Anglican Journal

Suspension by Toronto's St. Paul's Bloor St. of an Alpha group last year might have jolted the evangelism program-but it has not derailed it. Alpha organizers and supporters say the worldwide movement aimed at bringing people to Christianity continues...

Choosing the most suitable candidates to sit on the Anglican Church's seven standing committees is a bit like juggling several balls in the air while balancing on a high wire, says Archdeacon Rod Andrews. And as far as some people were concerned,...

Shortly after Bishop Gordon Beardy of the Diocese of Keewatin was consecrated, his diocesan bishop asked him to officiate at an ordination service. There was Bishop Beardy with mitre and staff, dressed in full episcopal regalia and some of the congregation...

Religious television in Canada is headed for uncharted territory following the granting to televangelist David Mainse of a licence for a station in lucrative southern Ontario and the multi-faith Vision network being forced higher on the converter dial...

WE ARE NOT (divided)." With those words, Archbishop Michael Peers brought the church's 35th General Synod to a close in a short speech that summed up nine days of polite but dull meetings. The Primate's comment was at least partly a response to...

Directed by Brad Siberling Starring Nicholas Cage and Meg Ryan ** (out of five) (PG-13 for language, sexuality and some nudity) IN 1988, the German director Wim Wenders made a movie called Wings of Desire. It was an ethereal, haunting tale...

IN JERUSALEM A YEAR AGO I was going up a set of stairs made of rough stone when I turned my ankle and fell. The consequence was a serious sprain which healed after about two months of daily physiotherapy and home exercise. This spring I seem...

How people get elected to synod Each of the 30 diocesan synods across Canada elects a prescribed number of delegates. The delegates include both clergy and lay people. The delegates are elected by ballot; clergy voting for clergy members,...

ANGLICAN NEWS SERVICE Montreal In nine days of meeting on McGill University campus here at the end of May, the Anglican Church's chief governing body approved legislation bringing the church closer to Lutherans and opposing euthanasia and cloning....

Two Anglican church groups with profoundly different views on homosexuality say there is more uniting them than pulling them apart. Indeed, the members of Fidelity and Integrity hosted information booths next to one another at General Synod and...

Priests can now be fired from their jobs by their bishops for any reason and may not appeal. General Synod adopted a new licensing canon which allows a bishop to revoke the licence of a clergyperson under any circumstances. The dismissed cleric...

Dinner is done and a lazy evening lies ahead at the diocesan guest house a laneway across from All Saints' Cathedral in Cairo. We gather in the living room along with fellow guests, two from England, two from New Zealand and, when understanding dawns...

Controversy and a police investigation continue to dog Keewatin Bishop Gordon Beardy over a $5,000 grant from a healing fund to pay for flying lessons for a survivor of sexual abuse. Detective William O'Lynick of the Kenora detachment of the Ontario...

Helping terminally ill patients cope with their sickness and combat their pain more effectively is better than helping them to die. That's the conclusion of a report presented to synod. Anglicans are being asked to respond to the document that...

A two-year campaign has been launched to raise $850,000 for restoration of Christ Church, Her Majesty's Royal Chapel of the Mohawks in Deseronto, on eastern Ontario's Bay of Quinte. Heritage Canada has committed $425,000, another $35,000 will come...

General Synod has approved three supplementary eucharistic prayers for a three-year trial, concluding at the 2001 synod. The Faith, Worship and Ministry committee has been directed to report on the use and reception of the prayers to synod. Any...

The welcome is upbeat, gracious and theological: All persons who seek God and are drawn to Christ are welcome to receive the Sacrament of Holy Eucharist. Open-door hospitality, says San Francisco's Grace Episcopal Cathedral-on its worldwide web...