Beyond the Diocese
Anglican Lent Book
A Spendthrift Lover: the extravagant generosity of God, written by Bp John Parkes, is a 5-session group course based on the 2010 Lenten readings for Year C.
Bp John guides us through the traditional landscape of Lent to the surprising celebration on the other side of Good Friday.
Available from Grassroots Resources Australia: 03 9974 1994.
Responding to the Anglican Communion Covenant
The new Anglican Covenant can be found on The Anglican Communion Official Website.
Thinking Anglicans provides links for various responses to it: www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/004159.html.
Obviously a cause for much debate, there is an associated thread with over 100 comments debating the merits (or otherwise) of the document.
Welcome to the website of the Diocese of Wangaratta!
Here you will find information about the functioning of the Diocese, including documents and forms for clergy and congregations.
A description of the Diocese can be found on the Parishes page, along with a page for each parish providing details about their church communities, ministry team, services, and organisations.
And on this page you can form an idea about what our current priorities as a Diocese are.
Last updated: 8 Feb 2010
Diocesan update
Ordinations coming up
At 11.30am Sat 13 Feb, Alan Kelb & Thomas Leslie will be deaconed, and Bethley Sullivan & Robert Whalley will be priested at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta.
Please pray for them and the next phase of ministry that each of them will be entering into.
Hospital Chaplaincy handover
The Rev'd Arthur Martin starts as the new Albury/Wodonga Hospital Chaplain on Mon 15 Feb, and the Rev'd Libby Gilchrist retires on Fri 19. There will be a Service of Thanksgiving on Wed 17 Feb to mark both the end of Libby's chaplaincy and the beginning of Arthur's at 2.30pm St John's Wodonga, with refreshments after.
Cursillo movement update
The Cursillo movement will be officially launched at this year's Synod session, and the first Weekends have been scheduled for September.
Diocesan Ultreya/Group gathering: Come and share the Cursillo experience in Euroa on Sat 27 Feb - see the Cursillo page for more details.
This day is open to all, whether you have attended a Cursillo weekend or not.
A summary of Bishop John's tasks for this Diocese from his Synod 2009 address
- We need to redefine our core business as mission, not maintenance. Every decision we make, every dollar we spend needs to provide an answer to the question: 'How does this advance the mission of the church?'
- To achieve this, we must strategise. By the end of this year Bishop-in-Council will have developed a ministry strategy for the Diocese, which will identify key objectives and provide for measurable outcomes.
By Synod next year, I will expect every ministry unit to have developed its own strategic plan, to complement the Diocesan strategy.
- I will ask the finance committee to produce a financial strategy to sustain the ministry initiatives identified in the strategic plan.
- I have signed up our Diocese to Back to Church Sunday.
- Status update: this took place successfully in most parishes from 13 September onwards.
- We will review our systems of governance, and revise the Parish Administration Act to operate in the 21st century.
- I have asked for Cursillo to be introduced into the Diocese.
- Status update: see the Cursillo Movement page for progress with this.
- Furthermore, Synod asked for a program to be established, to encourage the environmentally sustainable stewardship of the natural resources of the Diocese.
- Status update: see the Environment Commission page for progress with this.
Recent website changes
| 25 Jan 10 | Added the latest version of the Insurance and Claims Procedure Manual to the Bishop's Registry page. |
| Also Certificate of Currency - Personal Accident - 2010 and Certificate of Currency - Property Insurance - 2010. | |
| 7 Dec 09 | Completed roll-out of standard updated display format, & provided navigation chain for all parish pages. |
| 13 Nov 09 | Moved the Environment Commission & Cursillo Movement details to their own pages, and reformatted this page with Synod initiatives. |
| 5 Nov 09 | Added Webmaster contact & details, linked to this page. Moved current list of clergy vacancies to the Parishes page. |