The Church of England Deaconess and Missionary Training House was established in 1890 as a residential school to prepare women workers for Deaconess and missionary service. In 1947 the name was changed to the Anglican Women's Training College (AWTC). Anglican women from all over Canada came to Toronto to train for work in Christian Education in parishes, medical and teaching services overseas, Indian and Eskimo Residential Schools and reserves, Bishop's Messengers in western Canada, Sunday School by Post and Radio, youth and social work. The Woman's Auxiliary recruits were sent to the AWTC for missionary training for a year or less before being sent out. This was different from the three year diploma program offered to AWTC students.
In 1969, the AWTC merged with the United Church's Covenent College to become the Centre for Christian Studies using the former AWTC building on Charles Street, Toronto. In 1997, the building in Toronto was sold and a decision was made to discontinue the traditional residential program in favour of the community based program and to relocate the administrative offices to Winnipeg. In July, 1998, CCS officially moved.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence, fundraising and insurance records, architectural plans and blueprints, minutes of meetings, Alumnae and student records, daybooks, financial and legal records, annual reports, scrapbooks, pamphlets and other printed materials, photographs, artifacts, and oral history interviews.
Fonds is arranged in 7 series:
Series 1: Committee on Deaconesses, 1890-1897.
Series 2: Administration Records of the Deaconess House and AWTC, 1893-1990.
Series 3: Committees, 1899-1973.
Series 4: Associations, 1896-1990.
Series 5: Printed and Miscellaneous Material, 1892-1998. Series 6: Anglican Women’s Training College: A Background Document. – 1893-1990.
Series 7: Photographs, 1900-1969.
Related Fonds
Woman's Auxiliary fonds
Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (MSCC) fonds
"Edited by Jeffrey Gros, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
"The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs recommended this publication, prepared in collaboration with the Episcopal Church and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops." -- verso of t.-p.
"This series of groundbreaking texts [from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, ARC USA and ARC Canada] is published in one volume to provide resources for preaching, study, catechetical instruction, prayer, and reflection. The documents should encourage those who work to heal divisions. This series is also a reference work to aid leaders and scholars in giving authentic witness to the common ground these two Churches share in Christ. The documents here bring up to 1995 documentation previously collected and published (Wright/Witmer, 1985) that covers the period from 1966 to 1983. Some of these texts are available in the context of other ecumenical documents (Vischer, 1984; Burgess, 1989, 1995)." -- Intro. p. x.
Contents divided into four main sections: Preface / Frank Griswold and John Snyder, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA [and] John Baycroft and Terrence Pendergast, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada -- Introduction -- I. The Church -- II. Sacraments and Ministry -- III. The People of God and Pastoral Care -- IV. Appendices -- Index.
Section I. The Church divided into sub-sections: Church as Communion -- 1. Church as Communion: An Agreed Statement / Second Anglican Roman Catholic International Communion, 1991 -- 2. Reconciling Unity and Plurality / Episcopal Chairs of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, 1993 -- 3. A Call to Perseverance in Ecumenism : Observations of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada on the Meeting of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope John Paul II / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990 -- 4. A Recommitment to Full Communion / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States, 1992 -- 5. Salvation and the Church / Anglican-Roman International Commission, 1986 -- 6. Observations on 'Salvation and the Church' / The [Vatican] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987 -- 7. Comments of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada on the Observations of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on 'Salvation and the Church' / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990.
Section II. Sacraments and Ministry divided into sub-sections: The Final Report -- 8. The 1988 Lambeth Conference: Resolution 8 and Explanatory Note regarding ARCIC I -- 9. The Official Roman Catholic Response to the Final Report of ARCIC I / Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, 1991 -- 10. Reply to the Vatican Response to the Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1993 -- 11. How Can We Recognize `Substantial Agreement' ? / Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation-USA, 1993 -- 12. Requested Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1993 -- Eucharist -- 13. Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1994 -- Ministry -- 14. Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context of their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1990 -- 15. Reflections on the Experience of Women's Ministries / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 16. Pastoral Guidelines for Churches in the Case of Clergy Moving from One Communion to the Other / Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 17. Agreed Statement on Infallibly / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1992.
Section III. The People of God and Pastoral Care sub-divided into sub-sections: 18. Life in Christ: Morals, Communion, and the Church / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1994 -- 19. Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission II and Recent Papal Teaching / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1995 -- 20. Pastoral Guidelines for Interchurch Marriage / Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops, 1987 -- 21. A Message from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue to the Clergy and People of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Canada, 1994.
Appendices contain: I: Publications and Major Events -- II: Dialogue Participants -- III: Bibliography.
"Edited by Jeffrey Gros, E. Rozanne Elder, and Ellen K. Wondra".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
"The National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs recommended this publication, prepared in collaboration with the Episcopal Church and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops." -- verso of t.-p.
"This series of groundbreaking texts [from the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, ARC USA and ARC Canada] is published in one volume to provide resources for preaching, study, catechetical instruction, prayer, and reflection. The documents should encourage those who work to heal divisions. This series is also a reference work to aid leaders and scholars in giving authentic witness to the common ground these two Churches share in Christ. The documents here bring up to 1995 documentation previously collected and published (Wright/Witmer, 1985) that covers the period from 1966 to 1983. Some of these texts are available in the context of other ecumenical documents (Vischer, 1984; Burgess, 1989, 1995)." -- Intro. p. x.
Contents divided into four main sections: Preface / Frank Griswold and John Snyder, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA [and] John Baycroft and Terrence Pendergast, Cochairs, Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada -- Introduction -- I. The Church -- II. Sacraments and Ministry -- III. The People of God and Pastoral Care -- IV. Appendices -- Index.
Section I. The Church divided into sub-sections: Church as Communion -- 1. Church as Communion: An Agreed Statement / Second Anglican Roman Catholic International Communion, 1991 -- 2. Reconciling Unity and Plurality / Episcopal Chairs of the Bishops' Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the Standing Commission on Ecumenical Relations, 1993 -- 3. A Call to Perseverance in Ecumenism : Observations of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in Canada on the Meeting of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope John Paul II / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990 -- 4. A Recommitment to Full Communion / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue in the United States, 1992 -- 5. Salvation and the Church / Anglican-Roman International Commission, 1986 -- 6. Observations on 'Salvation and the Church' / The [Vatican] Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1987 -- 7. Comments of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue of Canada on the Observations of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith on 'Salvation and the Church' / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1990.
Section II. Sacraments and Ministry divided into sub-sections: The Final Report -- 8. The 1988 Lambeth Conference: Resolution 8 and Explanatory Note regarding ARCIC I -- 9. The Official Roman Catholic Response to the Final Report of ARCIC I / Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, 1991 -- 10. Reply to the Vatican Response to the Final Report of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1993 -- 11. How Can We Recognize `Substantial Agreement' ? / Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation-USA, 1993 -- 12. Requested Clarifications on Eucharist and Ministry / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1993 -- Eucharist -- 13. Five Affirmations on the Eucharist as Sacrifice / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1994 -- Ministry -- 14. Anglican Orders: A Report on the Evolving Context of their Evaluation in the Roman Catholic Church / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1990 -- 15. Reflections on the Experience of Women's Ministries / Anglican Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 16. Pastoral Guidelines for Churches in the Case of Clergy Moving from One Communion to the Other / Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops Dialogue, Canada, 1991 -- 17. Agreed Statement on Infallibly / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Canada, 1992.
Section III. The People of God and Pastoral Care sub-divided into sub-sections: 18. Life in Christ: Morals, Communion, and the Church / Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission, 1994 -- 19. Christian Ethics in the Ecumenical Dialogue: Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission II and Recent Papal Teaching / Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, USA, 1995 -- 20. Pastoral Guidelines for Interchurch Marriage / Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops, 1987 -- 21. A Message from the Anglican-Roman Catholic Bishops' Dialogue to the Clergy and People of the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches in Canada, 1994.
Appendices contain: I: Publications and Major Events -- II: Dialogue Participants -- III: Bibliography.