Greetings
Anglican Journal
July 3, 2007
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, arrived on the last day of General Synod to bring greetings from the U.S. church.
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, arrived on the last day of General Synod to bring greetings from the U.S. church.
“This is not a one-agenda church!” declared National Bishop Raymond Schultz in his opening remarks to the 394 delegates and 168 visitors registered for the
Designate a ‘bike-to-church’ Sunday; Repair leaks promptly. A leak of one drip per second wastes about 10,000 litres per year; Post signs encouraging people to
There was a distinct feeling (and some evidence) midway through the June meeting of General Synod that most members wanted to decide, finally, the all-consuming
Andy Seal and Lorraine VanSchaik, both of Augsburg Fortress, are managing the transfer of the Anglican Book Centre to Augsburg. Lutheran bookseller Augsburg Fortress officially
Martyn Minns (top) was installed in May as a misssionary bishop for North America by Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan
A bell-ringing team from Quebec, the United States and the United Kingdom completed a full peal of the eight bells at Quebec City’s Holy Trinity
This rare, miniature 1598 prayer book (Ashkenazi Rite) was used by medieval German-speaking Jews. It is part of an exhibit of early Muslim, Christian and
The media in the United States are more biased toward conservative religious leaders, according to Media Matters, a research and analysis group that monitors national
Camp Columbia, an Anglican summer camp in the diocese of British Columbia, is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and director Eric Yue is trying
The Anglican Indigenous Network has put itself on a new and firm bureaucratic footing in order to push forward on its number one concern –
Native elder Linda Blomme leads a smudging ceremony on the banks of Winnipeg’s Red River. Used to purify people and places before a sacred ceremony,
Anglicans have continued to respond generously to the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), giving $5.243 million in donations and bequests in 2006. The
Migrant workers from Thailand perform at the 2007 AIDS Festival organized in Hong Kong by St. John’s Cathedral HIV Education Centre. The festival aims to
Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) 11th biennial National Convention rejected for the second time a motion allowing the blessing of same-sex
General Synod was upheld in prayer by an on-site pastoral care team and groups across the country, through the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer (AFP). Above,
Montreal’s Julia Drummond Residence (pictured here in 1967). Are you one of thousands of women who lived at the Anglican-run Julia Drummond Residence in Montreal
Sacred Expressions was the title for a collection of 50 artworks, including Welcoming, Widening World (above) by Garth C. Panting, that expressed the General Synod
London The two senior leaders of the Church of England paid tribute recently to British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s religious commitment but voiced concern over
New YorkMuslims in the United States appear to have been largely assimilated into the broader U.S. society, finds a new survey which also reports that