Amendment to the Constitution - Section 8 : Religious Orders
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- Date
- 1998 May 21-29
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Act 7
- Mover
- Archbishop A. Peters
- Seconder
- Hon. R. Stevenson
- Text of motion
- That Section 8 of the Constitution be amended by relettering subsections i) to m) to be subsections j) to n) and by adding a new subsection 8 i) as follows:
- i) In addition to the persons elected or appointed under subsections c) and d), there may be appointed two representatives of Anglican Religious Orders with communities in Canada recognized by the House of Bishops, such representatives to be appointed by the Superiors of the religious orders acting in concert. CARRIED Act 7.
- Notes
- [As the result of adoption of the above resolutions, Sister Constance Joanna, SSJD, and Sister Heather Broadwell, CSC, became members of Synod.]
- Subjects
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod. Constitution
- Anglican Church of Canada. General Synod - Membership
- Monasticism and religious orders, Anglican - Anglican Church of Canada
- Gefvert, Constance Joanna, 1941-
- Constance Joanna, Sister, S.S.J.D., 1941-
- Broadwell, Heather
- Heather, Sister, S.S.J.D.