Archive for the 'Official Statement' Category
Archbishop of Canterbury: Address to General Synod on the Anglican Communion (ACNS)
Friday, July 7th, 2006Note from Peter: The General Synod is the Church of England’s governing body, it functions somewhat like our General Convention, but meets twice a year. I’ve excerpted Archbishop Williams’ beginning comments on our current situation in the United States, but there is some really good stuff about what it means to be a […]
Dallas asks for primatial oversite (Titusonenine)
Thursday, July 6th, 2006I can’t seem to find their press release on the diocesan website. Here is the text from Titusonenine:
DALLAS – Bishop James M. Stanton said Wednesday he is convening a special panel to consider the present relationship of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas to the Episcopal Church.
The action comes amid mounting concerns over controversial actions […]
Diocese Asking for Alternative Primatial Oversight
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Members of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh voted this morning that Pittsburgh join with other dioceses in appealing to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primates of the Anglican Communion and the Panel of Reference for “immediate alternative Primatial oversight and pastoral care.” The Standing committee also published its intent (pending ratification […]
Archbishop Williams’ Statement Helpful, Says Bishop Duncan
Thursday, June 29th, 2006Bishop Robert Duncan, moderator of the Anglican Communion Network and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, welcomed Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ recent statement on the future of the Anglican Communion.
“Archbishop Williams has clearly recognized the immediate need to stabilize the Communion according to agreed theological understandings and mutual submission. Further, for the first […]
Archbishop Williams Proposes Covenant (ACNS)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006Dr Williams says that the divisions run through as well as between the different Provinces of the Anglican Communion and this would make a solution difficult. He favours the exploration of a formal Covenant agreement between the Provinces of the Anglican Communion as providing a possible way forward. Under such a scheme, member provinces that […]
Bishop Duncan Writes to the Diocese of Pittsburgh and to the Network
Friday, June 23rd, 200623rd June, A.D.2006
TO THE CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF PITTSBURGH:
Beloved in the Lord,
With this communication comes a letter I have just written to all within the Anglican Communion Network.
I realize that not everyone in our diocese is a part of the Network, twelve vestries having disassociated. What these vestries have done follows the very same pattern […]
Global South Anglican Leaders Issue Statement
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006This just came in. The Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa is a grouping of (I think) 12 provinces in Africa.
An Open Letter to the Episcopal Church USA
We, the Primates of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA), meeting in Kampala on 21st – 22nd June, have followed with great interest your […]
Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006Archbishop of Canterbury: statement at the conclusion of deliberations on the Windsor Report and the Anglican Communion at the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America
“I am grateful to the Bishops and Deputies of the 75th General Convention of the Episcopal Church (USA) for the exceptional seriousness with which […]
Anglican Essentials Canada Expresses Solidarity
Wednesday, June 21st, 2006PRESS RELEASE
June 21, 2006
Anglican Essentials Canada expresses solidarity and empathy with our orthodox brothers and sisters in the U.S. who are grieving the actions of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church (TEC formerly ECUSA) this week. These actions make clear the intention of TEC to “walk apart” or separate from the global Anglican Communion.
While […]
Statement from the Diocese of Quincy on the Election of Katharine Jefferts Schori
Monday, June 19th, 2006(Released June 18, 2006)
Today was a day of intrigue with the election of the new PB. Many are stunned that this has happened. Read more below about this.
In the midst of all of this, however, we are reminded of the great goodness of God to us. Fr. Steven Lally and Fr. Ed Monk had the […]