Members of four Melanesian religious orders recently visited the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at Lambeth Palace.
The group was composed of members of the Franciscan Brothers, the Sisters of the Church, the Melanesian Brotherhood and the Sisters of Melanesia.
Of these, the largest is the Melanesian Brothers, whose 400 members take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience for three to seven years, after which many return to their villages. The Brotherhood has houses in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines.
Archbishop Justin welcomed a group of Brothers and Sisters from Melanesia to Lambeth Palace on Thursday night for an evening of prayer, conversation and Melanesian song.
The Brothers and Sisters pledged their desire to work for “peace and reconciliation in the Anglican Communion”. Scroll down to watch a video of them singing to Archbishop Justin.
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- ENS
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