Jo Kelly-Moore, Dean of Holy Trinity Auckland is off to Canterbury, to be its Archdeacon. But not the one, true Canterbury (where I live) but the namesake somewhere Up Yonder. Anyway, I offer congratulations to Jo. It is not often that one of our home grown Down Under clerics gets the chance to shine in the Mother Church. The full story is on Taonga,
here.
The TV segment on last night's Channel 1 gave an excellent interview with Dean Jo. One of the better media presentation of the Church's mission. And what a feather in her metaphorical cap - to have been chosen for Canterbury, U.K.
ReplyDeleteJustin Welby appointed Jo Bailey-Wells as his chaplain (before she was appointed a bishop) and now Jo Kelly-Moore as Archdeacon of Canterbury. If you're a female minister with the name Jo , apply to the ABC!! There's a job for you! Or perhaps you should change your name to Jo Peter-Carrell?
ReplyDeleteYo, Andrew!
ReplyDelete(Jo has a great job to go to, but her archdeaconry cannot be compared to mine, of South Canterbury and Mid Canterbury. Does she have a tall snow capped mountain range as part of her territory? Great, shimmering lakes fed by melting glaciers? Braided rivers feeding dairy cows for China? And, of course, the best laity and clergy in the Anglican world? I thought not ... :) )
The Venerable Tim Raphael, Prebendary Michael Moorhead and Canon Dr John Cullen immediately spring to mind as Kiwis who have have shone in 'Mother Church' and specifically the Diocese of London in recent years.
ReplyDeleteYes, Simon. One of them, Fr. Timothy Raphael, was once a Vicar in the Diocese of Christchurch - at St. Michael and All Angels.
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