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Theology commission looks at church’s mission

The newly appointed Primate’s Theological Commission met for the first time recently in Oakville, Ont., and began identifying “underlying foundational questions, including our expression of

Newly-ordained priest Mpho Tutu kisses her father, Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, after blessing him. Archbishop Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

Tutu ordains daughter

Alexandria, Va. Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against racial discrimination in South Africa, ordained his daughter, Mpho,

Bishop urges negotiation

Bishop Ralph Spence of Niagara has urged the management and union of one of the biggest employers in Hamilton, Ont., to “negotiate in a spirit

Priest on the streets

Canon Harold Munn of Victoria has vowed to sleep in the streets to protest plans by the British Columbia government to put a two-year cap

CoGS asked to mark anniversary

The Council of General Synod (CoGS), which meets March 4-7, will vote on a resolution calling on Canadian Anglicans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of

Church House moving date set for April

The national church office will move to its new quarters at 80 Hayden St., Toronto, on the weekend of April 24-25, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, general

Government will appeal court ruling

The government of Canada will appeal the so-called Blackwater court ruling which found that the federal government was 100 per cent liable for abuse suffered

Agency petitions U.S.

The humanitarian agency Church World Service (CWS) has urged the United States to allow multilateral participation in the rebuilding of Iraq. A statement issued by

Churches line up to condemn ECUSA

The bishops of Congo, West Africa, are the latest to voice their condemnation of the consecration in New Hampshire of Bishop Gene Robinson and to

Anna E. Clark (nee Wilson)

Anna Wilson and Howard Clark, who served as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1959 to 1969, were married in 1935. Anna E.

Allan Alexander Read

Bishop Allan Alexander Read, former diocesan bishop of Ontario, died of cancer on Nov. 15 in Kingston, Ont. at the age of 80. Born in

$1 million deferred

The executive council of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA), at its meeting in October, postponed until the spring a decision on whether

Announcement

Two prominent Anglicans will receive honorary doctorates at the Nov. 2 convocation at St. John’s College, Winnipeg. Archdeacon Jim Boyles, general secretary of the Anglican

Alfred Woolcock

Bishop Alfred Woolcock, a one-time Anglican Church of Canada priest and former head of the Anglican Catholic Church, died in July at the age of

Announcement

Leanne Larmondin, formerly the acting editor of the Anglican Journal, was appointed editor of the newspaper in June. She succeeds Vianney (Sam) Carriere, who became

Telling their stories

The Toronto chapter of Integrity, a support group for gay and lesbian Anglicans, is preparing a publication about the lives of gay Anglicans for distribution

Churches grapple with sex issues

The legitimacy of homosexual relationships in society and in religious settings was the subject of a number of developments over the summer. Courts in Ontario

Appointment

Canon John Gibaut, a priest from the diocese of Ottawa, has been appointed director of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Faith and Order Commission

New metropolitan

Bishop John Clarke, of the diocese of Athabasca, was elected archbishop and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert?s Land at the provincial synod on

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