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2009 ~ Anglican-Roman Catholic news & opinion

Canadian Anglican appointed to prestigious Communion position
14 August 2009 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=1795
The Rev'd Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, directory for Unity, Faith and Order, Anglican Communion Office

Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan has been appointed director for Unity, Faith and Order for the Anglican Communion. Ms. Barnett-Cowan is currently director of faith, worship and ministry of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, a post she has held since 1995. She was recently appointed to the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission for Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO).

Anglican leader’s concern for unity reflects Vatican concerns
29 July 2009 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=970

[Vatican City] Vatican concerns about how some recent decisions of the U.S. Episcopal Church will impact the search for full Anglican-Roman Catholic unity are echoed in a reflection by Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Communion.

Writing July 27 about the Episcopal Church’s recent general convention, Archbishop Williams repeatedly referred to the need to keep in mind the ecumenical implications of local church decisions in addition to their impact on the unity of the Anglican Communion as a whole.

Archbishop Williams’ reflection, titled “Communion, Covenant and Our Anglican Future,” was published on the archbishop’s Web site at rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/.

Archbishop awards Cross of St Augustine to Monsignor Donald Bolen
3 February 2009 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=3782
Monsignor Donald Bolen receives the St Augustine Award from Archbishop Rowan Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has awarded the Cross of St Augustine to Monsignor Donald Bolen for his service to Anglican – Roman Catholic relations.

In a private audience at Lambeth Palace the Archbishop paid warm tribute to the theological acumen and spiritual discernment that Monsignor Bolen had put unreservedly at the service of Anglican – Roman Catholic relations during his seven-year assignment to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome.

He expressed the debt of gratitude owed by the Anglican Communion, the members of the international commissions of the dialogue, and successive Archbishops of Canterbury and their Representatives to the Holy See for his friendship and dedication.