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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Nfld. diocese gets new bishop

After a one-year delay, the diocese of Central Newfoundland, in an electoral synod held September 9-10, finally chose a new bishop: Rev. David Torraville. Last

Churches work to fill void in social services

Recovering drug addicts at a rehabilitation centre run by the Amity Foundation, a church-run NGO. Kunming Some had their hands outstretched as though imploring, others

Fundraising programs under review

General Synod has asked a leader in the area of gift planning and annual giving in Canada to conduct an independent audit of the Anglican

The hard choices that China’s churches make

Beijing Westerners are often baffled at the rate of Christian conversions in China – where public evangelism is banned, where the state imposes regulations on

Essentials forms new groups

Conservative Canadian Anglicans, who met in Toronto June 16-18, were urged to join two new groups, one of them working towards becoming the official replacement

The lure of old China

Bronze statues depict the survivors of the Nanjing massacre. We traveled by train from Shanghai to Nanjing, the old capital, for four-and-a-half hours. After bumper-to-bumper

Activists decry ‘diversion’ of aid

Some donations given by Canadians for the victims of last December’s tsunami have in a perverse way ended up contributing to human rights violations in

Kootenay has new bishop

Archdeacon John Elswood Privett, rector of the parish of Christ Church, Edmonton, was elected bishop of Kootenay on May 28. Bishop-elect Privett, 49, was elected

Mission possible

(Left, top to bottom) Rev. Carolyn Langford, Joanne Chaytor and Rev. Stanley Isherwood are the new Anglican Volunteers in Mission. (Right) Presbyterian volunteers Chelsea Noelle

Arctic diocese bans gays from employment

The Anglican diocese of the Arctic has given notice that it will not employ the following: anyone having pre-marital sex, homosexuals, lesbians and bisexuals, those

Church growth exciting but challenging too

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, Rev. Ian Morrison (Presbyterian Church in Canada), and Rev. Carol Hancock (United Church of Canada) display colourful bags intricately woven by the

Canadians to sit on sidelines of meeting

General Synod staffer Dianne Izzard and General Secretary Jim Boyles sing between business sessions of the meeting of CoGS. Mississauga, Ont. Council of General Synod

China may restore ties with Vatican

Beijing The Chinese government said it is ready to restore diplomatic relations with the Vatican under the new Pope, Benedict XVI, provided the Holy See

Church budget goes under the knife

Mississauga, Ont. Council of General Synod (CoGS), during its spring meeting here, approved a proposal to reduce the $10.7 million 2005 budget of General Synod

Commission rules on doctrine of blessings

Mississauga, Ont. A national church commission has concluded that the blessings of same-sex unions is “a matter of doctrine,” thereby giving General Synod, not diocesan

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