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Toronto blessing passes quietly

Toronto A Toronto parish has performed what may be the first public blessing of a same-sex marriage in Canada’s largest diocese. Alison Kemper and Joyce

Churches meet despite safety concerns

Bulawayo, ZimbabweUndeterred by reports of political violence, more than 6,500 members of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches from around the world assembled in mid-August

His blue heaven

A priest in the diocese of Edmonton has agreed to let the church’s Sunday school children dye his hair blue if they can match his

Fewer in New West pews

Average church attendance in the diocese of New Westminster is down again for the second time in as many years. The diocese reports that 8,167

Quebec crab fishers face grim future

Registered nurse Mary Spingle prepares for an evening service at St. Peter’s church in Old Fort Bay Blanc-Sablon, Que.Rev. Douglas Painter is cordial but grim.

WCC campaign on violence targets U.S.

GenevaThe United States is to be the focus of an ecumenical church campaign against violence, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches

Churches broach election

Bishops in the province of Ontario are wading into secular politics and have issued a pamphlet to help Anglicans ask questions of their local candidates

WCC finances looking brighter

General Secretary Sam Kobia The World Council of Churches (WCC) is in a healthier financial position and is on the road to overcoming the difficulties

Church Army moves

The Church Army in Canada has moved its national office to Saint John from Toronto. The move, which became official on Sept. 1, reunites the

Reconciliation Sunday

The diocese of Ottawa will mark Nov. 23 as Settlement and Reconciliation Sunday. The announcement came from the diocesan Residential Schools Settlement Commission, which is

Ottawa ACW sends bales packing

Evelyn Presley, co-ordinator of Ottawa’s diocesan ACW, helps seal one of 115 bales for churches in the North; the bales were valued at $69,000. Following

B.C. picks up the pieces after fires

Mover Paul Griffith attaches the pipes to the organ at St. Andrew’s church in Kelowna, B.C., 11 days after it was removed due to the

Curriculum ‘meets different needs’

Trinity’s Len Bulmer guides Sunday school children through a lesson. Aurora, Ont.Seasons of the Spirit, adopted by the Anglican Church of Canada as its recommended

Population trends

Aware of rapid population growth in the diocese of Toronto, Archbishop Terence Finlay has launched an in-depth study of demographic trends in the diocese. The

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