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
Dorothy Peers Our primate’s recent retirement has generated many tributes to his years of gifted and dedicated ministry to our national church, our worldwide Anglican
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The native residential schools settlement fund has collected $8.8 million (of a $25 million target) from Canadian dioceses and from General Synod as of Dec.
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
Geneva Inter-religious encounter is one of the most crucial challenges facing churches today, according to Rev. Konrad Raiser, former general secretary of the World Council
Grace Tucker, who worked as an Anglican church missionary to the Japanese community in Canada, died in Richmond, B.C. on Dec. 4 at the age
Jim Bear of the Brokenhead Ojibwa traveled recently to Scotland and presented the Royal Museum of Scotland with a cross carved out of wood cut
A South African organization called HOPE Africa has solicited contributions from Canadian Anglican parishes, prompting a word of caution from Ellie Johnson, director of the
Dr. Adolfo Roitman, curator, examines the War Scroll, part of the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at the Museum of Civilization in Hull, Que. Amateur historians
Beit Jala, West Bank A new centre specifically built for dialogue between the world’s three monotheistic faiths ? Christianity, Judaism and Islam ? has opened
Becky Nganja, 24, takes a break beside an AIDS poster at the All-Africa Conference of Churches ecumenical service marking World AIDS Day. Anglicans joined people
The First Christian Universal Truth in the Teachings of Jesus by Paul F.M. Zahl Eerdmans 148 pages, $25.99 Every few centuries the Christian community convulses