Bishop of Connor Elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
The Rt Revd Alan Harper, Bishop of Connor has been elected Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland by the House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland.
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General Synod 2007: IN PLENARY
Welcome to 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.
Archbishop of Canterbury announces Covenant Design Group members
The Archbishop of Canterbury today announced the members of the Covenant Design Group that he has appointed in response to a request of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates’ Meeting and of the Anglican Consultative Council.
Church House closed Jan. 10
Please note that Church House, including the Anglican Book Centre bookstore, will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 10 so that repairs can be made to the building’s electrical systems. Email servers will not be functioning that day. We expect to return to normal by Thursday morning and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Hellen Wangusa installed as Anglican Observer at the United Nations
Hellen Grace Wangusa, former United Nations Africa coordinator of the Millennium Development Goals, was officially installed February 4 as the new Anglican Observer at the United Nations during the 11 a.m. Eucharist at New York’s Trinity Church, Wall Street.
A call for prayer
Anglicans across the country are invited to pray this Sunday for the new ministry of the National Indigenous Bishop. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Primate, announced this week the appointment of Bishop Mark MacDonald, former Episcopal Church Bishop of Alaska as National Indigenous Bishop.
News conference
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will present the new National Indigenous Bishop to the church at a news conference this morning.
Biography: Bishop Mark L. MacDonald
The Rt. Rev. Mark MacDonald will assume office as the Anglican Church of Canada’s first National Indigenous Bishop after serving about 10 years as Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Diocese of Alaska where he was consecrated bishop on Sept. 13, 1997.
Primate presents Bishop of Alaska as new National Indigenous Anglican Bishop for Anglican Church of Canada
Mark L. MacDonald, the Episcopal Bishop of Alaska is to become the first National Indigenous Anglican Bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada, with pastoral oversight over all of Canada’s indigenous Anglicans no matter where they live.
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Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will present the church’s new National Indigenous Bishop at a news conference in Toronto on Thursday, Jan. 4.
ELCIC National Bishop Raymond L. Schultz announces retirement
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC)’s National Bishop Raymond L. Schultz has announced that he will retire as of September 1, 2007 following the election of a successor at the 2007 National Convention.
Primate lists AIDS, Kyoto, refugees as priorities for Government
The fight against AIDS and poverty, environmental issues and justice for refugee claimants are among the priorities for action listed by Archbishop Andrew S. Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in his annual New Year’s Day sermon preached at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.
Hymn Text Competition
The Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission announces a Hymn Text Competition to celebrate Six Years of Full Communion between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
A Christmas message from the Primate
Christmas has taken on a very special significance for Lois and me this year as we prepare to celebrate the nativity of our Lord with a new grandson. At Thanksgiving we travelled to Vancouver Island for a parish anniversary and to share in a dinner that the bishop had organized. One of the joys of visiting that part of Canada is that our son David, his wife Jillian and our granddaughter Jessica live there and so we were also able to share in Thanksgiving with them.
Christmas is all about …
Light, says the Rev. Marie Loewen of North Bay, Ont., in the latest posting to General Synod’s “good news” site www.storiesoffaith.ca. Christmas may be something else to you – something more personal, something more rooted in your own history or in where you live, or in where you have been on the way to becoming the person you are this season.