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PAST EVENTS AT St. JAMES'S IN 2006
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CMS Mission - 2006 June


Archbishop Rowan Williams and  The Bishop of the Diocese of Malakal
News from our CMS Mission Partner in the Sudan
"Some of us know Joanna from her curate days at St Augustine’s in Whitton and some of us only know her from her visits to St James’s. Last September she came to see us towards the end of her home leave. Joanna is a very gifted lady, whose faith has called her to live and work in the Sudan. For five years now she has been the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative within the Episcopal Church in the Sudan (ECS), working alongside Joseph Marona, the Archbishop of Sudan. Her latest Link Letter is full of interesting things that happened early in 2006.


How nice it is to read good news from a country that people immediately associate with the horror of Darfur.

Archbishop Rowan Williams made his first ever visit to Sudan. At Obel, on the banks of the White Nile, he witnessed the work of a World Food Programme distribution point for displaced people and met with local chiefs and WFP staff beneath the shade of the palm trees. He is accompanied in the picture by the bishop of the Diocese of Malakal.

The ECS Provincial Synod met inside Sudan for the first time in over 20 years and was a time of great celebration. It met in Juba, where the new government of Southern Sudan is now established and where the UN peace-keeping mission has a presence.

Joanna’s father visited as part of an official delegation of those who served in Sudan before independence 50 years ago. The picture with his daughter was taken beside the Blue Nile.

Do take a look at Joanna’s March 2006 Link Letter for more detail and keep your eyes open for the next one. They are always displayed on the hall notice board, straight ahead of you as you enter."

Source: Charities and Links Committee, The Spire Magazine - 2006 June


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