CoGS Highlights
Anglican Journal
April 1, 2004
In other news, Council of General Synod (CoGS) also: approved a motion asking officers of General Synod, “in consultation with staff, to ascertain present and
In other news, Council of General Synod (CoGS) also: approved a motion asking officers of General Synod, “in consultation with staff, to ascertain present and
On Monday, March 1, people around the world celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines becoming international law. To mark the
It used to be that Rev. Mary-Ann Somerville knew which Anglican in the hospital needed her prayers or a visit, and which patient she could
JOHN R. CLARKE, 65 Archbishop of Athabasca Before he began his curacy at St. Michael and all Angels in the diocese of Toronto in 1964,
Leaders of the World Council of Churches (WCC) have demanded that the Israeli government “stop and reverse” the construction of a barrier being erected “in
Bishop Paul Idlout is one of several Inuit pictured on the old $2 bill; the image was taken from a 1967 photograph. Bishop Idlout is
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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