Bob Bettson, Author at Anglican Journal

What we learned at Justice Camp

Bob Bettson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:00:00 +0000

Food banks present Christians with a dilemma. Our biblical imperative is to feed the hungry, yet food banks in Canada, set up on a large scale 30 years ago, have become institutionalized. Tragically, many low-income Canadians, including young children, still go hungry. The question of food banks and their future was one of several issues […]

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‘She has taught us not to be afraid of death’

Bob Bettson — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0000

It is nearly four months since Captain Nichola Goddard, 26, died in action serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan’s Panjway district, near Kandahar. But her mother, Sally Goddard, still cannot say if she has accepted her daughter’s death, the first Canadian woman soldier to die in combat. “I don’t know if I’ve reached that […]

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Primate seeks sponsors

Bob Bettson — Tue, 01 Jun 1999 04:00:00 +0000

As the first wave of Kosovar refugees begins settling in at temporary homes at Canadian military bases, the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund is asking parishes and dioceses that wish to act as refugee sponsors to contact diocesan refugee co-ordinators. Bern Jagunos of PWRDF said a number of parishes and dioceses have contacted General […]

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Anglicans aid Kosovars

Bob Bettson — Sat, 01 May 1999 04:00:00 +0000

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund has responded to an appeal for emergency aid by the International Orthodox Christian Charities to help the people of Kosovo. The initial PWRDF grant of $5,000 has been increased by $15,000 in donations from Canadian Anglicans earmarked for Kosovo. The full $20,000 will be channeled through Action by […]

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Christian charities overlooked

Bob Bettson — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Though Christian churches and other faith communities make up about 40 per cent of the 75,000 registered charities in Canada, these were virtually ignored by a panel reviewing charities in Canada. The government appointed panel devoted almost all its attention to the other 60 per cent of charities and 100,000 organizations in the non-profit sector. […]

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Roof repairs start at St. Anne’s

Bob Bettson — Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000

The scaffolding is up inside St. Anne’s Church in west Toronto to allow art conservators to evaluate the damage done to valuable paintings, by members of the Group of Seven, on the walls of the church. Meanwhile outside, workers have begun fixing the leaking roof that threatened the art. Work is progressing quickly at the […]

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Ecumenical talks key focus of gathering

Bob Bettson — Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Canadian Anglicans who participated in the Eighth Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Harare, Zimbabwe, say the highlight of the 10-day gathering didn’t come on the floor during debate, but from the opportunity to meet personally with Christians from all over the globe in all their diversity. The large assembly became personal when […]

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Heresy still alive and well today

Bob Bettson — Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Heresy is a word many Christians would shy away from in an age where tolerance is seen as a virtue. But heresy accurately describes many modern ideas about central Christian dogma, including notions of tolerance and acceptance instead of repentance and forgiveness, says a retired American bishop. Bishop C. Fitzsimons Allison was speaking at a […]

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Speakers focus on fund-raising

Bob Bettson — Fri, 01 Jan 1999 05:00:00 +0000

What’s the difference between fund-raising and stewardship? Stewardship is when we pray before we put our hands in your pockets. That was a joke told at the fourth annual Anglican/Episcopal Stewardship and Christian Philanthropy Symposium, held in Toronto in November. But 235 participants, the largest turnout ever, heard from an array of speakers that stewardship […]

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Beardy cleared after police investigation

Bob Bettson — Tue, 01 Sep 1998 04:00:00 +0000

No criminal charges will be laid by the Ontario Provincial Police following an investigation into the use of proceeds of a walk for Native healing by Keewatin Bishop Gordon Beardy. But the stress of the investigation and its attendant publicity led Bishop Beardy to cancel his planned trip to Lambeth this year. The OPP began […]

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