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Exquisite altar frontals stored at Fredericton’s Christ Church Cathedral in a chest belonging to Bishop John Medley, first bishop of the diocese, were the focus

Compassion, information are antidote to fear

Altar boys, wearing masks to protect themselves from catching the flu-like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), emerge from church after Good Friday mass at Hong

General synod agenda filling up

Calgary Same-gender blessings are expected to occupy a major portion of General Synod 2004, and Council of General Synod (CoGS) considered ways to handle the

New pensions director announced

Council of General Synod approved Judy Robinson as the appointee to the position of associate director of pensions effective July 1, 2003, and director of

Church’s deficit declines

Treasurer Jim Cullen said numbers mean "we can continue in business.&quot Council of General Synod approved financial results for the year 2002 that included a

ECUSA backs diamonds bill

The Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) has joined a coalition of religious, human rights and humanitarian organizations in commending the United States Congress

Primate will retire next February

Archbishop Michael Peers said he intends to resign the office of primate as of Feb. 1, 2004, the year in which he will reach the

Benefit aids church felled by arson

The Brass Handbell Choir, from St. John’s, York Mills, Ont., performs at a benefit service in Toronto that raised $9,000 for St. John’s church, Lunenburg,

Elvis Priestley not demeaning worship

Dear editor, I do not imagine Douglas Barrett of Newfoundland and Labrador (April 2003 letters) was present at the service in Newmarket, which Rev. Dorian

Highlights of council meeting

Bishop Victoria Matthews (left) of the diocese of Edmonton listens to proceedings at the May meeting of the Council of General Synod at the University

Evangelicals ask Williams to speak

Archbishop Rowan Williams (pictured here with Archbishop Robin Eames of Ireland and Archbishop Michael Peers of Canada in 2001) will offer prayers at an evangelical

U.S. ‘zealous nationalism’ decried

It is now obvious from the 9/11 experience in the United States and the SARS outbreak in Canada that North American isolation from the woes

Toronto’s revenues down

The diocese of Toronto, feeling the sting from the slump in financial markets, is facing a gap this year of $750,000 between anticipated income and

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

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