Leigh Anne Williams

  • Leigh Anne Williams joined the Anglican Journal in 2008 as a part-time staff writer. She also works as the Canadian correspondent for Publishers Weekly, a New York-based trade magazine for the book publishing. Prior to this, Williams worked as a reporter for the Canadian bureau of TIME Magazine, news editor of Quill & Quire, and a copy editor at The Halifax Herald, The Globe and Mail and The Bay Street Bull.

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Photography project supports urban ministry

Carly Kalish, centre, a social worker at All Saints Church-Community Centre is the prime mover behind The Exposure Project. She is flanked by project co-chairs

Indaba builds respect

Praying, worshipping and celebrating the eucharist together bridges differences. Photo: Stephen Fields “It’s easy to throw stones at one another from across oceans and theological

Still divided on Anglican covenant

A majority of dioceses in the Church of England have refused to approve the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant. It won’t be considered by the General

Hugh McKellar

Quietly made a difference

Hugh McKellar, a remarkable humanitarian and long-time volunteer died Feb. 8 following surgery. A retired high school English teacher and librarian, McKellar had a passion

Archbishop reconciles with gay priest

Archbishop Finlay and the Rev. Jim Ferry with worship leader Jennifer Henry at the Reconciliation service at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto.

Coalition hopes England will reject Covenant

“I’m very disappointed that some Covenant supporters have tried to turn this into a contest about who loves the Communion more,” says Archdeacon Alan Perry.

Hugh McKellar devoted nearly two decades volunteering for the Anglican Church of Canada. Photo: Cynthia Herrera

McKellar quietly made a difference

Hugh McKellar, a remarkable humanitarian and long-time volunteer at both the national office of the Anglican Church of Canada and the office of the diocese

Bishop G. Russell Hatton Photo: General synod archives

A great ecumenist

Bishop George Russell Hatton died on Jan. 14 after a short battle with cancer. He was 79. Bishop Hatton was “a great ecumenist” and brought

Bishop G. Russell Hatton 1932-2012

‘A great ecumenist’ dies

Bishop George Russell Hatton died on Jan. 14 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was 79. Whether it was as a scholar, an

Childhood illness taught her compassion

Gwendolyn Gresham, a former editor of The Saskatchewan Anglican monthly diocesan newspaper, died of cancer on Dec. 2, 2011. She was 49. Gresham became the

From punk to priest

DESPITE his initial appearance, including spiked hair, jeans and a leather jacket, Marty Levesque found his spiritual home in the Anglican church. Now a priest,

Nationwide fund-raising initiative

CoGS approved a new proposal for a nationwide diocesan-based fundraising initiative and an additional $200,000 in funding. “This is a new committee that has a

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