{"id":27,"date":"2008-07-25T19:03:17","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.anglo-catholic.net\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2011-04-06T21:56:25","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T21:56:25","slug":"my-parishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"My Parishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARISHES<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

October 1, 2003 – 2011\u00a0All Saints\u2019, San Diego, USA, <\/span>Rector<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jan 25, 1985- Sep 30, 2003: <\/span>St. Mark\u2019s, Fitzroy <\/span><\/p>\n

(Diocese of Melbourne)<\/span><\/p>\n

Vicar <\/em><\/strong><\/span>Built on existing anglo-catholic tradition, re-establishing Daily Mass and other services. <\/span>Increased congregation from 25 to 100+, and income from $100,000 to $550,000. Established new initiatives, including lay groups for pastoral care, visiting, study & healing. Prepared adults for confirmation each year. Introduced choir & cantors. <\/span>Responsible for community centre ministering to the unemployed & street people. Increased paid staff to 8 and volunteers to 50. $350,000 annual budget, with support from the wider community & 50 supporting parishes.<\/span> <\/span>AIDS ministry<\/span><\/strong> established in 1986. This became the <\/strong>first parish-based ministry in Australia, & a major part of our pastoral work and ministry for 10 years, including an annual AIDS Requiem Mass, which attracted 500 at one time. <\/span>In 1990 embarked on a 10 year church restoration project. Total cost $1 million. Responsible for government and other grants, as well as chair of fund-raising & building committees.<\/span> <\/span>In 1998 obtained the <\/span>Harrison organ<\/strong> from St Luke\u2019s Church, Cowley, Oxford. <\/span>This organ was a significant acquisition for Australia, and involved restoration and rebuilding of the organ in St Mark\u2019s. <\/span>From 1987 responsible for raising $100,000 p.a. from charitable trusts for the Community Centre. In addition, from 1991 raised $168,000 from government & $127,000 from charitable trusts for church restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nov 24, 1982 – Jan 20, 1985: <\/span>St Catherine\u2019s, Elizabeth Downs <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

(Diocese of Adelaide) <\/span><\/p>\n

Priest-in-charge: <\/span><\/em><\/strong>Centered ministry on building up the parish, which was in danger of being closed down. Established Daily Mass, Benediction, etc & beautified church. The congregation grew in devotion & spirituality, & attendance by 200%. Responsible for facilitating lay people to lead study groups, social activities and pastoral care teams. With team from parish, plans were drawn up for building a rectory, which was completed in 1984<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feb 1, 1980 – Nov 23, 1981: St Martin\u2019s, Campbeltown<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Diocese of Adelaide)<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant Priest<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span>Worked with staff of 3 priests in the largest parish in the diocese. Focus of ministry centered on working with youth. <\/span>Responsible for establishing a youth group of over 60. With support of the rector and the parish a community centre for unemployed youth was begun. <\/span>Secured funding with the help of grants and government support.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Feb 1, 1979 – Jan 31, 1980: <\/span>St Margaret, Woodville, <\/span><\/p>\n

(Diocese of Adelaide)<\/span><\/p>\n

Deacon<\/span><\/em><\/strong> <\/span>Served the mission district of St Augustine, Woodville Gardens, under the Rector of Woodville. Responsibilities included pastoral care, evangelism & community involvement. <\/span>Focus was on executing my pastoral duties and being a resident clergyman, particularly since that mission had not had a full-time pastoral presence for over a decade. In my tenure the congregation had a 200% increase in membership and pledging.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARISHES October 1, 2003 – 2011\u00a0All Saints\u2019, San Diego, USA, Rector \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Jan 25, 1985- Sep 30, 2003: St. Mark\u2019s, Fitzroy (Diocese of Melbourne) Vicar Built on existing anglo-catholic tradition, re-establishing Daily Mass and other services. Increased congregation from 25 to 100+, and income from $100,000 to $550,000. Established new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frtonynoble.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}