Anglican Journal

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Camp threatened

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.

Banns may be banned

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Canon Tom Robinson

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.

Hear with the ears of shepherds

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

Ateek proposes ecumenical state

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

Bishop attends launch

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

Fire guts landmark

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

Sisters hail new province in Solomons

It was just after evensong, as formal goodbyes were being offered to visitors, that Sister Michael heard the squealing of a pig and learned that

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