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Forces’ first Muslim chaplain

Capt. Suleyman Demiray Capt. Suleyman Demiray, 37, an imam from the Ottawa area, graduated from the chaplain basic officer training course on Dec. 10 at

Saying farewell to Michael Peers

On Feb. 1, Michael Peers will serve his last day as primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. In as special section, the Anglican Journal

Woman priested ‘behind bars’

Anne Moats Willams signs the declaration of faith and obedience at her ordination inside Anamosa State Penitentiary. When Bishop Alan Scarfe came to Anamosa, Iowa,

Commission meets, charts path

A group of native Anglicans charged with bringing native concerns before General Synod 2004 began its work in December, according to Donna Bomberry, co-ordinator of

Gender issues raised

Norwegian Church Aid has warned church organizations in Malawi that they risk having support frozen if they ignore gender and human rights issues in their

Middle East peace

Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold of the Episcopal Church in the United States joined 32 other religious leaders in announcing a new effort to mobilize

A journey worthy of Ulysses

Cold Mountain is a small story set against a huge backdrop of events and the nurturing sweep of landscape and nature. At the outset of

Aid agencies respond to Iran quake

A Hungarian Baptist Aid medical team in Bam, Iran, works under palm trees for shade during the day and by reflector light at night. Responding

Turning a page on a churchman’s career

The Peers family in a 2001 photo (from left): Dorothy; Richard (with son William atop), his wife Jeanette Revet (with daughter Emma); Michael; Valerie; Nga

Light’s on as new bishop

Light Parishes in the former British Columbia diocese of Cariboo will once again have a bishop. Now called the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior

Three parishes close

Three of the six Anglican parishes in Niagara Falls, Ont. are facing closure. With dwindling attendance, St. Stephen’s church voted to disestablish last November and

Arctic supports ACiNW

September’s meeting in Yellowknife of the diocese of the Arctic’s executive committee saw this resolution passed: “That this executive affirm the stand taken by the

Government silence condemned

Johannesburg South African church leaders have condemned their government’s silence on atrocities committed by Zimbabwe ‘s rulers against political opponents, equating the situation in their

Believing there is a better way

The Human Right to Peaceby Douglas RocheNovalis 271 pages, $24.95 At the end of this month it will be Lent again and, as always, I

New network for dissenters

Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) who dissented from decisions by last summer’s General Convention endorsing the consecration of a gay

How did your church mark World AIDS Day?

This church has AIDS. Elsewhere in this first issue of 2004, the Anglican Journal has coverage of how churches and others marked World AIDS Day,

Toonies for HIV/AIDS

Dr. Stephen Hart, a New Brunswick Anglican, has asked his church to be actively involved in the HIV/AIDS relief and education campaign of the Primates

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