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Anglican Journal
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.
Articles from Vol. 131, No. 9, November
A Communion on the Verge
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Recent events change church dramaticallyANALYSISSOME SIGNIFICANT events have taken place in the Anglican Communion during the past year. The primates have asked two member provinces to withdraw from the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). The ACC has...
A Communion on the Verge: Recent Events Change Church Dramatically
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SOME SIGNIFICANT events have taken place in the Anglican Communion during the past year. The primates have asked two member provinces to withdraw from the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). The ACC has changed its membership. And the Archbishop of...
Bishop Decries Corruption
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Problem is not simply an African phenomenonBishop Mvume Dandala, general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), has urged Canadians to join African, churches in condemning the role of developed nations in perpetuating corruption in...
Bishop Decries Corruption: Problem Is Not Simply an African Phenomenon
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Problem is not simply an African phenomenon Bishop Mvume Dandala, general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC), has urged Canadians to join African churches in condemning the role of developed nations in perpetuating corruption...
Bishop Uses Artillery in Peace Message: Helped End Mozambique War
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Helped end Mozambique warBishop Dinis Sengulane of the Anglican diocese of Lebombo, who was involved in negotiations that in 1992 brought an end to the 16-year civil war in Mozambique, has invited Canadian Anglicans to join in peace and disarmament efforts...
Bishop Uses Artillery in Peace Message: Helped End Mozambique War
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Bishop Dinis Sengulane of the Anglican diocese of Lebombo, who was involved in negotiations that in 1992 brought an end to the 16-year civil war in Mozambique, has invited Canadian Anglicans to join in peace and disarmament efforts in Africa and around...
Bookstore Suffers Staff Cuts after Financial Losses
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Toronto's ABC pursues recoveryIn a move that General Synod said was meant to save the Anglican Book Centre (ABC) from being shut down, six of its employees were laid off last September and the bookstore's hours trimmed."The future of the book centre...
Bookstore Suffers Staff Cuts after Financial Losses: Toronto's ABC Pursues Recovery
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In a move that General Synod said was meant to save the Anglican Book Centre (ABC) from being shut down, six of its employees were laid off last September and the bookstore's hours trimmed. "The future of the book centre was on the line," said the...
Books Trace Footprints of Two Complex Peoples
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DEAREST AUNTIE FORI is a history of the Jews written in the form of letters. Fori, to whom the letters were addressed, was the mother of Ashok, an Indian student that Sir Martin Gilbert, one of Britain's most prolific historians, befriended while studying...
Books Trace Footprints of Two Complex Peoples [Dearest Auntie Fori: The Story of the Jewish People] [A History of the Arab Peoples]
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CULTUREBooks trace footprints of two complex peoplesBOOK REVIEWDearest Auntie Fori: The Story of the Jewish People. Sir Martin Gilbert Harper Collins, 2002, 460 pages, $39.95.A History of the Arab Peoples Albert Hourani and Malise Ruthven The Belknap...
Canada: Briefs
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Prayer for healingThe parish of St. Mary's, Sioux Lookout, Ont., in the diocese of Keewatin, joined the annual Day of Prayer for Community Healing in September organized by the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, where suicide has reached an alarming rate.Deputy...
Candles' Flames Help Spread Peace
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Concept began in Cold War OdessaIf, by chance, you visit St. Mary Magdalene church in Picton, Ont., do not be surprised if a parishioner invites you to take a candle away to your home church. It is a peace candle, the parishioner will say, and your only...
Candles' Flames Help Spread Peace: Concept Began in Cold War Odessa
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If, by chance, you visit St. Mary Magdalene church in Picton, Ont., do not be surprised if a parishioner invites you to take a candle away to your home church. It is a peace candle, the parishioner will say, and your only obligation is to light it,...
Can Ministry in the North Survive?
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Council mulls worst-case scenarioThe Council of the North, anticipating a further erosion of support grants from the national church in the future and a worst case scenario of no funding at all, are working on a plan to be presented to General Synod...
Can Ministry in the North Survive? Council Mulls Worst-Case Scenario
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The Council of the North, anticipating a further erosion of support grants from the national church in the future and a worst case scenario of no funding at all, are working on a plan to be presented to General Synod in 2007 that would radically transform...
Churches Join First Nation in Push for Water Policy
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The Council of the North voted to join the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, a native community in Manitoba, in "advocating for the establishment of a national public policy, which clearly recognizes the inherent and inalienable rights of First Nations regarding...
Churches Join First Nation in Push for Water Policy
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The Council of the North voted to join the Tataskweyak Cree Nation, a native community in Manitoba, in "advocating for the establishment of a national public policy, which clearly recognizes the inherent and inalienable rights of First Nations regarding...
Church Leaders Welcome IRA 'Decommissioning'
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ECUMENICAL NEWS INTERNATIONALDublinTwo prominent Northern Ireland clergy chosen to monitor a key part of an internationally-backed peace process say that "beyond any shadow of doubt" the arms of the Irish Republican Army have now been put beyond use.Rev....
Church Leaders Welcome IRA 'Decommissioning'
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Ecumenical News International Dublin Two prominent Northern Ireland clergy chosen to monitor a key part of an internationally-backed peace process say that "beyond any shadow of doubt" the arms of the Irish Republican Army have now been put beyond...
Church's Reputation for Transparency Takes a Hit
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EDITORIALIN THE END, it will probably amount to a small black mark on the church's reputation for transparency.Management at General Synod, the Anglican Church of Canada's national office in Toronto, last summer commissioned a report on the state of...
Church's Reputation for Transparency Takes a Hit
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IN THE END, it will probably amount to a small black mark on the church's reputation for transparency. Management at General Synod, the Anglican Church of Canada's national office in Toronto, last summer commissioned a report on the state of the Anglican...
Cuts to Postal Subsidies Called 'Arbitrary'
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The Anglican Journal, along with other members of the Canadian Church Press (CCP) and Magazines Canada, a lobby group of mainstream Canadian magazines, are protesting recent cuts in their annual postal subsidies from the Department of Canadian Heritage,...
Cuts to Postal Subsidies Called 'Arbitrary'
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The Anglican Journal, along with other members of the Canadian Church Press (CCP) and Magazines Canada, a lobby group of mainstream Canadian magazines, are protesting recent cuts in their annual postal subsidies from the Department of Canadian Heritage,...
Disaster Plans Urged for Church
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Las Vegas(ENS)-The Executive Couacil of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) said during its fall meeting in Las Vegas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita have demonstrated the need for dioceses and congregations to have disaster plans.The...
Disaster Plans Urged for Church
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Las Vegas (ENS)--The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) said during its fall meeting in Las Vegas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita have demonstrated the need for dioceses and congregations to have disaster plans....
Essentials Appeals for Funds While Brandon Bishop Slams Its Actions
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STAFFAs it faces disapproval from one Canadian bishop for its activity in one western diocese, Anglican Essentials Canada (AEC), a conservative group within the Anglican Church of Canada, is appealing for funds and members, according to an open letter...
Essentials Appeals for Funds While Brandon Bishop Slams Its Actions
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As it faces disapproval from one Canadian bishop for its activity in one western diocese, Anglican Essentials Canada (AEC), a conservative group within the Anglican Church of Canada, is appealing for funds and members, according to an open letter "to...
Focus on Education: An Advertising Supplement to the Anglican Journal
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New headmaster sees 'thriving' collegeMintz plans 'hands-on' management to support quality educationSTAFFBrockville, Ont.REV. GORDON MINTZ, an Anglican priest in the diocese of Ontario, has been involved with Grenville Christian College in a number of...
From Halifax to New Delhi: An Intern's Story: Three-Month Tour Expands Student's Worldview
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DAWN DICKIESON, a theology student at Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax, had mixed feelings last spring when her application to go abroad as part of The Anglican Church of Canada's international intern program was accepted. She was glad to...
'It Is out of Love for These People That We Watch with Them'
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IT IS FALL in Kabul. The stars are bright in the dome of the sky, and the city lights twinkle in the distance. I gaze at these lights from the steps of the Pastor's Offices tent inside the compound known as Camp Julien. I am currently deployed with...
'It Is out of Love for These People That We Watch with Them' [Canadian Chaplains in Afghanistan]
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IT IS FALL in Kabul. The stars are bright in the dome of the sky, and the city lights twinkle in the distance. I gaze at these lights from the steps of the Pastor's Offices tent inside the compound known as Camp Julien. I am currently deployed with Canadian...
Letters
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Don't write Canadian church off as erring childDear editor,I deplore the Anglican Consultative Council's preoccupation with the differences within the church rather than concentration on the faith that unites us (Anglican council censures Canada, U.S.;...
Man's 25-Year Detour from Priesthood Nears an End
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VictoriaJIM HOLLAND will not be ordained an Anglican priest till February but already he is feeling the effects - all of them good - of returning to the path he first embarked on when he was 14 but abandoned when he was 25. At that point he was already...
Man's 25-Year Detour from Priesthood Nears an End
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JIM HOLLAND will not be ordained an Anglican priest till February but already he feeling the effects--all of them good--of returning to the path he first embarked on when he was 14 but abandoned when he was 25. At that point he was already a deacon--in...
New Faculty, Programs and Plans Blossom at AST
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"NEW" IS THE operative word these days at Atlantic School of Theology (AST) in Halifax, where a new president is hiring new faculty and developing several new initiatives, including a fresh approach toward continuing education for clergy. Canon...
New Headmaster Sees 'Thriving' College: Mintz Plans 'Hands-On' Management to Support Quality Education
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Brockville, Ont. REV. GORDON MINTZ, an Anglican priest in. the diocese of Ontario, has been involved with Grenville Christian College in a number of ways--parent of a student, faculty member, board member and spouse of an alumna. Last July, he added...
'Pretty Tough Year' Expected in 2006, Reports Treasurer
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There will be no reprieve for General Synod in 2006 with the financial outlook pointing to what treasurer Peter Blachford predicts as another "pretty tough year." That reality resulted in a five per cent cut to the proposed 2006 budget and the layoff...
'Pretty Tough Year' Expected in 2006, Reports Treasurer
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There will be no reprieve for General Synod in 2006 with the financial outlook pointing to what treasurer Peter Blachford predicts as another "pretty tough year." That reality resulted in a five per cent cut to the proposed 2006 budget and the layoff...
Prisoner-Turned-Priest Finds Path Behind Bars
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Calls himself a 'sign of hope' for inmatesEPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICETHE CONGREGATION is small. There are about 42 communicants, and between 15 and 20 show up on any given Sunday night for Eucharist."In that respect, it's very much like any other parish in...
Prisoner-Turned-Priest Finds Path Behind Bars: Calls Himself a 'Sign of Hope' for Inmates
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EPISCOPAL NEWS SERVICE THE CONGREGATION is small There are about 42 communicants, and between 15 and 20 show up on any given Sunday night for Eucharist. "In that respect, it's very much like any other parish in the Episcopal Church," said Rev....
Question: Who Wants to Be a Lutheran Minister?
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Q: How long does it take to become a Lutheran pastor?A: a) 6 years; b) 3 years; c) 4 years; d) schooling not requiredQ: How much does it cost to become a pastor?A: a) it's free! (the church pays for everything); b) $40,000 $50,000; c) $10,000 - $20,000;...
Question: Who Wants to Be a Lutheran Minister?
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Q: How long does it take to become a Lutheran pastor? A: a) 6 years; b) 3 years; c) 4 years; d) schooling not required Q: How much does it cost to become a pastor? A: a) it's free! (the church pays for everything); b) $40,000--$50,000; c)...
Relief Agencies on the Ground in Quake Region
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STAFFThe Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has released an initial grant of $10,000 in response to an appeal by Action by Churches Together (ACT) for funds to assist 10,000 families displaced by the massive earthquake that killed at...
Relief Agencies on the Ground in Quake Region
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STAFF The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has released an initial grant of $10,000 in response to an appeal by Action by Churches Together (ACT) for funds to assist 10,000 families displaced by the massive earthquake that killed...
Sisters Sell Residence and Turn to New Ministries
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The Canadian branch of the venerable Community of the Sisters of the Church - an Anglican religious order for women - has sold its residence and retreat house in Oakville, Ont., is moving into a smaller residence a stone's throw away in Burlington, Ont....
Sisters Sell Residence and Turn to New Ministries
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The Canadian branch of the venerable Community of the Sisters of the Church--an Anglican religious order for women--has sold its residence and retreat house in Oakville, Ont., is moving into a smaller residence a stone's throw away in Burlington, Ont....
Water More Expensive Than Gas in Canada, Says Primate
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OttawaCanadian church leaders including the primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, helped launched a national campaign last month near the Rideau River aimed at protecting public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere.Speaking on Oct. 6 from a band...
Water More Expensive Than Gas in Canada, Says Primate
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Ottawa Canadian church leaders including the primate, Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, helped launched a national campaign last month near the Rideau River aimed at protecting public access to safe water in Canada and elsewhere. Speaking on Oct....
Window Offers 'Vision of Hope' [Hurricane Katrina]
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Stained glass a welcome sight after hurricaneWHEN HURRICANE Camille devastated the Gulf Coast on Aug. 17, 1969, among the landmarks it destroyed in Biloxi, Miss., was the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, where only the bell tower survived.Before the...
Window Offers 'Vision of Hope': Stained Glass a Welcome Sight after Hurricane
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WHEN HURRICANE Camille devastated the GulfCoast on Aug. 17, 1969, among the landmarks it destroyed in Biloxi, Miss., was the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, where only the bell tower survived. Before the bulldozers ploughed away the debris, however,...
World: Briefs
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New church for QatarLondon(ENI)-Construction is due to start early in 2006 on a $7 million US Anglican church centre in the State of Qatar, the first purpose-built church construction in the Middle Eastern state since the coming of Islam."Qatar is an...
