Marites N. Sison

  • Marites N. Sison

    Marites (Tess) Sison was editor of the Anglican Journal from August 2014 to July 2018, and senior staff writer from December 2003 to July 2014. An award-winning journalist, she has more that three decades of professional journalism experience in Canada and overseas. She has contributed to The Toronto Star and CBC Radio, and worked as a stringer for The New York Times.

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Need to redefine church is urgent, bishop says

Chateauguay, Montreal National Anglican Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald has urged the Anglican Church of Canada to “find other ways to be church,” especially among

Task force not keen to change primacy model

Chateauguay, Montreal The Primatial Review Task Force will not recommend a return to a model of primacy that existed before 1969, in which the primate

‘We just wish it would all go away’

Chateauguay, Montreal There is “general pessimism” among bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada about the potential for “any clear resolution” of the divisive issue

Marlene Brant Castellano, who served as co-director of research for the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, said churches must organize events that can move people to say that "this is a justice and spiritual issue.

Truth and reconciliation education for Canada

Expect a massive education campaign about the residential schools and the work of healing and reconciliation with aboriginal people to roll out in the Anglican, United and Presbyterian churches in the coming months.

Walk a mile in a survivor’s shoes

Orillia, Ont.“What would you do if they came for your kids?” This, at the simplest level, is the question non-aboriginal Canadians can ask themselves to

New bishop for Cuba to be announced in January

(L to R): U.S. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, Archdeacon Michael Pollesel, and Archbishop Fred Hiltz. A new bishop will be appointed for the Episcopal

Funding cuts threaten KAIROS

The federal government has decided to cut $7 million in funding to KAIROS, a Canadian ecumenical justice organization that advocates for the rights of marginalized

Canadians ‘do not leave the table’

Niagara Falls, Ont. The Anglican Church of Canada is “committed to walking together” with the rest of the Anglican Communion, two pastoral visitors commissioned by

Church still growing in Zimbabwe diocese

“We need your prayers,” says Bishop Chad Gandiya, diocese of Harare, Zimbabwe. Niagara Falls, Ont. The Anglican diocese of Harare continues to face challenges related

Do our priests have a passion for God?

Scully Niagara Falls, Ont. How well is the Anglican Church of Canada recruiting, discerning, encouraging and training candidates for ordination to the priesthood? Are they

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