Posted in Anglican Crisis on Apr 22nd, 2008
Anglican Network in Canada NEWS RELEASE Anglican Clergy deny charges FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21 April 2008 Clergy in six Lower Mainland Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) churches today denied charges they have abandoned their ministry. In February, Bishop Michael Ingham of the Anglican Church of Canada Diocese of New Westminster issued a “Notice of Presumption [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 21st, 2008
From here. Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked South American archbishop Gregory Venables to cancel a scheduled visit to Canada this week and “stop interfering in the life of this province.” In a letter dated April 21, Archbishop Hiltz noted that Archbishop Venables, primate of the Province of the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion Alliance, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 21st, 2008
Copied below is a letter from Abp Hiltz to Abp Venables, with my comments here and there. Suffice to say, it’s just more of the same. The Essentials Federation asked the orthodox ACoC bishops to stand up and be counted, once again all I can say is that if they did, there is currently no [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance on Apr 20th, 2008
Via email: Anglican Essentials Federation NEWS RELEASE Anglican Church of Canada bishops asked to uphold orthodoxy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 20 April 2008 Anglican Essentials Federation (AEF), which represents many orthodox parishioners, clergy and bishops within the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC), has written Bishops of the Church expressing their deep concerns about the actions of [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Apr 20th, 2008
Via Stand Firm: Pastoral letter to be read in the Diocese of Saskatchewan Sunday April 20, 2008 Dear friends, This is a difficult letter to write but I must let you know that I have submitted my resignation to the Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land effective September 1, 2008. I begin that day a new ministry [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 19th, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 19 April 2008 The Anglican Church of Canada’s House of Bishops has rejected an overture from the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) to seek negotiated settlements of property disputes rather than pursue litigation. Bishop Donald Harvey, moderator of ANiC, expressed his disappointment, and said that, while he was fully aware of the [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion Alliance, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 19th, 2008
An open letter to the ACoC House of Bishops from Bishop Don Harvey of ANiC: April 11, 2008 Greetings in the name of our risen Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. As a former member of this House, and a friend to many of you over the years, I am writing to appeal to you on [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion Alliance, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 18th, 2008
Now we know what the response from the HoB to Bp Harvey and ANiC was: Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at their April 14-18 meeting, declined a request for national-level negotiations over church property from the Anglican Network in Canada, a small group of parishes that have decided to leave the church over [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Apr 18th, 2008
Well, it seems as if pessimism has won out, at least as far as the public HoB report goes – found here. It is as bland as I feared, referencing the italicised paragraph below, what we have is more ‘stories’, more ‘sharing’, more ‘reflection’ and ‘affection’ for one another. Nothing of substance, other than to [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 18th, 2008
Well, it’s been nearly a month since the Niagara ANiC parishes were last taken to court (March 20), and still no ruling from the judge. Is there anybody out there with experience in such matters who could give us an idea of how much longer we might have to wait? Meanwhile, I offer for your [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Apr 16th, 2008
There’s a new edition of the ANiC newsletter here. Thanks, Marilyn for all the hard work you do!
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Apr 15th, 2008
From here: Anglican Church of Canada bishops decided, at the April 14 opening session of their spring meeting, to close to the public half of their week-long meeting, including all discussions of the sexuality controversy roiling the Anglican Communion. Of the roughly 20 hours of business sessions scheduled to take place April 14-18 at the [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 13th, 2008
via email: (If you find a link to the original article, please leave a comment): Later: I just did a Google search to see if they had a website – low and behold, Lanark Christian Fellowship had one! I thought, wow, that was fast. Only problem? This Lanark Christian Fellowship is near Glasgow, Scotland. Oops…) [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Apr 13th, 2008
From here. Note the closeness of the vote. The diocese of Saskatoon, at its biennial synod held April 4-6, narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed clergy to bless same-sex civil marriages. The vote was 41 against, 38 for and four abstentions, said Lorea Eufemia, secretary/treasurer of the diocese. Moved by Canon Colin Clay [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 13th, 2008
Here is Rev. Sharon Hayton’s recent letter to the Times Colonist, followed by a response today from John Cribdon. St. Mary’s aligned with majority of Anglicans The Anglican Church of Canada is undermining authority of Scripture Rev. Sharon Hayton, Special to Times Colonist Published: Thursday, April 10, 2008 As the minister at St. Mary of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 10th, 2008
Since news is a little slow (or at least your editors are), I thought I’d totally abuse my position and show you what is happening in Calgary this morning. Basically, we’re getting a totally unforecast snowstorm, and the snow is coming down faster than I have ever seen in Calgary (I’m an ex-meteorologist, so please [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 8th, 2008
Ousted Anglican priests return and When churches lose their way. The latter one is an editorial hit piece – I guess there hasn’t been too many of those, but they happen. Either the editor does not know the full story and background, or would prefer that his/her readers do not. Quote: “Our editorials, as a [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 7th, 2008
From here. Anglican doldrums and Catholic ecumenists By Editor and Staff Issue: April 2008 Vancouver—The largest Anglican congregation in Canada, St. John’s parish of more than 2,000 members in an affluent Vancouver neighbourhood, has voted overwhelmingly to leave the Canadian Anglican Church and put itself under the authority of a parallel conservative Anglican structure. St. [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 6th, 2008
I received the following information regarding this morning’s service at St Mary’s: There was a little confusion in the first service about whether the service was on or not (so attendance may have suffered a bit). However, it was felt they’d gotten the word out quite well. The second service was well attended. Overall it [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Apr 6th, 2008
From here. NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release ~ April 6th, 2008 A PUBLIC STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT REVEREND JAMES COWAN REGARDING A COURT ORDER ISSUED APRIL 5TH, 2008, IN VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, AGAIINST THE DIOCESE AND THE BISHOP OF BRITISH COLUMBIA It has come to my attention through the auspices of the Chancellor of the [...]
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