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<HR size=2><I><FONT SIZE=+3>Welcome to<BR><BR>
</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=+4>St. John's<BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=+2>Anglican Catholic Church of Canada<BR>
</FONT>P.O. Box 141<BR>
Parry Sound, Ontario P2A 1W2<BR>
Canada<BR>
705-746-9720<BR><BR>
<FONT SIZE=+1>Fr. Robert S.H. Mansfield, SSC<BR>
</FONT><I>Priest in Charge<BR>
</I>e-mail:<I><A HREF="mailto:robert@zeuter.com"> robert@zeuter.com</A></I></CENTER>
<P><HR size=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+4>Sunday Services</FONT></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+3>Matins: 10:30 a.m.</FONT></CENTER></P>
<P><CENTER><FONT SIZE=+3>The Holy Eucharist: 11:00 a.m.</FONT></P><BR><BR>
Other Sacraments and Services are by appointment or announcement.<BR>
<I>Please call for further Information.</I><BR><BR>
These Services are held on most Sundays in the Chapel at Torrance Funeral Home and Chapel, 89 Bowes St., Parry Sound.<BR><HR size=2>
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<I>The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada is a member of the <B>Traditional
Anglican Communion</B></I>
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<P><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><FONT SIZE=+2>Who Are We?</FONT></FONT>
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<P>Here is a statement by the late Bishop de Catanzaro to give you an idea
of who we are and what we stand for. The Nicene and Apostles' Creeds are
included as statements of our belief. </P>
<P>We shall add more to this section from time to time.</P><BR>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="#What's in a Name">What's in a Name?</A> - by
the Late Bishop Carmino de Catanzaro</FONT><BR>
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<LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="#Apostles' Creed">Apostles' Creed</A></FONT><BR><BR>
<LI><FONT SIZE=+1><A HREF="#Nicene Creed">Nicene Creed</A></FONT><BR><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=+3>What's in a Name?</FONT>
<P><BR>By the Rt. Rev. Dr. Carmino de Catanzaro</P><BR>
<P><I>We are delighted to reprint this statement written by the Rt. Rev.
Dr. Carmino J. de Catanzaro as a statement of what the Anglican Catholic
Church of Canada stands for:</I> </P>
<P>"We are Anglican in background and tradition. We are Catholic -
not in the sense of Roman Catholic, though, no doubt, we have much in common
with them. Rather, we accept the whole Christian Faith. We don't want to
be 'cafeteria-style' Christians, who pick and choose the parts of the Christian
religion that we like, and turn up our noses at the rest. </P>
<P>"We therefore accept all that Jesus Christ has taught. He is the
eternal Son of God, 'the Way, the Truth, and the Life,' who was born into
this world as a human child of the Virgin Mary, lived among us as a perfect
human being, died on the Cross, rose from the dead, and lives and reigns
for evermore. He is the Centre of our Faith - no one else. What we believe,
we believe because of Him. He is the standard of what is right or wrong,
true or false - not what society or the contemporary world thinks. </P>
<P>"Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we believe in the Bible. We
believe the Bible because it speaks of Him, His acts, His teachings. It
points forward to them in the Old Testament; it relates them directly in
the Gospels; it looks back on them and reflects on them in the Acts and
Epistles. It looks forward to His Second Coming and final Judgement of
mankind in the Book of Revelation. The Bible is infinitely precious to
us because of Jesus Christ. We do not want to avoid it or explain it away!
</P>
<P>"Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we accept the Creeds. They
summarize what Christians, guided by the Holy Spirit, have always believed
about Him. We recite them with pride and confidence, not with 'tongue in
cheek." They express the convictions by which we live and die. </P>
<P>"Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we accept His commandments.
We know that we are responsible to Him as the judge of all mankind. We
also know that we often fail to measure up to them, but that He offers
us forgiveness of sins and His Holy Spirit to overcome our weaknesses and
shortcomings and make us like Him. </P>
<P>"Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we believe in His Church.
It is His Church, subject to His marching orders, sent by Him to witness
to His truth to all men everywhere. It is not ours to change as we see
fit, to make into a social club for 'our kind of peple,' or into a political
organization to prop up the existing order or to bring about 'social change.'
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<P>"Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we believe in His Sacraments.
We believe that in Baptism, Confirmation, Holty Communion, Absolution,
Holy Unction, Holy Matrimony, and Holy Orders He really is present and
acts for our salvation, and that we must meet Him in faith and penitence.
</P>
<P>Because we believe in Jesus Christ, we believe in the sacred Ministry.
Bishops, priests, and Deacons are His agents who must act on His instructions,
first given to the Apostles. They must proclaim His Word, administer His
Sacraments, and on His behalf minister to people. Their role is not to
be glorified social workers, political agitators, or amateur psychologists.
We do not accept women priests because Jesus our Lord did not choose women
Apostles. For us that is enough. He, the eternal truth, knows better than
any of us. </P>
<P>"We do not set up ourselves as being better or more perfect than
other people. We know that we are imperfect and sinful, and that our only
hope is in trying to obey our Lord Jesus Christ and to worship Him. </P>
<P>"We do not wish to be another sect of Christians. On the contrary,
we rejoice that so many believe what we believe and want to be as close
to them as possible. We desire to be at one with them in the one Christ,
the Son of the living God, risen, ascended, and glorified." </P>
<CENTER><P><FONT SIZE=+2>"To Him be all honour and glory for ever and ever!
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<CENTER><P><FONT SIZE=+2>Amen."</FONT></P><BR>
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<CENTER><P><I>reprinted with the permission of the Convent Society of the
Anglican Catholic Church of Canada</I></CENTER> <BR>
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<I><A HREF="#Top">Top</A></I> <A NAME="Apostles' Creed"></A><HR><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=+3>The Apostles' Creed</FONT>
<P>I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: </P>
<P>And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the
Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was
crucified, dead, and buried: He descended into hell; The third day he rose
again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right
hand of the God Father Almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the
quick and the dead. </P>
<P>I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Communion
of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the
Life everlasting. Amen.<BR>
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<I><A HREF="#Top">Top</A></I> <A NAME="Nicene Creed"></A>
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<FONT SIZE=+3>The Nicene Creed</FONT>
<P>I believe in one God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth,
And of all things visible and invisible: </P>
<P>And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, Begotten
of the Father before all worlds; God of God; Light of Light; Very God of
very God; Begotten not made; Being of one substance with the Father; Through
whom all things were made: Who for us men and for our salvation came down
from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And
was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate. He suffered
and was buried, And the third day he rose again according to the Scriptures,
And ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of the Father.
And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead:
Whose kingdom shall have no end. </P>
<P>And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord, The Giver of Life, Who proceedeth
from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is
worshipped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets. And I believe One,
Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one Baptism for the
remission of sins. And I look for the Resurrection of the dead, And the
Life of the world to come. Amen.<BR>
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<A HREF=" http://www.zeuter.com/~accc/">The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada</A> of which St. John's Parish is a member, has her own web site - - Please take a look.<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=3>For further Information about St. John's or the Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, please contact: <A HREF="mailto:robert@zeuter.com"><I>robert@zeuter.com</A></I></FONT></P>
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