newcastle, England: Bp Martin Wharton, Bp Frank White; Møre (Molde), Norway: Bp
Ingeborg Midttoemme
Thu 24
Taormina St George: Locum Chaplains.
<a href=”http://www.anglicanchurchtaormina.it”>Link</a>
ACP: Ekiti - (Ondo, Nigeria) Abp Samuel Abe; Ekiti Kwara - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Andrew Ajayi.
Fri 25
James the Apostle
Pilgrims and other visitors to Italy.
ACP: Ekiti Oke - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Isaac Olubowale.
Sat 26
Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Varese St John the Baptist (served from Lugano, Switzerland): Reader: Angela Mirani.
<a href=”http://varesechurch.wordpress.com”>Link</a>
ACP: Ekiti West - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Samuel Oke.
Sun 27
6th Sunday after Trinity
The Anglican Centre in Rome: Director and Archbishop’s Representative to the Holy See: Abp Sir
David Moxon; Administrator: Jan Hague.
<a href=”http://www.anglicancentreinrome.org”>Link</a>
ACP: PRAY for Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda - Abp Onesphore Rwaje, Abp of L'Eglise
Episcopal au Rwanda and Bp of Gasabo.
WCC: The Caribbean.
Mon 28
DEL week 17
Venice St George (serving Aviano, Trieste Christ Church): Priest in charge: Howard Levett.
<a href=”http://www.stgeorgesvenice.com”>Link</a>
ACP: El Camino Real - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Mary Gray-Reeves.
Tue 29
Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our Lord
US Forces chapels at Aviano and Vicenza: US Foces Chaplain: Jack Stanley.
ACP: El Salvador - (Central America) Bp Martín De Jesús Barahona.
Wed 30
William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, campaigners against
slavery, 1833, 1797 and 1846
People and government of Italy.
ACP: Eldoret - (Kenya) Bp Thomas Kogo.
Porvoo: Skara, Sweden: Bp Åke Bonnier; Wakefield, England (now part of West Yorkshire and the
Dales, see online updates): Bp Stephen Platten, Bp Anthony Robinson.
Thu 31
Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 (Spain)
Malta and Gozo (Valletta Pro-Cathedral of St Paul, Sliema Holy Trinity, and Gozo Our Lady and St
George ): Senior Chaplain: Simon Godfrey.
<a href=”http://www.anglicanmalta.org”>Link</a>
ACP: El-Obeid - (Sudan) Bp Ismail Gibreil Abugigin.
August 2014
Praying for the Earth: Nuclear Power
We pray for wisdom in our response to the apparent promise of nuclear power. Help us to
weigh up the benefits and dangers, the security of supply and the problems of waste. Bless
those who work in the nuclear industry and those involved in the transport of nuclear material.
Bless those who seek renewable alternatives to the use of either fossil or nuclear fuels. (we
pray in particular for ….)
Fri 1
Swiss National Day.
ACP: Ely - (Canterbury, England) Bp Stephen David Conway; Ely - Huntingdon - Bp David Thomson.
Sat 2
The people and government of Malta.
ACP: Embu - (Kenya) Bp Henry Kathii.
Sun 3
7th Sunday after Trinity
Archdeaconry of North-West Europe: Acting Archdeacon: Meurig Williams.
ACP: PRAY for The Scottish Episcopal Church - Bp David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish
Episcopal Church & Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & Dunblane.
WCC: Canada, USA.
Mon 4
Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars, spiritual guide, 1859 (France)
DEL week 18
Those commemorating the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War.
ACP: Enugu - (Niger, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Chukwuma.
Tue 5
Oswald, king of Northumbria, martyr, 642
Deanery of Belgium and Luxembourg: Area Dean: Andrew Wagstaff.
ACP: Enugu North - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Sosthenes Eze.
Wed 6
Transfiguration of Our Lord
Antwerp St Boniface: Chaplain: Andrew Wagstaff; Reader and Prison Chaplain: Egbert van Groesen.
<a href=”http://www.boniface.be”>Link</a>
ACP: Esan - (Bendel, Nigeria) Abp Friday Imaekhai; Etche - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Precious Nwala.
Porvoo: Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis, Derry and Raphoe, Ireland: Bp Kenneth Good .
Thu 7
John Mason Neale, priest, hymn writer, 1866
Antwerp, Mission to Seafarers: Port Chaplain: Brian Millson.
<a href=”http://users.skynet.be/MTS”>Link</a>
ACP: Etsako - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Jacob Bada.
Fri 8
Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 (Spain)
Brugge, serving Ostend: Priest in Charge: Augustine Nwaekwe.
<a href=”http://www.echob.be”>Link</a>
ACP: Evo - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Innocent Ordu.
Sat 9
Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921
Edith Stein, teacher of the faith, religious and martyr, 1942 (Poland, Germany)
Brussels Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity: Senior Chaplain and Chancellor:Robert Innes; Assoc.
Chaplain: John Wilkinson; Lay Precentor: David Mitchell; Reader/Prison Chaplain: Grace West;
Reader: David Fieldsend.
<a href=”http://www.holytrinity.be”>Link</a>
ACP: Exeter - (Canterbury, England) Vacant; Exeter - Crediton - Bp Nick McKinnel; Exeter - Plymouth
- Vacant.
Sun 10
8th Sunday after Trinity
The European Union. Give thanks for Robert Innes's work as the Archbishop of Canterbury's
Representative. Pray for the continuation of this ministry.
ACP: PRAY for Church of the Province of South East Asia - Abp Bolly Lapok, Abp of South East Asia
& Bp of Kuching.
WCC: Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia.
Mon 11
Clare of Assisi, founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 (Italy)
John Henry Newman, priest, 1890
DEL week 19
Ghent St John the Evangelist & Mission to Seafarers, serving Knokke: Priest in charge: Stephen
Murray.
ACP: Ezo - (Sudan) Bp John Kereboro Zawo.
Tue 12
Leuven SS Martha and Mary: Priest in charge: Jack McDonald.
<a href=”http://www.anglicanchurchleuven.be”>Link</a>
ACP: Faisalabad - (Pakistan) Bp John Samuel.
Wed 13
Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, teacher of the faith, 1667
Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer, 1910
Octavia Hill, social reformer, 1912
Liège, serving Wallonia: Priest in charge: Paul Yiend.
<a href=”http://www.netministries.org/see/churches/ch00654”>Link</a>
ACP: False Bay - (Southern Africa) Bp Margaret Brenda Vertue.
Porvoo: Bristol, England: Bp Michael Hill, Bp Lee Rayfield; Helsinki, Finland: Bp Irja Askola .
Thu 14
Maximilian Kolbe, friar, martyr, 1941 (Poland)
Mons International Chapel Centre: The Senior Chaplain.
ACP: Suffr. Bp for Federal Ministries - (The Episcopal Church) Bp James Magness.
Fri 15
The Blessed Virgin Mary
Tervuren St Paul: Chaplain: Simon Tyndall; Asst Chaplain: Charlie Newcombe (moving to England
this month); Readers: Ann Tyndall, Ted van de Ende.
<a href=”http://www.stpaulstervuren.be”>Link</a>
ACP: Fianarantsoa - (Indian Ocean) Bp Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo.
Sat 16
Ypres St George: Priest in charge: Brian Llewellyn.
<a href=”http://www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com”>Link</a>
ACP: Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp John Howard; Ass. Bp of Florida - Bp Charles Keyser.
Sun 17
9th Sunday after Trinity
Archdeaconry of NWE link with the Diocese of Luwero, Uganda: Bp Evans Kisekka.
ACP: PRAY for The Church of South India (United) - Abp Gnanasigamony Devakadasham,
Moderator CSI and Bp of Kanyakumari.
WCC: The Pacific islands.
Mon 18
DEL week 20
Belgian Anglican-Roman Catholic Group.
ACP: Fond du Lac - (V, The Episcopal Church) Bp Russell Jacobus.
Tue 19
People and government of Belgium.
ACP: Fort Worth - (VII, The Episcopal Church) Bp C Ohl.
Wed 20
Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, teacher of the faith, 1153 (France)
William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, 1912, 1890
Luxembourg: Chaplain: Christopher Lyon; Asst Chaplain: Andrew Markey.
<a href=”http://www.anglican.lu”>Link</a>
ACP: Fredericton - (Canada, Canada) Abp Claude Weston Miller.
Porvoo: Portsmouth, England: Bp Christopher Foster; Stockholm, Sweden: Bp Eva Brunne .
Thu 21
The people and government of Luxembourg.
ACP: Freetown (Sierra Leone) - (West Africa) Bp Julius Lynch.
Fri 22
The people and government of the Netherlands.
ACP: Gahini - (Rwanda) Bp Alexis Bilindabagabo.
Sat 23
Brunssum International Chaplaincy Centre, serving Maastricht.
ACP: Gboko - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Nyitsse.
Sun 24
Bartholomew the Apostle or 10th Sunday after Trinity
Deanery of the Netherlands: Area Dean: Mark Collinson.
ACP: PRAY for The Anglican Church of Southern Africa - Abp Thabo Makgoba, Abp of Capetown and
Primate of Southern Africa.
WCC: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Mon 25
Bartholomew the Apostle if not celebrated on Sunday
DEL week 21
Amsterdam Christ Church (also serves Heiloo): Chaplain: Mark Collinson; Asst Chaplains: Francis
Blight (Heiloo), James Hill.
<a href=”http://www.christchurch.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: George - (Southern Africa) Bp Brian Marajh.
Tue 26
Arnhem St Willibrord with Nijmegen: Chaplain: Alja Tollefsen van der Lans.
<a href=”http://arnhemnijmegenchaplaincy.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Georgia - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Scott Benhase.
Wed 27
Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387
Eindhoven Trinity Church: Chaplain: Francis Noordanus; Asst: Barbara Noordanus; Reader: Jan
Waterschoot.
<a href=”http://www.trinitychurcheindhoven.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Gippsland - (Victoria, Australia) Bp John McIntyre.
Porvoo: Ripon and Leeds (now part of West Yorkshire and the Dales, see online update), England:
Bp John Packer, Bp James Bell; Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Ireland: Bp Samuel Ferran; Aarhus,
Denmark: Bp Kjeld Holm.
Thu 28
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, teacher of the faith, 430
Haarlem St Anna & St Mary, serving Schiphol: Priest in charge: Vacant; Reader: Jaap Theunisz.
<a href=”http://www.anglican-church-haarlem.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Gitega - (Burundi) Bp John Nduwayo.
Fri 29
Beheading of John the Baptist
Rotterdam St Mary, serving Rotterdam and Schiedam Missions to Seafarers: Priest in Charge:
Stephen Hazlett; Reader: Grada Schadee.
<a href=”http://www.stmarys.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Glasgow & Galloway - (Scotland) Bp Gregor Duncan.
Sat 30
John Bunyan, spiritual writer, 1688
Schiphol Old Catholic and Anglican Airport Ministry: Chaplain: Nico Sarot.
ACP: Gloucester - (Canterbury, England) Bp Michael Francis Perham; Gloucester - Tewkesbury - Bp
Martyn James Snow.
Sun 31
11th Sunday after Trinity
Start of a month of prayer "A Time for God's Creation". For a responsible use of our environment.
Diocesan Environment Officer: Madeleine Holmes; and for Chaplaincy Environment Officers
ACP: PRAY for Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America - Abp Hector Zavala Muñoz, Pres. Bp of
the Southern Cone & Bp of Chile.
WCC: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia.
September 2014
Praying for the Earth: Farms and Farmers
We pray for all who make their living from the land. Help them to contend with the vagaries of
the weather and with the variability of the economic climate. Defend them from the threat of
disease, and help them to protect the animals in their care. We ask for your blessing on farm
shops and farmers’ markets, and on all who buy and sell food locally. (We pray in particular for
….)
Mon 1
Giles of Provence, hermit, c.710 (France)
DEL week 22
The Hague St John & St Philip: Chaplain: Andrew Gready.
<a href=”http://www.stjohn-stphilip.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Gombe - (Jos, Nigeria) Bp Henry Ndukuba.
Tue 2
Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901, 1942
Twente St Mary the Virgin, with Weldam and Goor: Vacant.
ACP: Grafton - (New South Wales, Australia) Vacant.
Wed 3
Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, teacher of the faith, 604 (Italy)
Utrecht Holy Trinity (serving Zwolle): Chaplain: David Phillips; Assoc. Chaplain: Sam van Leer.
<a href=”http://www.holytrinityutrecht.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Grahamstown - (Southern Africa) Bp Ebenezer Ntlali.
Porvoo: Turku, Finland: Abp Kari Mäkinen, Bp Kaarlo Kalliala; Edinburgh, Scotland: Bp John Armes.
Thu 4
Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex, 650
Vlissingen, Mission to Seafarers: Chaplain: Remco Robinson.
<a href=”http://www.missiontoseafarers.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Guildford - (Canterbury, England) Vacant; Guildford - Dorking - Bp Ian James Brackley.
Fri 5
Voorschoten St James: Chaplain: Ruan Crew; Reader: Anthony Cummings.
<a href=”http://www.stjames.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Guinea - (West Africa) Bp Jacques Boston.
Sat 6
Allen Gardiner, missionary, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851
Maastricht All Saints:Acting Chaplain: Jennifer Pridmore
The Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands: Abp Joris Vercammen.
<a href=”http://www.michurch.nl”>Link</a>
ACP: Gujarat - (North India) Bp Vinodkumar Malaviya.
Sun 7
12th Sunday after Trinity
Racial Justice Sunday
Swiss Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Peter Potter.
ACP: PRAY for The Episcopal Church of the Sudan - Abp Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Abp of the Episcopal
Church of the Sudan & Bp of Juba.
WCC: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia.
Mon 8
Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
DEL week 23
For immigrants newly arrived in our congregations.
ACP: Gusau - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp John Garba; Gwagwalada - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Tanimu Aduda.
Tue 9
Charles Fuge Lowder, priest, 1880
Basel St Nicholas (serving Freiburg-im-Breisgau, Germany): Chaplain: Vacant; Asst Chaplains:
Russell Hilliard, Anne Lowen, Hilary Jones; Youth Coordinator: Katie Wilkinson.
<a href=”http:// basel.churchinsight.com”>Link</a>
ACP: Guyana - (West Indies) Bp Cornell Moss.
Wed 10
Berne St Ursula: Chaplain: Peter Potter; Asst Chaplain: Linda Bisig; Assoc. Priest: Mark Pogson;
Youth Coordinator: Mary McKinley.
<a href=”http://stursula.ch”>Link</a>
ACP: Haiti - (II, The Episcopal Church) Bp Jean Duracin; Suffr. Bp of Haiti - Bp Oge Beauvoir.
Porvoo: York, England: Abp John Sentamu, Bp Richard Frith, Bp Martin Wallace, vacancy; Espoo,
Finland: Bp Tapio Luoma.
Thu 11
For Christian-Muslim relations and dialogue centres in Europé.
ACP: Hanuato'o - (Melanesia) Bp Alfred Karibongi.
Fri 12
Nordic and Baltic Deanery Chapter and Synod meeting in Canterbury 11-14.
ACP: Harare - (Central Africa) Bp Chad Nicholas Gandiya.
Sat 13
John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, teacher of the faith, 407 (Turkey)
Geneva Holy Trinity: Chaplain: Vacant; Readers: Roy Damary, Betty Talbot; Youth Work Coordinator:
Jonny Torrance.
Geneva Emmanuel Church (TEC): Rector: John Beach.
<a href=”http://www.holytrinitygeneva.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Hawaii - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Robert Fitzpatrick.
Sun 14
Holy Cross Day or 13th Sunday after Trinity
For peace, harmony and understanding between neighbours of different races and/or religions.
ACP: PRAY for The Anglican Church of Tanzania - Abp Jacob Erasto Chimeledya, Abp of Tanzania &
Bp of Mpwapwa.
WCC: Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania.
Mon 15
Holy Cross Day if not celebrated on Sunday
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, 258
DEL week 24
La Côte, Gingins and Divonne-les-Bains: Chaplain: Carolyn Cooke; Asst Chaplain: Julia Chambeyron.
ACP: Hereford - (Canterbury, England) Bp Anthony Martin Priddis; Hereford - Ludlow - Bp Alistair
James Magowan.
Tue 16
Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432
Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, tractarian, 1882
Lausanne Christ Church, serving Neuchatel: Priest in charge: Adèle Kelham; Asst Chaplain; Christine
Bloomfield (Neuchatel)
<a href=”http://www.christchurch-lausanne.ch”>Link</a>
ACP: Highveld - (Southern Africa) Bp David Bannerman.
Wed 17
Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179 (Germany)
Lugano St Edward the Confessor, serving Varese (Italy): Priest in charge: Andrew Horlock; Reader:
Robert Gebhardt.
<a href=”http://www.stedwards.ch”>Link</a>
ACP: Ho (Ghana) - (West Africa) Bp Matthias Mededues-Badohu.
Porvoo: Salisbury, England: Bp Nicholas Holtam, Bp Graham Kings, Bp Edward Condry; St Asaph,
Wales: Bp Gregory Cameron; Ribe, Denmark: Bp Elisabeth Dons Christensen.
Thu 18
German Deanery/ CAECG Synod 18-20.
ACP: Honduras - (IX, The Episcopal Church) Bp Lloyd Allen.
Fri 19
Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690
Montreux St John (serving Anzere, Monthey, Verbier, Villars): Priest in charge: Paul Dalzell.
<a href=”http://www.stjohns.ch”>Link</a>
ACP: Hpa-an - (Myanmar) Bp Saw Stylo.
Sat 20
John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his companions, martyrs, 1871
Vevey All Saints (serving Chateau d'Oex): Chaplain: Clive Atkinson; Youth Work Coordinator: Jonny
Torrance.
<a href=”http://www.allsaints.ch”>Link</a>
ACP: Huron - (Ontario, Canada) Bp Robert Franklin Bennett; Suffr. Bp of Huron - Bp Terrance Arthur
Dance.
Sun 21
Matthew, apostle and evangelist or 14th Sunday after Trinity
[Consecration of Bishop Richard Garrard, 1994, Hon. Asst Bp]
Swiss National Day of Prayer: the people and government of Switzerland.
ACP: PRAY for The Church of the Province of Uganda - Abp Stanley Ntagali, Abp of Uganda & Bp of
Kampala.
WCC: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine.
Mon 22
Matthew, apostle and evangelist F181
DEL week 25
Zürich St Andrew ( serving Baden, St Gallen, Zug): Chaplain: John Newsome; Asst Chaplain: Sara
MacVane; Readers: Br Marcel Benedict, Carolyn Jay.
<a href=”http://www.standrewszurich.org”>Link</a>
ACP: Hyderabad - (Pakistan) Bp Kaleem John.
Tue 23
Seasonal chaplaincies in Switzerland: Interlaken, Kandersteg, Mürren, St Moritz, Wengen, Zermatt.
ACP: Ibadan - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Abp Joseph Akinfenwa; Ibadan North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Segun
Okubadejo.
Wed 24
Ember Day
[Consecration of Bishop Michael Colclough, 1996, Hon. Asst Bp]
For those exploring their vocation.
ACP: Ibadan South - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Jacob Ajetunmobi.
Porvoo: Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Ireland: Bp Patrick Rooke; Bath and Wells, England: vacancy, Bp
Peter Maurice.
Thu 25
Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, spiritual writer, 1626
Sergei of Radonezh, monastic reformer, teacher of the faith, 1392 (Russia)
Old Catholic Church in Switzerland: Bp Harald Rein. The Anglican Old Catholic International
Coordinating Committee: Co-chairs: Jonathan Gledhill, Joachim Vobbe.
ACP: Ibba - (Sudan) Bp Wilson Elisa Kamani.
Fri 26
Ember Day
Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942
Ember Day
New clergy in training. Diocesan Director of Training: Ulla Monberg.
ACP: Idah - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Musa.
Sat 27
Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 (France)
Ember Day
Training incumbents and others offering suppport to clergy in new posts.
ACP: Idaho - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Brian Thom.
Sun 28
15th Sunday after Trinity
The leaders of the churches in the countries where we live.
ACP: PRAY for The Episcopal Church - Abp Katharine Jefferts Schori, Pres. Bp of TEC.
WCC: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia.
Mon 29
Michael and All Angels
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[Consecration of Bishop Michael Turnbull, 1988, Hon. Asst Bp]
Diocesan Press & Communications Officer: Paul Needle, and Chaplaincy magazine editors.
ACP: Ideato - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Caleb Maduoma.
Tue 30
Jerome, translator of the scriptures, teacher of the faith, 420 (Croatia)
The Diocesan Communications Group and Chaplaincy webmasters and social media administrators.
ACP: Idoani - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Dahunsi.
October 2014
Praying for the Earth: Weather Patterns
We give thanks for the weather in its infinite variety. We thank you for the rain and snow, the
winds that blow across the face of the earth and the warmth of the sun upon our faces. As we
read the signs of the ever-changing weather, help us to understand the signs of the times in
which we live. (We pray particularly for ….)
Wed 1
Gregory the Enlightener, bishop, apostle of Armenia, c. 332 (Armenia)
Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, apostle to the Franks, 533 (France)
Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), social reformer, 1885
Thérèse of Lisieux, religious, 1897 (France)
For a responsible use of the social media.
ACP: Ife - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Oluwole Odubogun.
Porvoo: Sheffield, England: Bp Steven Croft, Bp Peter Burrows; Sodor and Man, England: Bp Robert
Paterson; Greenland: Bp Sofie Petersen.
Thu 2
For members of our congregations working in countries other than their own.
ACP: Ife East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Oluseyi Oyelade.
Fri 3
George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker,1958
"Blessed are the peacemakers."
ACP: Ifo - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Odejide.
Sat 4
Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 (Italy)
All members of Franciscan orders.
ACP: Igbomina - (Kwara, Nigeria) Abp Michael Akinyemi; Igbomina - West - (Kwara, Nigeria) Bp
James Akinola.
Sun 5
16th Sunday after Trinity
Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe: Acting Archdeacon: Peter Potter.
ACP: PRAY for The Church in Wales - Abp Barry Morgan, Abp of Wales & Bp of Llandaff.
WCC: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Mon 6
William Tyndale, translator of the scriptures, Reformation martyr, 1536
Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order, 1101 (France)
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The Bible Society.
<a href=”http://www.biblesociety.org.uk”>Link</a>
ACP: Ihiala - (Niger, Nigeria) Bp Ralph Okafor.
Tue 7
Deanery of Nordic and Baltic Countries: Area Dean: Barbara Moss.
ACP: Ijebu - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Awosoga; Ijebu - North - Bp Solomon Kuponu.
Wed 8
Copenhagen St Alban (serving Aarhus): Locum Chaplain: David Coles; Deacon: Christophe
Ndikuriyo; Readers: Graeme Lloyd-Roberts, Victoria Wadsworth-Hansen. Diocesan Director of
Training: Ulla Monberg.
<a href=”http://www.st-albans.dk”>Link</a>
ACP: Ijesa North East - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Olusola.
Porvoo: Swansea and Brecon, Wales: Bp John Davies; Leicester, England: Bp Tim Stevens.
Thu 9
Denys, Bishop of Paris, and his companions, martyrs, c.250 (France)
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, philosopher, scientist, 1253
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark: Bp of Copenhagen: Peter Skov-Jakobsen.
ACP: Ijesha North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Titus Fajemirokun.
Fri 10
Paulinus, Bishop of York, missionary, 644
Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674
The country and people of Denmark.
ACP: Ijumu - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Ikupolati; Ikara - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Yusuf Janfalan.
Sat 11
Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675
James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th cent.
For prison chaplains.
ACP: Ikeduru - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Maduwike.
Sun 12
17th Sunday after Trinity
Week of Prayer for World Peace (see inside front cover).
ACP: PRAY for The Church of the Province of West Africa - Abp Solomon Tilewa Johnson, Primate &
Metropolitan, CPWA, Abp of Internal province of West Africa and Bp of Gambia.
WCC: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal.
Mon 13
Edward the Confessor, king of England, 1066
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Helsinki St Nicholas, (also serving Kerava, Kuopio, Mikkeli, Oulo, Pori, Turku, International
Congregation of Christ the King, Tampere, and White Nile): Chaplain: Tuomas Mäkipää; Asst
Chaplain: David Oliver; Asst Curate: Amos Manga; Readers: Emmanuel Eneh (Tampere), John Mills.
<a href=”http://www.anglican.fi”>Link</a>
ACP: Ikka - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Peter Onekpe.
Tue 14
Bishop's Staff Meeting 14-15.
ACP: Ikwo - (Enugu, Nigeria) Bp Kenneth Ifemene; Ikwerre - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Blessing
Enyindah.
Wed 15
Teresa of Avila, religious, teacher of the faith, 1582 (Spain)
Friends of the Diocese, meeting today for their annual service: Chair: Mark Pellew; Sec.: Arthur
Siddall.
ACP: Ikwuano - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Chigozirim Onyegbule.
Porvoo: Liverpool, England: vacancy, Bp Richard Blackburn; Monmouth, Wales: Bp Richard Pain;
Haderslev, Denmark: Bp Marianne Christiansen.
Thu 16
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, and Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, Reformation
martyrs, 1555
The Bishop's Council 16-17.
ACP: Ilaje - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Fredrick Olugbemi.
Fri 17
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c.107
[Consecration of Bishop David Hamid, 2002]
The Church's Ministry to Refugees: Amos Manga's work among Sudanese Anglicans in Finland.
ACP: Ile - Oluji - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Samson Adekunle.
Sat 18
Luke the Evangelist
All involved in the medical profession.
St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy .
ACP: Ilesa - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Olubayu Sowale; Ilesa South West - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Samuel
Egbebunmi.
Sun 19
18th Sunday after Trinity
One World Week, theme: "Living Differently".
ACP: PRAY for The Church in the Province of the West Indies - Abp John Holder, Abp of West Indies
& Bp of Barbados.
WCC: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
Mon 20
DEL week 29
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland: Abp Kari Mäkinen.
ACP: Indianapolis - (V, The Episcopal Church) Bp Catherine Waynick; Iowa - (VI, The Episcopal
Church) Bp Alan Scarfe.
Tue 21
The government and people of Finland.
ACP: Iran - (Jerusalem & Middle East) Bp Azad Marshall.
Wed 22
Oslo St Edmund (serving Bergen, Drammen, Kristiansand, Moss, Stavanger, Tromsö and
Trondheim): Chaplain: Brian Russell; Asst Chaplains: Peter Hogarth (Stavanger); Sammy Masemola
(Bergen); Mary Strømmen (Trondheim); Readers: Connie Tellman (Oslo), Iris Evans-Bjørnø
(Bergen), Ursula Sonnewald (Trondheim).
<a href=”http://www.osloanglicans.net”>Link</a>
ACP: Irele - Eseodo - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Felix Akinbuluma.
Porvoo: Truro, England: Bp Tim Thornton, Bp Chris Goldsmith; Tønsberg, Norway: Bp Laila
Riksaasen Dahl; Strängnäs, Sweden: Bp Hans-Erik Nordin.
Thu 23
Church of Norway: Presiding Bp Helga Haugland Byfuglien.
ACP: Isial-Ngwa South - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Isaac Nwaobia; Isiala-Ngwa - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Owen
Azubuike.
Fri 24
United Nations Day.
ACP: Isikwuato - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Samuel Chukuka.
Sat 25
Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs at Rome, c.287 (Italy)
People & Government of Norway.
ACP: Jabalpur - (North India) Bp Prem Singh.
Sun 26
Last Sunday after Trinity or Dedication Festival or Bible Sunday
For the work of the United Nations, and for the Anglican Observer offices in New York and Geneva.
ACP: PRAY for The Church of Ceylon (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury); Colombo - (Ceylon) Bp
Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey; Kurunagala - (Ceylon) Bp Greg Shantha Kumar Francis.
WCC: The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives.
Mon 27
DEL week 30
Gothenburg St Andrew (serving also Gothenburg and Chalmers Universities): Priest in charge and
Chaplain to international students: Barbara Moss.
<a href=”http://www.svenskakyrkan.se/goteborg/st.andrews”>Link</a>
ACP: Jaffna - (South India) Bp Daniel Selvaratnam Thiagarajah.
Tue 28
Simon and Jude, Apostles
Stockholm St Peter and St Sigfrid (serving also Västerås): Chaplain: Nicholas Howe; Reader: Pamela
Henderson.
<a href=”http://www.stockholmanglicans.net”>Link</a>
ACP: Jalingo - (Jos, Nigeria) Bp Timothy Yahaya.
Wed 29
James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, martyr in Uganda, 1885
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden: Abp Antje Jackelén.
ACP: Jamaica & The Cayman Islands - (West Indies) Bp Howard Gregory; Jamaica - Kingston - Bp
Robert Thompson; Jamaica - Mandeville - Vacant; Jamaica - Montego Bay - Bp Leon Paul Golding.
Porvoo: Växjö, Sweden: Bp Jan-Olof Johansson; Oxford, England: Bp John Pritchard, Bp Andrew
Proud, Bp Colin Fletcher, Bp Alan Wilson.
Thu 30
People & Government of Sweden.
ACP: Jebba - (Kwara, Nigeria) Bp Timothy Adewole.
Fri 31
Martin Luther, reformer, 1546 (Germany)
Our sister diocese of Visby, Sweden: Bp Sven-Bernhard Fast.
ACP: Johannesburg - (Southern Africa) Bp Stephen Mosimanegape Moreo.
November 2014
Praying for the Earth: Lakes, Rivers and Streams
We thank you for the precious waters of the earth, from the mirror stillness of a lake to the
turbulence of a mighty flood, from their crystal clarity to their murky depths. Help us to
remember that water is the essence of life itself and that, through the waters of baptism, we rise
to new life in union with Christ. (We pray in particular for….)
Sat 1
All Saints' Day may be celebrated today instead of or in addition to Sunday
For the patron saints of our countries and of our churches.
ACP: Jos - (Jos, Nigeria) Abp Benjamin Kwashi.
Sun 2
All Saints' Sunday or 4th Sunday before Advent
Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)
Former clergy and lay leaders of our chaplaincies, and of the diocese, especially those who have died
during the past year.
ACP: PRAY for Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba Cuba - (Cuba) Bp Griselda Delgado Del Carpio; Suffragan
Bishop of Cuba - Bp Ulises Prendes.
WCC: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda.
Mon 3
Richard Hooker, priest, teacher of the faith, 1600
Martin of Porres, friar, 1639
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Reykjavik St Thorlak: Priest in charge: Bjarni Þór Bjarnason.
ACP: Kabba - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Steven Akobe.
Tue 4
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bp Agnes Sigurðardottir.
ACP: Kadugli & Nuba Mountains - (Sudan) Bp Andudu Adam Elnail.
Wed 5
The government and people of Iceland.
ACP: Kaduna - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Josiah Idowu-Fearon.
Carlisle, England: Bp James Newcome, Bp Robert Freeman; Stavanger, Norway: Bp Erling
Pettersen.
Thu 6
Leonard, hermit, 6th cent.
William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, teacher of the faith, 1944
The Porvoo Contact Group. The Church of England Porvoo Panel, Chair: David Hamid, Sec.: Leslie
Nathaniel.
ACP: Kafanchan - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Marcus Dogo.
Fri 7
Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, 739 (Netherlands)
Lutheran Church of Great Britain: Bp Martin Lind.
ACP: Kagera - (Tanzania) Bp Aaron Kijanjali.
Sat 8
Saints and martyrs of England
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis.
ACP: Kajiado - (Kenya) Bp Gadiel Katanga Lenini.
Sun 9
3rd Sunday before Advent; Remembrance Sunday.
For reconciliation, between nations and within nations.
ACP: PRAY for Bermuda (Extra-Provincial to Canterbury) Bermuda - Bp Nicholas Dill.
WCC: Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe.
Mon 10
Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, teacher of the faith, 461 (Italy)
DEL week 32
Tallinn St Timothy and St Titus: Priest in charge: Gustav Piir.
ACP: Kajo Keji - (Sudan) Bp Anthony Poggo Dangasuk.
Tue 11
Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397 (France)
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Estonia: Abp Andres Pöder.
ACP: Abp Stanley Ntagali Abp of Uganda & Bp of Kampala; Suffr. Bp of Kampala - (Uganda) Bp
David Sebuhinja; Asst Bp of Kampala - Bp Zac Niringiye.
Wed 12
Riga St Saviour: Chaplain: Vacant.
<a href=”http://www.anglicanriga.lv”>Link</a>
ACP: Kano - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Zakka Nyam.
Porvoo: Winchester, England: Bp Timothy Dakin, Bp Peter Hancock, Bp Jonathan Frost; Agder and
Telemark, Norway: Bp Stein Reinertsen.
Thu 13
Charles Simeon, priest, evangelical divine, 1836
Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia: Abp Janis Vanags.
ACP: Kansas - (VII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Dean Wolfe.
Fri 14
Samuel Seabury, first Anglican bishop in North America, 1796
The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Abp Elmars Ernsts Rozitis.
ACP: Karachi - (Pakistan) Bp Saddiq Daniel.
Sat 15
The governments and peoples of the Baltic republics.
ACP: Karamoja - (Uganda) Bp Joseph Abura.
Sun 16
2nd Sunday before Advent
Deanery of Germany: Area Dean: Kenneth Dimmick.
ACP: PRAY for The Lusitanian Church (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury) - Lusitanian Church (Portugal) Bp José Jorge De Pina Cabral.
WCC: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea.
Mon 17
Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200
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Berlin St George (also serves Dresden): Chaplain: Christopher Jage-Bowler; Asst Chaplain: Irene
Ahrens.
<a href=”http://www.stgeorges.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Karimnagar - (South India) Bp Perumalla Surya Prakash.
Tue 18
Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, philanthropist, 1231 (Hungary)
[Consecration of Bishop Pierre Whalon 2001, Hon. Asst Bishop]
The honorary assistant bishops and their pastoral ministry in the diocese.
ACP: Karnataka Central - (South India) Bp Suputhrappa Vasantha Kumar; Karnataka North - (South
India) Bp Jeedipalli Prabhakara Rao.
Wed 19
Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680
Mechtild, béguine of Magdeburg, mystic, 1280 (Germany)
Give thanks for the contributions of women to the life of the church.
Advisor for Women's Ministry in the Diocese: Hilary Jones.
ACP: Karnataka South - (South India) Bp John Sadananda.
Porvoo: Norwich, England: Bp Graham James, Bp Alan Winton, Bp Jonathan Meyrick; Luleå,
Sweden: Bp Hans Stiglund.
Thu 20
Edmund, King of the East Angles, martyr, 870
Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a restorer of the religious life in the Church of England, 1876
American members of our congregations celebrating Thanksgiving this week.
ACP: Katakwa - (Kenya) Bp Zakayo Epusi.
Fri 21
The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Bp Pierre Whalon, and the Cathedral of the Holy
Trinity in Paris.
ACP: Katanga - (Congo) Bp Muno Kasima.
Sat 22
Cecilia, martyr at Rome, c.230 (Italy)
Thanks for the authors and composers of our hymns, and for our choirs who sing them.
ACP: Katsina - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Jonathan Bamaiyi.
Sun 23
Christ the King; Sunday next before Advent
Gerneral Synod Meeting in London. For new members of Synod.
ACP: PRAY for The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury) - Bp
Carlos López-Lozano.
WCC: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger.
Mon 24
DEL week 34
Bonn St Boniface with Cologne All Saints: Chaplain: Andrew Sillis; Asst Curates: Richard Gardiner
and Matthias Grebe.
<a href=”http://www.anglicanbonncologne.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Kebbi - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Abp Edmund Akanya.
Tue 25
Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, 4th cent.
Isaac Watts, hymn writer, 1748
Düsseldorf Christ Church: Chaplain: Vacant.
<a href=”http://www.christchurchanglican.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Keewatin - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Abp David Norman Ashdown; Area Bp for Northern Ontario
- (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Lydia Mamakwa.
Wed 26
Freiburg-im-Breisgau: Priest in charge: Vacant.
<a href=”http://freiburganglicanchurch.wordpress.com”>Link</a>
ACP: Kentucky - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Terry White.
Porvoo: Estonia: Abp Andres Pöder, Bp Einar Soone, Bp Andres Taul; Rochester, England: Bp
James Langstaff, Bp Brian Castle.
Thu 27
Hamburg St Thomas à Becket: Chaplain: Matthew Jones.
<a href=”http://www.anglican-church-hamburg.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Kericho - (Kenya) Bp Jackson Ole Sapit.
Fri 28
Parishes and Missions in Germany of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Augsburg,
Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Munich, Nuremberg and Wiesbaden.
ACP: Khartoum - (Sudan) Bp Ezekiel Kondo Kumir.
Sat 29
Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the missionary work of the Church
St Andrewstide prayers for the mission of the church.
ACP: Kibondo - (Tanzania).
Sun 30
Advent Sunday
[Consecration of Bishop David Stancliffe 1993, Hon. Asst Bishop]
Episcopal Church in Scotland; Churches Together in Scotland; the people of Scotland and the
Scottish Parliament .
ACP: PRAY for Falkland Islands (Extra-Provincial to Canterbury) - Bp Stephen Venner.
WCC: Liberia, Sierra Leone.
December 2014
Praying for the Earth: Trees and Plants
We have heard that the leaves of the trees are for the healing of the nations. Draw us ever
closer in heart and mind to the trees and plants around us. Inspire us with their beauty, and
instruct us in their power to heal the broken bodies, minds and spirits of a fallen humanity.
Teach us to protect the trees and plants of the earth, that we might hereby protect ourselves.
(We pray in particular for…)
Mon 1
Andrew, apostle
World AIDS Day
For those living with HIV/AIDS.
ACP: Kibungo - (Rwanda) Bp Emmanuel Ntazinda.
Tue 2
DEL Year 1 begins
Heidelberg: Locum Chaplains; Reader: Rosemary Selle.
<a href=”http://www.english-church-heidelberg.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Kigali - (Rwanda) Bp Louis Muvunyi; Kigeme - (Rwanda) Bp Augustin Mvunabandi.
Wed 3
Francis Xavier, missionary, Apostle of the Indies,1552 (Spain)
Leipzig: Chaplain: Martin Reakes-Williams.
<a href=”http://www.leipzig-english-church-de”>Link</a>
ACP: Kigezi - (Uganda) Bp George Katwesigye; North Kigezi - (Uganda) Bp Patrick Tugume.
Porvoo: St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, England: vacancy, Bp David Thomson; Aberdeen and Orkney,
Scotland: Bp Robert Gillies.
Thu 4
John of Damascus, monk, teacher of the faith, c.749
Nicholas Ferrar, deacon, founder of the Little Gidding community, 1637
Stuttgart St Catherine: Priest in charge: Kenneth Dimmick .
<a href=”http://www.stcatherines-stuttgart.de”>Link</a>
ACP: Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh - (Armagh, Ireland) The Revd Ferran Glenfield.
Fri 5
British Forces Churches in Germany: The Asst Chaplain General, Germany.
ACP: Kimberley & Kuruman - (Southern Africa) Bp Oswald Swartz.
Sat 6
Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 (Turkey)
People & Government of Germany.
ACP: Kindu - (Congo) Bp Zacharie Masimango Katanda.
Sun 7
2nd Sunday of Advent
For prisoners of conscience and the work of Amnesty International: Sec. Gen.: Salil Shetty.
ACP: Kinkizi - (Uganda) Bp Dan Zoreka.
WCC: Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal.
Mon 8
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Development of Anglican-Evangelical Church of Germany relations. The Evangelical Church of
Germany: Praeses Nikolaus Schneider, Chairman, EKD Council.
ACP: Abp Kahwa Henri Isingoma, Abp of the Congo & Bp of Kinshasa; Suffr, Bp of Kinshasa (Congo) Bp Molanga Jean Botola.
Tue 9
Old Catholic Church in Germany: Bp Matthias Ring.
ACP: Kirinyaga - (Kenya) Bp Joseph Kibuchua.
Wed 10
Ember Day
UN Human Rights Day.
Those involved in training ordinands; our ordinands in training.
ACP: Kisangani - (Congo) Bp Lambert Botolome.
Porvoo: St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Scotland: Bp David Chillingworth (Primus); Porvoo,
Finland: Bp Björn Vikström.
Thu 11
Work of the Meissen Commission, co-chairs bishops Nick Baines and Friedrich Weber.
ACP: Kita Kanto - (Japan) Bp Zerubbabel Katsuichi Hirota.
Fri 12
Ember Day
Vocations to the ministry.
Diocesan Director of Ordinands William Gulliford and his assistants, and all who share the work of
encouraging vocations.
ACP: Kitale - (Kenya) Bp Stephen Kewasis.
Sat 13
Lucy, martyr at Syracuse, 304 (Italy)
Ember Day
Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784
Readers in the Diocese. Warden of Readers: Bishop David Hamid; Moderator for Reader Training:
Colin Brown; Senior Tutor and Advisor for Reader Ministry: Elaine Labourel.
ACP: Kiteto - (Tanzania) Bp Isaiah Chambala.
Sun 14
3rd Sunday of Advent
Chaplains and other church members attending carol services in schools, hospitals and other nonchurch settings.
ACP: Kitgum - (Uganda) Bp Benjamin Ojwang.
WCC: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo.
Mon 15
For those providing night shelters.
ACP: Kitui - (Kenya) Bp Josephat Mule.
Tue 16
For families under stress.
ACP: Kivu - (Rwanda) Bp Augustin Ahimana.
Wed 17
O Sapientia: the Great O Antiphons
Eglantyne Jebb, social reformer, founder of "Save the Children", 1928
For the work of Save the Children.
ACP: Kobe - (Japan) Bp Andrew Yatuka Nakamura.
Porvoo: Chester, England: Bp Peter Forster, Bp Keith Sinclair, vacancy; Kuopio, Finland: - Bp Jari
Jolkkonen.
Thu 18
For those facing their first Christmas alone.
ACP: Koforidua (Ghana) - (West Africa) Bp Francis Quashie.
Fri 19
For all those attending carol services in our churches.
ACP: Kolhapur - (North India) Bp Bathuel Tiwade.
Sat 20
For those rebuilding their lives after natural disasters.
ACP: Kondoa - (Tanzania) Bp Given Gaula.
Sun 21
4th Sunday of Advent
For the Bishop's Advent appeal.
ACP: Kontagora - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Jonah Ibrahim.
WCC: Ghana, Nigeria.
Mon 22
For those in hospital over Christmas.
ACP: Kootenay - (British Columbia & the Yukon, Canada) Abp John Elswood Privett.
Tue 23
For those offering hospitality and care to the homeless this Christmas.
ACP: Krishna-Godavari - (South India) Bp Govada Dyvasirvadam.
Wed 24
Christmas Eve
For all those who cannot share the joy of Christmas.
ACP: Kubwa - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Duke Akamisoko.
Porvoo: Southwell and Nottingham, England: Vacancy, Bp Anthony Porter; Borg, Norway: Bp Atle
Sommerfeldt.
Thu 25
Christmas Day
That our hearts may always be open to the joy and wonder of God's mighty works.
ACP: Abp Bolly Lapok, Abp of South East Asia & Bp of Kuching; Asst Bp of Kuching - (South East
Asia) Bp Aeries Sumping Jingan.
Fri 26
Stephen, deacon, martyr
The Church's solidarity with those who are persecuted.
ACP: Kumasi (Ghana) - (West Africa) Abp Daniel Sarfo; Suffr. Bp of Kumasi - Bp Cyril Ben-Smith.
Sat 27
John, apostle and evangelist
For blessings of peace in the New Year to come.
ACP: Kumi - (Uganda) Bp Thomas Irigei.
Sun 28
Holy Innocents Day or 1st Sunday of Christmas
For children in danger.
ACP: Kushtia - (Bangladesh) Bp Sunil Mankhin.
WCC: Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Mon 29
Holy Innocents Day if not celebrated on Sunday
Thomas Becket, archbishop, martyr, 1170
For the families of clergy in the diocese.
ACP: Kwara - (Kwara, Nigeria) Bp Olusegun Adeyemi; Kutigi - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Jeremiah Kolo.
Tue 30
"For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes" (Dag Hammarskjöld).
ACP: Kwoi - (Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Paul Zamani.
Wed 31
John Wyclif, Reformer
For bible translators and interpreters
ACP: Kyoto - (Japan) Bp Stephen Takashi Kochi.
Porvoo: Oslo, Norway: Bp Ole Christian Kvarme; Durham, England: Bp Paul Butler, Bp Mark Bryant;
Moray, Ross & Caithness, Scotland: Bp Mark Strange.