July 2016Fri 1Henry, John and Henry Venn, priests, evangelical divines, 1797, 1813, 1873Bishop Robert.Dornakal - (South India) Bp Vadapalli Prasada Rao

Sat 2Bishop's Office: PA: Lucy Paton; Chaplain and Commissary: Meurig Williams.Down & Dromore - (Armagh, Ireland) Bp Harold Creeth Miller

Sun 3Thomas the Apostle , or 6th Sunday after TrinityGeneral Synod meeting in York 8-12 July. Pray for our elected Synod members, Debbie Flach, Tuomas Mäkipää, Giles Williams, Tjered Bijl, David Coulston and Madeleine Holmes.PRAY for The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. Bp Clyde Igara, Archbishop of Papua New Guinea & Bishop of DoguraWCC: Bolivia, Chile, Peru

Mon 4 Thomas the Apostle, if not celebrated on SundayDEL week 14Bishop David.Dublin & Glendalough - (Dublin, Ireland) Abp Michael Geoffrey St Aubyn Jackson

Tue 5Bishop David's Office: Chaplain and PA: Frances Hiller.Duk - (Sudan) Bp Daniel Deng AbotPorvoo: Lincoln, England: Bp Christopher Lowson, Bp David Court; Härnösand, Sweden: Bp Eva Nordung Byström; Lappo, Finland: Bp Simo Peura

Wed 6Thomas More, scholar, and John Fisher, Bp of Rochester, Reformation Martyrs, 1535Diocesan Liturgical Officer: Ben Gordon-Taylor, and Chaplaincy Worship Committees.Dunedin - (Aotearoa NZ & Polynesia) Bp Kelvin Peter Wright

Thu 7The Diocesan Office: Secretary: Adrian Mumford; PA & Office Manager: Bron Panter; Appointments Secretary: Catherine Jackson; Asst: Emma Biaggi.Dunkwa-on-Offin - (Ghana, West Africa) Bp Edmund Dawson Ahmoah

Fri 8Diocesan Chancellor: Mark Hill;Diocesan Registrar and Bishop's Legal Secretary: Aiden Hargreaves-Smith.Durgapur - (North India) Bp Probal Dutta

Sat 9Diocesan Finance Secretary: Nick Wraight; Finance Officer: Andrew Male.Diocesan Board of Finance: Chair: Michael Hart, and the Finance and Property Committee.Durham - (York, England) Bp Paul Butler; Durham - Jarrow - Bp Mark Watts Bryant

Sun 107th Sunday after Trinity Sea Sunday. For seafarers and their families. Mission to Seafarers, and their Chaplains in this Diocese.(http://www.missiontoseafarers.org)PRAY for The Episcopal Church in the Philippines. Abp Renato Mag-Gay Abibico, Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the PhilippinesWCC: Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela

Mon 11Benedict, abbot of Monte Cassino, Father of Western Monasticism, c.550 (Italy)DEL week 15The church's ministry of healing and deliverance and the Diocesan Advisor.Dutse - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Yesufu Lumu

Tue 12All engaged in children's and youth work in our chaplaincies.Safeguarding Manager: Ian Carter; Asst: Tola Akinde-Hummel; Safeguarding Administrator: Mark Gregory; Safeguarding Committee Chairman: Charles Clark.East Carolina - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Robert SkirvingPorvoo: St Albans, England: Bp Alan Smith, Bp Richard Atkinson, Bp Michael Beasley; Linköping, Sweden: Bp Martin Modéus.

Wed 13Silas, companion of St PaulAssisi: Locum Chaplain, overseen by the Franciscan Provincial, Brother Benedict.(http://www.achurchnearyou.com/assisi)East Kerala - (South India) Bp Kayalakkakathu George Daniel

Thu 14John Keble, priest, tractarian, poet, 1866Bordighera, served from Menton, France.East Ruwenzori - (Uganda) Bp Edward Bamucwanira

Fri 15Swithun, bishop of Winchester, c.862Bonaventure, friar, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1274 (Italy)Florence St Mark (serving Bologna Holy Cross and Siena St Peter): Chaplain: William Lister; Reader: Maria Makepeace.(http://www.stmarksitaly.com)

East Tennessee - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp George D. Young; Tennessee - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp John Bauerschmidt; West Tennessee - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Don Johnson

Sat 16Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, 1099Milan All Saints (serving Cadenabbia (Lake Como), Genova and Varese): Chaplain: Vickie Sims; Reader: Angela Mirani (Varese).(http://www.allsaints.it)Eastern Himalayas - (North India) Vacant

Sun 178th Sunday after Trinity Italy and Malta Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Vickie Sims; Area Dean: William Lister.PRAY for Province de L'Eglise Anglicane au Rwanda. Abp Onesphore Rwaje Archbishop of L'Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda and Bishop of GasaboWCC: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama

Mon 18Elizabeth Ferard, first deaconess of the Church of England, Founder of the Community of St Andrew, 1883Elizabeth of Russia, religious and martyr, 1918 (Russia)DEL week 16Naples Christ Church (serving Bari, Capri, Sorrento): Chaplain: Jonathan Backhouse.(http://www.christchurchnaples.org)Eastern Michigan - (VI, The Episcopal Church) Bp Todd Ousley; Michigan - (VI, The Episcopal Church) Bp Wendell Gibbs

Tue 19Gregory, bishop of Nyssa, and his sister Macrina, deaconess, teachers of the faith, c.394 and c.379 (Turkey)The Global Freedom Network, an ecumenical and interfaith initiative working to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.Eastern Newfoundland & Labrador - (Canada, Canada) Bp Geoffrey PeddlePorvoo: Newcastle, England: Bp Christine Hardman, Bp Frank White; Møre (Molde), Norway: Bp Ingeborg Midttoemme.

Wed 20Margaret of Antioch, martyr, 4th century (Turkey)Bartolomé de las Casas, apostle to the Indies, 1566 (Spain, Haiti, Mexico)Padova St Anthony Abbot, serving Torino Holy Trinity: Priest in Charge: Jonathan Boardman; Readers: Michael Udeagbara, Charles Onwukwe.Eastern Oregon - (IX, The Episcopal Church) Bp Bavi Edna Rivera; Easton - (III, The Episcopal Church) Bp James Shand

Thu 21Palermo Holy Cross, serving Taormina St George: Locum Chaplains.(http://www.chiesaanglicanapalermo.it)

Eastern Zambia - (Central Africa) Bp William Mchombo

Fri 22Mary Magdalene[Consecration of Bishop Edward Holland, 1986, Hon. Asst Bps]Give thanks for her witness to the risen Lord.Eau Claire - (VI, The Episcopal Church) The Revd William Jay Lambert

Sat 23Birgitta (Bridget), pilgrim, abbess of Vadstena, 1373 (Sweden)Rome All Saints (serving Macerata S Mary at the Holy Cross and Citta della Pieve, St John the Baptist) and 'Footsteps' Fresh Expression of Church, Rome North and South: Chaplain: Jonathan Boardman; Asst Curates: Dana English, Mary Styles.(http://www.allsaintsrome.org)Edinburgh - (Scotland) Bp John Armes

Sun 249th Sunday after Trinity The Anglican Centre in Rome: Director and Archbishop’s Representative to the Holy See: David Moxon; Administrator: Jan Hague.(http://www.anglicancentreinrome.org)PRAY for The Scottish Episcopal Church. Abp David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church & Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld & DunblaneWCC: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico

Mon 25James the ApostleDEL week 17Pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela.Edmonton - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Bp Jane Alexander

Tue 26Anne and Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin MaryVenice St George (serving Trieste Christ Church): Priest in charge: Vacant.(http://www.stgeorgesvenice.com)Egba - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Adekunle; Egba West - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Samuel AjaniPorvoo: Skara, Sweden: Bp Åke Bonnier; West Yorkshire and the Dales, England: Bp Nick Baines, Bp Tony Robinson, Bp James Bell, Bp Toby Howarth, Bp Jonathan Gibbs

Wed 27Brooke Foss Westcott, bishop, teacher of the faith, 1901TEC congregations in Italy.Egbu - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Geoffrey Okoroafor

Thu 28

People and government of Italy.Abp Mouneer Hanna Anis, Archbishop, Jerusalem & the Middle East & Bishop in Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa; Area Bishop for the Horn of Africa - (Jerusalem & Middle East) Bp Grant Lemarquand; Asst Bishop for North Africa - (Jerusalem & Middle East) Vacant

Fri 29Mary, Martha and Lazarus, companions of Our LordThe people and government of Malta.Eha - Amufu - (Enugu, Nigeria) Bp Daniel Olinya

Sat 30William Wilberforce, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Clarkson, campaigners against slavery, 1833, 1797 and 1846Malta and Gozo (Valletta Pro-Cathedral of St Paul, Sliema Holy Trinity, and Gozo Our Lady and St George ): Senior Chaplain: Simon Godfrey.(http://www.anglicanmalta.org)Ekiti Kwara - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Andrew Ajayi

Sun 3110th Sunday after Trinity Archdeaconry of North-West Europe: Acting Archdeacon: Meurig Williams.PRAY for Church of the Province of South East Asia. Abp Bolly Lapok, Archbishop of South East Asia & Bishop of KuchingWCC: The Caribbean.

August 2016Mon 1DEL week 18Swiss National Day.Ekiti Oke - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Isaac Olubowale

Tue 2Antwerp St Boniface: Chaplain: Andrew Wagstaff; Reader and Prison Chaplain: Egbert van Groesen.(http://www.boniface.be)Ekiti - (Ondo, Nigeria) Abp Samuel Abe; Ekiti West - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Samuel OkePorvoo: Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis, Derry and Raphoe, Ireland: Bp Kenneth Good .

Wed 3Antwerp, Mission to Seafarers: Port Chaplain: Brian Millson.(http://users.skynet.be/MTS)El Camino Real - (IX, The Episcopal Church) Bp Mary Gray-Reeves

Thu 4Jean-Baptiste Vianney, Curé d'Ars, spiritual guide, 1859 (France)Brugge, serving Ostend: Priest in Charge: Augustine Nwaekwe.

(http://www.echob.be)El Salvador - (Central America) Bp Juan David Alvarado Melgar

Fri 5Oswald, king of Northumbria, martyr, 642Brussels Pro-Cathedral of the Holy Trinity: Senior Chaplain and Chancellor: Paul Vrolijk; Assoc. Chaplain: John Wilkinson; Lay Precentor: David Mitchell; Reader/Prison Chaplain: Grace West; Readers: David Fieldsend, Heather Roy, Arttu Makipaa.(http://www.holytrinity.be)Eldoret - (Kenya) Bp Christopher Ruto

Sat 6 Transfiguration of Our Lord"As we gaze on your kingly brightness, may our faces display your likeness."El-Obeid - (Sudan) Bp Ismail Gabriel Abudigin

Sun 711th Sunday after Trinity Churches running holiday programmes this month.PRAY for The Church of South India (United). Abp Govada Dyvasirvadam, Moderator of CSI & Bishop of Krishna-GodavariWCC: Canada, USA.

Mon 8Dominic, priest, founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 (Spain)DEL week 19Ghent St John the Evangelist & Mission to Seafarers, serving Knokke: Priest in charge: Stephen Murray.(http://saintjohnsghent.com)Ely - (Canterbury, England) Bp Stephen David Conway; Ely - Huntingdon - Bp David Thomson

Tue 9Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921Edith Stein, teacher of the faith, religious and martyr, 1942 (Poland, Germany)Leuven SS Martha and Mary: Priest in charge: Jack McDonald.(http://www.anglicanchurchleuven.be)Embu - (Kenya) Bp David Muriithi IreriPorvoo: Bristol, England: Bp Michael Hill, Bp Lee Rayfield; Helsinki, Finland: Bp Irja Askola .

Wed 10Laurence, Deacon at Rome, martyr, 258 (Italy)Liège, serving Wallonia: Priest in charge: Paul Yiend.(http://www.netministries.org/see/churches/ch00654)Enugu - (Niger, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Chukwuma; Enugu North - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Sosthenes Eze

Thu 11Clare of Assisi, founder of the Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 (Italy)John Henry Newman, priest, 1890Mons International Chapel Centre: The Senior Chaplain.Esan - (Bendel, Nigeria) Abp Friday Imaekhai

Fri 12Tervuren St Paul: Chaplain: Simon Tyndall; Asst Chaplain: Nathan Gregory; Reader: Ann Tyndall.(http://www.stpaulstervuren.be)Etche - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Precious Nwala

Sat 13Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, teacher of the faith, 1667Florence Nightingale, nurse, social reformer, 1910Octavia Hill, social reformer, 1912Deanery of Belgium and Luxembourg: Area Dean: Steven Murray.Etsako - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Jacob Bada

Sun 1412th Sunday after Trinity For immigrants newly arrived in our congregations.PRAY for The Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Abp Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of Southern AfricaWCC: Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia.

Mon 15 The Blessed Virgin MaryDEL week 20Ypres St George: Priest in charge: Brian Llewellyn.(http://www.stgeorgesmemorialchurchypres.com)Etsako - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Jacob Bada; Evo - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Innocent Ordu

Tue 16Archdeaconry of NWE link with the Diocese of Luwero, Uganda: Bp Evans Kisekka.Exeter - (Canterbury, England) Bp Robert Atwell; Exeter - Crediton - Bp Sarah Mullally; Exeter - Plymouth - Bp Nick McKinnelPorvoo: Portsmouth, England: Bp Christopher Foster; Stockholm, Sweden: Bp Eva Brunne

Wed 17Belgian Anglican-Roman Catholic Group.Ezo - (Sudan) Bp John Kereboro Zawo

Thu 18People and government of Belgium.

Faisalabad - (Pakistan) Bp John Samuel

Fri 19Luxembourg: Chaplain: Christopher Lyon; Asst Chaplain: Andrew Markey.(http://www.anglican.lu)The people and government of Luxembourg.False Bay - (Southern Africa) Bp Margaret Brenda Vertue

Sat 20Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux, teacher of the faith, 1153 (France)William and Catherine Booth, founders of the Salvation Army, 1912, 1890Amsterdam Christ Church (also serves Heiloo, Amsterdam Zuidoost, Amsterdam South): Chaplain: Vacant; Asst Chaplains: Francis Blight (Heiloo), James Hill.(http://www.christchurch.nl)Suffr. Bishop for Federal Ministries - (The Episcopal Church) Bp James Magness

Sun 2113th Sunday after Trinity Deanery of the Netherlands: Area Dean: Sam van Leer.PRAY for The Anglican Church of South America. Abp Hector Zavala Muñoz, Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of South America & Bishop of ChileWCC: The Pacific islands.

Mon 22DEL week 21Arnhem St Willibrord with Nijmegen: Chaplain: Vacant.(http://arnhemnijmegenchaplaincy.nl)Fianarantsoa - (Indian Ocean) Bp Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo

Tue 23Eindhoven Trinity Church: Chaplain: Francis Noordanus; Asst: Barbara Noordanus; Reader: Jan Waterschoot.(http://www.trinitychurcheindhoven.org)Florida - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp John Howard; Assisting Bishop of Florida - Bp Charles KeyserPorvoo: Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh, Ireland: Bp Samuel Ferran; Aarhus, Denmark: Bp Henrik Wigh-Poulsen

Wed 24 Bartholomew the ApostleGroningen Grace Church: Chaplain: Sam van der Leer.(http://anglican.nl/groningen/)Fond du Lac - (VI, The Episcopal Church) Bp Matthew Alan Gunter

Thu 25

Haarlem St Anna & St Mary, serving Schiphol: Priest in charge: David de Verny; Reader: Jaap Theunisz.(http://www.anglican-church-haarlem.nl)Fort Worth - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Rayford High

Fri 26Maastricht All Saints:Acting Chaplain: Jennifer Pridmore(http://www.allsaintsmaastricht.nl)Fredericton - (Canada, Canada) Bp David Edwards

Sat 27Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387Rotterdam St Mary, serving Rotterdam and Schiedam Missions to Seafarers: Priest in Charge: Stephen Hazlett; Asst Curate: Ank Robinson-Muller; Reader: Grada Schadee.(http://www.stmarys.nl)Freetown (Sierra Leone) - (West Africa, West Africa) Bp Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson

Sun 2814th Sunday after Trinity For a responsible use of our environment. For the Diocesan Environment Officer Elizabeth Bussmann; and for Chaplaincy Environment Officers.PRAY for Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan. Abp Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan & Bishop of JubaWCC: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.

Mon 29Beheading of John the BaptistDEL week 22Schiphol Old Catholic and Anglican Airport Ministry: Chaplain: Nico Sarot.(http://www.aam-schiphol.nl/)Gahini - (Rwanda) Bp Alexis Bilindabagabo

Tue 30John Bunyan, spiritual writer, 1688The Hague St John & St Philip: Chaplain: Andrew Gready; Asst Curate: Jean-Luc Sergent.(http://www.stjohn-stphilip.org)Gambia - (West Africa, West Africa) VacantPorvoo: Espoo, Finland: Bp Tapio Luoma; Edinburgh, Scotland: Bp John Armes.

Wed 31Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, missionary, 651Twente St Mary the Virgin, with Weldam and Goor: Priest in Charge: Alja Tollefsen van der Lans.(http://www.anglicanchurchtwente.com)Gboko - ( Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Nyitsse

September 2016Thu 1Giles of Provence, hermit, c.710 (France)Utrecht Holy Trinity (serving Zwolle and Amersfoort): Chaplain: David Phillips; Asst Chaplain Grant Norman Crowe (Amersfoort).(http://www.holytrinityutrecht.nl)George - (Southern Africa) Bp Brian Marajh

Fri 2Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1901, 1942Vlissingen, Mission to Seafarers: Chaplain: Remco Robinson.(http://www.missiontoseafarers.nl)Georgia - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Scott Benhase

Sat 3Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, teacher of the faith, 604 (Italy)Voorschoten St James: Chaplain: Ruan Crew; Reader: Anthony Cummings.(http://www.stjames.nl)Gippsland - (Victoria, Australia) Bp Kay Goldsworthy; Grafton - (New South Wales, Australia) Bp Sarah Macneil

Sun 415th Sunday after Trinity Swiss Archdeaconry: Archdeacon: Adèle Kelham.PRAY for The Anglican Church of Tanzania. Abp Jacob Erasto Chimeledya, Archbishop of Tanzania & Bishop of MpwapwaWCC: Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia.

Mon 5DEL week 23People and government of the Netherlands.Gitega - (Burundi) Bp John Nduwayo

Tue 6Allen Gardiner, missionary, founder of the South American Missionary Society, 1851The Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands: Abp Joris Vercammen.Glasgow & Galloway - (Scotland) Bp Gregor DuncanPorvoo: Turku, Finland: Abp Kari Mäkinen, Bp Kaarlo Kalliala; York, England: Abp John Sentamu, Bp Glyn Webster, Bp Alison White, Bp John Thomson, Bp Paul Ferguson.

Wed 7The honorary assistant bishops and their pastoral ministry in the diocese.Gloucester - (Canterbury, England) Bp Rachel Treweek; Gloucester - Tewkesbury - Bp Martyn James Snow

Thu 8Birth of the Blessed Virgin MaryNordic and Baltic Deanery Chapter and Synod meeting in Riga 8-11/9

Fri 9Charles Fuge Lowder, priest, 1880Basel St Nicholas: Chaplain: Hilary Jones; Asst Chaplains: Russell Hilliard, Anne Lowen; Reader: Nigel Spencer; Youth Coordinator: Katie Wilkinson.(http://basel.churchinsight.com)Gombe - (Jos, Nigeria) Bp Henry Ndukuba

Sat 10Berne St Ursula: Chaplain: Vacant; Asst Chaplain: Linda Bisig; Assoc. Priest: Mark Pogson; Youth Coordinator: Mary McKinley.(http://www.stursula.ch)Grahamstown - (Southern Africa) Bp Ebenezer Ntlali

Sun 1116th Sunday after Trinity Racial Justice SundayFor peace, harmony and understanding between neighbours of different races and/or religions.PRAY for The Church of the Province of Uganda. Abp Stanley Ntagali, Archbishop of Uganda & and Bishop of Kampala:; Asst Bishop of Kampala - (Uganda) Bp Hannington MutebiWCC: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia.

Mon 12DEL week 24[Consecration of Bishop Harald Rein, 2009, Hon. Asst Bp]Geneva Holy Trinity: Chaplain: Alexander Gordon; Readers: Roy Damary, Betty Talbot; Youth Work Coordinator: Lou Cox.(http://www.holytrinitygeneva.org)Guadalcanal - (Melanesia) Bp Nathan Tome

Tue 13John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, teacher of the faith, 407 (Turkey)Geneva Emmanuel Church (TEC): Rector: John Beach.Guatemala - (Central America) Abp Armando Guerra Soria; Panama - (Central America) Bp Julio MurrayPorvoo: Salisbury, England: Bp Nicholas Holtam, vacancy, Bp Edward Condry; St Asaph, Wales: Bp Gregory Cameron; Ribe, Denmark: Bp Elof Westergaard.

Wed 14 Holy Cross DayLa Côte, Gingins and Divonne-les-Bains: Chaplain: Carolyn Cooke; Asst Chaplain: Julia Chambeyron.(http://www.lacotechurch.ch)Guildford - (Canterbury, England) Bp Andrew John Watson; Guildford - Dorking - vacancy

Thu 15Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, martyr, 258Lausanne Christ Church, serving Neuchatel: Priest in charge: Adèle Kelham.(http://www.christchurch-lausanne.ch)Guinea - (West Africa, West Africa) Bp Jacques Boston

Fri 16Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432Edward Bouverie Pusey, priest, tractarian, 1882Lugano St Edward the Confessor: Priest in charge: Vacant.(http://www.stedwards.ch)Gujarat - (North India) Bp Silvans Christian

Sat 17Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, visionary, 1179 (Germany)Montreux St John (serving Anzère, Monthey, Villars): Priest in charge: Paul Dalzell.(http://www.stjohns.ch)Gusau - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp John Garba

Sun 1817th Sunday after Trinity Swiss National Day of Prayer: the people and government of Switzerland.PRAY for The Episcopal Church. Abp Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of TECWCC: Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania.

Mon 19Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690DEL week 25Vevey All Saints (serving Chateau d'Oex): Chaplain: Clive Atkinson; Youth Work Coordinator: Jonny Torrance.(http://www.allsaints.ch)Guyana - (West Indies) Vacant

Tue 20John Coleridge Patteson, first Bishop of Melanesia, and his companions, martyrs, 1871The Anglican Old Catholic International Coordinating Committee: Co-chairs: Michael Burrows, Dirk Jan Schoon.Gwagwalada - ( Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Moses TabwayePorvoo: Tuam, Killala and Achonry, Ireland: Bp Patrick Rooke; Bath and Wells, England: Bp Peter Hancock, Bp Ruth Worsley

Wed 21 Matthew, apostle and evangelist[Consecration of Bishop Richard Garrard, 1994, Hon. Asst Bp]

Seasonal chaplaincies in Switzerland: Interlaken, Kandersteg, Mürren, St Moritz, Wengen, Zermatt.Haiti - (II, The Episcopal Church) Bp Jean Duracin; Suffr. Bishop of Haiti - Bp Oge Beauvoir

Thu 22Zürich St Andrew ( serving Baden, St Gallen, Zug): Chaplain: Paul Brice; Readers: Br Marcel Benedict.(http://www.standrewszurich.org)Hanuato'o - (Melanesia) Bp Alfred Karibongi

Fri 23Eastern Archdeaconry Synod meeting at Warsaw, 22-25/9.Harare - (Central Africa) Bp Chad Nicholas Gandiya

Sat 24[Consecration of Bishop Michael Colclough, 1996, Hon. Asst Bp]Old Catholic Church in Switzerland: Bp Harald Rein.Hawaii - (IX, The Episcopal Church) Bp Robert Fitzpatrick

Sun 2518th Sunday after Trinity The leaders of the churches in the countries where we live.PRAY for The Church in Wales. Abp Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales & Bishop of LlandaffWCC: Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine.

Mon 26Wilson Carlile, founder of the Church Army, 1942DEL week 26Diocesan Press & Communications Officer: Paul Needle; and Chaplaincy magazine editors.Hereford - (Canterbury, England) Bp Richard Frith. Hereford - Ludlow - Bp Alistair James Magowan

Tue 27Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660 (France)The Diocesan Communications Group and Chaplaincy webmasters and social media administrators.Highveld - (Southern Africa) Bp David BannermanPorvoo: Sheffield, England: Vacant, Bp Peter Burrows; Sodor and Man, England: Bp Robert Paterson; Greenland: Bp Sofie Petersen.

Wed 28Ember DayFor those exploring their vocation, and for Vocations Advisors.Ho - (Ghana, West Africa) Bp Matthias Mededues-Badohu

Thu 29

Michael and All Angels[Consecration of Bishop Michael Turnbull, 1988, Hon. Asst Bp]For a responsible use of the social media.Honduras - (V, The Episcopal Church) Bp Lloyd Allen

Fri 30Ember DayJerome, translator of the scriptures, teacher of the faith, 420 (Croatia)New clergy in training. Diocesan Director of Training: Ulla Monberg.Hpa-an - (Myanmar) Bp Saw Stylo

October 2016Sat 1Ember DayGregory the Enlightener, bishop, apostle of Armenia, c. 332 (Armenia)Remigius, Bishop of Rheims, apostle to the Franks, 533 (France)Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftesbury), social reformer, 1885 Thérèse of Lisieux, religious, 1897 (France)Training incumbents and others offering support to clergy in new posts.Huron - (Ontario, Canada) Bp Robert Franklin Bennett; Suffr. Bishop of Huron - (Ontario, Canada) Bp Terrance Arthur Dance

Sun 219th Sunday after Trinity Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe: Archdeacon: Colin Williams.PRAY for The Church of the Province of West Africa. Abp Daniel Sarfo, Primate & Metropolitan, CPWA, Archbishop of the Internal province of Ghana and Bishop of KumasiWCC: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia.

Mon 3George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker,1958DEL week 27For members of our congregations working in countries other than their own.Hyderabad - (Pakistan) Bp Kaleem John

Tue 4Francis of Assisi, friar, deacon, founder of the Friars Minor, 1226 (Italy)Deanery of Nordic and Baltic Countries: Area Dean: Nick Howe.Ibadan - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Abp Joseph AkinfenwaPorvoo: Swansea and Brecon, Wales: Bp John Davies; Leicester, England: Acting Bp John Holbrook

Wed 5The Bible Society.(http://www.biblesociety.org.uk)Ibadan North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Segun Okubadejo

Thu 6William Tyndale, translator of the scriptures, Reformation martyr, 1536Bruno, founder of the Carthusian order, 1101 (France)The country and people of Denmark.Ibadan South - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Jacob Ajetunmobi

Fri 7Copenhagen St Alban (serving Aarhus): Chaplain: Darren McCallig; Deacon: Christophe Ndikuriyo; Readers: Graeme Lloyd-Roberts, Victoria Wadsworth-Hansen.(http://www.st-albans.dk)Ibba - (Sudan) Bp Wilson Elisa Kamani; Idah - ( Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Musa

Sat 8The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark: Bp of Copenhagen: Peter Skov-Jakobsen.Idaho - (IX, The Episcopal Church) Bp Brian Thom

Sun 920th Sunday after Trinity PRAY for The Church in the Province of the West Indies. Abp John Holder, Archbishop of West Indies & Bishop of BarbadosWCC: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Mon 10Paulinus, Bishop of York, missionary, 644Thomas Traherne, poet, spiritual writer, 1674DEL week 28Helsinki St Nicholas, (also serving Kerava, Kuopio, Mikkeli, Oulo, Pori, Turku, International Congregation of Christ the King, Tampere, Vaasa and White Nile): Chaplain: Tuomas Mäkipää; Asst Chaplain: David Oliver; Asst Curate: Amos Manga; Readers: Keith Battarbee (Turku), Emmanuel Eneh (Tampere), John Mills (Kuopio).(http://www.anglican.fi)Ideato - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Caleb Maduoma; Idoani - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Dahunsi

Tue 11Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 James the Deacon, companion of Paulinus, 7th cent.The Church's Ministry to Refugees: Amos Manga's work among Sudanese Anglicans in Finland.Ife - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Oluwole OdubogunPorvoo: Liverpool, England: Bp Paul Bayes, Bp Richard Blackburn; Monmouth, Wales: Bp Richard Pain; Haderslev, Denmark: Bp Marianne Christiansen.

Wed 12Wilfrid of Ripon, bishop, missionary, 709Elizabeth Fry, prison reformer, 1845Edith Cavell, nurse, 1915Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Finland: Abp Kari Mäkinen.

Ife East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Oluseyi Oyelade

Thu 13Edward the Confessor, king of England, 1066The government and people of Finland.Ifo - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Nathaniel Oladejo Ogundipe

Fri 14Oslo St Edmund (serving Bergen, Drammen, Kristiansand, Moss, Stavanger, Tromsö and Trondheim): Chaplain: Brian Russell; Asst Chaplain: Peter Hogarth (Stavanger). Trondheim and Bergen: Vacant.(http://www.osloanglicans.no)Igbomina - (Kwara, Nigeria) Abp Michael Akinyemi

Sat 15Teresa of Avila, religious, teacher of the faith, 1582 (Spain)Church of Norway: Presiding Bp Helga Haugland Byfuglien.Igbomina - West - (Kwara, Nigeria) Bp James Akinola

Sun 1621st Sunday after Trinity Week of Prayer for World Peace (see inside front cover).PRAY for The Church of Ceylon (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury). Colombo - (Ceylon) Bp Dhiloraj Ranjit Canagasabey; Kurunagala - (Ceylon) VacantWCC: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal.

Mon 17Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, martyr, c.107DEL week 29[Consecration of Bishop David Hamid, 2002]Porvoo Contact Group 19-24 Oct 2016Ihiala - (Niger, Nigeria) Bp Ralph Okafor; Ijebu - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Awosoga

Tue 18 Luke the EvangelistBishop's Staff Meeting 18-19/10.Ijebu - North - (Lagos, Nigeria) Bp Solomon KuponuPorvoo: Truro, England: Bp Tim Thornton, Bp Chris Goldsmith; Tønsberg, Norway: Bp Per Arne Dahl; Strängnäs, Sweden: Bp Johan Dalman

Wed 19Henry Martyn, translator of the scriptures, missionary in India and Persia, 1812Friends of the Diocese, meeting today for their annual service: Chair: Mark Pellew; Sec.: Jeanne French..Ijesa North East - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Joseph Olusola

Thu 20The Bishop's Council 20-21/10.Ijesha North - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Isaac Oluyamo

Fri 21All involved in the medical profession.St Luke's Healthcare for the Clergy .Ijumu - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Ezekiel Ikupolati

Sat 22Lutheran Church of Great Britain: Bp Martin Lind.Ikara - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Yusuf Janfalan

Sun 23Last Sunday after Trinity or Dedication Festival or Bible Sunday One World Week, theme: "Raising awareness of global issues and taking action to make a change".PRAY for Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba. Cuba - (Cuba) Bp Griselda Delgado Del Carpio; Suffr. Bishop of Cuba - Bp Ulises PrendesWCC: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Mon 24DEL week 30United Nations Day. For the work of the United Nations, and for the Anglican Observer offices in New York and Geneva. Anglican Communion representative to the UN in Geneva: Flora Winfield.Ikeduru - (Owerri, Nigeria) Bp Emmanuel Maduwike; Ikka - (Bendel, Nigeria) Bp Peter Onekpe

Tue 25Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs at Rome, c.287 (Italy)People & Government of Norway.Ikwerre - (Niger Delta, Nigeria) Bp Blessing EnyindahPorvoo: Växjö, Sweden: Bp Fredrik Modéus; Oxford, England: vacancy, Bp Andrew Proud, Bp Colin Fletcher, Bp Alan Wilson.

Wed 26Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons, scholar, 899Cedd, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of the East Saxons, 664Gothenburg St Andrew (serving also Gothenburg and Chalmers Universities): Priest in charge and Chaplain to international students: David Bruce.(http://www.standrews.se)Ikwo - (Enugu, Nigeria) Bp Kenneth Ifemene

Thu 27

Otteran, abbot, companion of St ColumbaStockholm St Peter and St Sigfrid (serving also Västerås): Chaplain: Nicholas Howe; Reader: Pamela Henderson.(http://www.stockholmanglicans.se)Ikwuano - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Chigozirim Onyegbule

Fri 28 Simon and Jude, ApostlesEvangelical-Lutheran Church of Sweden: Abp Antje Jackelén.Ilaje - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Fredrick Olugbemi

Sat 29James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, martyr in Uganda, 1885People & Government of Sweden.Ile - Oluji - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Samson Adekunle

Sun 304th Sunday before Advent , or All Saints SundayFor the patron saints of our countries and of our churches.PRAY for Bermuda (Extra-Provincial to Canterbury). Bermuda - (Bermuda) Bp Nicholas DillWCC: The Indian Ocean islands: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives.

Mon 31Martin Luther, reformer, 1546 (Germany)DEL week 31Our sister diocese of Visby, Sweden: Bp Sven-Bernhard Fast.Ilesa - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Olubayu Sowale

November 2016Tue 1All Saints' Day may be celebrated today instead of or as well as on SundayFormer clergy and lay leaders of our chaplaincies, and of the diocese, especially those who have died during the past year.Ilesa South West - (Ibadan, Nigeria) Bp Samuel EgbebunmiCarlisle, England: Bp James Newcome, Bp Robert Freeman; Stavanger, Norway: Bp Erling Pettersen.

Wed 2Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)Reykjavik St Thorlak: Priest in charge: Bjarni Þór Bjarnason.Indianapolis - (VI, The Episcopal Church) Bp Catherine Waynick

Thu 3Richard Hooker, priest, teacher of the faith, 1600Martin of Porres, friar, 1639

Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland: Bp Agnes Sigurðardottir.Iowa - (VII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Alan Scarfe

Fri 4The government and people of Iceland.Iran - (Jerusalem & Middle East) Bp Azad Marshall

Sat 5The Porvoo Contact Group. The Church of England Porvoo Panel, Chair: David Hamid, Sec.: Leslie Nathaniel.Irele - Eseodo - (Ondo, Nigeria) Bp Felix Akinbuluma; Isikwuato - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Manasses Chijiokem Okere

Sun 63rd Sunday before Advent; Remembrance Sunday. "Thy kingdom come, O God!"PRAY for The Lusitanian Church (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury). Lusitanian Church - (Portugal) Bp José Jorge De Pina CabralWCC: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda.

Mon 7Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 (Netherlands)DEL week 32Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Latvia: Abp Janis Vanags.Isiala-Ngwa - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Owen Azubuike

Tue 8Saints and martyrs of EnglandRiga St Saviour: Chaplain: Jana Jeruma-Grinberga.(http://www.anglicanriga.lv)Isial-Ngwa South - (Aba, Nigeria) Bp Isaac NwaobiaPorvoo: Winchester, England: Bp Timothy Dakin, Bp David Williams, Bp Jonathan Frost; Agder and Telemark, Norway: Bp Stein Reinertsen.

Wed 9Margery Kempe, mystic and pilgrim, c. 1440The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad: Abp Elmars Ernsts Rozitis.Jabalpur - (North India) Bp Prem Singh

Thu 10Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome, teacher of the faith, 461 (Italy)Tallinn St Timothy and St Titus: Priest in charge: Gustav Piir.Jaffna - (South India) Bp Daniel Selvaratnam Thiagarajah

Fri 11Martin, Bishop of Tours, c.397 (France)Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Estonia: Abp Andres Pöder.Jalingo - (Jos, Nigeria) Bp Timothy Yahaya

Sat 12Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania: Bp Mindaugas Sabutis.Jamaica & The Cayman Islands - (West Indies) Bp Howard Gregory; Jamaica - Kingston - Bp Robert Thompson; Jamaica - Mandeville - Vacant; Jamaica - Montego Bay - Bp Leon Paul Golding

Sun 132nd Sunday before Advent For reconciliation, between nations and within nations.PRAY for The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain (E-P to the Archbishop of Canterbury). The Reformed Episcopal Church of Spain - (Spain) Bp Carlos López-LozanoWCC: Republic of Congo, Gabon, Sao Tomé and Principe.

Mon 14Samuel Seabury, first Anglican bishop in North America, 1796DEL week 33The governments and peoples of the Baltic republics.Jebba - (Kwara, Nigeria) Bp Timothy Adewole

Tue 15The Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Bp Pierre Whalon, and the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Paris.Johannesburg - (Southern Africa) Bp Stephen Mosimanegape MoreoPorvoo: Norwich, England: Bp Graham James, Bp Alan Winton, Bp Jonathan Meyrick; Luleå, Sweden: Bp Hans Stiglund.

Wed 16Margaret, Queen of Scotland, philanthropist, reformer of the church, 1093Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240Berlin St George: Chaplain: Christopher Jage-Bowler.(http://www.stgeorges.de)Jos - (Jos, Nigeria) Abp Benjamin Kwashi; Kabba - (Lokoja, Nigeria) Bp Steven Akobe

Thu 17Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200Dresden, served from Prague.Abp Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Archbishop of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan & Sudan & Bishop of Juba; Asst Bishop of Juba - (Sudan) Bp Fraser Yugu Elias

Fri 18

Elizabeth of Hungary, Princess of Thuringia, philanthropist, 1231 (Hungary)[Consecration of Bishop Pierre Whalon 2001, Hon. Asst Bishop]Bonn St Boniface with Cologne All Saints: Chaplain: Vacant; Asst Curates: Richard Gardiner and Matthias Grebe.(http://www.anglicanbonncologne.de)Kadugli & Nuba Mountains - (Sudan) Bp Andudu Adam Elnail

Sat 19Hilda, Abbess of Whitby, 680Mechtild, béguine of Magdeburg, mystic, 1280 (Germany)Give thanks for the contributions of women to the life of the church.Advisor for Women's Ministry in the Diocese: Hilary Jones.Kaduna - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Vacant

Sun 20Christ the King; Sunday next before Advent Deanery of Germany: Area Dean: Kenneth Dimmick.PRAY for Falkland Islands (Extra-Provincial to Canterbury) - Bp Nigel William StockWCC: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea.

Mon 21DEL week 34Düsseldorf Christ Church: Chaplain: Stephen Walton.(http://www.christchurchanglican.de)Kafanchan - ( Abuja, Nigeria) Bp Marcus Dogo

Tue 22Cecilia, martyr at Rome, c.230 (Italy)Thanks for the authors and composers of our hymns, and for our choirs who sing them.Kagera - (Tanzania) Bp Aaron KijanjaliPorvoo: Estonia: Abp Urmas Viilma, Bp Einar Soone, Bp Tiit Salumäe, Bp Joel Luhamets, Bp Andres Taul; Rochester, England: Bp James Langstaff, Bp Brian Castle.

Wed 23Clement, Bishop of Rome, marytr, c. 100 (Italy)Freiburg-im-Breisgau: Priest in charge: Christopher Parsons.(http://freiburganglicanchurch.wordpress.com)Kajiado - (Kenya) Bp Gadiel Katanga Lenini

Thu 24Hamburg St Thomas Becket: Chaplain: Vacant..(http://www.anglican-church-hamburg.de)Kajo Keji - (Sudan) Bp Anthony Poggo Dangasuk

Fri 25

Catherine of Alexandria, martyr, 4th cent. Isaac Watts, hymn writer, 1748Heidelberg: Priest in Charge: Vacant; Reader: Rosemary Selle.(http://www.english-church-heidelberg.de)Abp Stanley Ntagali, Archbishop of Uganda & and Bishop of Kampala; Asst Bishop of Kampala - (Uganda) Bp Hannington Mutebi

Sat 26Leipzig: Chaplain: Martin Reakes-Williams.(http://www.leipzig-english-church.de)Kano - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Zakka Nyam

Sun 27Advent Sunday CW year A begins"Come, thou long-expected Jesus"Kansas - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Dean Wolfe; Western Kansas - (VIII, The Episcopal Church) Bp Michael MillikenWCC: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger.

Mon 28DEL Year 1 beginsStuttgart St Catherine (also serving Ulm and Kempten): Priest in charge: Kenneth Dimmick .(http://www.stcatherines-stuttgart.de)Kanyakumari - (South India) Bp Gnanasigamony Devakadasham

Tue 29Day of Intercession and Thanksgiving for the missionary work of the ChurchSt Andrewstide prayers for the mission of the church.Porvoo: St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, England: Bp Martin Seeley, vacancy; Aberdeen and Orkney, Scotland: Bp Robert Gillies.

Wed 30 Andrew, apostle[Consecration of Bishop David Stancliffe 1993, Hon. Asst Bishop]Episcopal Church in Scotland; Churches Together in Scotland; the people of Scotland and the Scottish Parliament .Karachi - (Pakistan) Bp Saddiq Daniel

December 2016Thu 1World AIDS DayCharles de Foucauld, hermit in the Sahara, 1916 (France)For those living with HIV/AIDS.Karamoja - (Uganda) Bp Joseph Abura

Fri 2Parishes and Missions in Germany of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe: Augsburg, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Munich, Nuremberg and Wiesbaden.Karimnagar - (South India) Bp Reuben Mark

Sat 3Francis Xavier, missionary, Apostle of the Indies,1552 (Spain)Work of the Meissen Commission, co-chairs bishops Nick Baines and Friedrich Weber.Karnataka Central - (South India) Bp Prasana Kumar Samuel

Sun 42nd Sunday of Advent For the Bishop's Advent appeal.Karnataka North - (South India) Bp Ravikumar J. NiranjanWCC: Liberia, Sierra Leone.

Mon 5People & Government of Germany.Karnataka South - (South India) Bp Mohan Manoraj

Tue 6Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 (Turkey)British Forces Churches in Germany: The Asst Chaplain General, Germany.Kasai - (Congo) Bp Marcel KapingaKatanga - (Congo) Bp Muno KasimaPorvoo: St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Scotland: Bp David Chillingworth (Primus); Porvoo, Finland: Bp Björn Vikström.

Wed 7Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, teacher of the faith, 397 Ember DayReaders in the Diocese. Warden of Readers: Bishop David Hamid; Moderator for Reader Training: Colin Brown; Senior Tutor and Advisor for Reader Ministry: Elaine Labourel.Katakwa - (Kenya) Bp Zakayo Epusi

Thu 8Conception of the Blessed Virgin MaryVocations to the ministry.Diocesan Director of Ordinands William Gulliford and his assistants.Katsina - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Bp Jonathan Bamaiyi; Kebbi - (Kaduna, Nigeria) Abp Edmund Akanya

Fri 9Ember DayThose involved in training ordinands; our ordinands in training.Keewatin - (Rupert's Land, Canada) Abp David Norman Ashdown

Sat 10Ember DayUN Human Rights Day.Kentucky - (IV, The Episcopal Church) Bp Terry White

Sun 113rd Sunday of Advent For prisoners of conscience and the work of Amnesty International: Sec. Gen.: Salil Shetty.Kericho - (Kenya) Bp Jackson Ole SapitWCC: Cape Verde, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal.

Mon 12Development of Anglican-Evangelical Church of Germany relations. The Evangelical Church of Germany: Bp Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Chairman, EKD Council.Khartoum - (Sudan) Abp Ezekiel Kumir Kondo

Tue 13Lucy, martyr at Syracuse, 304 (Italy)Samuel Johnson, moralist, 1784Old Catholic Church in Germany: Bp Matthias Ring.Kibondo - (Tanzania) Bp Awaiting DetailsPorvoo: Chester, England: Bp Peter Forster, Bp Keith Sinclair, Bp Libby Lane; Kuopio, Finland: - Bp Jari Jolkkonen.

Wed 14John of the Cross, poet, teacher of the faith, 1591 (Spain)For those providing night shelters.Kibungo - (Rwanda) Bp Emmanuel Ntazinda

Thu 15For families under stress.Kigali - (Rwanda) Bp Louis Muvunyi

Fri 16For the work of Save the Children.Kigeme - (Rwanda) Bp Augustin Mvunabandi

Sat 17O Sapientia: the Great O Antiphons Eglantyne Jebb, social reformer, founder of "Save the Children", 1928For those facing their first Christmas alone.Kigezi - (Uganda) Bp George Bagamuhunda

Sun 184th Sunday of Advent For all those attending carol services in our churches.Kilmore; Elphin & Ardagh - (Armagh, Ireland) Bp Ferran GlenfieldWCC: Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Togo.

Mon 19For those rebuilding their lives after natural disasters.Kimberley & Kuruman - (Southern Africa) Bp Oswald Swartz

Tue 20Chaplains and other church members attending carol services in schools, hospitals and other non-church settings.Kindu - (Congo) Bp Zacharie Masimango KatandaPorvoo: Southwell and Nottingham, England: Bp Paul Williams, Bp Anthony Porter; Borg, Norway: Bp Atle Sommerfeldt.

Wed 21For those in hospital over Christmas.Kinkiizi - (Uganda) Bp Dan Zoreka

Thu 22For those offering hospitality and care to the homeless this Christmas.Abp Kahwa Henri Isingoma, Archbishop of the Congo & Bishop of Kinshasa; Suffr. Bishop of Kinshasa - Bp Molanga Jean Botola; Kisangani - (Congo) Bp Lambert Botolome

Fri 23For all those who cannot share the joy of Christmas.Kirinyaga - (Kenya) Bp Joseph Kibuchua

Sat 24 Christmas EveThat our hearts may always be open to the joy and wonder of God's mighty works.Kita Kanto - (Japan) Bp Zerubbabel Katsuichi Hirota

Sun 25 Christmas DayThe Church's solidarity with those who are persecuted.Kitale - (Kenya) Bp Stephen KewasisWCC: Ghana, Nigeria.

Mon 26 Stephen, deacon, martyrFor those who have died for their faith in the past year.Kiteto - (Tanzania) Bp Isaiah Chambala

Tue 27 John, apostle and evangelistFor blessings of peace in the New Year to come.Kitgum - (Uganda) VacantPorvoo: Oslo, Norway: Bp Ole Christian Kvarme; Durham, England: Bp Paul Butler, Bp Mark Bryant; Moray, Ross & Caithness, Scotland: Bp Mark Strange.

Wed 28 Holy Innocents DayFor children in danger.Kitui - (Kenya) Bp Josephat Mule

Thu 29Thomas Becket, archbishop, martyr, 1170For clergy families.Kivu - (Rwanda) Bp Augustin Ahimana

Fri 30"For all that has been, Thanks. To all that shall be, Yes" (Dag Hammarskjöld).Kobe - (Japan) Bp Andrew Yatuka Nakamura

Sat 31John Wyclif, ReformerFor bible translators and interpretersKoforidua - (Ghana, West Africa) Bp Francis Quashie