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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

A bishop finds the episcopacy wanting

The following is the full text of an essay entitled The Episcopate which Bishop Michael Ingham wrote for the book All Who Minister, edited by

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

Church future ‘ominous’

New York The author of an article on the conservative “renewal movement” within the Anglican Communion, said that the Episcopal Church in the United States

Terrorism laws criticised

Warsaw European church bodies have criticized a package of anti-terrorism measures put before a European Union summit in December, warning that the legislation could endanger

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

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

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

Watton fund set up

Dian and John Wise of Toronto have set up a fund in memory of Mrs. Wise’s parents, the late Archbishop James Watton and his wife

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

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

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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.

Cariboo funds redirected

The 11-member Council of the North has approved a grant to support ministry for the parishes of the central interior of British Columbia. The $152,568

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