Western Louisiana Condemns Bishop Depositions

October 13, 2008

The annual convention of the Diocese of Western Louisiana met Oct. 10-11 at a hotel in Alexandria with the theme “Holy Partners in a Heavenly Calling.”

The Rev. Canon Gregory Cameron, deputy secretary general of the Anglican Consultative Council, was a guest speaker. He spoke to the convention about the Anglican Covenant process, and praised the diocese for its mission work and for going the extra mile with the national Episcopal Church, the Windsor Report, and in seeking richer fellowship within the Anglican Communion through Communion Partners.

Canon Cameron said he hopes the covenant will be adopted by the Anglican Consultative Council in May 2009, which would then place the covenant before the provinces. He stated that by March 9, 2009, the provinces of the Anglican Communion were expected to report on three aspects of the covenant, including:

--whether a province is willing to give an in-principle commitment to a covenant;

--what changes are needed to the St. Andrew’s Draft to get a reasonable chance for a province to sign it; and

--what a province needs to do to commit to the covenant. the rest