A butterfly getting sustenance from flowers. Recently, the Anglican Journal asked readers to submit their best photographs for Picture Your Faith, a new monthly feature
Archbishop Fred Hiltz will travel to England’s Lambeth Palace where he will meet with the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on Oct. 16, his first
The diocese of Ottawa’s regularly scheduled synod will decide Oct. 12-13 whether to request its bishop to grant permission for clergy to bless same-sex relationships.
The Vatican caused a bit of a stir in the otherwise quiet summer by issuing two statements that gave some readers concern that the reforms
Faith and the Common Good (FCG), a national organization that encourages inter-faith action on social and environmental concerns, has recently received funding from the Ontario
Bishop Caleb Lawrence, of the diocese of Moosonee, announced recently that Canon Sharon Murdoch had been appointed rector of St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Timmins, Ont.
The Anglican Journal wants to showcase the best of its readers’ photographs through its Web site, anglicanjournal.com. Each month, the Journal will invite submissions based
“Today, I am feeling Saturday-after-a-week-of-radiation weary. I am also feeling gratitude. I’m grateful for glimpses of grace on city streets and beneath red maples. Grateful
MinneapolisAn interfaith service of healing was held Aug. 5 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis after the collapse on Aug. 1 of the Interstate
Rev. Ephraim Radner was recently appointed professor of historical theology at Wycliffe College in Toronto. Letter writer Rev. Barbara Liotscos (Resistance to injustice, June/July letters)
Bishop Michael Bedford-Jones, the area bishop of Trent-Durham, diocese of Toronto, has announced he will retire on or before Feb. 29, 2008. Bishop Bedford-Jones, who
A leak in a neighbouring mechanical room has once again put the archives of the Anglican Church of Canada at risk. Four boxes of archival
Two quite different books on the history of Christianity are the subject of this month’s review. A Short History of Christianity, by Stephen Tomkins, lives
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has been accepted as a member of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Winnipeg-based Canadian Christian organization of
Enclosed in this issue of the Anglican Journal is information about the 2007 Anglican Journal Appeal. As always, proceeds of the Appeal are split evenly
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has contributed to relief efforts concerning the conflict in the Gaza Strip in the Middle East and
Grenville Christian College, a private school in Brockville, Ont. that traces its heritage back to 1918, closed on Aug. 1. “Changing demographics, declining enrolment, and
A comprehensive study of the diocese of Ottawa recommends closing eight little-used rural chapels and allowing another 34 to live out their natural lives with
RomeThe Vatican’s top official for Christian unity has rejected criticism that an official Roman Catholic document will hinder dialogue because of its statement that Protestant
The bishop of Niagara, Ralph Spence, has been appointed chancellor of Renison College, University of Waterloo. Bishop Spence, who has announced his retirement as diocesan