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At the heart of December

Gifts, and the giving of them, are certainly at the heart of December in our society. The weeks before Christmas and, increasingly, the days after

New writer hired

Jane Davidson, an author, freelance journalist and communications consultant, has been hired as full-time staff writer for the Anglican Journal. Ms. Davidson is also a

Raiser decries Nigerian conflict

Nigerians wave from the top of a truck during a ceremony by the governor of the country’s most populous northern state of Kano, in which

Moderate denunciation

100 years ago: December 1900 Canadian Churchman reported that it is comforting in these days to find that just as hard things were said of

Ceasefire sought

The Latin Patriarch in the Holy Land has called on Israel to stop its troops firing at an Arab Christian village and to surrender all

Ecumenism bolstered

The controversial Vatican document, Dominus Iesus, has strengthened the ecumenical commitment of many German Catholics, according to Maria Jepsen, the Lutheran bishop of Hamburg in

Australia ponders women bishops

Next summer the General Synod of the Church of Australia will debate a new canon, which could remove all legal obstacles to the consecration of

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

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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

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,

Pope asserts commitment to ecumenism

In the wake of a Vatican document that argued the Roman Catholic Church is the only true church, Pope John Paul told participants in a

Bishops to volunteer for AIDS tests

Anglican bishops in southern Africa have agreed to undergo voluntary HIV/AIDS testing and to encourage clergy and lay leaders of their diocese to be tested

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

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

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

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