Marites N. Sison

  • 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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(l to r) Archdeacon Michael Thompson, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Council of General Synod prolocutor Robert Falby and Chancellor David Jones test the voting device. Photo: Marites N. Sison

One-click voting at General Synod 2013

With one click, delegates to the 2013 General Synod will be able to casttheir vote on resolutions and the results will be counted in a matterof seconds.

Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) members brief CoGS about the Sacred Circle held last August in Pinawa, Man. Photo: Marites N. Sison

Two-term CoGS membership needs review

A straw poll at the Nov. 15-18 meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) has revealed that members feel the two-term limit for CoGS

General Synod Chancellor David Jones presents the resolution to use unrestricted funds to bridge the anticipated $513K deficit in the 2013 budget. Photo: Marites Sison

Transitional 2013 budget approved by CoGS

On Nov. 17, at its fall meeting in Mississauga, Ont., the Council of General Synod (CoGS) approved the 2013 budget for General Synod. The 2013

Bishop George Elliott, shown here at General Synod 2010, says his successor will step into something that is “positive” and “hopeful.” Photo: Art Babych

Bishop George Elliott to retire

It’s time for someone else to take the ministry of the York-Simcoe area in the diocese of Toronto to its next chapter, says Bishop George

Film documents the aggressive assimilation forced on First Nations people. Photo: Eagle Vision Inc./Entertainment One/NFB

A tale of two survivors

We Were Children, a film that chronicles the lives of two survivors of the residential schools system in Canada, was among the Canadian entries to

(L to R): Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk, The Rev. David Lehmann, The Rev.Georgina Bassett, Bishop Larry Robertson and The Rev. Vivian Smith. Photo: Debra Gill

God is always there, waiting for us’

On Sept. 16, the Rev. Georgina Bassett made history by becoming the first person of Slavey heritage to be ordained a priest in the Anglican

Childhood trauma bodes ill for future

An aboriginal person who has had a personal or family involvement with a residential school in Canada is statistically more likely to end up in

The sanctuary space will become an atrium and play area. Photo: Contributed

Church transformed

Nearly a decade ago, St. Matthew’s Anglican Church in Winnipeg had fallen into disrepair. Located in a troubled neighbourhood where the poverty rate is at

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