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Does Cohen toy with mere mortals?

THE COMMERCIAL press does not know what to do with Leonard Cohen. He was always the proverbial square peg in a round hole, and his

James Reed

Dr. James Reed, a former director of the Toronto School of Theology and professor of pastoral psychology and counselling at Trinity College of the University

Holloway loves doubt

London Bishop Richard Holloway, until last year the head of the Scottish Episcopal (Anglican) Church, has admitted that he may have ceased to be a

Journal gifts top $500,000

For the first time ever, readers’ donations to the Anglican Journal Appeal topped half a million dollars in 2001, beating the previous year’s record by

Emotional end for Cariboo

Canon Betty Gore of Cariboo, shown here with a book listing diocesan assets, says the end of the diocese was ‘not without tears.’ On December

Others in mind

On December last year I attended a service of scripture and music created for the Advent season. The music was powerful in content as well

Ramallah school shut down

Israeli tanks take up positions on a street in the West Bank city of Ramallah where an ECUSA-run school has been forced to close. New

Bishops oversee vows

For the first time in Canada, a Lutheran bishop co-presided as an Anglican nun took her lifelong vows of poverty, celibate chastity and obedience. Bishop

Faiths urged to reflect on violence

Geneva Christian-Muslim dialogue should focus on mutual interpretation of each other’s religion, discussion of the history of violence, the notion of jihad and “just war”

Parish ‘adopts’ Canadian warship

HMCS Iroquois has been ‘adopted’ by a Canadian parish. The parish of Trinity Church, Cambridge, Ont., in Huron has “adopted” the Canadian naval destroyer HMCS

Neighbours to those fallen among thieves

On July 11, the final day of General Synod, a brackish editorial in the National Post suggested the Anglican church had “met its Waterloo” in

Congregations share

Three congregations from three denominations – Anglican, Lutheran and Presbyterian – share one church building in Mississauga, Ont. Although they have separate sanctuaries, the Anglican

Dr. Marion Niven

Dr. Marion Niven, former principal of the Anglican Women’s Training College and its successor institution, the Centre for Christian Studies, died in Toronto on Jan.

Melanesian Brothers hold birthday bash

Honiara, Solomon Islands The Melanesian Brotherhood celebrated the 75th anniversary of the community’s founding at Tabalia in West Guadalcanal last fall. A homegrown Anglican religious

Schools draw closer

Two Christian schools in the west – Canadian Bible College in Regina and Nazarene University College in Calgary – have agreed to create a centre

Books at a premium in Myanmar

Prof. Zau Lat Lahpai leads a class in the library of Myanmar Institute of Theology in Yango, Burma (Myanmar). In a reversal reminiscent of Ray

College to admit women

Honiara, Solomon Islands Bishop Paterson Theological College in Kohimarama on the island of Guadalcanal, has started to enroll women in theological training, and three women,

Pension fund

Difficult financial markets had an effect on the Anglican Church of Canada’s pension fund, which includes nearly all clergy and lay employees across Canada among

Same-sex blessings

Amsterdam (ENI) – The largest Protestant church body in the Netherlands, representing about 2.7 million Christians, has approved the blessing of same-sex partnerships. The decision

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