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Climate Justice fund launch forthcoming in the Church of England

Climate Justice fund launch forthcoming in the Church of England

The Climate Justice Fund is a web based tool that enables individuals, parishes, and dioceses here in the UK to calculate their own carbon footprint and pay compensation for anything over their fair share

09 July 2009

Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order - IASCUFO

Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order - IASCUFO

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion have announced the membership of an important new commission

01 July 2009

Valuing Our Elders

Valuing Our Elders

The next IAFN newsletter on the theme of Valuing Our Elders will be published shortly. Articles from Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, the West Indies and the Anglican Indigenous Network tell of the valuing of older people in many cultures.

23 June 2009

Shrinking the footprint in every parish

Shrinking the footprint in every parish

A senior bishop and a Government minister today spelled out the importance of the Church of England's role in mobilising action on climate change, as its Shrinking the Footprint campaign unveiled energy saving toolkits for every parish in a bid to create the 20% Church by 2050.

22 June 2009

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has issued a statement in support of today’s ‘Sudan Day of Action’ which calls for a renewed commitment to sustainable peace in Sudan

18 June 2009

Anglicans are transforming lives of poor

Anglicans are transforming lives of poor

IT IS POSSIBLE for a family of five to live on 4,000 Burundian francs ($4) per day, according to Josephine Bigari

18 June 2009

Major Anglican Ecumenical Report 'The Vision Before Us' is now Published

Major Anglican Ecumenical Report 'The Vision Before Us' is now Published

The Vision Before Us, subtitled ‘The Kyoto Report of the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations 2000-2008’, records the Commission’s work of maintaining an overview of the Anglican Communion’s engagement with Christians of other traditions, and of giving encouragement and advice to the ecumenical activities of the Communion and the Provinces.

05 June 2009

Pray now act now

Pray now act now

The Archbishop of Canterbury is urging churches to use Environment Sunday (June 7) to pray for the planet and campaign for climate change in the run up to the important UN talks later this year in Copenhagen.

03 June 2009

New Zealand Youth Event

New Zealand Youth Event

This week, the Anglican tikanga youth synod has been meeting in Auckland.  One of the high points of that gathering was a meeting with the assembled bishops. 

02 June 2009

New propers available for National Aboriginal Day of Prayer

New propers available for National Aboriginal Day of Prayer

A cathedral full of strawberries - some churches have been really creative on the National Aboriginal Day of Prayer (NADP), June 21. Eileen Scully, coordinator for ministry and worship, remembers a 2001 service in the Diocese of Huron cathedral that ended with a Mohawk reconciliation ceremony

01 June 2009