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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Cafe-style conversations at CoGS

Members of the Council of General Synod (CoGS) discussed issues facing the church using a popular method of dialogue known as “World Cafe.” Photo: Marites

Taking prayer to the streets

The Rev. Maggie Helwig, curate at St. Timothy’s North Toronto, and the Rev. Andrea Budgey, the Humphreys Chaplain at Trinity College and the University of

Harradence

He never billed us

J.H. Clyne Harradence, who provided legal counsel to the Anglican Church of Canada for 42 years and never sent a bill, died on March 17,

Bible translation links Inuit to Word of God

Bishop Benjamin Arreak, translation team coordinator, and Hartmut Wiens, director of translations, Canadian Bible Society. Photo: Marites N. Sison This June, Inuit living in the

Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo and Archbishop Fred Hiltz at the TRC national event in Winnipeg. Photo: Marites N. Sison

TRC report calls for continued cooperation

According to Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, “faithful reporting” contained in the Feb. 24 interim report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) calls for “continued cooperation” among churches involved in the tragic legacy of the residential schools.

Address plight of rural women, U.N. urged

( L to R) Anglicans Roselind Halder, Bangladesh; JoAnn Todd, Canada; Claudette Kigeme, Burundi; and June Nderitu, Kenya, prepare a statement at the 56th Commission

Clyne Harradence, second from right, at St. Alban’s Cathedral, when he and his wife, Helen, second from left, received the Order of Saskatchewan. Also in the photo (l to r): Lisa Harradence (daughter-in-law); Bishop Anthony Burton, and David Harradence (son).

The lawyer who never billed us

J.H. Clyne Harradence, who provided legal counsel to the Anglican Church of Canada for 42 years and yet never once sent a bill, died on

Human sexuality motions approved

The diocese of Toronto synod has approved two motions on human sexuality, neither of which changes its current experimental guidelines limiting same-gender blessings to about

We’ve got to do it ourselves’

-National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald Photo: Norm Casey Saying that a “pastoral crisis” can no longer be ignored in indigenous communities struggling with suicide,

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