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Dates for 2008 Lambeth Conference announced

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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has officially announced the Lambeth Conference dates in an Advent Letter to the 38 primates around the world. Archbishop Williams, at whose invitation the bishops come to the conference, outlined his hopes for this global meeting of Anglican bishops. He spoke of the conference as an opportunity for “individual Christian pastors to meet Jesus afresh, for our church to be renewed in mission, for the world to hear good news.”

Primate reviews 'difficult' year

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Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, reviews the highlights and difficult moments of the year now ending in a webcast that will be posted to the church’s national web site (www.anglican.ca) on Monday, Dec. 19.

Building blocks for community

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Over the past few weeks I have been pondering on my time as a deployed chaplain to Camp Mirage (a support element of Task Force Kabul), while at the same time trying to catch-up with things Anglican — what a task! There are many images from my six months in the desert, some wonderful, some not so wonderful, but it was an experience I would not trade for the world.

A letter to the Church from the Primate

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Today, I bring to members of the church, especially to our indigenous brothers and sisters who attended residential schools, some very good news.

The federal government working with the Assembly of First Nations, ourselves and other Christian denominations has reached an agreement to all outstanding residential schools issues. I hope that this will bring a just and lasting solution to this painful part of our history for those who suffered either from abuse while they were there, or from the policy of assimilation that the schools were meant to foster.

Church called to prayer for residential schools negotiations

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The Council of General Synod, meeting in Mississauga, Ont., has unanimously passed the following motion: “That this Council of General Synod … call the church to prayer on behalf of all those involved in the negotiations between the Hon. Frank Iacobucci, legal counsel for former students, the Assembly of First Nations and legal counsel for other involved church entities, that these negotiations will result in a fair and lasting resolution of the legacy of Indian Residential Schools in Canada.”

Council of General Synod appoints new General Secretary

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The Anglican Council of General Synod has approved the Primate’s nomination of the Interim Executive Officer from the Diocese of Ontario who is also an expert on stewardship to the position of General Secretary.

Archdeacon Michael F. Pollesel, 56, who described his diocesan duties as similar “on a smaller scale” to the responsibilities of the General Secretary, will succeed Archdeacon Jim Boyles who retired last summer.

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