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Communique from a Consultation of Anglican Contextual Theologians

Communique from a Consultation of Anglican Contextual Theologians

A consultation of Anglican contextual theologians was held from 13 to 16 May at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

04 June 2003

Rite of Blessing authorised in Diocese of New Westminster

Rite of Blessing authorised in Diocese of New Westminster

Clergy in six parishes within the Diocese of New Westminster have been authorised to perform a rite of blessing of committed same sex unions. In so doing, all provisions of the motion passed by Diocesan Synod in June, 2002, are now fulfilled.

29 May 2003

Canadian Primate announces retirement

Canadian Primate announces retirement

Archbishop Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada since 1986, has announced that he will resign on 1 February 2004.

13 May 2003

Terry Waite urges church to be 'a voice for peace

Terry Waite urges church to be 'a voice for peace

"The world of international affairs is a moral mess," Terry Waite, the former Anglican envoy held hostage for four years in Lebanon, told an audience at the Salt Lake City Library auditorium in the US on May 3. "I don't know who is going to clean it up."

08 May 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Trinity Institute Conference on Benedictine Spirituality

Shaping Holy Lives - Trinity Institute Conference on Benedictine Spirituality

The proceedings of the recent national conference of Trinity Institute, the continuing education programme based at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, held on April 28 and 29, can still be heard and seen on the web.

06 May 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Address by Joan Chittister

Shaping Holy Lives - Address by Joan Chittister

Joan Chittister addressed Trinity Institute New York on the essential values of St Benedict, among them being creative work, holy leisure, humility, and peace.

30 April 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Address from the Archbishop of Canterbury

Shaping Holy Lives - Address from the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, gave an address today as part of the annual conference of Trinity Institute.

29 April 2003

Human rights groups condemn Castro's crackdown on opposition in Cuba

Human rights groups condemn Castro's crackdown on opposition in Cuba

Human rights and religious groups around the world - including the World Council of Churches and an ecumenical group of Cuban clergy in the US - have condemned a harsh crackdown on opposition in Cuba that drew stiff prison sentences for dissidents.

29 April 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury launches Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, returned to "Ground Zero" in lower Manhattan for the first time since 11 September 2001, to preach a sermon on the spiritual significance of listening to God and to one another.

29 April 2003

Archbishop to address Trinity Institute

Archbishop to address Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, is to address the 34th National Conference of Trinity Institute this week.

28 April 2003