General Synod takes shape on eve of official opening
Anglicans from around the country converged on Winnipeg yesterday on the eve of the official opening the Anglican Church of Canada’s 38th General Synod.
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Anglicans prepare to gather in Winnipeg for crucial General Synod
More than 400 people including delegates, partners and staff will gather in Winnipeg next week for the Anglican Church of Canada’s 38th General Synod — a crucial assembly that will elect a new national leader or Primate and once again tackle the difficult and divisive issue of the blessing of same-gender relationships.
Primate reviews past three years in his final webcast
In his final segment of +Andrew: Conversations With the Primate Archbishop Andrew Hutchison reviews key priorities, moments and events of the past three years.
Primate officiates at consecration of two Cuban bishops
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, officiated at a joyous ceremony consecrating two new suffragan bishops of the Cuban Episcopal Church on June 10.
Betty Livingston dies
t is with deep regret and profound sadness that we share the news of the death of Mrs. Betty Livingston on Wednesday June 6th in London. Betty took ill at a dinner following a meeting of General Synod delegates and later died in London hospital.
General Synod 2007 on the Web
From start to finish — in fact from before the start until after the finish — www.anglican.ca will be the next best thing to actually being at the Anglican Church of Canada’s 38th General Synod in Winnipeg in June.
General Synod library launches improved online databases
The Library and Information Centre of the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has improved the ways that users can search, see, e-mail, save or print information from its five online databases.
First invitations to Lambeth Conference go out from Lambeth Palace and the Anglican Communion office
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has sent out the first invitations for the 2008 Lambeth Conference, to be held in Canterbury next summer. The gathering brings together bishops from the churches in the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion as well as ecumenical and other invited guests.
Editor reflects on 40 years of religious journalism
Jerry Hames, editor of the Canadian Churchman and the Anglican Journal for more than two decades before becoming editor of The Episcopal Church newspaper Episcopal Life in 1990, will retire in June.
Convening Circular now online
The Convening Circular for the 38th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, being held in Winnipeg from June 19-25, 2007 is now online. The Convening Circular contains a draft agenda, information documents, reports, resolutions, and memorials to General Synod. Paper versions of the Convening Circular have been mailed to all delegates.
Primatial candidate profiles now online
Profiles for the four candidates nominated for the office of Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada are now posted online at anglican.ca. The House of Bishops at its spring meeting in Niagara Falls chose the candidates, with the election be held at General Synod in Winnipeg on June 22nd, 2007.
General Synod 2007: IN PLENARY
Welcome to the next article of IN PLENARY, a feature that we hope will help Anglicans to appreciate and understand the complex issues that will be before General Synod in June, and also allow you to comment on those issues and to converse with other Anglicans from across the country.
Primate reflects on bishops' meeting
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reflects on a “remarkable” meeting of the Canadian House of Bishops, in a new webcast posted to the General Synod website today.
Anglicans, Lutherans to celebrate relationship
On a beautiful Sunday morning in July of 2001, in an arena at Kitchener-Waterloo, members of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) General Synod and delegates to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) National Convention, along with many local members and friends, came together to celebrate the Full Communion relationship between our two churches. There was great jubilation in the congregation, and at the end of the morning, during the recessional music, the then Anglican Primate, Michael Peers, and the then National Bishop of the ELCIC, Telmor Sartison, were dancing in the sheer joy of the moment.
Bishops' pastoral statement to go to General Synod
At its meeting last month, the House of Bishops considered a draft pastoral statement on same-sex blessings that could be sent to all delegates to General Synod as part of the Convening Circular.
The bishops did not have the time to complete their work on this statement, but a revised draft was sent to them for a vote by email shortly after the conclusion of the meeting. With the email vote now completed, the following pastoral statement will be sent to delegates of General Synod.