March 21, 2013
[Anglican Communion News Service] As Archbishop Justin Welby prepares for his inauguration in Canterbury today, the 85 million members of the Anglican Communion are being invited to pray for him and his ministry.
The Anglican Communion Office has today issued a prayer that Anglicans and Episcopalians can say before Welby becomes the 105th occupant of the Chair of St. Augustine.
Welby’s Confirmation of Election took place in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on Feb. 4...
March 20, 2013
[Anglican Communion News Service] Members of the worldwide Anglican Communion are gearing up for the March 21 inauguration of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Canterbury Cathedral.
As staff at the cathedral get ready for this key moment in Anglican history, lay and ordained people from right around the world are also preparing for the big day.
Over the past week the communion’s primates...
[Anglican Journal] At their joint assembly this July, Anglican and Lutheran delegates will be asked to consider a joint declaration addressing the issues of homelessness in Canada and “responsible resource extraction” involving Canadian companies here and abroad.
The Council of General Synod (CoGS), the Anglican church’s governing body between General Synods, agreed to forward the resolution for consideration at the Joint Assembly this July 3 to 7, in Ottawa.
On...
[Anglican Communion News Service] Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has urged Anglicans in Africa and around the world to support Earth Hour by “switching off your lights” and “switching on to saving the world.”
Earth Hour, observed this year on March 23, is an annual worldwide event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). It encourages households...
[Anglican Communion News Service] Walking into the Holy Cross Hospice in Gaborone, Botswana, one may be greeted with charming smiles and the sweet aroma of food emanating from the kitchen. The environment is so full of life and welcoming. This is not exactly what most people would expect.
For many people, a hospice, being a place for the terminally ill, would be a sombre and lifeless place. But not at Holy Cross.
“When I came to this place, I was not able to walk...
From left to right: Lynne Shozawa and Joy Kogawa present Archbishop Fred Hiltz with a...
March 19, 2013
[Anglican Communion News Service] Anglicans in Japan are considering the next phase of a key project set up to help the most vulnerable following the country’s triple disaster two years ago.
The Isshoni Aruko (Let Us Walk Together) project provided relief and rehabilitation for vulnerable people, such as children, the elderly, disabled people and foreign migrants, in the wake of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear fallout.
At a recent decision of the project’s...
[Anglican Communion News Service] Chief executives from 10 leading Anglican mission agencies this week recommitted to work together “in joint action and reflection within the framework of the Five Marks of Mission.”
Partnership for World Mission agency leaders gathered for their annual residential meeting at the home of the Church Army, the Wilson Carlile Centre, in Sheffield March 13-14....
March 18, 2013
[Anglican Communion News Service] The news that the leader of the Orthodox Church will attend the inauguration of the new pope is being described as an historic moment for Christianity.
According to a report in Asia News, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew’s decision to attend the...
[Anglican Journal -- Mississauga, Ontario] The Anglican Church of Canada’s Council of General Synod on March 16 recommended that the coming General Synod adopt a constitutional amendment that would alter the nature of all but two of its standing committees as part of initial changes to the national church’s structures.
Under the proposed amendment to Section 39 of the...