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.
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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.
Lambeth Conference plans move forward
Decision-makers met last week to continue their planning for progress plans for the Lambeth Conference 2008.
The conference ‘Design Group’, appointed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spent five days from April 16 to 20 working on looking the conference structures, purposes, issues and programme.
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.
House of Bishops message to the Church
The House of Bishops met at Mount Carmel retreat center in Niagara Falls from Tuesday April 17 to Friday April 20. We write this letter to the Canadian Church so that Anglicans will know what we did and how the meeting was for us. As has been our custom for the last while, we devoted the first part of our days together to prayer and Bible study.
Anglican bishops nominate four candidates for primatial election
Canadian Anglican bishops have nominated four from among their number to be candidates in the election of a successor to Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Canadian bishops meet
The Canadian Anglican House of Bishops begins the business portion of its last meeting before General Synod in Niagara Falls, Ont., today.
Archbishop of Canterbury: Church needs to listen properly to the Bible
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan WIlliams, has told an audience of theological students that both intensely liberal and ultra conservative readings of the Bible are ‘rootless’ and are limited in what they can contribute to the life of the church. In the Larkin Stuart lecture, delivered today at an event hosted jointly by Wycliffe and Trinity theological colleges in Toronto, Dr Williams said that Christians need to reconnect with scripture as something to be listened to and heard in the context of Jesus’s invitation to the Eucharist and to work for the Kingdom.
Media Advisory: News conference with Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams will answer questions from accredited Canadian news media representatives at a news conference at 10:45 a.m., Monday, April 16, at the Anglican Church of Canada’s National Office, 80 Hayden Street, Toronto.
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.
Solomon Islands update
What follows is an email received from Bishop Terry Brown of the Anglican diocese of Malaita in the Solomon Islands where a powerful earthquake and tsunami occurred last weekend. His note indicates that both the damage and the death toll are substantially higher than reported by the western media. Bishop Brown is a former mission coordinator for the Partnerships department of General Synod.
Augsburg arrives at Anglican bookstore
Andy Seal, Canadian Director of Augsburg Fortress Publishers assumed interim management of the Anglican Book Centre’s Church House store this week, pending formal completion of a deal that should see Augsburg Fortress take over the store by early summer.
News release and media advisory: Anglicans gather in Winnipeg in June for historic General Synod
About 400 Anglican delegates, staff and national and international partners will gather in Winnipeg in June with an agenda that includes the election and installation of a new national leader and resolutions on the same-sex blessings controversy that could affect the Anglican Church of Canada’s future status in the worldwide Communion.
The work and mission of General Synod staff
Faces & Ministries, a new General Synod publication available on the web and in print this week, describes the myriad ministries carried out from the Anglican church’s national office and presents the people behind the work.