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October 22 2005
"Time is running out" says Forward in Faith leader
Knowing that the object of mission is to draw people into the saving mystery of the Catholic Church, where they can be nourished by the Apostolic Faith and sustained by the sacraments of Christ, we have never wavered in seeking the structural provision which makes that mission credible and sustainable. Whether we have come anywhere close to success will in the next years become apparent. We are living - when was it ever otherwise? - in interesting times.
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October 21 2005
Anglican Primates Petitioned to Rehabilitate or Form New Communion
S.P.R.E.A.D., chaired by the Rt. Rev. Dr. John H. Rodgers of the United States, is sending a full statement in support of the petition to all of the Primates and member Churches of the Anglican Communion around the world.
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October 21 2005
LONDON: New 'Bishop In Mission' Appointed
The appointment of Preb. Millar as a Bishop in the Church of Uganda is the result of the Church of Uganda responding to exploratory discussions initiated in England in 2004 and has the full support and encouragement of the Archbishop of Uganda, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and the Bishop of London, Richard Chartres. The House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda was also very keen to support the Church of England in this creative mission initiative.
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October 20 2005
ENGLAND: Williams may meet gay US bishop during London trip
Bishop Robinson has been told in the past that he is not authorised to conduct services or administer communion in England and will not be invited to the next gathering of the rest of the world's Anglican bishops at the Lambeth conference in 2008. For the past 15 years the bishop has had a male partner, Mark Andrew, a health service worker, whom he met after the failure of his marriage.
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October 20 2005
CONNECTICUT: New vestry cuts ties with Connecticut Six
The old vestry included church members loyal to the former rector, the Rev. Mark Hansen, who was removed in July by Smith. Hansen is one of the priests who have become known as the Connecticut Six. This group includes the Rev. Donald L. Helmandollar of Trinity Church in Bristol.
The pro-Hansen members had formed a group called "St. John's in Exile," according to the press release.
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October 19 2005
Church of England: Bishops give 'angels' their support
The Rt Rev Martin Wharton, Bishop of Newcastle, said: "The Church sees marriage as central to the stability and health of human society and so to be encouraged and supported. While there does need to be a clear difference between a religious marriage ceremony and a civil one, the House of Bishops doesn't see songs like Angels and readings with some spiritual element as creating a religious service. They wouldn't be part of a usual Sunday service, for example."
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October 19 2005
"Alarming Tensions" in the Anglican Communion says Drexel Gomez
"Our present official position is that we exist in a state of impaired relationship at the formal level with both provinces. However, if these provinces, through their convention or general synod, refuse to accept the prevailing Anglican consensus as represented by the Windsor Report, we will have to consider moving beyond a state of impaired communion."
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October 19 2005
Confirmation reform: next step Australia
The four-part motion, ‘Administer of confirmation by presbyters’ was approved after vigorous debate and six years after it was first proposed.
The Synod also agreed that priests and deacons, under license from the Archbishop, should be allowed to confirm members of their congregations and that senior lay people should be involved in the preparation of candidates.
The move would bring the Anglican Church in line with the Catholic, Lutheran and Greek Orthodox Churches.
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October 19 2005
EVANSVILLE, IN: Anglican bishop seeks healing
Lyons is touring those 11 churches, with Evansville being his first stop. Lyons said he will keep those congregations under his care until a structure can be formed in the United States that represents an Anglican community. What happened in Evansville is not uncommon throughout the world, Lyons said. "The Internet has knocked down whatever geographical boundaries there were before," and some people are
aligning and worshipping based on ideas and not geography, he said.
October 19 2005
AUSTRALIA: Sydney secures safety net for independents
Mr Greenwood said he hoped the support from Sydney Diocese might ease the burden on his church in a number of areas including the interchangeability of ministry, insurance and community credibility.
After the Synod debate yesterday, chief mover of the bill Dean of Sydney, Phillip Jensen, agreed that the new law offered the hand of friendship through a networking mechanism.
"It's about providing a warm welcome not structures," he said.
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