World AIDS Day
Anglican Journal
January 1, 2008
Battling a big foe A large red ribbon, the internationally-recognized symbol of AIDS awareness, is placed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop
Battling a big foe A large red ribbon, the internationally-recognized symbol of AIDS awareness, is placed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop
Religion’s role in the upcoming U.S. presidential election topped the list of religion news stories of the year, according to the Westerville, Ohio-based Religion Newswriters
Dri, a former resident of Toronto’s Tent City, is a homeless “warrior” who worries that “we’ll soon forget that shelters are really meant for emergencies.”
Tens of thousands of young adults from throughout Europe and beyond are expected in Geneva between Christmas and New Year for five days of prayer
From left: Dave Kozoris, St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteer, Dean Louise Peters of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Le Roy Wells, also of St. Vincent
A group of young people at St. James church in Morrisburg, Ont., led by Bill Rumble, rear, and Rev. Craig Bowers, right, wrote letters supporting
Gabriella Amisano releases a ladybug in a garden named for environmentalist Rachel Carson at Grace Episcopal Church in Everett, Mass. Everett, Mass. Twelve years after
Hilda Shilliday, a retired public health nurse from Victoria, works with local staff in the HIV/AIDS clinic pharmacy at Kampala’s Mengo Hospital. Ms. Shilliday recently
Editor’s note: The following story has been changed; the last paragraph has been changed for reasons of clarity. For the second year in a row,
Leaders of 30 faith groups form a circle around a 14-tonne rock that lies in the centre of the National Memorial Centre in Beechwood Cemetery,
Canon Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican clergyperson to announce he had HIV. Geneva – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rick and Kay Warren, Canon Gideon Byamugisha,
The parish of St. Philip lives out the Christmas story every Monday. The parish is in partnership with a community initiative called Food for Life
Topahdewin: The Gladys Cook Story, a documentary produced by Anglican Video, the Anglican Church of Canada’s national video department in Toronto, won a Redemptive Storyteller
Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has been elected president of the board of directors of the Primate’s World Relief and
London, Ont.Several bishops criticized the national church’s budget process, complaining that financial statements were only received just before the budget presentation at the General Synod
A priest in the diocese of Ontario has been disciplined and had his licence to marry cancelled after he officiated at the wedding of a
Artist Sarah Hall (photo below) creates fused and painted glass samples that were later used in an art installation at Vancouver’s Regent College. Her work,
Geneva/RomeThe head of the World Council of Churches, the Rev. Samuel Kobia, has welcomed an open letter by 138 Muslim scholars urging Christians and Muslims
Reviewed by Leighton Graves, age 10, Richmond Hill, Ont.Reviewed by Leighton Graves, age 10, Richmond Hill, Ont. If the World Were a Village: A Book
I am a chaplain at Canadian Forces Base Shilo, in Manitoba, working with the military that is getting ready to be deployed in February 2008.