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The following draft Bill will be debated during
this years General Synod. For further information on amendments and
passage through General Synod please contact the General Synod Press Office.
BILL NO 7
Explanatory Memorandum
This provides a modern language service for Ash Wednesday based
on a service authorised by the House of Bishops for trial use over
ten years ago. It is flexible and may be used in different contexts.
REV CANON RB ROUNTREE
VERY REV MAJ BURROWS
(at the request of the General Synod)
Bill
To carry into effect a Resolution of the General Synod of 2002 to
amend that part of the Book of Common Prayer entitled A Penitential
Service by substituting, for the above-mentioned part of the Book of
Common Prayer, Service for Ash Wednesday as set out in the
accompanying
Schedule.
WHEREAS a Resolution to amend that part of the Book of Common
Prayer entitled A Penitential Service by substituting, for the
above-mentioned part of the Book of Common Prayer, Service for Ash
Wednesday as set out in the accompanying
Schedule was duly passed in
full Synod assembled in Dublin in the year 2002 by the required
majorities, and was duly transmitted to the Secretaries of all
Diocesan Synods;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the said Resolution shall be
carried into effect by a Statute;
AND WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of section 26(1) of
Chapter 1 of the Constitution leave was given for the introduction
of a Bill in the General Synod of 2003;
BE IT ENACTED by the Archbishops and Bishops and the Clergy and
Laity of the Church of Ireland in General Synod assembled in Dublin
in the year 2003, and by the authority of the same as follows:
- In the Book of Common Prayer for that part entitled A
Penitential Service there shall be substituted Service for Ash
Wednesday as set out in the accompanying
Schedule.
- The provisions of section 1 and of the
Schedule to this
Statute shall come into force on such day or days as may hereafter
be appointed by the General Synod.
Click here for the Schedule to Bill No. 7
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