Archbishop Anne will be leading a Lenten book study on Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s book, “In God’s Hands” on Wednesday evenings at 7pm, beginning on March 9th. In God’s Hands was written in 2014 and used as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book in 2015. This book is a meditation on the infinite love of God and the infinite value of the human individual. Throughout his often-turbulent life, Archbishop Tutu fought for justice and against oppression and prejudice. What kept him going was his unshakeable belief that we are all created in God’s image and are infinitely valuable – “God-carriers” to use the ‘Arch’s’ own words. “If we truly believed that we are each a God-carrier and a sanctuary of the Holy Spirit then we would not just greet each other by shaking hands, we would bow deeply as Buddhists do, or genuflect in front of each other: ‘the God in me greets the God in you.’ (pg.22). I often think of this in this time of pandemic when we are unable to shake hands. Instead of flashing a peace sign we could bow to one another.
By way of introduction to the life and teachings of Archbishop Tutu, Archbishop Anne has invited one of his colleagues and former Bishop of Johannesburg, Brian Germond to join us for a Lunch and Learn on Tuesday March 1st at noon our time. Bishop Germond was one of the Archbishop’s priests in the 1980s and travelled overseas with him during the darkest days of the apartheid regime. Everyone is welcome to this online gathering, even if you are unable to join the Wednesday evening book study.
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Stations of the Cross with Archbishop Fred Hiltz
On Friday afternoons at 3pm, starting March 4th, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Assisting Bishop of Moosonee, will be leading weekly ‘Stations of the Cross’ using a different form each week.
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The zoom links for these events will be sent via e-mail closer to the dates of each event.