Lay Administration of Holy Communion (Eucharist by Extension)
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- Date
- 1992 June 13-18
- Source
- House of Bishops Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Bishop Williams
- Seconder
- Bishop Wood
- Prologue
- Bishop Williams said that, in the Arctic, there are fifty-one communities, twenty-one of which do not have a permanent priest. He said that it is very expensive and time consuming to get to these communities which started out as CMS projects having Eucharistic allowance many years ago. The parishes are demanding Eucharistic ministry more and more, and they are now looking at the possibility of locally raised clergy.
- Text of motion
- That this House of Bishops requests the new Doctrine and Worship Committee to reconsider the question of the provision of regular sacramental ministry to communities where the ministry of a priest is not available except at infrequent intervals. Such consideration should include a study of the House of Bishops Guidelines of 1983 and the Form of Service produced by Doctrine and Worship for use on such occasions. CARRIED
- Subjects
- Lord's Supper - Anglican Church of Canada - Lay administration
- Anglican Church of Canada. Diocese of the Arctic
- Anglican Church of Canada - Clergy
- Indigenous clergy - Anglican Church of Canada