Anglicanism

As Sarah Burton leaves Alexander McQueen, an expert explores her legacy through five iconic designs

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

Sarah Burton, the creative director for Alexander McQueen, has announced that she is leaving the fashion house after two decades.

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  • Sarah Burton, the creative director for Alexander McQueen, has announced that she is leaving the fashion house after two decades.
  • Burton, born in Macclesfield, initially joined McQueen in 1996 as a placement student, while studying at Central Saint Martins in London.
  • During her 26 years at McQueen Burton has made a significant contribution to both the fashion industry and to the legacy of the fashion house.

1. Kate Middleton’s wedding dress, 2011

    • The choice of designer remained a secret until the day of the wedding.
    • Following the royal wedding, sales at Alexander McQueen reportedly increased by 29%.
    • Burton herself has stated that while legacy can sometimes be seen as curse it is also a “wonderful opportunity for invention”.

2. Gisele Bündchen at the Met Gala, 2011

    • Burton dressed Gisele Bündchen – a top supermodel of the 1990s and 2000s who often walked McQueen’s runway shows – for the Met Gala.
    • In 2015, Forbes named Burton’s dress for Bündchen as one of the most unforgettable Met Gala dresses of all time.

3. Nicole Kidman at the Met Gala, 2016

    • The theme for the 2016 gala was Manus X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.
    • Burton’s design for Nicole Kidman was an art deco-inspired celestial gown that had been adapted from the 2016 runway collection.

4. Lady Gaga, A Star is Born premiere, 2018

    • Lady Gaga is well known for her eccentric approach to fashion and she was a great fan, and personal friend, of Lee Alexander McQueen.
    • In 2018, Gaga wowed the crowds at the London Premiere to her Star is Born movie.

5. Lady Gaga, the Oscars, 2019

    • Burton’s design had an exaggerated silhouette with padded hips and a long train, reflecting the designer’s skill for combining tailoring with drama.
    • Gaga accessorised the McQueen gown with a 142-year-old Tiffany diamond, that had only been worn three times and was worth USD$30 million (£24 million).
    • Burton’s departure from McQueen comes as the label’s parent company, the French luxury goods group Kering SA, is restructuring.

Reverend Shares Memoir About Growing Up in South Africa During Apartheid

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Reverend Noble F. Scheepers was born in Cape Town, South Africa, during the height of apartheid, and lived there until he emigrated to the U.S. in 2008. His new autobiography shares the difficulties he had to endure, including the loss of his two children.

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  • JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass., Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Reverend Noble F. Scheepers was born in Cape Town, South Africa, during the height of apartheid, and lived there until he emigrated to the U.S. in 2008.
  • His new autobiography shares the difficulties he had to endure, including the loss of his two children.
  • "This book is meant for the eyes of the beautiful people of the Cape Flats and surrounding areas of Cape Town," said Scheepers.
  • "My late children have been my inspiration, and this book is to become a legacy of their purpose."

“Jusur” the International Cultural Project Supported by the Muslim World League, Led by His Excellency Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Makes Its Debut

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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

“Jusur” is the first international intercultural magazine promoted and supported by the Muslim World League and directed by Professor Wael Farouq with an editorial staff composed of journalists and international professors, and with the important contribution of world-renowned personalities from the Arab and Western worlds.

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  • “Jusur” is the first international intercultural magazine promoted and supported by the Muslim World League and directed by Professor Wael Farouq with an editorial staff composed of journalists and international professors, and with the important contribution of world-renowned personalities from the Arab and Western worlds.
  • This press release features multimedia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230802815246/en/
    Jusur - Issue 1 (Photo: Jusur)
    The initiative is promoted by a group of Arab and Western intellectuals of different faiths committed to delivering a message of empathy, understanding and cooperation among all the peoples.
  • The first issues are freely available at the link: https://almutawassit.it/magazine
    View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230802815246/en/

Friday essay: how philosophy can help us become better friends

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

In our romantic lives, we search for the “one” to be with for life.

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  • In our romantic lives, we search for the “one” to be with for life.
  • It is easy to think about friends as people who come and go with the seasons of life.
  • There is a case to be made that friendship is not the third wheel to these other, more significant relationships.
  • I tried to explain to him what I was thinking, why I could not believe what I used to believe.
  • But friendship remains perplexing – not least because it is hard to separate it from other kinds of love relationships.

The importance of being different

    • We seem to be obsessed with romantic love as the key to a fulfilling life.
    • Falling in love, and falling in love for life, is supposed to be the highest relationship goal.
    • One of his objections is that romantic love can manifest as a desire to disappear into the other person, a kind of mutual self-dissolution.
    • Putting aside whether all romantic love is like this (or only unhealthy versions of it), I think there is some truth here.
    • According to Nietzsche, however, great friendship includes an expectation that the other person will pull away, push back, critique.

Intimate knowledge

    • It might not seem feasible to include genuine enmity and opposition in your intimate life, but I would argue it is both possible and useful to have personal enmity in an intimate relationship.
    • And we can see here how to solve the problem of bad romance.
    • A.C. Grayling, an eminent British philosopher, has reflected on the problem of romance and friendship in his book Friendship (2013).
    • Grayling can’t escape the basic assumption that friendship and romance are separate kinds of experiences, that one can’t mingle with the other.
    • Read more:
      Sex, lies and Hegel: did the intimate lives of philosophers shape their ideas?

Giving and Taking

    • Another insight from Nietzsche has to do with giving and taking.
    • His idea of great friendship suggests it is OK to be selfish in our most intimate relationships.
    • The idea that self-sacrifice is moral and selfishness is immoral has a long tradition.
    • It is, rather, the kind of love where you put other people ahead of yourself as a kind of relationship goal.
    • There is an expectation that mothers and fathers (but especially mothers) will sacrifice themselves for the wellbeing of their children.
    • This means it is OK to be in a relationship for what you can get out of it.

Virtue, pleasure, advantage

    • You can see something like this in Aristotle, who thought friendships were based on one of three things: virtue, pleasure or advantage.
    • Pleasure friendships are about the enjoyment a person can derive from an intimate connection.
    • Friendships of advantage are based on what each person can gain from the other.
    • What if someone wants you be their friend so they can provide you with some sort of advantage?
    • One of the most important ways to look after yourself is to foster great friendships.

Contest

    • This idea about friendship has a broader context, which can be seen in Nietzsche’s way of thinking about relationships in general.
    • He starts with the ancient Greeks, for whom contest was an essential part of their social lives.
    • For him, contest is at the centre of every intimate human connection.
    • It is the form of relationship best suited to sustaining contest between individuals, without rancour or domination.

Episcopal Relief & Development Supports Nine Partners in Cyclone and Flood Response

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting partners in seven countries following cyclones and heavy rain in Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania. Through these responses with nine local partners, Episcopal Relief & Development will reach over 12,000 people and an additional 6,000 households.

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  • NEW YORK, July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting partners in seven countries following cyclones and heavy rain in Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania.
  • Through these responses with nine local partners, Episcopal Relief & Development will reach over 12,000 people and an additional 6,000 households.
  • "The 2022-2023 cyclone season had devastating effects on several countries," said Nagulan Nesiah, Senior Program Officer, Disaster Resilience, Episcopal Relief & Development.
  • Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting Anglicans in Development, who is providing food, water and temporary shelter to 1,000 people.

Dr. Robert W. Radtke Awarded Prestigious Cross of St. Augustine

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Friday, June 23, 2023

NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Robert W. Radtke, President & CEO of Episcopal Relief & Development, was awarded the Cross of St. Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion by the Most Rev. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at a ceremony yesterday at Lambeth Palace in London, England. Dr. Radtke was honored for his outstanding leadership in humanitarian relief and social development, which has included leading Episcopal Relief & Development since 2005 and playing a catalytic role in forming the Anglican Alliance.

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  • NEW YORK, June 23, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Dr. Robert W. Radtke, President & CEO of Episcopal Relief & Development, was awarded the Cross of St. Augustine for Services to the Anglican Communion by the Most Rev.
  • "Rob Radtke has been the trusted leader of Episcopal Relief & Development for almost 20 years," said the Most Rev.
  • In 2022, Nagulan Nesiah, Senior Program Officer, Disaster Relisience, Episcopal Relief & Development, was awarded the Cross for his work coordinating the Anglican Alliance's COVID-19 pandemic response.
  • "I am honored to receive the Cross of St. Augustine and am deeply grateful to the Archbishop of Canterbury," said Dr. Radtke.

A new monarch who is a divorcee would once have scandalised. But Charles' accession shows how much has changed

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

King Charles III is the first British monarch who has previously had a civil marriage and a civil divorce.

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  • King Charles III is the first British monarch who has previously had a civil marriage and a civil divorce.
  • In 1981, Charles, then the Prince of Wales, married Lady Diana Spencer in a fairytale wedding watched by 750 million people worldwide.
  • However, the royal couple separated in 1992 and they were divorced in 1996.
  • Read more:
    King Charles, defender of faith: what the monarchy's long relationship with religion may look like under the new sovereign

Royal divorces

    • King George IV was almost successful in divorcing his wife Queen Caroline in 1820.
    • While Charles was in a similar position to his great-uncle in his marriage to Camilla, they lived in different worlds.
    • Queen Elizabeth called 1992 the “annus horribilis” (horrible year) for the royal family.
    • Read more:
      Australia has a new head of state: what will Charles be like as king?

Royal civil marriage

    • There was controversy at the time whether a member of the royal family could legally marry in a civil ceremony.
    • The British government released a statement declaring Charles could legally enter into a civil marriage.
    • The civil marriage of Charles and Camilla symbolised the changing values of society.

A modern monarchy

    • But Charles embodies the modern character of monarchy and the liberal values of wider society.
    • Read more:
      Beheaded and exiled: the two previous King Charleses bookended the abolition of the monarchy

      Yet Charles is also pushing for a modern monarchy.

    • The monarchy faces a tension between modernity and tradition.

Episcopal Relief & Development and Trinity Church Wall Street Announce Five-Year Partnership to Build Resilience for One Million People Worldwide

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Episcopal Relief & Development has received a 5-year, $5 million grant from Trinity Church Wall Street to respond to disasters and strengthen the resilience of marginalized communities around the world. With the support of this grant, Episcopal Relief & Development will work with community-based Anglican partners to meet the immediate needs of one million people impacted by disaster and bolster the economic stability of an additional 125,000.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Episcopal Relief & Development has received a 5-year, $5 million grant from Trinity Church Wall Street to respond to disasters and strengthen the resilience of marginalized communities around the world.
  • "The recent layering of devastating events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate-influenced disasters and human conflict, has created increased economic instability for families worldwide," said Rob Radtke, President & CEO, Episcopal Relief & Development.
  • We are grateful for the vision and confidence placed in us by Trinity Church Wall Street's Rector and Vestry, along with Trinity Church Wall Street Philanthropies' Executive Director Neill Coleman's partnership and guidance over the past five years.
  • Over the past three years, Episcopal Relief & Development and Trinity Church Wall Street have partnered to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 Haiti earthquake .

National Day of Mourning in Canada to honour Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

The National Day of Mourning is an opportunity for Canadians from coast to coast to coast to commemorate Her Majesty.

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  • The National Day of Mourning is an opportunity for Canadians from coast to coast to coast to commemorate Her Majesty.
  • It will be designated a holiday for the public service of Canada, and other employers across the country are also invited to recognize the National Day of Mourning.
  • To pay tribute to Her Majesty, those in Canada's National Capital Region may gather along the parade route on the National Day of Mourning.
  • The Government of Canada has consulted the provinces and territories, who will determine an appropriate way to mourn Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in their jurisdictions.

Survivors' Secretariat Welcomes Community to a Year in Review

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

The Year in Review focused on Research and Document Collection, Ground Search Efforts, Community Accountability and Advocacy efforts tied to supporting and providing oversight of the Police Investigation and Statement Gathering Process.

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  • The Year in Review focused on Research and Document Collection, Ground Search Efforts, Community Accountability and Advocacy efforts tied to supporting and providing oversight of the Police Investigation and Statement Gathering Process.
  • As of August 23, 2022, the Secretariat has completed Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) scanning of 387 - 10x10 metre grids.
  • In terms of advocacy, the Secretariat has worked with several organizations in Six Nations and across the province to support commemoration activities.
  • We are greatly honoured to be working with the Survivors Secretariat to gather historical documents related to the Mohawk Institute.