Recently added articles from Anglican Journal:
Churches push for Gaza peace
Feb 01, 2009; ... Civilians on both sides are suffering The Anglican Church of Canada in January joined other members of the Anglican Communion and churches worldwide in calling for a ceasefire and a redoubling of efforts to secure lasting peace in Gaza, where thousands have been killed or injured after ...
Archbishop reflects in New Year's Day message on first full year as primate
Feb 01, 2009; ... STAFF Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, gave a New Year's Day address at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. He used the address, which has become an annual tradition, to reflect on the accomplishments and difficulties of the year past and to look forward to ...
Churches develop resource
Feb 01, 2009; ... Native study guide helps reconciliation Even though the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission is stalled as it awaits a new chair, significant work by Canadian churches on the issue continues. The Anglican, United, and Presbyterian churches have completed ...
Hard times: challenge the church
Feb 01, 2009; ... Parishes reach out to needy despite limited funds BAD NEWS ABOUT the economy has cast a dark shadow over 2009. As Canadians begin to see and feel the impact of stock market turmoil, cutbacks and job losses, people in the church are looking for ways to respond. Communities that ...
Canadians respond to hunger in Zimbabwe
Feb 01, 2009; ... Canadian Foodgrains Bank, of which the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is a member, is sending more than 9,000 metric tons of food to Zimbabwe. A man pushes a wheelbarrow ...
No indication when TRC will resume
Feb 01, 2009; ... STAFF Archbishop Fred Hikz, primare of the Anglican Church of Canada, lias said that it is "deeply regrettable" that implementation of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been delayed, noting the implications it has for former students who are now ...
Primate to visit three African countries
Feb 01, 2009; ... STAFF Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, is scheduled to make a trip to three countries in Africa this month - Egypt, Kenya and Burundi. From Feb. 1 to 5, Archbishop Hiltz will join other primates for their annual meeting, which will be hosted by the ...
Clinging to memory
Feb 01, 2009; ... VIEW FROM Loft THE DAMP WIND seemed to blow right through Old JL CaI as he made his way to the front entrance of the nursing home. He shook the snow off his long coat and rubbed his hands together vigorously to get them warm. Old CaI came to visit his life-long friend George. He ...
Vision 2019: RSVP
Feb 01, 2009; ... WALK WITH ME LAST FALL, MANY of us participated in the Amazing Grace Project. In over SOO places across Canada and beyond, Anglicans gathered to sing Amazing Grace and to put a toonie on the plate to support ministries in the Council of the North dioceses. Renditions ranged from ...
Herrera is interim treasurer
Feb 01, 2009; ... BRIEFS In the wake of Peter Blachford's resignation as General Synod treasurer at the end of December, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, announced that controller Michael Herrera has agreed to take on extra responsibilities as ...
When times are tough we just give it all away
Feb 01, 2009; ... EDITORIAL JESUS KNEW ALL about our preoccupation with money and possessions. That is undoubtedly why he preached more about money than anything else during his three-year ministry. As reflected in this month's Anglican Journal, Canadians are facing an economic challenge as we ...
Priests join ANiC
Feb 01, 2009; ... Five priests from the diocese of Ottawa have voluntarily surrendered their licences to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and join the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). The diocesan bishop of Ottawa, John Chapman, ...
Picture your faith - Hope
Feb 01, 2009; ... How do you iniagine "hope?" Show us by sending a photograph or two that illustrate "this thing with feathers, that perches in the soul ..." as Emily Dickinson famously put it. Your submission will be showcased in Picture Your Faith, the monthly feature on the Anglican ...
LETTERS
Feb 01, 2009; ... Amazing Grace video a commercial success Dear editor, The Amazing Grace project began as a wonderful, Spirit-guided concept. But then it became a project of "downtown." One only has to look at the enthusiasm portrayed in the many individual videos showing congregations who took ...
Justice Camp
Feb 01, 2009; ... The diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is inviting Anglicans and other Christians ages 18 and up to Justice Camp 2009, a weeklong immersion experience focused on a specific social justice issue, to be held Aug. 9 to 15 in Halifax and throughout the Maritimes. This year's ...
Street artists capture life of Canada's homeless
Feb 01, 2009; ... Posh ROM is unlikely venue It is unusual, yet timely. The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto is showcasing the work of internationally known Canadian street artists depicting poverty and homelessness in the country. With financial uncertainty coming home to roost, and the ...
Praying with the stereo on, especially listening to Jarrett
Feb 01, 2009; ... Praying with the stereo on, especially listening to Jarrett MUSIC REVIEW SOMETCMES I PRAY with the stereo on. I suspect many readers might imagine that I'm referring either to sacred music or to that peculiar genre of ambient "music for meditation" so popular with massage ...
Human rights advocate Fairweather dies
Feb 01, 2009; ... OBITUARY Gordon Fairweather, a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament from New Brunswick and the first chair of Canada's Human Rights Commission, died Dec. 24 at the age of 85. A lifelong member of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Rothesay, N.B., Mr. Fairweather was ...
EDUCATION DIRECTORY
Feb 01, 2009; ... ATLANTIC SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, founded in 1971 by the Anglican Church of Canada, Roman Catholic Church and United Church of Canada is an accredited, ecumenical graduate school offering a Master of Divinity Degree Program and, in conjunction with Saint Mary's University, a Master of Arts in ...
Christians unite for week of prayer
Feb 01, 2009; ... Christians from numerous denominations across Canada made plans to worship and pray together during this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from Jan. 18 to 25. A service at St. Joseph's Oratory' in Montreal has been one of the biggest Canadian events in recent years. In 2008, it ...