Report of The Primate's Proposals Committee on the Church's Observance of Canada's Centennial (see p.292) - Resolution III [re manner of observance]
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- Date
- 1962 August
- Source
- General Synod. Minutes
- Type
- Resolution
- Mover
- Canon E.W. Scott
- Seconder
- Rev. Canon A.E. Thain
- Prologue
- Moved by Bishop Hunt, seconded by the General Secretary G.S.,
- That Resolution III be received.
- Text of motion
- That subsection 1 of Resolution III be deleted. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Moved by Bishop Hunt, seconded by the General Secretary G.S.,
- That Resolution III as amended be adopted. CARRIED in both Houses.
- Notes
- That the following proposals for the Church's observance of Canada's Centennial be received and placed before the Centenary Committee, to be authorized by General Synod, for consideration and appropriate action:
- 1. (Deleted by General Synod).
- 2. The opportunity to all church members in Canada for "thanksgiving and reaffirmation" in an 8 a.m. celebration of Holy Communion on July 1, 1967, under the authority of the Bishops in their respective dioceses, such services from coast to coast to be preceded where possible by a peal of bells. Special Centennial Day prayers and/or a Service Form, prepared under the authority of the House of Bishops, may be issued for use on this day and the Sunday following.
- 3. The thankoffering at the Centennial Communion Services will form the nucleus of a Centennial Fund which, augmented from other sources, will be used for various Centennial projects, such as:
- (i) The establishment of gymnasia and/or community halls for the use of Indian and Eskimo young people; provision also being made for post-graduate study for Indian and Eskimo Christian leaders.
- (ii) The establishment of travel grants whereby two (or more) Canadians will receive funds for a year's study abroad, and two (or more) students, chosen in successive years from Asia, Africa, Japan, etc., will come to Canada. Such grants will not be for students in Divinity alone, but also for those in the various Arts, Science, Humanities, Medicine, etc.
- (iii) The provision of scholarships for the cultivation of Christian leadership in Africa, Asia and the West Indies with the hope that graduates of exceptional promise might be brought to large centres of learning for post-graduate study.
- (iv) The building of a school or hospital in a new dominion (ie: a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations).
- (v) The creation of a stained-glass window in memory of Canada's pioneers to be installed in a central place in Canada, possibly a cathedral. This might be done in consultation with the Canadian National Committee on Canada's Centennial.
- (vi) The erection in a suitable location in Western Canada (possibly an Indian reservation in Saskatchewan) of an Anglican Church, in native design, which by its architecture would contribute to a recognition of Indian culture and tradition.
- 4. The formation, under the authority of the Bishops, in each Diocese of a consultant group to:
- (a) obtain ideas.
- (b) correlate them and pass on the best suggestions to the National Centennial Year Committee for consideration.
- (c) assist, where deemed advisable, the National Committee to carry out approved Canada-wide plans at the Diocesan level.
- (d) (i) develop at diocesan level a Diocesan project which will benefit, if possible, many people, and would meet an urgent need.
- (ii) Project could be in the field of:
- . Social Service - Hospital
- . - Rehabilitation Centre for men released from prison, Alcoholics, Drug Addicts.
- . Education - Local college or school
- . Theological Education - Expansion of area school
- . - Bursaries
- . Christian Education - Development of programme, Conference Centre.
- (iii) Each diocesan project would be keyed for formal opening or inauguration on July 1st, 1967.
- 5. The publication of a Centenary Edition of the Prayer Book following the pattern set on previous national occasions.
- 6. A Centennial year programme, as developed by the G.B.R.E., for the attention and participation of children and young people.
- 7. In recognition of the importance of the contribution of Christianity to the development of Canada's history during the past hundred years and the fact that all Communions bear witness to the Saviourhood and Lordship of Jesus Christ, it is recommended that the Anglican Church of Canada, through its Centenary Committee, assert its willingness to cooperate with other Christian bodies in Canada in such projects as are suggested by the Canadian Council of Churches' Committee on the Canadian Centenary and which are approved by the General Synod Committee.
- Subjects
- Canada - Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Canada - Centennial celebrations, etc. - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Canada - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- Canada - Religion
- Indigenous peoples - Canada - Anglican Church of Canada
- Indigenous peoples - Canada
- Nationalism - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada