Anglican Journal

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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

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

Ministry is all downhill

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,

Church figures honoured

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

David Crawley continues the quest

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

Dialogue begins

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

More than their share

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

Unusual thesis blends snow, spirituality

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,

Second generation a welcome addition

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

Lutherans struggling with sex, too

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 Rowan Williams, in the Middle East at the invitation of the bishop of Jerusalem, met with youth and religious and community leaders.

Williams decries security fence

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

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