ANGLICAN SYNOD

Press, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 26856, 8 October 1952, Page 11

ANGLICAN SYNOD

Annual Meeting Next Week SIX BILLS SET DOWN FOR DEBATE Six bills will be considered by the j «ynod of the diocese oi Christchurch, < when it meets for the annual session > next week. The Bishop oi Christchurch (the Rt. Rev. A. K. Warren) : will preside. , Under the procedure of the synod, . all bills must be read a first, second . and third time, with consideration in ' committee after the second reading, i One bill proposes to Increase, the i minimum stipends of assisting curates i by £25 a year to bring them up to £3OO, £325 and £350 a year, accord- : mg to length oi service. This bill i wiU nbt affect the stipends of the i clergy in general, as it relates only to assisting curates: . i Another bill wiU deal with travelling I allowances of the clergy, and pro- 1 pose* certain increases. The standing i committee . will introduce a measure to consolidate existing legislation on St. Margaret’s College, andtd re-enact the existing financial provision as part of a scheme for the building of a new school on the Papanul road site. The board di governors of the college has planned for many years to move the whole school to this site, and if the biU is passed, the plan will be brought to fruition. Other bills will deal with tt»e . Clergy Pension Fund, Te Wai j Pounamu College and the public and i *ocial affairs committee. ’ > Attendance of 125 Members It is expected that about 125 clergy : and laymen will attend the synod as representatives of the various parishes oi the diocese. I Sessions of the synod wiU be held ! at the. Provincial Council Chamber, j beginning next Monday afternoon. 1 when the Bishop will deliver his : presidential address. On Monday 1 evening, a synod service will be held 1 in the Christchurch Cathedral. The . Rev. M. Peaston, Master Of College , House, will preach the sermon. The : clergy of the diocese and lay readers i will robe for the service.

On Tuesday morning, after Holy Communion in the Cathedral, a clerical conference will be held at St. Saviour’s, Sydenham, and a laymen’s conference will be held ' at Church House. Mission work of the church will be discussed on Tuesday evening, -when the Diocesan Missionary Council’s report will be presented. The Bishop and Mrs Warren will entertain members of the synod at morning tea at Bishopscourt on Wednesday. To enable the annual meeting of St. Saviour’s Guild to be held, the synod will adjourn for an hour and a half on Wednesday afternoon. Reports for Discussion Elections to committees and boards will be held on Thursday afternoon. The synod will receive reports and accounts on the first day of the session from diocesan bodies, including the standing committee, the Cathedral Chapter, the Church Property Trustees, the Clergy Pension Board, the Diocesan Youth Council, the Dioeesan Council for Women's Church Work, and the governing bodies of Church schools.

A report from the diocesan public and social affair* committee will deal with gambling, staffing and pastoral care in the mental hospitals, and the training of theological students.