Report of the Women's Unit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official293
- Date
- 1983 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 29
- Mover
- Rt. Rev. R. Hollis
- Seconder
- Dr. R.J. Gardiner
- Prologue
- Moved by: Mrs. Nora Smith
- Seconded by: Canon T. Gracie
- "That
- 1) The General Synod reaffirms the 1980 General Synod Acts 21 and 22 as continuing policy;
- 2) dioceses be asked to report to the National Executive Council at its Spring meetings in 1984 and 1986 on the changes in the numbers of women and men on the diocesan staff and diocesan committees.
- Text
- "That paragraph 2 be deleted from the original motion." CARRIED
- The motion as amended reads:
- "That the General Synod reaffirm the 1980 General Synod Acts 21 and 22 as continuing policy." The motion as amended was put and CARRIED Act 29
- Notes
- Act 21 - 1980 General Synod: "That this Synod commend to the dioceses that they develop and implement policies and strategies for the fuller participation of women in the leadership and councils of the Church."
- Act 22 - 1980 General Synod: "That this Synod encourage affirmative action to ensure more rapid progress toward sexual equality of opportunity in filling senior positions at the national and diocesan levels of the Church."
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Committees - Membership
- Representation on committees - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Affirmative action programs - Canada
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Woman (Christian theology) - Anglican Church of Canada
- Man-woman relationships
- Gender parity
- Sexism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Report of the Women's Unit
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1197
- Date
- 1980 June
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 21
- Mover
- Mrs. D. Church
- Seconder
- Mrs. E. Bains
- Prologue
- This report was presented by Mrs. Doreen Church who introduced members of the Unit. An audio-visual presentation was made to indicate some of the concerns of the Women's Unit.
- Text
- That this Synod commend to the dioceses that they develop and implement policies and strategies for the fuller participation of women in the leadership and councils of the Church. CARRIED ACT 21
- Subjects
- Church, Doreen
- Anglican Church of Canada. Women's Unit
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Personnel management
- Affirmative action programs - Canada
A statement from the Primate on World AIDS, 2009
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official9631
- Date
- 2009 December 1
- Source
- Primate's Office
- Record Type
- Statement
- Text
- Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Anglican Church of Canada
- December 01, 2009 - An interview with the Rev. Patricia Sawo, a church leader and mother living with HIV in Kenya inspired Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to entitle his World Aids Day Message A Space for Hope. Patricia says of her church "My congregation knows about my status and people in my church know that this is a place where, if they come with HIV, they can be loved." The Archbishop says "when the Church is doing its job, it is providing space for people to face themselves, to be themselves, and to cope with the future."
- On my trip to Burundi in February, I saw numerous examples of that kind of space. Let me cite just two. In the heart of the city of Bujumbura there is an HIV/AIDS clinic. Above the main entrance of the administration building is a sign stating that the building was renovated though a gift of the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) of the Anglican Church of Canada. That gift inspired other churches in the city to make contributions to expand the services of this clinic which serves teens and young adults who have been orphaned through AIDS. Most of them live on the street and their life is very rough. The clinic is a haven where they can learn about HIV/AIDS, get tested and if necessary receive treatment and counseling. As the Archbishop says, they can "face themselves, be themselves, and cope with the future."
- Up in the hills, "in the bush" as Burundians say, in the village of Bitare, I and Cheryl Curtis (Executive Director of PWRDF) and Maureen Bailey (Youth Council, PWRDF) were invited to assist local people in laying the foundation stone for a new HIV/AIDS clinic. It was very humbling to kneel down and share in that work as hundreds of people looked on and sang and prayed for God's blessing on this project. The building is now complete and providing services to hundreds of people in Bitare and a number of surrounding villages. Individuals and families are feeling support and care. Lives are being changed and hope is rising like the glory of a new day.
- This coming Sunday, the second in Advent, I ask that throughout the Church, prayers of special intent for those living with HIV/AIDS be included in the Prayers of the People. Pray for their caregivers and for their doctors and nurses and clergy. Pray especially for the work of the Mother's Union in Africa and their deep and steadfast commitment to helping those who are living with AIDS and those who have been widowed and orphaned through AIDS, and those who are caring for their grandchildren. Pray for those engaged in education about healthy sexuality and the prevention of AIDS. And as we pray for the eradication of the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, pray also for that "space" the Church is called to provide where people can be welcomed and free to face themselves and be themselves without fear of rejection; where through loving care and support they can cope with their future. This calling is after the very example of Our Lord who reached out and "touched" (Mark 1: 40-41) the sick with love and mercy.
- I encourage one and all to pray, to support the continuing work with HIV/AIDS, and to stand with all those who are pressuring world leaders, in the words of one of the Millennium Development Goals, "to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases." I issue this call in the name of him whose Advent sets us free, whose love brings healing and hope to all.
- Subjects
- World AIDS Day
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Burundi
- AIDS (Disease) - Africa
- AIDS (Disease) - Burundi