In the evening we walked to Dalnavert, the former home of Hugh John MacDonald, former Manitoba premier and son of John A, which has been restored by the historical society. Very Victorian, now a museum, with a room for catered dining.
A blog describing and picturing events at the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, June 19-26, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Neale Adams
- Retired after about 28 years in newspapers and television and for 9 years as Communications Officer for the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster.
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- CONCLUDING THOUGHTS.I really do think that the nat...
- In the evening, a grand installation ceremony for ...
- I sat besides Bonnie Fulton during the Synod and s...
- The final sessions dealt with a bunch of miscellan...
- Last day of Synod. Have I mentioned that the sessi...
- - By the way, that picture that shows Kevin sleep...
- It was a hard day. In the morning we were somewhat...
- General Synod got to us today. We are tired, and, ...
- We quit at about 8:45. There were some who wanted ...
- All this procedural stuff was pretty dry. The only...
- All these procedural motions meant we did a lot of...
- The day was spent mostly in parlimentary session, ...
- At lunch break I attended an informational meeting...
- Woke up to a beautiful day in Winnipeg, the sun ju...
- We're singing Gordon Light's song "Draw the C...
- Primate Andrew Hutchison (who continues in office ...
- It went really well, thanks in part to two of our ...
- Today we spent most of the day in this church whic...
- We sang lots of hymns. The Lutherans have a great ...
- Sallie McFague from the Vancouver School of Theolo...
- We sat at tables of eight, Anglican and Lutheran (...
- Inside, a very large room, people setting up, the ...
- We and the Lutherans met at the Winnipeg Conventio...
- Today we got out of the Marlborough hotel for most...
- In the evening we ended with an Evensong, which wa...
- At the neighboring table the Diocese of Edmonton h...
- Also at my table are (l-r) Steve Schuh, Kevin Dixo...
- Fellow lay delegate Bonnie Fulton is making good u...
- Wednesday was finally the first full day of Genera...
- After the ceremony and a brief reception at the ne...
- As one of the last smudged, I witnessed the openin...
- The outdoor ceremony was a smudging by elder Linda...
- That evening we went to the Cathedral which is awa...
- In the afternoon came an orientation session. This...
- Then Ron and I checked out the Science Museum ther...
- And they had some sociological displays, this one ...
- Of course they had great moose - I told Ron the st...
- Tuesday morning was free time so Ron Harrison and ...
- First Video
- But what I found remarkable was the sign - the fir...
- The oldest stone church in the west was St. Andrew...
- Here's Maggie Snyder who came under the fence on t...
- Again, here's most of us when we stopped to take p...
- In the front of the wall of the stone fort we had ...
- I liked the Victorian flower beds that were part o...
- Then off to Lower Fort Gary, a Hudson's Bay tradin...
- Lots of gravestones of First Nations people in the...
- Bishop Don Phillips of Rupert's Land, Mark MacDona...
- Here's a shot of St. Peter's, across the Red River...
- WE had a service at St. Peter's, Dynevor, a church...
- Much of the day (Sunday) was spent on the bus. Man...
- Sunset from the hotel window Saturday night.
- Then a talk from Bob Cox, editor of the Winnipeg F...
- Then to dinner at the house with the 12th Bishop o...
- Hidden upstairs was the first Primate of the Churc...
- Here's a picture of MacDonald, with his definitely...
- Great coloured glass in a house that was rather da...
- In the evening we walked to Dalnavert, the former ...
- As was Paul Sherwood amused. Paul is editor for th...
- It was a great deal of fun. Fiona Brownlee is high...
- The workshops were mostly about photography, today...
- A great contributor was Mary Ruth Snyder of the Di...
- Another day of the Anglican Editors. Jim Sweeney o...
- At dinner we had a very good beef dinner sponsored...
- In the afternoon we received critiques of our pape...
- At lunch we heard from Jamie Howison, a priest at ...
- Today, Friday, was taken up with the business and ...
- Night time, and the view from the window is full o...
- So here I am in Winnipeg. Here's the view from my...
- Well, I said the train is less polluting than air...
- This is Pyramid Falls on the way--you see a lot f...
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