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"To seek silence is to seek God; to love silence, to learn the beauty of stillness, is to invite God to touch us and our lives." - Text and photo by Vianney Carriere.

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Sheer silence

Vianney Carriere August 14, 2014

The Rev. Canon Judy Rois, executive director of the Anglican Foundation of Canada. Photo: Saskia Rowley

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Anglican Foundation head to receive honorary doctorate

Diana Swift August 13, 2014

Palestinians sift through the rubble of their destroyed home. Photo: UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan

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Weighing the Anglican response in the Mideast

Leigh Anne Williams August 13, 2014

Vianney (Sam) Carriere was the consummate writer, editor and photographer. Photo: General Synod Archives

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Vianney (Sam) Carriere, 1947-2014

Diana Swift August 11, 2014

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First Slavey Anglican priest mourned

Leigh Anne Williams August 8, 2014

Fr. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines; Adele Finney, PWRDF executive director and Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. Photo: Diana Swift

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Council works for social justice in Philippines

Diana Swift August 7, 2014

Children and youth gathered last June at Kingfisher Lake in northern Ontario to celebrate the creation of the Anglican Church of Canada’s first indigenous diocese. Photo: Anglican Video

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The making of Mishamikoweesh

Leigh Anne Williams August 6, 2014

A family shelters in a primary school in Alqosh, Duhok after fleeing their home in Mosul. Photo: UNHCR/S. Baldwin.

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PWRDF sends aid to Iraq

Anglican Journal Staff July 31, 2014

“For all sides to persist with their current strategy, be it threatening security by the indiscriminate firing of rockets at civilian areas or aerial bombing which increasingly fails to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants, is self-defeating,” Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby wrote. Photo: ACNS

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Welby calls for end to Gaza violence

Anglican Journal Staff July 30, 2014

Faith leaders are calling for a humanitarian response to the plight of children who have crossed the U.S. border to flee violence in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles

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Religious leaders call for prayers for migrant children

Episcopal News Service July 29, 2014

The National Worship Conference held in Edmonton from July 20 to 23 brought more than 200 participants from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada and the Anglican Church in Canada together for education, fellowship and, of course, worship. Photo: National Worship Conference

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Weaving liturgy and mission together

Leigh Anne Williams July 25, 2014

Young Christian, Jewish and Muslim youth from Kids4Peace break bread together for peace in Israel and Palestine.

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Interfaith youth defy violence in Jerusalem

Diana Swift July 25, 2014

The Rev. Bruce Bryant-Scott, on why he's opposed to Bill C-36: "Even if I don't approve of the commodification of sex, that does not mean that I would set up the Criminal Code to condemn workers to a life of violence and potential death." Photo: Contributed

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Anglicans protest sex-trade bill

Diana Swift July 24, 2014

An ecumenical congregation of 200 packed St. Peter’s pews for the Anglican service, while almost 300 more worshipped outdoors. Photo: Ken Powell Photography

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Island church marks 100th year

Diana Swift July 23, 2014

Julie Hink (ELCIC Edmonton); Faith Nostbakken (ELCIC Edmonton); Scott Knarr (ELCIC Waterloo); and Maylanne Maybee (ACC Winnipeg) share a sunny moment outside Edmonton’s Providence Renewal Centre prior to the start of the National Worship Conference. Photo: Eileen Scully

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Anglicans and Lutherans gather for worship conference

Leigh Anne Williams July 21, 2014

Palestinian families take shelter in a United Nations Relief and Works Agency school. Photo: Sharef Sharhan/UNWRA Archives

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Caring in the midst of Gaza turmoil

Leigh Anne Williams July 21, 2014

A new wing of the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, run by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, looks finished in this photo taken in early 2014, but funds for equipment and necessities to make it operational have yet to be raised. Photo: Anglican Video

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Primate calls for peace and prayers

Anglican Journal Staff July 17, 2014

Nine-year-old Maryam Al-Masri, who was wounded in an Israeli air strike, comforts her grandmother as she lies in bed at a hospital in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters/Mohammed Salem

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PWRDF issues appeal for Gaza

ajadmin July 15, 2014

A renowned Anglican theologian, Dr. Christopher Lind was passionate about the “intersection of Christian faith and economic justice.” Photo: Contributed

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Renowned theologian and social activist dies

Marites N. Sison July 15, 2014

Marites (Tess) Sison, senior staff writer, has been appointed editor of the Anglican Journal. She brings almost three decades of professional journalism to her new role. Photo: Saskia Rowley

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New editor for Anglican Journal

Diana Swift July 15, 2014

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