[Magdalen] Our Canadian General Synod

[Marion Thompson]

I don't begrudge them the opportunity at all; they are the future!  I just
wish that we had had a similar opportunity .  Other than the ones we each
might  have known a bit, they were a cipher to most of us, other than the
meagre profiles in an issue of *The Anglican.*
Oh yes,  we were very much all one body  (One Body?) during the whole Synod.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 12:09 PM Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Perhaps youth delegates were given a taste of involvement because they
> posed no "threat" to the process?
> Did youth delegates mingle with adult laity and clergy during meetings?
> Lynn
>
> On Jul 31, 2019, at 10:59 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> We votedt in two houses, clergy and laity.  After all, the HoB had had
> their say in making the nominations! of the five candidates! They weree not
> in the building but sequestered at the hotel.  On the fourth ballot, +Linda
> Nichols, now of Huron, formerly of Toronto, won over +Jane Alexander,
> Edmonton, the two left standing.  After the third ballot, a motion for
> further nominations was defeated.  Interestingly, the Youth Delegates had
> face time  beforehand with the five candidates, a privilege Clergy and
> Laity did not receive.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:32 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >> On 31/07/2019 14:44, Marion Thompson wrote:
> >> It used to be two weeks, which allowed for a leisurely pace and some
> free
> >> time, but this has been tightened up.  We travelled to Vancover on
> >> Wednesday morning July 10, and it kicked off in the afternoon with the
> >> opening Eucharist a couple of blocks away at Christ Church Cathedral and
> > a
> >> full session in the evening.  We began each day at 8:30.  Lunch & dinner
> >> were on site (fabulous food!!!).  Finished perhaps by 9, sometimes
> later.
> >> Saturday saw the Primatial election and subsequent Eucharist at the
> >> Cathedral where we also attended the closing Eucharist immediately
> before
> >> the final banquet.  Travel on Wednesday, July 17 -- my ride left for the
> >> airport at 6 a.m.  Gah!
> >>
> >> I took an hour and a half out to meet with our Gail Edwards,
> > mini-listmeet,
> >> thinking I would be back at the end of an afternoon break.  No, other
> >> things had been sqeezed in so that the break was just starting when I
> >> returned.  It really was that intensive.
> > That is intensive. Does your General Synod meet annually or less often?
> > The C/E Synod meets two or three times a year (but travel is easier for
> > most members than it is in other Provinces). November and February if
> > held) are the inside of a week in London, though not always taking the
> > full week. July is residential at the U|Niversity of York and a more
> > relaxed atmosphere. Legislation is referred to committees between groups
> > of sessions for revision and something like your Marriage Canon would
> > also be referred to the dioceses before Final Approval and submission to
> > Parliament for their agreement, something that comes with being an
> > Established Church.
> >> It was rich, but talk about total immersion!  Of course, not every time
> > has
> >> a Primatial election to fit in.
> >
> > Is the Primate elected just by the House of Bishops or do the rest of
> > you get to have a say?
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
>