Marites N. Sison

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  • 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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Canadian churches go dark for Earth Hour

Canadian Anglicans joined millions of people around the world in switching off electric lights for 60 minutes on March 29, as part of Earth Hour,

Chronology of the same-sex debate

This timeline, first published March 26, 2008, has been updated to include developments since then. 1975 – Integrity, a movement of gay and lesbian Anglicans,

Communion releases second draft covenant

Addressing concerns raised by several provinces, including Canada, about granting more authority to primates and other Instruments of Unity in the Anglican Communion, an international

Priest marks 70th anniversary

Canon Felix Honeygold, pictured here in the 1930s at Cow Head Mission, used snowshoes to travel his parish on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula. Canon Felix Honeygold

Chief asks church’s support for treaties

Beardy An aboriginal leader from Northern Ontario has urged the Anglican Church of Canada to support aboriginal Canadians in demanding that both federal and provincial

Far more draws us together’

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the primate (national archbishop) of the Anglican Church of Canada, has urged Canadian Anglicans to remember that while there is “great tension”

Church receives $9.7 million refund

The federal government has issued the Anglican Church of Canada a cheque for $9.7 million to refund a portion of the church’s contribution to the

Bishop reflects on first year

Bishop Mark MacDonald said the welcome that he has received as the Anglican Church of Canada’s first national indigenous bishop has been “phenomenal,” with communities

School nurse’s diary an archival treasure

Sarah Elizabeth Page, who worked as a nurse at the Moose Fort Indian Residential School in Moose Factory, Ont., treats student Billy Diamond. Mr. Diamond

Bequest expected to buoy national budget

Mississauga, Ont. The Council of General Synod (CoGS) on Nov. 18 approved a budget for 2008 that anticipates revenues of $8.9 million and expenditures of

Church prepares for truth commission

Ellie Johnson briefs the Council of General Synod about the revised Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. An ecumenical “leaders’ tour” is being planned this spring

Bishop protests unauthorized ordinations

Bishop Michael Ingham Bishop Michael Ingham of the diocese of New Westminster said there is now a “full-blown schism” within the Anglican Church of Canada,

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