Thompson Toronto A Toronto parish priest who was a youth worker for General Synod 20 years ago is returning to Church House as principal secretary
Vianney Carriere Toronto Vianney (Sam) Carriere, acting editor of the Anglican Journal since last August, has been confirmed as editor of the national newspaper and
A boy in Barrio El Espino, Ahuachapan, El Salvador, helps dig out the ruins of what was once his family’s house, before the January earthquake
Geneva (ENI, ACNS)-The central committee of the World Council of Churches wrapped up a nine-day meeting in February with reconciliation between conservative and liberal churches
London Ninian Smart, a teacher and author on comparative religion, has died at the age of 73. Mr. Smart, a Scot, called himself an “Episcopalian-Buddhist”
Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey holds a Rwandan child during a recent visit to Africa. London An increasingly time-consuming international and ecumenical role has led
Robert Martin, editor of The Diocesan Times, diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, has resigned. He and his wife, Mary Martin, will move
Great Pilgrimages narrator Peter Downie, at Canterbury Cathedral. And smale fowles maken melodye, That slepen al the nyght with open ye, (So pricketh hem nature
Archbishop Richard Holloway It is time for the church to change, to leave behind a “dying mind-set” of authority over people’s private lives and become
Oxford Web Publications Ltd., the firm that printed the Anglican Journal and the Anglican Church of Canada’s 20 diocesan newspapers, said it was forced into
Canadian Anglican Eileen Scully of Waterloo, Ont., has been named to an international group of Anglican theologians with the mandate of preventing the Anglican communion
Dr. Arthur Peacocke London A British scientist who is also an Anglican priest has been awarded the 2001 Templeton prize for Progress in Religion. Arthur
Anniversary Emmanuella House of Prayer, in the diocese of Kootenay, celebrated its first anniversary as a retreat center last October. In the first year, visitors
ReconciliationSearching for Australia’s SoulBy Norman C. Habel198 pages, paper $19.95Harper Collins1-8637-1759-5 THE PHRASE “healing and reconciliation” has become popular as churches struggle in light of
New York Episcopal Bishop Christopher Epting of Iowa has been appointed deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Episcopal Church in the United States.
Jerusalem Violence on the West Bank and Gaza is putting the health of Palestinians at risk and creating extra pressure for the two hospitals run
Last year’s two direct mail appeals for donations to the Anglican Journal have met with unprecedented success. Readers responded to appeals in June and September
Michael Peers A FEW WEEKS ago some works of art were stolen from a provincial legislature, and a local radio show interviewed the legislature’s curator
Anglicans in other parts of the world are bewildered by the residential schools crisis in Canada. Many also share in the effects of budget cuts
Elder Henry Ogemah, a former student at Pelican Falls Residential School in Sioux Lookout, Ont., cut the ribbon last fall opening a new high school