"For three years now, we, the Anglican Church of Canada, have had an agreement with the federal government covering lawsuits about Indian residential schools that, until not that long ago, threatened our very existence. What that agreement did was limit our liability to $25 million. A Settlement Fund was created and we, General Synod and each of the 30 dioceses, agreed to raise $25 million over five years for the fund .... The 2003 agreement was imperfect (p. 3). .... The new agreement is still an agreement in principle. The process for all the bodies that need to give the new agreement their blessing is going to take a while and until that process is complete, we must continue to make payments to the Settlement Fund under the terms of the 2003 agreement. The silver lining here, though, is that these payments are money that will be refunded into our Anglican Fund for Healing and Reconciliation, once the 2006 agreement comes into force -- we hope by the end of the year (p. 10)."
Contents: Where are we ? -- First things first -- So what happened to bring about this new agreement ? -- ... and so -- A renewed commitment.
"The Anglican Church of Canada and its Council of General Synod (CoGS) are preparing for the issue of the blessing of same-sex unions to come before General Synod in June of 2004. For this discussion to occur in the most helpful way, CoGS mandated the Faith, Worship and Ministry Committee (FWM) to `consider ways in which the church may be prepared for the discussion'. This report profiles the process and results of a research and consultation project initiated by the Faith Worship and Ministry Committee to inform the planning and design of the General Synod conversation on the blessing of same-sex unions". .... "FWM determined, in large part, how the consultation should take place, and how the research information would be gathered, and contracted the consulting firm of Linda Graff and Associates Inc. to finalize the research design and implement the broad-based input process." .... "This report lays out the key findings of the consultations. It ends with a final discussion of key themes accompanied by eleven recommendations." -- Executive Summary, pp. iv, v.
Report presented to the Council of General Synod meeting 4-7 March 2004.
Contents: Acknowledgements dated Dundas, Ontario, 27 January 2004 / Linda Graff, Linda Graff and Associates Inc. -- Executive Summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Consultation & Research Process -- 3. Research Findings: Context -- 4. Research Findings: Key Themes -- 5. Discussion and Recommendations -- 6. Appendices.
Separate compilation of 17 page Executive Summary containing title page, acknowledgements, table of contents, executive summary and recommendations laid in.
Available for download from General Synod website, Faith, Worship and Ministry section: http://generalsynod.anglican.ca/ministries/departments/fwm/graff/
Anglican Church of Canada : Response to the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches : Re: Faith and Order paper number 111 : Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
"The gathering of the Anglican response to B.E.M. was undertaken by the Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations Committee of General Synod in consultation with the Ministry Committee and the Doctrine and Worship Committee. Following its approval by Inter-Church and Inter-Faith Relations in November, 1985 the National Executive Council agreed to forward this statement to the World Council of Churches as the 'initial response' of the Anglican Church of Canada". -- p. 21.
Contents divided into sections: What the process has been in our Province -- The Questions -- General Comments -- Question One: the extent to which your church can recognize in this text the faith of the Church through the ages -- Question Two: The consequences your church can draw from this text for its relations and dialogues with other churches -- Question Three: The guidance your church can take from this text for its worship, educational, ethical, and spiritual life and witness -- Question Four: The suggestions your church can make for the ongoing work of Faith and Order -- Conclusion.
Publishing history: Until v.3, no.2 (Spring 1963) the periodical was subtitled: A theological quarterly. Thereafter, the format was enlarged, and it is subtitled: A Journal of Theological Opinion V.3 has only three issues, and there were sometimes fewer than four issues a year
Publishing history: Preceded by the Monthly Letter Leaflet (1888-1893), the Letter Leaflet (Feb.1893 - Dec.1922), and the Living Message (1923 to May 1986). The Living Message renamed itself the Anglican Magazine to reflect its mandate as the national magazine for the Anglican Church of Canada. Volume numbering is continuous.
"This little compilation contains material that we thought might be helpful for parish leaders wanting to introduce the new hymn book." -- Preface, inside front cover.
Contents: What's in a Name ? -- Of Music and Mandate -- Once to Every Generation: Anglican Hymn Books in Canada -- Page Layout -- A Walk Through Common Praise -- Service Music -- Introducing the Collection to the Congregation -- Worship for All Ages: Including children and youth -- The Music of Taize -- John Wesley's Rules for Singing -- Tune Names -- Introduction Marks -- Ten Clues for Reading Music -- Everything You Wanted to Know About Metres (but were afraid to ask) -- Copyright -- A Blessing for the Dedication of Common Praise -- A Festival of Hymns and Readings -- Common Praise Biographies.
"This little compilation contains material that we thought might be helpful for parish leaders wanting to introduce the new hymn book." -- Preface, inside front cover.
Contents: What's in a Name ? -- Of Music and Mandate -- Once to Every Generation: Anglican Hymn Books in Canada -- Page Layout -- A Walk Through Common Praise -- Service Music -- Introducing the Collection to the Congregation -- Worship for All Ages: Including children and youth -- The Music of Taize -- John Wesley's Rules for Singing -- Tune Names -- Introduction Marks -- Ten Clues for Reading Music -- Everything You Wanted to Know About Metres (but were afraid to ask) -- Copyright -- A Blessing for the Dedication of Common Praise -- A Festival of Hymns and Readings -- Common Praise Biographies.