The way that the Primates' Meetings had been proceeding took a turn on Saturday. Archbishop Phillip Aspinall of Australia the spokesperson for the Primates was unable to attend the media briefing. He is part of the team producing the final statement and was needed for the meeting that had begun to work on the statement.
19 February 2007
...together with a report on the Listening Process, and further consideration about the Episcopal Church's response to the Windsor Report occupied the February 16 sessions of the Primates' Meeting near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
17 February 2007
Intense listening, characterized by an expression of ‘patience, graciousness, care and Respect’ was the atmosphere in which the Primates gathered February 15, said Australia's Archbishop Phillip Aspinall during a media briefing following the conclusion of their first day of sessions.
16 February 2007
General Synod's Communications and Information Resources Committee has unanimously endorsed negotiations with Augsburg Fortress Canada that would see the continuation of a bookstore at the site presently occupied by the Anglican Book Centre.
15 February 2007
Before dawn February 13 a tornado touched down in several parts of New Orleans and Jefferson Parishes, leaving a swath of destruction. When damage reports rolled in, Bishop Charles Jenkins and the clergy mobilized to help those affected by the storm.
15 February 2007
A delegation of 13 U.S. religious leaders, including Maureen Shea, director of the Episcopal Church's Office of Government Relations, will visit Iran February 17-25 to deepen dialogue between religious and political leaders there in the hope of defusing tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
14 February 2007
As the primates of the Anglican Communion prepare to gather next week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I ask your prayers for all of us, and for our time together.
08 February 2007
The Diocese of Haiti will celebrate its famous founder with a Eucharist and gathering at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince on March 13.
08 February 2007
Members of a Cuban diocesan synod burst into applause and shouts of joy on Sunday when Archbishop Andrew Hutchison announced the appointment of Revd Canon Nerva Cot Aguilera as one of two new suffragan bishops for the Cuban Anglican Church.
07 February 2007
The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia went to court January 31 over the real and personal property held in trust by 11 congregations where the majority membership has voted to leave the Episcopal Church, but have not vacated or relinquished that property to the diocese.
01 February 2007