The unity of the Anglican Communion was positively demonstrated when 41 women from 27 provinces gathered as the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) delegation to the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) meeting in New York 28 February- 11 March, 2005
09 March 2005
Members of the Anglican-UN Representation in Geneva will be attending the Human Rights Commission - a major annual conference drawing together UN member states, national institutions, international organisations and NGOs/Civil Society - on behalf of the Anglican Observer at the United Nations.
09 March 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, gave the following lecture on Tuesday 8 March at the University of Kent in Canterbury
09 March 2005
As Chairman of the Anglican Consultative Council, I have received the requests of the Primates Meeting to the ACC. Inevitably such requests raise questions about the inter-relationship between the various Instruments of Unity which will need to be examined in the light of the Windsor Report at our next meeting
08 March 2005
There are four instruments of unity that serve the world wide family of Anglican/Episcopal churches. They are: The Lambeth Conference (meets every 10 years, for bishops); the Primates Meetings (regular meetings for the senior archbishops and bishops of the 38 Provinces); the Anglican Consultative Council (meeting every 3 years or so, includes laity, bishops, priests, deacons); and the Archbishop of Canterbury in his international role as primus inter pares
25 February 2005
As Primates of the Anglican Communion and Moderators of the United Churches, we gathered at the Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre, Newry, in Northern Ireland, between 20th and 25th February, 2005
24 February 2005
From our first reading this evening, 'you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation'. These words spoken to the people of Israel in the wilderness are spoken again to the church in the New Testament. And spoken to us today.
22 February 2005
The following prayer was written for the 2005 Primates Meeting by the chaplain to the meeting, the Revd Shane Forster, on the staff of the Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland
21 February 2005
The Primates of the Anglican Communion today met in Dromantine Retreat and Conference Centre near Newry for a five-day conference.
21 February 2005
The Province of the Episcopal Church of Burundi extends its deepest sympathy to Archbishop Samuel Ndayisenga and his wife, Joy, following the death of their daughter, Fredence, on 6th February 2005.
15 February 2005