- All Records
- Mr. James Sweeny
ACC Reps - Canadian Council of Churches (009-06-00-05)
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- Date
- 2000 May 4-7
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 33-05-00
- Date
- 2000 May 4-7
- Record Type
- Resolution 33-05-00
- Mover
- Mr. Jagdutt Singh
- Seconder
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Text
- That the current Anglican Church of Canada representatives on Commissions, Subcommittees and the Governing Board of the Canadian Council of Churches be asked to extend their term until the next triennial assembly in May 2003. CARRIED #33-05-00
- Subjects
- Canadian Council of Churches - Committees - Membership
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - Canadian Council of Churches
Alternate Dispute Resolution
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- Date
- 2003 May 8-11
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 27-05-03
- Date
- 2003 May 8-11
- Record Type
- Resolution 27-05-03
- Mover
- Dean Peter Elliott
- Seconder
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Text
- That the Council of General Synod urge the government of Canada, and specifically the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution, to take seriously the concerns raised by Aboriginal Peoples as it designs its alternative dispute resolution processes and the accompanying releases. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY #27-05-03
- Notes
- The resolution and the fact that it was carried unanimously will be conveyed to Mario Dion (who has replaced Jack Stagg as Deputy Minister of the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution.)
- Subjects
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Residential schools
- Anglican Church of Canada - Residential schools
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Canada. Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution
Amendments to Constitution Re Youth Members at Synod
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- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 33-03-01
- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Record Type
- Resolution 33-03-01
- Mover
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Seconder
- Mr. Peter Irish
- Text
- That the Council recommends to General Synod that section 33(a)(vi) of the Constitution be amended to read:
- vi) one youth member of the General Synod from each ecclesiastical province to be elected by the General Synod on the nomination of the members of the Orders of Bishops, Clergy and Laity from each ecclesiastical province meeting together, provided that no ecclesiastical province may make more than one nomination;
- and that section 33(f)(ii) of the Constitution be amended to read:
- (ii) in the case of a member elected under the provisions of subsection 33(a)(vi), be filled by the Prolocutor, in consultation with the appropriate metropolitan, provided that the person so named shall be a youth member of the General Synod from the same ecclesiastical province as that to which the former member of the Council belonged at the time of his or her election to the Council. CARRIED #33-03-01
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Membership
- Youth - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Youth in the Anglican Church of Canada
Amendments to the Constitution - PWRDF Dissolution
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- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 11
- Mover
- Archdeacon Jim Boyles
- Seconder
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Text
- That the Constitution of the General Synod be amended as follows:
- 1. Subsection 33(f)(i) by striking out the number 35 in the first line and substituting the number 33;
- 2. Subsection 33(f)(ii) by striking out the number 35 in the first line and substituting the number 33;
- 3. Subsection 39(a) by deleting paragraph (iii) and renumbering paragraphs (iv) to (vii) to be paragraphs (iii) to (vi);
- 4. Section 39 by deleting subsection (d) and re-lettering subsections (e) to (m) to be subsections (d) to (1).
- 5. Subsection 42(a) by striking out the number 35 in the second line and substituting the number 33. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 11
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) Committee
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
Amendment to Appendix G of the Handbook (045-02-01-03) : Election of Youth Members of the Council of General Synod
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- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 62-03-01
- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Record Type
- Resolution 62-03-01
- Mover
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Seconder
- Mr. Peter Irish
- Text
- That if the proposed amendments to the Constitution regarding the election of youth members of the Council of General Synod is passed by General Synod the following amendments to Appendix G will automatically come into effect for use at General Synod 2001:
- Amend Appendix G by striking out 1.q)
- and add to the end of Appendix G 1.a) "A diocese may also nominate its youth member for election to the Council"
- and amend Appendix G 1.e) to read: A chart shall be posted listing by diocese the nominees from each of the three Orders.
- and amend Appendix G 1.o) to read:
- When the prescribed number of nominations of persons from the three Orders resident in the ecclesiastical province has been achieved, the meeting shall vote by ballot on the youth member nominees. The youth member receiving the greatest number of votes shall be deemed selected. The chairperson shall declare the business concluded and report to the chairperson of the General Synod Nominating Committee. CARRIED #62-03-01
- Notes
- Comment - It needs to be made clear to Provincial Caucuses that youth delegates are still eligible for youth or lay membership on COGS.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod - Membership
- Youth - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Youth in the Anglican Church of Canada
Amendment to Canon III - Financing the Primacy
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- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 12
- Mover
- Archdeacon Jim Boyles
- Seconder
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Text
- That section 14 or Canon III - The Primacy - be amended to read as follows:
- 14. The financial needs of the Primacy shall be met first from the income of any capital fund designated for such purpose and, second, from the proportional gifts made by the Dioceses. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 12
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution. Canon III
- Anglican Church of Canada. Primate
Amendment to Canon VII - Officers of the Missionary Society
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- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 38
- Mover
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Seconder
- Archdeacon Jim Boyles
- Text
- That section 5 of Canon VII - Missionary Society - be amended to read:
- 5. Officers of the Society
- a) The Primate shall be the president of the society and the chair of the Board of Management.
- b) The General Secretary of the General Synod shall be the secretary of the Board of Management.
- c) The Director of Partnerships shall be the executive secretary of the society.
- d) The Treasurer of the General Synod shall be the treasurer of the society.
- e) The Board of Management may appoint such additional officers, as it from time to time deems advisable. CARRIED WITHOUT DEBATE Act 38
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution. Canon VII
- Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada (M.S.C.C.)
Amendment to the Constitution - Youth Membership on the Council of General Synod
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- Date
- 2001 July 4-11
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 10
- Mover
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Seconder
- Archdeacon Jim Boyles
- Text
- That section 33(a)(vi) of the Constitution of the General Synod be amended to read:
- vi) one youth member of the General Synod from each ecclesiastical province to be elected by the General Synod on the nomination of the members of the Orders of Bishops, Clergy and Laity from each ecclesiastical province meeting together, provided that no ecclesiastical province may make more than one nomination;
- and that section 33(f)(ii) of the Constitution be amended to read:
- (ii) in the case of a member elected under the provisions of subsection 33(a)(vi), be filled by the Prolocutor, in consultation with the appropriate metropolitan, provided that the person so named shall be a youth member of the General Synod from the same ecclesiastical province as that to which the former member of the Council belonged at the time of his or her election to the Council.
- Amendment
- Moved by: Dr. Iain Luke
- That the words "youth member" be removed and the age requirements be put in.
- As there was no seconder to the amending motion, the motion was declared to have failed.
- The original resolution was then put and - CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 10
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. Council of General Synod - Membership
- Youth - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Youth in the Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Journal 2003 Financial Campaign
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- Date
- 2002 November 8-10
- Source
- Council of General Synod Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 42-11-02
- Date
- 2002 November 8-10
- Record Type
- Resolution 42-11-02
- Mover
- Archbishop Tom Morgan
- Seconder
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Text
- That the Council of General Synod authorize the running of a financial campaign to benefit the Anglican Journal.
- Friendly amendment
- The mover and seconder agreed to add "in 2003". The motion now reads:
- That the Council of General Synod authorize the running of a financial campaign in 2003 to benefit the Anglican Journal. CARRIED #42-11-02
- Notes
- Anglican Journal Board Budget
- As the General Synod budget, which includes the Anglican Journal, was passed, the motion to approve the Anglican Journal Board Budget was not needed.
- Subjects
- Anglican Journal - Finance
- Budget - Anglican Church of Canada
- Fund raising - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Approval of Minutes
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- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 01-03-01
- Date
- 2001 March 15-18
- Record Type
- Resolution 01-03-01
- Mover
- Mr. James Sweeny
- Seconder
- Rev. Jagdutt Singh
- Prologue
- The following correction was noted to the minutes of the November 17-19, 2000 meeting of the Council:
- Report of the Pensions Committee, Pages 12 and 13
- General Synod Pension Plan Resolution 1.1
- Indicate "Carried #07-11-00A"
- General Synod Pension Plan Resolution 1.2 - 1.4 (voted on together)
- Renumber to "#07-11-00B"
- Text
- That the minutes of the November 17-19, 2000 Council of General synod meeting be approved as corrected. CARRIED #01-03-01