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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

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.

A Lenten Rendering

re’nder v.t. 1. Give in return (render thanks, good for evil). 2. (arch.) Give back; hand over, deliver, give up, surrender, (render to Caesar the

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

Griswold tours Nigeria

ECUSA Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold observes the laying of a cornerstone for a diocesan guesthouse during his visit to Nigeria. Lagos Presiding Bishop Frank

Woolsey to retire

Calgary Bishop Gary Woolsey, who stepped down in 1991 as a diocesan bishop to become a parish priest, has announced his retirement effective at the

PWRDF acts in two areas

People returning to the village of Gisenyi in Congo. Toronto The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is helping in two world trouble spots

Funerals paramount

London (ENI) – A snapshot of British religious beliefs has found that people attach more importance to having a church funeral than to being married

C of E gets poet’s estate

London (Church Times)-The late Monica Jones, British poet Philip Larkin’s companion, has left one million pounds to the Church of England, despite the fact that

HIV drugs provided

Kampala, Uganda —The Anglican diocese of Namirembe in Uganda will provide generic anti-retroviral HIV drugs free of charge. Moses Matovu, acting diocesan secretary, announced during

Anglicans, Methodists inching towards unity

London After three years of discussion, a common statement is proposing concrete steps toward unity between Anglicans and Methodists in England. “All the essential theological

Huron to elect bishop

The diocese of Huron will hold an electoral synod on June 15 to elect a new suffragan (or assistant) bishop. The new bishop will replace

Calendar

Former students and staff as well as their families and friends are invited to the fifth reunion of the former Shingwauk Indian Residential School, Aug.

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