RELIGION WAS THE motivating factor in everything we did ? without religious institutions and churches, I would not be here today.” For anyone who forgets
Crawley THE DIOCESE of Kootenay covers about 215,000 square kilometres of Canada’s most beautiful and difficult terrain. Just getting from one place to another affords
Nelson Mandela broke a prior engagement to speak to the Parliament of World’s Religions. Mr. Mandela told the audience the work of religious leaders and
This creche from India will appear in the Bethlehem Peace Museum, opening in early January, featuring one of the world’s largest displays of creches. There
Sudan is one of the most war-shattered countries in the world but until recently, few Canadians likely cared or knew much about Africa’s largest country.
I BELONG TO that small group of precise calculators who insist that Jan. 1, 2000, is not the beginning of the third millennium (who ever
Don’t blame lawyers Dear editor, Your article, Collection Plate Cash Won’t Go To Litigation Bills (December Journal) reports some bishops wanted to take steps to
Many students at a Haitian university started by a former Canadian Volunteer in Mission can’t pay their tuition past the first year. Rev. Benoit Cherisol,
Camille Venier of Kaslo, B.C., carries the Canadian flag at the peace pole ceremony on Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was held prisoner under the
Prior to Nelson Mandela’s address to the Parliament, Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town talks to the Chief Rabbi C. K. Harris of the
(ACNS) – The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue continued its series of meetings in Salisbury, England in October. The Commission is composed of
Harare, Zimbabwe Black priests in the Anglican church in Zimbabwe say they are not allowed to baptize, marry or bury white parishioners. At least four
Cape Town The world’s religions must make a greater effort to promote basic human values, the Dalai Lama said during the Parliament of the World’s
Charles Bull has been reinstated as rector of the parishes of Lockeport-Barrington, effective Dec. 13, 1999. Mr. Bull spent most of 1999 on paid leave,
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is fast approaching and Canadian parishes of all denominations have no shortage of resources to help them
THE BEGINNING of a new year, of a new century, of a new millennium is a good time to think about new directions and new
The Bible is primarily a story, or collection of stories, and it ought to play a decisive role in shaping the lives of Christians, agreed