
Meeting lends support to idea of indigenous bishop
Mississauga, Ont.Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved a resolution that “affirms and supports” the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) as it prepares to
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.

Mississauga, Ont.Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved a resolution that “affirms and supports” the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) as it prepares to

Council members Angie Kubluitok, Dorothy Davies-Flindall and Ronald Stevenson examine the church’s 2006 budget. Mississauga, Ont. Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved a budget

Bishop John Paterson, chair of the Anglican Consultative Council, apologized for the way Canadians were treated at last summer’s ACC meeting. Mississauga, Ont. Member provinces

Mississauga, Ont.Council of General Synod (CoGS) has approved Draw the Circle Wide…Draw it Wider Still as the theme for General Synod 2007, which will be

Mississauga, Ont.The primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked the Council of General Synod (CoGS) to help him consider what the future of

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