Letter Leaflet / Living Message
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/microforms122
- Dates
- 1889-1982
- Format
- microfilm
- Extent
- 11 reels
- Exposure
- negative
- Dimensions
- 16 mm
- Biographical Sketch
- Preceded by Monthly Letter Leaflet, the Letter Leaflet was established November 1888 and ran until October 1922. The Monthly Letter Leaflet was the newsletter of the Church of England's Woman's Auxiliary to Missions. It was renamed The Letter Leaflet when the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society was formed and ran under that title from Feb. 1893 until December 1922. It was followed by the Living Message, 1923 to May 1986, and then the Anglican Magazine, Jan. 1987-Dec. 1991. Volume numbering was continuous.
- Scope and Content
- Microfilm consists of :
- Reel 1 - Letter Leaflet, 1889-1895 [on Reel 6 of Mf 83-9]
- Reel 2 - Letter Leaflet, Jan. 1896-Dec. 1904
- Reel 3 - Letter Leaflet, Nov. 1904-May 1914
- Reel 4 - Letter Leaflet, June 1914-Dec. 1916
- Reel 5 - Letter Leaflet, Jan. 1917-Dec. 1922
- Reel 5 - Living Message, Jan. 1923-Dec. 1925
- Reel 6 - Living Message, Jan. 1926-Dec. 1934
- Reel 7 - Living Message, Jan. 1935-Dec. 1943
- Reel 8 - Living Message, Jan. 1944-Dec. 1951
- Reel 9 - Living Message, Jan. 1952-Sept. 1961
- Reel 10 - Living Message, Oct. 1961-Dec. 1973
- Reel 11 - Living Message, Jan. 1974-Dec. 1982
- Related Fonds
- Woman's Auxiliary fonds
- Corporate Name
- Church of England's Woman's Auxiliary to Missions
- Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Domestic and Foreign Missions of the Church of England in Canada
- Woman's Auxiliary to the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada
- Woman's Auxiliary to the Missionary Society of the Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church Women
- Subject
- Anglican Church of Canada. Periodicals
- Anglican Church of Canada. Woman's Auxiliary
- Anglican Church of Canada. Anglican Church Women
- Originals and Reproductions
- GSA has copies of the originals. See Periodicals Database
- Accession Number
- Mf 83-10
A Proclamation of Responsibility
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official7237
- Date
- 1998 May 21-29
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Act 79
- Mover
- Mr. J. Sweeny
- Seconder
- Rev. C. Harwood-Jones
- Prologue
- Moved by: Rev. D. Ball
- Seconded by: Rev. J. Howison
- That this Synod adopt the document "A Proclamation of Responsibility" and refer it to the Council of General Synod for the development of 'Procedures for Implementation' and report to the 36th session of the General Synod.
- Proclamation of Responsibility:
- As a Community of Faith we strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being.
- We, the Anglican Church of Canada, proclaim and fulfill our responsibility to be accountable in our treatment of all persons as being made in the image of God.
- This treatment applies to all persons without discrimination on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, family or marital status, race, colour, ethnic (or place of) origin, ancestry, disability, creed or socio-economic status.
- We agree to:
- 1. Ensure that all persons are treated with courtesy and integrity, and respond to all pastoral situations with respect and compassion.
- 2. Ensure equal and fair treatment of:
- - all persons for whom we provide educational, medical or financial assistance;
- - all persons occupying church property or being accommodated in institutions provided by or governed by the church.
- 3. Ensure that all who qualify will be able to vote. (All Baptized persons who qualify, in accordance with the relevant canons and constitutions, shall be eligible to vote at General meetings of their parish and at Synod.)
- 4. Ensure that all who qualify will be considered for election. (All Baptized persons who qualify, in accordance with the relevant canons and constitutions, shall be eligible to hold elected positions in the church.)
- 5. Ensure that all who qualify will be considered for service. (All Baptized persons who qualify, in accordance with the relevant canons and constitutions, shall be eligible to have their vocations tested and to be considered for service in the life and on the committees of the church.)
- 6. Ensure that employees are fairly treated. (All persons employed by the church shall be employed on the basis of ability, skills and experience appropriate to the position.)
- The mover and seconder agreed to amend item #1 (under "We agree to") by adding the words "to whom we minister" before "are treated", to read as follows:
- Ensure that all persons to whom we minister are treated with courtesy and integrity ....
- Motion to Refer
- Moved by: Dr. G. Egerton
- Seconded by: Rev. T. Chesterton
- That this resolution be referred to the Council of the General Synod for consideration.
- Amendment
- Moved by: Archdeacon S. DeGruchy
- Seconded by: Miss A. Weir
- That the resolution be referred to the Eco-Justice Committee (instead of the Council of General Synod).
- Amendment to the Amendment
- Moved by: Rev. A. Perry
- Seconded by: Mrs. C. Greenwood
- That the resolution be referred to the House of Bishops, in consultation with the Eco-Justice Committee.
- The amendment to the amendment was then put and - DEFEATED
- Motion to End Debate
- Moved by: Rev. K. Denman
- Seconded by: Mr. D. Lewis
- That the question on the amendment now be put. CARRIED
- The amendment was then put and - DEFEATED
- Seconded by: Rev. C. Harwood-Jones
- That the question on the motion to refer to the Council of the General Synod now be put. CARRIED
- The first amendment to refer the resolution to the Council of the General Synod was put and - DEFEATED
- Text
- That the original resolution now be put. CARRIED
- Six members of Synod requested a vote by orders, in accordance with Section III of the Rules of Order and Procedure.
- The resolution was then put and - DEFEATED IN ALL ORDERS Act 79
- Subjects
- A Proclamation of Responsibility
- Human rights - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Responsibility - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada