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Sep 27, 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury's Address to be Seen Around the World

The inaugural address of an annual international lecture series honoring Archbishop Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, will be seen live by a global audience via webcast on September 28, 2012 beginning at 8:15 (CST). Sponsored by Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC), the series will be launched by Williams himself, in an address considering the nature and role of Anglican institutions of higher learning. Audiences at many of the more than 130 member institutions in the international CUAC network will view the historic event live, as can members of the public, by logging on to www.canterbury.ac.uk/CUAC-Lecture2012.

 

A full video of the Archbishop’s address will also be available for on-demand viewing immediately after the event at the same URL as the live stream. A high definition video for on-demand viewing and download will be permanently available on the CUAC website at www.cuac.org beginning Monday, October 1.

 

The lecture commemorates Williams’ ten years as Archbishop of Canterbury. The choice of the Archbishop as the first lecturer is apt for several reasons: Williams serves as Chancellor of Canterbury Christ Church University, and the inaugural lecture comprises a part of the University’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. The Archbishop is also CUAC’s Patron, and he has long held that higher education within the context of an Anglican identity provides benefits that are both universal and particular to the local context. In subsequent years, the annual CUAC lecture will rotate among different regions and be hosted by member colleges and universities. 

 

CUAC is a world-wide association of over 130 institutions of higher education that were founded by and retain ties to a branch of the Anglican Communion. With institutions on five continents, CUAC promotes cross-cultural contacts for the exchange of ideas and the joint development of educational programmes among member institutions. As a network of the Anglican Communion, CUAC leverages its global presence to help the faculty and students of its member institutions become better citizens of an increasingly diverse world. For more information, visit www.cuac.org.

 

For more information about the Archbishop of Canterbury, please visit: www.archbishopofcanterbury.org.