Anglican Communion News Service

The Joint Standing Committee of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council accompanied the Archbishop of Canterbury to the meeting of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church which has been meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, between Wednesday 19 September and Tuesday 25 September. We gathered at the invitation of presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and of the House of Bishops in order to converse with them about the current tensions encountered in the life of the communion.

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The Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) and the Primates of the Anglican Communion (JSC) - Meeting set for 19-25 September 2007 New Orleans, USA.

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Applications are invited for the post of Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome wish to appoint a new Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome to succeed the Rt Revd John Flack who is retiring on 28 February 2008 after nearly five years in the post. 

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With less than one year to go to the Lambeth Conference 2008, the Conference Office is set to invite further contributions for its ongoing bursary programme. The bursaries enable bishops and bishops’ spouses to attend the Lambeth Conference, as well as helping fund those attending who will help ensure the smooth running of both the Lambeth Conference and the Spouses Conference when it meets in Canterbury next July.

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One element of the Lambeth Conference that always generates a lot of interest is the Marketplace. The Marketplace provides a showcase for things going on around the Anglican Communion, a space for delegates to relax, meet friends and shop and will now give day visitors a flavour of the Anglican Communion.

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The Provincial Secretaries of the Anglican Communion met in Hong Kong from 23 to 30 August 2007 for the sixth in a series of informal meetings started in the 1980s. Provincial Secretaries are key administrators for each province and the conference programme was designed to further their professional development, encourage them in their faith and ministry, increase knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing other Provinces and to strengthen bonds within the Communion.

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The editor of the official quarterly magazine of the Anglican Communion has announced a special advertising rate as preparations are in full swing for the every ten year meeting in Canterbury.

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The competition for the annual Anglican Communion Christmas Card 2007 has been announced today. The competition poster Anglican Artists – can be found here.

Please show the Anglican Artists poster in your Congregation and please note the request to send a copy, rather than the original artwork. The deadline for this competition is 7th July 2007.

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At the invitation of Archbishop Fidele Dirokpa, Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, attended the Provincial Synod meeting of L'Eglise Anglicane du Congo held in Bunia last week. The synod meeting was held immediately after a round table discussion with overseas partners, the first time that such a meeting had been held. The Synod meeting began with an opening eucharist

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A weekend of emotion, praise, prayer and promises, marked the visit to Angola of the Most Revd Rowan Williams and his delegation. A sports stadium in the capital city of Luanda was overflowing with people coming to join in a special Eucharist to mark the first ever visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to Angola, on Sunday, 11 March, 2007. However, the praise was mixed with sadness for the "reality" of the situation, while local Christians cheered and applauded as their guest made his way into the stadium styled "cathedral".

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The Spanish and French translation of the Communiqué and the Draft Covenant are being created now and will be available soon from the following links:

Primates Meeting 2007 Communiqué.
http://www.aco.org/primates/downloads/index.cfm

Anglican Draft Covenant.
http://www.aco.org/commission/d_covenant/downloads.cfm

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20th February 2007

May I echo the thanks for your patience which Philip has already shared with you – we’re very appreciative of the fact that it is late and we’re all tired.

Also before I start, I went from one session just to check the BBC news and heard more details about he appalling bombing on the train in India and I know that all the Primates will want to put on record their grief and shock about this and their prayers for all involved and their families.

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The Communiqué of the Primates’ Meeting in Dar es Salaam
19th February 2007

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The following is the report given to the Anglican Communion Joint Standing Committee of the Primates meeting and the Anglican Consultative Council.

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In response to a number of queries, and following consultation with The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion has issued the following statement: The Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) is, to my knowledge, a 'mission' of the Church of Nigeria. It is not a branch of the Anglican Communion as such but an organsation which relates to a single province of the Anglican Communion

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Christian leaders have called for prayers throughout Advent for Christians in the Holy Land as they prepare for a pilgrimage to the birth place of Jesus Christ. The four heads of Churches will undertake the pilgrimage in solidarity with Christians living in the Holy Land in the week leading up to Christmas. The pilgrimage is in response to invitations from Christian Churches in the Holy Land. The call for prayer in the Advent season is for the pilgrims, but especially the Christians

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The theme for World AIDS Day 2006 is accountability. Local and national campaigns are encouraged to develop campaigns and activities that are meaningful in their own contexts under the overall theme of accountability and using the slogan, 'Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise'

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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVIth and the Archbishop of Canterbury today shared worship together at the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The worship followed a formal Audience in the Papal Library. Earlier, in a Common Declaration signed by Pope Benedict and Dr Williams, the two leaders expressed thanks for forty years of cooperation and dialogue between the Roman Catholic church and the churches of the Anglican Communion and renewed the historic commitment to the goal of 'full visible communion in the truth of Christ'

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The Anglican and Roman Catholic delegations in Rome for the historic meeting of the Archbishop and the Pope and celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome, visited the Sistine Chapel today for prayers, marking the visit of Archbishop Michael Ramsey to Pope Paul VI in 1966. Cardinal Kaspar and the Archbishop will meet today for 'informal talks' and then worship with the St Egidio community at St Bartholomews Church

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken of his prayers for ordinary churchgoers who are 'puzzled, wearied, or disoriented' by the present controversies within the Anglican Communion. In a Pastoral Letter to the Anglican Communion's Primates and presiding bishops, Dr Williams says that the 'ordinary people of God' do not want to see division as the consequence of the Anglican Communion's difficulties

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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

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Christian Relief agencies have swung into action following last Saturday's devastating earthquake which has left almost 6,000 people dead in Indonesia. Measured at 6.3 on the Richter Scale the quake has injured 20,000 and a further 200,000 are estimated to be homeless. Concerns that nearby volcano Mount Merapi might erupt is adding to people's fears of further destruction

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We note the public press release on behalf of 'the Connecticut Six' which has been drawn to the attention of members of the Panel through its wide public dissemination...

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At their meeting in March 2006, the Joint Standing Committee of the Anglican Consultative Council and of the Primates' Meeting considered how the proposal in s117-120 of the Windsor Report for an Anglican Covenant could be carried forward. They commended the paper 'Towards an Anglican Covenant', which had been presented to them as basis for discussion and reflection in the Communion. The paper is now available on the website

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The Archbishop of Canterbury's Panel of Reference held its second plenary meeting in Saint Andrew's House, London, between 9th and 12th May 2006. The Panel began its work by considering progress so far. Since the Panel's first meeting ten months ago, it has received three references from the Archbishop of Canterbury

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A new section of the Anglican Communion website has been established. This seeks to collect together statements by a range of official Anglican bodies relating to the situation in the Holy Land (Israel/Palestine)

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Historic Saint James' Cathedral in Toronto was the first Anglican church in Canada to show a live webcast of its Easter Day liturgy on the web. The webcast was also available for viewing after the service. As of April 18, over 1000 people from around the world have watched the webcast and the numbers are continuing to grow.

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Churches around the Anglican World will be filled with people this week as the days of Holy Week and Easter are observed. Some call Holy Week 'the week that changed the world'. Rich pageantry, stark simplicity and solemn rites mark the journey of the faithful with Christ through his passion, death and resurrection

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The Rt Revd William Waqo, Provincial Secretary of the Anglican Church of Kenya and Personal Assistant to Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi, died in a plane crash yesterday Monday 10th April 2006 while on a peace mission to the north-eastern part of the country. He was also an Assistant Bishop of Kirinyaga Diocese.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to visit Pope Benedict XVI in Rome later this year. The visit will mark the fortieth anniversary of the Archbishop Michael Ramsey's meeting with Pope Paul VI in 1966 and the founding of the Anglican Centre in Rome in the same year

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