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The Anglican Old Catholic International Coordinating Council - Communique

Posted On : November 4, 2009 4:32 PM | Posted By : Webmaster
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The Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council (AOCICC)
met in the International Study Centre, Canterbury, England, from 26 to
29 October 2009. The Council welcomed the Revd Carola von Wrangel from
the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe as a new member.

The members received reports of developments in each Communion and
reviewed present ecumenical dialogues in which our Communions are
engaged. The Council studied several papers on the theology of blessing.
It also discussed and adopted an information leaflet about the Old
Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht.

A draft text for a common statement on ecclesiology and mission was
discussed. The Council will present it to the Anglican and Old Catholic
Bishops' Conference and recommends that it be made the theme of the
forthcoming International Old Catholic and Anglican Theological
Conference in 2011.

Attention was given to the recently published document "Kirche und
Kirchengemeinschaft" (Church and Communion) of the International Roman
Catholic-Old Catholic Dialogue Commission (IRAD), as well as to the
recent Vatican announcement of the Apostolic Constitution to provide
personal ordinariates for Anglicans and former Anglicans.

The Council participated in daily Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and the
Eucharist in the Cathedral. The Bible Studies each morning were led by
members of the Council. The Council was present at the consecration of
the Bishop of Shrewsbury (Diocese of Lichfield) by the Archbishop of
Canterbury in Westminster Abbey. Old Catholic bishops Joachim Vobbe and
Harald Rein joined with the College of Anglican bishops in the laying on
of hands.

At a dinner hosted by the Dean of Canterbury he welcomed members of the
Council and led them on a candle-lit pilgrimage in the Cathedral.

The next meeting of the Council will take place 8-12 November 2010 in
Germany.

Bishop Harold Rein extended an invitation to the 30th International Old
Catholic Congress, to be held 9-13 August 2010 in Zurich.

For further information, please contact the Revd Professor Dr Angela
Berlis, tel +41 (0)31 631 4193, email aocicc@alt-katholisch.de, or Neil
Vigers at the Anglican Communion Office, tel +44 (0)20 7313 3929, email
neil.vigers@anglicancommunion.org.

The members of the Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating
Council are:

> Anglicans

> The Rt Revd Jonathan Gledhill - Co-chair
> Mr Neil Vigers - acting Co-secretary
> The Rt Revd David Hamid
> Mrs Maryon Jägers
> The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris
> The Revd Carola von Wrangel

> Old Catholics

The Rt Revd Joachim Vobbe - Co-chair

The Revd Professor Dr Angela Berlis - Co-secretary
The Revd Henriette Crüwell (absent)
The Revd Professor Dr David R. Holeton
The Rt Revd Dr Harald Rein
The Rt Revd Dr Dick Schoon (absent)

Administrative Support and Interpreter: The Revd Lars Simpson

This item is also available in German here:

http://www.aco.org/ministry/ecumenical/dialogues/oldcatholic/docs/de2009
communique.cfm

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