Gathering shows bishops' spouses they are not alone
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article39538
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2008 April
- Author
- Sison, Marites N.
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2008 April
- Volume
- 134
- Issue
- 4
- Page
- 2
- Notes
- The 2008 Lambeth Conference will run from 16 July to 3 August 2008. It will include a spouses gathering which will run parallel to the bishops' conference. "The conference is aimed at helping spouses 'learn from each other and to resource ourselves to be God's people for God's missions', said Ms. [Jane] Williams, chair of the planning group". "More than 600 spouses attended the 1998 conference, which for the first time included five husbands (the Communion's first female bishops were consecrated in 1989 and 1990)". "Jan Ferris, who is married to the bishop of Algoma, Ronald Ferris, called the two conferences that she attended 'a privilege'. The morning Bible studies were a highlight, she recalled". "Lynne Samways Hiltz, attended the conference in 1998 for the first time with her husband, Fred Hiltz, who was then diocesan bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (and now primate of the Anglican Church of Canada). 'You learn what it's like to be in other parts of the Communion', she said". "Anna Burton, who attended her first conference in 1998 with her husband, Bishop Anthony Burton of Saskatchewan noted that, 'the almost overwhelming sense of community was a real high point'". "One sentiment that resonated at the 1998 conference was that spouses' contributions are not always recognized, much less appreciated. 'We know the feelings of isolation and loneliness that come from the solitary nature of our unique position within the community. We also know what it means to be invisible, unrecognized for the work that we do', noted Phoebe Griswold, wife of then-U.S. presiding bishop Frank Griswold, in an address to spouses in 1998. 'We know what it means to be handed a position that comes with no written job description but nonetheless carries many unspoken expectations'". "Bruce Moxley, spouse of Bishop Sue Moxley, diocesan bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is not planning to attend this year's conference -- his wife's first -- because it means using three of his four weeks' vacation 'to be away at something where we wouldn't be spending much time together' said Bishop Moxley".
- Subjects
- Lambeth Conference, 2008. Spouses' Conference
- Williams, Jane (Paul), 1957-
- Anglican Communion - Bishops - Spouses
- Ferris, Jan
- Hiltz, Lynne Samways
- Burton, Anna
- Griswold, Phoebe W., 1940-
- Moxley, Bruce
- Location
- General Synod Archives