Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Oct 30th, 2009
An update to this post: Received by email: It was a close vote. The debate went for the full 30 minutes, and was charitable for the most part, except one well-known agitator in the Melbourne Diocese in Australia claiming the motion and its motives were “disingenuous” – that was a low point. The vote by [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 28th, 2009
From an interview with the vicar of Baghdad: Have you had any of the issues that Western churches might face, over preferences of style, theology, leadership etc? Early on we did. We had differences of opinion over theology from some of the church leaders. But they were all kidnapped and killed, so now we’ve got [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 27th, 2009
The lecture Dr. John Stackhouse gave at St. Alban’s Ottawa a couple of weeks ago is now available online. You can find it here.
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Oct 27th, 2009
Three Valley Presbyterian churches have finalized their divorce from the nation’s largest Presbyterian denomination, citing differences over the Bible’s supreme authority and the possible ordination of gays. But unlike the split within the Valley’s Episcopal diocese, which turned into a bitter court fight, the three congregations are leaving on friendly terms. They have retained their [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 24th, 2009
From the Peterborough Examiner: Anglican Bishop John Chapman is allowing an Ottawa church to offer blessings for same-sex couples who are already civilly married. “My intention is to embrace a liturgical process that will not discriminate between members of the church on the basis of sexual orientation,” Chapman told a congregation Thursday night at the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 21st, 2009
From Here: October 21, 2009 – The following is a statement from Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, in response to the Vatican’s announcement of an Apostolic Constitution earlier this week. I hereby acknowledge the announcement of the Apostolic Constitution (a formal papal decree) whereby Pope Benedict XVI makes provision for [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion on Oct 21st, 2009
From the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops On the second day of their annual Plenary Assembly, the Bishops of Canada welcomed Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. In a brief and powerful address to the members of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, observers and guests, Archbishop Hiltz recalled how Christians [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 21st, 2009
From the Toronto Star: After 475 years, the Vatican is calling Anglicans back into the fold. In a move that sent shock waves to the very top of the Church of England, the Vatican on Tuesday announced a new structure within the Catholic Church – sort of a church within a church – to make [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 20th, 2009
Via email: Today, the Roman Catholic Church released an “Apostolic Constitution” offering a way for some orthodox Anglicans to enter into a full communion relationship with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving some aspects of their Anglican heritage. This action recognizes how deeply broken the Anglican Communion has become as a result of the abandonment [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion on Oct 20th, 2009
The ultimate cross-border intervention; read it all here: VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops. The new provision will allow Anglicans to [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 18th, 2009
From the Daily Observer: After almost a year without a home, St. Luke’s Anglican Church is finally living what many have called the “miracle of Julien Street.” The congregation opened another chapter in its short life Saturday holding its first service in its new chapel less than three months after purchasing the former Pembroke catering [...]
Posted in Anglican Crisis on Oct 17th, 2009
From Anglican Samizdat: I will no longer be respectful of the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who seems to believe that rude behavior, intolerance and even killing prejudice is somehow acceptable, so long as it comes from third-world religious leaders, who more than anything else reveal in themselves the price that colonial oppression has [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 15th, 2009
In its efforts “to end bias, bigotry and racism in Toronto and the world” the Church of the Transfiguration will hold an ecumenical service where Imam Abdul Hai Patel will preach: Second Annual Interfaith Evensong. The Reverend Canon Michael Burgess will officiate at this service of Sung Evensong, Imam Abdul Hai Patel will preach, Rabbi [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 14th, 2009
From the Pembroke Daily Observer: On August 1, St. Luke’s Anglican Church of the Anglican Network in Canada purchased the Pembroke Catering Hall at 307 Julien St. to serve as its new church home. The members of St. Luke’s are extremely grateful to the Seventh Day Adventist Church who have hosted them since St. Luke’s [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 12th, 2009
The woes assailing the Diocese of BC are recounted by Bishop James Cowan here (use RealPlayer to listen). The bishop admits that recently ASA has dropped from 5000 to 4000, and that the diocese is ready to make some “hard decisions” which will include closing parishes. Although some have left because of increasing revisionism, the [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 10th, 2009
An Oakville Diocese of Niagara church has this advertisement in a local paper: Now, everyone is welcome in the Oakville ANiC parish too, of course; except we don’t feel the need to stress All or sexual orientation or anything else. This leads me to speculate on whether this advertisement is an oblique pot-shot at ANiC; [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Crisis on Oct 8th, 2009
From Victoria News: The global economic crisis hit car manufactures, slammed the housing market and now, not even God can escape its economic wrath. The Anglican Diocese of B.C. is in “crisis” and planning “drastic action,” to make up for dwindling revenues, declining attendance and increased deficit within its parishes totalling about $1 million. The [...]
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Oct 7th, 2009
From here (hat tip to Stand Firm): 7th October, A.D. 2009 A pastoral letter to be read in all the churches on Sunday, October 11th, A.D. 2009 and in Saturday services preceding. TO ALL THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE: Beloved in the Lord, We lost. In human terms we lost. Bishop and Standing Committee, together with [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Oct 7th, 2009
From the Anglican Journal: Sexual orientation no barrier to church leadership staff Oct 1, 2009 MARITES N. SISON Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, primate of the Church of Southern Africa. Gays and lesbians can be leaders within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa as long as they remain celibate, its synod of bishops has declared. The statement [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada on Oct 6th, 2009
I had linked to this – I was waiting for Fr. Paul’s permission to publish the whole thing. With permission, then: My dear friends in the Parish of Morrisburg – Iroquois – Riverside Heights, It is with a heavy heart that I report that today I relinquished my license to Bishop John Chapman of the [...]
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