GAFCON Communiqué on establishment of the Primates Council and Fellowship

The first meeting of the GAFCON Primates Council took place in London from Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd August 2008.

“Given that some esteemed colleagues from the Global South have strongly commended the Windsor Process to us, we are reluctant to say that it cannot work. But there is nothing new here such as to make us hesitate from the course we are taking, given the urgency of the situations with which we are dealing and the realities already on the ground.”

The full Communiqué is reproduced below. Read more

Bishops write to GAFCON Primates Council

This letter was sent to Archbishop Peter Akinola, Chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council, by five bishops from North America. It is referred to in the GAFCON Primates Council communique.

“As requested we have carefully studied the Reflections of the Windsor Continuation Group – in particular the section that refers to our ministry within North America. We offer these comments…”

New Westminister letters to parishioners

Letter The Diocese of New Westminister has released the letters sent to members of St. Matthias and St. Luke Vancouver, and St. Matthew’s Abbotsford.

There are links from this page on the New Westminster website.

St. John’s Shaughnessy responds to New Westminster

From St. John’s Shaughnessy in Vancouver –

The Diocese of New Westminster (DNW) initiated action against St. Matthew’s Abbotsford and St. Matthias – St. Luke Vancouver on August 26th and is seeking to take over governance of the parishes. We are deeply disappointed by this action as it fails to recognize:

repeated attempts by the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC) parishes to seek dialogue before litigation;
repeated statements from the Primate of Canada that any such action will damage the public witness of the church;
repeated calls from the Anglican Communion to refrain from such hostile action

It is a sad irony that the Diocese invoked Canon 15 on the same day that the Archbishop of Canterbury released his Pastoral Letter to all Bishops of the Anglican Communion reflecting on the recent Lambeth conference saying: Read more

Ian Cox new Archdeacon

It’s been announced that Ian Cox, currently the Rector of Brighton/Rockdale, will become the new Archdeacon of Liverpool in the Georges River region of Sydney Diocese from December 1st.