Jeanie Keogh, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:54:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Jeanie Keogh, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 After the Brussels attacks, despair and hope https://anglicanjournal.com/after-the-brussels-attacks-despair-and-hope/ https://anglicanjournal.com/after-the-brussels-attacks-despair-and-hope/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2016 19:04:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/after-the-brussels-attacks-despair-and-hope/ Two days after Palm Sunday, Holy Week was marred by twin terror attacks in Brussels. As an expat Canadian who works five minutes from Maelbeek metro station where one attack took place, I was struck in the heart by these horrific events.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/after-the-brussels-attacks-despair-and-hope/feed/ 0 114081 Isabella https://anglicanjournal.com/isabella-11244/ https://anglicanjournal.com/isabella-11244/#respond Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/isabella-11244/ It was one of those moments I shall never forget. It came at the end of a beautiful liturgy commemorating the 100th anniversary of setting the cornerstone of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, in Saskatoon, September 2012. Earlier, in April, the cornerstone had been removed as part of an extensive restoration program. A […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/isabella-11244/feed/ 0 113993 Try hard https://anglicanjournal.com/try-hard-10718/ https://anglicanjournal.com/try-hard-10718/#respond Tue, 01 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/try-hard-10718/ The Five Marks of Mission To proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom To teach, baptize and nurture new believers To respond to human need by loving service To seek to transform unjust structures of society To strive to safeguard the integrity of creationand sustain and renew the life of the earth On a trip […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/try-hard-10718/feed/ 0 114060 The sounds of hope https://anglicanjournal.com/the-sounds-of-hope-10568/ https://anglicanjournal.com/the-sounds-of-hope-10568/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/the-sounds-of-hope-10568/ St. John the Baptist Church, CubaPhoto: Andrea Mann In Palma Soriano in Cuba, there is a house that sits next to the ruins of a church destroyed by a hurricane. Through a window on the second floor of that house, we could see Fr. Halbert, the parish priest, pounding back sheets of galvanized metal that […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/the-sounds-of-hope-10568/feed/ 0 114053 Reset the relationship https://anglicanjournal.com/reset-the-relationship-10489/ https://anglicanjournal.com/reset-the-relationship-10489/#respond Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/reset-the-relationship-10489/ In one armchair was seated the prime minister, the Right Honourable Stephen Harper; in the other, the National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Shawn Atleo. Behind them was a standard bearing the Canadian flag. The photo op captured, in a flash, the history of colonialism and the hope of self-determination, the legacy of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/reset-the-relationship-10489/feed/ 0 114027 Michael https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-10304/ https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-10304/#respond Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/michael-10304/ Father Michael LapsleyPhoto: Marites Sison It was Sunday evening. The House of Bishops was gathering for its fall 2011 meeting at Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont. Standing in the dining room, I caught my first glimpse of Father Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest from South Africa who had been invited to lead […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/michael-10304/feed/ 0 114011 Happy Christmas’ https://anglicanjournal.com/happy-christmas-10251/ https://anglicanjournal.com/happy-christmas-10251/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/happy-christmas-10251/ That’s the title of an old hand-stitched silk bookmark tucked in the prayer book my dad gave my mother in 1969.The text reads: “Rise, happy morn, rise, holy morn, Draw forth the cheerful day from night. O Father, touch the east, and light The light that shone when Hope was born.”—A. Tennyson I am grateful […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/happy-christmas-10251/feed/ 0 113933 My solemn vow https://anglicanjournal.com/my-solemn-vow-10142/ https://anglicanjournal.com/my-solemn-vow-10142/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/my-solemn-vow-10142/ In my lifetime I have made a number of solemn vows-in marriage, in ordination and in installation to various offices in the church. Some months ago, I was invited to make another one. It reads like this: “I will never commit, condone, or remain silent about violence against women.” It’s the vow associated with the […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/my-solemn-vow-10142/feed/ 0 104489 Respect https://anglicanjournal.com/respect-10075/ https://anglicanjournal.com/respect-10075/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/respect-10075/ I will not forget Jack Layton’s state funeral in Toronto in August. As the national anthem was sung, we were united in grief and pride and thanksgiving for a life well lived in the service of our country and its place in the world. There were other great moments of song that lifted our hearts […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/respect-10075/feed/ 0 114029 A birthday to remember https://anglicanjournal.com/a-birthday-to-remember-9981/ https://anglicanjournal.com/a-birthday-to-remember-9981/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2011 04:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/a-birthday-to-remember-9981/ It was a sight to behold: six hundred cupcakes held high in the air, each one lit in honour of a birthday. The setting was the northern event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), held in Inuvik, NWT, in June. One of the things we have learned from the survivors of the residential schools […]

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