Vianney Carriere, Author at Anglican Journal

Sheer silence

Vianney Carriere — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:10:00 +0000

Silence is something like one's good health. It is most prized when abruptly taken away, most cherished when suddenly recovered, when, as with the rush of light, we suddenly realize that we have been deprived of it for a long time. Then as it returns, a wealth of rediscovered feelings comes with it. Silence begins as something external and it becomes a state of being.

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A glimpse of the unexplainable

Vianney Carriere — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:00:00 +0000

The most tempting mistake when one looks at an event like the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is to think that if you talk to all the right people, read all the right books or see the right movies, you will understand. We want understanding to be the destination to which all thought leads us, and […]

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A search for an undefined ‘something’ in Melanesia

Vianney Carriere — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 05:00:00 +0000

Some books seem to bite off more than they should attempt to chew. When it works, the book becomes magisterial, something that captures a topic so well and so comprehensively that it becomes a de facto reference on whatever topic has been gobbled up. When it does not work, the resulting hodgepodge irritates for its […]

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We have much to build, much to build on

Vianney Carriere — Wed, 01 Jan 2003 05:00:00 +0000

This marks the final editorial by Vianney Carriere, who is now General Synod’s acting director of communications (see story in Canada). THE PRIMATE has called this “a moment in time,” a phrase so simple and yet so evocative for members of the Anglican church that it begs further reflection. We are poised upon a moment, […]

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Our divided bishops: Sympathy and regret

Vianney Carriere — Sun, 01 Dec 2002 05:00:00 +0000

It might be possible – or relatively easy – to feel sympathy for the house of bishops’ failure after three days of discussion, to come to a consensus on the issue of same-sex blessings. However, it is equally possible to deplore that failure and to regret the decision the bishops made to pass the matter […]

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Email election procedure rescinded

Vianney Carriere — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:00:00 +0000

Montreal The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, which earlier this year broke new ground and gained international attention by electing its archbishop by e-mail, has rescinded the process that made that possible. The provincial council, meeting in Montreal this fall, also directed the chancellor of the province to prepare an amendment to the canons (laws) that […]

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What would follow a pact with Ottawa?

Vianney Carriere — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 05:00:00 +0000

It seems fair, doesn?t it, that at the end of a long, painful trek through a wilderness, there be a clear sense of direction and above all, relief. It seems so proper and fitting that in the end, problems, no matter how great or momentous, get resolved by people whose hearts are in the right […]

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Cabinet to consider Anglican proposal

Vianney Carriere — Fri, 25 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000

Federal Public Works Minister Ralph Goodale has agreed to take an offer by the Anglican group negotiating with Ottawa over liability for native residential schools to the federal Cabinet. The Anglican offer was made this week and caps two years of negotiations with Ottawa. It will be the first time that the federal Cabinet actually […]

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General Synod not a priority

Vianney Carriere — Tue, 01 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000

A survey conducted by the Environics consulting firm that describes how Canadian Anglicans feel about their church and details the issues they think important shows a troubled institution in which members have grown skeptical about the value of a national embodiment of the church. Although the survey does not include statistics, it appears from the […]

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Our stories must be told more aggressively

Vianney Carriere — Tue, 01 Oct 2002 04:00:00 +0000

The Environics survey of how Anglicans feel about several major issues (which is reported elsewhere in this edition) is described in its subtitle as “A snapshot of Anglican issues and visions in Canada.” It’s a faulty analogy. What the survey reveals has none of the focus and cohesion of a “snapshot” and all of the […]

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