Editorial

AD2000's Fighting Fund launched

Michael Gilchrist

Contents - Sep 2002 - Buy a copy now Editorial: AD2000's Fighting Fund launched - Michael Gilchrist Is the self-destruction of Anglicanism to continue? - Nigel Zimmerman News: The Church Around the World - AD2000 Vocations: Corpus Christi Seminary enrolments bounce back - Michael Gilchrist Promoting Catholic vocations in the Melbourne Archdiocese - Joanne Grainger CHURCH ATTENDANCE: The family, feminism and the declining role of fatherhood - Richard Egan The 1960s 'cultural revolution': from self-sacrifice to self-fulfillment - Fr Gregory Jordan The strange case of Father Damien and Robert Louis Stevenson - Fr F.E. Burns PE Australian Rosary CD wins international recognition - Colleen McGuiness-Howard John Paul II and World Youth Day in Toronto: an Anglican perspective - David Warren Letters: Church design (letter) - Greg Briscoe-Hough Letters: Renovations (letter) Letters: Abortion (letter) - Bob Denahy Letters: Seminaries (letter) - Andrew Sholl Letters: Media complaints (letter) - Michael Daniel Letters: Feminism dead? (letter) Letters: Teaching the faith (letter) - Kevin McBride Letters: Zero tolerance (letter) - J. Dekker Letters: Priestly 'uniform' (letter) - Philip Robinson Letters: Horse and cart (letter) - Arthur Negus Letters: Shakespeare (letter) - John Doherty Letters: Vatican II (letter) - Valentine Gallagher Books: Open Embrace: A Protestant Couple Rethinks Contraception - Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer) Books: The Arians of the Fourth Century, by John Henry Newman - Peter Westmore (reviewer) Books: The Lost Shrine of Liskeard, by Claire Riche - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: Christianity for Buddhists, by Frederick Farrar - Michael Daniel (reviewer) Books: Think Piece: Religious, Ethical and Moral Values, by Sebastian Camilleri OFM - Mark Posa (reviewer) Marilen Studios: a Christian approach to business - Joe Padero Music: CD specials from AD Books Reflection: The Christian way to spiritual maturity - Fr Dennis W. Byrnes PP

This year marks the fifteenth year of publication for AD2000. Subscribers may have already received material concerning the 2002 Fighting Fund, but for the benefit of other readers, the present editorial draws attention to this appeal which helps keep AD2000 at the cutting edge of religious publications in Australia.

AD2000 was founded by Mr. B.A. Santamaria in 1988 to address the crisis of faith and practice which afflicted contemporary Christianity, particularly in the Western world. His view was that unless the issues were openly addressed, it would be impossible to reverse what threatened to become a terminal decline.

In a positive sense, AD2000 exists:

* to uphold the fundamentals of Christian faith, as it has been taught for 2000 years, and the Church founded by Jesus Christ, which he established as his instrument on earth, for all ages (including our own), to bring mankind to salvation;

* to challenge modernism and relativism, which have undermined both belief and practice; and

* to help reconstruct and consolidate a new culture of life and orthodox Christian faith in Australia.

Our many outstanding contributors, from Australia and overseas, and enthusiastic letter writers, demonstrate that AD2000 continues to play a vital role in Australia today.

You can help maintain this important work by contributing to the Fighting Fund. Donations can be sent, addressed to "Fighting Fund - AD2000", to 582 Queensberry Street, North Melbourne, Vic. 3051. Donations will be acknowledged from the next issue.

• Michael Gilchrist: Editor (E-mail - editor@ad2000.com.au)

Reprinted from AD2000 Vol 15 No 8 (September 2002), p. 2