Letters

Anglican Church (letter)

Fr James Grant SSC

Contents - Nov 2002 - Buy a copy now Editorial: The essential role of saints in the Church - Michael Gilchrist Independent inquiry exonerates Archbishop George Pell - Peter Westmore News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Father Fessio: real US crisis is 'spiritual abuse' - Karl Maurer Australian Bishops' 'complaints protocol' used to uphold orthodoxy - Richard Egan Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escriva canonised at Papal Mass in Rome - AD2000 Report Sydney Archdiocese courses on 'Catechism' - Fr John Flader Catholic schools: restoring a sense of sin - Br John Moylan CFC Australian apologist Raymond de Souza's successful overseas lecture tour - AD2000 Report Events: The Fellowship of St Arnou to hold function in Melbourne Letters: Media war declared (letter) - Fr M. Shadbolt PP Letters: Embryo experimentation (letter) - Brian A. Coman Letters: Radical feminism (letter) - Gordon Southern Letters: Brisbane Synod (letter) - J.F. Nolan Letters: Anglican Church (letter) - Fr James Grant SSC Letters: Office of Bishop (letter) - Fr Brendan T. Walters MSC Letters: Headline (letter) - Michael Starr Letters: Birth control (letter) - Kevin Tighe Letters: Insulting TV program (letter) - K.L. Hanrahan Letters: Tough teachings (letter) - Mrs Maureen Federico Letters: Offertory prayers (letter) - John Mulholland Letters: Exorcists (letter) - Monica J. Hart Letters: EWTN (letter) - Jacqueline Donohue Letters: Anonymity (letter) - Narelle Mullins Books: The New Faithful: Why Young Adults are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy - Michael Gilchrist (reviewer) Books: Scripture Diary 2003 Books: Bernard Of Clairvaux: Essential Writings - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: A Generation Betrayed: Deconstructing Catholic Education, by Eamonn Keane - John Young (reviewer) Books: Ideal Christmas Gifts from AD Books Reflection: St Maria Goretti's 'perfect Christian death' - Mary Kenny

The crisis that has arisen in the Anglican Church in the last 25 years is not merely an economic one but one that involves the concept of Western culture as a whole. It is our Christian belief that even if it were possible to solve all the material problems of life - poverty, unemployment and war - the highest elements of the human soul would be still be vastly dissatisfied.

Nevertheless, our society, often under the pressure of economic forces, seems only intent on lowering standards. We have made substantial progress in science, yet at the same time our cultural values have become impoverished. The Anglican Church has had its own part to play in this decay. It has become increasingly obvious that we have not sustained the beauty and riches of our own Christlan heritage and liturgy but have squandered them in an increasingly desperate effort to become relevant to a self-indulgent society.

Christianity is not served if Anglicans continue to ignore their own culture, and devote more end more of their time and effort to lowering themselves to the surrounding world in an attempt to be popular.

FR JAMES GRANT SSC
National Director
Forward in Faith Australia