The Traditional Anglican Communion

"Our Traditional Anglican Communion mission is to recall Anglicanism to its heritage, to heal divisions caused by departures from the Faith, and to build a vibrant church for the future based on powerful local leadership."

The Anglican Church in America

Here is a link to our national church body. Click here to find out what's happening in the Anglican Church in America!

The Anglican Diocese of the West

Find out what's going on in the Anglican Diocese of the West! Here you can find news, locations of other parishes and information about our Bishop Ordinary.

Read the Bible! Click here to find out how to read the Bible along with the Church Calendar!

Bible Resources

Sword PC Bible Study Tools

Download the Sword Project PC Bible from The CrossWire Society. The Sword Reader features a 3 window viewer that allows you to display your Bibles in one window, your commentaries in another and your dictionaries and lexicons in another. There is a Personal Commentary for keeping notes of your Bible Study tied to a specific Bible chapter, full Greek and Hebrew lexicons tied to Interlinear Bibles and a great word or phrase search tool. The Sword is easy to download and start using and is absolutely free to end users.

To Download:

Please follow these instructions carefully:

You must install the Reader before installing the modules

Shut down all other programs on your PC aside from your web browser.

Click once on the Sword Reader button below.

Choose to Run the Program (Do not choose Save the File).

Accept all of the defaults for the Reader. It will download the main reader, the AKJV Bible, your Personal Commentary and Nave's Topical Index. The first install program will download the files and once you hit finish, will launch the software install program on your machine. Again, accept the defaults, this is important for your next step in loading the additional modules.

Read and accept the license. This is a free, open license to use the software.

A Read Me file will open. Read the file and the warning on privacy, especially if you are outside of the USA. Close the window.

The Install Manager will launch, you will not need this for this install so close the Install Manager window.

Click finish and return to this window.

Now install the modules:

Click on any of the Sword Module Pack buttons below -- Choose to Run the Program.

Read and accept the license and please remember to pick the default file locations.

Pick the Default or Custom install. Custom lets you pick all of the modules you want.

Install downloads and places the files in the correct directories.

Next time you run Sword the modules will automatically install.

	Interlinear Greek New Testament, International Standard Version Bible, King James Version of 1611 w/ Strong's Numbers, Brown Driver Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Smith's Bible Dictionary, Strong's Greek and Hebrew Bible Dictionary, Barnes' New Testament Notes, Adam Clark's Commentary on the Bible, Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary, Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
	1965 Bible in Basic English, World English Bible, 1898 Young's Literal Translation, Thayer's Greek Lexicon, R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook, Jamison Fausset Brown Bible Commentary, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Ed., John Wesley's Notes on the Bible, C. H. Spurgeon's Treasury of David, Jonathan Bagster's Daily Light on the Daily Path, C. H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
	International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Project Canterbury
Project Canterbury is home on the Internet to Anglican texts. Emphasis is placed on documents expressing the Catholic identity of Anglicanism. The Tracts for the Times and the Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology are essential print resources for this collection, as are other out-of-print materials not readily accessible in many libraries. The site is also host to translations of the Book of Common Prayer in many languages other than English.

The 1928 Book of Common Prayer
The entire 1928 Book of Common Prayer available on the web along with other useful links.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification. There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time it deserves!

Ordo Kalendar

MARCH KALENDAR

1. St. David, Bishop of Wales, c. 594 AD*

2. St. Chad, Bishop*

3. St. Aelred ‡

4. Feria*

5. Feria ‡

6. SS. Perpetua and Felicity, c. 203 AD*

7. THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT

8. St. Thomas Acquinas, 1274 AD (Transferred)*

9. Feria*

10. Fourty Martyrs of Sebaste, 310 AD ‡

11. Feria*

12. St. Gregory the Great, BCD d. 604 AD ‡

13. Feria*

14. FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT (Rose vestments may be used)

15. Feria*

16. Feria*

17. St. Patrick, Bishop of Ireland, 462 AD ‡

18. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, *

19. St. Joseph, Spouse of the B.V.M. ‡

20. St. Cuthbert(Crosses and statuse are velied at Evensong) *

21. PASSION SUNDAY

22. James de Koven, Priest, 1879 AD *

23. St. Benedict, Abbot d. 543 AD (Transferred)*

24. St. Gabriel, The Archangel ‡

25. ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY*

26. Feria ‡

27. St. John, of Damascus, c. 749 AD.*

28. PALM SUNDAY

29. MONDAY BEFORE EASTER*

30. TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER*

31. WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER ‡

The above calendar is published in the Calendar of the American Missal which conforms to the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. [PB] designates 1928 Book of Common Prayer Observances outside of Sunday.

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