Archbishop confident church can hold its diversity
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40099
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Author
- Williams, Leigh Anne
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Anglican Journal
- Date
- 2015 January
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1
- Page
- 13
- Notes
- "While the House of Bishops met at the Mount Carmel retreat centre in Niagara Falls, Ont., from Nov. 17 to 21 [2014], the agenda included discussion of some big issues ...". "In an interview, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, acknowledged that 'within this meeting and this house and this church, there's a huge amount of anxiety' about the proposed amendment to the marriage canon. But at the end of their meeting, Hiltz said that he felt encouraged by the tenor of the bishops' discussions". "While discussing what the role of the House of Bishops should be in the church, Hiltz said that the bishops used an aboriginal-style circle to share what each was feeling and their hopes for the house". "The bishops discussed end-of-life issues and have agreed to work with a task force to produce a statement on the issue before the Supreme Court of Canada releases its ruling sometime this spring [2015]".