Council of General Synod highlights: May 25, 2008
At 9:00 council met in small groups for Bible study.
At 9:45 council reconvened for the third and final day of their spring 2008 meeting.
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Council of General Synod highlights: May 24, 2008
The second day of COGS’s spring 2008 meeting began with the Eucharist, celebrated by the Rev. Larry Beardy. COGS members then spent time in Bible study with their assigned groups.
Council of General Synod highlights: May 23, 2008
The triennium’s second regular meeting of the Council of General Synod (COGS) began with the Eucharist, celebrated by the Right Rev. Tom Morgan, chaplain of COGS.
ACT pledges $5.1 million for Myanmar (Burma) and $1.5 million for central China
ACT International has launched a $5 million appeal to meet the increasing demands for humanitarian relief for 1.3 million people in Myanmar (Burma) and a $1.5 million appeal to assist 8,000 families in central China in the wake of a devastating earthquake.
Interim editor appointed for Anglican Journal
Keith Knight, a former communications director for the Presbyterian Church in Canada, has been appointed interim editor of the Anglican Journal, the Anglican Church of Canada’s independent newspaper.
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Pentecost letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent an open letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion, in advance of the Lambeth Conference.
The full text of the letter can be found below:
Anglican booksellers fortify their ministry
Their churches are bookshelves and stock rooms. They preach about new theology books and vestments. Anglican booksellers aren’t your average ministers, but they reach out to hundreds of people who pass through their doors each week. From May 5 to 7, they met in Toronto, to bolster this ministry through education and fellowship.
Lucas-Jefferies, Gurung appointed to Canadian Foodgrains Bank board
The Anglican Church of Canada, through (PWRDF), will have two representatives on the board of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB).
Anglican Journal editor resigns
Anglican Journal editor Leanne Larmondin has announced her resignation effective June 13, 2008. Ms. Larmondin served General Synod in three roles over 15 years, first as staff writer for the Journal, then as web manager, where she helped launch anglican.ca. In 2002, she began as editor of the award-winning Journal, the largest circulation religious publication in Canada.
PWRDF accepting donations for partners in Burma
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is accepting donations which will be sent to partners in Burma to help them rebuild communities and lives in that devastated country.
Court rules for diocese of Niagara
A Superior Court judgment released yesterday has ordered three parishes in the diocese of Niagara that voted earlier this year to affiliate themselves with the Province of the Southern Cone to share the use of their property with the diocese.
"To be awake to the needs of our times": A Q&A with Henriette Thompson
Excerpts from an interview with Henriette Thompson, new Director of Partnerships for General Synod
What makes a group of bishops a House?
It’s because they meet as a family – as brothers and sisters in Christ – says Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, in a new webcast recorded from Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont., where bishops met April 14 – 18.
Report to Canadian Anglicans from the House of Bishops
A year ago, we met in this same place under a different Primate and in the company of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It is hard, as Archbishop Fred Hiltz, our new Primate, said in his opening reflections, not to be mindful of all the changes that a year can bring. Changes are always with us.
Women’s network strategizes for Lambeth
Domestic violence, women in leadership, and women’s access to technology—these are a few of the issues that the International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) would like to discuss with bishops and their spouses at the Lambeth Conference, the meeting of all Anglican bishops in July 2008.