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ACC members strongly affirmed the resolution moved by the Archbishop of Canterbury that called for individual dioceses in the Anglican Communion not to take unilateral action or adopt policies that would strain “our communion with one another” without reference to their provincial authorities. It called on all dioceses to keep in mind “the impact of their decisions within the wider Communion.”
While at Trinity, he met Frances Brittain of Ottawa whom he married in 1940. Fred won a scholarship to Oxford University, but WW2 broke out and he was unable to continue his studies. Fred enjoyed his 65th reunion from Trinity in 2001, meeting many old friends.
In these past months and weeks, strong momentum has been built up in favour of a new invasion of Iraq. The pressure to resort to war continues in spite of the efforts of so many, including yourself. War-drums threaten to drown out both law and compassion, and people are tempted to conclude that another Gulf War is now inevitable.
We speak with soon-to-retire Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, about recent comments he made in Hong Kong, during his last address as President of the Anglican Consultative Council. Dr Carey sounded a warning against the dangers of disunity in the World Anglican Communion, and among the divisive issues mentioned were subjects close to the heart of the Sydney Anglican Diocese: same-sex unions and the role of lay administrators.
The teenaged script writer of an award-winning film says one of her biggest compliments is when a peer calls her film about school bullying “great.”
Bishop Michael Ingham of the diocese of New Westminster has issued the following statement in response to the presidential address by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, who told the Anglican Consultative Council Sept. 16 that the Anglican Communion “is being steadily undermined by dioceses and individual bishops taking unilateral action … in matters to do with sexuality.” A link to Archbishop Carey’s statement appears below Bishop Ingham’s response.
In his final presidential address to the Anglican Consultative Council, George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, shared his “greatest worry” with the ACC members.
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated around the world each January. The theme and a focus biblical text are prepared by an international Joint Committee of the World Council of Churches and the Pontifical Commission for the Promotion of Christian Unity.
At this hour exactly one year ago, the part of lower Manhattan in which we are gathered was in the grip of a waking nightmare. The scale of the human tragedy of September the eleventh 2001 was not, could not, be clear. But the extent of the physical devastation in New York was certainly becoming evident, despite the choking pall of smoke and dust that obscured most things. By this time both of the twin towers – just a few hundred yards away – had collapsed, and in their place Ground Zero was coming eerily into existence.
Conference highlights include workshops on improvisation, liturgical jazz music, music for worship and movement in worship. The keynote speaker is Rev. Bill Carter, jazz pianist and founder/arranger of the Presbybop Quartet; presenters include Christopher Dawes, Sally Armour-Wotton, John Campbell, Rev. Graham Cotter, Rev. Tim Elliott, Thomas Fitches, Douglas Cowling.
We light a candle in remembrance for all those who suffered and died on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
While eight dissident parishes in New Westminster continue to court and receive national and world media attention in their campaign for another bishop, some Anglicans who also consider themselves conservative and orthodox are waging a separate, quiet campaign for the established structures of the church.
If any of the 1,500 people who turned up at a worship and rally for conservative Anglicans protesting the liberalization of their church expected any irregular episcopal consecration or offers of episcopal oversight, they went away disappointed.
In a 10-day meeting in Geneva, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) addressed a wide range of international issues but also embraced some changes that could reshape the whole ecumenical movement.
As representatives and participants from the United States, British and Canadian churches meeting at the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches, we have heard and share the concern of those of other nations about the apparent drift towards military confrontation in Iraq.