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Online musings about God, life

“In 2006, I met God,” writes Laura Marie Piotrowicz, an Anglican youth, in her blog (Web log or journal). “Some days it was easier than

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

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

Eight courts approve Indian schools deal

An agreement that will compensate former Indian residential school students and limit legal liability for the churches that ran the institutions took a step closer

New Journal assistant

De Lucia Josie De Lucia has been appointed editorial assistant of the Anglican Journal. She succeeds Steve Brickenden, who has left the Journal. Ms. De

Cartoon outrage top story

Pope Benedict and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I are depicted in a cartoon in Istanbul. The Pope’s linking of Islam and violence angered Muslims and sparked

No major cuts for postal subsidy

Many of Canada’s magazines and newspapers, including the Anglican Journal, received an early Christmas gift when the federal government extended on Dec. 15 an important

Old tunes, new words

Organizers of a hymn-writing contest have settled on the tunes; now they are looking for new words. The Joint Anglican-Lutheran Commission, which monitors and carries

Bishop and wife to visit Uganda

Bishop Colin Johnson and his wife Ellen. Bishop Colin Johnson, diocesan bishop of Toronto, and his wife Ellen are scheduled to visit the Church of

Lutherans issue Sudan alert

The United Nations agreed recently to send a high-level mission to Darfur to probe claims of worsening abuses against civilians; the Lutheran World Federation is

Churches take grapes from vine to chalice

Burl Deatherage, one of three founders of the vineyard at St. Stephen’s church, Victoria, tends to some cabernet sauvignon grapes ready for harvest. At right

Support for Ask & Imagine

The popular Ask & Imagine leadership program for young Anglicans received a grant in early December from the Lilly Endowment Inc., an American foundation that

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

Signs of Hope … in the form of a sparrow

In November, we asked Anglican Journal readers what signs of hope they saw in the church, in this time of shrinking membership and declining revenues.

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