
Liturgy available to parishes marking World AIDS Day
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has created a vigil liturgy, with a special focus on women, girls, and HIV-AIDS, for use by
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.

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has created a vigil liturgy, with a special focus on women, girls, and HIV-AIDS, for use by

Edmonton Number crunchers and members of the Council of the North narrowly averted a crisis here at their recent meeting, reaching a tentative compromise after

Apologies from the diocese of New Westminster and the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) for the “deep offence” their decisions regarding sexuality have

Donald Harvey, who will retire as bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador at the end of this month, has accepted an offer to become an

The scourge of HIV-AIDS remains in South Africa, with new infections emerging even among grandparents who are often not adequately protected when they care for

The controversial clause affirming the “integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships,” which was part of a resolution approved by General Synod in June,

This month Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will go online on the national church’s Web site to introduce himself and

Hamilton, Ont. About 1,600 Lutheran youth — and a few Anglicans — from across Canada gathered at the Convention Centre here Aug. 12-15 for four

Sanja Pecelj, the Kosovo woman who sought sanctuary in the basement of St. Mark’s church in Halifax, has agreed to accept Ottawa ‘s recommendation to

Archbishop Edward (Ted) Scott, the 10th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada who gave meaning to the words “social conscience,” was laid to rest

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison has decided not to appoint new members to the Primate’s Theological Commission, which has been asked by General Synod to determine whether

Archbishop Andrew and Lois Hutchison are frequent visitors to St. Peter’s-on-the-Rock, Stony Lake, Ont. Stony Lake , Ont. It is 10:15 a.m. and the entrance

The new national office is part of a 21-storey condominium tower. After a move marked by initial chaos — some staff had no power and

Dr. David Gould has been a delegate to 16 General Synods. St. Catharines, Ont. It was only by chance that Dr. David Gould of Algoma

The 2004 budget for the national church, called General Synod, has been reduced by $307,000 to avoid a deficit due to lower-than-expected donations resulting from

The arrangement made by the diocese of New Westminster to provide pastoral care through an episcopal visitor to churches opposed to same-sex blessings has worked

There are mixed reports about whether primates of the Anglican Communion in Africa have decided not to accept money from American churches that ordain gays

When her husband, Andrew Hutchison, became bishop of Montreal in 1990, Lois Hutchison said he suggested she might want to resign as secretary to the

Engaging religious leaders in the fight against the AIDS pandemic has been a “slow and tortured process” said Stephen Lewis, the United Nations special envoy

Anglicans wanting to get online information about General Synod 2004 might have entered “General Synod 2004” or the acronym “gs2004” into a search engine.Either way