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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

A memorable Holy Saturday service

In the Solomon Islands last year, Archbishop Michael Peers baptized a baby girl named Dorothy Peers in honour of his wife. IF, FOR SOME reason,

ABC clerk pleads guilty

A former sales clerk at the Anglican Book Centre in Toronto, Daniel Bishop, pleaded guilty to one charge of defrauding the nationally known bookstore and

Masterpieces from Rome

Examples of Vatican art on exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum June 8 to Aug. 11 in conjunction with World Youth Day.

Ecumenical meeting

Nairobi (Staff)-Ecumenism continued apace with an international meeting in Nairobi in January of Anglicans and Baptists. The Anglican Church of Canada’s director of faith, worship

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

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