KATHERINE

• Photo: Curator Catherine Clement presenting the Chinese Canadian Museum’s feature exhibition “The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act” during the museum’s grand opening on July 1, 2023.
• VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Chinese Canadian Museum (CCM) is pleased to announce they will be taking highlights of their feature exhibition The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act on the road across Canada this May in recognition of Asian Heritage Month.
• As Canada’s first Chinese Canadian Museum, the museum provides a meaningful and transformative experience for all, connecting Canadians to the diverse and eclectic stories and contributions of generations of Chinese Canadians, past and present — with an eye to the future.
• Catherine Clement is an award-winning community curator whose work focuses on uncovering and sharing the lesser-known stories of the Chinese Canadian community.

• In the past six months, hundreds of congregations voted to leave the United Methodist Church over same-sex marriage and whether LGBTQ+ people should be clergy.
• With over 80 million believers in 160 countries, the Anglican Communion has been grappling with LGBTQ+ issues since the 1970s.
• It is a long-standing process for navigating disputes called the “via media,” or middle way, which has thus far succeeded in holding together people with contradictory beliefs.

Controversies in the Anglican Communion

• For decades, diverging points of view over homosexuality and rumors of schism have both confused and polarized believers in the global Anglican Communion.
• This is part of a larger struggle within the Anglican Communion to renegotiate imbalances of power and authority left over from the colonial era of the British Empire.
• In the 21st century, these churches still have most of the money in the Anglican Communion, but congregational numbers are dwindling.
• That is the orthodox Anglican position.” Views like these carry great weight in the Anglican Communion, even today.

• But they remain within the Anglican Communion.
• The Episcopal Church in the U.S. has ordained openly gay bishops – most controversially Gene Robinson, former Bishop of New Hampshire, in 2003.
• In 2016, the primates – the most senior leaders of the Anglican Communion – voted to suspend the Episcopal Church from decision-making on Anglican governance and policy for three years.

The via media

• Despite such heated conflicts, the Anglican Communion holds together through the via media.
• Via media was first mentioned by English reformers who broke from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century.
• It is this Church of England that eventually spread globally with the British Empire to become the Anglican Communion.
• In the 19th century, via media became a way of thinking about internal, rather than external, challenges, such as resolving debates over how to interpret scripture.

Holding together

• It is this understanding of via media, I argue, that is holding the Anglican Communion together thus far.
• Instead, it seeks to include people with deeply held but contrary beliefs within the same church through common worship and life.
• The Church of England, for example, made plans for negotiations between people holding differing viewpoints before the Synod meets again in July 2024.

Lisa McClain is affiliated with her local Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Idaho. She is a professor of Gender Studies and a member of the international think tank The Inclusion Crowd as a gender expert.

• WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- McCann Systems , a renowned commercial audiovisual integrator, is proud to announce the results of its highly anticipated annual STEM Scholarship competition .
• This year, in recognition of the exceptional pool of applicants, McCann expanded the field to three winners, each receiving substantial awards toward their higher education.
• Catherine added, "Nice to meet the other candidates, and thank you, McCann Systems, for sponsoring the scholarship.
• McCann Systems remains committed to supporting and empowering the next generation of STEM leaders, and the annual STEM Scholarship reflects this continued dedication.

• François Henrot has also informed the Board of his resignation from his directorship following the April 30th, 2024 Annual General Meeting.
• Agnès Touraine, Chairwoman of Rexel's Board of Directors, said: "François Henrot has played a key role on Rexel's Board of Directors, notably as Senior Independent Director.
• I would like to thank him warmly for his advice, his loyalty and his many contributions over the years.
• The Board of Directors had recently identified complementary needs in terms of expertise, which guided our choices.