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Parishioner honored

Alice Mary-Elizabeth Cheatley, a resident of Winnipeg in the diocese of Rupert’s Land who is a member of St. Alban Anglican church, was named to

ABC book is well-prepared manifesto

ALL WHO MINISTER is certainly an unthreatening title. Even the sub-title, “New Ways of Serving God’s People,” sounds innocent. But the parts of this book

Closed centre still gets calls

It’s a February afternoon in the General Synod library. The phone rings and the caller is seeking a video from the national church’s long-closed resource

Celebration

Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa held a celebration of full communion in February. Anglican Bishop Peter Coffin and Lutheran Bishop Michael Pryse led worship. At

Child abuse probed

Sydney (ENI)-Australia’s Anglican Church has announced an enquiry into child abuse in church institutions amid continuing criticism of the country’s constitutional head of state –

Cubans want to return to ECUSA

Special on Cuba In February, the primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, went to Havana for the 93rd synod of the Episcopal Church of Cuba. He attended

College award honors first woman priest

Florence Li Tim-Oi at a 1987 service on her 80th birthday. Renison College at the University of Waterloo, has created an award in memory of

Vocational conference

The five Anglican bishops in the dioceses of British Columbia and the Yukon have organized an Anglican vocational conference for young people at Vancouver School

Anti-terrorism law may hamper NGOs

NGO executives say Canada’s anti-terrorism law threatens their support of demonstrations such as this one against racism. Christian and secular non-governmental organizations (NGOs) involved in

Marga Buhrig

Marga Buhrig, a former president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and one of Switzerland’s pioneering feminist theologians, died in February. She was 86.

Calendar

Ecumenical gathering Vancouver School of Theology will host an ecumenical gathering called An Interfaith Meditation Conference, June 14-16. The gathering will feature teachers from five

Traveller’s Notebook

THE opening procession for the inaugural service of the 93rd synod of the Episcopalian Church in Cuba was led off by the dean’s dog, Puchurro.

Celebrations mark anniversary of women priests

Parishes and dioceses across the country celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Anglican church’s ordination of women late last year, with special services, festive meals,

College appointment

Rev. Cheryl Kristolaitis has been appointed chaplain at Luther College in Regina, as of August. The college is located in the Saskatchewan Synod of the

New president bishop

Cairo (ACNS)-Bishop Clive Handford of Cyprus and the Gulf has been elected president bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East following

Costa-Gavras probes role of church in Holocaust

Paris Amen, a much awaited film by Constantin Costa-Gavras that raises controversial questions about the church’s role during the Holocaust, opened in cinemas in France

PMC fighting to survive

The board of directors of The Practice of Ministry in Canada met in February and March to consider a proposal to breathe new life into