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ELCIC to revisit ‘local option’

Although a new year has dawned, the National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in  Canada (ELCIC) will revisit a seemingly perennial theme:

Joyful, hopeful

A young man from a vocational training program sponsored by the Lutheran World Federation and Action by Churches Together (of which the Primate’s World Relief

Group eyes church priorities

A group analyzing how General Synod operates in a time of financial constraints discussed changes to a national financial-development program, potential fundraising scenarios and such

Church receives ‘rare’ photo archives

Girls play with dolls and teepees at the Anglican Mission at St Peter’s, Lesser Slave Lake, Alta. The family of a former principal, Rev. Montague

Synod to consider Framework and Nets

Rev. Diane Guilford, of St. Stephen’s Church in East Kildonan, Man., at a worship service with participants of a food justice camp held in Winnipeg

Ford remembered

Former U.S. president Gerald R. Ford was remembered as a Christian whose life reflected the Beatitudes’ themes of steadfast service and mercy during a traditional

First woman priest

Rev. Christine Benoit became the first Anglican woman to be ordained a priest in the diocese of Seychelles during a consecration service at St. Paul’s

I’ll buy you lunch

The diocese of Niagara launched a series of radio and newspaper advertisements aimed at bringing newcomers or lapsed Anglicans back to the church. With a

Canterbury, pope pray for unity

Pope Benedict XVI (right) and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, talk after signing a common declaration committing their two churches to a goal of “full

World AIDS day

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

Pension changes

The diocesan council of New Westminster has offered to provide payroll services to clergy of four dissenting parishes in the diocese to enable them to

Conservatives balk at ‘vicar’ proposal

The Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and a group of bishops announced in early December a proposal that would result in the appointment

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