Further to the ACNS report in the mailing of November 1996 about the land rights campaign by the Wichi and Chorote Indians of the Northern Argentine Chaco, Bishop Patrick Harris, Bishop of Southwell and a former Bishop of Northern Argentina, sent this report update to ACNS.
27 January 1997
Canadian Anglicans are being encouraged to boycott all US holiday destinations and visit Caribbean venues instead, as a protest against US policy on Cuba.
17 January 1997
The Rev. Catherine Waynick was born and raised in southern Michigan. She has been married 28 years to Larry, an elementary school principal, and they are the parents of two children, who are both in college.
17 January 1997
After months of work, the Episcopal Council of Indian Ministries (ECIM) adopted a framework in late October for a new Indigenous Theological Training Institute to provide culturally sensitive leadership training for laity and clergy.
19 December 1996
Threatened because of their affiliation with the United States government, nearly 20 Kurdish refugees will soon find a new home in the Diocese of Idaho, the first of hundreds to be resettled with the help of Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM).
19 December 1996
On 22 December, 1996 the Anglican Diocese in Jamaica will ordain its first women priests when four existing women deacons will be priested.
19 December 1996
A Guatemalan Church leader is afraid that peace will mean an end to international support for justice and reconciliation in Guatemala. "Once peace has been signed on a piece of paper, we'll be left alone," warned Miguel Palacios, an Anglican priest and long-time peace activist in the country.
19 December 1996
The Third Meeting of Anglican Episcopalian Women of Brazil met in November and advocated reading the Bible from a feminist perspective.
19 December 1996
Statement issued November 11, 1996, by Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning in reponse to allegations about sexual misconduct in the Diocese of Long Island
15 November 1996
The following information comes in response to an article that appear in a popular pornography glossy PENTHOUSE in the USA. The story was carried on EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE. The unfortunate incident is addressed very well by the Bishop of Bethlehem (ECUSA) and we post this for your information and use.
13 November 1996