First four women ordained
Anglican Journal
May 1, 2003
For the first time, the Church in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) has ordained women to the deaconate. On March 2, Bishop Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of
For the first time, the Church in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) has ordained women to the deaconate. On March 2, Bishop Duleep de Chickera, Bishop of
Marion Cooper Krafft, 88, a deaconess and life member of the Women’s Auxiliary in Saskatchewan, died on March 5 in Mississauga, Ont. She attended Anglican
London The Church of Scotland is planning to cull more than a third of its hymn book, to make room for more Scottish words and
The Roman poet Horace used these words in a famous phrase, “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”, which translates as “Sweet and honourable it
Michael McAteer (centre) moderated a dialogue between Raymond Schultz, national Lutheran bishop, and Anglican primate Archbishop Michael Peers. The Lutheran World Federation Assembly, which meets
AmsterdamA unique centre has opened in the Netherlands to study Pentecostalism, one of the world’s fastest growing Christian movements – and one which some members
The Commission on the Status of Women, part of the United Nations Social and Economic Council met in New York recently. The Anglican Consultative Council,
Seven out of eight dissident parishes in New Westminster have voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting an offer from Bishop Terrence Buckle of the Yukon
“Even the church cannot keep a good God down.” Ever the master of the apt phrase the former Bishop of Durham, David Jenkins, has published,
Cockburn “What’s been done in the name of JesusWhat’s been done in the name of BuddhaWhat’s been done in the name of IslamWhat’s been done
At an age when church becomes boring and starts losing priority over hockey practice or sleeping in, the youth group at Ottawa’s Christ Church, aka
The group Aboriginal Neighbours is made up of both native and non-native activists. A February article on the Kwak’wala hymnal contained an incorrect description of
Rev. Cao Shengjie, president of the China Christian Council, gestures during a recent international panel discussion at Church House. The Anglican church’s national office in
Geneva In an unprecedented move, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invited officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to its
Dear editor, There must be millions of Christians today who receive communion in churches of other denominations than the one in which they received the
New York An Episcopal church bishop has condemned the appearance in stores of Easter baskets containing snipers, machine guns and toy ammunition instead of chocolate
At the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue held recently in Mississauga, representatives from both churches greeted the muddle over the Anglican Governor General of Canada having taken
The brother of Bishop Len Whitten of the diocese of Western Newfoundland was killed in a mine accident in Wabush, Nfld., on Feb. 13. Bishop
An archdeacon in the diocese of Algoma will face ecclesiastical court after a complaint of sexual misconduct was made against him. Bishop Ron Ferris referred
The second-oldest Quebec City congregation, St. Matthew, voted itself out of existence at a meeting on Jan. 12. Founded in 1822 by the first bishop