The Anglican Journal is a Canadian national Anglican newspaper. The Anglican Journal includes local, national, and international news coverage, editorials, arts coverage, and stories of particular interest to the Anglican community.
[Graph Not Transcribed]DO you think a prison is an appropriate place for a seminarian?During my years as a theological student I was assigned as part of my field education to a correctional facility in Brampton, Ont. A weekly requirement was a written...
Do you think a prison is an appropriate place for a seminarian? During my years as a theological student I was assigned as part of my field education to a correctional facility in Brampton, Ont. A weekly requirement was a written verbatim report...
[Graph Not Transcribed]Archdeacon Barry B. Clarke, 52, was elected the 11th bishop of the diocese of Montreal on Sept. 18 at an episcopal election held at Christ Church Cathedral."He was elected first among the laity, then the clergy came around," said...
Archdeacon Barry B. Clarke, 52, was elected the 11th bishop of the diocese of Montreal on Sept. 18 at an episcopal election held at Christ Church Cathedral. "He was elected first among the laity, then the clergy came around," said Archdeacon Peter...
THE ECLECTIC and prolific Philip Jenkins asserts that during the past century, a profound shift has occurred in the mainstream acceptance of Native American spiritu?ility. What was once considered demonic is now followed as a way of salvation. Mr.Jenkins...
[Graph Not Transcribed]WAYNE A. HOLSTREVIEWERDREAM CATCHERSHow Mainstream AmericaDiscovered Native SpiritualityPhilip JenkinsOxford University Press: Toronto320 pages. Hardcover.$34.95 Cdn.ISBN #0-19-516115-7THE ECLECTIC and prolific Philip Jenkins asserts...
Archbishop David Crawley, saying that his 43 years in active ministry has been "a marvelous time," has announced he intends to retire on Nov. 30 as bishop of the diocese of Kootenay and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical (church) province of British...
Archbishop David Crawley, saying that his 43 years in active ministry has been "a marvelous time," has announced he intends to retire on Nov. 30 as bishop of the diocese of Kootenay and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical (church) province of British...
[Graph Not Transcribed]This month Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will go online on the national church's Web site to introduce himself and talk about his vision for the national church in a Web cast. Vianney Carriere,...
This month Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will go online on the national church's Web site to introduce himself and talk about his vision for the national church in a Web cast. Vianney Carriere, director of communications...
The Lambeth Commission is scheduled to release on Oct. 18 its much-awaited recommendations on how best to salvage the Anglican Communion, which has been torn apart by bitter conflict over the consecration of a gay bishop in the United States and the...
The Lambeth Commission is scheduled to release on Oct. 18 its much-awaited recommendations on how best to salvage the Anglican Communion, which has been torn apart by bitter conflict over the consecration of a gay bishop in the United States and the...
(ENI)--Churches should take a leaf from the 750-page training manual of global restaurant giant McDonald's and make first-time visitors feel more welcome, a study has found. McDonald's "entire ethos is geared around making us feel welcome and ensuring...
(ENI)--Churches should take a leaf from the 750-page training manual of global restaurant giant McDonald's and make first-time visitors feel more welcome, a study has found.McDonald's "entire ethos is geared around making us feel welcome and ensuring...
The government of Canada's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process for former students of Indian residential schools is well underway and the Anglican Church of Canada has been asked to attend three hearings, said the church's general secretary,...
The government of Canada's alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process for former students of Indian residential schools is well underway, and the Anglican Church of Canada has been asked to attend three hearings, said the church's general secretary,...
The controversial clause affirming the "integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships," which was part of a resolution approved by General Synod in June, has caused at least two conservative priests and some parishioners to leave...
[Graph Not Transcribed]The controversial clause affirming the "integrity and sanctity of committed adult same-sex relationships," which was part of a resolution approved by General Synod in June, has caused at least two conservative priests and some...
The former priests and members of the congregation of St. Simon's church, North Vancouver, and St. Andrew's, Pander Harbour, have refused to vacate the church buildings as requested by the New Westminster diocesan council. The groups state that "all...
The former priests and members of the congregation of St. Simon's church, North Vancouver, and St. Andrew's, Pender Harbour, have refused to vacate the church buildings as requested by the New Westminster diocesan council. The groups state that "all...
Donations to the Anglican Church of Canada's aboriginal healing fund declined last year, partly because dioceses were under pressure to contribute to a new fund that is paying settlements to those abused in the Indian residential school system."People...
Donations to the Anglican Church of Canada's aboriginal healing fund declined last year, partly because dioceses were under pressure to contribute to a new fund that is paying settlements to those abused in the Indian residential school system. ...
October is Breast Cancer Month. In a reflection written for Anglican Journal, Victoria Matthews, bishop of Edmonton, reflects on what sustains her as she lives with the disease. For more information on breast cancer, visit http://www.cbcf.org. For...
[Graph Not Transcribed]October is Breast Cancer Month. In a reflection written for Anglican Journal, Victoria Matthews, bishop of Edmonton, reflects on what sustains her as she lives with the disease. For more information on breast cancer, visit http://www.cbcf.org....
STAFFEmphasizing the Anglican primates' agreement that "bishops are to respect the boundaries of one another's dioceses and provinces," Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) has sent a letter of concern...
Emphasizing the Anglican primates' agreement that "bishops are to respect the boundaries of one another's dioceses and provinces," Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold of the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) has sent a letter of concern...
[Graph Not Transcribed]Hamilton, Ont.About 1,600 Lutheran youth - and a few Anglicans - from across Canada gathered at the Convention Centre here Aug. 12-15 for four days of prayer and reflection, song, dance, games, and yes, some side trips to local...
Hamilton, Ont. About 1,600 Lutheran youth--and a few Anglicans--from across Canada gathered at the Convention Centre here Aug. 12-15 for four days of prayer and reflection, song, dance, games, and yes, some side trips to local attractions. For the...
[Graph Not Transcribed]"Here in this place, new light is streaming," began the first hymn of the opening eucharist as the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) met in a four-day convention at Brock University in St. Catharines,...
"Here in this place, new light is streaming," began the first hymn of the opening eucharist as the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) met in a four-day convention at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont. Addressing...
[Graph Not Transcribed]A calendar featuring nude photographs of a group of women in Horsley, Gloucestershire, was launched in a village church last month to mark the 10th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. Thousands of women survivors were systematically...
Ties between the Anglican Church of Canada and provinces of the Anglican Communion remain solid despite earlier statements made by two primates calling for the Canadian church's expulsion from the Anglican Communion after General Synod passed a motion...
Ties between the Anglican Church of Canada and provinces of the Anglican Communion remain solid despite earlier statements made by two primates calling for the Canadian church's expulsion from the Anglican Communion after General Synod passed a motion...
[Graph Not Transcribed]Hopes for peace in the war-torn Middle East have been kept alive by a group of 11-year-old Christians, Muslims and Jews from Canada and Israel, who spent a week in an Outward Bound camp near Burk's Falls, Ont., playing and learning...
Hopes for peace in the war-torn Middle East have been kept alive by a group of 11-year-old Christians, Muslims and Jews from Canada and Israel, who spent a week in an Outward Bound camp near Burk's Falls, Ont., playing and learning about each other's...
[Graph Not Transcribed]WILFRED LANGMAIDLenny KravitzBaptismVirgin / EMIFIFTEEN YEARS AGO, Lenny Kravitz was both an anomaly and a breath of fresh air. A gifted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he had the goods to deliver his classic rock leanings....
Lenny Kravitz Baptism Virgin / EMI FIFTEEN YEARS AGO, Lenny Kravitz was both an anomaly and a breath of fresh air. A gifted songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, he had the goods to deliver his classic rock leanings. Some may have decried his work...
ONE OF THE great travel adventures foe many is Egypt, one of the oldest continuous civilizations in the world and one of the few places where one can truly touch ancient history. Last year more than six million visitors made the journey, over 35,000...
[Graph Not Transcribed]ELSEWHERE ON THESE pages is a letter from a now-former Anglican. The man, like many gays and lesbians before him and certainly some to follow, has left his church after too many years of discord and rejection.It is unknown how...
ELSEWHERE ON THESE pages is letter from a now-former Anglican. The man, like many gays and lesbians before him and certainly some to follow, has left his church after too many years of discord and rejection. It is unknown how many Anglicans like...
Sanja Pecelj, the Kosovo woman who sought sanctuary in the basement of St. Mark's church in Halifax, has agreed to accept Ottawa's recommendation to leave Canada and to reapply as a permanent resident under a program that allows provinces to sponsor...
[Graph Not Transcribed]Sanja Pecelj, the Kosovo woman who sought sanctuary in the basement of St. Mark's church in Halifax, has agreed to accept Ottawa's recommendation to leave Canada and to reapply as a permanent resident under a program that allows...