The Rt Revd Ishaq Musa'ad, Bishop of Egypt with North Africa 1974-81 and the first Egyptian Bishop of the Diocese, died on 17 July in Cairo, after a lifetime of dedicated service. Isaq Musa'ad was born in Assiut on 21 January 1911.
18 July 2001
May I begin in China? The story is told that Chou-en-Lai, the cultured and subtle-minded Prime Minister of that country from the 1950's into the 1970's, on being asked what he believed the results of the French Revolution had been, replied (after an immensely long pause for thought) that it was really too soon to be certain. Would that people would show the same reticence about far more recent events...
18 July 2001
Transformation is a theme which runs through the life of Ian Hutchinson Cervantes. Born in Washington of a New Zealand father and a Guatemalan mother, he has lived in a number of countries and has been transformed in some way by each of them.
18 July 2001
Jerusalem 2000, the Archbishop of Canterbury's Millennium Appeal for the beleaguered Church in the Holy Land, has committed much of the money already raised in an initial round of grants. These grants will help the Church in its task of serving the community through the provision of hospitals, schools and other civic amenities.
05 July 2001
One of history's most celebrated Highways is Highway 80 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. In 1965, during the days of the civil rights movement, a protest march set off from Selma led by a Baptist Minister, and before they started he led them in prayer.
02 July 2001
St. George's College Jerusalem is opening its doors to students preparing for ordination in the Anglican tradition. With the endorsement of their Bishop, such students will be welcome to register for any course through the end of 2002 at a 50% savings, space permitting.
11 June 2001
ABRAHAM YESTERDAY AND TODAY, Interfaith Heritage and The Holy Land, has been slated in the college programme in response to the often requested plea for interfaith educational opportunities and encounter under the direction of the College, an institution of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem.
11 June 2001
As members of the St George's College Jerusalem Foundation, a continuing education center of the Anglican Communion, we urge Anglicans/Episcopalians around the world, to "pray without ceasing" for their Christian brothers and sisters in the Holy Land.
11 June 2001
Events of the past weekend mark a turning point in the Israeli/Palestinian strife. The unprovoked murder by the IDF of five Palestinian policemen, the Palestinian suicide bomber's retaliation that killed six Israelis, and then the massive IDF retaliation with missiles into Gaza and F16 fighters into Nablus have set into motion more wheels than I know.
30 May 2001
Voyages are sometimes long and dangerous, with storms and mountainous waves battering the ship. Some are plain sailing in calm seas. Whatever the circumstances, when the vessel berths many seafarers give thanks to God for a safe return to port in The Mission to Seafarers' chapel.
23 May 2001