Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, captured headlines thispast weekend with harsh and controversial criticism of the Alberta oilsands made while attending a May 31 to June 1 conference in FortMcMurray, Alberta.
Staged as a play, the Rev. Mia Anderson’s life would have a plot full of twists and surprises.
Act 1: A young Canadian actress sets off for theatre school in London,England, and soon is acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The diocese of Brandon has launched a $350,000 civil lawsuit against its former executive archdeacon, the Rev. Noah Njegovan.
Valerie Andrews says the memories are burned into her mind. She was 17 when her family sent her to stay in a maternity home for unwed mothers in 1969.
Every Canadian gardener knows the rule that it is not safe to plantanything before the Victoria Day weekend. That’s particularly true onthe prairies…
In other news, the Council of General Synod (CoGS), also:
David Jones, chancellor of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), informedcouncil members of a strong possibility that as much as $2.7 million of the funds paid tothe Residential Schools Settlement will be returned to the 32 Anglicanentities involved-General Synod, the Missionary Corporation and the 30dioceses.
An indigenous ministries presentation at the Council of General Synodmeeting in Mississauga, Ont. included a preview of celebrations plannedto mark the creation of a new indigenous diocese to be known as theIndigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh.
As part of his general secretary’s report, Michael Thompson updated the Council of General Synod (CoGs)-meeting in Mississauga, Ont., from May 3 to 5-on plans for the Anglican Church of Canada’s next General Synod, which will be held from July 7 to 13, 2016 in the diocese of Toronto.
In a progress report to the Council of General Synod (CoGS) on theearly work of the Commission on the Marriage Canon, chair Canon RobertFalby noted that there had been “some controversy” over the membershipof the committee after it was announced in early 2014.
I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish Dr. Abuelaish’s life, as a Palestinian born in a refugee camp who became
The picture painted by Margot Ellis, deputy commissioner of the United Nations (UN) Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), at the mid-March launch of an inter-agency humanitarian appeal for Gaza and the West Bank, is startlingly desperate.
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada in Toronto wasabuzz with excitement as staff welcomed Archbishop of Canterbury JustinWelby and his wife, Caroline, for a brief stop in a tightly scheduledvisit to Canada from April 7 to 9.
Chris Morrison, who former priest George Ferris was convicted ofsexually abusing in the 1980s, is suing both Ferris and the diocese ofHuron for $3.1 million.
The University of Regina Press (URP) is publishing a series of First Nations Language Readers, or story collections, designed as teaching tools for beginners wanting to learn particular languages and about the cultures of the people who speak them.
As the din from an International Women’s Day march could be heard from outside on the street, about 100 people were gathered inside Toronto’s downtown Church of the Redeemer on March 8 for a teach-in event about missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls in Canada.
For Anglicans considering how to observe Lent this year, the Anglican Church of Canada is offering two online resources-one, a study of the Gospel of John and the other, a study of baptismal identity.
Both friendly andintense”—that’s how the Rev. William Harrison describes the latest phaseof the dialogue between representatives of the Anglican Church ofCanada and the United Church of Canada after the last of three annualmeetings wrapped up at the Vancouver School of Theology on Jan. 16.
Trent Bell usually does photo shoots of beautiful architecture, interiordesign and landscapes that are destined for the glossy pages ofmagazines such as Condé Nast Traveler or Design New England. Butsearching for a more personal project that would stretch him creativelyand diversify his portfolio led him to very different subjects in a verydifferent place-taking portraits of inmates in the Maine prison system.
When the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is observed around the worldthis year from Jan. 18 to 25, there will be a special focus on Canada.
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