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At its recent meeting, the Council of General Synod approved the following initial response to the draft Anglican Communion Covenant and asked that it be forwarded to the Communion offices.
Rev. Canon Dr John Saint Helier Gibaut, from the Anglican Church of Canada, will head the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission on Faith and Order as of January 2008.
From Nov. 22 to 25, the Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission met in Toronto to review the Full Communion relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
Recent events emanating from the Essentials (Network) conference may have caused confusion and concern among Canadian Anglicans.
Council convened at 9 a.m. for worship and Bible study.
Members reviewed the agenda for the day, structured around the Eucharist.
It is not so much a change in the strategy of how the church seeks out resources, as it is a quantum shift in how we position ourselves in the competitive world of fundraising. It is other things too.
Council convened at 8:30 for Bible study and in plenary at 9:30. Members reviewed the orders of the day.
The Council of General Synod, meeting in Mississauga, Ont., from Nov. 16 to 18 2007, has received with concern the news that Bishop Donald Harvey, has voluntarily relinquished, effective immediately, the exercise of ordained ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, and intends to be received into the Province of the Southern Cone in South America. Bishop Harvey, retired Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador has been a valued member of our church, and his decision is a source of sadness.
Amy McCreath has organized a “blessings of the backpacks” at the university where she works as chaplain. At the beginning of the school term, students present their tools of learning on the altar steps: their iBooks, their test tubes, and their backpacks full of books. “We gather around it,” she writes, “and each offer our ‘one great hope’ for the year ahead, all raise a hand in blessing and pray together that these tools may help us do work that is part of the work of God.”
The triennium’s first regular meeting of the Council of General Synod opened at 8:45 with the Eucharist, celebrated by Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, General Secretary of General Synod.
Rev. Florence Ayban is a bold young minister from the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, and the first-ever international partner for the newly merged Partners in Mission and Ecojustice (PMEJ) Committee, now overseeing the mission and justice work of the Anglican Church of Canada.
Council of General Synod will meet for the first time this triennium at Queen of Apostles retreat centre in Mississauga, Ont., this weekend.
In this short video, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, talks about his October 2007 visit with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.
In this short video, the Primate reflects on his first few months in office and offers a vision of the church he is finding as he travels. He mentions several instruments of unity, and also commends a special prayer.
Two video messages from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, are now available on anglican.ca.