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Women’s activism alive at UN

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,

New West situation simmers

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

‘Something is very wrong here’

Bishop Terry Brown What do I do (what do you do?) when I realize (when you realize) that a relationship, a touching, an intimacy –

Iraqi anger

An Iraqi woman expresses her anger at the U.S. bombing of a residential area to Dave Havard, a deacon from the diocese of New Westminster.

St. Ivan the Terrible

MoscowA campaign by an ultra-right-wing group to canonize Czar Ivan the Terrible and the so-called “mad monk,” Gregory Rasputin, is threatening to split the Russian

Priest hopes work in Guyana continues

Rev. Philip and Adriana Rowswell This July, when Rev. Philip Rowswell and his wife Adriana close the gate of their compound in Georgetown, Guyana, and

Committee examines Anglican identity

The national church’s faith, worship and ministry committee wants to know if there is such a thing as common worship or prayer across the Anglican

Sri Lankan bishop tries to model peace

Bishop Kumara Llangasinghe Bishop Kumara Llangasinghe, of the diocese of Kurunagala in Sri Lanka, is one of a newly emerging breed of Anglican bishop/statesmen: a

Aid, prayers, vigils in wake of war

Churches around the world held prayer vigils, clergy and lay people marched in anti-war demonstrations and the Canadian Anglican primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, asked for

First four women ordained

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

We can no longer buffer ourselves

Dear editor, While out walking our dog this week I spoke with another individual who was walking their dog. Somehow my role as a chaplain

Marion Cooper Krafft

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

We meet God when we look up

Canterbury Cathedral is one of the few church buildings of my acquaintance that one enters by walking down some steps. Most churches have steps upward

Fredericton elects Miller as bishop

Miller Archdeacon Claude Miller, 58, was elected co-adjutor bishop of the diocese of Fredericton from a field of 13 candidates at an electoral synod on

Caring for the whole person

The spiritual life of a patient who is dying or has a life-threatening illness plays a crucial role in his or her sense of well-being.

Christine Wilna Hodgson

Ms. Hodgson Those who planned Willy Hodgson’s funeral knew her life had touched so many people that the local Anglican church would not be able

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