Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 30th, 2007
H/T SF. This is the second in a three-part series by Mark Larratt-Smith. Part One may be found here. Mark Larratt-Smith’s grandfather was an Anglican Priest and his great-grandfather was Archbishop of Ottawa. He was born in Montreal and studied at Yale, Columbia and the University of Toronto. Mark was a career public servant and [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 29th, 2007
Of Canada’s three purportedly national newspapers, only The (Toronto) Star is covering the latest developments in the Anglican Communion. The National Post and the Globe and Mail seem to be AWOL; searches of their websites turn up no news stories in today’s editions. Today’s Star (online edition) brings us two articles. The Common Cause bishops [...]
Posted in Anglican Essentials on Sep 28th, 2007
(h/t BB – statement from here) In the Name of God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit, to whom belong all might, majesty, dominion and glory. We, the College of Bishops of the Common Cause Partnership, meeting together in Pittsburgh, September 25-28 in the Year of our Lord 2007, solemnly affirm this [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 27th, 2007
Some Christians will see this event as a sign of discernment, others as a sign of desperation. The Anglican Diocese of Ottawa is presenting a symposium this weekend featuring emerging church guru Brian McLaren. The symposium will be held Friday (tomorrow) between 2 pm and 8:30 pm, and Saturday from 9 am until about 3 [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 25th, 2007
Last weekend, the Diocese of New Westminster convened a workshop on the draft Anglican Covenant. To no one’s surprise, those in attendance had virtually nothing positive to say about it. A news report has been posted at the Diocese’s website. A document prepared for an international group of senior Archbishops that tries to list the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 23rd, 2007
Last June, the supreme decision-making body of the Anglican Church of Canada, General Synod, voted to reject a motion that would have allowed individual dioceses to authorise same-sex blessings. Despite that rejection, the Diocese of Ottawa Synod meeting next month will consider a motion to go ahead and authorise ‘em anyway. The diocese of Ottawa’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2007
Scott Gilbreath, of Magic Statistics fame, has kindly agreed to author articles to this blog. What will this mean? Well, hopefully that this will become a more active blog in terms of content, which is no bad thing as we move into a new season. Welcome Scott!
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 17th, 2007
Message from the Moderator September 17, 2007 “Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.” Proverbs 25:25: For many faithful, authentic Anglicans in Canada the wait has seemed interminable. In the Diocese of New Westminster, for example, the theologically-based estrangement from established Anglican Church of Canada authorities began over [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 12th, 2007
H/T SF and the Anglican Planet. This is the first in a three-part series by Mark Larratt-Smith. Mark Larratt-Smith’s grandfather was an Anglican Priest and his great-grandfather was Archbishop of Ottawa. He was born in Montreal and studied at Yale, Columbia and the University of Toronto. Mark was a career public servant and served as [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 5th, 2007
So, the Summer is over and we enter Autumn (OK, Fall if you must). As most of you know 30th September is the date for TEC to respond to the Dar Es Salaam communique, and it is hard to escape the notion that what happens South of the border is going to affect us in [...]
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