No ‘quick fix’ for country’s problems
Anglican Journal
May 1, 2008
WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia Juba, SudanOne of the lessons that a delegation of church leaders has learned from a recent visit to Sudan is
WCC general secretary Samuel Kobia Juba, SudanOne of the lessons that a delegation of church leaders has learned from a recent visit to Sudan is
As Rayyan Hamoudi on the Canadian television series Little Mosque on the Prairie, actor Sitara Hewitt plays the devout Muslim daughter of a Muslim father
Anglican Journal editor Leanne Larmondin travelled to south Sudan from March 26 to April 3 with an international, ecumenical delegation representing the World Council of
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, national leader of the Anglican Church of Canada, lent his voice in March to those criticizing the jailing of six Northern Ontario
Welsh Anglican clergy narrowly voted on April 2 against a measure to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate. The measure was supported unanimously
FreeRice.com, an online vocabulary game run by the World Food Programme, uses banner advertising to pay for rice for the world’s hungry. Since last October,
Area: 2.5 million sq. km.; the largest country in Africa; about the size of Ontario and Quebec combinedCities: Capital: Khartoum /Omdurman, Port Sudan, Juba (capital
TOO COOL: From the air, the roofs of Sudanese houses look like tiny coolie hats. The traditional huts are made of mud, clay and grass
A young boy guarantees himself he will get a good seat at a Sunday morning Dinka-language service in Rumbek, Sudan. Gatherings of 1,500 are common
Staff at the Anglican church’s finance department in Toronto are still working at updating national church statistics and hope to have them available in the
Canadian donors, including Anglicans, Baptists and Roman Catholics, have contributed $800,000 towards the cost of a new $1.2 million eye hospital, inaugurated recently in Asuncion,
Rev. Michael Heller, winner of the 2008 Templeton Prize, speaks at a news conference in New York. New YorkRev. Michael (Michal) Heller, a Polish Roman
Archbishop Drexel Gomez Participants at the recent “An Anglican Covenant: Divisive or Reconciling?” conference, held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York City, gathered
Many adult Dinka Christians carry crosses to indicate their faith. The crosses are often 30 – 60 cm long; women march and dance with them
Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the Sisters would withdraw
LondonWelsh Anglican clergy have narrowly voted against a measure, supported unanimously by their bishops, to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate.At a meeting
In recognition of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, our municipality gave them a Bible. The gift was befitting because they were known in their close-knit
The Bible told A.J. Jacobs, “You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard,” (Leviticus 19:27) and,
The diocese of Ottawa and Christ Church Cathedral have taken a step toward development of their city block, called the “ecclesiastical block,” by inviting private
Photographer Donald Shields contributed this image depicting the full cycle of life, from seed to flower, for the recent Picture Your Faith theme of “Rebirth.”