Mrs Warren Back From Anglican Congress

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30233, 11 September 1963, Page 2

Mrs Warren Back From Anglican Congress

The attack on the subordinate role of women in the Anglican Church, as reported by the Canadian press last month, did not take place at the Anglican World Congress in Toronto, but at a meeting held by a women’s organisation there for clergy wives and women delegates, said Mrs A. K. Warren on her return to Christchurch last evening.

Mrs Warren, who was a lay delegate to the congress, did not attend the meeting but heard about it from other delegates.

“The role of the laity was strongly played up at the congress, and it was made clear that women were part of it, but there was no major issue on w-omen’s work in the Church,” she said.

Attending the conference was a most valuable experience, Mrs Warren said. "It was so important that the Church should meet to look at itself—to look at itself very hard—end to see its role as the Church in the world,” she said. It was pleasing, she added, that New Zealand had the larges: number of women delegates at the congress, most of whom were wives of clergymen. Installation Service

In London, Bishop Warren and Mrs Warren attended the insallataon of Archdeacon Martin Sullivan (formerly Dean of Christchurch) as a residiary canon at St Paul’s Cathedral.

“After the service we went to their home, Amen House, near St. Paul's, where we met many New Zealand friends who had also attended Archdeacon Sullivan’s iruySallaition." she saiid. “It is a historical old home and one of the few places near St. Paul’s that was not bombed during World War H.”

While in London, Bishop Warren and Mrs Warren also attended the funeral service of Lord Fryberg at St.

George’s Chapel, Windsor, and later his memorial service at St. Paul's. "We had lunch with Lord and Lady Cobham ait their home near Lord’s, and we saw some of the furniture and effects, given to them before they left New Zealand, in their new setting,” she said. Marriage Guidance Work

“We also visited the new Marriage Guidance Headquarters, London, in its new building which cost £45,000." she said. “I think we, in New Zealand, might take note of the council's new school project of preparation for marriage. The educational authorities have been most co-operative there. The council recently published a

booklet for young adults entitled ‘Sixteen,’ and the educational authorities bought up 16,000 copies immediately.” Juvenile Court

Mrs Warren spent a day at a juvenile court session in London, where the chairman was a woman, a daughter of the late Rev. Dick Shephard. “I was most impressed by the atmosphere of the court,” she said. “The young offenders were given every opportunity to state their cases, and they were dealt with firmly but kindly and helpfully.” Mrs Warren also spent a day at Mary Sumner House (London), world headquarters of the Mothers’ Union, and was a guest at a meeting of the London diocesan council of the union.

After a busy two months and a half in Britain, Canada, and the United States, Mrs Warren will now' prepare reports on the Toronto congress for addresses she will give to Canterbury organisations.