Anglican Journal

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Gift of life

Bishop Peter Coffin of the diocese of Ottawa joined other faith leaders and Canadian Blood Services in launching an initiative aimed to encourage people of

Conversions spark violence

New DelhiChurches in Sri Lanka have urged the government to give protection to Christians following recent attacks on churches and increasing demands for a ban

Ecumenical venture

St. Thomas’ church, Sherwood Park, in the diocese of Edmonton, joined nine parishes of other denominations to sponsor the Strathcona County’s 14th Annual Ecumenical Mission

Reclaim ‘orthodoxy,’ conference urged

Manchester , EnglandThe word orthodoxy has been hijacked by many conservatives in the church and needs to be taken back, says a Canadian bishop who

Civil disobedience

Amid chants of “release him, release him” and the singing of Amazing Grace , police escort Canon Patrick Doran (in cloak), of St. Paul ‘s

Looking back, looking forward

What a year. December draws to a close 12 of the most exhilarating, astonishing and groundbreaking months in recent memory for the Anglican Communion. All

Church faces ADR dilemma

Rev. Ian Morrison, of the Presbyterian Church in Canada (l) and Canon Roger Steinke of the Anglican Church of Canada, listen as a new dispute

Synod speaker sparks debate

Quebec Members of the ecclesiastical province of Canada debated the choice of the senior bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) as

Sisters choose leader

Bishop Ralph Spence blesses Sr. Marguerite May at her installation as the head of the Sisters of the Church in Oakville, Ont. Sr. Margaret (rear)

New beginnings for a sometimes-divided church

While last month heralded some new beginnings for indigenous Anglicans in Canada, recent events elsewhere might well be remembered as the beginning of the end

When personal faith and theology meet

Every now and then an exceptionable book appears in the market place and such is After the Locusts, Letters from a Landscape of Faith ,

What price unity’ asks Irish primate

Here, reprinted courtesy of the Church of Ireland Gazette (www.gazette.ireland.anglican.org), is an excerpt of an essay by the Archbishop of Armagh and senior primate of

Pope notes difficulties on gay clergy issue

A strengthening of relations but also the recognition of new problems marked the first official visit of Archbishop Rowan Williams, the head of the Anglican

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A thank you from a frequent traveller

I am writing these notes in a retreat house in the foothills of the Rockies and have spent some of the time in self-examination, (something

Stories for wee readers

Very small children love stories and also love a book to call their own. Bible for Me by Andy Holmes, illustrated by Ralph Voltz (Tommy

Facing chronic illnesses with hope

Grace Casselman’s Knocked Off My Knees is a good source of education for someone diagnosed with lupus but, more importantly, it is a personal story

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