LAST MONTH, the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), the largest source of public funding for medical research in Canada, released its long-awaited guidelines on
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
San Antonio, Texas The executive council of the Episcopal Church in the United States has passed its strongest condemnation yet of Anglican Mission in America,
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
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
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
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 –
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
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
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
John C. Polkinghorne, winner of 2002 Templeton Prize. New York Rev. John C. Polkinghorne, a mathematical physicist who amazed his scientific colleagues more than 20
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
New York The World Council of Churches (WCC), along with Action by Churches Together (ACT) International and the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) are sending an
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
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, a former president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and one of Switzerland’s pioneering feminist theologians, died in February. She was 86.
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,
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
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
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