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- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion News Service : Regional : Women Priests in Latin America
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article13275
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 1993 Transfiguration
- Issue
- 71
- Page
- 17
- Notes
- Summary of those dioceses in Latin America, most of them in Episcopal Church Province IX, who have and have not ordained women. No actual statistics given.
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion - Latin America
- Ordination of women - Episcopal Church. Province IX
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Women clergy - Latin America
- Women clergy - Episcopal Church. Province IX
Beyond the Walled Garden: [Anglican women and the priesthood] (Book review)
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article37637
- Author
- Fletcher-Marsh, Wendy L. (Wendy Lynn), 1963-
- Fletcher, Wendy L. (Wendy Lynn), 1963-
- Reviewer
- Thompson, Terry (Teresa) Reilly
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society
- Date
- 1998 Spring
- Reviewer
- Thompson, Terry (Teresa) Reilly
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1998 Spring
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 99-100
- Notes
- "It is rare to conclude that a study of contemporary history is a definitive volume. The Rev. Dr. Wendy Fletcher-Marsh, professor at Huron College, has researched such a high standard in this well-researched, subtle and readable work. With remarkable facility, she tells the story of the debate and resolution of the question of women's ordination to the priesthood. .... She covers events in Canada, England, Hong Kong, the United States and New Zealand" (p. 99). "For Fletcher-Marsh, the crucial factor include episcopal leadership, synodical decision-making structures (such as Houses of Bishops, Convocations, and General Synods), religious and secular movements of women and the ineffable quality, Anglican 'style'. The latter, remarkably, is quite different in England than in Canada" (p. 99). "If Canadians appeared to move smoothly to ordaining women, it is also clear from Fletcher-Marsh's diocese by diocese analysis that implementation was a 'top down process'. It would be prudent to conclude that women have been ordained in relatively small numbers over a long period of time, thus diluting the visible and emotional impact of the decision in the Canadian church at large. What is less well explained is why the priest opposed to the ordination of women mounted such an effective 'after the fact' campaign. Observations by Archbishop Ted Scott and Bishop Victoria Matthews add helpful context. This handsome and usable volume has clear tables, and a bibliography" (p. 99-100).
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion - History - Book reviews
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada - History - Book reviews
- Ordination of women - Church of England - History - Book reviews
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
Beyond the walled garden : women and the priesthood in Anglicanism, Canada and England, 1920-1978
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2499
- Author
- Fletcher-Marsh, Wendy L. (Wendy Lynn), 1963-
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5005 F44 1995
- Place
- [Dundas, ON]
- Publisher
- Artemis
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Physical_Description
- 288 p. : ill. incl. tables ; 23.5 x 14.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Wendy Fletcher-Marsh".
- Cover title: Beyond the walled garden : Anglican women and the priesthood.
- Includes bibliography: pp. 278-288 but NO index.
- "I began the research for this book several years ago. At that time, the situation with reference to the ordination of women within Anglicanism looked different than it does today; the Church of England and many members of the Anglican Communion had not moved to accept the ordination of women. Currently, the Church of England, a primary focus of this study, does ordain women to the diaconate and priesthood, as do a majority of Anglican provinces. Given the rapid change which has occurred during the period in which this study was researched and written, it is important for us to remember that this is an historical study which is being presented, rather than a contemporary commentary. .... To clearly maintain the genre of critical history, the time frame under examination and the analysis are specifically limited to the period between 1920 and 1978. The history of the ordination of women in Anglicanism between 1978 and the present is a project with different aims and objectives than the one presented here". -- Foreword, p. [xxiii].
- Contents divided into four main parts.
- Contents: Dedication -- Chronology -- List of Tables in Appendix -- Preface: With Grace and Courage / Edward W. Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1971-1986 -- Preface: An Episcopal Reflection / Victoria Matthews, Bishop of the Credit Valley, Diocese of Toronto -- Foreword and Acknowledgements / Wendy Fletcher-Marsh -- Anglican Synodical-Episcopal Polity -- Part One: Background to Change -- Introduction: Professions and Perspective -- 1. Division and Dialogue -- Part Two: The Canadian Revolution Succeeds -- 2. Crisis and Women's Work -- 3. Gender Questions to a New Vision -- 4. Profile of the Canadian Dioceses -- Part Three: Revolution Fails in England -- 5. Change and Resistance -- 6. A Transitory Failure -- Part Four: Comparison and Conclusion -- 7. Autonomy in Relationship -- Afterword: Moving Toward the Future -- Appendix: Reference Tables -- Bibliography.
- OTCH Note: Based upon research for the author's doctoral thesis, a study of the ordination of women within the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England between 1920 and 1978. OTCH also has thesis separately catalogued as BV 676 F56 1993.
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Church of England
- Decision making - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Decision making - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Church of England - Government
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Women in the Church of England
- Women in the Anglican Communion - History - 20th century
- Women priests
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Clergy
- ISBN
- 1-895247-16-0
- Call Number
- BX 5005 F44 1995
- Copies
- 2 copies
- Location
- General Synod Archives
Beyond the walled garden : women and the priesthood in Anglicanism, Canada and England, 1920-1978
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog8852
- Author
- Fletcher-Marsh, Wendy L. (Wendy Lynn), 1963-
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5005 F44 1995
- Place
- [Dundas, ON]
- Publisher
- Artemis
- Publication Date
- 1995
- Physical_Description
- 288 p. : ill. incl. tables ; 23.5 x 14.7 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Wendy Fletcher-Marsh".
- Cover title: Beyond the walled garden : Anglican women and the priesthood.
- Includes bibliography: pp. 278-288 but NO index.
- "I began the research for this book several years ago. At that time, the situation with reference to the ordination of women within Anglicanism looked different than it does today; the Church of England and many members of the Anglican Communion had not moved to accept the ordination of women. Currently, the Church of England, a primary focus of this study, does ordain women to the diaconate and priesthood, as do a majority of Anglican provinces. Given the rapid change which has occurred during the period in which this study was researched and written, it is important for us to remember that this is an historical study which is being presented, rather than a contemporary commentary. .... To clearly maintain the genre of critical history, the time frame under examination and the analysis are specifically limited to the period between 1920 and 1978. The history of the ordination of women in Anglicanism between 1978 and the present is a project with different aims and objectives than the one presented here". -- Foreword, p. [xxiii].
- Contents divided into four main parts.
- Contents: Dedication -- Chronology -- List of Tables in Appendix -- Preface: With Grace and Courage / Edward W. Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1971-1986 -- Preface: An Episcopal Reflection / Victoria Matthews, Bishop of the Credit Valley, Diocese of Toronto -- Foreword and Acknowledgements / Wendy Fletcher-Marsh -- Anglican Synodical-Episcopal Polity -- Part One: Background to Change -- Introduction: Professions and Perspective -- 1. Division and Dialogue -- Part Two: The Canadian Revolution Succeeds -- 2. Crisis and Women's Work -- 3. Gender Questions to a New Vision -- 4. Profile of the Canadian Dioceses -- Part Three: Revolution Fails in England -- 5. Change and Resistance -- 6. A Transitory Failure -- Part Four: Comparison and Conclusion -- 7. Autonomy in Relationship -- Afterword: Moving Toward the Future -- Appendix: Reference Tables -- Bibliography.
- OTCH Note: Based upon research for the author's doctoral thesis, a study of the ordination of women within the Anglican Church of Canada and the Church of England between 1920 and 1978. OTCH also has thesis separately catalogued as BV 676 F56 1993.
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Church of England
- Decision making - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Decision making - Religious aspects - Church of England
- Anglican Church of Canada - Government
- Church of England - Government
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Women in the Church of England
- Women in the Anglican Communion - History - 20th century
- Women priests
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Clergy
- ISBN
- 1-895247-16-0
- Call Number
- BX 5005 F44 1995
- Copies
- 2 copies
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- General Synod Archives
Bid to support women priests fails
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article231
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Canadian Churchman
- Date
- 1988 September
- Volume
- 114
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 13
- Subjects
- Lambeth Conference, 1988
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
Canterbury Reports: two Canadian perspectives
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article35204
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Women's Stories
- Date
- 1987 Winter
- Page
- 4-5
- Notes
- In April 1986 there was a pilgrimage and Conference in Canterbury to celebrate the ministry of women in the Anglican Communion. The Canadian delegation included 15 women in orders and five laywomen.
- Some women priests protested because they were not allowed to celebrate the eucharist.
- Subjects
- Women in the Anglican Communion - Congresses
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Nicolle, Faith
- Palmer, Cheryl
- Roy, Wendy
- Tanner, Mary (Mary Elizabeth), 1938-
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
Church of England
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official944
- Date
- November 1986
- Source
- National Executive Council. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution 79-11-86
- Date
- November 1986
- Record Type
- Resolution 79-11-86
- Mover
- Rev. M.C. Ingham
- Seconder
- Mrs. Amy Newell
- Text
- That the following statement from the National Executive Council be forwarded by the Primate to the Officers of the General Synod of the Church of England:
- This National Executive Council of the Anglican Church of Canada expresses its sadness and regret at the recent decision by the General Synod of the Church of England not to permit women ordained as priests in this Province to exercise their sacramental ministry within the Church of England.
- We acknowledge and respect the right and responsibility of churches within the Anglican Communion to make decisions concerning the ordering of ministry within their own structures. However, we express the hope that the same respect could be extended to the Anglican Church of Canada which has enjoyed the ministry of women in the priesthood since 1976.
- We believe the process by which the ordering of ministry is decided by an autonomous Province need not be linked to the recognition of those persons already ordained by another Province. The mutual recognition of ministry within the Anglican Communion is a separate issue from the ordination of women in the Church of England, and calls for independent consideration.
- In our view, the decision by the Church of England to deny the exercise of sacramental ministry, with the consent of the diocesan bishop, to some priests ordained in our church raises questions about the validity of the orders of all priests in our church. It also constitutes a challenge to episcopal ministry in our country.
- Such a decision threatens the unity of the Anglican Communion by extending the privilege of ecclesiastical hospitality to some of our clergy and not to others. Sadly for us both, a result of this may well be the unwillingness of many Canadian bishops and priests to accept invitations to celebrate the eucharist in England until such hospitality is restored.
- We draw attention to Act 65 of the 1986 General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada which:
- a) affirms our positive experience in Canada with women in priesthood;
- b) urges our bishops to carry to the Lambeth Conference our conviction that the priesthood of women has indeed blessed and enriched our common life; and
- c) asks the Lambeth Conference to search for a way of upholding the unity of the church while allowing Provinces to move, as appropriate for them to the election and ordination of women to the episcopate in response to the call of God and the church.
- This statement is made out of deep concern for the integrity of the body of Christ, in which we rejoice, and for the mutual recognition of ministries within our Communion, which we wish both to extend to others and to claim for ourselves. CARRIED #79-11-86
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Church of England
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Women bishops - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Clergy - Office
- Mutual recognition of ministry - Anglican Communion
Does God Want Women Priests ?
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog1394
- Author
- Baycroft, John A. (John Arthur), 1933-
- Publication Date
- [1975?]
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 676 B39 1975
- Place
- Ottawa ON
- Publisher
- Canterbury House
- Publication Date
- [1975?]
- Physical_Description
- 14 p. ; 18 x 11 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- Cover title.
- "[B]y John A. Baycroft".
- Probably written in 1974 or 1975.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents: 1. Women Priests are Coming Soon -- 2. A Decisive Step by General Synod -- 3. Not Everyone is Happy -- 4. The Anglican Way -- 5. The Bible Does Not Answer This Question -- 6. Tradition Provides a Framework for Growth -- 7. Mixed Signals from Reason -- 8. Some Things Worth Considering -- 9. Some Things Not Worth Considering -- 10. The Crucial Question -- 11. Further Reading.
- "Further reading" printed on inside back cover.
- Colophon: Love Printing 3-1282. -- inside back cover.
- Author is former Anglican Bishop of Ottawa.
- Subjects
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Biblical teaching
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Call Number
- BV 676 B39 1975
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
The Eames Commission : The Official Reports : The Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog2317
- Corporate Author
- Church of England. Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate (Eames Commission)
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical_Description
- 109 p. : ill. ; 21 x 13 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Chairman: The Most Reverend Robert Eames, Primate of All Ireland".
- "Published for the Anglican Consultative Council".
- "Copyright 1994 The Secretary General of the Anglican Consultative Council". -- verso of t.-p.
- [Reports One to Three.]
- "Now in one volume, all the reports of the Archbishop of Canterbury's commission [first, second and third] are offered here in their historical sequence. Called the Eames Commission after the chairman, Archbishop Robert Eames of Ireland, the commission met five times from 1988 until 1993. Its work is now complete." -- back cover.
- Contents: From the Archbishop of Canterbury / George Cantuar i.e. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury -- Origins of the Commission -- Members of the Commission -- THE FIRST REPORT: First and Second Meetings: November 1988 and March 1989 -- THE SECOND REPORT -- THE THIRD REPORT -- Appendices.
- Contents of THE FIRST REPORT section: I. Introduction -- I. Koinonia and the Mystery of God -- II. Koinonia and the Anglican Communion -- III. Koinonia and Women and the Episcopate -- IV. Koinonia and Pastoral Guidelines.
- Contents of THE SECOND REPORT section: Third Meeting: October 1989 -- I. Introduction -- II. Response to the Main Report by the Primates of the Anglican Communion -- III. Responses from the Provinces -- IV. The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA) -- V. Ecumenical Evidence -- VI. Clarifications -- VII. Recommendations for Further Study by an Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission -- VIII. Conclusion -- Fourth Meeting: March 1990 -- I. Introduction -- II. Koinonia and Reception -- III. The Diocese -- IV. Provincial Collegiality -- V. Interchangeability of Ministries -- VI. Canonical Form and Intention -- VII. Visits.
- Contents of THE THIRD REPORT section: Fifth Meeting: December 1993 -- I. Introduction -- II. Authority -- III. Reception -- IV. Pastoral Guidelines.
- Contents of Appendices: I: Ecumenical Evidence -- II. Response to the Report by the Primates of the Anglican Communion -- III. Joint Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council, January 1993 -- IV. Letter to His Holiness Pope John Paul II and Response -- Other Books on the Anglican Communion from the Anglican Book Centre.
- OTCH Note: Photograph of Anglican Church of Canada Bishop Victoria Matthews on page 26 with caption "Canada's first woman bishop - Victoria Matthews".
- Added Entry
- Eames, Robin (Robert Henry Alexander), 1937-
- Anglican Consultative Council
- Eames Commission
- Subjects
- Anglican Communion - Bishops
- Consecration of bishops - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Church of England
- Episcopacy - Anglican Communion
- Women bishops - Anglican Communion
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Fellowship - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Communion - Doctrines
- ISBN
- 1-55126-101-4
- Call Number
- BV 676 C49.3 1994
- Location
- OTCH
Her Daughters Shall Rise Up : The Women's Witnessing Community at Lambeth 1988
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog1977
- Author
- Jersey, Jean Staffield, 1931-
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5021 L6 1988 J4 H4
- Place
- New York NY
- Publisher
- Office of Women in Mission and Ministry, Episcopal Church Center
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Physical_Description
- 84 p. : ill. ; 21.5 x 14 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "67-8904-1". -- back cover.
- "By Jean Staffeld Jersey".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "This account of the women's presence at Lambeth [1988] was commissioned by the Episcopal Women's Caucus.: -- Intro.
- "The Lambeth Conference of 1988 would be the setting for landmark debate on women's ordination. With the election of a woman bishop imminent in the United States, would the Anglican Communion stonewall the advances of women in ministry ? Would the Communion fracture irreparably over this issue ? .... This account by the Rev. Jean Jersey of the trials, lessons, and victories of the Women's Witnessing Community is a testament to the tenacity and faithfulness of the women at Lambeth. It serves as a chapter in the history of the Church -- and an important signpost to women's contribution in the future". -- back cover.
- Contents: [Illustration and Explanation of Episcopal Women's Caucus symbol] -- Table of Contents -- Foreword dated Berkeley, California / Fran Toy -- Introduction dated Hartland, Vermont June 1989 / Jean Staffeld Jersey -- Getting There -- Being There -- Coming Home -- Afterword -- Credits -- Appendix A: List of Participants in ECW:Lambeth -- Appendix B: Letter from the Episcopal Women's Caucus -- Appendix C: Statement of Purpose, Women's Witnessing Community, Lambeth Conference 1988 -- Appendix D: Notes from the Feminist Liberation Theology Seminar -- Appendix E: From "Women Spirit Rising: Towards Wholeness" / Vanessa MacKenzie, Mary Tanner, Mercy Oduyoye -- Appendix F: Lambeth Conference Resolutions on Women's Ministry -- Appendix G: Poems and Meditations / Elisabeth Schussler-Fiorenza, Mukti, Michael Hare Duke.
- Errata slip pasted on to inside front cover.
- Added Entry
- Episcopal Women's Caucus
- Subjects
- Lambeth Conference, 1988
- Women's Witnessing Community
- Women in the Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Women clergy - Anglican Communion
- Lambeth Conference, 1988. Women's Witnessing Community
- Feminist theology - Anglican Communion
- Feminist theology - Episcopal Church
- Call Number
- BX 5021 L6 1988 J4 H4
- Copies
- 2 copies
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)