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Who will follow Carey?

Bishop Richard Chartres The announcement of Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey’s retirement next fall has spawned a swirl of soul-searching in Britain over how the

Video wins awards

A video about sexual misconduct, produced jointly by Anglican Video and the diocese of Toronto, has won two awards. Sexual Misconduct in Our Churches: Learn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Will Qu’Appelle follow Cariboo?

The diocese of Qu’Appelle’s synod, meeting in Regina late last year, approved a reduced budget for 2002, reflecting the serious financial toll residential schools litigation

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