New president elected
Anglican Journal
June 1, 2000
The Canadian Council of Churches has chosen Andre Vallee, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hearst, in northern Ontario as its new president. The council’s 46-member
The Canadian Council of Churches has chosen Andre Vallee, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Hearst, in northern Ontario as its new president. The council’s 46-member
From the top, Rev. Mervyn Wolfleg, Gladys Cook and Grace Delaney found their traditional ways of holding meetings quite different from the Council of General
The Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association is inviting all former students and staff of residential schools to a reunion at the site of the former
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. George Carey, on a two-day visit to war-ravaged Sudan, challenged the country’s leaders to demonstrate a new commitment to peace.
World Bank President Robert Wolfensohn defended the bank at Lambeth ’98. Nairobi IHE WORLD BANK moved decisively to grab the hand of friendship which African
IT WAS SPRING, and I was walking along a path between a river and a busy road. Spring was late; it had been cold and
Archbishop PeersThis pastoral letter from the Primate was to be read in congregations, as permitted by the diocesan bishop, Sunday, May 28. DEAR BROTHERS AND
Archbishop Arthur Peters MORE THAN 200 years after it was founded, the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island still feels the influence of
At his installation on April 25 as eighth bishop of the Diocese of Fredericton, Bill Hockin urged the diocese to turn to the Bible while
Trial dates have been set at the Court of Queen’s Bench, Winnipeg, in the cases of an Anglican priest and a former priest charged with
Melbourne Dr. Harry Goodhew, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, head of Australia’s most populous and powerful diocese, has accused the newly-elected primate of the Anglican Church
The Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod archives hold about 2,000 photographs that span the whole residential schools era. Missionaries often took photos to support
Boys brushing their teeth at Old Sun, Gleichen, Alta. One of the first significant dates in the history of residential schools is 1842, the year
A student listens to the radio at St. Michael’s School, Alert Bay, B.C. For those who were physically victimized, only a small degree of satisfaction
Boys pull a wagon at Bishop Horden School. Ben Pratt pursued justice through the legal system, less out of malevolence than because he saw no
Boys hockey team, Sioux Lookout, Ont. While lawsuits have raised the awareness of some and the ire of others, many people see them as forums
Papers in the National Archives in Ottawa detail the extent of malnutrition and other food-related problems at the schools. Letters from health officials to the
Playing hockey at Pelican School, Sioux Lookout, Ont. In a September 1999 statement on residential schools, the Anglican Church’s general secretary, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, said:
Trudging through mud so thick that it threatens to suck the shoes right off my feet, I make my way across a bustling construction site
Boys horse around at Old Sun. At their peak in the 1930s, there were 80 residential schools in all provinces and territories except New Brunswick,