Utrecht, NetherlandsYoung adults dubbed “ambassadors for ecumenism” are to scrutinize the work of the Council of Churches in the Netherlands for one year as of
London The (Anglican) Church of England’s governing general synod, meeting in York, has voted by more than two to one to bring forward legislation to
Arusha, TanzaniaThe main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has called on its member churches to advocate for the removal of discriminatory travel and
A British Columbia Supreme Court justice on May 28 ruled that a group of dissident parishioners at Victoria’s St. Mary of the Incarnation, Metchosin, diocese
LondonA new report commissioned by the Church of England said the British government is uninterested in the church’s social role and focuses instead on minority
Loose change can buy a cup of coffee. Or, pulled together, can buy reading glasses and new beginnings for some people in Central America. Parishioners
Bishop Bruce Howe of Huron will retire in September. The diocese of Huron has announced that its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Bruce Howe, retires effective
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Archdeacon Ronald Cutler, rector of St. John the Evangelist in Lower Sackville, N.S., is the new suffragan bishop. The diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince
Canon James Robinson, diocese of Calgary, posts his responses to a series of questions during a priority planning exercise at the Council of General Synod
Mississauga, Ont. The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has reported a deficit for the fifth straight year in 2007, with a shortfall
The Journal attempts to capture the ‘heartbeat’ of The Anglican Church of Canada, and is committed to doing so with integrity. The Anglican Journal takes
Augsburg Fortress Canada and Four Corners, the alternative trade program of Canadian Lutheran World Relief, have entered into a partnership to provide Canadians with more
Uppsala, SwedenNobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus and author Peter Matthiessen are among those who have said they will attend an interfaith climate summit being
Bishop Michael InghamDiocese of New Westminster The Council of General Synod heard that the task force on the role of the primacy wants to seek
Montreal-based McGill University has bought the century-old neo-Gothic building of the Anglican Diocesan Theological College on University St., north of Sherbrooke St., for an undisclosed
Heather Pearson, a participant at the Generation 2008 youth ministry conference, does some African drumming during a drumming, dancing and storytelling exercise. London, Ont.Ministry to
The serene peacefulness of a waterfall on the Bruce Trail The Anglican Journal is reissuing its call for photo submissions for the theme, “Those Who
I HAD NO INKLING taking my seat in The Royal George Theatre at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake that what I was really doing was
I FIRST MET Old Cal in the kitchen of the parish hall where he was brewing a cup of tea. He wore baggy pants and