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Disaster relief

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

Clergy arrested

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.

Correction

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

Anglicans host China meeting

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

Churches meet bankers

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

I pray for those in need of sacrament

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

Churches in dialogue

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

Bishop’s brother killed

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

Church court will try priest

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

Church no more

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

Full communion ‘working well’

Both the heads of the Anglican and Lutheran churches in Canada say they oppose an invasion of Iraq and they agree that full communion between

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

Algoma debates sexuality

(clockwise, from top left) Algoma synod members: Mel Malton, lay member, All Saints, Huntsville, Ont; Rev. Richard White, incumbent of Algoma’s Northern Lights parish; Bishop

Defending doctrine needs no cannons

Dear editor, The last time I looked, God did not require the services of an Anglican priest in order to confer his blessing upon a

Churches begin dialogue

Washington Three estranged American churches – the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Province of America and the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) –