04/16/2007
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has accepted an invitation to attend a special meeting of The Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops before the Sept. 30 deadline set by the primates during their meeting in Tanzania in February.
“These are complicated days for our Church internationally, and it’s all the more important to keep up personal relationships and conversations,” he said. “My aim is to try and keep people around the table for as long as possible on this, to understand one another, and to encourage local churches.”
The announcement came during a press conference April 16 at the Anglican Church of Canada’s headquarters in Toronto. No date for the visit was mentioned.
However, the Rev. Jonathan Jennings, the archbishop’s press spokesman, told The Living Church that Archbishop Williams intended to travel to the U.S. sometime in September, after his return from a three-month vacation and sabbatical.
In addition to Archbishop Williams, the invitation from the House of Bishops also included members of the joint standing committee of the primates and the Anglican Consultative Council. It is expected that at least some of those members would accompany the archbishop during the proposed visit.
“I look forward to some sharing of our experiences as pastors as well as discussion of the business of the Communion,” Archbishop Williams said.
(The Rev.) George Conger
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