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Take stock of the journey so far, primate tells CoGS

Joelle Kidd — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 19:15:06 +0000

Mississauga, Ont. In his final address to Council of General Synod (CoGS) as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Fred Hiltz told the council to “take stock of the journey so far.” The primate’s talk covered topics including Indigenous self-determination, the proposed amendment to the marriage canon, discipleship and relationships with the wider […]

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Bishops vote unanimously to admit Cuba as a diocese

Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:32:15 +0000

The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops voted unanimously on July 10 to admit – or re-admit, really – the Episcopal Church of Cuba as a diocese of the Episcopal Church. The Diocese of Cuba will become part of Province II. “I feel the breath of the Holy Spirit. Thank you, everyone, for the support right […]

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Cuba committee to hold hearing July 7 on new resolutions

Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 15:02:34 +0000

Required constitutional change will push reunification to 2021 Turns out it seems there is no mechanism for the Episcopal Church to admit an existing diocese into its structure without making a change to its constitution: a change that requires approval by two successive conventions. The 79th General Convention is underway at the Austin Convention Center […]

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To Cuba

Fred Hiltz — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 15:58:05 +0000

(This article first appeared in the February 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.) This month, I travel to Cuba for the annual synod. The diocese was originally a mission diocese of The Episcopal Church, but in 1967 it became what in Anglican terms is “extra provincial.” That means the diocese does not have the blessing […]

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PWRDF announces $40K for hurricane-stricken Cuba, Haiti

Tali Folkins — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 19:23:45 +0000

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is committing $40,000 to help those stricken by Hurricane Irma in Cuba and Haiti, it announced Tuesday, September 12. PWRDF is putting aside $20,000 for an appeal for Cuba expected to be announced by the ACT Alliance, a network of faith-based aid groups of which PWRDF is […]

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Canadian Anglicans learn more about Cuban cousins

André Forget — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:35:00 +0000

What is it like being an Anglican in the context of a Latin American communist state-one that was, until 1992, officially atheist?

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Bishop of Cuba thankful for ‘bridges of hope’

André Forget — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:07:00 +0000

Following U.S. President Barack Obama's decision Dec. 17 to re-establish diplomatic ties with Cuba after 54 years, the leadership of the Episcopal Church of Cuba released a statement thanking God for the repatriation of prisoners to both countries and thanking the churches in the United States for the "bridges of hope" they affirmed during the decades of separation.

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Traveller’s Notebook

Anglican Journal — Mon, 01 Apr 2002 05:00:00 +0000

THE opening procession for the inaugural service of the 93rd synod of the Episcopalian Church in Cuba was led off by the dean’s dog, Puchurro. The dog, who had the low slung and bouncing step of a dachshund but the coat of a black spaniel, waited patiently at the back of the church until it […]

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