Ali Symons

  • Ali Symons

    Ali Symons is a senior editor with General Synod.

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"It's a lonely job, full of adventure or danger," says Father David Mulholland (shown at left) of his 37-year chaplaincy with the worldwide Anglican Mission to Seafarers. Photo by: Alyssa Bistonath

‘We’ll get you some dumplings’

It’s a rainy morning at the port of Oshawa, Ont., and burly stevedores swarm around a huge ship from China, hoisting long poles of steel

Answered prayers

SHELLS AND BELLS “I feel happy when I see it,” says Archbishop David Vunagi of the liturgy that has evolved out of the vibrant Melanesian

Archbishop Fred Hiltz at the Bishop Naramana Vocational Training Centre in Garanga, Solomon Islands. Photo: Ali Symons

My travels with +Fred

Solomon Islands with Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Mar. 15-28. To get to the cocoa and fruit farm, Archbishop Fred Hiltz has to wade across a river.

Sister Act

i dream of a dorm Youngest rape victims need a special wing, says Sister Doreen. Photo: Ali Symons It was 3:00 in the morning when

Archbishop Fred Hiltz at the Bishop Naramana Vocational Training Centre in Garanga, Solomon Islands. Photo by Ali Symons / General Synod Communications

My travels with +Fred

I was so sick on our Fiji stopover. There we were in the Nadi airport, on our way to the Solomon Islands, and I was

Bishop Sperry with catechist and longtime friend Morris Nigiyok at Holman airport, N.W.T. Photo: contributed

Bishop Sperry treasured Inuit culture

The Right Rev. John (Jack) Reginald Sperry, former bishop of the Arctic, will be remembered as a spiritual mentor, linguist and lover of Inuit culture.

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