- All Records
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
Across Canada: Rupert's Land
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article15397
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 1994 March
- Volume
- 120
- Issue
- 3
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- The diocese of Saskatchewan has ordained its first female aboriginal deacon, the Rev. Myra Buck Ninnie. She is the fifth person from Cumberland House to be ordained in recent years.
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Saskatchewan
- Indians of North America - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Buck, Myra (Buck Ninnie), 1950-2004
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church Women - The Commission on Women
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official3402
- Date
- 1969 August
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop of Newfoundland
- Seconder
- Bishop of Kootenay
- Text
- That in regard to women presently ordained as deaconesses in the Anglican Church of Canada, the Primate be asked to initiate any steps which may be necessary to ensure that those who are so ordered may belong to the diaconate. CARRIED in both Houses.
- This is in substitution for Resolution 2, page 264, which was withdrawn by the mover and seconder.
- Subjects
- Deaconesses - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Ministry - Anglican Church of Canada
Anglican Church Women - The Commission on Women
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official3403
- Date
- 1969 August
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Record Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Canon T.L. Leadbeater
- Seconder
- Suffragan Bishop of Huron
- Text
- Whereas there is need for clarification of the positions of deacons and deaconesses in the Anglican Church of Canada, be it resolved: that the Primate be requested to initiate a study of all aspects of the diaconate, including requirements for ordination, the character of the office, the duties, the status and the permanency, with the effect which various uses of the diaconate would have on the Service of the Ordering of Deacons and of Deaconesses, and to report to the next General Synod. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Subjects
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deaconesses - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Anglican Church of Canada. Commission on Women
Anglican Women's Training College: A Background Document
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog616
- Author
- Haldenby, Grace, 1920-2010
- Publication Date
- 1989
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- General Synod Archives
- Call Number
- BX 5610 A5H3 1990
- Author
- Haldenby, Grace, 1920-2010
- Place
- [Toronto ON]
- Publisher
- Anglican Women's Training College
- Publication Date
- 1989
- Physical_Description
- 111 [+14] p. ; 28 x 21.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Compiled and written by Grace Haldenby".
- Original t.-p. spelled author's name "Hallenby". Later copies corrected with labelled applied over original. Correct spelling is Haldenby.
- "[F]or A.W.T.C. History Committee: Eleanor Rice, Marion Niven, Frances Lightbourn, Mildred Robertson [and] Margaret Waugh".
- "Typesetting, electronic layout and assembly courtesy of Barbara J. Barrow Desktop Publishing Toronto, Ontario".
- Includes index.
- Contents divided into three main parts: Part I: The House: The College -- Part II: Meeting Needs -- Part III: Today and Tomorrow.
- Contents: Acknowledgement -- Head Deaconesses -- Principals -- In the Parish -- In the Community -- From Sea to Sea -- To the Ends of the Earth -- Beyond the Sea -- In Christian Education -- Here and There -- Ordination I: To the Diaconate -- Ordination II: To the Priesthood -- Lay Professionals -- Unfinished Business -- Index.
- Plastic coil binding.
- Index appears to include names of all known students/graduates of the House/College.
- Subjects
- Anglican Women's Training College (Toronto, Ont.)
- Church of England Deaconess and Missionary Training House (Toronto, Ont.)
- Deaconesses - Anglican Church of Canada - Training of
- Women missionaries - Anglican Church of Canada - Training of
- Downtown Churchworkers' Association
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Women church workers - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women clergy - Church of Canada
- Theological education - Anglican Church of Canada
- Call Number
- BX 5610 A5H3 1990
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- General Synod Archives
Grace in the wake of disaster : A Canadian deacon's unexpected mission to the Himalayas
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article20953
- Author
- Johnson, Matthew
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 1996 Lent
- Author
- Johnson, Matthew
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 1996 Lent
- Issue
- 81
- Page
- 7-9
- Notes
- The Rev. Marilyn Hames, an Anglican deacon and Vice-President of Engineering for Kilborn Engineering Pacific Ltd., flew to the Kumtor Mine Site in Kyrgyzstan to represent her company, and assist an Orthodox priest, at a memorial service for 15 men killed in a helicopter crash in October 1995. In the end she conducted two inter-faith services, both with a Moslem holy man, and celebrated Communion with the Reserved Sacrament brought from her home parish of St. Philip's, Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Hames, Marilyn
- Disasters - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy, Part-time
[Lambeth Conference]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5257
- Date
- 1968 August 28
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- London, England - All efforts to remedy social injustices at the national or local level, should be done ecumenically, bishops attending the Lambeth Conference agreed upon in a last message before adjournment.
- The world-wide conference of 460 Anglican bishops concluded with a Service of Eucharist at St. Paul's Cathedral, Sunday, August 25.
- The bishops agreed in a statement to all Anglicans that fulfilment of the ministry of the church would be a great deal easier if the church were not divided.
- "It would be much easier if what could be done together, were done together," it said. The emphasis on unity was present throughout all four weeks of the sessions.
- During the debate on developing union schemes involving national churches of the Anglican Communion, the conference recommended:
- The Anglican Church should be free to allow reciprocal acts of inter-communion under the direction of a bishop where an agreement to unite between an Anglican Church and some other church has been expressed in a covenant or some other appropriate form:
- Anglican communicants are free to attend Eucharist in other churches holding the apostolic faith as contained in the scripture and creeds when they know they are welcome to do so:
- Under the direction of the bishop, Christians duly baptized and qualified to receive communion in their own churches, may be welcomed at communion services in the Anglican Communion.
- Following the passage of these resolutions, Canadian bishops had words of caution for members of the Anglican and United churches of Canada who are proposing immediate inter-communion between the two denominations. A "principle of union" scheme has been drawn up between the two denominations and a target date for union set for 1974.
- "The question of inter-communion is going to cause difficulty to a section of the Canadian church," said Most Rev. H.H. Clark, Primate of the Canadian church. "Already we have some indication that there will be a crisis of conscience of some of our people and this is a great cause for concern."
- "People who have loved the older world, which is dying, find it a little difficult, and they have good theological reasons. They have to be sure we are doing the right thing." He said he supported the Lambeth resolutions on unity, but said it must be decided by each national church whether inter-communion can be attained.
- Most Rev. W.L. Wright, Archbishop of Algoma, said the section passed by the Lambeth conference unity, was a "real breakthrough." But the Archbishop, who is co-chairman of the Anglican-United Church Commission on Union, asked for patience on the part of those who desired that inter-communion between members of the Anglican and United churches be begun immediately.
- The inter-communion issue is expected to be discussed further when the Canadian bishops meet with those from the United States in Augusta, Ga., from October 20-24.
- Archbishop Clark said that most of the debate was centred on concern for the Christian faith, rather than Anglicanism.
- "The end of the Anglican Communion wasn't something that was much on our tongue," he said. It has been said by some bishops, who look at the progressing union talks of at least nine national Anglican churches, that this Lambeth conference may have been the last.
- "My hunch is that there will be another Lambeth conference. I hope I'm wrong," said the Archbishop. "I'm not much interested in the future of the Anglican Communion. I am, however, very much interested in all that is good in the principles and the life of the Anglican Communion continuing in a wider unity."
- The conference passed a resolution which recommends that women who are now deaconesses in the Anglican Communion may be ordained as deacons, the first of the three-fold apostolic order of deacons, priests and bishops. But, at least for now, they cannot go on to the next step as priests.
- Women, if such a step is approved by Canadian bishops, can now participate in worship services, preach, baptize and help administer the sacraments of communion.
- The conference recommended that before any national church made a final decision to ordain women, the advice of the Anglican Consultative Council, a representative body of all the Anglican churches in the Communion, be sought.
- "One thing that came from this debate is how few good reasons in theology there are than can put either for or against the ordination of women," said Archbishop Clark.
- Rt. Rev. R.S. Dean, Bishop of Cariboo and executive officer of the Anglican Communion, said the willingness to proceed with inter-communion was one of the important steps the conference took.
- "And, at least, we are not closing the door on women priests," he said. He also said there were "all sorts of intangible results of the conference that would become apparent during the next year."
- Rt. Rev. G.N. Luxton, Bishop of Huron, expressed his disappointment when a resolution he proposed, that bishops pledge two per cent of their gross annual income for poverty and famine, did not come back for a vote. However, one report presented to the bishops suggested they and their dioceses set aside one per cent of their gross annual income in order to express concern for developing nations.
- "I think we went as far as we could in such a scattered group of bishops as we are," he said. He predicted that the North American bishops, when they meet in the fall may be asked to do something of further significance in this direction.
- Rt. Rev. J.O. Anderson of Winnipeg, said that many things to which the Lambeth Conference gave its assent, the Canadian church has already been doing. With regard to other issues, he said, the Canadian church has been waiting for some guidance from Lambeth.
- "There was a great forward-looking atmosphere at the conference," said Rt. Rev. R.K. Maguire, of Montreal. "Now that the conference is finished, there is a great desire to get on with the business it dealt with."
- Rt. Rev. E.S. Reed, of Ottawa, said the conference placed emphasis on the needs of the world. "The church showed a desire to struggle with the problems of society for which there are no easy answers," he said.
- Subjects
- Lambeth Conference, 1968
- Christian union - 20th century
- Christian union - Anglican Church of Canada
- Christian union - Anglican Communion
- Intercommunion
- Lord's Supper - Admission to - Anglican Church of Canada
- Lord's Supper - Admission to - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Church of Canada - Relations - United Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deaconesses - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deaconesses - Anglican Communion
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Communion
- Developing countries - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Developing countries - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Poverty - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Poverty - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Church and social problems - Anglican Communion
One of Canada's first female priests dies at 93
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/article40913
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2011 September
- Author
- Swift, Diana
- Record Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2011 September
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
- 7
- Page
- 6
- Notes
- "In Dec. 1969, the Rev. Mary Laker Mills of the diocese of Huron became the first woman to be ordained a deacon in the Anglican Church of Canada. Seven years later, in Nov. 1976, she was one of the initial six Canadian women ordained to the Anglican priesthood. On July 8, in her 94th year, Mills passed away in Glencoe, Ont. Born in Hamilton, Ont., she worked as a stenographer, bookkeeper, commercial high school teacher and mother before joining the diaconate in 1969. As a priest, she served in several parishes in the diocese of Huron. After retirement, Mills became honorary assistant at St. John's Anglican Church in Glencoe, retaining that role until her 90th birthday. A celebration of her life was held at St. John's on July 12 [2011]. The Anglican Church of Canada first ordained women as deacons in 1969 and as priests in 1976. It consecrated its first woman bishop in 1994". [Text of entire article.]
- Subjects
- Mills, Mary (Mary Alice Maud Laker), 1918-2011
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of Huron - Clergy
Partners in the dance : stories of Canadian women in ministry
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog8069
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 676 P37 1993
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical_Description
- 160 p. ; 21 x 13.3 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Patricia Bays, editor".
- Short personal stories by women collected to celebrate "the sixteenth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada [30 November 1976]" -- Intro. p. [5].
- "Some years ago, a group of Anglican clergywomen decided to collect the stories of Canadian women clergy as a way of sharing experience and telling the story of how the ordination of women came about in our church. All women ordained at that time, and some lay women, were invited to send in stories, vignettes, reminiscences, and many did. The project has taken a number of years to develop, but this book is the result of that collection. As the book progressed, some further stories were solicited to round out the collection and to represent other aspects of women's ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada". -- Intro.
- Contents: Introduction / Patricia Bays -- Issues around the Ordination of Women / Patricia Bays -- History of the Ordination of Women in Canada / Patricia Bays -- The Early Days / Marjorie Powles, Patricia Bays, Thora Wade Rowe, Phyllis Lock -- Bishop's Messengers / Marjorie Kennon -- Women Priests Tell Their Story / Muriel Adey, Elpseth Alley, Alyson Barnett-Cowan, Helena-Rose Houldcroft, Linda Nicholls, Karen Binding, Barbara Minard, Gladys Spurll, Cheryl Kristolaitis, Phyllis Keeper, Christian Guest, Edna Perry, Kathleen Bowman, Susan Storey, Lynetter Kent, Patsy Ann Schmidt, Peggy Sheffield, Virginia Briant, Hagar Head, Rae Kiebuzinski, Ann Cheetham, Alice Medcof, Margaret Amy Marquardt -- Vignettes / Ruth Helenor Matthews -- Women from Other Countries / Lucy Reid, Erica Murray, Elizabeth McWhae, Jeannette A. Stigger -- The Religious Orders / Rosemary Anne, S.S.J.D. -- The Diaconate / Maylanne Whittall -- The Clergy Couple / J. Dianne Tomalin, Ruth Taylor, Aloha L. Smith -- Introduction to the Story of Lois Wilson / Lois Wilson.
- Added Entry
- Bays, Patricia (Patricia Ann), 1941-
- Adey, Muriel (Muriel Compton), 1929-2004
- Alley, Elspeth, 1924-2000
- Barnett-Cowan, Alyson (Alyson Mary), 1949-
- Binding, Karen (Karen Rosemary)
- Bowman, Kathleen (Kathleen Joan)
- Briant, Virginia (Virginia Woods)
- Cheetham, Ann (Ann Janette)
- Guest, Christina (Christina Ruth)
- Head, Hagar, 1938-2010
- Houldcroft, Helena-Rose
- Keeper, Phyllis (Phyllis Madeline)
- Kennon, Marjorie (Marjorie Alice), 1919-2009
- Kent, Lynette (Irene Lynette)
- Kiebuzinski, Rae
- Lock, Phyllis
- Marquardt, Margaret
- Matthews, Ruth Helenor, 1916-
- Maybee, Maylanne (Whittall), 1949-
- McWhae, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), 1957-
- Medcof, Alice (M. Alice), 1935-
- Minard, Barbara, 1925-
- Murray, Erica (J. Erica)
- Nicholls, Linda C. (Linda Carol), 1954-
- Perry, Edna (Edna Lenora)
- Powles, Marjorie Agnes, 1914-
- Reid, Lucy (Lucinda Jane)
- Rosemary Anne, Sr., 1915-2001
- Benwell, Rosemary Anne, 1915-2001
- Rowe, Thora (M. Thora Wade Fuller)
- Schmidt, Patsy Ann
- Sheffield, Peggy (Peggy Eileen)
- Spurll, Gladys (Gladys Mary)
- Stigger, Jeannette A. (Jeannette Audrey)
- Storey, Susan (Susan Lynette)
- Taylor, Ruth (Mary Ruth)
- Tomalin, J. Dianne (Jeanne Dianne)
- Toth, Cheryl Kristolaitis
- Wilson, Lois M. (Lois Miriam Freeman), 1927-
- Subjects
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Clergy couples - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - Biography
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women church workers - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- ISBN
- 1-55126-072-7
- Call Number
- BV 676 P37 1993
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
Partners in the dance : stories of Canadian women in ministry
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/catalog8839
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BV 676 P37 1993
- Place
- Toronto ON
- Publisher
- Anglican Book Centre
- Publication Date
- c1993
- Physical_Description
- 160 p. ; 21 x 13.3 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "Patricia Bays, editor".
- Short personal stories by women collected to celebrate "the sixteenth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada [30 November 1976]" -- Intro. p. [5].
- "Some years ago, a group of Anglican clergywomen decided to collect the stories of Canadian women clergy as a way of sharing experience and telling the story of how the ordination of women came about in our church. All women ordained at that time, and some lay women, were invited to send in stories, vignettes, reminiscences, and many did. The project has taken a number of years to develop, but this book is the result of that collection. As the book progressed, some further stories were solicited to round out the collection and to represent other aspects of women's ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada". -- Intro.
- Contents: Introduction / Patricia Bays -- Issues around the Ordination of Women / Patricia Bays -- History of the Ordination of Women in Canada / Patricia Bays -- The Early Days / Marjorie Powles, Patricia Bays, Thora Wade Rowe, Phyllis Lock -- Bishop's Messengers / Marjorie Kennon -- Women Priests Tell Their Story / Muriel Adey, Elpseth Alley, Alyson Barnett-Cowan, Helena-Rose Houldcroft, Linda Nicholls, Karen Binding, Barbara Minard, Gladys Spurll, Cheryl Kristolaitis, Phyllis Keeper, Christian Guest, Edna Perry, Kathleen Bowman, Susan Storey, Lynetter Kent, Patsy Ann Schmidt, Peggy Sheffield, Virginia Briant, Hagar Head, Rae Kiebuzinski, Ann Cheetham, Alice Medcof, Margaret Amy Marquardt -- Vignettes / Ruth Helenor Matthews -- Women from Other Countries / Lucy Reid, Erica Murray, Elizabeth McWhae, Jeannette A. Stigger -- The Religious Orders / Rosemary Anne, S.S.J.D. -- The Diaconate / Maylanne Whittall -- The Clergy Couple / J. Dianne Tomalin, Ruth Taylor, Aloha L. Smith -- Introduction to the Story of Lois Wilson / Lois Wilson.
- Added Entry
- Bays, Patricia (Patricia Ann), 1941-
- Adey, Muriel (Muriel Compton), 1929-2004
- Alley, Elspeth, 1924-2000
- Barnett-Cowan, Alyson (Alyson Mary), 1949-
- Binding, Karen (Karen Rosemary)
- Bowman, Kathleen (Kathleen Joan)
- Briant, Virginia (Virginia Woods)
- Cheetham, Ann (Ann Janette)
- Guest, Christina (Christina Ruth)
- Head, Hagar, 1938-2010
- Houldcroft, Helena-Rose
- Keeper, Phyllis (Phyllis Madeline)
- Kennon, Marjorie (Marjorie Alice), 1919-2009
- Kent, Lynette (Irene Lynette)
- Kiebuzinski, Rae
- Lock, Phyllis
- Marquardt, Margaret
- Matthews, Ruth Helenor, 1916-
- Maybee, Maylanne (Whittall), 1949-
- McWhae, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Ann), 1957-
- Medcof, Alice (M. Alice), 1935-
- Minard, Barbara, 1925-
- Murray, Erica (J. Erica)
- Nicholls, Linda C. (Linda Carol), 1954-
- Perry, Edna (Edna Lenora)
- Powles, Marjorie Agnes, 1914-2016
- Reid, Lucy (Lucinda Jane)
- Rosemary Anne, Sr., 1915-2001
- Benwell, Rosemary Anne, 1915-2001
- Rowe, Thora (M. Thora Wade Fuller)
- Schmidt, Patsy Ann
- Sheffield, Peggy (Peggy Eileen)
- Spurll, Gladys (Gladys Mary)
- Stigger, Jeannette A. (Jeannette Audrey)
- Storey, Susan (Susan Lynette)
- Taylor, Ruth (Mary Ruth)
- Tomalin, J. Dianne (Jeanne Dianne)
- Toth, Cheryl (Cheryl Still Kristolaitis)
- Wilson, Lois M. (Lois Miriam Freeman), 1927-
- Subjects
- Women clergy - Anglican Church of Canada
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Clergy couples - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - Biography
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada - History
- Women church workers - Anglican Church of Canada - History
- ISBN
- 1-55126-072-7
- Call Number
- BV 676 P37 1993
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
[Question of Ordination of Women to Come Up at 26th General Synod]
http://archives.anglican.ca/en/permalink/official5136
- Date
- 1973 April 13
- Source
- Anglican News Service
- Record Type
- Press Release
- Text
- Watch for women to take a significant step forward when the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada meets in Regina on May 3.
- That's when the long-standing question of admitting Anglican women to the priesthood will come to a vote.
- The National Executive Council of the Anglican Church of Canada announced last November that a recommendation to ordain women as priests would be presented to General Synod, the biennial assembly composed of clergy and lay delegates from parishes across Canada. This action follows a report from the committee on ministry.
- At present in the Anglican church, a woman may be ordained a deacon which enables her to use the prefix Reverend; to preach sermons; officiate at weddings, christenings and funerals and carry out normal duties of a curate. But, unlike her male counterpart, she may not be ordained to the priesthood. She is denied the authority of consecrate the bread and wine for communion, and may not pronounce absolution or hear a confession.
- Such discrimination in the 20th century is disturbing to the ordinary person in the pew and to vocal feminists outside and is causing distinct rumblings in ecclesiastical circles.
- Traditional church attitudes such as, "Jesus appointed only male apostles," or "Paul insisted that women should keep silent in church" have been attacked in a report urging the Church of England to take action. The report also reminds that Jesus' relationship with women was in considerable contrast to the customs and conventions of his day.
- Today it is not surprising that sex has entered the foray. "Is women's sexuality the real bar to priesthood?"
- Five years ago at the Lambeth Conference it was accepted that there was no conclusive theological evidence why women should not be ordained to the priesthood. All Anglican churches were then asked to study the matter.
- Two years later at the Anglican Consultative Council at Limuru, Kenya, a breakthrough came. By a narrow vote of 24 to 22, representatives of the 45,000,000 members of the 90 Anglican communities, decided that any bishop in the communion, with the consent of his provincial synod, could ordain women to the priesthood.
- Bishop Gilbert Baker of Hong Kong acted promptly and ordained one Chinese woman and one English woman as priests. In so doing, the Bishop said, "I believe that someone has to make a start and it may be that, because of our peculiar position as the only active diocese in the Anglican Church in China, God is enabling us to act where others might find it difficult."
- It has been suggested that the acceptance of change is slow because it might upset ecumenical harmony and widen the gap between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches and the Anglican communion.
- The controversial issue continues and the course to be followed on the Canadian scene will be set by those who stand up to be counted on May 3.
- - 30 -
- For more information contact:
- Michael O'Meara, Director
- Division of Communications
- 924-9192
- or
- Shelagh Kendal
- Press Officer
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod (26th : 1973 : Regina, Sask.)
- Ordination of women - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion
- Ordination of women - Anglican Communion. Diocese of Hong Kong and Macao
- Women in the Anglican Church of Canada
- Women deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Deacons - Anglican Church of Canada
- Feminist theology - Anglican Church of Canada
- Feminist theology - Anglican Communion