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World Council of Religions for Peace holds VIIIth International Conference in Kyoto

World Council of Religions for Peace holds VIIIth International Conference in Kyoto

The Eighth Assembly of The World Council of Religions for Peace took place in Kyoto between August 26 and 29th. Forty Anglicans attended the event .A report based on three of the delegates' accounts is due to be published in Anglican Episcopal World.

30 August 2006

Young adult intern experiences the UN Commission on the Status of Women

Young adult intern experiences the UN Commission on the Status of Women

My name is Amanda Akes I am an intern in the New York Intern Program (NYIP), one of many domestic internship programs available through the Episcopal Church.

27 August 2006

Compass Rose Society grant supplies theological colleges with Anglican Way books

Compass Rose Society grant supplies theological colleges with Anglican Way books

As the result of the generosity of a number of members of the Compass Rose Society, TEAC (the Anglican Communion Theological Education Working Party) is supplying theological colleges in Asia and Africa with key books in the field of Anglican Studies. 

23 August 2006

Archbishop Rowan Williams Book from Morehouse

Archbishop Rowan Williams Book from Morehouse

In his first major new work of original theology for some years, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, explores the borderlands between theology, art and literature in order to pioneer a new theological expression of grace and human creativity.

23 August 2006

The First Anglican Women's Conference, Nippon Sei Ko Kai

The First Anglican Women's Conference, Nippon Sei Ko Kai

Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished. (Luke 1:45) O God, Show us the way forward with your mysterious power. Give us courage to open new doors and walk through them. May we be joined by new companions in our journey

20 August 2006

Statement from the ACO

Statement from the ACO

Following consultation with the Presiding Bishop the Archbishop of Canterbury has asked Bishop Peter Lee of Virginia and Bishop John Lipscomb of Southwest Florida to convene a small group of bishops from the Episcopal Church (USA) to meet together to discuss some of the difficult issues facing the Church and to explore possible resolutions

18 August 2006

Faith communities call for action on AIDS

Faith communities call for action on AIDS

A two-day ecumenical conference in mid-August addressed the moral and spiritual dimension of the worldwide AIDS pandemic, shortly before the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

16 August 2006

Priest uses his HIV-positive status to fight stigma of disease

Priest uses his HIV-positive status to fight stigma of disease

Canon Gideon Byamugisha, an Anglican priest whose remarks closed the ecumenical conference and brought about 500 people to their feet, is a living symbol of his cause: he talks openly about his HIV-positive status to fight the shame and discrimination felt by many with HIV and AIDS.

16 August 2006

Inter Faith Harmony Conference in Peshawar, Pakistan

Inter Faith Harmony Conference in Peshawar, Pakistan

To promote peace and harmony among different religions residing in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, a daylong Interfaith Coordination Conference was held in Peshawar organized by the Faith Friends NWFP chapter of the World Council of Religions.

12 August 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit China

Archbishop of Canterbury to visit China

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams is to visit China this autumn. The visit is at the invitation of the senior leadership of the post-denominational Protestant Churches in China. 

09 August 2006