The monitoring group of the Eames commission (the Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate) met in London this week. The meeting was chaired by the Most Revd Robin Eames, Primate of All Ireland who is Chairman of the Commission.
31 January 1997
A chance telephone call 16 years ago from the parents of a desperately sick child let to the founding of a hospice movement for children which has new spread across the world. Maureen Cleave meets Sister Frances, the founder of Helen House Hospice, one of the charities in this year's Daily Telegraph Christmas Appeal.
27 January 1997
Episcopal Appointments from around the Communion
17 January 1997
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17 January 1997
There are nearly 70 million members of the Anglican family in 36 self-governing Member Churches or Provinces in more than 160 countries.
13 January 1997
Anglican liturgists will meet in August 1997 to discuss the theology of ordination and ordination rites at a conference to be organized by the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.
13 January 1997
The Revd Dr. Joan Butler Ford has been appointed Director of Telecommunications for the Anglican Communion Office. The post will involve enhancement of global communication via computer and other electronic means. A great deal of interest in communication via email and the Internet amongst provinces and dioceses in the Communion has already been evidenced. Dr. Ford will co-ordinate efforts to pull together these different strands of communication on a full time basis from the London office.
06 January 1997
Happy New Year. It is good to celebrate, but it is also good to be quiet from time to time. That is why I like to come here to the Chapel at Lambeth Palace to reflect on the past year to commit 1997 into God's hands.
31 December 1996
The former Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, the Revd Canon Samuel Van Culin, has been appointed an honorary OFFICER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (OBE). Canon Van Culin, who has retired to Canterbury, is an American citizen, thus the award is "honorary". It is customary for the Queen to award such honours at the New Year and on her Official Birthday.
31 December 1996
Is your journey really necessary? Up to a few months ago that was the question on a huge sign you saw as you left Earls Court behind to make a journey to Heathrow or the West country. It was a question I had often asked myself, especially after fighting our way through the London traffic.
25 December 1996