Prayer Book Society NSW

PBS NSW is a regional branch of The Prayer Book Society in Australia, formed in 1984, with five aims and objects, including: (1) to uphold in the Anglican Church of Australia the worship and doctrine enshrined in the Book of Common Prayer;

22 July: St Mary Magdalene, a black-letter day in the #BCP Calendar. This is the historic church of St Mary Magdalene in Sydney, for which Bishop W G Broughton laid the foundation stone on 22 November 1837. This church gave its name to the Sydney suburb of St Mary's.

The Anglican Church of Australia (ACA) map linked here is new, so there’s some work to be done in identifying centres where regular #BCP services are held and adding them in, but this has the potential to be a very useful resource:

20 July in the #BCP Calendar is marked by the commemoration of Margaret, Virgin and Martyr. Also known as St Margaret of Antioch. The building in the photo (Tooraweenah, Diocese of Bathurst) was, until 1971, the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Armatree (50km to the west).

“…joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness…” The Fifth Sunday after Trinity | The Collect #BCP

15 July: “St. Swithun’s day if thou dost rain / For forty days it will remain / St. Swithun’s Day if thou be fair / For forty days ‘twill rain nae mare.” (Only one NSW dedication: Pymble, in Sydney’s northern suburbs.)

“Increase and multiply upon us thy mercy” The Fourth Sunday after Trinity | The Collect #BCP

The Third Sunday after Trinity | The Collect #BCP “…we, to whom thou hast given an hearty desire to pray…”

A wonderful read - and it has some great things to say about liturgy, as well.

Excellent article, and highly relevant to our context. A very similar trajectory in language and liturgy was experienced in the Anglican Church, in Australia, over the same period of time.

The Church of England also has prayers for the occasion

Happy #FourthofJuly! By which, of course, I refer to the feast of the Translation of St Martin of Tours, the date his remains were moved (478) on the anniversary of his consecration (370) to the great basilica in Tours. The photo is of St Martin’s Church in Perthville (NSW).

The Prayer Book, hope, and quiet revival. laudablepractice.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-pr…

This is a great read, and is in accord with stories we are hearing as well. The quote from J. I. Packer is very telling, "One way of judging the quality of theologies is to see what sort of devotion they produce."

"Visitation of Virgin Mary" commemorated in the Calendar of the Book of Common Prayer, 2 July. See Luke 1:39-56. #magnificat #BCP