A sacramental moment : Anglican Peace and Justice Network Triennial Meeting : Rwanda and Burundi, 25 September - 3 October, 2007 : Communique
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article36902
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican World
- Date
- 2007 [December]
- Issue
- 127
- [128]
- Page
- 48-49
- Notes
- From 25 September to 3 October 2007, 17 provinces of the Anglican Peace and Justice Network met in Rwanda and Burundi, under the leadership of the Rt. Rev. Pie Ntukamazina, Bishop of Bujumbura. The meeting began in Kigali, Rwanda, with an address from Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini, primate of the Anglican Church of Rwanda. "The Archbishop told the APJN members that their gathering 'is a sacramental moment', and noted the hope their gathering brings to the Rwandan people in contrast to the 'Rwanda of 1994, a time when the world abandoned us'. From April-July of that year more than a million Rwandans were slaughtered by the international community as genocide". "After the Rwanda visit, members of the Network spent six nights in Bujumbura, Burundi under the pastoral care of host Bishop Pie Ntukamazina in a country racked by years of civil strife and conflict". "The meeting originally planned to include a visit to Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo but at the last minute the Network was advised that it may be too dangerous to travel to Goma from Kigali by road and therefore this component of the visit was cancelled. However, the meeting was fortunate to have one member from the DRC, Bishop Bahati Bali Busane, who made a presentation about the situation there, especially as the conflict affects women and children". "Bishop Micah of Sudan outlined the background to the war in Sudan between north and south, its recent resolution, and the continuing conflict and humanitarian disaster that unfolds in Darfur". "Primary among the recommendations to be included in a forthcoming report is our firm conviction that the Anglican Communion increase its presence in the regions and countries in conflict, and to be in solidarity with the affected local Anglican provinces and jurisdictions. We particularly call for increased solidarity with the Anglican provinces in the Great Lakes region".
- Canadian representatives at this meeting were Cynthia Patterson and the Rev. Maylanne Maybee.
- Subjects
- Anglican Peace and Justice Network
- Anglican Peace and Justice Network. Meeting (2007 : Rwanda and Burundi)
- Rwanda - History - Civil War, 1994
- Rwanda - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Church of Rwanda
- Burundi - Politics and government - 1993-
- Burundi - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Church of Burundi
- Congo (Democratic Republic) - Politics and government - 1997-
- Congo (Democratic Republic) - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Anglican Church of Congo
- Sudan - Politics and government - 1985-
- Sudan - History - Darfur Conflict, 2003-
- Sudan - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Episcopal Church of The Sudan
- Violence - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Location
- General Synod Archives