Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 30th, 2010
An article in the Journal by the Rev. Canon Dr. George Sumner. While Rev. Sumner in this article is valiantly suggesting ways to rescue what is left of orthodoxy in the ACoC (that seemed to be the main drift of his interview with me at synod), it’s difficult not to come to the conclusion that [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 24th, 2010
From here: The Diocese of New Westminster has been named a defendant in a complaint filed with the British Colombia Human Rights Tribunal and has been charged with sex, age and disability discrimination by a Vancouver transsexual. In June, Pamela Burge (65) filed a complaint charging the 127 Society for Housing, her building manager, and [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion on Sep 23rd, 2010
Posted in Anglican Church in North America on Sep 22nd, 2010
Archbishop Duncan Discusses E100 from David Trautman on Vimeo.
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 20th, 2010
The article has the rather misleading title of “‘Properties remain with the diocese’ says BC judge”. That is the ruling that is being appealed, of course, not the result of the appeal. Update: I notice that the title of the article in the Journal has been changed from the one I mentioned above to: “Appeal [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 17th, 2010
Received via email: New Westminster Appeal – September 16, 2010 The courtroom gallery was less than half full for the final day of argument. Stanley Martin spoke on the Chun bequest, Geoff Cowper closed the appellants’ case and George Macintosh spoke briefly in reply to the Chun bequest issues raised by Mr. Martin. The hearing [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 16th, 2010
Received via email: New Westminster Appeal – September 15, 2010 The courtroom gallery was less than half full today as George Macintosh and Tim Dickson presented their arguments. They will finish some time tomorrow morning; then Stanley Martin will speak to the issue of the Chun bequest. Finally, Geoff Cowper will close and it will [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 15th, 2010
The Diocese of New Westminster is sharing the building of St. Matthews, Abbotsford with the original – now ANiC – parishioners. Someone has been keeping an eye on the 8:00 a.m. diocesan service; I received the following counts by email: August 29th: 30 people. About 6 of those were former members. September 5th: 15 people. [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 15th, 2010
Received via email: The courtroom gallery was half to three-quarters full for most of the day. I believe the vast majority were ANiC members, although I did not recognize a number of people.Mr. Cowper began by summarizing his main legal arguments in favour of a trust which he covered in detail yesterday. 1. The founding [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 14th, 2010
From here: New Westminster Appeal – September 13, 2010 There were a quite a few spare seats when the court convened at 10am. A few more people wandered in during the morning but the courtroom was not filled as it was during the original trial. It was only half full for the afternoon. Perhaps the [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 14th, 2010
Something from here, veracity of the quoted source unknown. The process that will end in the Anglican Church splitting up has begun with the Canterbury – the headquarters of the church – disengaging itself from Africa, Asia and Australia. African Anglicans are reportedly taking a lead role by mobilising their colleagues in Asia, South America [...]
Posted in Anglican Communion, Anglican Crisis on Sep 14th, 2010
Go see the timeline over at SF – lots of formatting and links not easily reproducable here.
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 14th, 2010
via email: Dear friends, As you probably know, on Friday representatives of St. George’s and St. Alban’s, entered into mediation with our former Diocese, the Diocese of Ottawa. It was a long and exhausting day and it ended with an agreement that we will meet again on Thursday at 3:30pm. As you can gather, this [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 13th, 2010
Legal Update for the Parishes September 12, 2010 As you are probably aware, on Monday morning, the BC Court of Appeal will begin hearing the appeal in the case of the four ANiC parishes (St. John’s, St. Matthews, Good Shepherd and St. Matthias & St. Luke) v the Diocese of New Westminster. The appeal will [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 11th, 2010
The potential mergers are the result of declining and ageing congregations. Rather than change the course which has been largely responsible for the decline, the plan seems to be to do more of the same while circling combined diocesan wagons in an ever dwindling circumference. And shout: “draw the circle wider”. From George Conger: Ageing [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 8th, 2010
From the website of the Diocese of New Westminster: The Appeals of the BC Supreme Court decisions begin. The Appeals of BC Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kelleher’s November 25th, 2009 and June 29th, 2010 Reasons for Judgment in the cases of disputed church properties and court costs will begin Monday, September 13th and continue through September [...]
Posted in Anglican Network in Canada on Sep 4th, 2010
Well, you decide. We confirmed our reservation the day before. The Hart and Crown cancelled our seven pm reservation at around about midday that same day. From the Holy Post: National Post Staff September 3, 2010 – 8:59 pm By Kenyon Wallace An Ottawa pub has refused to host an Anglican church group’s film night, [...]
Posted in Prayer on Sep 2nd, 2010
From the ANiC Newsletter: Pray for mediation meeting in Ottawa, September 10 Please pray for the mediation process that our Ottawa parishes – St George’s and St Alban’s – will be engaging in on Friday, September 10 with the Diocese of Ottawa regarding their church properties and assets. Pray that a mutually agreeable solution will [...]
Posted in Anglican Church of Canada on Sep 1st, 2010
And not just cellphones in long-term committed relationships. From here: Halifax-area Anglican Rev. Lisa Vaughn, eager to keep her parish relevant in the face of declining church attendance nationwide, is asking users of mobile phones and other technological gadgets to bring them in this weekend for a special blessing. “It’s not just about please don’t [...]
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