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One-time chair

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.

Council sees chance of peace in Haiti

The National Council of Churches of the United States has hailed the potential for peace in Haiti after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide left the country weeks

Burton to lead Council of North

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

Theological schools face uncertainty

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

Time to revisit job description

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

Babies’ first garments give comfort

Mary O’Connor calls the items that her church group makes for infants a "labour of love." Mississauga, Ont. Tiny ribbon rosettes, intricately embroidered stitches, seed

New WCC general secretary Rev. Samuel Kobia (right) looks on as moderator His Holiness Aram I addresses the WCC Central Committee.

WCC heralds new leader

Kenyan songs and African drums heralded the installation of Rev. Sam Kobia, a Methodist from Kenya, as the new general secretary of the World Council

Kairos names Primate’s Fund director to board

Andrew Ignatieff, executive director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund, the Anglican Church of Canada’s disaster relief and economic development agency, was named

John Uniacke Bayly

John Uniacke Bayly, who served as chancellor of the diocese of the Arctic from 1993 to 2000, died of a heart attack in February while

Two lay people to receive award

Amy Newell, who has served the national church for 24 years, and Robert “Bob” Falby, a lay canon who was a member of the residential

Liberia faces ‘huge task’

Liberia faces a “huge task ahead” but has turned a corner after its 14-year civil war, according to Gyude Bryant, a long-time lay leader in

Funeral guide eases process

There are at least 23 items in Catherine Rigby-Harley’s list of things to do when a loved one dies – from informing immediate family and

PWRDF staffer to leave fund

Rob Shropshire is leaving his job as development team co-ordinator of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) to join the Canadian Human Rights

ELCIC aims to become ‘church for others’

This month, the Anglican Journal welcomes a new column entitled Concerning Lutherans, modelled after a similar column in Canada Lutheran magazine entitled Concerning Anglicans. Written

Resolution will surely change face of church

When it finally came, it seemed anti-climactic. There, in typically bureaucratic, church-style vernacular, was the resolution that could change the face of the Anglican Church

Church will disappear

The diocese of Fredericton has decided to tear down St. Anne’s church in the parish of Musquash, but not everyone is happy about it. Midge

Joint church in B.C.

A new joint Anglican and Lutheran parish, to be known as Trinity church, has been formed in Port Alberni, B.C. The new church came about

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