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Presiding Officers of ECUSA appoint covenant-response group

Presiding Officers of ECUSA appoint covenant-response group

Nine members of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council have been appointed to draft the Church's response to the first version of an Anglican covenant.

13 July 2007

Church's 400-year heritage is fabric 'woven together with prayer

The fabric of four centuries of history - woven with the 1607 beginnings of the Jamestown Settlement, Native American responses, and the rise of the African slave trade - was prayerfully examined on June 24 as Episcopalians gathered for Eucharist to mark the church's 400-year heritage rooted in the region.

26 June 2007

Executive Council declines to participate in Primates 'pastoral scheme'

Executive Council declines to participate in Primates 'pastoral scheme'

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council told the Anglican Communion that no governing body other than General Convention can interpret Convention resolutions or agree to deny "future decisions by dioceses or General Convention.’

26 June 2007

Bishop Hiltz Elected Primate on Fifth Ballot

Bishop Hiltz Elected Primate on Fifth Ballot

After a nail-biting election that took nearly three hours, a majority of the delegates of the General Synod elected Bishop Fred Hiltz of the diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the 13th Primate or national Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada. 

25 June 2007

Resolutions from the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

Resolutions from the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada has narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed dioceses to decide for themselves whether or not to bless same-sex unions.

25 June 2007

Primatial address opens 38th General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada

Primatial address opens 38th General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada

The theme for this 38th General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada is 'Draw the Circle Wide.' It is from a song by Bishop Gordon Light, and is consistent with the intention of the Lord of the Church to draw all people to himself. 

20 June 2007

Canadian churches to formally renew covenant of solidarity with Indigenous people

Canadian churches to formally renew covenant of solidarity with Indigenous people

Representatives of about 10 Canadian churches and church-affiliated organizations will gather in Winnipeg on June 21 - National Aboriginal Day - to renew a landmark covenant with Indigenous peoples that pledges the churches to continue working on human rights and justice issues for native peoples.

20 June 2007

Cuban Episcopalians Welcome New Bishops Suffragan

"Asi lo haremos - We will!" thundered the standing-room-only congregation at Havana's Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, when asked if they would accept as Cuba's first bishops suffragan the Revd Canon Nerva Cot Aguilera and Archdeacon Ulises Mario Aguero Prendes.

12 June 2007

Groundbreaking service for 'igloo church' draws hundreds

Groundbreaking service for 'igloo church' draws hundreds

A groundbreaking service for St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit took place June 3, Trinity Sunday, to mark the rebuilding of the igloo-shaped church, which was damaged by arson in November 2005. It was later demolished in June 2006.

12 June 2007

More native priests needed, says international gathering

More native priests needed, says international gathering

The Anglican Indigenous Network has put itself on a new and firm bureaucratic footing in order to push forward on its number one concern – the faster ordination of more native priests.

30 May 2007