Dear Friends, On Sunday 26 September you were read a Pastoral letter indicating that I had resigned as your Bishop. The events of the past have been a source of deep regret.
07 December 1999
Bishop George Browning is to be asked to return to the leadership of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
07 December 1999
The Anglican Primate of Australia and Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Keith Rayner, retired today on his 70th birthday, bringing to an end almost 50 years of ministry with the Anglican Church of Australia.
24 November 1999
Anglican Primate and Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Keith Rayner has commended the decision of the Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Harry Goodhew, to withhold assent from the Ordinance passed by the Sydney Synod to permit lay persons to preside at the Holy Communion.
10 November 1999
The Most Revd Harry Goodhew, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has indicated to the members of the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney that he has decided not to give assent to The Preaching and Administration of Holy Communion by Lay Persons and Deacons Ordinance 1999.
10 November 1999
A church organ originally built in 1938 by Harrison and Harrison for St Luke's, Cowley, Oxford, has been installed in St Mark's Church, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia. This is the climax to an exciting nine year restoration project at the landmark Melbourne church built in 1853.
09 November 1999
(Note that these were not the exact words - Bishop Barnett spoke without his notes. Nor was there reference in the speech as given to the matter of 'abuse of priesthood and sacrament')
28 October 1999
Some members cheered as they left the synod meeting, others were more circumspect. In a first for the world-wide Anglican Communion, the diocese of Sydney has voted to endorse the administering of Holy Communion by lay people for a five year trial.
20 October 1999
Mr President, I have pleasure now in moving the third reading of the ordinance before us.
20 October 1999
Statement from the Most Rev Harry Goodhew, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney concerning the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney vote in favour of diaconal and lay presidency
20 October 1999