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Young drummers perform at the TRC national event opening ceremonies. They were part of a choir comprising grade school students from Winnipeg. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Sinclair encourages survivors to share stories

Saying “the truth will eventually heal us all,” Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) chair Justice Murray Sinclair today urged Indian residential schools survivors to tell their stories. And he urged the rest of Canada to listen to them with honour and respect.

Embracing our differences

‘I BELIEVE the Spirit of God has presided at this synod.’ -Archbishop Fred Hiltz Photo: Art Babych General Synod 2010 did not approve the so-called

A new vision of what church can be’

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop, Mark MacDonald, speaks after a resolution is passed creating a self-determining national indigenous ministry.Photo: Art Babych HALIFAX—In what was described as

Archbishop David Ashdown Photo: Art Babych

Revised resolution stands

On Mon. Jun. 7, members of the 2010 General Synod approved on first reading a revised resolution that changes the formula for determining the number

No more winners and losers

The Rev. Jamie Howison Photo: Art Babych How General Synod delegates may discuss the place of gays and lesbians in the Anglican Church of Canada

We are a people of hope’

Bishop Suheil Dawani of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, with his wife, Shafeeqa. Photo: Art Babych Halifax The bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem,

Confessions of a General Synod junkie

Margaret Shawyer, co-ordinator for General Synod planning and consultations General Synod 2010 will be her 10th and last as staff, but Margaret Shawyer is already

Project raised $100k+

“We sang in parishes and parking lots, on beaches and in fields, we sang it in Kandahar and Keewatin and even in prison. And, it

Ever met a priest who runs a trapline?

During a recent learning exchange at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, eight Anglican priests and elders from the Cree Nation in the diocese

Please keep us in your prayers’

A portion of PWRDF funds will support big tent classrooms. A Canadian Anglican who recently visited earthquake-ravaged Haiti said her experience “leaves no illusion that

Maritime hospitality awaits

HISTORIC Saint Mary’s University is Canada’s oldest English-speaking Roman Catholic university. Warm Maritime hospitality will greet about 500 delegates, visitors and staff of the Anglican

Waste not, want not

Designer Tobias Wong converts a Philippe Starck chair into a lamp. On the wall, “Amik” mascot scarves, all souvenirs from the 1976 Montreal Olympics, are

Where Haitians sought solace

The Ascension by Castera Bazile, Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port-au-Prince. Journalists who covered the devastating earthquake in Haiti have written that among the saddest scenes they

PWRDF streamlines

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has announced a 26 per cent cut to its 2010-2011 budget along with major organizational changes that

Making it happen

In Kaslo, B.C., the 25-member parish of St. Mark partnered with the tiny town to sponsor a Colombian family. You could call Caroline Fitzpatrick a

Montreal youth to sponsor refugee family

Archbishop Fred Hiltz (left) expressed deep appreciation for the efforts of this Montreal youth group. Beside him: Ely Nesset, Jasmine Lemay, Melissa Rollit, Erin Dunlop,

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