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Anglican Consultative Council to meet in Jamaica

Anglican Consultative Council to meet in Jamaica

The Anglican Consultative Council, made up of lay people, clergy and bishops from the 38 Anglican Provinces of the Communion, meets in Kingston Jamaica May 1 - 13, to consider among other things, mission in the 21st century, the future structure of the worldwide Church, and theological education.

03 April 2009

In East Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action on climate change

In East Asia and the Pacific, Anglicans commit to action on climate change

With a pledge to work together in addressing pressing environmental concerns in East Asia and the Pacific, representatives from several Anglican provinces and mission agencies met March 23-26 in Hong Kong for a consultation on climate change, 

31 March 2009

Archbishop of Canterbury - Environment is 'an issue of justice

Archbishop of Canterbury - Environment is 'an issue of justice

The Archbishop of Canterbury will today use his Ebor Lecture in York Minster to spell out why respect for the environment is not an optional extra, particularly for Christians

27 March 2009

IAFN Newsletters

IAFN Newsletters

The decision taken by the Anglican Communion Office to suspend the publication of Anglican Episcopal World because of its cost has posed new challenges for the Family Network.

19 March 2009

Earth Hour

Earth Hour

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has lent his voice to Earth Hour's global call for action on climate change.

 

17 March 2009

A Statement from Anglican Delegates to the 53rd Session of the UNCSW

A Statement from Anglican Delegates to the 53rd Session of the UNCSW

This year’s United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was focused on the priority theme: the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS. 

16 March 2009

New materials on the ACO website

New materials on the ACO website

Booklet added to the Holy Land Section of the website and updates for the Anglican Cycle of Prayer.

13 March 2009

Anglican Women Theological Educators meet in Canterbury, England

Anglican Women Theological Educators meet in Canterbury, England

‘It is an injustice to deprive women of the possibility of theological education.’ Meeting at the International Study Centre, Canterbury, England, 23 February – 2 March 2009, as a group of about 35 Anglican women theological educators, we received the challenge that our task was to help ‘change the world’.

03 March 2009

Pastoral Visitors Briefing Seminar

Pastoral Visitors Briefing Seminar

Following the Report of the Windsor Continuation Group to the Archbishop of Canterbury (which was published at the Primates Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, in February 2009) the initial group of Pastoral Visitors called for by the Windsor Continuation Group in their Report and commended by the Primates Meeting in their Communiqué (para 15) met for a briefing session at Virginia Theological Seminary from 25-28 February.

02 March 2009

First Meeting of IAWN Provincial Links and Steering Group

Happy are those who saw and were adorned with your love! For we also shall surely live. Ecclesiasticus 48:11 This reading at Evening Prayer appropriately set the scene for the first meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council’s International Anglican Women’s Network (IAWN) held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York, 22–27 February 2009. This is the first time Provincial Links and the Steering Group have been able to meet since its formation in 1996...

02 March 2009