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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

Offer prayers with gratitudes

RECENTLY at a liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox tradition, I heard a story of a kind we do not often hear in the western church.

VST gets new principal

Dr. Ken MacQueen, a United Church minister and former principal of Huntingdon University College in Sudbury, Ont., is the new principal of the Vancouver School

Dylan album may jolt listeners

IN A 40-year career as a recording artist, Bob Dylan changed contemporary music forever. His landmark works of the 1960s alone make him a legend.

Five themes identified

Orillia, Ont. The Council of General Synod identified five new pieces of work for special attention at its recent meeting here. One of them, “intentional

Appointments rounded out

Orillia, Ont. Gay Richardson of the diocese of Ottawa is the newest and final Anglican appointment to the joint Anglican-Lutheran commission, it was announced at

Two faiths share concern

Marrakesh, Morocco World Council of Churches delegates to the seventh United Nations climate conference here last fall explored Christian and Muslim perspectives on the issue

Archives plan exhibit

A November meeting of the Friends of the Archives of the Diocese of Ottawa was told by national archivist Ian Wilson that Canada’s National Archives

Religious renewal can be traumatic

SAVED. Converted. Born Again. Renewed. Spirit-baptism. These are familiar words to Anglicans who have heard them time and again in the services of holy baptism.

New supporters are society’s only chance

Toronto One of the oldest Anglican organizations in Canada is in danger of fading away unless it finds new supporters. The Anglican Worship Resources Society,

Primate elected

Salta, Argentina (ENI)-Archbishop Gregory Venables was elected and installed Nov. 7 as primate of the province of the Southern Cone of America of the Anglican

Israel refusing to accept Irineos

Jerusalem The Israeli government is refusing to recognize the authority of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy Land, more than three months after his

Reclaiming ‘language of belief’

New York President Mohammad Khatami of the Islamic Republic of Iran told a panel of U.S. interfaith religious leaders meeting here that they must wrest

Translator leaves

Bruce Jakeway of St. Paul’s church in the diocese of Edmonton is heading for the African nation of Chad to work as a translator under

Offer rejected

The diocese of Rupert’s Land turned down an offer for Anglican Island and terminated its contract with its present real estate broker. The asking price

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