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Pausing for prayer

Sacred space and moments of quiet reflection are crucial ingredients to a time of meditation and prayer during Advent, which begins November 30. Two visitors

Diocese responds to suit

The Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster has asked the Supreme Court of B.C. to declare that the 17 individuals who filed a lawsuit against the

Bells return to Moscow after revolution

Moscow Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was the first person to ring a set of treasured bells after their return to the Danilov Monastery, the seat

B.C. synod deals creatively with decline

Nearly half a century ago, as the baby boom boomed, a small group from St. Paul’s Anglican Church in downtown Nanaimo on Vancouver Island moved

Historic pilgrimage

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams  participated in anniversary celebrations at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. He preached to a crowd of 20,000 at

Church-run homes investigated for abuse

Trier, Germany Protestant leaders in Germany say they will investigate and expose past cases of mistreatment in church-run children’s homes after an investigation found that

Northern dioceses weigh future

Diocese of Yukon’s Deacon Sara Usher, left, with Archbishop Terrence Buckle, diocesan bishop. EdmontonYukon Archbishop Terrence Buckle urged Council of the North members to look

Algoma elects Andrews as new bishop

Andrews The diocese of Algoma on Oct. 2 elected Rev. Stephen Andrews, who is General Synod prolocutor, as its new bishop. Bishop-elect Andrews, who is

Sacred Circle planned for summer of 2009

The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP)  has  scheduled  the sixth Anglican  Indigenous Sacred Circle to be held on Aug. 9 to 15, 2009, at

Remembering our soldiers, past and present

Major Doug Friesen, an Anglican, is senior chaplain with the Canadian Forces stationed in Afghanistan. The First World War ended 90 years ago on Nov.

Non-aboriginal bureaucrat will head up commission

Some aboriginal groups have expressed concern that a non-aboriginal federal government bureaucrat has been appointed executive director of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation

Dignity restored to an old body

Old Cal sold his car five years ago and he missed it. It was, he said, a reflection of who he was – old, a

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