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Kairos director bows out after two-year term

Patricia Steenberg Executive director Patricia Steenberg of Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives has decided not to renew her term. Her resignation is effective Aug. 31,

Churches celebrate unity week

Anglicans around the world celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25, in a variety of colourful ways. In the U.S., two teams

Church groups rally against racism

Lewiston, Me. Members of church groups in several Maine towns staged rallies recently to celebrate religious and ethnic diversity in opposition to a white-supremacist rally.

Marriage arguments

The Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family has filed written legal arguments in the Ontario Court of Appeal in a case to decide whether limiting

Musicians to unite

Hans Behrmann, a brass player from Kenora, Ont., has put out a call to Anglican musicians to form a nation-wide support group. Mr. Behrmann said

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) –

Priest injured in rectory fire

Parish warden Walter Naugle (left) examines the damaged rectory with Rev. Art Nash. Rev. David Garrett suffered smoke inhalation in the fire. A priest in

Churches host shuttle mourners

Episcopalian churches in the north central area of the diocese of Texas, with two of the dead astronauts and many staff of the space program

AIDS program nets funding

Geneva The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has for the first time allocated a grant to a non-governmental organization by presenting $485,000

New West talks in limbo

Amid reports that reconciliation talks between the diocese of New Westminster and eight conservative parishes had reached an impasse, cracks have appeared in the parishes’

Catholics, Anglicans debate awkward communion issue

Governor General Adrienne Clarkson receives communion from Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Gervais during a September, 2002, memorial for photographer Yousuf Karsh. A photo of Governor

Forum energizes Canadian participants

Sue Winn at a rally for the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Among the tens of thousands of activists at this year’s conference aimed

Tell us about your favourite vestments

The church is a tapestry of cultures and symbolism, as evidenced by the garments worn by clergy. From button blanket copes to sumptuous velvet chasubles,

Web site features cathedrals

Woods Wellington, New Zealand A 23-year-old university student here has started a Web site that features photos and information about Anglican cathedrals around the world.

Three bishops announce retirement

Three dioceses will hold electoral synods in the coming months as their bishops have annouced their retirements. Bishop Leonard Whitten, 66, of the diocese of

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