Arctic seeks funds to rebuild cathedral
Iqaluit’s igloo-shaped cathedral of St. Jude’s, which was demolished June 1, was unsalvageable after a vandal set it on fire last November. St. Jude’s Anglican
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.
Iqaluit’s igloo-shaped cathedral of St. Jude’s, which was demolished June 1, was unsalvageable after a vandal set it on fire last November. St. Jude’s Anglican
The first court hearing on the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) began Aug, 29, with Ontario Superior Court Justice Warren Winkler questioning how “realistic”
Nancy Hurn, General Synod archivist, is asking dioceses to assist her in compiling a central inventory of records (like photographs, parish registers and baptismal records)
It’s official. The Anglican Church of Canada now owns the first four floors and basement of 80 Hayden St., Toronto. After more than two years
Churches must put a greater emphasis on “how we seek the community” instead of just concentrating on designing a new altar when they are changing
Stephen Lewis, the United Nations special envoy on HIV/AIDS for Africa, accused the United States of “neo-colonialism” for imposing conditions on its AIDS grants to
Paula and daughter Crystal It is a hot summer day and in the backyard of a leafy neighborhood in downtown Toronto there are merry sounds
A mother and daughter join thousands during a march on the streets of downtown Toronto to demand immediate, universal and equitable access to HIV/AIDS prevention,
Community workers at a DARE training house. The nature of the global drug trade means that Canadians should be concerned about the political and human
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the relief and development arm of the Anglican Church of Canada, has sent $25,000 in response to
Art Zoccole When the HIV-AIDS epidemic struck in Canada 24 years ago, Art Zoccole watched helplessly as aboriginal friends and colleagues in Toronto became ill
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Canadian leaders to remember Canada’s “proud history
Note: This is an amended version of a July 11 story.Delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s (ELCIC) Eastern Synod voted July 6 to
St. Jude’s cathedral, which was deconsecrated last Easter and demolished June 1, was declared unsalvageable after a vandal set it on fire last November. St.
Mike Benson, executive director of the National Residential School Survivors’ Society A national group of former students of Indian residential schools is urging the federal
Reactions from Anglicans worldwide to the election of Nevada bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as the first female primate (national bishop) of the Episcopal Church in
Women involved in the Sunday School by Post program also ran vacation Bible schools. The photo above was taken in 1950 during Margaret (nee Allman)
Peter Blachford, treasurer of General Synod, told the Council of General Synod that the church can no longer support losses. Mississauga, Ont.For the third consecutive
Mississauga, Ont. With a procedural nightmare looming a year from now when General Synod gathers to decide on the blessing of same-sex unions, the church’s
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of a story that appears in the June issue of the Anglican Journal.Two years after moving into a
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