First woman bishop
Anglican Journal
April 1, 2005
Rev. Rosemarie Wenner, 49, has become the first woman to be elected bishop of the United Methodist Church in Germany and the denomination’s first female
Rev. Rosemarie Wenner, 49, has become the first woman to be elected bishop of the United Methodist Church in Germany and the denomination’s first female
Representatives of Anglican and Lutheran churches in the United States and in Canada met Feb. 5-7 in Las Vegas to compare notes on how new,
Three young Anglicans were murdered in Montreal Lake, Sask., on March 3. The victims were identified as Kerry Naytowhow, 19, and Greg Naytowhow, 26, sons
At age 70, Leonard Cohen is long past any attempts to be either current or mainstream. In fact, he never tried. That said, the legendary
Members of the Council of General Synod have some critical decisions ahead of them at their regular meeting next month. This will be only their
The diocese of Saskatchewan, which covers the northern half of the province, is facing a financial crunch. The diocesan executive committee has decided to eliminate
A quartet of deans (past and current) of Vancouver’s Christ Church Cathedral sang at a fundraising concert for the Sorrento Centre. From left, Bishop Michael
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi has paid an unprecedented official visit to the headquarters of the Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem in what is seen as a
Bishop Victoria Matthews of Edmonton returned to active ministry in January after seven months of medical leave due to cancer. Her time away from the
Warsaw/Bielefeld, Germany Church leaders joined heads of state on Jan. 28 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp
A couple of potted crocuses in the newspaper office have just opened their petals, their rich purple brightening up the dreary late weeks of winter.
Pauline Bradbrook, former Anglican mission personnel to the Solomon Islands and teacher at the Centre for Christian Studies, Toronto, died Feb. 3. Ms. Bradbrook, 61,
Dear editor, Re: Arctic may ask clergy to denounce gay unions (February Anglican Journal). Where is the Anglican church I thought I belonged to? How
For those of us looking for some relief to the current malaise afflicting the Anglican Church, January’s issue of the Anglican Journal was not encouraging!
Sister Merle, left, and Sister Margaret, inspect the Toronto site of the new convent of the Sisterhood of St. John the Divine. Members of the
Canon Roderick Robinson, who played a pivotal role in the negotiations that resulted in the 2000 Nisga’a land claim settlement, the first of its kind,
The children of Sefapanong Primary School near the village of Paray, Lesotho, are twinned with Turnbull Learning Centre, a private school in the diocese of
The diocese of Niagara finally has a 2005 budget as delegates to a special financial synod held Jan. 8 at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton,
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-Oa?’Connor (left) and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, together celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at Westminster Cathedral. Archbishop of Canterbury
Church leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, the region of the world worst affected by the AIDS epidemic, say they appear to be failing to deliver the