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International Anglican Women’s Network- is this for you?
Are you interested? You are invited to apply for the new IAWN Steering Group for the next three years: 2024 – 2026. This is an official and important network seeking to eradicate gender- based inequality and violence, and to promote just relationships among all people. Applications close 30 November Please contact AWSC if you are […]

Watch the exciting sessions at the HUI
Click on the right hand three lines, to choose a session Bishop Waitohiariki Quayle. AWSC is honoured to be able to welcome Bishop Wai to our HUI. Waitohiariki Quayle was ordained as Bishop of Upoko o Te Ika in the Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa in 2019. She is the first female Māori bishop in the Anglican Church, and the first woman born in […]

Anglican Women’s Hui 2-5 November 2023
registrations are now closed but you are welcome to contact the Administrator for more information anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.com See the timetable below See the range of wonderful speakers https://anglicanwomen.nz/whos-who-at-the-hui/ This year we are featuring some brilliant speakers, some creative artists, and plenty of time to reconnect, in the hospitable setting of Tatai Hono marae, by the Church […]

A Torch and A Thermos (an allegory): Spiritual speleologist Anam Cara goes in search of a more woman-inclusive God
Kia ora! Talofa! Malo e lelei! Hi! My name is Anam Cara and I absolutely love exploring. I’m a spiritual speleologist who delights in navigating spiritual landscapes, squeezing into caverns and grottoes where refreshing ideas are lurking. Would you like to join me on my next adventure? Until recently I’ve been camping out with a […]

Ways of Knowing
Women in and around Christchurch : you are warmly invited to Ways of Knowing on 21 April. Interactive sessions includeWays of Knowing God through ArtInterior Ways of KnowingBridging the Gap across TikangaPlease register anglicanwomenstudies@gmail.comThe AWSC Council and LINKS will be present ,and look forward to meeting other women, of our three tikanga. Council and LINKS will be […]

Blood, Bellies, and Breasts: A Theology of the Womb
Join Jess Hall and Bridie Marsden-Boyd for a Review and Discussion of Bauman’s Theology of the Womb, introduced by Ceridwyn Parr, Administrator of Anglican Women’s Studies Centre Women’s bodies tell and re-tell the story of divine activity through their many rhythmic and cyclic processes; bleeding, birthing, growing, creating, holding, and dying. In this work, Bauman comprehensively […]

Three ways to go to Lambeth
Three outstanding women, three different ways to experience the Lambeth Conference of Bishops. You are invited to listen in to a three-way conversation with Bishop Denise Ferguson, the Revd Jacynthia Murphy and Ms Teresa Kundycki-Carrell, as they discuss ’Lambeth from the Inside’. Originally recorded as virtual Theology Chat, on 17 November 2022. Video link Jacynthia […]

Climate Change and Reading Scripture
The key note scholar at the Hui in October will be Dr Emily Colgan. Emily says she is a bit of a Bible nerd who is utterly passionate about biblical interpretation incontemporary contexts. Dr Emily Colgan, Senior lecturer in Biblical Studies, Trinity College, Auckland: Emily will give the keynote speech at the AWSC Hui: Te […]

Towards a Theology of Land, with Jekheli Singh
Rev Dr Jekheli Kibami-Singh – Leviticus, Land & Jubilee. Presented to the Tikanga Pakeha Ministry Council, May 2021. https://youtube/wIBfiBQXOZI Jekheli Singh is a tribal Christian woman from Nagaland in the North East of India. She came to New Zealand about 15 years ago, and is currently vicar of Te Kuiti. In this talk about the […]

Virtual Theology Chat
Intriguing women speaking about their research, writing, thinking and theology An online opportunity to zoom in from anywhere and hear ideas from everywhere Opportunity to ask questions and make links with your own experience and ideas. Open to everyone. Anglican Women’s Studies Centre invites you to zoom in- Third Thursday of the month (usually) Join […]

Timetable of the 2023 Hui
this is subject to minor change Thursday 2 Nov 3.30 pm Arrivals 4.30 pm Powhiri (assemble at 4.10) 6.00pm Dinner and registration 7.00pm Whakawhanaungatanga, Introductions and connections across the motu, the tikanga, the Pacific… 8.30 pm Evening prayer with tikanga Maori Friday 3 Nov 7.30am. Morning prayer from two tikanga 8.00, Breakfast […]

Wharenui Harikoa
or crochet your own neon whare A Virtual Theology Chat 20 July 2023 with Lissy and Rudi Robinson Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zwmpXJjo-w, Through the magic of the crochet hook, two artists have infused and connected whakapapa (geneaology), wairua (spirit) and experiences as Māori and Pākehā into their unique mahi toi (art works). Artists Lissy Robinson-Cole (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti […]

Hui Whakahirahira for Bettina
The Revd Bettina Maxwell, Convenor of the Council for Anglican Women’s Studies, appointed as the Vicar General for Te Hui Amorangi o Te Manawa o te Wheke Liturgy of Thanksgiving, and Hui Whakahirahira at Torere Marae 27 May 2023 What a magnificent day to celebrate the new Vicar General , the Revd Bettina Maxwell . […]

Indigenous Eco Mission
Who are we and what are we here for? The Venerable Mere Wallace explores Te Oranga Ake. How do we understand ministry and mission? Hui Amorangi in Te Wai Pounamu is going through a process of articulating who we are and what we are here for. We describe this as Te Oranga Ake. This is […]

Bolivia Smith: Lalagaina o la’u malaga (Weaving my Journey)
“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2: 10 Bolivia Smith is an impressive young Samoan woman. She has a chiefly title, she was the Youth Coordinator in the Diocese of Polynesia at the age of 15, and in […]