From Episcopal Life Online- (Almost didn't recognise the primates without their hats !)
The primates and moderators of the Anglican Communion will be hosted by the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East for a February 1-5 meeting in Alexandria, Egypt, a January 15 press advisory from the Anglican Communion Office has confirmed.
Meeting behind closed doors at the Helnan Palestine Hotel, the primates will discuss international concerns such as the proposed Anglican covenant, the situation in Zimbabwe, global warming, and Christian responses to the global financial crisis.
The primates will also hear an update from the Windsor Continuation Group and receive a report the group is presenting to the Archbishop of Canterbury. The group, which last met in December 2008, is charged with addressing questions arising from the Windsor Report, such as recommended bans on same-gender blessings, cross-border interventions and the ordination of gay and lesbian people to the episcopate.
The Primates Meeting will open February 1 with a quiet morning led by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams followed in the afternoon by worship at St. Mark's Pro-Cathedral in Alexandria. The week will also include visits to the Alexandria School of Theology and the city library, where Williams will deliver a lecture.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori will attend the meeting in her capacity as presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. She announced in November 2008 that the Episcopal Church Executive Council's January meeting was being rescheduled one day earlier to enable her to attend the meeting.
http://www.episcopal-life.org/79901_104257_ENG_HTM.htm
2 comments:
Will some of the men with pointy hats avoid or refuse the eucharist with ++Jefferts Schori there?
Jim,
As I remarked to you in conversation not so long ago, a blog conveys something about the person composing it, not just information.
It may seem mildly humorous to use the photograph that you did, but it's redolent of all the condescension that has been displayed against the Global South since 1998. If David Wilson at his most intransigent is a barrier to a working relationship between the two diocesan entities, this sort of thing is no better.
At Trinity Cathedral's retreat on Saturday, we tried - with both bishops present - to model the sort of post- realignment relationship that most of us would like to see and that Trinity could facilitate with its shared, graced space. It would be nice to think there was some point to our deliberations.
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