Ten years after the Rwandan genocide, many colleagues believe Rob Shropshire’s name will forever be associated with Rwanda. In the aftermath of the genocide he
Due to a printing error, some Journal subscribers received a flawed version of our April special on bishops who are eligible to be elected primate.
Andrew Hutchison Archbishop of Montreal and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada Age: 65 Fluently bilingual in French and English, with a smattering of
Husband-and-wife volunteers Art and Marjorie Keates are working to preserve and make more accessible the priceless documents of the diocese of Ontario’s history. Knowing that
Canadian Anglicans opposed to the blessing of same-sex unions have reacted strongly to the resolution asking General Synod to affirm that such rites are within
Victoria Matthews Bishop of Edmonton Age: 50 A native of Toronto who broke new ground for women in episcopal ministry, Bishop Victoria Matthews believes the
The Indian residential schools settlement fund is more than one-third of the way toward its target of $25 million. As of March 31, 2004, the
Last month, Anglican Journal welcomed a new column entitled Concerning Lutherans, modelled after a similar feature in Canada Lutheran magazine, Concerning Anglicans. The column is
Dear editor, I would like to express my appreciation for your two excellent, heart-warming articles, Babies’ first garments give comfort and Shawls encircle owners in
New York George F.R. Ellis, a South African mathematics professor who opposed the racist ideology of apartheid, has been named the 2004 winner of the
Dick Hardel, who founded Christ Clown College in the United States and has been active in clown ministry since 1973, will be the keynote speaker
Caleb Lawrence Bishop of Moosonee Age: 62 Bishop Caleb Lawrence, who is fluent in the Cree language, believes that the primate “has to be a
Michael Harold Rayner, a member of the audit committee of General Synod, died March 30 in Ottawa. He was 61. He became a chartered accountant
When I first picked up Genesis: The Movie by Robert Farrar Capon, I was fully expecting a rather frivolous read. How wrong I was. But
Theresa Mandricks and Lydia Laku, staff with General Synod’s partnerships department, prepare for office move by shredding old files. The General Synod archives will be
Archbishop David Crawley, in his capacity as acting primate, chairs the March meeting of the Council of General Synod; beside him is prolocutor Dorothy Davies-Flindall.
Churches in North America, one of the world’s biggest free trade areas, have decided to devote more attention to fighting for a just system of
Bishop Anthony Burton of Saskatchewan has been elected chair of the Council of the North, succeeding Archbishop John Clarke, who ends his three-year term in
A financial crisis facing Saskatoon’s St. Andrew’s College, a theological school serving the United Church of Canada, is creating “uncertainty” about the future of the
Dear editor, Your coverage of the primacy of Archbishop Michael Peers (February) was well done and particularly your inclusion of his wife, Dorothy, and his