Posted in Anglican Communion on Sep 14th, 2008
From here, where there are links to the original article by the Rev. Garth Minott, should you be curious enough to look them up. Actually, they’ll be there even if you aren’t curious enough to look them up. Anyway, I was going to excerpt this, but I couldn’t decide what to leave out – here [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 13th, 2008
From the New West site (bear in mind that this is the spun version): Seeks to have priests who have left the Anglican Church of Canada remain in parishes Seventeen individuals in three diocesan parishes have gone to B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver to try to keep former diocesan clergy who have left the Anglican [...]
Posted in Just for Fun on Sep 12th, 2008
Bishops bustle about to one council after another, each trying to impose on the rest his own interpretation of the faith. And the only noticeable result is the imposition of an intolerable burden on the means of public transport. Leave a comment with your guess, then go take a look here.
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Sep 11th, 2008
Insomniacs can read it all here Written by: Rev. Dr. Ephraim Radner Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 The Bishop of Winchester, the Rt. Rev. Michael Scott-Joynt, recently aroused comment when he [said], “I continue to see a negotiated ‘orderly separation’ as the best and most fruitful way forward for the Anglican Communion. The experience of this [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 11th, 2008
From St. John’s Shaughnessy September 10, 2008 – Vancouver, Canada Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We greet you in the name of the risen Christ, the first and the last and the living one. On July 10, 2008, the bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster invoked Diocesan Canon 15 against the Anglican Network [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 11th, 2008
More on the Hiltz-Venables meeting (or lack thereof) from VOL The Archbishop of the Southern Cone, the Most Rev. Gregory Venables says a proposal by Canadian Archbishop Fred Hiltz for the Archbishop of Canterbury, PB Jefferts Schori and Archbishop Mauricio de Andrade of Brazil to facilitate a meeting to discuss cross-border interventions is dead on [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 11th, 2008
From the Star, with some interesting observations by Greg Venables: “What would I say in that meeting?” Hiltz said. “Let me try and hear why it is you feel you need to continue to work to intervene in the life of the Anglican Church of Canada.” Archbishop Gregory Venables of the Anglican Province of the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 10th, 2008
From the Journal The Canadian house of bishops will discuss next month how best to respond to renewed proposals for a moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the ordination of openly gay persons to the episcopate, and cross-border interventions. In a related development, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 10th, 2008
Anglican Network in Canada NEWS RELEASE Parishes ask court to clarify parish trustees’ responsibilities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 10 September 2008 Vancouver – Four Vancouver-area Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) parishes are asking the courts to clarify their trustees’ responsibilities in response to hostile action taken by a diocese of the Anglican Church of Canada. On [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Sep 9th, 2008
This is on the website of the Niagara diocese: The current Canadian Government has called an election for October 14th 2008. The Church does not take any positions on the various parties and candidates that are running. Obviously each ballot that is cast, must be done so according to the conscience of the individual. However, [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 9th, 2008
By The Rev’d Dr Michael Pountney. From VOL This summer, along with running Beach Drive, playing tennis and drinking litres of cappuccino at sun-drenched marinas, I have been reading St. Augustine’s “City of God” in concert with a friend in Edmonton, who has provided me with a fine and needed study partner: fine, because of [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 7th, 2008
Op-ed from some guy called Peter: Ezekiel 13 v10-12 They lead my people astray, saying, “Peace,” when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash, therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis, Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 5th, 2008
5 September 2008 After consulting with my Primate, Archbishop Gregory Venables, I report with great sadness that two Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) churches under my jurisdiction – St Matthews (Abbotsford, BC) and St Matthias and St Luke’s (Vancouver, BC) – received letters on 26 August 2008, informing them that the Bishop of New Westminster [...]
Posted in Prayer on Sep 5th, 2008
Slightly OT, but it is good to remember the wider world. From the Reformed Pastor: “We write you this mail from a tense situation in Orissa, as for the last 10 days Christians in Orissa, particularly in the Kondhomal, Koraput and Gajapati districts, have undergone severe pain and trouble as innocent Christians being killed, church [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Sep 4th, 2008
Dr. Pitt was accused by the Telegraph, among others, of ‘leaking’ letters from Rowan Williams in which he responded to her about his views on homosexuality. In actual fact, Dr. Pitt is a rather gracious lady who was simply concerned that people were not fully aware of Rowan’s opinions. After being vigorously excoriated by the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion, Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 3rd, 2008
From here. … Canadian churches have proceeded with actions around same-sex blessings “only after a long, considered period of discussion from a whole pile of points of view – theological, liturgical, canonical and pastoral,” Archbishop Hiltz said. “There’s a certain sense that emerges from that kind of conversation and some dioceses in our country are [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 2nd, 2008
Two interesting tidbits from the ANiC Sept 2 Newsletter. It isn’t up on the website yet, but the entire newsletter will eventually be here. Diocese of New Westminster ANiC parishes of St Matthew’s (Abbotsford, BC) and St Matthias and St Luke’s (Vancouver) both received letters on August 26 from the Diocese of New Westminster notifying [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 2nd, 2008
The Ven. Charlie Masters’ mother passed away this morning. Please pray for him and his family.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Communion on Sep 2nd, 2008
The title is good, the rest of the article, a little less so. What was this reformation moment? A “Reformation Moment” occurred when hundreds of bishops and others joined the Walk of Witness through the streets of London, with ecumenical partners from around the world joining hands in solidarity to fight against poverty, injustice and [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Sep 2nd, 2008
The problem here, is that it is very difficult to pin any of the ACoC leadership down on exactly what they believe the gospel is; after all, no-one can accuse you of believing a lie when you refuse to divulge your beliefs. For example, in the recent debate on the Michael Coren show, Peter Wall, [...]
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