Anglican Journal

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Six Melanesian brothers confirmed dead

Honiara, Solomon IslandsSix members of the Melanesian Brotherhood, an Anglican religious order, were murdered last May while they were held captive by rebel leader Harold

Irish churches growing

The Anglican and Presbyterian churches in the Republic of Ireland have recorded their first increases in support since at least 1881, according to a government

Police chaplain lauded by peers

A priest in the diocese of Algoma was recognized by his peers recently at an international conference of police chaplains. Rev. Michael Dunnill, a police

War chaplain pens book

Canon Laurence F. Wilmot, 92, of the diocese of Rupert’s Land, has written a memoir of his time as an Anglican chaplain during the last

Assembly a ‘dream’ for primate

Jeanne Fomgbami from Cameroon joins worshippers in dance at the end of an ecumenical celebration. Shown with her are two of her children – Emmanuelle

Kairos names new director

Corkery Kairos, the Toronto-based ecumenical organization devoted to social justice issues, announced that its board appointed Mary Corkery to the position of executive director, effective

Overnight’ success just took longer

Sometimes, it takes a lifetime to become an overnight success. That paradox is the odd lot in life of Cuba’s Ibrahim Ferrer. He was an

First youth synod

The diocese of Central Newfoundland held its first youth synod in May at Mint Brook Camp and Conference Centre. Motions included the creation of a

Bells toll for anniversary

Bell tower of St. John the Evangelist Cathedral in Saskatoon – recently completed after 90 years. Saskatoon The world was in a state of financial

Campaign still petitioning G-8

Campaigners are gathering in Birmingham, England, five years after the 1998 summit of the world’s leading industrialized nations in that city, to proclaim that the

General Synod archivist moving on

Thompson Terry Thompson, General Synod archivist since 1979, is leaving the Anglican Church of Canada’s national office in Toronto for the position of assistant director

Fishers in trouble

Bishop Bruce Stavert of Quebec, in a letter published in the diocesan newspaper, said the communities of the lower north shore (from about Chicoutimi to

Policy revised

The diocese of Rupert’s Land has revised its sexual misconduct policy to include a proactive approach focusing on education. The policy also includes guidelines for

Gujarat conversions outlawed

Churches in India expressed shock over the enactment of a law curbing religious conversion that passed without debate in the state of Gujarat. The legislation,

Anglican-Muslim talks ignore war

The Archbishop of Canterbury was criticized for not meeting with military chaplains or troops in the Iraqi conflict even though he was holding theological dialogues

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