Environmental Issues
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- Date
- 1988 February 8-12
- Source
- House of Bishops. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution 9-2-88
- Resolution 10-2-88
- Resolution 11-88
- Resolution 12-2-88
- Mover
- Archbishop Bothwell
- Seconder
- Archbishop Hambidge
- Prologue
- Bishop Lackey informed the House of the request from the Public Social Responsibility Unit which is to go to the Program Committee, that Sunday, 5th June be designated as the day for an Environmental Sabbath. This request came to the Church from the United Nations.
- Resolution #9-2-88
- Moved by: Bishop Lackey
- Seconded by: Bishop Goodings
- That this House of Bishops support the United Nations Environment program initiatives to proclaim an Environmental Sabbath, and supports the Public Social Responsibility Unit's request to the National Program Committee to declare 5 June, as the date for this in 1988.
- Resolution #10-2-88
- Moved by: Bishop A. Read
- Seconded by: Bishop W. Jones
- That this motion be tabled until Friday morning. CARRIED
- Resolution #11-2-88
- Moved by: Archbishop Bothwell
- Seconded by: Bishop Lackey
- That this motion be lifted from the table. CARRIED
- Archbishop Bothwell made a presentation regarding environmental issues and the following resolution emerged from the discussion of the Environment Sabbath and other environmental concerns.
- Resolution #12-2-88
- Text of motion
- That this House of Bishops requests the Lambeth Conference to endorse a period of several weeks annually (perhaps during Pentecost) to teach and pray throughout the Anglican Communion for Christian concern about God's creation (i.e. environmental issues).
- And further,
- That our representatives in the Lambeth Social Order Section be responsible to carry this request to the Lambeth Conference 1988. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Ecology - Canada
- Ecology - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Ecology - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Environmental Sabbath
- Special Sundays
- Lambeth Conference, 1988