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ACNS 3985	     |		ACO	     |		31 MAY 2005	

Anglican Consultative Council ACC-13 Meeting

The press and media will have the opportunity to attend the plenary 
sessions of the Nottingham meeting including the June 21 and June 22 
presentations by the Anglican Church of Canada, the Episcopal Church USA, 
and other provinces.

Due to space requirements registration is essential, and a MUST for 
broadcast media (TV, radio, photographers, as space is minimal).

Passes will be issued each day at the University of Nottingham 
<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/international/tour/maps/map-jc.htm>  where the 
meeting will be held. Details will be sent once your details have been 
verified.

You can register online at the following web site address.
http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/press/index.cfm 
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/press/index.cfm>

For further information contact Canon Jim Rosenthal at 0207 313 3909 or 
Robert Bergner 0207 313 3922.

Deadline is June 12

The list of attendee's is now available on our website here 
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/meetings/acc13/participants.cfm>	as 
well as the daily programme which is available here 
<http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acc/meetings/acc13/programme.cfm> .

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The following document has been sent to ACC members and is provided here 
for your information.

25 May 2005

Dear Members of the Anglican Consultative Council,

It is my pleasure to enclose the Agenda and documentation of the 
forthcoming meeting of the Council, meeting at Nottingham, England, from 18 
- 28 June 2005. I trust that your travel plans are now in order, and I look 
forward to welcoming you all personally to our meeting.

While in Nottingham we will be the guests of the Bishop and Diocese of 
Southwell, and the Revd Canon Andrew Deuchar heads a hard-working local 
committee who have worked to ensure all the necessary local arrangements 
for our meeting are in place. In addition they will be inviting us to share 
in the local parish life of the diocese on one of the Sunday evenings.

Each day will start with a Bible Study led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. 
There is also a pattern of worship throughout the Council Meeting and I am 
grateful to our chaplain, the Revd. Ian Tarrant, who is Chaplain of the 
University, for his work in this regard.

As you examine the enclosed papers you will realise that there are many 
important issues on our Agenda, covering all aspects of our work. 
Ecumenical matters have a number of Sessions, as do other Commissions of 
the Communion and reports from various Anglican Communion Networks. Our 
revised Constitution will be considered, and proposals in the Windsor 
Report which relate to the ACC (Appendix 1 of the Report). The Millennium 
Development Goals, and a report from the Anglican Observer at the United 
Nations, are also on our Agenda.

As most of you will be aware, the Primates' Meeting in Dromantine, Ireland, 
last February requested the ACC to "organise a hearing at its meeting in 
Nottingham, England, in June 2005 at which representatives of the Episcopal 
Church (USA) and the Anglican Church of Canada, invited for that specific 
purpose, may have an opportunity to set out the thinking behind the recent 
actions of their Provinces, in accordance with paragraph 141 of the Windsor 
Report". In addition, the ACC was also requested "to take positive steps to 
initiate the listening and study process which has been the subject of 
resolutions not only at the Lambeth Conference in 1998, but in earlier 
Conferences as well".

At that stage the Design Group had completed its work on the Agenda, and 
so, in a meeting with the Chairman, the Agenda was revised to accommodate 
these requests. In addition there will also be an opportunity for members, 
if they wish, to share what is happening in their own Provinces on these 
important issues in our Communion.

Unless otherwise decided by the Council, all sessions will be open to a 
limited number of visitors and an area will be reserved for them within the 
meeting room. Tickets for visitors will be available on the day of the 
session at the ACC reception desk. However only participating members, or 
those specifically invited to do so, may address the Council.

The ACC is an important consultative body within our Communion, and each 
meeting is important. I hope that you will take time to pray for our 
meeting and to read the various papers enclosed.

I look forward to meeting you all.

Yours sincerely,

Kenneth Kearon
Secretary General

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