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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Lutheran synod accepts same-sex ruling

The Eastern Synod Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has accepted “with deep regret” the ruling by its National Church Council that

Hilchey was church’s former General Secretary

Archdeacon Harry Hilchey had recently written about his years in minstry. One of his favourite biblical texts, Archdeacon Harry Hilchey once said, was “Jesus went.”

AFN urges awareness of settlement details

A recent conference of the Assembly of First Nations warned that former residential school students who opt for litigation face a long wait: the last

The story of Christmas around the world

Across desert, jungle, plains, mountains, forests, towns and cities, Christians pause in the rush and bustle of everyday life to visit, to give, to worship

Synod 2007 will have compressed schedule

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Church to sell its option to move

Mississauga, Ont. General Synod, the church’s national office, will not exercise an option to move the Anglican Book Centre back into a new building on

ABC storefront will close

Mississauga, Ont. The fate of the 106-year-old Anglican Book Centre (ABC), the oldest bookstore in Toronto, was sealed by the Council of General Synod (CoGS),

The story of Christmas around the world

From North, South, East and West, there are more beliefs and traditions that unite rather than divide people, especially around the meaning of Christmas. The

Hilchey was former General Secretary

Archdeacon Harry Hilchey served as the national church’s General Secretary from 1979 to 1987. (Editor’s note: This story, which first appeared Monday, Nov.20, has been

Archbishop weds lesbian couple

Archbishop Terry Finlay (right) may not officiate at weddings. Archbishop Terence Finlay, the retired bishop of the diocese of Toronto and metropolitan (senior bishop) of

Nina Burnham, an Anglican elder from the southern Ontario Six Nations reserve, initiated a healing gathering that prayed for a peaceful resolution to a disputed land claim in nearby Caledonia, Ont.

Group prays for healing in land claim dispute

Oshwegan, Ont. Church leaders, including Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, joined native and non-native Caledonia and Six Nations residents on

Saskatchewan notebook

We are unable to land our aircraft in the town of Tisdale, Sask., as a flock of pigeons and crows refuses to budge from the

Readers eager to receive their Journal

The Anglican Journal held up a mirror to its readership recently and found a group that is, in the main, quite fond of the church’s

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