AIDS - Day of Prayer
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official871
- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 114
- Seconder
- Very Rev. H.T. Munn
- Prologue
- Mr. Graydon spoke to the following motion.
- Text
- That the Primate, in consultation with the House of Bishops, call a national Day of Prayer on behalf of persons living with AIDS and those ministering to them. The motion was then put and - CARRIED Act 114
- Subjects
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- AIDS (Disease) - Canada
- AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Pastoral counseling of
- Church work with AIDS patients - Anglican Church of Canada
Courtesies of the House
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official870
- Date
- 1989 June 15-23
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 113
- Seconder
- Very Rev. H.T. Munn
- Text
- That this General Synod extend the Courtesies of the House to the Reverend Douglas Graydon, Chaplain of Casey House. CARRIED Act 113
- Notes
- See also Act 114 "AIDS - Day of Prayer" to which Mr. Graydon spoke.
- Subjects
- Graydon, Douglas (Douglas Norman)
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (32nd : 1989 : St. John's, Nfld.) - Courtesies of the house
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official8918
- Date
- 2004 May 28 - June 4
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 23
- Mover
- Dean Peter Elliott
- Seconder
- Mr. Gordon Yarde
- Text
- That this General Synod:
- 1. Announce that the Anglican Church of Canada stands with people living with HIV/AIDS;
- 2. Urge the members of the Anglican Church of Canada to work towards the eradication of stigma and discrimination in our church and society, against people living with HIV/AIDS;
- 3. Ask the PWRDF, in collaboration with the EcoJustice and Partners in Mission Committees, to develop a comprehensive strategy over the next triennium to engage the Anglican Church of Canada members in fighting the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS; and to encourage the dioceses and parishes to get involved and develop local programs and other responses that are inclusive and to engage in the fight for destigmatization of HIV positive people;
- 4. Ask the Council of General Synod to express the Anglican Church of Canada's solidarity with bishops, clergy and lay people, especially in Africa, who are showing leadership in fighting the HIV/AIDS pandemic by reaching out in partnership to people living with AIDS, not as the objects of charity, but as equal partners. CARRIED Act 23
- Subjects
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with AIDS patients
- Stigma (Social psychology)
- Shame - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
Patients with Aids
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official479
- Date
- 1986 June 14-22
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 60
- Mover
- Mrs. Phyllis Creighton
- Seconder
- Rt. Rev. W.H. Jones
- Text
- That General Synod commend the present efforts to provide pastoral care to patients with AIDS and their families and affirm that they are entitled to full participation in the life of The Anglican Church of Canada. CARRIED IN ALL ORDERS Act 60
- Subjects
- AIDS (Disease) - Canada
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Pastoral counseling of
Support for Partnership for Life Campaign
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official8917
- Date
- 2004 May 28 - June 4
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 22
- Mover
- Mrs. Cecily Hinton
- Seconder
- Rev. Canon Godfrey Mawejje
- Text
- That this General Synod:
- 1. Endorse the "Partnership for Life" Campaign of PWRDF, urging the Government of Canada to
- - Lead the international community to increase access to affordable medicines for the world's poorest populations as part of our commitment to the universal right to health care.
- - Triple Canada's contributions to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, without taking these funds from existing commitments to international development assistance.
- - Challenge international financial institutions' current practices demanding debt repayment and imposing structural adjustment austerity measures that limit people's capacity to ensure their own health and well being.
- 2. Ask the General Secretary to convey these concerns by letter to the Prime Minister. CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY Act 22
- Subjects
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)
- Partnership for Life
- AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Health - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Debts, External - Developing countries - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada