Canada's new primate is wired.This month Archbishop Andrew Hutchison Andrew Sandford Hutchison L.Th., D.D, D.C.L. (h.c.) (born in Toronto in 1938), is a retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Prior to his election at the General Synod of 2004, he was the bishop of Montreal and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada (which, , primate of the Anglican Church of Canada The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada (referred to in older documents as the Primate of All Canada) is elected by the General Synod of the Church from among a list of five bishops nominated by the House of Bishops. , will go online on the national church's Web site to introduce himself and talk about his vision for the national church in a Web cast. Vianney Carriere, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. , says it is hoped the event will be as successful as the Web casts on www.anglican.ca that gave viewers access to a virtual General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had last June. The format for the online broadcast, a first for the head of the church in Canada, will be "extremely flexible," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mr. Carriere. "We're not quite sure yet about the format but it will be pretty informal, like a chat with the church," he said in an interview. Mr. Carriere suggested the Web cast to Archbishop Hutchison after noting the success of the June General Synod Web cast, where more than 16,000 viewers not just from North America but every other continent established connections. The Web cast is aimed at Anglicans in Canada but Mr. Carriere acknowledged that other members of the Anglican Communion might be interested. Archbishop Hutchison was bishop of Montreal and metropolitan (senior bishop) in the eastern ecclesiastical (church) province of Canada For other uses, see Provinces and territories of Canada and Ecclesiastical Province of Canada. The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a in North America from 1841 to 1867. before he was elected last May 31 as head of the Anglican Church of Canada, which counts a membership base of 1.3 million. The frequency of the Web casts will depend on Archbishop Hutchison's schedule and the budget, said Mr. Carriere. "If it's something really important he may decide to speak. We will play it by ear." Taping for Archbishop Hutchison's first Web cast has been scheduled for Oct. 6. The date of the broadcast has not been set. Anglican Video, the Anglican Church of Canada's video department, will provide the feed. Length for each Web cast is projected to be about 10-15 minutes. A Web cast is normally an Internet audio and/or video stream of a taped or live event. |
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