<?xml version="1.0"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[News - Market-Place: Independent news source for Australian Anglicans]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:36:25 -1100</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:36:25 -1100</lastBuildDate><webMaster>market@ix.net.au</webMaster><item><title><![CDATA[ADVERTISEMENTS: Professional Positions October 2008]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions-october-2008/</link><description><![CDATA[** Dean of Hobart &amp; Incumbent of St David's Cathedral Applications for appointment or expressions of interest are invited. DOWNLOAD ADVERTISEMENT (PDF FILE 28 K)]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions-october-2008/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="4496" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/BC416A2A371382C2C795FCC0AAD5BF29.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ABC losing its 'Religion']]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/abc-losing-its-religion/</link><description><![CDATA[Archbishop Phillip Aspinall is among Anglican Church leaders who're publicly protesting the decision by ABC management to axe the weekly current affairs program, the Religion Report. Archbishop...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/abc-losing-its-religion/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="838" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/7C0BDA6B05147B4BA304FEF4F1A714A3.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MILESTONES : Clergy Moves -October]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/milestones-clergy-moves-october/</link><description><![CDATA[Following feed-back from readers, who missed reading news of where their colleagues from across the country had moved, coverage of new clergy appointments returns to Market-Place. Perth bishop...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/milestones-clergy-moves-october/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2145" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/D79E1331FEE5B52E65501EBC5AB0DC25.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Anglicans in touch]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/keeping-anglicans-in-touch/</link><description><![CDATA[NEW PAGES FOR PARISHES !!! Keeping your parishioners in touch with news about major events such as the Lambeth Conference can be as simple as adding an extra page to the weekly news-sheet. 7 August...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/keeping-anglicans-in-touch/</guid><enclosure type="image/gif" length="4747" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/3127207A14F04727362CE55D38BF440B.gif"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION: Mass doesn't get any more massive than this]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-mass-doesn-t-get-any-more-massive-than-this/</link><description><![CDATA[WAYNE BRIGHTON* admits to being jealous of World Youth Day It's time to come out of the closet and confess. As an Anglican, I'm jealous of World Youth Day (WYD08). I'm jealous that the nation's...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-mass-doesn-t-get-any-more-massive-than-this/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2414" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/ABF634DE61BCF124E398C79CE31E21D5.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Fine tooth comb' for Canberra contenders]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/fine-tooth-comb-for-canberra-contenders/</link><description><![CDATA[Nominees on the list to become the next Bishop of Canberra &amp; Goulburn have had to reveal whether they've ever had sex with a parishioner, been charged with tax avoidance or if they've had a...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/fine-tooth-comb-for-canberra-contenders/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1343" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/652E858ED14A134110B37A1ABF0291AF.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADVERTISMENT: Professional Positions The Parish of Bribie Island is ]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisment-professional-positions-the-parish-of-bribie-island-is/</link><description><![CDATA[NEW RECTOR FOR BRIBIE ISLAND, QLD The Parish of Bribie Island is seeking a new rector DOWLOAD DETAILS (PDF file 24 K)]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisment-professional-positions-the-parish-of-bribie-island-is/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="4496" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/FFEE5B7B0CB4417D0BC2AD0C0BEF6A93.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New splinter group refuses to leave]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/new-splinter-group-refuses-to-leave/</link><description><![CDATA[A new international alliance of Anglican conservatives will push ahead with plans to build a new set of Anglican structures, but is vowing not to leave the Anglican Communion.The Global Anglican...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/new-splinter-group-refuses-to-leave/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1999" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/197C51A1D14101D30ACB3C2F400E05EF.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspinall elected to extra term as Primate]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/aspinall-elected-to-extra-term-as-primate/</link><description><![CDATA[Brisbane's Archbishop Phillip Aspinall will serve as the national leader of the Australian Anglican Church for another term. The board elected by last year's national synod in Canberra met in Sydney...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/aspinall-elected-to-extra-term-as-primate/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1846" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/464BEAC3A7CB4D4FB4B98A315B48CB27.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Document's bid to distil a conference's conversation]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/document-s-bid-to-distil-a-conference-s-conversation/</link><description><![CDATA[A 44-page 'Reflections' document will be the tool the world's Anglican bishops will be using to 'bring home' the 2008 Lambeth Bishops' Conference. The 1998 gathering published volumes of wordy...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/document-s-bid-to-distil-a-conference-s-conversation/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3751" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/CFE8B119FBE272FB15E44E1CBBA87F90.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lambeth ends on optimistic note]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-ends-on-optimistic-note/</link><description><![CDATA[The Lambeth Bishops' Conference has come to an end, not with a string of contentious decisions but with the public release of a shared story of "honest discussions". More than 600 Anglican bishops...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-ends-on-optimistic-note/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2689" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/090546E1B487DEC92D27F3761B4014E5.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protest march inspires bishops to tackle world poverty]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/protest-march-inspires-bishops-to-tackle-world-poverty/</link><description><![CDATA[Inspired by being part of a 600-strong Lambeth protest march aimed at tackling world poverty, Australian bishops are already making plans to keep up their campaign when they return home. Six hundred...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/protest-march-inspires-bishops-to-tackle-world-poverty/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3767" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/61A64F020686BB54F3FFCAD31713F2D4.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then there were two]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/and-then-there-were-two/</link><description><![CDATA[As June began, two women were ministering as Australia's pioneering Anglican women bishops. A fortnight after the Diocese of Perth led the way, consecrating Kay Goldsworthy as the nation's first...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/and-then-there-were-two/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3243" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/FDDCF93879BFC98EA5A009D8E772465E.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['Wish you were here', Archbishop tells boycotting bishops]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/wish-you-were-here-archbishop-tells-boycotting-bishops/</link><description><![CDATA[Despite the impact of boycotts, the leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is clearly optimistic for the success of the Lambeth Conference which is now in full...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/wish-you-were-here-archbishop-tells-boycotting-bishops/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2760" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/A821AEFAA2E93B2B3ABB51BA7958B63A.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Sydney's bishop greets the Pope]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/south-sydney-s-bishop-greets-the-pope/</link><description><![CDATA[From AAP and sources South Sydney's Anglican Bishop Rob Forsyth has greeted Pope Benedict on behalf of Australian Anglicans. Bishop Forsyth was among fifty Australian church leaders who met with the...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/south-sydney-s-bishop-greets-the-pope/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1700" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/1BA7807F8F0798E628ED5D24C770DC5B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than a million still waiting for aid]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/more-than-a-million-still-waiting-for-aid/</link><description><![CDATA[A month after the devastating Cyclone Nargis, aid agencies believe more than half the 2.4 million people affected are yet to received any official aid. While international aid shipments trickle in,...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/more-than-a-million-still-waiting-for-aid/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2551" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/B2442B9260FE5DBF1BFE4212F4EE559F.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lambeth begins]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-begins/</link><description><![CDATA[From ACNS, Anglican Journal and sources After years of international tension within the Anglican church, the once a decade gathering of the world's Anglican bishops is underway. More than six hundred ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-begins/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2662" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/6D403C4ED50E335314B2AFC53404A18D.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tasmanian Anglicans mourn priest and friend]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/tasmanian-anglicans-mourn-priest-and-friend/</link><description><![CDATA[A series of services began 30 June to remember the life and contributions of Anglican priest and academic, the Revd Dr Chris Newell, who died recently. It's understood Chris Newell died during a...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/tasmanian-anglicans-mourn-priest-and-friend/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2159" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/54A3BE6DC6B6C89F7C5CE6F2F4298E66.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summit's only woman priest]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/summit-s-only-woman-priest/</link><description><![CDATA[One of three Anglican clergy taking part in the Federal government's 2020 Summit, CATHY LAUFER* found signs of hope that the views of people of faith are being considered as Australia's future is...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/summit-s-only-woman-priest/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2529" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/F0D6045A10429333000E2689F793F3BB.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADVERTISEMENTS: Professional Positions May 2008]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions-may-2008/</link><description><![CDATA[** Port Chaplain, Brisbane ~ Mission to Seafarers The Mission to Sefarers is seeking a Port Chaplain to guide and support the work of the Mission to Seafarers Brisbane to provide much needed services ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions-may-2008/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="4496" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/56E2815F90C0E45CB74FCF3376DBFA8B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important and devastating: Lessons from the summit]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/important-and-devastating-lessons-from-the-summit/</link><description><![CDATA[Looking back at the 2020 summit, Christopher Newell* finds important lessons in the event's missed spiritual and religious opportunities. In his April column of Market-Place Wayne Brighton critiques...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/important-and-devastating-lessons-from-the-summit/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2159" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/0359D8770C5D6310AA42115279EE3088.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bishop named on Queen's Birthday Honours list ]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/bishop-named-on-queen-s-birthday-honours-list/</link><description><![CDATA[Retired bishop Ron Stone is among dozens of Anglicans named in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours List. The former bishop of Rockhampton and assistant bishop in Tasmania, Ron Stone is currently...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/bishop-named-on-queen-s-birthday-honours-list/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1827" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/F6322B36EFF856A0DBAB181F2736B638.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION: THINKING BIG .. What stops Anglicans thinking big?]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-thinking-big-what-stops-anglicans-thinking-big/</link><description><![CDATA[Does factional point-scoring and the weight of institutional momentum prevent the Anglican Church thinking outside the square? Probably, writes WAYNE BRIGHTON*, so it's up to individual Anglicans to...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-thinking-big-what-stops-anglicans-thinking-big/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2954" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/140306E41345A7F35DB69FB24305606B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which Anglican leader will meet the Pope?]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/which-anglican-leader-will-meet-the-pope/</link><description><![CDATA[Organisers of the World Youth Day event have confirmed the Pope will set time aside during his 'World Youth Day' visit to Sydney to meet with the leaders of Australia's major denominations, but it's...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/which-anglican-leader-will-meet-the-pope/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2179" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/86ED8E9A08855348CA9B964F07028CFA.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADVERTISEMENTS: Professional Positions June 2008]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions-june-2008/</link><description><![CDATA[** Parish Priest ~ Parish of Altona &amp; Altona Meadows The Anglican Parish of Altona &amp; Altona Meadows (Diocese of Melbourne) is seeking a Parish Priest. 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Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, joined with the president of the...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/richardson-takes-up-anglican-post-in-rome/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3551" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/95684A03B1FCCEF20D4CB19BC3483A5E.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burma junta's delays set to add to death-toll]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/burma-junta-s-delays-set-to-add-to-death-toll/</link><description><![CDATA[Australia's churches are standing by to help contribute to the international aid effort to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma. But as global frustration mounts at the blocking of aid shipments ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/burma-junta-s-delays-set-to-add-to-death-toll/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[LETTERS: May 2008 ... Readers react to a newspaper's closure]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-may-2008-readers-react-to-a-newspaper-s-closure/</link><description><![CDATA[New web-site, new approach?Dear Sir, I am glad to see this new web-site development. By the time I got Market-Place via my parish, it was always old news. I hope the new Market-Place gives more...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-may-2008-readers-react-to-a-newspaper-s-closure/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3001" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/6F60455517216667AEA261819488FE5B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION: Two new appointments that challenge assumptions]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-two-new-appointments-that-challenge-assumptions/</link><description><![CDATA[WHAT a week we've just had in Australia. Two announcements have changed the face of public life yet again. First we heard the news that Perth will have Australia's first Anglican bishop who is a...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-two-new-appointments-that-challenge-assumptions/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2137" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/86E5EFE976ADB39DFEAFA6AF6BFE5A05.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LETTERS: April 08 ....READERS HAVE THEIR SAY]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-april-08-readers-have-their-say/</link><description><![CDATA[Which side destroyed unity?Dear Sir, As a clergyman in the Diocese of Sydney I read with great sadness the letters in the 12 March Market Place. Perpetuating the ungracious initial article by...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-april-08-readers-have-their-say/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3959" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/26AD0F614F62FAB9CD95A3A9190B1BCD.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia's first woman bishop]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/australia-s-first-woman-bishop/</link><description><![CDATA[Pioneer priest breaks new ground, againA long-serving pioneer of women's ministry, Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy, will become Australia's first woman bishop next month. One of the nation's first handful ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/australia-s-first-woman-bishop/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2620" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/758539E5F9F3867945C6EA25F6A61C11.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bishops' conference settles on women bishop protocols]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/bishops-conference-settles-on-women-bishop-protocols/</link><description><![CDATA[Conference aims to protect consciencesThis month's national bishops' conference heard details of Perth's imminent plan to appoint Australia's first woman bishop during discussion about new protocols...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/bishops-conference-settles-on-women-bishop-protocols/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2261" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/46848B1C1790B5F99D53DEF6A4FE22B4.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Primate welcomes breakthrough first woman bishop]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/primate-welcomes-breakthrough-first-woman-bishop/</link><description><![CDATA[Bishops show the lead in developing protocolsNational church leader, Brisbane's Archbishop Phillip Aspinall has known the woman who'll become Australian first woman bishop, Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/primate-welcomes-breakthrough-first-woman-bishop/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2656" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/A678C53AC1C59182506111C0DEF96FE0.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second woman bishop appointed]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/second-woman-bishop-appointed/</link><description><![CDATA[Melbourne parish priest, Canon Barbara Darling, will be Australia's second Anglican bishop. The appointment of the current vicar of St James', Dandenong to be an assistant bishop was announced today...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/second-woman-bishop-appointed/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2987" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/A781121B2B75C7FCCE0E7EB80C0FE479.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parish priest at the 20/20 summit]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/parish-priest-at-the-20-20-summit/</link><description><![CDATA[Fresh ideas or talkfest? A rector who'll be there is optimisticAmong the many Australian Anglicans at the Prime Minister's 2020 Summit in Canberra this month will be two Anglican clergy. The Revd...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/parish-priest-at-the-20-20-summit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Lambeth boycott widens]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/australian-lambeth-boycott-widens/</link><description><![CDATA[A second diocesan bishop has pulled out of Lambeth. North West Australia (NWA) 's Bishop David Mulready has decided not to accept the invitation to attend the conference. &quot;I have decided not to...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/australian-lambeth-boycott-widens/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Market-Place newspaper closes]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/market-place-newspaper-closes/</link><description><![CDATA[As one door closes, a new web future opensMarket-Place, Australia's independent Anglican national newspaper, has printed its last edition. Eleven and a half years after the paper began, the newspaper ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/market-place-newspaper-closes/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION: Australia needs lovers more than thinkers at the Summit]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-australia-needs-lovers-more-than-thinkers-at-the-summit/</link><description><![CDATA[Australians have grown-up with the impression that all churches want is to sign-up new members. When it comes to a summit, is it any wonder, writes WAYNE BRIGHTON*, that the churches are seen only to ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-australia-needs-lovers-more-than-thinkers-at-the-summit/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3317" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/ADEED848E7413F246C31DC62BB182F0A.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION (12 March): We lap up the latest mobile phones, but when it comes to something new at church...]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-12-march-we-lap-up-the-latest-mobile-phones-but-when-it-comes-to-something-new-at-church/</link><description><![CDATA[As fishermen, Jesus&#39; disciples were quick to read the tides and react. So why, asks WAYNE BRIGHTON*, is the church so resistant to responding to the flow? &quot;You either innovate or you...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-12-march-we-lap-up-the-latest-mobile-phones-but-when-it-comes-to-something-new-at-church/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3317" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/CFD5FA136C561A46AE4B3BC04E37CBAD.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LETTERS (12 March): Readers have their say]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-12-march-readers-have-their-say/</link><description><![CDATA[LETTERS: * Paper&#39;s lack of graciousness* Power &amp; control * Dangers of &#39;closed-system&#39; thinking* Not listening?* US flouting Lambeth* They just don&#39;t get...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-12-march-readers-have-their-say/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3959" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/F0EDD113AED352C7127480EA72B26DAB.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wangaratta's bishop to resign]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/wangaratta-s-bishop-to-resign/</link><description><![CDATA[Wangaratta&#39;s Bishop David Farrer is to resign to take up a parish appointment in England. After serving as bishop of the rural Victorian diocese for 10 years, he&#39;s to become the parish priest ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/wangaratta-s-bishop-to-resign/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1941" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/E22D488F28089EC78C9D690C67B10C16.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[ADVERTISEMENTS  : Professional Positions]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions/</link><description><![CDATA[* RECTOR Anglican Parish of Caboolture, QLD ... * Assistant Principal Wontulp-Bi-Buya College, Cairns +++++++++++ RECTORAnglican Parish of Caboolture, QLDSt Laurence&#39;s is a single centre Parish...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/advertisements-professional-positions/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="4082" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/CF36C8D2F06B51CBA9133AD4976772EA.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sydney's lay, clergy leaders back Lambeth boycott]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/sydney-s-lay-clergy-leaders-back-lambeth-boycott/</link><description><![CDATA[The senior leadership of Sydney&#39;s Anglican diocese has given strong support to the decision by Archbishop Peter Jensen not to attend this year&#39;s Lambeth Conference. While the move drew...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/sydney-s-lay-clergy-leaders-back-lambeth-boycott/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2234" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/A4BD0C3720325726A8A3083E9D56EA5F.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anglicans to look after MPs' kids]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglicans-to-look-after-mps-kids/</link><description><![CDATA[An Anglican agency will be looking after the progeny of Australia&#39;s national leaders. Anglicare Canberra and Goulburn won the competitive tender to open the first child care service in...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglicans-to-look-after-mps-kids/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1494" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/B6DED2753DB20EBB758234A0250240DF.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anglican to head govt homeless push]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglican-to-head-govt-homeless-push/</link><description><![CDATA[The head of a key Anglican welfare agency, the Victorian-based Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) has been appointed to oversee the development of the federal government&#39;s new plan to reduce...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglican-to-head-govt-homeless-push/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="1823" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/F3DCA345591E1925E8933DD6CF126D57.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Melbourne's first woman bishop?]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/melbourne-s-first-woman-bishop/</link><description><![CDATA[Speculation is continuing about whether Melbourne could be Australia&#39;s first Anglican diocese to appoint a woman bishop. Melbourne&#39;s Archbishop Phillip Frieir has denied he will bring a...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/melbourne-s-first-woman-bishop/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2494" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/BDFB2E70E337E94D54585B1C83CFF771.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION (12 March) : The joy of sadness]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-12-march-the-joy-of-sadness/</link><description><![CDATA[The nights are cooling down here in Melbourne. The oppressive heat of Summer has gone and the days are milder, sometimes even on the cool side. The long twilight evenings are noticeably shorter now...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-12-march-the-joy-of-sadness/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2137" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/E72C4DE6B1EFB675F1AA916A747A698E.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHURCH ST NOTEBOOK (12 March)]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/church-st-notebook-12-march/</link><description><![CDATA[Get her to the church on time The congregation was gathered together to bury the deceased, and they would have, if someone hadn&#39;t thrown the coffin into a ute and driven away. It was an Anglican...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/church-st-notebook-12-march/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2336" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/5C20ACB7F9A69D429B28401D7642656B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OPINION: An empty church is like an empty restaurant]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-an-empty-church-is-like-an-empty-restaurant/</link><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s a critic in every congregation. But writes WAYNE BRIGHTON* could a TV chef and restauranteur teach the church about leadership? One of my secret pleasures is watching reality television - ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/opinion-an-empty-church-is-like-an-empty-restaurant/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2552" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/975D07B623A0D6DB14E73FA98E8F817D.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sydney boycotts Lambeth]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/sydney-boycotts-lambeth/</link><description><![CDATA[Sydney diocesan leaders are defending the decision to turn down the invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury by boycotting this year&#39;s Lambeth Bishops&#39; Conference. Doubts over whether...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/sydney-boycotts-lambeth/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lambeth not optional for Anglican bishops]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-not-optional-for-anglican-bishops/</link><description><![CDATA[The leader of the world&#39;s Anglicans has made his strongest call to date for Anglican bishops to agree to take part in this year&#39;s Lambeth Conference to search for a solution to the current...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/lambeth-not-optional-for-anglican-bishops/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2367" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/FAD812846BED653D0FCFA83141413AEA.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Churches join mass media campaigns]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/churches-join-mass-media-campaigns/</link><description><![CDATA[A new advertising campaign sponsored by several denominations aims to renew public interest in Christianity and start conversations about Jesus. The &quot;Jesus - All about Life&quot; (JAAL) campaign ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/churches-join-mass-media-campaigns/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Aboriginal deacon among class of 2008]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/new-aboriginal-deacon-among-class-of-2008/</link><description><![CDATA[In a milestone for Evangelical indigenous ministry the first Aboriginal candidate to complete the full four year course at Sydney&#39;s Moore College was ordained this month. The Revd Jonathan...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/new-aboriginal-deacon-among-class-of-2008/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3195" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/A041EBAB372BC2CAB1D8A1E2801DAE00.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anglicans among nation's brightest & best ?]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglicans-among-nation-s-brightest-best/</link><description><![CDATA[The quality of ideas able to be sourced from Australia&#39;s churches, and particularly from Anglicans, is set to be in the spotlight as planning gets underway for a national summit in April. Prime...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/anglicans-among-nation-s-brightest-best/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2819" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/212457C991124FAEF6B433A7E1C4047B.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church agencies free to speak after gag lifted]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/church-agencies-free-to-speak-after-gag-lifted/</link><description><![CDATA[Anglican welfare agencies are looking forward to making the most of a new found freedom of speech. Anglicare Australia has welcomed the decision by the new federal government to remove the...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/church-agencies-free-to-speak-after-gag-lifted/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Puppy' bishops learn from old dogs]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/puppy-bishops-learn-from-old-dogs/</link><description><![CDATA[There&#39;s usually no time for &#39;training-wheels&#39; once a brand new bishop is elected to a new diocese. North Queensland&#39;s new bishop BILL RAY has started the year by making the most of a...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/puppy-bishops-learn-from-old-dogs/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2765" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/E0259421EFFE6EC7CD0131F5C54F47DB.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[LETTERS: Market-Place readers have their say]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-market-place-readers-have-their-say/</link><description><![CDATA[* Article&#39;s innaccuracies ... * Article&#39;s misconceptions ... * Signs of irritation ... * Where&#39;s the violence? ... * Earthiness and humour ... Article&#39;s innaccuracies Dear Editor,...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/letters-market-place-readers-have-their-say/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="5269" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/46B891BFBEE64A3A9D75A663959DEB3D.jpg"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE ISSUES: Weasel words announce Sydney boycott]]></title><link>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/the-issues-weasel-words-announce-sydney-boycott/</link><description><![CDATA[Grow up, writes THE ISSUES. What problem was ever solved by not talking about it?HERE&#39;s the statement from the Most Reverend Peter Jensen, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -1100</pubDate><guid>http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/news/the-issues-weasel-words-announce-sydney-boycott/</guid><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3770" url="http://www.marketplaceonline.com.au/media/pics/site/imagecache/02C506F2F95DB5D773513469E0ADF11F.jpg"/></item></channel></rss> 