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 Wangaratta Cathederal Wangaratta is one of twenty-three dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. It has twenty-five parishes (with eighty-one congregations) under the pastoral and administrative care of Bishop John Parkes. There are twenty-nine active and forty other clergy associated with and permitted to officiate in the Diocese. The Diocese of Wangaratta was founded in 1902. It covers the very beautiful north eastern part of the state of Victoria.

It extends from just north of the outer suburbs of Melbourne through to Northern Albury, which is over the state border in New South Wales, and from the fruit-growing areas of central Victoria to the start of the Snowy River country.

The Diocese is mainly rural but forty-five percent of the population lives in the cities of Shepparton, Albury/Wodonga and Wangaratta itself, which are steadily growing in population.

The Diocesan newspaper The Anglican Advocate is published bi-monthly, from February to December.

Parliament of the World's Religions
The Parliament of the World’s Religions is the world’s largest global interreligious event, held once every five years in a different city. The next Parliament will be held in Melbourne from December 3 to 9. The Melbourne Parliament will bring together more than 8,000 people from around Australia and across the world, including renowned spiritual, religious and political leaders. The theme of the 2009 Parliament, “Make a World of Difference; Hearing each other, Healing the earth”, reflects the urgent need for religious and spiritual communities and all people of goodwill to act on their concerns.
More information can be found at: Parliament of Religions.

Environment Commission
In May 2009 Synod passed the following motion:
     The Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta resolves to establish a program to encourage the environmentally sustainable stewardship of its natural resources, and invites the participation of all its components in this endeavour and to this end request Bishop in Council to form a Committee of the council, to establish its membership and request it to report to council on a regular basis.
Dr David Mitchell's argument in support of this resolution can be found here: 2009 Synod Resolution on the Environment.
The following resource documents have been produced by the Commission for each ministry unit to respond to:
     Environment Position Statement 2007
     Environmental Program 2009
     Environmental Program - House Audit

Proposed Wangaratta Anglican Cursillo Movement
In his charge for the May 2009 Synod, Bishop John announced his invitation for the Cursillo Movement to be established in our Diocese.
     Cursillo is a worldwide movement within many Christian churches, and is now in most of Australia's Anglican dioceses. The Cursillo movement is a ministry of the whole Church, with lay and ordained people working together under the guidance of their Bishop. Cursillo provides a 3 day residential course in Christian Living, ongoing support & encouragement for growth in our faith, and a challenge to live an active Christian life. Further information can be found at: Anglican Cursillo Australia.
The Dioceses of Bendigo and Melbourne are sponsoring this process, and providing guidance to our Interim Secretariat - whose members are:
     The Revd Malcolm & Mrs Sandra Halford, Russell Smith, Roly & Ruth Little, Alan Garside & Alma Adams.
For information phone Alan or Alma: (03) 5752 2343 - and to be included on the newsletter e-mailing list send an email with "Cursillo contact" in the subject box to rathlea.equine@bigpond.com.

Recent website changes:
31 Oct 2009: The website navigation has been streamlined & standardised, and a website index has been added.
26 Oct 2009: added Regulations for Specific Lay Ministries to the Registry Documents page (found in the Bishop's Registry), and updated details to reflect the restructuring of the Deaneries into three: North-East, North-West & South.
4 Oct 2009: added the Environment Commission and Cursillo Movement updates above.

Vacant Parishes as at 14 October 2009: Information is available from the Registry.

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