The Diocese of Eau Claire in ECUSA has established an agreement for prayer and fellowship with the Old Catholic Diocese of Germany, the first such agreement between Episcopal and Old Catholic dioceses.
14 March 1997
As part of a "pure evangelistic undertaking", the Diocese of Connecticut is distributing small wooden crosses made by Christian Palestinians from olive wood. According to Alinda Stanley, chair of the diocese's evangelism committee, "the crosses have filled a great need here in Connecticut, to provide a simple, powerful tool for Episcopalians to witness to the power of Christ's love for the world."
07 March 1997
All 30 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada have met or exceeded amounts they had agreed to pay in 1996 to help finance national ministry and mission. Seven dioceses actually paid more to the apportionment, or program, part of the budget than they had originally committed themselves to. Additional payments were made by the dioceses of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Huron, Niagara, Ontario, Toronto and Edmonton.
21 February 1997
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