TORONTO -- July 7, 2009 -- The Compass Rose Society of the Anglican Communion, which provides annual financial support to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Anglican Consultative Council, today announced that it will hold its 2009 annual general meeting in London on September 29th and 30th and begin a five day mission trip to the Diocese of Southern Malawi on October 3.

Society members will convene on Tuesday, September 29th at St. Andrew's House, the London headquarters of the Anglican Communion, for the annual meeting and attend dinner hosted by Archbishop and Mrs. Williams on Wednesday evening followed by the service of Compline in the Archbishop's Chapel.

The mission trip to the Anglican Southern Malawi is at the invitation of Bishop James Tengatenga, the newly elected chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, and begins on October 3 with a celebration in Magomero of the arrival of missionaries from England to Malawi. Other plans include visits to schools, the seminary, diocesan headquarters and a medical clinic under construction. The trip concludes on October 7.

The Anglican Diocese of Southern Malawi was founded in 2002 after the division of the old Southern Malawi into Upper Shire and Southern Malawi. The Anglican Church in Malawi is 148 years old, established in 1861 by the Universities Mission to Central Africa that was formed in response the call by David Livingstone to establish a church in the area.

The Compass Rose Society, founded in 1997, takes its name from the symbol of the Anglican Communion. Its Web address is www.compassrosesociety.org. New members are welcome.

Visit with representatives of the Compass Rose Society including the society's president, The Right Reverend Philip Poole, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Toronto, in Booth #601 at the 76th General Convention of the Episcopal Church in Anaheim, Calif. July 8- 17, 2009.

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