THE FOREIGN missionaries have been gone for 35 years, expelled from Burma (Myanmar) in 1966 as part of a nationalistic sweep by the military government
Bishop Ralph Spence of Niagara made an ecumenical pilgrimage to the Vatican in November, accompanied by Bishop Michael Pryse of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
For the first time in its history, the diocese of Toronto will hire an aboriginal priest. Archdeacon Colin Johnson, executive assistant to Archbishop Terence Finlay,
Camp Columbia in the diocese of British Columbia is showing a substantial loss because of weaker than anticipated attendance. Deficits are threatening the camp’s future.
London A review of Church of England marriage procedures, published in November, recommended scrapping the reading of banns and giving couples a wider choice of
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.
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
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
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.
MY FRIEND Harry was somewhere in his late 70s when he died. He didn’t know the exact year of his birth because his records were
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
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
ARTISTS AND managers recognize a Christmas album as a great marketing tool. It only makes sense. Consumers purchase albums during the Christmas season at a
Warsaw Concerned about yoga’s links to eastern philosophy, churches in Slovakia have welcomed a government decision to shelve the introduction of yoga classes for children
AS WE MOVE towards Christmas this year, what good news, what good counsel is out there? We are certainly exhorted to maintain the North American
Canon Tom Robinson, 72, a key figure in the Anglican Church of Canada’s evangelical movement, died of cancer in October in Saint John, N.B. Mr.
Bishop Donald Phillips, of the diocese of Rupert’s Land, attended a book launch on Nov. 18 at St. James church, Winnipeg, to celebrate the publication
Canon Naim Ateek Ottawa A prominent Palestinian theologian says that a good starting point to achieve peace in the Middle East would be for all
St. John’s before the fire Lunenburg, N.S. One of the oldest Anglican churches in Canada has been destroyed by fire, apparently after Halloween mischief. People
Whether Lutherans are many, as in parts of the west, or few, as in the east, many Anglicans heeded the call from the two churches’