Anglican Bishops to have "Inside" Look at Corrections System
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official1449
- Date
- 1986 October 7
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Toronto, Oct. 07, 1986 -- For immediate release
- "What's a nice Bishop like you doing in a place like the Penitentiary?", may well be asked next month.
- The members of the House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada have a difficult task as chief Pastors in the face of the complexities of the moral issues of today's society. To assist them in this, the House meets periodically with experts in various fields, in what are known as Continuing Education events, to receive insight into the realities of many of the issues which confront the Church and society.
- Two such areas of concern which have been the subjects of Continuing Education sessions of the House in the past were Bio-Medical Ethics and Human Sexuality.
- In the first week of November the House will meet in Kingston, Ontario to consider the effects of the Canadian Corrections Service on its inmates, those who work in it and the society it is created to protect. A most impressive schedule of events and presentations has been planned to give the Bishops a personal in-depth experience of various aspects of the criminal justice and corrections system. A schedule of the three day session is enclosed.
- The House reserves the right to declare any of its sessions in-camera. However, the Agenda and Continuing Education Committees of the House have suggested that all of these sessions should be open to the Media, subject to the concurrence of the House when it meets.
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- For further information, please contact:
- The Rev. Canon Richard J. Berryman, Media Officer
- Notes
- HOUSE OF BISHOPS CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENT ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS
- To be held at the Howard Johnson Motor Hotel, Kingston, Ont.
- Tuesday, Nov. 04, 1986:
- - 7:30 p.m. Reception to give the Bishops an opportunity to meet about 100 people from the John Howard Society, parole officers, prison guards, legal and judicial professions.
- Wednesday, Nov. 05, 1986:
- - 10:00 a.m. Presentation by Alex Himmelfard, Director of Research, Federal Justice Department, Ottawa -- An overview of the Justice System with special reference to Native People.
- - 1:30 p.m. Simulated Court Case -- Trial on a Domestic Violence Case. Actual Proscuting Attorney, Defense Lawyers, etc.
- -- Bishops will act as Judge -- decide guilt or innocence and sentence.
- -- At conclusion a Judge will declare what his verdict would have been in the trial.
- - 4:00 p.m. Theological Reflection on the day to that point.
- - Evening The Bishops, in twos and threes, will visit the homes of families of prison guards, inmates, low income family housing, etc.
- Thursday, Nov. o6, 1986:
- - Morning -- The Bishops will visit six institutions in the Kingston area -- eg. Minimum, Medium and Maximum security facilities, Women's and Juvenile Detention Centres, etc.
- - 1:30 p.m. Consideration (with panel of professionals) of Parole, Mandatory Release, etc. "How do inmates get out and what happens when they do ?"
- - 7:30 p.m. Eucharist of Reconciliation in St. George's Cathedral.
- -- Preacher: The Most Rev. Michael Peers, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. House of Bishops
- In camera meetings
- Prisons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - House of Bishops - Education (Continuing education)
Anglican Church of Canada Ministry Report: Justice and Corrections: 'I was in prison and you visited me'
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article38404
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2013 May
- Volume
- 139
- Issue
- 5
- Page
- insert 8
- Notes
- "One of the Anglican church's most critical contemporary ministries is serving offenders incarcerated in prison. The church has two members on the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy (IFC), a longstanding body that screens candidates who wish to enter prison ministry. 'We have a commitment to restorative justice and the reintegration of offenders back into the community', says Bishop Michael Oulton of the diocese of Ontario in Kingston". "[I]t came as a shock when, last October [2012], Vic Toews, public safety minister and the man responsible for the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC), announced that all contracts for part-time federal prison chaplains would be cancelled as of March 31, 2013. This decision effectively restricts spiritual care for those in federal custody and especially inmates of minority faiths".
- Eight page insert (1-8) with May 2013 issue of Anglican Journal. Anglican Church of Canada Ministry Report. Insert produced by Resources for Mission Dept.
- Subjects
- Prison chaplains - Canada
- Prison chaplains - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy
- Correctional Service Canada
- Oulton, Michael (Michael Douglas), 1959-
- Toews, Vic (Victor), 1952-
[Brief on Imprisonment From Anglican Church Social Service Department]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5348
- Date
- 1967 August 3
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Greater use of parole and the erasing of past criminal records after a specified period of successful rehabilitation are recommended in a brief prepared by the Anglican Church of Canada to the federal government's Canadian Committee on Corrections.
- It states that imprisonment is being used excessively and inappropriate use is being made of existing prisons in relation to the philosophy of respect for the dignity and worth of all men and women.
- A primary problem in that prison industries do not provide useful work for pay and are not related to the kind of work obtainable in society, it states.
- The brief, submitted by the church's social service department, was prepared by men and women from Ottawa, Kingston, Toronto, London and Winnipeg. It will be reported to the church's national synod which meets in Ottawa, August 22-31.
- Present practices of arrest, jail and bail discriminate against the poor, the brief states. Release from custody pending trial should be based on character rather than financial considerations. It says professional bondsmen should not be recognized in Canada. It suggests some social problems such as chronic petty offences, vagrancy, suicide, alcoholism and drug addiction be removed from the criminal code and dealt with by appropriate health and welfare authorities.
- Provision for legal counsel for those unable to pay for it should be the responsibility of the public purse, the brief states. It recommends again the abolition of the lash and paddle and capital punishment.
- The Anglican Church also passed a resolution in support of the abolition of capital punishment in 1958. Two years ago it published a booklet "The Death Penalty," an argument in favor of abolition, which was mailed to members of parliament before the free vote in the House of Commons.
- "The entire correctional process should be governed by the Judaeo-Christian philosophy of unfailing respect for the dignity and worth of each human being, of concern for those who have offended and of constant hope for change and moral and spiritual growth in man. The embodiment of such a philosophy in a program of action requires flexibility in the system and provision for continuing evaluation," the committee said.
- Freedom, encouragement and resources should be provided both prison staff and those outside the system to undertake research and experimentation, the report recommends.
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- Subjects
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Prisons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
Christmas and corrections : we never walk alone
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article4577
- Author
- Fraser, Irene
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Magazine
- Date
- 1990 December 1
- Author
- Fraser, Irene
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Magazine
- Date
- 1990 December 1
- Page
- 4-5
- Subjects
- Church work with prisoners - Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Prisons - Canada
Church Council on Justice and Corrections - 25th Anniversary
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official7290
- Date
- 1999 March 6-9
- Source
- Council of General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 11-03-99
- Date
- 1999 March 6-9
- Record Type
- Resolution 11-03-99
- Mover
- Rev. D. Pilling
- Seconder
- Archdeacon S. Moxley
- Text
- That the Council of the General Synod expresses its congratulations to the Church Council on Justice and Corrections on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 1999 and recognizes and encourages the ongoing work of this Council, especially in its fleshing out of the Jubilee theme of restorative justice. CARRIED #11-03-99
- Subjects
- Church Council on Justice and Corrections (Canada)
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada - Religious aspects - Christianity
- Restorative justice
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
Committee on Ministry
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5239
- Date
- 1971 November 12-13
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Date
- 1971 November 12-13
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Somerville
- Seconder
- Smith
- Prologue
- In presenting the Report of the Committee on Ministry, the Bishop of New Westminster noted, with gratitude, the fine contribution made by the Venerable D.P. Watney as National Consultant on Theological Education. The Primate added, on behalf of the whole Canadian Church, his thanks, and wished Dr. Watney a happy and fulfilling retirement.
- Text
- That we express strong support of the Inter-Faith Committee on Chaplaincy in the Canadian Penitentiary Service and reappoint as our representatives to that Committee, the Reverend R.D. MacRae and Miss Phyllis Haslam, and ask that they report to the Committee on Ministry. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Inter-Faith Committee on Chaplaincy
- Prisons - Canada
- Chaplains, Prison - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Committee on Ministry
- Watney, Douglas P. (Douglas Percy), 1905-1987
"Concerning Chaplains"
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official3843
- Date
- 1955 August/September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Rev. L.F. Hatfield
- Seconder
- Rev. S.H. Prince
- Text
- Having in mind the progress made, though slowly, during recent years in Governmental policy regarding the appointment of Chaplains to Penal Institutions and Mental Hospitals, and the Council's interest therein, General Synod requests the Council for Social Service to set up a Committee from members of this Synod and the Council, with power to co-opt specially interested persons to study the whole matter of chaplaincy services in such institutions and to impress governments with the necessity for such a programme. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Chaplains, Hospital - Anglican Church of Canada
- Chaplains, Prison - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with the mentally ill - Anglican Church of Canada
Council for Social Service - Penal Reform
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5904
- Date
- 1934 September
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Archbishop of Ottawa
- Seconder
- Magistrate Jones
- Prologue
- In 1933 various articles appeared in the daily papers asking for an investigation of conditions in the penitentiaries and citing various abuses. The matter was taken up by the late General Secretary, who carried on correspondence with the various chaplains, with the Prisoners' Aid and Welfare Association in Montreal and interviewed personally several discharged prisoners in an endeavour to get some information on the subject. The late Canon Vernon headed a delegation from the Social Service Council of Canada to wait on the Premier and the Minister of Justice with recommendations on penal reform. He obtained permission from the Minister of Justice to visit the various penitentiaries in the autumn of 1933. At the last annual meeting of the Council for Social Service the following resolutions were passed:
- 1. There ought to be a thorough investigation and study by an independent and representative commission of all our penal and reformatory institutions, whether dominion, provincial or local, and of the entire system of dealing with delinquents and criminals.
- 2. Careful consideration should be given to the findings of the Royal Commission of 1914, and of the committee of 1921.
- 3. That the English Adult Probation System, and the so-called Borstal System, should be carefully considered with a view to their adoption in Canada.
- 4. And that copies of the foregoing recommendations be sent to the Premier of the Dominion, and the Minister of Justice, to the Premier and attorney-generals of the various provinces, to the Social Service Council of Canada, and to the Canadian Prisoners' Welfare Association.
- We understand that conditions have improved very much in the last year, and various reforms have been instituted. The restrictions that formerly hampered the chaplains in the discharge of their duties have been lessened, and it is felt that in future a greater effort will be made to help the men to get such training and education, both mental and spiritual, while they are in the penitentiary, that will enable them to re-establish themselves when they are released.
- Text
- That in the tenth and following lines all the words following "1933" down to and including "Welfare Association" be not printed in the published Report. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Prisons - Canada
- Prisons - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Chaplains, Prison - Anglican Church of Canada
- Criminal justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile justice, Administration of - Canada
- Juvenile detention homes - Canada
Foundations supports three publications
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article24355
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- AF Report
- Date
- 1998 Spring
- Issue
- 10
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- The Anglican Foundation contributed funds to the publication (or reprinting) of three books about the history and/or ministries of the Anglican Church of Canada. They are "Halfway Home" written by Ken Bolton about the St. Leonard's Society; "Anglicanism in the Ottawa Valley" edited by Frank Peake and "Ministry to the Hopelessly Hopeless" edited by Roland M. Kawano.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada - Publishing
- Anglican Foundation of Canada
- St. Leonard's Society of Canada
- Church work with prisoners - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Ottawa - History
- Japanese Canadians - Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Grace Notes : A lesson in grace from a case of weeping flesh
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article31602
- Author
- Hutchison, Andrew S. (Andrew Sandford), 1938-
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2004 October
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2004 October
- Volume
- 130
- Issue
- 8
- Page
- 5
- Notes
- Archbishop Hutchison remembers his placement in a correctional facility as a seminarian.