n the name of God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, meeting in Mississauga on October 28, 2002, issues the following statement in response to the decision of the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster to bless same-sex unions.
30 October 2002
Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who retires this month, has warned Canadian primate Archbishop Michael Peers and the house of bishops to go slowly in deliberations on same-sex blessings and to consult with the Anglican Communion.
30 October 2002
Watching John Rye at work in Africa was an experience like nothing else. He was a huge and volatile weather system in human form, soothing and soft one moment, stern, correct and formal the next, then changing to the balmiest pastoral wind only to shift again to sudden storm.
30 August 2002
The normally public dealings of a group of Anglicans opposed to same-sex blessings in New Westminster have moved behind closed doors on the say-so of a Texas priest.
30 August 2002
Ottawa is expected to be the next Anglican diocese in Canada to consider allowing parishes to bless same-sex relationships, after the diocese of New Westminster in June approved such blessings.
15 July 2002
The Rwandan archbishop who wrote to 12 conservative New Westminster clergy last week with an offer of "ecclesiastical protection" now says the offer was a misunderstanding.
08 July 2002
Dissident Anglican clergy, who walked out of their diocesan synod protesting a vote to allow same-sex blessings, have an offer of "ecclesiastical protection" from a bishop far afield of their Vancouver-area diocese of New Westminster.
01 July 2002
The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Michael Peers, welcomed the open letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Revd Dr Trevor Walters.
20 June 2002
The diocese of New Westminster will have same-sex blessings, but also likely fewer parishioners after its synod voted 63 per cent in favour of blessing the unions of gay and lesbian couples.
18 June 2002
A new fundraising proposal, aimed at injecting fresh life into the Anglican Church's work and nailing down an amount that residential schools negotiators can offer to the federal government, was presented to Council of General Synod (CoGS) at its spring meeting. CoGS approved the proposal, dubbed the Marigold Report, with one amendment.
18 June 2002