Extensive coverage of the International AIDS conference currently being held in Toronto can be found both on the Primate?s World Relief and Development Fund web site and on the web site of the Anglican Journal. Links are provided below.
In-depth coverage of the Episcopal Church’s 75th General Convention, meeting in Columbus, Ohio, from June 13-21, will be provided by the Episcopal News Service and can be accessed online at http://www.episcopalchurch.org/gc2006news.
The Reverend Doctor James T. Christie has been elected President of The Canadian Council of Churches for the 2006-2009 triennium.
Due to a problem with the building’s heating and cooling system, General Synod offices and the Anglican Book Centre will be closed on Tuesday, May 30 and Wednesday, May 31 to safeguard the health and safety of the staff.
This year is my 10th year as Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa. Apart from the first three Anglican Archbishops of Cape Town, who presided over the formation of our church, all my other predecessors have taken on this role for a maximum of 10 years. It is an extremely demanding position with many wide-ranging responsibilities and although, according to the canons of our church, I could continue to fill it until I am 70, I have decided that the time is coming for me to step down.
The Chancellor of General Synod, Mr. Justice Ron Stevenson, at the request of the Officers of General Synod, consulted widely within the Canadian church as to how the St. Michael Report of the Primate’s Theological Commission might be addressed at General Synod in June 2007. His report was shared with the Council of General Synod May 11-14 and is now available online in PDF format.
The Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland and Metropolitan, the Most Rev. Dr. Robin Eames, has announced his intention to retire later this year.
St. James’s Cathedral will become the first Anglican church in Canada to provide a live web cast of its Easter Sunday service on April 16th, starting at 10:45 a.m. Eastern Time.
The service will be shown on www.toronto.anglican.ca.
Ask & Imagine, a national leadership program for youth and young adults, will soon be in its 8th year.
Participants in the 10-day programs have come from 19 dioceses and applications his year indicate that that number will probably rise to 22, or more than 2/3 of the dioceses in Canada.
The St. Michael Report, containing the opinion of the Primate’s Theological Commission as to ‘whether the blessing of committed same-sex unions is a matter of doctrine’, is now available in French. (HTML, PDF)
The long-anticipated demolition of 600 Jarvis Street began yesterday and is expected to take a couple of weeks. For many years until a move 18 months ago to 80 Hayden Street, a stone’s throw away, 600 Jarvis Street was the home of General Synod Staff.
The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples and General Synod Communications have released a short booklet explaining the background to the appointment of a National Indigenous Bishop, which is expected by this summer.
To get a feel of what it is like to be among 3,000 people at the World Council of Churches’ 9th Assembly in Porto Alegre, Brazil (Feb 14- 23), assembly participants from the Anglican Church of Canada are sharing experiences, stories and reflections on issues, events, places of interest and the different people they meet on ‘Porto Alegre Diaries’.
Dean Peter Elliott, Prolocutor of General Synod, is pleased to announce the appointment of The Very Reverend Michael W. Hawkins, Dean of Saskatchewan and Rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral, Prince Albert, and Mr. Arran Thorpe of Dartmouth, a theological student of the Diocese of Nova Scotia & P.E.I., as members of the national Financial Management and Development Committee, effective immediately.
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is pleased to announce the completion of a successful search for a Communications Coordinator. Diana Mavunduse will fill this important position in PWRDF starting March 6, 2006.