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The fine art of flippancy

100 years ago: November 1900 Canadian Churchman reported that France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries went through a stage of profound irreverence. Courtiers, ecclesiastics,

A rise to superstardom in media-obsessed times

Thomas Gibson stars with Jessica Pare in Denys Arcand’s Stardom. WHEN DENYS Arcand introduced his film Stardom to the audience at the Vancouver International Film

Donations to Journal are vital

Most readers of this newspaper will have received the Anglican Journal’s annual fall appeal letter. Your donations are vital to helping us bring you news

Lawyer investigated

Regina lawyer Tony Merchant has been investigated by the provincial law society over two letters he wrote soliciting residential school litigants. The Merchant Law Firm

Beardy backs Mi’kmaq fishers

Bishop Gordon Beardy of Keewatin visited Burnt Church, N.B., in late September to lend his support to Mi’kmaq who were engaged in a bitter dispute

Voices of the people

All 17 parishes in the Diocese of Cariboo were asked to send messages to what was likely the last diocesan synod. Here is what some

Churches condemn Israeli violence

Michael Sellors, Anglican Dean of St. George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem Jerusalem Church leaders in the Holy Land have condemned “provocative actions” by Israeli politicians and

The ethos that lies behind the ethics

AS I LOOK over my columns for the Journal I realize that I have fallen into a pattern that I have often criticized. Almost every

Ottawa’s view of ADR dampens enthusiasm

The Anglican Church continues to work at getting two alternative dispute resolution projects off the ground. But Ellie Johnson, director of Partnerships, admits that she

Missed largesse

It’s a gift for the first 50 customers today,” said the person at the drug store checkout to me after I had made a purchase

Distance learning in vogue

THE PROFILE OF the ‘average’ theological student has changed dramatically in recent years. Colleges and universities report an influx of older students, many beginning a

Ecumenical centre not for everyone

HOUSED IN A building named after the founder of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and using liberation theology as a jumping-off point, the principal of the

Older and wiser

100 years ago: October 1900 Canadian Churchman asked the question: Is there an age limit to ecclesiastical preferment to usefulness in the Church of England?

Healing takes time

WHEN I WAS a boy, I was extremely impatient with the little afflictions of summer. With my pale complexion, I suffered from sunburn, but I

New report asserts common cup is safe

Anglicans who choose to dip their bread into the common cup during the eucharist may believe they avoid sharing whatever bacteria fellow parishioners who sipped

Tiger Woods wins, so does church

Tiger Woods’ recent triumphant appearance at the Canadian Open golf tournament in Oakville, Ont., provided an unexpected bonus for the Church of the Incarnation, right

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