Committee examines Anglican identity
Anglican Journal
May 1, 2003
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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,
In the middle of a three-month-long deep freeze in this part of the world, it is difficult to reconcile this month with the coming spring
Zimbabwe Anglican clerics were among 21 church leaders arrested in Zimbabwe Feb. 28 when they tried to deliver a petition protesting abuse of police power.
Bishop Julio Cesar Holguin Khoury (left), pictured with Canadian primate Archbishop Michael Peers, presided over the Cuban synod. The Anglican church in Cuba has voted
Local Anglicans were part of the relief effort for the people of Badger, Nfld., who were forced out of their homes by a wall of
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
London The rector of a church in London’s Soho neighbourhood has expressed support for local sex workers who are fighting eviction by Westminster City Council,
Wherever colonialism went the children suffered the most. In Canada some call it the “big scoop” and in Australia it’s known as the “stolen generations.”
If attendance figures mean anything, Good Friday gets short shrift compared to the celebration of Easter in the Anglican Church of Canada. Perhaps this is