Dear members; This announcement may be of interest to some of you: The Diocese of Arles in Provence France is celebrating the consecration of Augustine of Canterbury as the bishop of the English. According to Bede " Augustine, went to Arles and, In accordance with the command of Pope Gregory, was consecrated archbishop of the English race by Etherius(!), the archbishop of that city". The celebration will be cultural, religious and academic, with a special symposium on St. Augustine of Canterbury. Date: 20-22 Nov. 1998 A special web site for this can be found in: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ch.dedreuille/aug.cant.html For more information please contact: Christophe de Dreuille Email: [log in to unmask] * Apology for cross posting. -------------------------------------------------------- Ghazwan Butrous Canterbury UK Email [log in to unmask] St. Augustine of Canterbury web site http://members.aol.com/butrousch/augustine/index.htm --------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%