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No progress reported in talks with government

Negotiations with the federal government concerning the native residential schools crisis continued in March and April, but no progress was reported. Anglican negotiators, including General

B.C. bishops call for referendum protest

Christian leaders in British Columbia – including the bishops of all Anglican dioceses in the province – are urging parishioners to vote against or protest

Anglicans shut out of World Youth Day

Despite recent moves toward closer relations between Anglicans and Roman Catholics, a major Catholic youth event scheduled for July in Toronto will apparently have little

Contest launched for logo

Halifax The Joint Anglican Lutheran Commission is seeking submissions for a common logo to be used when the two churches participate in “full communion” events.

Talks proceed without agreement

Anglican negotiators again met federal representatives in the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution last month, seeking ways to limit the legal liability of the

Unpaid clergy seek study

Aboriginal Anglican clergy want the house of bishops to discuss why about 90 per cent of them are unpaid, compared to about 13 per cent

Fund enables exchange

Sister Tabitha A Syrian Orthodox nun is currently studying theology and English in Toronto, courtesy of the Anglican Foundation’s Scholarship of St. Basil the Great.

Anglicans negotiating alone

The Anglican church, under serious financial pressure, has opened separate negotiations with the federal government on liability over native residential schools. This has resulted in

Church ends financial support of PMC magazine

The Anglican Church of Canada’s Continuing Education Plan will no longer offer clergy and lay members free subscriptions to the quarterly magazine Practice of Ministry

Sale of General Synod offices completed

The Anglican Church of Canada’s governing body, General Synod, has completed the long-planned sale of its three-storey building in downtown Toronto, netting $3.65 million, and

Talks now focus on alternatives to court

The federal government and churches involved in native residential schools negotiations are now wrangling over who should pay for “alternate dispute resolution” processes and whether

Staff education funds termed safe

A General Synod benefit fund that reimburses clergy and lay employees for educational costs is not vulnerable to residential schools litigation, according to legal opinions

Fund addresses legacy of schools

The Anglican Church of Canada’s 10-year-old healing fund, established to address social and personal problems of native Canadians, has received a $50,000 grant from the

New Caledonians fear Inco mining project

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) sponsored a visit to Canada by four residents of the South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia –

Bishops welcome ‘first step’

Anglican Archbishop Michael Peers asks the congregation at All Saints’ Cathedral to affirm Anglican/Lutheran full communion. Edmonton Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada, at

Ottawa makes unilateral offer

The federal government will pay 70 per cent of proven out-of-court damage settlements related to native residential schools and will not limit churches’ liability in

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