May 1, 2008 Bookstore turned small profit in 2007

In 2007, the Anglican Book Centre (ABC), the Canadian church’s Toronto retailer, survived and looks like a viable operation for the future, according to its new manager, the Lutheran publisher and retailer Augsburg...

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May 1, 2008 United Church Observer backs ‘controversial’ evolution exhibit

An exhibit at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) celebrating Charles Darwin almost failed to open until an unlikely donor came through: the United Church Observer, the independent magazine of the United Church of Canada. Before...

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May 1, 2008 Sisters to leave house in Montreal

Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the sisters will leave St. John’s House/ Maison St-Jean Montréal at St. Lambert, Que., when...

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May 1, 2008 Matthews confirmed as bishop of New Zealand diocese

The Anglican diocese of Christchurch in New Zealand confirmed on March 16 that Canadian bishop Victoria Matthews has been elected diocesan bishop and will be installed on Aug. 30.“I’m surprised because the likelihood of being...

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May 1, 2008 Churches urge attention to homelessness

The national leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have urged their churches to advocate for affordable housing for the homeless by writing or visiting their members of Parliament.

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May 1, 2008 Canadian churches go dark for Earth Hour

Canadian Anglicans joined millions of people around the world in switching off electric lights for 60 minutes on March 29, as part of Earth Hour, a global campaign to address climate change.

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May 1, 2008 Saskatoon votes against same-sex motion

The diocese of Saskatoon, at its biennial synod held April 4-6, narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed clergy to bless same-sex civil marriages.The vote was 41 against, 38 for and four abstentions, said Lorea...

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May 1, 2008 Bishop of Central Interior to retire

Gordon Light, bishop of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (of British Columbia), formerly the diocese of Cariboo, announced he will retire, effective Dec. 31.

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May 1, 2008 Better late ...

In the 1880s, St. Alban’s church, Adolphustown, Ont., (diocese of Ontario) commissioned a so-called “rose window” from  Robert McCausland Ltd. But the building committee ran out of money since the church’s interior still had...

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May 1, 2008 Church statistics trickle in slowly

Staff at the Anglican church’s finance department in Toronto are still working at updating national church statistics and hope to have them available in the Anglican Church of Canada’s 2009 directory, said treasurer Peter...

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