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Monday, 28 April 2008
Lambeth Conference - 16 July to 4 August 2008
A call to be faithful to the Mission of Christ
The Archbishop of Canterbury sets out his prayerful hopes for the Conference.
"Every ten years the Bishops of the Anglican Communion worldwide meet for the Lambeth Conference."
"The Archbishop who began the Lambeth Conference, Charles Longley, was somebody who had a vision of the Anglican identity, the Anglican way of being Christian, as something that was no longer just confined to the British Isles or to North America but that was in principle becoming a universal reality and he wanted Bishops speaking for those new communities, those different Anglican communities across the world, to be able to share with one another what their priorities were, their concerns and their hopes, and that has always been at the very heart of the Lambeth Conference."
"What I would really most like to see in this years Lambeth Conference is the sense that this is essentially a spiritual encounter. A time when people are encountering God as they encounter one another, a time when people will feel that their life of prayer and witness is being deepened and their resources are being stretched. Not a time when we are being besieged by problems that need to be solved and statements that need to be finalised, but a time when people feel that they are growing in their ministry. And for that to happen once again, we are going to need the prayers and the support of so many people around the world."
"And that is why I have encouraged people across the Communion to prepare for the Lambeth Conference not only by praying for Bishops as they gather but also by sharing some of the material that has been provided for Bible study at the Conference- sharing in reflection on St John's Gospel - so that Bishops and their people and their clergy will in the months ahead be going through the same kinds of processes of thinking and praying around St John's Gospel that will lay the foundations for what we hope to achieve at the Lambeth Conference. So please pray for the Conference and please share in that process of preparation, that reflection of God's word in the Gospel of John that will open up to us the horizons that we need in order to be better Bishops for the sake of a better Church."
For further details please visit www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2008/4/23/ACNS4395
Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Three lectures given by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 in a series entitled "A Question of Faith".
Faith & Science
Faith & Politics
Faith & History
Friday, 7 March 2008
Kidnapping of Chaldean bishop in Iraq condemned
Jordanian Prince El Hassan bin Talal, who chairs the board of trustees of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies, has condemned strongly the kidnapping of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Paulus Faraj Rahho, and the killing of three of his companions. "These criminal acts defy our principles of common humanity and offend our religious values and codes of conduct", the prince said in a statement from Amman on 3 March 2008.
Giles Fraser: Is Fairtrade the same as fair?
The Adam Smith Institute has just exploded a bomb underneath Fairtrade Fortnight. Fairtrade is not fair, it says. Many Christians will be furious, because many of us love the whole Fairtrade enterprise.
Fairness, trade and free market ideology
by Simon Barrow
A response to Giles Fraser's article above.
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Tanzania elects Valentino L. Mokiwa as Primate
The Anglican Church of Tanzania has elected Bishop Valentino L. Mokiwa of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam to serve as its next Primate for a five-year term.
Friday, 29 February 2008
Australia: Mothers' Union to hold first of six international meetings
MU Australia, part of the worldwide Mothers' Union, will host a unique meeting 2-7 March in Toowoomba, Australia, that will be attended by members from all over the world.
The meeting, the first of six due to be held outside the United Kingdom over the next three years, will provide opportunities for 95 Mothers' Union leaders - from countries as diverse as Australia, Britain/Ireland, Canada, India, Korea, Melanesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, United States and West Indies - to meet together to share experiences, celebrate diversity of cultures, strengthen relationships, identify common goals and plan a cohesive future for the international charity work.
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
New Zealand diocese chooses Matthews as Bishop
Vote must still be approved in three-step process
Canadian Bishop Victoria Matthews has reportedly been chosen Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch in the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, according to church sources and published reports.
Anglican women encouraged to 'stand up straight for Christ'
Opening Eucharist sets tone for UNCSW gathering
In a lively homily, the Right Revd Catherine S. Roskam, bishop suffragan of New York, told Anglican women from around the Communion gathered at the Episcopal Church Centre in New York City to "stand up straight for Christ".