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Elder and chaplain join forces for youth

Chief Warrant Officer Stella Blackbird, a Cree elder, shows a plant to Canadian Forces chaplain Capt. Fraser Harvey and explains how it is used by

Help with finances

London Many churches in Britain have shrinking congregations, but an organization that helps church volunteers hold their own with a welter of financial and accountancy

College in crisis

The College of Emmanuel and St. Chad will embark on a fundraising campaign next month to raise $3 million to help save the school, which

Study at Canterbury

Applications for financial assistance from the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral in Canada are now available to senior divinity students interested in joining a three-week course

Appointments

Canon Eric Beresford, consultant for ethics and inter-faith relations in the faith, worship and ministry department of the Anglican Church of Canada, has been appointed

We are all God’s apprentices

The hugely successful reality show The Apprentice has begun its second season. A dispute has arisen over what lessons about business can be drawn from

Faithful give blood

The first In Good Faith blood donor week sponsored July 12-16 by interfaith clinics in Ottawa collected 985 units of blood, which organizers say is

Hats off to young girl

A young parishioner and her priest at the parish of Hanover and Durham together raised $2,500 for the Cops for Cancer program by doing something

Victoria woman takes over WCC youth desk

Natalie Maxson, a 24-year-old self-described “subversive Christian” and lay member of the United Church of Canada is to take over the youth desk of the

AIDS conference attracts faith groups

Bangkok Representatives from more than 100 faith-based organizations attended the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok in July. The Geneva-based Ecumen-ical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) said

Church’s youngest members voted too

Children walk a labyrinth at General Synod’s youth program. The new primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, may have to work hard to win over the very

Toronto elects Johnson

Colin Johnson, 51, elected just one year ago as suffragan (assistant) bishop of the diocese of Toronto, was elected diocesan bishop on June 12 on

Happy anniversary

Former primate Archbishop Ted Scott (centre, flanked by Rev. Susan Baldwin, left, and Canon Alice Medcof) took part in a celebration May 2 at All

Journal lauded at church press awards

Anglican Journal recently won 11 awards from two press associations in North America for stories published last year. It received five awards, including an award

Clarification

Several Canadian dioceses have active refugee sponsorship programs including: * British Columbia, which sponsored 37 families in the last three years, and is currently awaiting

A calm but eventful General Synod

Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea (right) greets Stephen Lewis, United Nations special envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, after his speech. He urged the church to help

Synod bids warm farewell to Peers

Bishop Edmond Browning, retired primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States, attended the farewell party for his friend, Michael Peers. Niagara Falls, Ont.

Hispanic elected

Bavi Edna “Nedi” Rivera was elected bishop suffragan in the diocese of Olympia in May, making her the first Hispanic woman bishop and the 12th

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