Laurel Parson Archives - Anglican Journal

‘We have a great task before us’

Matthew Puddister — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:00:18 +0000

The 10th Indigenous Anglican Sacred Circle took place online from July 14 to 17, with the theme “Returning Home: Remembering the Lost”. Delegates mourned those who had died while forging ahead with discussion of the Covenant and Our Way of Life—foundational documents that will determine the shape of the emerging Indigenous church.

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Decolonizing our descriptions, unsettling our practice

Laurel Parson — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 14:45:48 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to share with the Council of General Synod (CoGS) what the General Synod Archives department is doing to dismantle racism. General Synod’s archives hold the records of the national church and its antecedents, related organizations and people of national significance. These come in the form of archival files, publications, periodicals, […]

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From cults to colonialism: Tri-History Conference explores church role in trauma, survival

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 20:25:17 +0000

Stories of trauma and survival were central to the latest meeting of the Tri-History Conference, an international gathering of Anglican and Episcopal historians and archivists that took place from June 18-21 at Trinity College and Wycliffe College.

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