Te Orokohanganga o te Ao/ Na Tina ni Vanua/The Earth as our Mother Anglican Women’s Studies Centre Provincial Hui 2021 Equipping ourselves to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth. More information about the Hui -- Booking formInformation about presenters and Workshops St Peter’s School, Cambridge. 13-16 October 2021 This leadership Hui is for women in the Anglican Church, lay and ordained, younger and older, all who are exercising leadership or wanting to do so! We have exciting speakers coming from politics, community, church, and academia, with accompanying creative activities across the three tikanga, … [Read more...]
Have you seen the new Prayer Book?
The much-awaited new edition of A New Zealand Prayer Book He Karakia Mihinare o Aotearoa with Eucharists in six languages; Māori, English, Tongan, Fijian, Samoan & Hindi, as well as Sentences & Collects in Māori https://youtu.be/EjdNzEskMto Order your copies through the General Synod Office At $30.00 plus P&P Email gensec@anglicanchurch.org.nz or phone (09)5214439 https://anglicanprayerbook.nz/ … [Read more...]
Who was Rosemary’s grandmother?
a story of true love and Christian service, from England, to Fiji, Rawene to AustraliaRosemary Carey spent eleven years discovering the inspiring story of her grandmother. You are invited to the launch on Sunday 13 June, at Arohanui Church. Middle Road, Havelock North 7pm Taste Ethel's famous apple turnovers and get a glimpse of her fascinating life! “Ethel’s Story - An Intertwined Legacy,” traces my grandmother, Ethel Louise Jackson, from her birthplace in Warwickshire, UK in 1878, to New Zealand and then Fiji, where she trained as a nurse at the turn of the century. She met my grandfather, Dr Daniel Coto in Rawene, Hokianga, New Zealand, in 1907. They married and moved to … [Read more...]
Nyasha joins the Council for the Anglican Women’s Studies Centre
Nyasha has been appointed as one of the two tikanga Pakeha Council, joining the Revd Val Riches. Tikanga Maori Council are the Revd Bettina Maxwell, and the Revd Ruihana Paenga. Tikanga Polynesia Council are Mrs Zita Reid and Ms Kelera Oli. The Revd Dr Nyasha Gumbeze Nyasha is an ordained priest in the Anglican Diocese of Auckland. She is the Vicar of St Michaels And All Angels Church in Henderson. She is married with two children. Nyasha and her family came from Zimbabwe 18 years ago. She attended Laidlaw College, St Johns Theological College, is a graduate of the University of Auckland and completed a Doctorate in Ministry in 2019 with Virginia Theological Seminary. Nyasha loves … [Read more...]
Farewelling a home with karakia and love
Dr Jane SImpson by Jane Simpson On Easter Monday a householder in Aranui, Christchurch, was sluicing down her front steps. In the sweltering heat they were dry in next to no time. The packing was done. The movers were coming the next day. Thirty minutes later a small group gathered at the entrance, each holding a copy of a new book left: Prayer at the entrance Their son, Wayne, had come down from Wellington to help with the packing and cleaning.The whānau were joined by two friends from the Diocesan Bicultural Education Committee, Marjorie Smart and Shirley Free, and by the author left: Family group When … [Read more...]
The Challenge of Saying ‘No’
Helen Roud recently made the tough decision to step down from her position as Convenor of the Anglican Women's Studies Council. The Revd Canon Helen Roud says NO, in order to say YES It happened on a Sunday morning, not long ago, Passion Sunday. As I took a gentle walk to the local river (while recovering from strained back muscles and unable to preside and preach at Eucharist), I reflected on the gospel of the day: photo: Luca, Unsplash ‘Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.’ John 12:24 The effect of these words was both powerful and confronting. It was time to let some of the seeds … [Read more...]
Virtual Theology Chat with Jane Simpson
7 pm 20 May Dr Jane Simpson: The Farewelling of a Home: writing and publishing a new liturgy. https://youtu.be/gyHbsQVCObc Last year, as I was writing an academic article, a new liturgy was born. Unlikely as this sounds, reviewers have said that ‘The Farewelling of a Home’ is grounded in scholarship, the rigour of a poet and the restraint and beauty found in our Anglican liturgies over time. Published as a book this year, the liturgy was written to meet an expressed need, for people leaving their homes for last time. For it to be used by those who need it most I became a publisher. I dream that every parish in our Anglican Communion and beyond will have a set of five copies to … [Read more...]
Council and Links hui, February 2021
Tapita Ching, Val Riches, Mila Fong Toy, Tulimata'i Smith Celebrating our three tikanga richness as we move forward AWSC Council and Links gathered for two very interesting days of sharing experience, leadership training, theological reflection, personal growth, and local facilitation. The setting was the hospitable St Francis Retreat Centre, in Hillsborough, Auckland, right beside the beautiful old Pah homestead and Monte Cecilia Park. Council and Links worked together to construct the program for the Provincial Leadership Hui to be held 13-16 October 2021, in the Waikato. It was an exciting and creative process Who's Who? Present back row: Val … [Read more...]
It’s here! Talanoa, Telling our stories, Kōrerohia a tātou pūrakau
Happiness, sadness, reflection, anger and laugh out loud humour -all can be found in our latest publication. Deep spirituality, theological reflection, profound faith and aroha are also in these pages. Over forty Anglican women , ordained and lay, have written their stories, contributing to a beautiful, moving account of their lives, before during and after the history making decision to ordain women as Priests in the Anglican Church of these islands. Women were encouraged to write in their own voice, thus revealing the texture of our three tikanga church, and the sacredness of each story. from the foreword Order your copy now for $25.00. Orders of 5 or more are $22.00. Plus postage … [Read more...]
Christchurch breakfast book celebration:update
The Anglican Women's Studies Centre hosted a breakfast book launch at the Anglican Centre in Christchurch on 17th December at 8am. This exciting event has been held and you can read all about it . https://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/news/common_life/awsc_history40yrs Following the Provincial launch in Rotorua recently, where Bishop Ngarahu Katene blessed the books, we are going to have a local book launch for 'Talanoa, Telling our Stories, Korerohia a tatou Purakau' celebrating the 40 years ordination of women priests. There will be a number of guest speakers along with Bishop Peter. The book will be available to purchase on the day for $25.00Please RSVP to Rev'd. … [Read more...]
