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PWRDF ponders new global alliance

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has been invited to join in the creation of a new international alliance of church-related organizations that

Sponsors needed

The Anglican Church of Canada’s partnerships department is seeking parishes willing to sponsor students at the Episcopal Seminary in Haiti for a three-month summer internship

The Anglican Consultative Council at a glance

The Anglican Consultative Council was established in 1969 after the 1968 Lambeth Conference (a once-per-decade international meeting of bishops) decided the church needed a more

Special delivery

Art Chamberlain (far right) and Lois Corbett, employees with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, accept gifts from Keith Stewart, of the Toronto Environmental Alliance,

78 years as organist

The Anglican Church Women of Seldom, Fogo Island, in the diocese of Central Newfoundland, recently paid tribute to Lucy Rowe, 94, who has been an

Canon Roderick Robinson

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,

Ottawa project helps Lesotho

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

Niagara sets budget

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,

Services focus on church unity

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

AIDS message ‘failing’

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

Corrections

The assessed value of Bishopstope, the bishop’s residence near Timmins, Ont., see city of the diocese of Moosonee, is about $183,000. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate

Quebec settles suit

The diocese of Quebec has reached an out-of-court settlement with a Quebec businessman, Barry Husk, who sued the diocese, Archbishop Bruce Stavert, and others in

Churches are reduced to ‘public culture’

Dear editor, (Re: Ontario churches concerned about proposed changes to Heritage Act, Jan. 11, Journal Web site) How curious that the Ontario government seems to

Royal union to be blessed

The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles will have their civil union on April 8 blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. London

No plans for divestment from Israel

The Anglican Church of Canada has “no intention at this time” of reviewing its investment policies with regards to multinational corporations doing business in Israel,

Qu’Appelle bishop to retire

Bishop Duncan Wallace of Qu’Appelle has announced his retirement effective May 31. Bishop Wallace, 67, told his diocesan council Jan. 22 that his retirement would

Making history

South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela appears in London as part of the Make Poverty History campaign. The debt forgiveness campaign is supported by groups