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
It is tax time in this nation and many Canadians are understandably consumed with questions about how their money — taxes paid on everything they
I have long wanted to meet Lt.-Gen. Romeo Dallaire. Our paths briefly crossed in October of 1993. I was standing in front of the Mille
Annie Dillard is my favourite contemporary writer. Her work is impossible to categorize. She has an astounding eye for the intricacies of nature, but she
The diocese of Toronto has begun its year-long process of dialogue and decision among clergy and lay members on the issue of same-sex blessings. All-day
Several small parishes in the Vancouver-based diocese of New Westminster are pledging more than they were asked to the Honouring Our Commitment campaign to raise
Neil Elliot sees ties between spirituality and snowboarding. In a new age world where people can find spirituality anywhere from indoor fountains to backyard gardens,
Steve Bell’s daughter Sarah joins him on Sons & Daughters album. Both change and constancy have marked the life and work of Manitoba-based musician Steve
Anglican Journal book review editor Canon Gordon Baker polled the church’s four metropolitans about what they are reading this Lent. While not strictly Lenten reading,
The National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), just like the Anglican Church of Canada, is now in the thick
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams spoke out strongly against the security fence being erected by Israel in the occupied territories and Palestinian suicide bombings during
I understand that, as the congregation left Canterbury Cathedral after the enthronement service for Archbishop Rowan Williams, each person was presented with a copy of
A Canadian group is is asking Anglicans who support same-sex blessings to take part in a national day of prayer on Sunday, March 28. Claiming
The diocese of Saskatchewan has a new publication, Northern and Cree News, a glossy, colourful four-page tabloid focusing on Anglican church life in the northern
Dear editor, With reference to your story Evangelism not so scary after all (January), I have to say that I find it very scary if
The Church of England, facing financial pressure, has signalled its readiness to sell historic bishops’ houses and palaces if they do not meet strict economic
The Ecclesiastical Insurance Company has agreed to pay the diocese of Niagara $800,000 for damages sustained by the bell tower of Hamilton ‘s All Saints’
Rev. Jack Greenhalgh, chaplain at Big White Ski Resort, in British Columbia’s interior, baptizes Spencer David Loyd, son of resort employees James and Brenda Loyd,
Canon Roderick A. Robinson, of the diocese of Caledonia, and Janet Somerville, former general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC), were named in