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ANNOUNCING CLERICUS 2017

ANGLICAN CONVOCATION OF THE WEST

WHAT: The annual Clericus of the Anglican Convocation of the West, with the theme presented by our guest, Bishop Stephen Scarlett; "Spiritual Formation and Evangelism" 

WHEN: April 18-20, 2017

WHERE: The Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla, NM (as usual).

WHY: The Convocation clergy are a community, and most value the occasion to come together in worship, continuing education and community, The Clericus addresses the need we all have for Christian formation, and recognizes it is best done in the context of a worshiping community.  

HOW: 

The MDAS 2017 Synod and Retreat is taking place March 23-25. 

We are combining the Anglican Convocation of the West annual conference (formerly Synod), alongside our our diocesan synod and retreat. 

The retreat is open to all clergy and laity. Bishop Jack Iker of Fort Worth, Texas will be our retreat leader. He is teaching on the topic “God’s Call, Our Vocation”.

Please find below more information:

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Beloved in Christ:
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled.” (Luke 2:1) With these words begins the greatest story ever told, the story of the birth of the Christ Child. This is a story that never grows old.

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The last synod of the Diocese of the West and the first synod of the Convocation of the West of the Missionary Diocese of All Saints met at St. John's Church, Boerne, Texas (pictured below) April 5-7. Here delegates gather around Bishop Win Mott after the synod's Pontifical Eucharist. Bishop Mott, who was the diocesan bishop for DOW, will now be the Vicar-General of the Convocation.
 

APRIL 9, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RE: ANGLICAN CONVOCATION OF THE WEST

Welcome to the 2016 Synod of the Diocese of the West! 

St John’s Anglican Church in Boerne, Texas, is honored to host the 2016 Synod, which begins Tuesday, April 5, at 5:00 pm at the church, and runs through Thursday, April 7, at 11 am.  Information on registration, lodging, and transportation follows:

• WHAT: The annual Clericus of the Anglican Diocese of the West, with the theme; "Journey Through the Kingdom," an overview of the meaning of life as seen by Christians who have a sacramental and eucharistic life, together with some instruction on how to do it and how to teach it.
• WHEN: February 1-3
• WHERE: The Holy Cross Retreat Center in Mesilla, NM
• WHY: The Diocesan clergy are a community, and most value the occasion to come together in worship, continuing education and community, The Clericus addresses the need we all have for Christian formation, and recognizes it is best done in the context of a worshiping community. 
• WHO: The Clericus is for all the clergy and candidates of the Diocese of the West. Others, lay or clergy, are most welcome as well.
• HOW:

Take time to be aware that in the very midst of our busy preparations for the celebration of Christ’s birth in ancient Bethlehem, Christ is reborn in the Bethlehems of our homes and daily lives. Take time, slow down, be still, be awake to the Divine Mystery that looks so common and so ordinary yet is wondrously present.

An old abbot was fond of saying, ‘The devil is always the most active on the highest feast days.

The supreme trick of Old Scratch is to have us so busy decorating, preparing food, practicing music and cleaning in preparation for the feast of Christmas that we actually miss the coming of Christ. Hurt feelings, anger, impatience, injured egos—the list of clouds that busyness creates to blind us to the birth can be long, but it is familiar to us all.

— Edward Hays

"One canon reduced to writing by God himself, two testaments, three creeds, four general councils, five centuries, and the series of Fathers in that period – the centuries that is, before Constantine, and two after, determine the boundary of our faith."

— Lancelot Andrewes