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Dialogue celebrates 40 years

Bishop Michael InghamPhoto: Art Babych This year, the national ARC Bishops’ Dialogue celebrates 40 years of bringing Anglican and Roman Catholics closer together. “The Canadian

Lent

For many, the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Maundy Thursday are not vigorously observed Photo: David McNew / Getty Images Most religions include periods

Four decades of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue

Last month, the national Canadian ARC Bishops’ Dialogue celebrated 40 years of bringing Anglican and Roman Catholics closer together. “The Canadian Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue is

Milestones in Christian history

June 325 First Council of Nicaea Emperor Constantine invites 1,800 Christian bishops to meet in Nicaea in present-day Turkey. The council is the first attempt

Book Review: No big fish story, this

A once thriving coastal community on the Chukchi Sea is moved inland two miles because of flooding. A beloved grandmother drowns while crossing thin ice

Let us offer our prayers to the Source of all life and love." Photo: Nick Norman / National Geographic

Prayers for the planet

Today, the urgent issue of climate change is uppermost in the Anglican conscience-and soon it may be front and centre in lay prayers and intercessions.

Reason for the season: Tapping into moments of joy and goodwill. Photo: Michael Hudson

Christmastide

In this secular and multi-faith society, Christmas past and present still resonates deeply with Canadians. My proudest hour as a child was playing Magus Melchior

The Bishop's Gospel Choir of British Columbia in Victoria. Top row, centre: Bishop James Cowan with Mary Rogers, choir director, on his left. Photo: contributed

The sound of sacred music

For some, music is the most hallowed of all the human arts-the most spiritual and the most akin to the invisible yet somehow palpable presence

Always up for a challenge: Selma Doucet’s winning style. Photo: contributed

A septuagenarian powerhouse

Selma Doucet may be turning 75, but she’s showing no sign of slowing the whirlwind pace of church activity that takes her all over her

Call me Duke

Wellington (“Call me Duke”) Murray, 74, spent most of his working life as a troubleshooter for the vast New Brunswick Power Corporation. These days, the

Photos like this one of the Western Sunday School Caravan Mission won't be so easy to access, thanks to federal cuts announced in April. Photo: General Synod Archives P7804-50

Budget cuts threaten church archives

Church and secular archivists across Canada fear that funding cuts to Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will severely restrict their ability to acquire, preserve and

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