Churches celebrate unity week
Anglican Journal
March 1, 2003
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
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
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
A series of facilitated focus groups will help determine how the question of same-sex blessings will be handled when it comes before General Synod in
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.
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
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
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
(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
Washington Three estranged American churches – the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Province of America and the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) –
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’
IN many of the addresses I have made, interviews I have given, and questions I have answered during the past months while the residential schools
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
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,
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
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
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.
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
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
I am told that Lent and books go together for Anglicans. This is the season when they resolve to read a religious book for their
New Delhi Christian institutions in India have opened their buildings to the homeless as a bitter cold wave has claimed more than 1,000 lives this