College (in Guadalcanal) to admit women.Honiara, Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 538,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands—Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, Bishop Paterson Theological College in Kohimarama on the island of Guadalcanal, has started to enroll women in theological training, and three women, endorsed by their respective dioceses, have been offered a place at the college. In the past, the Anglican college has enrolled women but only as sisters from the two women's religious communities, the Community of the Sisters of Melanesia The Community of the Sisters of Melanesia, more usually called The Sisters of Melanesia, is the third order for women to be established in the Church of Melanesia, which is the Anglican Church of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. and the Community of the Sisters of the Church The Community of the Sister of the Church is a community of women in various Anglican provinces who live the vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience. The Community was founded by Mother Emily Ayckbowm in 1870 as the Church Extension Association. . Anglican Archbishop Sir Ellison Pogo said the enrollment was not necessarily to prepare the three women for ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. ministry but that it was something the church was working toward like other member churches in the Anglican Communion. Church of Melanesia Newsletter |
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