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Archbishop of Canterbury calls for commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has issued a statement in support of today’s ‘Sudan Day of Action’ which calls for a renewed commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

18 June 2009

Anglicans are transforming lives of poor

Anglicans are transforming lives of poor

IT IS POSSIBLE for a family of five to live on 4,000 Burundian francs ($4) per day, according to Josephine Bigari

18 June 2009

Major Anglican Ecumenical Report 'The Vision Before Us' is now Published

Major Anglican Ecumenical Report 'The Vision Before Us' is now Published

The Vision Before Us, subtitled ‘The Kyoto Report of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations 2000-2008’, records the Commission’s work of maintaining an overview of the Anglican Communion’s engagement with Christians of other traditions, and of giving encouragement and advice to the ecumenical activities of the Communion and the Provinces.

05 June 2009

Pray now act now

Pray now act now

The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging churches to use Environment Sunday (June 7) to pray for the planet and campaign for climate change in the run up to the important UN talks later this year in Copenhagen.

03 June 2009

New Zealand Youth Event

New Zealand Youth Event

This week, the Anglican tikanga youth synod has been meeting in Auckland.  One of the high points of that gathering was a meeting with the assembled bishops. 

02 June 2009

New propers available for National Aboriginal Day of Prayer

New propers available for National Aboriginal Day of Prayer

A cathedral full of strawberries - some churches have been really creative on the National Aboriginal Day of Prayer (NADP), June 21. Eileen Scully, coordinator for ministry and worship, remembers a 2001 service in the Diocese of Huron cathedral that ended with a Mohawk reconciliation ceremony

01 June 2009

Anglican Covenant Working Group - Names announced

Anglican Covenant Working Group - Names announced

The text of the Ridley Cambridge Draft of the Covenant received strong support at the recent ACC meeting in Jamaica. However concern was expressed that Section 4 had not received the same degree of Provincial consideration that Sections 1-3 had. ACC-14 proposed that Provinces be given time to consider Section 4, that a small Working Group be set up to consider adjustment to Section 4...

28 May 2009

Anglican - Lutheran International Commission: Communiqué

The third Anglican – Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) held its fourth meeting in Lilleskog, Sweden, between 20 and 27 May 2009

27 May 2009

Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes new Archbishop of Westminster

Archbishop of Canterbury welcomes new Archbishop of Westminster

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today given a greeting to Archbishop Vincent Nichols at his Installation Mass as the new Archbishop of Westminster.

21 May 2009

Festive Service Closes ACC-14

The Archbishop of Canterbury was the celebrant at a closing Eucharist for the Anglican Consultative Meeting (ACC-14) in Kingston Jamaica. The Eucharist was held at The Cathedral of St. James in Spanish Town- the oldest Cathedral in the British Caribbean.

12 May 2009