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TEAC meeting ends with pledge to help renew theological education

The working group Theological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC) ended its week-long meeting in South Africa last Saturday with commitments from its members to continue working on concrete proposals for professional, ecumenical, and contextually sensitive theological education

30 January 2006

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2006

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury on the occasion of Holocaust Memorial Day 2006

It is essential for each generation to be able to enter into the terrible events of the Holocaust at the level of knowledge and of feeling and I welcome the Government's grant to the Holocaust Educational Trust to enable more schools to make a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau

26 January 2006

Archbishop of Canterbury - Muslim leader was 'unique interpreter

Archbishop of Canterbury  - Muslim leader was 'unique interpreter

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has described Sheikh Dr Zaki Badawi, who died today, as a 'uniquely effective interpreter of Islam'.

25 January 2006

Inaugural meeting of the Christian-Muslim Forum

Prime Minister, friends it's a very great delight to be able to welcome you here on this, I hope, historic occasion. Although today is overshadowed very seriously for all of us by our great loss in the death of Zaki Badawi earlier today, this event also helps to focus something of what we might hope for in the work of this forum.

25 January 2006

AIDS projects show 'hope in despair

Kempton Park, South Africa. - The working group Theological Education for the Anglican Communion (TEAC) took time out of its meeting in South Africa this week to visit local church-based HIV/AIDS projects, and to see some of the realities that theological education must address.

20 January 2006

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity resources available

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity resources available

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which will be observed by Christian churches worldwide January 18-25, has adopted as its theme the passage from Matthew 18:20, 'Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.'

18 January 2006

TEAC meeting convenes in South Africa

TEAC meeting convenes in South Africa

Approximately 35 members of the Anglican Communion Working Group on Theological Education (TEAC) are currently gathering for a major meeting at Kempton Park Conference Centre near Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting will last from 14 - 21 January 2006

16 January 2006

Anglican Communion Office Staff News

Anglican Communion Office Staff News

Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion is delighted to announce three new appointements to the Anglican Communion Office. Clare Amos has been appointed as Director of Theological Studies for the Anglican Communion. Christine Codner appointed Senior PA to the Secretary General and Suminder Duggal appointed Communications Assistant.

10 January 2006

Archbishop - Christians should visit 'struggling' Bethlehem

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has urged Christians throughout the world to make efforts to visit Bethlehem as a place of pilgrimage and to remember the 'struggling' town in their prayers

09 January 2006

Anglicans flock to Church for Christmas

Anglicans flock to Church for Christmas

Churches from around the Anglican Communion reported record attendance at their Christmas services. Carol Services and the traditional Midnight Mass found churches with standing room only, with some places having to turn people away for safety reasons

05 January 2006