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This archive collects together some of the correspondence, documents and reports mentioned in the History of the Fellowship of Vocation.

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1981   2012   2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018   2019   2020   2021   2022   2023   2024   2025  

1981

Report of the Provincial Commission on the Diaconate 1981
The report of the Commission which the Provincial Synod of 1982 refused to even debate

Summaries and extracts from Report of the Provincial Commission on the Diaconate 1981

Letter of 7 December 1981 from Stephen Hayes to John Aitchison
On the Commission report summary and on deacon training possibilities

2012

Email on 5 November 2012 from Gwynne Lawlor to Bishop David Bannerman on international links and her impending ordination

2013

Email on 25 March from Bishop Bannerman to Gwynne Lawlor on importance of the distinctive diaconate

Email on 27 April from Gwynne Lawlor to two deacons, Laurings and Morrison

Email on 28 April 2013 from David Bannerman to Gwynne Lawlor

Email on 29 April from Deacon Barbara Morrison to Gwynne Lawlor

Email on 3 May 2013 from Gwynne Lawlor to Bishop David Bannerman

Email on 6 May from David Bannerman to Gwynne Lawlor

Email on 1 June 2013 Gwynne Lawlor to David Bannerman

Email on 5 June from David Bannerman to Gwynne Lawlor

Memo writen in July 2013 by Gwynne Lawlor for Bishop Bannerman

Minutes of 3 August 2013 of the second meeting of Diocese of Highveld deacons

Minutes of 30 November 2013 meeting of Highveld Asociation of distinctive and transitional Deacons

Email on 5 December 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to David Bannerman

Application signed on 18 December 2013 by Bishop David Bannerman to join the Diakonia World Federation

2014

Email of 4 January 2014 from Gwynne Lawlor to Fr Tom Amoore on liturgical role of the deacon with attached table

Email of 22 June from Marianne Uri 0verland informing Highveld Deacons DIAKONIA-DRAE had unanimously accepted their application for membership

2015

 

2016

The January 2016 report of the Highveld Deacons to DRAE

Email of 21 January 2016 from Bishop Charles May to Highveld Archdeacons

Email on 28 January 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Bishop's Secretary

Email of 5 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Dean Simon

Email of 5 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Highveld deacons

Email of 5 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Highveld Archdeacons

Email of 5 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Archdeacon Masekela

Email of 5 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Sharon Dinnie

Email of 10 February 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Bishop's Secretary

Email of 6 June 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor to Fr Tom Amoore re Guidelines motion

Email of 6 June 2016 from Gwynne Lawlor responding to Fr Tom Amoore re Guidelines motion

7 June 2016 Motion on Motion of Permanent Force [on the diaconate] of Diocese of the Highveld

Notes for a Record of a Steering Committee meeting at the FOD Conference on 3 December 2016

2017

Email of 4 January 2017 from Gwynne Lawlor to the Highveld Deacons

Draft agenda for 6 February 2017 meeting of Highveld deacons with Bishop Charles May

Email of 22 June 2017 from Horace Arenz, the Provincial Excutive Officer, to Gwynne Lwlor re Provincial Standing Commitee and Synod representation

Email of 23 September 2017 from Fr Tom Amoore to Joan Jones about her attendance at the Provincial Standing Committee

Email of 23 September 2017 from Gwynne Lawlor to Fr Tom Amoore who composed a greeting for use in the Provincial Standing Committee

Email of 23 September 2017 from Gwynne Lawlor to Joan Jones and her response

Draft motions for the Provincial Standing Committee held 27 to 29 September and pages from the Minutes of the Provincial Standing Committee

2018

Email of 14 March 2018 from Gwynne Lawlor to Horace Arenz

Email of 11 November 2018 from Gwynne Lawlor to Marharet MacCarron, Bishop May's secretary

Email of 5 December 2018 from Joan Jones to Cynthia Botha

Question sent in late 2018 (or in early 2019) from Gwynne Lawlor to the Archbishop

Email sent in late 2018 (or in early 2019) from Gwynne Lawlor to Bishop Eddie Daniels

2019

Minutes of meeting with Bishop Charles May on 11 February 2019

Email of 26 April 2019 from Horace Arenz to Gwynne Lawlor

Email of 2 May 2019 from Gwynne ALwlor to Horacxe Arenz

Email of 6 May 2019 from Horace Arenz to Gwynne Lawlor

Email of 23 May 2019 from Gwynne Lawlor to Highveld deacons on a meeting agenda

Programme of Regional Meeting on 24 August 2019 of Regional Meeting of Deacons

Minutes of Regional Meeting on 24 August 2019 of deacons from the dioceses of Pretoria, Christ the King, Highveld and the Methodist deacons

2020

The agenda for a 18 August 2020 online meeting of Highveld deacons

Report from the Fellowship of Deacons for September 2019 to June 2020 in the Agenda book for the virtual Provincial Standing Committee meeting of 22 to 24 September 2020

Report by Gwynne Lawlor in December 2020 on the ACSA vision to the Highveld deacons

2021

The Fellowship of Deacons Report for July 2020 to May 2021 to the virtual Provincial Synod

Email of 6 September 2021 from Joan Jones to Gwynne Lawlor

Agenda for 27 to 29 October Wakkerstoom thinktank on the future of the Fellowhsip

Emailed letter of 5 November 2021 from Gwynne Lawlor to the Archbishop Letter to Archbishop re Future of the ACSA Fellowship of Deacons and the Distinctive Diaconate in ACSA

2022

Letter from Bishop Edward Daniels to Provincial Executive Officer 20220419

Resolution of Provincial Standing Committee 27-29 September 2022 on the Diaconate

2023

Deacons Gwynne Lawlor and John Aitchison attended the Diakonia Africa Europe regional conference from 6 to 10 September at Neuendettelsau in Germany.

2024

The final report of the Archbishop’s Commission on the Ministry of the Distinctive and Permanent Diaconate in ACSA

Resolution on the Diaconate passed at the Provincial Synod on 26 September 2024 at Benoni

Resolution implementation action plan drafted on 26 September 2024 by John Aitchison after the passing of the resolution on the diaconate

2025

 

 

 

 


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