Bishop of Quebec authorizes gay blessings: Anglican Ink, December 1, 2012 December 1, 2012
Posted by geoconger in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Ink, Marriage.Tags: Dennis Drainville, Diocese of Quebec, gay marriage
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The Rt. Rev. Dennis Drainville
The Bishop of Quebec has authorized his clergy to perform rites for the blessing of same-sex unions.
In his presidential address to the 2-4 Nov 2012 diocesan synod held in Quebec City, Bishop Dennis Drainville he would “like to proceed in the Diocese of Quebec, as several other Canadian dioceses have done, to provide both a rite of blessing and pastoral support for persons living in committed, same-gender relationships.”
The bishop’s call for gay blessings was put to debate and a motion adopted that read: “This Synod supports the bishop’s wish in his charge to Synod to permit the blessing of same-gender unions in the Diocese of Quebec and requests that he establish a working group to advise him on the implementation guidelines by the beginning of June 2013.”
Opponents of the motion argued the adoption of rites for the blessing of same-sex unions was un-Scriptural and placed the diocese at odds with the mind of the larger Anglican Communion. However, opponents were able to must only 10 votes out of the approximately 70 delegates present.
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Gloomy financial future facing the Anglican Church of Canada: Anglican Ink, September 25, 2012 September 25, 2012
Posted by geoconger in Anglican Church of Canada, Anglican Ink.Tags: College of Emmanuel and St Chad, Dennis Drainville, Fred Hiltz
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Archbishop Fred Hiltz
A strict regime of cost cutting and layoffs has not cured the Anglican Church of Canada’s cash crunch, the primate Archbishop Fred Hiltz told members of the synod of the ecclesiastical province of Canada last week in Montreal.
Archbishop Hiltz stated that the close of the second quarter of 2012, the Anglican Church of Canada was running a deficit of C$900,000. The national offices of the Anglican Church of Canada are not the only institutions facing financial shortfalls, dioceses and church institutions are reporting a decline in income, and last week a seminary announced it was closing its doors.
“The General Synod is struggling financially and if the truth be known we have been on this trajectory for a long time,” Archbishop Hiltz according a report printed by the Montreal Anglican.
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