Synod meeting has changed ‘for the better’
Marites N. Sison
June 1, 2004
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
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
St. Catharines, Ont. Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of Montreal was elected the 12th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada today by lay and clergy delegates
The world has forgotten Burma (Myanmar), two Burmese pro-democracy activists said during a recent visit to Canada to help draw attention to the plight of
A legal battle looms in the diocese of New Westminster as four of its priests resigned over the issue of same-sex blessings, formed a new
Gail Holland (left) is a refugee co-ordinator for Holy Trinity church, Toronto. Her parish recently helped settle Joseph and Esperance Mbazimana, their two children and
A Canadian delegation of church leaders and staff that recently visited Israel and Lebanon has vowed to press the Canadian government to “take the strongest
Dissenting minorities who strongly disagree with church decisions on the blessing of same-gender relationships should be provided with an alternate bishop, at least temporarily, says
Mississauga, Ont. Financial difficulties continue to hound General Synod, with the 2004 budget incurring a deficit of $241,592 and the 2005 budget projected to suffer
No one remembers when they were planted on the small plot of land at the southeast corner of the national church office: two gingko trees
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s commission on communion has called for a ceasefire among Anglicans at odds over the issue of same-sex blessings in Canada and
She was three months pregnant and in danger of losing her baby when Vicky Galo’s mother asked her to wrap a shawl around her womb.
Toronto Donations to the Anglican Journal Appeal suffered a small decrease during its 10th anniversary in 2003, and gifts last year to the Primate’s World
Due to continuing financial constraints resulting from dwindling congregations, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison of the diocese of Montreal has decided not to replace Assistant Bishop Russell
The parish of St. Martin’s, North Vancouver, which earlier joined a coalition of parishes opposed to a diocesan synod resolution allowing same-sex blessings in the
Bishop Donald Harvey of the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador has announced he will retire at the end of November. “It’s a combination of
Conservative bishops in the Anglican Church of Canada had mixed reactions to recent reports that Episcopalians opposed to the consecration of a gay bishop in
Toronto The task force mandated by the house of bishops to consider alternate episcopal oversight for those who strongly object to church decisions has wrapped
The parish priest of a church mission in Abbotsford, B.C. that was shut down by Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster has vowed to keep